A list of quite challenging spellings for KS4 students studying Animal Farm. Remember that students are assessed for their SPAG for this question (with Edexcel), and so higher level vocabulary is credit worthy.

A lesson teaching students how to analyse an extract from Romeo and Juliet, preparing them for the new GCSE 9-1 Literature exams. This lesson focuses on Act 1, Scene 5 (a previous exam question). Based on Edexcel mark scheme, though this can be easily changed.

This took my top set Y11 class two hours. It is a lesson designed to help them revise the working-class characters and their significance throughout the novel. There is work on key quotations and also a help sheet to help students embed contextual knowledge. Students are then taught how to approach the exam question and given an excellent model answer as a guide. Very challenging for the more able.

This lesson took my top set Year 11s two hours. It is designed to help them revise the theme of hope in Animal Farm, as well as the ideas that relate to it - Old Major, the Windmill, Beasts of England and Moses and his tales of Sugarcandy Mountain. Students are then taught how to write and structure the essay. An exemplar answer is included.

A six week scheme of work that teaches students all they need to know about the transactional writing element of the new GCSE for English Language. Although this is designed with Edexcel in mind, it does adapt easily to other exam boards (the only specific references to Edexcel are on slides containing shots of the success criteria). This SOW is very detailed, containing multiple grade 9 exemplars to use for inspiration, as well as exam tasks. The lessons cover different genres, for example writing a speech, a newspaper article, a magazine article, an obituary, a letter and a blog, as well as different purposes including writing to persuade, inform, argue and entertain.

This is a 16 lesson unit of work that walks students through everything they need to know to answer the identify, analyse and evaluate questions in relation to a 19th century extract on the new GCSE English Language Paper 1 exam. This unit is designed to suit Edexcel, though can be easily adapted for other exam boards. The unit includes example responses (including full mark model answers) and exemplar paragraphs for modelling with each lesson.

A fully-resourced lesson on Zimmerman and West’s Dominance Theory - lasts 2-3 hours.

This is a complete Jekyll and Hyde revision/activity booklet for students, containing chapter summaries, comprehension questions, vocabulary tasks, contextual/thematic exploration opportunities and key quotation analysis for every chapter. 56 pages in total. Please review!

A fully-resourced A Level lesson on Lakoff’s Deficit Model, using a Loose Women transcript as a stimulus. Observed by Oftsed inspector and graded outstanding. All resources, differentiation and a lesson plan are included.

A game with 70 slides containing key terminology relevant to AS Level English language (multiple specs). Game is easy to play and only requires a couple of students. Excellent revision tool.

Lesson designed for high-ability students. Students are taught 6 persuasive writing techniques and then have to use them in a letter to Santa persuading him NOT to visit them this year. I used this as an interview lesson and received an ‘outstanding’.

A full marks Animal Farm Literature essay answering the question ‘Explore the significance of Boxer’. This is the style of question asked in the new Edexcel 9-1 Literature exam.

Animal Farm Pub Quiz perfect for recapping plot, characters, themes and key quotations. Contains: - 20 multiple choice questions - true or false round - quotation fill-in-the-blanks round - music round (link the song, for example Parton’s 9-5, to a key theme in the novella) - bonus round based on the ending of the novel.

2 festive lessons that would be great for any KS4 group (or higher ability KS3 group!). The first is a reading lesson based on a Christmas extract from Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone; this is followed by a series of reading questions in the style of the new Edexcel Language paper 1 questions. The second is a creative writing lesson based on a clip from Home Alone, which encourages students to write in the third person using a range of sentence structures. These festive lessons can be enjoyed by all ages and require no extra planning.

EDEXCEL CONFLICT POETRY ANTHOLOGY - 9-1 SPEC Each sheet contains 15-20 thoughtful analysis questions for students to answer on these poems. This would make an excellent revision task, homework task or consolidation of learning task.

A 10-week scheme of work for KS3 English based on myths, legends and symbols. Through this scheme of work, students will study a range of texts (Bible stories, non-fiction extracts, poetry and fiction extracts) and examine how these texts form the basis of modern Literature. Lessons are designed to target a range of skills, such as language and structural analysis, comparing texts, analysing poetry, using quotations to support ideas, writing analytically and writing creatively. This scheme of work has been used successfully and enjoyed by students in my school for the last three years.

A 40/40 essay answering the following Animal Farm question: ‘Explore the significance of Snowball throughout the novel’. This has not yet appeared as an exam question, so a great exemplar to use with groups, especially those you are challenging to achieve grades 8 and 9.