A creative, engaging and interesting lesson looking at an Emily Dickenson poem and analyzing language. Students are given a range of tasks to help 'zoom in' on word choice and meaning. Students are asked to create a 'blackout' picture, keeping only the five most important words to them. Used with a top set year 7 class, but easily adapted for key stage 4.

An engaging, exciting and fast paced lesson looking at the change in language from Shakespearean to modern. Using Shakespearean insults, students play a dice game to create their own before learning how to translate them. Student study what prefixes and suffixes are and try and explain how language has changed. All learning objectives, success criteria and resources are included and timers are embedded into the powerpoint. Dice are needed for this game. Great to introduce Shakespeare!

Bloomsbury Publishers have released a competition to design your own Hogwarts Professor for school children from the age of 7. I have created a lesson with all Learning Objectives, Success Criteria, resources, tasks and powerpoints for this competition to create a fun, engaging and educational lesson.

A lesson looking at the setting of Macbeth and why the places are important. Map created with important locations labeled. All success criteria, learning objectives, real world link and resources are included in the powerpoint. A fun lesson for students to understand where Macbeth is set.

A fun lesson to start a Shakespeare module, looking at Shakespearian insults, how Shakespeare has influenced our language today and how he is still relevant. A mixture of fun facts about Shakespeare to play a bingo game, a research sheet, a Shakespearian insult activity and opportunities to analyse and explore interesting use and change of word classes. Easily adaptable for all abilities. I used with a year 9 set 4 class and it was really successful. All learning objectives, success criteria, real world link, levels and stretch and challenge opportunities are included. Fun Do Now and Plenary activities also included.

A lesson with resources analyzing themes and presentation of characters in Hound of the Baskervilles. Worksheet available for students to independently work through sections to analyse and understand the text. Style of worksheet enables students to get used to different questions used in the Eduqas English GCSE exam. Powerpoint with Learning Objectives, Success Criteria, instructions, Real World Link and Key Terms box also included.

A fun quiz with seven rounds including a song round, film, advert and general knowledge round. Handout with quiz questions already included. Multiple sources used. Really fun way to celebrate the holidays without resorting to a Christmas DVD!

Training students to select individual words and phrases and link them to analysis and personal opinion. This lesson allows students to consider a range of themes and match them to short/medium quotes. From this point, students start to select individual words and begin 'embedding quotes' into their analysis- taking them a step above PEE structure. Students can use this to practice skills needed for their Eduqas English Literature GCSE examination. All success criteria, learning objectives and resources are included in the lesson, as well as embedded timers and a 'real world' link to ensure the lesson is 'Ofsted ready'. Students engaged in this lesson and massively improved their understanding of how to answer using embedded quotes.

A planned lesson allowing students to research Victorian History and the invention of Christmas Cards. Students are able to identify, label and apply presentational features whilst learning more contextual information about Victorian life. This lesson has all learning objectives, success criteria and resources available in one PowerPoint, as well as 'real life' links. Any students studying Charles Dickens or other Victorian Authors could use this lesson as a Christmas lesson whilst ensuring students are engaging in contextual resource.

A complete lesson (or 2 depending on group) analyzing an extract of Hound of the Baskervilles and focusing on tension, drama and language analysis. This lesson will encourage students to closely analyse texts and identify language, as well as authors intention and presentation of main themes. A great revision tool as well as a useful assessment for classes. Suitable for all KS4 classes. This sheet was used with a low ability set, but questions are easily altered.

A complete lesson (or 2 depending on group) analyzing an extract of A Christmas Carol and focusing on The Cratchit family. This lesson will encourage students to closely analyse texts and identify language, as well as authors intention and presentation of main characters. A great revision tool as well as a useful assessment for classes. Suitable for all KS4 classes. This sheet was used with a low ability set, but questions are easily altered.

An easy to use selection of cloze paragraphs for Hound of the Baskervilles. More coming soon!

A great, interactive lesson on identifying and analyzing persuasive language features in newspapers. Used with both year 7 and 8 to open up discussion and analysis. Whiteboards are a fun addition to the lesson. All resources, learning objectives and success criteria included in the lesson.

A good lesson to begin analysis of Stave 1 of A Christmas Carol. Learning Objectives, Success criteria and all resources are included. Detailed study of language and meaning. Great lesson to prepare students for a character study of Scrooge.

A fun, interactive and fast paced lesson complete with all resources, learning objectives and success criteria. Focus on ISAFOREST language techniques, identifying them and analyzing the effect. Use of whiteboard games, fast paced identification and then annotation of the headlines. A great lesson for year 7, 8 or 9 to assess and improve students' recognition, understanding and analysis of persuasive language.

A fun lesson researching and creating a timeline to explore context of Victorian England before studying A Christmas Carol. Can be used in isolation or as part of a scheme. Very good for low ability Key Stage 4 or Key Stage 3.

A lesson analyzing the character of Scrooge and what the reader learns about him in the first stave. A sheet with three paragraphs to analyse and annotate is included, with the hardest paragraph annotate to demonstrate expectations to the students. This all leads up to an essay question about Scrooge as a character. Perfect for low ability students studying A Christmas Carol for GCSE.

A fun one off lesson getting students to plan, consider and create ghost stories using first person. Can be used in conjunction with any other scheme of work or as a one off cover lesson. A good introduction to creative writing or drama. Worksheet with pictures of different haunted settings included to help students who struggle with creative writing.

A set of two lessons analyzing the poem Stealing by Carol Ann Duffy. A range of tasks including picture association, analyzing poetry and written analysis. Lots of short tasks and an optional worksheet to ascertain understanding for weaker students. All learning objectives, levels and success criteria on the powerpoint.