A selection of differentiated homework activities to work alongside a scheme of work for Animal Farm. Useful, creative and great to aide revision.

An active, interesting and engaging lesson discussing what tolerance is and considering society. Can be used alongside a range of texts that tackle issues with diversity such as Othello, Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry, The Hunger Games, Noughts and Crosses... Great for team work, speaking and listening, reasoning and justification skills.

To tackle the lack of enthusiasm about homework in my school I created a menu of homework. This one targets the Eduqaas poetry anthology and gives opportunities to independently research and extend learning. There are 25 homeworks already planned, differentiated by 'spice'. Since using these menus, where the students pick for themselves, the amount and quality of homework has improved.

A 39 page revision book including an abridged version of each stave, alongside quick questions, language analysis, essay questions and more. With both comprehension and language analysis available, as well as options to analyse key themes and characters, this is the perfect tool for students to get to grips with the text. Worked incredibly well as a revision aide for high ability students, whilst used as a differentiation tool for lower ability students in preparation for their literature exam.

A powerpoint, including useful revision cards reminding students how to answer each question of Component 1, alongside a 'practice the skills' lesson for each question using extracts from James and the Giant Peach, as well as a lesson on Component 2, using Bill Bryson and Rudyard Kipling for the 20th and 19th century non fiction respectively. In addition to the powerpoint there is an entire component 2 exam style paper that can be completed, that runs alongside the powerpoint. Very useful in helping the students understand the exam expectations.

A complete mock paper and step by step guide to the English Literature Component 2 walking talking mock. All questions, answers, annotations and plan included as well as step by step guide to success and learning objectives.

A fun, engaging and interactive lesson using the system of a 'Hunger Games' to discuss power and strength within Macbeth. Students are given a character at random, and some basic information, they then need to argue and discuss who would win a literary Hunger Games. There are 'weapons' cards that can be collected from the cornucopia, as well as 'health boosts' for students who the teacher decides is most persuasive. Really engaging way to consider the themes of power, corruption, greed and strength within Macbeth. Especially successful with middle-low sets to encourage engagement.

A bank of 5 complete lesson resources, powerpoints and worksheets to link with any novel that covers the theme of animal rights and pet ownership . A wide range of issues are up for discussion including: homelessness, animal testing, hunting, pet ownership, vegetarianism...

A complete mock paper for the Eduqas English Language Component 2- non fiction 19th and 21st century. A powerpoint and mock paper for the English Language GCSE. Powerpoint goes through each reading question in detail, helping students understand the question and what is expected of them. The powerpoint does not cover the transactional writing, however two transactional writing questions are included in the mock paper. A good way of instilling confidence in students before the exam.

A very detailed workbook or revision book for William Shakespeare's Macbeth. The workbook includes: all the key scenes broken down with key questions throughout, all key soliloquys with key questions, a range of essay questions, short language questions, analysis of theme, character and purpose. A wide range of activities to help students revise Macbeth and succeed in their exams. 36 pages of tasks and analysis opportunities. Students could use this in conjunction with the Macbeth and Lady Macbeth quote revision cards also available through my shop.

key Stage 3, Year 9 English SOW that has strong links to History. A full half term scheme of work, fully resourced for each week with a detailed medium term plan outlining every lesson. Key vocabulary is outlined for the scheme. A skeleton powerpoint is also provided with 38 slides of basic guidance for teachers for the first week of learning. Each week has a different focus, with key skills worked on throughout the SOW. These skills are: Reading: Comparing texts, synthesising information, analysing writer’s techniques and message and evaluating texts Writing: Using discourse markers, using ambitious punctuation, using writer’s techniques, using the correct layout and writing engaging texts. The scheme of work includes: -an analysis of the language of media looking at cases of police brutality -an exploration of how the civil rights movement started with transactional writing tasks linked to different moments within the Civil Right’s Movement, as well as source analysis -An analysis and comparison of different influential figures - includes extracts of autobiographies, speeches and articles about MLK, Malcolm X, JFK and Emmett Till. Also has a great lesson on the FBI report around Emmett Till’s murder. -Exploration of Civil Rights poetry (June Jordan, Nikki Giovanni and Margaret Walker -Exploring presidential campaigns and how they are created. This looks at Barack Obama’s presidential campaign and speeches and compares them to different presidents -The final two weeks give students the opportunity to create their own presidential campaign and to create a celebration of Black History Month. These weeks include lots of opportunity for written and spoken assessment, as well as collaborative projects. Each week has a blue highlighted task that can be the assessment task, or a weekly checkpoint task.

A useful starter kit for anyone who is due to teach P4C but has not had much experience teaching it. P4C is a great way of getting students discussing key issues and is useful in many subjects across the curriculum. This starter kit gives you: -useful posters -blank powerpoint slide format -5 example P4C lesson plans / powerpoints in full -resources needed for each lesson - 'helpful hints' worksheet or poster for students to improve their conversational speech

I have compiled together a bank of homework menus for texts that are often studied. This means in one purchase you will get homework menus for: Romeo and Juliet A Christmas Carol Macbeth The Boy in the Striped Pyjama's Lord of the Flies and The Creative Writing homework menu Each of these homework menu's has 25 separate homework tasks that can be completed to assist students with the understanding of the text, and they can each be easily adapted to be easily set cover work for classes.

An updated entire terms lesson plans. 31 lessons planned and prepared. Links to scheme of work already uploaded. Resources available with scheme of work, and many are already within the PowerPoint. Included in this download are the three poems listed to be studied alongside the play.

A fully resources scheme of work looking at sonnets and soliloquies, comparing them to popular music - mainly rap and hip hop. This is created for year 8, but could be used in any year of KS3. This is a lively and engaging scheme of work that looks at the similarities between rap, hip-hop and Shakespeare’s writing. The student have opportunities to learn about the structure and creation of sonnets and soliloquies, with soliloquies from Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet and Macbeth as well as Sonnet 18, Sonnet 55 and Ozymandias (Shelley). As part of the package, you get: A full MTP document with detailed outline of each lesson, tasks, assessment points, LOs and SCs and optional homework. It also has links to any web pages needed. All resources for each week, including assessment resources and grading for speaking and listening assessment opportunities. Resources for each week A full skeleton powerpoint for the whole term. This gives basic guidance through each lesson, with LOs and SCs already outlined. All you need to do is tweak it for your classes/add any photos or images you would like.

A handy pack of Eduqas style component 1 papers to help students with exam practice, exam writing style and understanding 20th Century fiction. Texts include Great Gatsby, Lord of the Flies, Animal Farm, One Flew over the Cuckoo's nest and more. There are 6 exam style papers in the set, with 6 different 20th century text extracts and 24 different Prose creative writing task titles. Component 1 consists of: Section A (20%) – Reading Understanding of one prose extract (about 60-100 lines) of literature from the 20th century assessed through a range of structured questions Section B (20%) – Prose Writing One creative writing task selected from a choice of four titles.

A handy pack of Eduqas style component 2 papers to help students with exam practice, exam writing style and understanding 19th and 21st Century non fiction. Inserts include non fiction texts on prison life, child labour, advertising and hospital conditions. There are 5 exam style papers in the set, with 5 different sets of 19th and 21st century articles/adverts/letters and 10 transactional writing tasks, all set out exactly like the Eduqas exam paper.

A bank of 10 complete lesson resources, powerpoints and worksheets to link with any novel that covers the theme of crime and punishment. A wide range of issues are up for discussion including: Greed, Tolerance, Equality, Freedom of Speech and Riots, Greed, Media, Youth Crime... I have also included an end of term lesson where students can utilize the speaking and listening skills they have practiced and discuss which character should be allowed to survive a boat crash. Every lesson has Learning Objectives, Success Criteria, resources and a planned powerpoint so you will not need to do any editing. All lessons have at least one stimulus prepared; either a poem, article, video clip or song.