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

Starter image with thinking questions on for students Group work activity follows Students will focus on different members of the Cratchit family and the opinions that they form of them At the end of the PowerPoint there is an image, whereby the language term 'juxtaposition' can be taught Students could then spend time noting down where juxtaposition occurs elsewhere in the novel and how this links to the moral ideology of Dickens

This is an introduction to writing to advise All of the statements will be relevant to students They could work in groups and write their advice on large sheets of paper When sharing ideas, students could then look to see if they've used modal verbs etc

Low ability resource to get students thinking about the difference between thoughts and feelings - visual aid

Key character revision sheet I printed this on A3 and then asked students to add their own key quotations

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

Starts with a short video clip from YouTube Resource on the demonstrate phase allows students to demonstrate their understanding of Stave 1 though key characters, quotes and symbolism

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

Descriptive writing WAGOLL with lots of ambitious vocabulary

A colourful resource with 17 different starter activities

A short lesson that can accompany any book Starter images lead into the discussion on everyone having their own opinion The end result is the student producing a paragraph based on personal responses

These are the PowerPoints that I rolled out to my school as part of my role as whole school Literacy co-ordinator. The task on each PowerPoint should last about 25 minutes; the remainder of the lesson spent reading for enjoyment. Within each PowerPoint you have a differentiated task for year 7,8 &9. Printable worksheets with these too! I have more week-by-week focuses; look in my shop :)

These are the PowerPoints that I rolled out to my school as part of my role as whole school Literacy co-ordinator. The task on each PowerPoint should last about 25 minutes; the remainder of the lesson spent reading for enjoyment. Within each PowerPoint you have a differentiated task for year 7,8 &9. Printable resources included I have more week-by-week focuses; look in my shop :)

These are the PowerPoints that I rolled out to my school as part of my role as whole school Literacy co-ordinator. The task on each PowerPoint should last about 25 minutes; the remainder of the lesson spent reading for enjoyment. Within each PowerPoint you have a differentiated task for year 7,8 &9. These PowerPoints also come with the printable resources. I have more week-by-week focuses; look in my shop :)

These are the PowerPoints that I rolled out to my school as part of my role as whole school Literacy co-ordinator. The task on each PowerPoint should last about 25 minutes; the remainder of the lesson spent reading for enjoyment. Within each PowerPoint you have a differentiated task for year 7,8 &9. These PowerPoints come with printable resources! I have more week-by-week focuses; look in my shop :)

Reading book log with quick peer recommendations spelling logs to help students target common spelling errors Reading log to record page numbers etc

Prepare students for their non-fiction writing on the English Language exam 1 big PowerPoint that includes 4 full lessons Resources to support too

Sentence stems on for learners to either challenge each other or compliment each other

A mini scheme on letter writing - this was created and aimed at year 9.

Can be adapted and changed to suit your own in house grading criteria