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Mr Crawford Eng

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I'm currently the head of English and raising standards leader at a secondary school in Birmingham. I'm passionate about my subject and passionate about ensuring that the young people we serve leave education with a high competency in English. Prior to teaching I worked in the radio industry as a presenter for 7 years and so when I became a teacher I enjoyed the opportunity to teach Media studies. You'll find hundreds of English and Media studies resources.

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I'm currently the head of English and raising standards leader at a secondary school in Birmingham. I'm passionate about my subject and passionate about ensuring that the young people we serve leave education with a high competency in English. Prior to teaching I worked in the radio industry as a presenter for 7 years and so when I became a teacher I enjoyed the opportunity to teach Media studies. You'll find hundreds of English and Media studies resources.
Creative writing descriptive  Develop skills for GCSE  The Edge Castaway London riots
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Creative writing descriptive Develop skills for GCSE The Edge Castaway London riots

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At least 8 lessons worth of resources to support the teaching of creative writing (narrative and descriptive) and take stimulus from the following texts/events: - Castaway - The London riots - The Edge These resources provide opportunities to: - Describe using the senses - watch clips from Castaway and use as a stimulus for own writing - up level vocabulary - identify figurative and use in own writing - develop characterisation - develop narrative structure - assess against GCSE criteria - create tension and suspense
Writing non fiction texts on theme of family holidays Creating non fiction texts
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Writing non fiction texts on theme of family holidays Creating non fiction texts

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8 fully differentiated lessons that allow students to plan, prepare and create non fiction texts on the theme of family holidays. Differentiation by colour: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow = higher ability Opportunities to: - develop persuasive writing skills - research existing family holidays articles, leaflets etc. Card sorts also included with all planning sheets and assessments provided.
Black Harvest KS3 play resources
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Black Harvest KS3 play resources

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Power point lessons to support the teaching of Black Harvest. Resources include opportunities to: - assess understanding - analyse stage craft - analyse character and theme - explore context - perform the play and key scenes - speaking and listening and role play - develop inference and empathy skills
Elizabethan England context resources Shakespeare GCSE  Context revision
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Elizabethan England context resources Shakespeare GCSE Context revision

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Resources to support the teaching of context of Shakespeare's plays - Romeo and Juliet - Much Ado about Nothing - Macbeth etc. Useful carousel activities to allow students to get to grips with contextual information before reading plays or as revision activities. Resources provide opportunities to: -explore Elizabethan England -Share Shakespearean facts -explore gender -explore crime and punishment - explore Shakespeare's theatre - compare traditional and modern audience reactions to plays -explore Elizabethan entertainment -explore rich and poor
Much ado about nothing Shakespeare
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Much ado about nothing Shakespeare

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21 lessons to support the teaching of the whole play. Resources include opportunities to: -explore context - gender, Elizabethan England, -analyse theme and character presentation -get to grips with Shakespeare’s language -analyse imagery -explore Shakespearian insults -write non fiction texts -write persuasively -write news reports -role play
KS3 / KS2 Poetry exploration with most focus on the theme of love and marriage
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KS3 / KS2 Poetry exploration with most focus on the theme of love and marriage

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Resources to support the teaching of poetry analysis and exploration. These lessons were taught to year 8 but are suitable for any KS3 group as well as KS2. Poems/poets explored include: - Carol Ann Duffy - Valentine - Sophie Hannah - Symptoms - Deserted house - Sonnet 18 - A Married state - Declaration of need - Lady of Shalott - Roger McGough Opportunities provided for students to: - develop speaking and listening skills - explore the idea of marriage - analyse language, structure and form - explore pathetic fallacy
KS2 KS3 Reading skills National curriculum literacy strategy - skim scan infer
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KS2 KS3 Reading skills National curriculum literacy strategy - skim scan infer

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Resources to support the teaching of reading skills. Useful resources for KS2/3 transition. Lessons are numbered for ease of use. Students develop the following skills: - skimming and scanning - reading for meaning - note making - summarising -making sense of difficult texts - understanding character, mood and setting Students explore a range of texts on varying topics including: - hurricanes - Christianity - Harry Potter - Shakespeare - Hunger Games - Animals A booklet of the texts (and many more) is included which was taken from the national literacy strategy
Gothic horror short story Edgar Allan Poe Frankenstein Dracula
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Gothic horror short story Edgar Allan Poe Frankenstein Dracula

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Resources to support the teaching of gothic horror short story with focus on the work of Edgar Allan Poe Short stories and extracts covered: - Masque of the red death - The tell tale heart - Frankenstein - Dracula Opportunities provided to: - explore symbolism - explore context of gothic and black death - compare short stories -analyse language and structure - identify use of the senses and use the senses to create own gothic writing - explore genre
Beowulf History of langauge fully differentiated ready to go lessons prep for GCSE 9-1
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Beowulf History of langauge fully differentiated ready to go lessons prep for GCSE 9-1

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Over 13 fully differentiated and meticulously planned lessons to support the teaching of Beowulf as part of the study of the history of the English language. Lessons are numbered for ease of use. These lessons re ready to go. Download and teach. The lessons help students to make progress against the skills needed for the new 9-1 English specifications. Assessments included and homework tasks. Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue - middle ability yellow = higher ability Resources provide opportunities to: - analyse language - explore context - write creatively - explore myths and legends - create villainous characters - explore heroic characteristics - compare characters - work on extract to whole exam skills
Romeo and Juliet GCSE act 1 scene 5 focus on comaprison of Shakespeare and Luhrmann
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Romeo and Juliet GCSE act 1 scene 5 focus on comaprison of Shakespeare and Luhrmann

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Resources to support the teaching of Romeo and Juliet act 1 scene 5 with a focus on comparing Shakespeare's original with Luhrmann's modern 1996 interpretation. Lessons are fully differentiated by colour and numbered for ease of use. These resources provide opportunities to: - Compare interpretations of act 1 scene 5 - Analyse language, form and structure of two interpretations - Analyse dramatic irony - Practice structuring exam responses - Explore context - Explore how different audience may interpret the scene
An Inspector Calls New specification GCSE 9-1 Medium term plan MTP SOW with GCSE assessments
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An Inspector Calls New specification GCSE 9-1 Medium term plan MTP SOW with GCSE assessments

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This bundle includes a medium term plan (scheme of work) written in line with new specification AQA literature 9-1. The medium term plan also signposts homework tasks and opportunities to embed skills needed for the language papers. I have also included GCSE exam questions that have been written for An Inspector Calls that can be used to assess the literature component but also the language writing assessment objectives. GCSE assessment questions that are included: 1. Inspector Calls character question 2. Inspector Calls theme question 3. Inspector Calls imaginative writing question (language exam skills) 4. Inspector Calls Non fiction and literary non fiction question (lang) 5. Inspector Calls transactional writing question (lang) Three revision power points also included. Also available as separate bundles are: - Fully differentiated resources to support this MTP - Revision activities to embed character, theme and context understanding
Curious incident of the dog in the night time teaching resources
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Curious incident of the dog in the night time teaching resources

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Lesson power points and activities to support the teaching of The Curious incident of the dog in the night time. Resources provide opportunities to: - explore context - explore and analyse characters and themes - write police reports - explore and analyse language - write descriptively and persuasively - develop inference skills
Of Mice and Men KS3 GCSE Novel teaching and revision of themes and characters
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Of Mice and Men KS3 GCSE Novel teaching and revision of themes and characters

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Fully differentiated (by colour) resources to support the teaching of 'Of Mice and Men' for KS3/GCSE. Ideal resources for year 8/9 students. These lessons are meticulously planned and embed skills needed for GCSE English language and literature. These lessons are ready to. Download and teach! Lessons support: - reading of the novel - analysis of Steinbeck's language - character analysis - theme analysis - context exploration and analysis - revision of characters and themes - begin to structure exam responses - modelled exam paragraphs Differentiation: purple= lower ability blue = middle ability yellow = higher ability
Non fiction texts KS3 preparation for GCSE analysis
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Non fiction texts KS3 preparation for GCSE analysis

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19 fully differentiated lessons (by colour) that enable students to explore a wide variety of non-fiction texts and create their own. These resources are meticulously planned and are ready to go. Simply download and teach. Analysis of the following texts: - leaflets - theme of holidays and attractions - articles - theme of legal driving age - reports - adverts - newspapers - range of broadsheet and tabloid - posters - NSPCC - social media - tv news - autobiography - letters - ban mobile phones Differentiation by colour: yellow = higher ability blue - middle ability purple = lower ability These resources provide opportunities to: - Analyse language, form and structure of non fiction texts - analyse the use of persuasive language - write persuasively - create a wide variety of non fiction texts - explore texts from a variety of sources and media - explore relevant topics for young people - develop speaking and listening skills Ideal for KS3 ahead of GCSE 9-1
Two weeks with the Queen differentiated resources whole novel
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Two weeks with the Queen differentiated resources whole novel

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These fully differentiated (by colour) resources support the teaching of the entire novel 'Two weeks with the Queen.' Medium term plan also included along with homework tasks and assessment opportunities. Over 25 lessons ready to go! Download and teach. The medium term plan signposts opportunities to develop language and literature skills for 9-1 GCSE. Differentiation: Purple = low ability Blue = middle ability Yellow = higher ability These lessons are ready to go - download and teach straight away. Resources provide opportunities to: - Read for pleasure - Analyse language and structure - Analyse pathetic fallacy - Analyse character and theme - Writing opportunities including persuasive writing, diary entry,news reports, writing to advise, formal letter writing, leaflet writing - Develop literacy skills including sentence forms, direct speech - Analyse non fiction texts - Build skills for the new 9-1 GCSE English language and literature specifications
Animal Farm GCSE 9-1 Whole novel differentiated with differentiated exam revision
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Animal Farm GCSE 9-1 Whole novel differentiated with differentiated exam revision

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This bundle contains resources for the entirety of the novel. (Chapters 1-10) Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher Resources provide opportunity to develop skills for GCSE 9-1. Also included: - 2 lots of exam revision for the literature exam - Quotations with images to aide revision - a revision guide - structure strips to allow students to structure better responses