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.
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.
A wide range of ideas and resources for speaking and listening assessments at KS2/KS3.
Speaking and listening lessons included based around:
- Man V food
- Arguing that cats are better than dogs
- Deserted house - selling houses
- Murder mystery
- Banning Christmas
- 50 things to do before you die
- persuasive speeches
Teacher and peer/self assessment proformas also included
Resources to support the teaching or revision of contextual information of An Inspector Calls
Resources include:
-1912v1945
-suffragettes
-Titanic
-Welfare state
-Trade unions
-deadly sins
Opportunities provided to carousel information for students to recap their understanding.
Carousel activities which allow students to revise the context of Elizabethan England and practice analysing extracts from the play as well as referring to the play as a whole.
Differentiated to allow students to structure an exam response which culminates in an exam practice question.
Two exam questions also included in the structure of the 9-1 literature examination.
Extracts taken from:
Act 1 scene 5
Act 2 scene 2
Act 2 scene 3
Act 4 scene 3
Differentiation:
purple = lower ability
blue - middle ability
yellow = higher ability
Resources to support the teaching of audio production. Lesson were planned to teach BTEC first unit 6 audio production but are equally suitable to help students understand audio for any Media studies course.
Students work towards a brief and will create audio (a radio programme) by following industry practice.
Resources provide opportunities to:
- explore a variety of audio - music, noise, silence, speech, special effects
- explore audio files - mp3, mp4, wav, AIFF, CD, DAB, FM
- explore mono and stereo
- monitor own audio consumption
- explore broadcast audio and non broadcast audio
- explore uses and gratifications - Blumler and Katz
- explore microphones
- edit audio using editing software
- follow a Media brief to create a radio programme (broadcast audio)
- explore and create radio sweepers, promos, idents, music beds etc.
- conduct research - primary and secondary
Differentiation using a points system. Students complete tasks to earn points, Difficult tasks have the most points attached to them.
A work book is included for students to use while studying.
Over 12 resources to support the teaching of advertising production. The resources were created for students studying BTEC First in Advertising production (Unit 18) but can easily be used to help students with their studies of advertising as [art of GCSE.
Resources allow students to work to a brief and end up creating an advertising campaign by following industry practices.
Resources provide opportunities to:
- explore how adverts play on our fears and dreams
- explore persuasive language in advertising
- explore presentational features
- analyse adverts across 3 mediums (TV, radio and web)
- explore synergy
- study advertising across a range of mediums
- plan own advertising campaign
- conduct risk assessments and planning document as would be the case in the industry
- give a pitch for the campaign created
- explore legal and ethical
- investigate the ASA (advertising standards agency)
- consider budgets
- conduct primary and secondary research
- gather qualitative and quantitative data
A work book is also included for students to complete as they study the course.
Resources to support the analysis of and creating of magazine covers.
Resources provide opportunities to:
- explore connotations and denotations
- explore representation
- explore reader profiles
- explore audiences
- create a magazine cover
- evaluate own production work
- explore core buyers for a variety of titles
- explore colour connotation
- explore mise-en-scene
Resources to help teach students about being an effective learner using the 5 Rs for life ling learning.
1. Readiness
2. Resourcefulness
3. Resilience
4. Responsibility
5. Reflectiveness
Resources to support the teaching of video game design. An example maze game is provided that was made using power point.
Resources include:
- investigating audiences
- researching ahead of creating a game
- investigating and designing game characters
- become the concept artist
- pitching ideas to a client
- create asset lists
- explore avatars
- apply Propp's character theory
- storyboard the game
Resources to support the teaching and creating of awareness for the effects of alcohol and alcohol abuse.
Opportunities to explore the following:
- reasons people drink
- effects of alcohol
- peer pressure
- effects on the body
- create alcohol awareness campaign
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 in the real 9-1 examinations and are phrased in the same ways too.
This paper uses London as the printed poem.
The student responses can then be marked using the relevant mark scheme for Power and conflict poetry.
Fully differentiated (by colour) resources to support the teaching of The send off and Who's for the game with a comparison lesson.
Differentiation:
purple = lower
blue = middle
yellow = higher
Resources are ideal for KS3 in preparing students for the new specification 9-1 poetry examination.
Resources also develop skills that students will need to access the language papers as part of their exploration of poetry
Fully differentiated (by colour) resources to support the teaching of The Drum and Invasion with a comparison lesson.
Differentiation:
purple = lower
blue = middle
yellow = higher
Resources are ideal for KS3 in preparing students for the new specification 9-1 poetry examination.
Power point resources to support the teaching of the following poems from the new specification AQA power and conflict poetry collection:
1. Storm on the island
2. War photographer
3. Extract from Prelude
4. My last Duchess
5. Checkin out me history
15 outstanding lessons that are meticulously planned, fully differentiated and numbered for ease of use with activities included.
Homework tasks included.
Download and teach right away!
All resources are fully differentiated by colour. (Purple = low ability, blue = mid ability, yellow = higher ability)
There are 2 to 3 power point presentations per poem which cover context, language, form and structure and contain assessment opportunities in line with new specification.
Power point resources to support the teaching of the following poems on the theme of conflict:
1. Your Dad did what
2. Cousin Kate
3. Hitcher
4. The Drum
5. Conscientious Objector
6. Invasion
7. August 6 1945
9. Oh what is that sound
These resources are useful for preparing students for unseen poetry or as part of key stage 3 schemes of work. or as part of the teaching of conflict poetry clusters.
All resources are fully differentiated by colour. (Purple = low ability, blue = mid ability, yellow = higher ability)
There are 1-3 lessons per poem which cover context, language, form and structure and contain assessment opportunities.
This is bundle one. There is 1 other bundle which covers the poems listed below. (15 poems in total)
1. The Class Game
2. Parades End
3. Belfast Confetti
4. Our Sharpeville
5. Exposure
6. Catrin
7. Half Caste
This bundle includes power point slides that contain key information on each of the 15 poems which can be used as a carousel activity to allow students to revise the poetry.
Also included is a card sort activity and opportunities to revise the context of each poem.
Resources to support the teaching of a selection of romantic poetry from poets such as Duffy and Shakespeare. Differentiation is by colour coding.
Resources include a variety of activities to suit different abilities including quote searches, comparison development and links to Shakespeare.
Poems covered:
1. Valentine
2. Human interest
3. Sonnet 45
4. Sonnet 130
5. Woman to her love
Resources to support the teaching of Valentine by Carol Ann Duffy.
A range of activities are included for students of all abilities including cloze exercises, and quote searches. Some resources are differentiated by colour.
These resources cover chapters 1 - 3 of Jekyll and Hyde and meet the requirements of the new GCSE 9-1 specification.
14 outstanding lessons that are meticulously planned, fully differentiated and numbered for ease of use with activities included. Download and teach right away. These lessons are ready to go.
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 chapters 1-3
- Context - duality - Victorian gentlemen - gothic etc.
- Animal Imagery
- Descriptive writing opportunities
- Analysis development and practice
- Teacher, self and peer assessment opportunities
- Contrasting characters
- Character and theme presentation
Chapters 4-10 are also available and are all meticulously planned and fully differentiated.
This bundle of resources provides opportunities for students to tackle unseen poetry for GCSE. Poems covered include Catrin, Cousin Kate, The Motorway.
Differentiation is by colour where yellow is higher, blue is middle and purple is lower ability.
This medium term plan covers Jekyll and Hyde for teaching at GCSE for the new 9-1 specification.
In addition to embedding the skills for the literature GCSE examination, the scheme also prepares students for the language examinations by sign posting opportunities for developing English language reading and writing skills.
All power points to accompany this scheme are also available and are meticulously planned and fully differentiated.