A lessons that aims to compare and contrast the two mothers in the play. Contains sentence stems practice PEELD paragraph. Suitable for KS3.

A lesson designed to get students thinking about what makes a successful and persuasive speech. Students analyse a famous speech by Churchill, analysing the language used and commenting on the effect.

A complete lesson for KS3 students using WW1 and WW2 as a stimulus for letter writing.

A lesson exploring the context surrounding the novella. Useful as a way of introducing KS4 students to the contextual information surrounding the text.

A lesson introducing each question on Section A Language Paper 1 (AQA) and the skills required. Includes practice for Question 1.

A lesson exploring the theme of superstition in Blood Brothers, including a model PEELD paragraph with success criteria. Suitable for KS3.

Robert Cormier - Heroes - lesson on the historical context of Pearl Harbor

A lesson that aims to introduce students to the character of Scrooge and analyse the opening description of his character. Suitable for KS4 students.

A lesson introducing students to the context of Shakespeare. I used this as an intro to A Midsummer Night's Dream but would be suitable for an introduction to any of his plays. Suitable for KS3 students.

8 slides of spellings suitable for KS3 students that I do with my tutor group each week.

Teacher written Band 4 model answers to support student understanding of questions 2-4 of AQA English Lang Paper 1 Section A. These model answers are to be used alongside the AQA sample paper that uses the opening from the novel The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel which can be downloaded for free online.

A lesson that focuses on developing knowledge of sentence types for use with Midsummer Night’s Dream Writing SOW but could be used as a standalone descriptive writing lesson. Includes an overview of minor, simple, compound and complex sentences, a task that gets students to identify the different sentence types in a model paragraph, a writing task that uses an image of Bottom from MSND but could be replaced with any image, and a peer assessment task. Suitable for KS3 and KS4 students.

A lesson that seeks to develop the use of semi-colons in descriptive writing in order to add detail. The lesson includes a punctuation practice starter, an overview of semi-colon use, an upscaling your sentence task and an independent task where students apply what they have learnt.

A detailed lesson that introduces students to descriptive writing. The lesson includes a spelling test, a success criteria activity, a variety of descriptive model paragraphs and a plenary that focuses on upscaling vocabulary. Would be suitable for both KS3 and KS4 students.

A lesson exploring the titles and opening paragraphs of a range of Dystopian novels. Suitable for KS3 and KS4 students.

A lesson exploring the use of contrasts in Act 1 Scene 4 of Macbeth. Suitable for high ability KS3 (might need simplifying slightly) and KS4.

A lesson focusing on the character of Lady Macbeth in Act 1 Scene 5. The PPT includes detailed annotations on LM's "The Raven himself..." soliloquy, sentence stems for independent language analysis and a peer assessment task.

A set of 3 lessons focusing on two World War 1 poems; Siegfried Sassoon (Counter-Attack) and Isaac Rosenberg (Break of Day in the Trenches) plus a comparison lesson. Suitable for KS3 or low ability KS4.

A lesson exploring the presentation of Macbeth as a noble and brave war hero in Act 1 Scene 2. Suitable for high ability KS3 and KS4.

A lesson exploring Act 1 Scene 3. Students will analyse key quotes and consider how they present characters and themes. There is also a persuasive writing activity that uses this scene as a stimulus. Suitable for high ability KS3 and KS4.