This is just a fun filler for less able pupils to introduce them to a great bit of Dickens. And it’s free.

Helps Y9 produce a piece of creative writing based on the opening 20 minutes of Saving Private Ryan (an old coursework / controlled writing task). You can also use the resource to help prepare Y9 pupils for Q5 paper 1, looking at details on images and helping them to write creatively in response.

This is a right laugh to do with Y9 kids, to stimulate creative writing, writing for a purpose or as an introdution to GCSE Media / Film studies.

Scheme of work for Y7 or Y8 depending on your school. That sounds a bit drab doesn’t it; there’s loads to do and you can add what you want. It’s free.

This is really useful for a disengaged GCSE class, using banned music videos as a starting point for spoken language or a piece of transactional writing. I’ve suggested some really interesting videos (all on Youtube) but I’m 50 now, and not as down with the kids as I used to be, so you’d probably want to augment the unit with some gangsters shooting each other or scantily clad dancers with gold teeth smoking decidedly dodgy looking Vape machines. Or something.

This resource is a sample of a comprehensive scheme- there is a PPT with a worksheet for each chapter.

My favourite author. You’ll need the whole story, which I’m not allowed to sell obviously.

Based on Seamus Heaney’s ‘Follower’, the lecture tackles the key methods pupils need to identify and comment on in Literature Paper 2

Can be delivered to a whole year group or class by class to absolutely nail the method aspect of paper 1 Lit.

A one size fits all powerpoint to revise the importance of method when analysing Dickens in Q1 AQA English Literature Paper 1

This is a well-crafted, highly visual, lecture for middle to upper ability kids who need to move from band 2 to band 3 - focusing explicitly on Priestley’s dramatic methods and effects on an audience.

Basically these are my resources for the last specifications and before, which is why they are cheap. They will get you sailing towards the new specs for sure, helping the kids to get fully familiar with the basics, including language, themes, context and characters.

A fun way of introducing writing to instruct, using the scenario of a Zombie Apocalypse.

A single ppt three lesson unit based on The Gashleycrumb Tinies, suitable for a fun intro to Gothic Literature for KS3. Accessible and interactive for able Y7s up to more challenging Y9s.

A fun intro to being playful and experimental with poetry.

A lesson introducing structure in Dystopian Fiction focusing on ‘The Road’ by Cormac McCarthy. Suitable for an able GCSE class or as an introduction to Dystopian Fiction for a top set Y9. Worksheet and Powerpoint.

A fun one-off, or introduction to Science Fiction, for an able Y7 or mixed ability Y8/9 - the ppt is the springboard for a week’s creative writing and group work, leading to a speaking and listening or presentation. The unit could also be set as a project based half term homework.

A great introduction to Persuasive Writing, using adverts to stimulate interest and engagement in the main task, analysis of three texts: JFK’s Moon Speech, Old Major’s Speech from Animal Farm and and Extract from Swift’s A Modest Proposal.

Tackles the use of Shakespeare’s Method - the serious flaw in pupils’ responses. Can be delivered to a whole year group or class by class, to make sure that this key factor in teaching is sorted.

PPTs and Worksheets to link Logos, to slogans, to adverts to persuasive writing of the highest calibre.