I am KS3 Co-ordinator for English at a large secondary school in the South West of England. I have been teaching for nine years now, having taught both English and Media Studies across several GCSE specifications.
I specialise in Language and Literature resources for the new AQA Specification.
I am KS3 Co-ordinator for English at a large secondary school in the South West of England. I have been teaching for nine years now, having taught both English and Media Studies across several GCSE specifications.
I specialise in Language and Literature resources for the new AQA Specification.
This unit overview is designed for the full scheme that I have made available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/full-scheme-of-work-myths-legends-heroes-and-villains-12129413
Resources developed with the back-end of Year 11 in mind, to remind students of the key points for each question and act as a “walking talking” style chain of 4-5 lessons.
I have also included a standalone lesson that introduces the concepts of focus and shift to students, which can be used as a fun way in to Question 3, using LEGO.
The main PowerPoint also includes a lesson on writing creatively about deep sea creatures, using the Jaws extract as an exemplar.
These A3 worksheets take students through every important event in the novel - from the description of the dark door all the way up to Jekyll’s final confession of murder.
I have used these sheets in the past to teach Jekyll and Hyde to lower sets, without having to cut through some of the less useful passages in Stevenson’s novel.
Perfect as homework, revision, or an accompaniment to a full text read through.
A stand-alone lesson revising some of the key methods Priestley uses to get his message across in the play.
Comes complete with two charming British Pathe videos illustrating Priestley’s personality and voice.
Useful for end-of-unit or pre-exam revision.
An AQA Language Paper 1-style extract and questions from Stephen King’s Carrie.
Accompanying PowerPoint walks pupils through how to answer each question, with the AQA grade descriptors provided.
Useful for last-minute revision or homework practice.
A collection of PowerPoint resources that summarise the key plot points and some key lines from each scene of Macbeth. Each section comes with some discussion points at the end.
Could be used as revision handouts, discussion resources or as a pre-reading activity.
A double-sided knowledge organiser suitable for Key Stage 3 classes studying Of Mice and Men. Includes characters, themes, contextual information and other useful information.
The third, fourth and fifth lessons in a scheme of work on Romeo and Juliet aimed at lower ability KS4 students. These lessons are designed with a full viewing of the 1996 Baz Luhrmann film adaptation of the play in mind.
Some resources and PowerPoint slides adapted to fit AQA specification requirements.
A resource suitable for the end of terms, explaining the concept of the hero’s journey before allowing pupils to apply this knowledge to a viewing of The Goonies.
The worksheet also includes activities exploring the characters, as well as cross-curricular Media Studies work on analysing the film poster.
Suitable for Key Stage 3 classes.
Single-sided revision pages for each poem. Includes the poem text and four different revision activities for each poem.
Perfect for pupils who want to keep their AQA-issued anthology neat and tidy!
These three lessons have been designed as a “back to basics” mini-unit, to be delivered at the start of the new academic year.
The lessons were originally designed with the coronavirus lockdown in mind, assuming that pupils would start from very different points and with different experiences of lockdown learning.
They have been made with another potential lockdown in mind, with each PowerPoint resource mindful of not overwhelming pupils with too many extra bits, should the lesson need to take place through online platforms.
The lessons cover the three core reading skills of reading for meaning/inference, reading different text types, and commenting on how a writer uses language.
Extracts are taken from Coelho’s The Alchemist, Martel’s The Life of Pi, an article on tiger poaching, and Dickens’ Hard Times
Suitable for middle- to lower-ability Key Stage Three classes.
The sixthlesson in a scheme of work on Romeo and Juliet aimed at lower ability KS4 students. This lesson focuses on the key oppositions in the play - love/hate, peace/violence etc.
Some resources and PowerPoint slides adapted to fit AQA specification requirements.
The sixteenth lesson in a scheme of work on Romeo and Juliet aimed at lower ability KS4 students. This lesson breaks down the key differences between the generations of characters within the play, and how they react to the violence events. Building to final assessment on generational differences.
Some resources and PowerPoint slides adapted to fit AQA specification requirements.
This workbook is designed to keep pupils engaged and thoughtful during a viewing of the 1992 version of ‘Of Mice and Men’.
The questions are designed with both English and Media Studies curriculums in mind, with some key vocabulary and questions for each included.
Suitable for Key Stage 3 students.
These A-Z quizzes are perfect for using with any of the Blockbusters templates that are freely available online.
The quizzes cover An Inspector Calls, Jekyll & Hyde, and Power and Conflict poetry.
Can also be adapted into written A-Z quizzes for pupils to tackle individually.
Perfect as cover or end of term fun.
This is a fully-resourced, 17-lesson scheme covering war poetry from the Crimean War all the way up to modern conflicts.
Poems covered include:
Gerald Massey’s The Battle March
Sassoon’s Dreamers
Canoe by Keith Douglas
Out of the Blue by Simon Armitage
Also included is a Knowledge Organiser and end-of-unit test, that can be tweaked to suit different assessment systems.
These small, short Jekyll and Hyde extracts require pupils to fill in the gaps in order to help them memorise key quotes and events from the novel.
There are eleven different tasks in total, taken from different key events in the novel.
This task is perfect for a starter, or as quickfire revision to fill an empty 10 minutes in a lesson. They are also great, when completed, as the focus of some more in-depth annotation and analysis.
The twentieth (and final) lesson in a scheme of work on Romeo and Juliet aimed at lower ability KS4 students. A nice little end of unit lesson where pupils can make handy revision flashcards on each main character.
Some resources and PowerPoint slides adapted to fit AQA specification requirements.
