Excellent revision resource with Jekyll and Hyde key quotations categorised with characters and themes.

For any year group to inspire gothic themed creative writing, but I used this with my Year 8s and 9s after studying Susan Hill’s ‘Woman in Black.’

Used as a H/W task with my second set Year Ten class after discovering that a majority of them had developed the bad habit of 'quotation bombing.' The model examples and practice points and quotations can be easily adapted to suit any text; I have used the AQA 'Women in Prison' source materials from a specimen Paper Two.

Effective revision activity for GCSE English Language and Literature or can be adapted for KS3 students. Provides model sentence stems and requires students to match them to the aspects of a PEEZ paragraph.

Supported activity with ‘No Fear’ Shakespeare extract of Lady Macbeth reacting to Macbeth’s letter. Ideal for mixed Year 9 students or weaker KS4 students. PEEZ sentence starters and a writing task.

Selection of activities presented as a menu for Key Stage 3 library based lessons - could be used as homework or cover lesson activity.

Extended extract from Aron Ralston’s account of getting trapped by a boulder in Utah and being forced to amputate his own arm with a multitool. On last page have included some tasks. Probably best for Year 9, 10 and 11. Effective for exploring how tension and suspense is created through language.

Smartboard slides (so won't work unless you have the necessary SMART notebook software) that were originally created by me for a now redundant Year Seven SoW. Could be adapted for any Key Stage Three class looking at the history of the English Language or Chaucer. If you have SMART notebook software, you can access the other files that accompany the scheme (copies of extracts/worksheets etc.) through the paperclip icon either to the left or right of the smartboard slides.

A couple of simple superhero themed synonym tasks to appeal particularly to boys.

Some stimulus material to help students decide who would play the roles of Curley and Curley's wife in a brand new, big budget film production of &'Of Mice and Men.&';

Edited Metro article used within a Year Eight SoW about rants. Worksheet provides simple language analysis tasks as well as a selection of writing challenges.

Categorised by theme, great revision resource.

Comic article ranting about wasps with some activities to encourage KS3 students to analyse language choices and create their own writing inspired by the text.

Revise GCSE writing criteria by applying it the model paragraphs - should generate some discussion before attempting own persuasive writing. With some adaptation, suitable for all secondary students.

Activities to analyse a WWF text. Suitable for KS3 students and perhaps some KS4.

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.

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.

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.)

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.

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!