Designed for Year 11 students, following the mock examinations. The revision mat offers top tips for the exam and explains clearly what is expected of students, from responding to texts and poetry to using comparative vocabulary.

Designed to support GCSE students with approaching the evaluation question on Paper 1 English Language. The mat includes top tips, a range of appropriate vocabulary and a clear explanation of the question for students. Works alongside the Language and Structure learning mat - possibly best copied back to back.

Useful for introducing Year 11 students to the topic areas and styles of teaching at A Level. Focuses on language and power.

A huge presentation of fully planned lessons, including a final writing assessment, this unit of work uses the learning cycle: Connect, New Information, Activity, Demonstrate and Review. Approximately 6 weeks of lessons. A range of tasks including: what is an autobiography? what is a biography? analysing extracts verb tenses language analysis structural analysis creating a 'voice' exploding images analysing front covers creating autobiography covers analysing and writing blurbs use of humour and anecdote researching myself exploring web pages writing about myself Designed for Y7 but useful across KS3 to develop analysis of non-fiction.

Originally designed for use with Y9 students, this lesson focuses on developing an understanding of the writer's viewpoint and perspective, exploring the effects of language and structure in a text. A good introduction to core GCSE skills for KS3 students or editable to work with new GCSE specifications, this lesson includes an example response and peer assessment opportunity.

Designed for A Level English Language students, this presentation explores the ways in which language in expressed and intended, including concepts such as implicature and politeness theories.

Designed for A Level English Language students, this 63-slide presentation covers word classes in detail, explores the concept of borrowing, explains lexical cohesion and offers example responses to texts.

The lesson develops appreciation of extended metaphor and includes a student learning mat, envoy task, model annotations and review. Judged outstanding. Used with KS3 mixed ability.

A range of lessons, with resources, to teach descriptive and narrative writing to GCSE students. The presentation includes lessons on: Describing people and places Show not Tell Narrative arcs and structures Creating characters Developing vocabulary Exploding minor details Openings Endings Planning a response All lessons have been successfully taught with a Year 10 higher-ability class.

This resource was aimed at higher-ability Year 7 students and explores the technique of contrast in the poem. There is a learning mat included in the presentation.

A lesson preparing students for unseen poetry at GCSE. Can be used from Year 9. Covers AQA AO1 and AO2 and features exploded quotations to develop appreciation of the poem.

Designed for A Level English Language students, this detailed presentation explores the physical aspects of making sounds, along with an introduction to the phonemic alphabet.

A mammoth 126 slide presentation, including a range of tasks and activities for students studying the play at GCSE level.

Used with KS3 or KS4 students to develop appreciation of themes, characters and connections in the play. An example file can also be downloaded to model the task for students.

Designed to extend thinking beyond the obvious for KS4 students, though could also be used with more-able KS3. The idea is to take a textual reference and 'zoom out' beyond initial impressions, to writer's techniques, writer's intentions and finally, symbolic meanings. Hopefully it might be useful to others.

Lots of information to help students understand the backdrop to the play.

Used to prepare students for the coursework element of A Level English Language, as well as covering some of the reading theory for Language Acquisition. Focus on independent, collaborative learning.

Designed to encourage students preparing for GCSE English Literature to compare the content and style of both poems. The lesson can lead into diagnostic assessment of skills.

Designed for A Level English Language students, this presentation explores the impact of visual cues on an audience,