A lesson on Kamikaze by Beatrice Garland for the AQA Power and Conflict anthology pitched at middle ability students. The homework should be set about a week previously so students can peer/self mark as the entrance task.

Two lessons aimed at teaching secondary students the key parts of speech that they need to know for literature analysis.

A student led carousel lesson on Rossetti’s remember - worked extremely well with my almost entirely EAL Year 11s - they effectively taught themselves. There are 4 stations which examine the meaning, sound, imagery and mood of the poem. No prior knowledge of the poem is needed, though students will need to be familiar with key poetic terminology. Intended for the Edexcel iGCSE in English Literature, but would be suitable for any syllabus (it could be used as an unseen poem, for example). See the notes sections of the power-point slides for ideas on differentiation and AFL.

A fun flash fiction writing lesson with a horror theme. Gets students thinking about the horror genre, the use of the uncanny and twists in their writing, and how performance affects our response to texts. I used in with KS4 and KS5 classes, but I imagine KS3 would be fine with this too.

A three page worksheet asking students to match poems to summaries, then group them by common themes. Ideal for homework.

Lesson on My Last Duchess aimed at mid to lower ability students. You will want to personalise the entrance task. The lesson also assumes students have studied other poems in the anthology, most notably Remains, The Prelude and Ozymandias. The page references on the power point are to the student copy of the anthology which is also in my resources.

A lesson on Storm on the Island from the AQA Power and Conflict Anthology aimed at mid-ability students. I didn't make the handout but can't remember where I downloaded it from so can't credit the author - apologies if it is yours.

A single carousel-style lesson that gets students to explore Carol Ann Duffy’s poem War Photographer independently (though I’d also suggest showing them a few videos about developing photographic film beforehand). To go with either the AQA or Edexcel anthologies.

A quiz on the poems and poets in the AQA Power and Conflict Anthology. The answers are on a power-point presentation so that students can peer mark this in class, saving you time.

A lesson on the extract from The Prelude (AQA Poetry Anthology) aimed at lower to middle ability students. There are instructions in the notes section of the power-point should anything be unclear. Pages references are to the student copy of the anthology which is available for download in my resources.

A lesson teaching students how to write and punctuate sentences that include a non-defining relative clause.

A lesson that aims to get students to teach each other how to differentiate between commonly confused homophones.

Revision materials for the poems in the AQA Power & Conflict Anthology. Resources are differentiated by three levels (developing - easier; secure - mid ability; extending - harder) though not all poems have a task at all three levels. I suggest using the Personal Learning Checklist (PLC) to identify students' needs then set/let students select relevant tasks to do in class/for homework.

This is a full scheme of work (22 lessons) for the IBDP Language and Literature English A Intertextuality Unit. The Literary texts are British-Nigerian poet Patience Agbabi’s 2008 collection “Bloodshot Monochrome” and US songwriter Tracy Chapman’s eponymous 1988 debut. Thus, it covers two centuries, two genres and two continents. Non-literary texts include: -Magazine covers -John Berger’s 1974 documentary “Ways of Seeing” -Portraiture by Charles White and Abbie Trayler-Smith -Kathleen Hanna’s Riot Grrrl manifesto -The Pride Train Takeover -Marriage Equality campaign posters -Stand up comedy routines by Gina Yashere and Sindhu Vee The unit also guides students through introductions to Paper 1, Paper 2 and the Individual Oral with example respones and mark schemes. All lessons come with a Google Slides presentation plus hand outs where required. Critical reading on Agbabi is also provided. An overview document gives a lesson by lesson description, allowing teachers to see how they connect. I’m making this available for free, partly because it is so niche, but it does represent HOURS of work. Therefore, please leave a review if you end up using it. Happy teaching!

25 fully resourced lessons for KE Salisbury’s brand-new, gripping, YA page-turner the face that pins you, ideal for sprucing up your KS3/MYP curriculum. Students have loved reading this, laughing out loud at the jokes, gasping at the twists and getting thoroughly sucked in by the lifelike characters. I taught it with Year 8, but it would work equally well further up the age range. Key themes include: social media, mental health, friendship, parenting and identity. It’s also got several incredible twists: you’ll need to swear the keen ones (who WILL read on) to silence! The scheme of work includes 4 assessments (two writing and two reading), with mark schemes and time-saving feedback templates. All lessons come with a powerpoint/Google slides and handouts (where necessary), and the scheme includes: embedded drama activities a debate lesson feedback and reflection lessons guided research on mental health issues videos by the author giving insight into various aspects of the novel glossaries links to Blookets on the text extension tasks writing frames for LA students (You’ll also need Jenga for a couple of lessons!) An overview document will give you a breakdown of each lesson, plus ideas for differentiation. Lessons tend to follow the entrance task-starter-development-mini-plenary-consolidation-plenary pattern. Learning objectives and success criteria are clearly displayed, and differentiation is built in. Normally, I charge for my schemes of work (over 900 sales) as they do represent many, many hours of work. However, this one I’m making free as it’s such a joy to teach (and read) that I want everyone to have the opportunity to share this gripping story with their students. Have fun!