3 fully differentiated (by colour) lessons to support the teaching of comparison between 2 non fiction texts - one modern and one from the 19th century. Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher Texts - Why we shouldn't wrap our children in cotton wool and The watercress girl The supermarket's dark stores and 19th century markets for the poor Students will compare the ideas and perspectives of the writers.

2 differentiated (by colour) lessons to support the teaching of the ballad of Hillsborough - based around the football disaster at the Hillsborough stadium. Differentiation: purple - lower blue - middle yellow - higher

3 fully differentiated (by colour) lessons to support the teaching of chapter 2 of Animal Farm for the new linear specification (9-1) Several new specification language paper skills are also embedded. Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher Resources are planned around the new specification and provide opportunities to: - explore context - analyse writer's methods - language focus - explore character presentations - write imaginatively - develop skills for new specification language paper - use mark schemes - Develop evaluative skills for the language paper - Determine true statements in preparation for the language paper

With very few sample assessment materials provided by the exam boards I have created my own. They have been made to look exactly like the assessments that students will sit n the real 9-1 examinations and are phrased in the same ways too. This paper uses an extract from act 2 scene 2. The student responses can then be marked using the relevant mark scheme for Shakespeare. Assessment requires extract analysis and then question b is based on the play as a whole.

Resource to support the exploration of 'Our Sharpeville' Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher Exploration of context, meaning, language and structure

Resources to support the introduction of poetic techniques Students will gain an understanding of a wide variety of poetic terms, study examples and create their own Students will analyse the use of personification The lessons culminates in students applying poetic techniques to their writing.

Resources on the theme of performance poetry Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher Resources provide opportunities for: - exploring performance poetry - creating performance poetry - speaking and listening assessment

Resource to support students in the analysis of poetry The resource uses 'Blessing' as the example poem and students will work independently and in groups to analyse the poem in the following ways: - what it is about - what is repeated - tone - words used - alliteration - imagery - rhyme and rhythm - structure Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher

With a limited number of sample assessment materials available - this exam question has been made to use as a mock examination. The exam is set out in the exact same way as the real examination. 1. Students read 2 unseen poems on a like theme 2. Students compare the 2 poems

Resource to support the exploration of 'The Chimney Sweeper' by William Blake Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher Students will begin to analyse the effects of poetic techniques and explore meaning, language, form and structure

Resources to support the teaching of slang and dialect poetry using Half Caste and This is thi six oclock news Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher Opportunity for students to: - explore the form - explore language - explore effects created - create their own slang and dialect poetry

Resource to support the exploration of the elegy form of poetry using Ben Johnson's 'On My first Sonne.' Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher Students will explore language, form and structure

Resource to support the teaching of horror story writing. Resource provides opportunities to: - develop a character (example given turning Snow white onto a villain - study and create narrative hooks - develop paragraph structure - apply language techniques

Resources to support the exploration of 'The masque of the red death' by Edgar Allan Poe Opportunities to: - explore symbolism - explore context of the black death - explore writer's use of language - explore gothic genre - compare to the tell tale heart

A resource to expose students to a range of poetry and to practice analysing an unseen poem. Students will be exposed to the following poems: - If - The Tyger - Funeral Blues Students will use ARTWARS to analyse the poem in groups or independently Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher

Three differentiated (by colour) lessons that cover chapter 4 of Jekyll and Hyde and meet the requirements of the new GCSE 9-1 specification. Lessons are meticulously planned, fully differentiated and numbered for ease of use with activities included. Download and teach right away. All lessons are fully differentiated by colour Purple = lower ability Blue = middle ability Yellow = higher ability Red = most able These resources cover the following areas of the novel in chapter 4: - Context - Analysis development and practice - Teacher, self and peer assessment opportunities - Character and theme presentation - interleaving: the weather for effect in the novella and in the power and conflict poetry

Differentiated (by colour) lessons that cover chapter 2 of Jekyll and Hyde and meet the requirements of the new GCSE 9-1 specification. Lessons are meticulously planned, differentiated and numbered for ease of use with activities included. Download and teach right away. All lessons are fully differentiated by colour Purple = lower ability Blue = middle ability Yellow = higher ability Red = most able These resources cover the following areas of the novel in chapter 1: - Context - Analysis of writer's methods - Teacher, self and peer assessment opportunities - Character and theme presentation - Imaginative writing opportunity - Interleaving: duality in the novella and in Extract from the prelude