A series of lessons based around formal and informal letter writing You will need to model a response from your own stock The PowerPoint goes through the layout of each, with short and engaging activities mainly aimed at teenage boys Past exam tasks on there too

This lesson looks at a past exam question that focuses around the songs and music in the play Blood Brothers. You can access the CD for the songs for free on YouTube to accompany this lesson.

Looking at a question b based around superstition

Introduction and assistance in picking the topic for original writing in A Level English

A full lesson dedicated to focusing on Scrooge's past and Christmas at Fezziwig's when Scrooge was an apprentice The first section deals with the challenging language There's a link to a short video link to use as a visual aid Then the main activity is for students to find key quotes and discuss what they reveal about Scrooge's character - worksheet is on the last page of the PowerPoint

Full lesson with a typical exam question for the new specification Question is on Macbeth and Power

These worksheets takes students through the process of developing simple sentences in a variety of ways including; adverbial openings, compound sentences, complex sentences, 'ing' openings and fronted clauses.

A full lesson that looks at the description of the first spirit and its significance

In addition to this resource you will need some lego style building bricks. Slide 1 - Gets the discussion started in your classroom. Students should use the building blocks so that you can identify who is taking part in the classroom discussion. Slide 2 - This teaching slide uses animations to teach the fundamentals of writing to argue Slide 3 - This has a thinking image. The image aims to make students consider whether or not they're contradicting themselves.

A series of cards for students to match the structural device to its definition.

This mat can be used when students are writing a descriptive piece. It offers students prompts when writing and includes a checklist.

Back to basics

4 worksheets on the 4 ghosts in A Christmas Carol This will work well in the classroom or as a revision source for your students to complete as homework

Here are 2 practice assessment questions that have been pieced together based on the new AQA specification for 2017 onwards entry

Print, laminate and cut out An extremely useful and colourful display for the KS3/KS4 classroom

The 1st PowerPoint can be delivered in a number of ways and there are many questions based around the main characters that enable learners to empathise with them. The 2nd PowerPoint then focuses on the female characters and the planning and writing of an empathetic response. This could possibly be used over 3 lessons.

A great visual resource for the classroom wall

4 slips per page The slips have been created with a linked image in the background and turned black and white These look lovely in anthologies, with notes on context recorded on and kept neat This resources covers the first 8 poems (heritage poems) from the AQA Power and Conflict anthology Slips included for the following poems: Ozymandias London My Last Duchess Extract from the Prelude Charge of the Light Brigade Exposure Storm on the Island Bayonet Charge

Each slide has a visual representation of the one of the 15 poems, along with questions that allow students to revise each poem in preparation for their exams.

A quick resource to use. Pin up individual slides all around the classroom, while students take the information and record it on their own 'bauble' sheet. (This is on the last slide.)