A lesson on ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’ for lower ability learners. It includes: Starter multiple choice question Context sheet and storyboard activity Suggested annotations for lower ability learners Discussion: how is this a power and/or conflict poem? Article writing task

A series of powerpoints to teach Steinbeck's 'Of Mice and Men'. Suitable for KS3 and KS4.

A lesson on Jane Weir’s ‘Poppies’ in the AQA Power and Conflict Anthology. It is aimed at a lower ability set and includes: A true or false starter about the important of the poppy (answers provided) A double-sided activity worksheet to enable comprehension Role on the wall activity Letter-writing extension task Review Learning Expected time: 1.5 - 2 hours

A PPT that enables an exploration of ‘War Photographer’ by Carol Ann Duffy. It includes: Lesson starter that encourages learners to think about the role of the war photographer Feedback slide Basic contextual information Suggested annotations aimed at lower ability learners A summary sheet and worksheet Comparison task with ‘Remains’ Review

A powerpoint that teaches Duffy's 'War Photographer'. Suitable for GCSE English Literature.

An introduction to unseen poetry for middle ability learners working towards AQA English Literature 8702/2. The Do Now task is a series of multiple choice questions focusing on Tupac’s ‘The Rose that Grew from Concrete’. This is self-assessed. After this, learners examine the requirements of the AQA 870 Literature course in order to determine how and where unseen poetry fits in. This is followed by a return to Tupac’s poem and a focus on some of the poetic methods used. The methods are pre-identified so that learners need only consider the effects. After feedback, there is the opportunity to review learning. Estimated time = one hour

Four adjustable worksheets that can be printed back-to-back on A3 and used in relation to the study of unseen poetry.

I’ve endeavoured to create a mark scheme for the Power and Conflict poetry with indicative content, similar to the Language papers for AQA 8700/1 + 2. I’m not an examiner for this course so would be grateful for any constructive feedback.

I created a storyboard version of ‘A Christmas Carol’ for lower ability learners. However, it could also be used as a revision tool for middle-upper ability learners as well. This resource contains 5 storyboards: 1 for each stave of the novella.

A lesson that follows on from this introduction to speech writing for KS3: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-introduction-to-speech-writing-for-ks3-12049010 This is a speech-writing lesson based on the issue of arming teachers, similar to the US. It includes: Starter - learners examine four related images and say how they are similar and different A keywords match-up task with extension A link to a relevant article which serves as useful research/pre-reading A summary of the main arguments and some key statistics about gun crime in the US versus the UK Sample GCSE question (AQA-style) WAGOLL Writing time Peer assessment and review This lesson is aimed at lower-middle ability learners and should take about two hours. If you like this lesson, please consider other lessons in the KS3 speech writing series, as and when they are published. For example: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-speech-writing-the-plastics-debate-12058293 UPDATE: Corrections made to Teacher/Pupil Keywords sheets.

Just a simple look at shared themes in the Power and Conflict Poetry. Could be used as a starting point for group work in terms of creating points and finding relevant quotes.

A collection of extracts from Canonical 19th Century fiction texts. Could be used as a basis for GCSE reading/writing practice questions.

An introduction into Victorian morality. Useful in the pre-reading of Jekyll and Hyde and other 19th Century novels.

An Active Inspire mind map that explores the presentation of women in ‘Jekyll and Hyde’. UPDATE: this Active Inspire file and the other Jekyll and Hyde mind maps are available as screenshots on PowerPoint and as PDFs. If this is a more convenient software choice for you, please download/purchase this resource/bundle and then email me using the address on my store front. Just click on ‘More about this author’.

These are Level 4-5 WAGOLLS for the November re-sit for AQA English Language 8700/1 and 8700/2. In order to access the reading inserts, you will need to go onto E-AQA and download them. Please ensure that you have access to E-AQA before downloading.

A way of teaching how to link inferences to quotations. Use in conjunction with a reading text from which quotations need to be derived. Students should write the question in the central circle and then find up to six relevant quotations.

10 PowerPoint slides with practice tasks for AQA Language Paper 1, Question 5.

A lesson aimed at KS4 pupils that focuses mainly on comprehension and inference-making. The text is a 19th century letter describing entry into the Wolstanton & Burslem Union Workhouse at Chell. Please feel free to use either as a remote learning task or literacy for students coming into school during this difficult time.

A set of quotations pertaining to Utterson, Lanyon and Hyde. Useful for revision.

These are two comprehension-focused worksheets based on 19th century non-fiction texts. The first extract is from ‘The Dictionary of Daily Wants’ and gives advice on selecting an appropriate apprenticeship. The second extract is entitled ‘The Dreadful Life and Confession of a Boy Aged Twelve Years, Who was Condemned to Die at last Old Bailey Sessions’. Please feel free to use as a remote-learning task or as an activity for those coming into school at this difficult time.