Lesson teaching students how to write a successful introduction/opening paragraph. Lesson includes: -example essay question -activity to help with planning for the essay -assessment Objective flashcard -example introduction/opening paragraph

Two exam questions looking at the portrayal of class and race in 'The Sign of Four'. The resource includes planning and self assessment sheets to help cut down on the marking ;o) You will also find a revision video to support the learning of this topic. The visual aid explores the treatment of race and class in Victorian Britain, drawing on comparisons to society today. My main aim is to engage my diverse students with the 19th century texts, but I also aim to teach them to: LEARN about oneself. MOTIVATE self health. EDUCATE self wealth.

Exam style question for English Paper 1, Question 2. Resource used is an extract from 'Animal Farm'.

A quick lesson starter for Question 1 of the English Language Paper 2 exam. Students have to read an article from The Guardian about Donald Trump and choose 4 statements that are true.

Language analysis activity using Blank Panther review. Students identify key features of a film review and the persuasive techniques used. PEE question is also included.

Lesson designed for KS3 (preferably Y7 or Y8) exploring the poem ‘Presents from My Aunts in Pakistan’. Students look at how to analyse language at word level and attempt to write their own PEE paragraph.

Paper 2, Question 1 and 3 starter activity. The source is taken from The Guardian and looks at the gaps in pay between female and male sports stars.

Useful resource to help quicken your marking.

The second lesson in ‘A Christmas Carol’ SOW. Big question: What are the typical conventions of a ghost story, and to what extent does ‘A Christmas Carol’ align with these genre expectations? The lesson includes: what is genre? Exploration of conventions suited to ghost stories. questions to aid students’ analysis of the preface read, re-read, read again the opening of the novella analysis questions big question revisited: indepedent writing task

First lesson for A Christmas Carol SOW. Big Question: Who was Charles Dickens? Lesson includes: What is AO3? A brief exploration of AQA Assessment Objective 3 Fact sheet about Charles Dickens and questions Activity focusing on students making connections between the novella and the context What inspired Charles Dickens to write ‘A Christmas Carol’? Independent writing task with sentence prompts.

An introduction to ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’. The lesson includes: Big question- Who was Tennessee Williams? To what extent might the play ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ be an expression of his identity? Research into Tennessee Williams (questions provided) Inference and prediction tasks using the ‘Poker Night’ painting by Thomas Benton and synopsis Homework task (Tennessee Williams Interview with Mike Wallace in 1958)

Lessons focusing on Q1 to Q3 from English Language Paper 1, using an extract from Great Expectations.

AQA Question 5 writing starter. Activity is part of the ‘Bayonet Charge’ lesson which can be found on my Tes shop.

Lesson focuses on AO3 to help students understand and incorporate AO3 effectively in their response. The lesson explores the life and poetry of Tupac Shakur. Students look at aspects of his life and consider how this influenced his poems ‘The Rose That Grew From Concrete’ and ‘Jada’. Students write a reponse as a class using ‘The Rose That Grew From Concrete’ and attempt their own answer using the poem ‘Jada’.

Resource for showcasing black writers. I’ve included mostly British novelists, poets and playwrights.

Introductory lesson for 'The Sign of Four'. The lesson breaks down the English literature paper and the Assessment Objectives for the exam. Students will then act as detectives using images, video clips and a summary of the novel to make their own predictions of the novel.

Big question: What are the key features of a play? What do we learn about the Birling family though the stage directions? Lesson includes: Retrieval practice (J.B. Priestley brain dump) Students explore the conventions of a play Questions to help students’ analysis of the staging and opening stage directions Revisit the big question. Series of sentence starters to help students answer the question

Students are given an exam question for Chapter 1 of 'The Sign of Four' (included in PowerPoint). The lesson is a feedback lesson breaking down how they should tackle the question, for example their initial response to task, planning, and analysis of another student's response.

Takeaway menu for KS3 detective fiction. 15 differentiated tasks that can be used for homework or extensions. Good resource for home learning. Inspired by podmc002 takeway menus.

Lesson designed for Y11 ESL but easily adapted. Students will explore meditation and how it can be a stress reliever for celebrities like J Cole. Lesson also includes: -Spelling test listening task debate question meditation activity