A lesson aimed at low ability students to introduce Comparing poetry - uses the poems Kamikaze and Charge of the Light Brigade Has sentence stems and model paragraph

A simple, student speak Success Criteria which can be used to self/peer assess a response to AQA Lit - New Spec - Section C - Unseen Poetry Gives students tangible things to include which can be measured to monitor progress

An independent writing task which prompts students to create a response to an exam style question - Uses the anthology to develop engagement with 'unseen poems' Uses leading questions to develop students understanding of how to structure a response to unseen poetry

A lesson which focuses on students creating an independent response to a mock Lit Paper 2 - Section C - Unseen Poetry - Comparison question worth 8 marks It uses Bayonet Charge as an unseen poem and compares it with Exposure, a poem studied in a previous lesson There is opportunity to annotate the poem as a group, differentiated starter activity, reference to the mark scheme a success criteria for answering the question, which can easily be adapted to fit your class

A simple activity which prompts students to look at the whole picture, focusing on different aspects for their descriptive writing piece. The lesson prompts students to include learned skills within each paragraphs. Useful for HW or cover work.

Lesson plan which focuses on the Anthology poem 'Singh Song' Lesson is structured to allow students to explore understanding of the language prior to annotating their anthology, includes annotated copy of the poem which prompts students to think about the meaning of language, the use of language devices and the message of the poem. Students then have the opportunity to answer an 'unseen poem' exam style question - How does the poet present the relationship with his wife in the poem 'Singh Song'?

The lesson focuses on describing an image to create mood - involves varying sentence structures and including a range of appropriate adjectives Peer Assessment task works brilliantly with students once they are coached - always make students write their name along with strength and target so they can be held accountable for good and bad feedback

An activity which can be adapted to suit the task, allowing students to identify and comment on strengths and weaknesses within a written piece Success criteria can be given, or built as a class in order to engage students in the content of their work.

2 lessons in the Holes Scheme of Learning with; - Opportunities for group work - Discussion - Model answers - Differentiated tasks - Opportunities to up level - Guided reading

2 lessons in the Holes Scheme of Learning with; - Opportunities for group work - Discussion - Model answers - Differentiated tasks - Opportunities to up level - Guided reading

A plenary which engages students through varied, differentiated questions Students can be given the freedom to choose or directed towards particular questions depending on ability

A selection of lessons from the BITSP scheme of learning with opportunities for: - Guided reading - Extended writing - Self/Peer Assessment - Information Retrieval - Quote Analysis - Creative Writing

A selection of lessons from the BITSP scheme of learning with opportunities for: - Guided reading - Extended writing - Self/Peer Assessment - Information Retrieval - Quote Analysis - Creative Writing

A selection of lessons from the BITSP scheme of learning with opportunities for: - Guided reading - Extended writing - Self/Peer Assessment - Information Retrieval - Quote Analysis - Creative Writing

A selection of lessons from the BITSP scheme of learning with opportunities for: - Guided reading - Extended writing - Self/Peer Assessment - Information Retrieval - Quote Analysis - Creative Writing - Speaking and Listening

A selection of lessons from the BITSP scheme of learning with opportunities for: - Guided reading - Extended writing - Self/Peer Assessment - Information Retrieval - Quote Analysis - Creative Writing

A selection of lessons from the BITSP scheme of learning with opportunities for: - Guided reading - Extended writing - Self/Peer Assessment - Information Retrieval - Quote Analysis - Creative Writing - Speaking and Listening

A group of 3 Homework booklets with activities for: - Robert Swindells - Stone Cold - Spelling - Vocabulary

A lesson plan and activity focusing on Seamus Heaney's 'Storm on the Island' Includes differentiated tasks, model paragraph (which can be up leveled as a class), opportunity to annotate the poem and differentiated copy of the poem