A series of 15 lessons which target Act 1 & Act 2 for a low ability group - tasks are accessible and adaptable with opportunity to read, watch, create responses and up level Specific focus on theme and character to respond to AQA Lit New Spec

A lesson plan and handout which allows students to develop understanding of AO6 - task allows exploration, teaching and development of writing a description. Image is supported by boxes to highlight the areas of the image which can be described - focusing attention and allowing visual stimulus Can be adapted to suit any image, and can change the content/style of the sentences you teach

Creating a first impression of the poem for Unseen Poetry is often the most difficult task for students. Using Lexical Fields to create an understanding of the poem means the students have a starting point for the rest of their response. This lesson prompts an understanding of Lexical Fields and how they can be effective in developing an understanding of message, tone, theme or character; depending on the question

This is a resource consisting of Lesson Plan, Differentiated/Annotated poem and sentence stems to scaffold, along with a planning worksheet focusing on the Language Features within the poem Although AQA specification warns away from feature spotting, the focus allows students to develop an understanding, and explain the effectiveness, of language devices . Sentence stems prompt students to develop a sense of how to structure a response to poetry

Follows on from 'Creative Writing - Story Opening' Another lesson which consolidates students' understanding of how to create an effective, engaging story opening with focus on style and register. Lesson includes differentiated starter, opportunity to create and up level, analysis of the mark scheme to target specific skills and areas for student led learning

Lesson plan focuses on analysing the structure of an extract from 'The Road' - Extract is differentiated and assists in the writing of an effective response to Question 3 of the AQA new spec Language Paper 1 (8 marks) Included in the resource is the Self/Peer Assessment progress counter and Lesson Starter sticker

A resource which analyses an extract from Sherlock Holmes a Sign of Four with a focus on structure (AQA Lang Paper 1 - Question 3) Source is differentiated and task is appraised with a Peer Assessment task

Lesson plan which focuses on creating a response to AQA Lang Paper 1 - Question 2 (Language Analysis. Aimed at lower ability group with an extract from Fahrenheit 911 focusing on the identification of power withing character. Allow students to independently write response in line with a given Success Criteria and Self-Assess against this

A range of resources prompting students to create effective story openings, looking at a range of ways to engage the reader -Directly targeting the reader -Describing something strange -Immediate Action -Pathetic Fallacy Group work can be adapted to work individually and writing on tables can be adapted to create a range of story openings in books. Includes Peer Assessment strategies

Lesson focuses AQA Language Paper 1: Section B and the ability to create a piece of descriptive writing. The lesson and accompanying worksheet includes opportunity for student led learning, building a success criteria and being able to up level to meet particular needs of students (AO5 or AO6) - Both can be adapted to suit; teaching style, content and targets

Lesson plan with activities, sentence stems and Success Criteria to answering AQA Language paper 1 - Question 2 - Language Analysis Focuses on the use of Lexical Fields to answer the first bullet point of the question: Comment on words and phrases

Prompts students to read a range of literature and develop use of: - Information retrieval - Language Analysis - Analysing structure - Descriptive Writing Builds confidence in students' ability to access exam style questions - useful tool to consolidate class learning

Supports understanding of Sherlock Holmes - A sign of Four Focuses on AQA Paper 1 skills: - Information retrieval - Language Analysis - Analysing structure - Descriptive Writing Students can be given these over holidays, or as weekly tasks following a classroom focus