A 17 lesson bundle that includes lessons for Acts 1-5 of Macbeth (Act 1 and 2 complete, Act 3 scenes 1-4, Act 4 scenes 2-3 and Act 5 scene 1). Students are expected to develop analytical skills and apply them to the remainder of the text. There is an exam process resource with model answers and an additional lesson on themes and context.

A 10 lesson poetry bundle that builds on and prepares students for the transition from Key Stage 3 into Key Stage 4. Poems include, ‘A Martian Sends a Postcard Home’, ‘Brothers’, ‘Mother Diving’, ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’, ‘Jabberwocky’, ‘Kamikaze’, ‘Harlem’, ‘Anthem for Doomed Youth’, ‘The Soldier’ and ‘Witches Recipe’ from Macbeth. Suitable for a higher ability year 9 class that require challenging and are familiar with most basic poetic devices.

A bundle containing full lessons for the following IGCSE poems: ‘War Photographer’, ‘Blessing’, ‘Out, Out’, ‘Piano’, ‘The Tyger’, ‘Half-Caste’,‘Half-Past Two’, ‘If’, ‘La Belle Dame Sans Merci’, ‘Disabled’, ‘My Last Duchess’, ‘Search For My Tongue’. These are designed for higher ability year 10 classes. Revision activities for An Inspector Calls are also included, prior knowledge of the text is assumed.

A series of lessons (8 in total) that develop writing skills including use of oxymoron, monologue and soliloquy writing. An assessment style task is included. Suitable for a mixed ability Year 8 group and adaptable for online learning. Opportunities for pair and group work with peer assessment are integrated. Scaffolds and modelled writing are included. Please not this does not cover the entire play, these are activities that can be added to a larger scheme of work or be used as discreet writing tasks for students with prior knowledge of the play.

Two lessons which focus on the presentation of conflict in the Roald Dahl short story, ‘Lamb to the Slaughter’. A copy of the story is not included but can be easily obtained online. Prior knowledge of the Roald Dahl short story ‘Lamb to the Slaughter’ is required. In this lesson, students begin applying their understanding of the text and crafting What/How/Why paragraphs. Modelled samples and scaffolds are included. Suitable for a mixed ability year 8 group.

A bundle of resources that includes an analysis of Chapter 1 and mood, how Scout and Jem are presented in Ch. 1, an exploration of changes in attitude that focuses on Ch. 8, an analysis of Atticus Finch and writing from the perspective of Scout after the events of Ch. 9. There are sample of modelled writing included and a variety of discussion tasks. Suitable for a mixed ability year 8 class.