Using the PEEZC model (POINT-EVIDENCE-EXPLAIN-CONTEXT), I have written an example of an under developed paragraph with suggested steps to improve, along with further quotations to analyse writing PEEZC paragraphs independently. Used with mixed ability Year 10 class.

By using Dharker’s poem ‘Blessing’ (printed on sheet provided), students can identify, discuss and write about structural techniques in poetry. Can be adapted and used from 11-16 as a revision tool before any assessment based on poetry.

A straightforward lesson analysing some of Lady Macbeth’s language in this scene (when she reads Macbeth’s letter) - offering sentence starters for a PEEZ activity as well as an interesting creative writing task. Could be useful as a cover lesson or even for H/W. Used with a mixed ability Year 9 group. If you want to watch the scene on link provided, you’ll find it at 20 minutes and 30 seconds.

Complete assessment bundle on the theme of conflict. Includes an extract from Act 3, Scene One of ‘Romeo and Juliet’, an exam style question and lots of support that could be easily tweaked for different abilities. Worked a treat with my weaker year nines,and comes with specific conflict related quotations that can be memorised to help prepare for GCSE Literature exam. All in a Word document.

Cloze summary starter/homework/revision activity for less able GCSE students of the first four chapters of 'The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.' Also includes a challenge activity.

An explanation sheet of what is expected in each part of a PEEZE paragraph and gives students a chance to look at model PEEZE paragraphs before attempting their own. Resource based on 'Of Mice and Men' but can easily be adapted to other literature texts as appropriate. Used with top set Year 9 group as a whole class activity, possibly could be adapted as a H/W task for GCSE students.

I wrote some simplified criteria and typed up some model paragraphs so that my mixed Year Nine group could assess some work before attempting their own pieces of persuasive writing. Could easily be adapted for any persuasive writing task. Could be used as a lesson activity or homework.

A-Z fun activity after reading or watching an adaptation of the play plus a cloze activity on a comprehensive summary of the whole play to help revise plot, character names and themes. Used with middle/low Year 10 group after they watched a theatre production for the first time.

AQA style Paper TWO (READING QUESTIONS 1-4) with appropriate source texts about London. This gives students an opportunity to practise the skills needed in answering the new Paper Two ‘Writers’ Viewpoints and Perspectives’. Model paragraphs for Q4 for students to mark against simplified criteria provided. Planning grid for Q4 also provided to support them with their answer. Have used with Middle/bottom Yr 10 group. Could be adapted for H/W or used as a basis for a series of lessons (one/two lessons per question.)

Copy of 'The Manhunt' plus detailed questions exploring each stanza. Could be a good introduction/revision resource to Unseen Poetry for GCSE English Literature. Edited footage from the documentary that inspired this footage freely available from this short Youtube clip:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGX4vwXvek4 to aid understanding of context if required.

Ideal for GCSE Literature revision - a quick true/false quiz to be completed independently or in pairs on aspects of context in 'An Inspector Calls.'

Could be an extension activity/H/W, cover work or could begin a thought provoking discussion about how conscientious objectors should be remembered. Ties in well with studying war poetry. Used successfully with both a top set and mixed ability Year Eight classes.

Activities for weaker students to access and revise Wilfred Owen’s poem ‘Exposure’ . Can be further differentiated to suit individual students.

Pretty much ready to print (just change due day/date) and you have a comprehensive collection of spellings suitable for all secondary age students. Students need to write the words into sentences too to prove they have learnt the words. Simple but effective H.W!