Five homework tasks which can easily be embedded into any scheme. Extended writing tasks based on current GCSE questions, diamond nine and definition tasks are some of the tasks included.

Five homework tasks for Boy Overboard. Character profiles, welcoming refugees, life in Afghanistan, definition and diary entry based tasks.

Four homework tasks for Of Mice and Men. Can be easily embedded within current schemes. Tasks include quotation explosions, diamond nine, comparison and extended writing.

5 tasks focusing on a variety of skills. Ideal for homework tasks or can easily be embedded within current schemes. Tasks include welcoming evacuees, character profiles and creative writing.

Three tasks on Gothic writing. Easy to embed in current schemes and use as homework.

A lesson that makes links between English and History where students are encouraged to write a letter to an unknown soldier. Can be used as a stand alone lesson or within a scheme of work. It's a clear lesson for a non specialist to also use.

Thirty starter activities to help students practice the skill required for Paper 2 Section A. All the tasks are based on images, which makes these activities appropriate for starters, but challenging due to the lack of text provided. It will encourage students to focus on smaller pieces of text rather than selecting large quotes. These can be used in English and dropped into any scheme, but they could also be used as form activities for KS4 classes.

Six sheets that are based on the new English Language GCSE that can be used for KS3 and KS4. They focus on audience, purpose and SPaG, which will help reinforce to students what they should be proofreading for in their exam. These are designed to help embed the required skills for this course.

A SoW for the text Coraline. The scheme does include extracts from other texts and poems with tasks designed to assess Writing, Reading, Spoken Language and Poetry. There are four cover lessons provided with prompts to help those that are not English specialists when delivering the lesson. The cover lessons are based on key themes of the texts so can be used at various points in the novel, which allow for maximum flexibility. The template used does give teachers the opportunity to comment on how their class found the lesson, which makes it easier to adapt to your context at the end of the year/in any gain time you have. This resource is just the SoW outline and the cover lessons. The powerpoints and worksheets for this SoW are available in a separate download.

A task where students are grouped and given the opportunity to research a key contextual area and then they present this information back to the class. There are support slides included that can be printed off and placed with groups. These slides model the depth of information required for this GCSE text. The task would be much more suited to MA and HA groups.

A short series of tasks that show students the importance of punctuation. This has been useful with GCSE students, particularly LA/MA, that need to be encouraged to proofread to maximise their marks on Language Section B. The tasks are designed to show them how punctuation impacts meaning and there are also some humorous examples to maximise engagement.

Mother, any distance covered in small chunks. This resource is best suited to a lower ability class as the demands are increased throughout the powerpoint. There are short clear tasks that ask them to identify textual evidence, but also some tasks where they can begin to develop their own perspective on the poem rather than 'repeat what they have been told'. The content provided can be covered in one lesson, if you are struggling for time, but it is also clear enough for any uncompleted tasks to be set for homework by printing out the slide required.

More able analysis grids with a modelled paragraph on the first slide (generic theme of love, so that they can concentrate on the writing skills). There are more specific themes on the other slides to show how the topic can be narrowed for the most able students in your classes.

One activity where students examine quotes bout the theme of fate. This would be suitable for all abilities and could easily be set as homework or cover work.

This task shows students the impact of language and presentational features on the intended audience. The advert used has a lot to it, which makes it a good resource for a range of abilities.

This resource collection contains extracts from well known texts and encourage students to think carefully about their vocabulary choices. These resources are quite flexible so can be dropped into various existing schemes.

These tasks can be used as assessments or set as cover lessons for this text. They are based on the new specification GCSE exam tasks and structured as these questions are. All of the tasks can easily be embedded within a scheme and also provide cross curricular links with Science.

Cross curricular lesson that introduces students how to respond to texts, in this case the poem Dulce et Decorum est. Can be used as a stand alone skills lesson or embedded within a current scheme.

35 'Word of the Week' put on to Powerpoint. Can be used during Tutor time or at the beginning of a lesson. States the word, a definition and an example. Could also be used as a short handwriting task.

Five single page takeaways that can be delivered to staff in a short period of time, or emailed to them, to inform them of strategies to help increase the progress of these students in English lessons. These takeaways focus on the following groups/needs: EAL Literacy ADD and ADHD Self esteem Boys