Activity exploring Langston Hughes’ poem Theme of English B. Students are given questions to help them analyse the poem. There are also discussion questions and an exam question too.

A lesson introducing the novel A Series of Unfortunate Events. Students will learn how to identify explicit and implicit information in a text, whilst also making predictions about the text.

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

Detailed lesson looking at the presentation of witches and their role in the play ‘Macbeth’. Lesson includes: -spelling test -guided questions to help students analyse the scene -explode the quote language analysis task -homework tasks (my YouTube video focusing on the context and exam question)

Two lessons for English Language Paper 2: Question 2. The lessons teaches students how to summarise, identify less obvious differences between the sources and how to synthesise between texts. Students are also given student examples and the opportunity to attempt practice questions and self assess. There’s more! A relatable online revision video I have made has also been included. This breaks down the exam paper itself, accompanied with a short quiz at the end :o) The sources used come from an AQA specimen paper (Elizabeth Dray at Glastonbury/ Charles Dickens at Greenwich Fair)

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’.

Persuasive writing lesson using the topic of the Syrian Refugee crisis. I hope the lesson will teach students how to write persuasively and help them gain an understanding of the current issues going on in Syria. Students will act as 'Save the Children' and research into the current issues affecting the lives of those in Syria due to the war (research pack provided). They will then write a persuasive speech to the Foreign Secretary using the research that they have learnt. This can be taught over a series of lessons. Activities led to really interesting and insightful discussions, and students developed a more insightful understanding of the issues that affect their world :o) Nice idea to extend learning outside the classroom: - letters could be sent to the MP -speaking and listening activities -assembly presentations Please leave a review. I would love to know how the lesson went :o).

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

AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 3 Practice. Lesson includes: Explanation of literary structure and techniques Exploration and analysis tasks of a scene from the film ‘Encanto’. Model example paragraph Success criteria and sentence starters to help students’ written analysis of the scene

Detailed PowerPoint lesson breaking down A01 from English Language Paper 2 (explicit and implicit information). The lesson is centred around the theme of freedom, with students using an extract from Malala’s ‘Fight for Freedom’ and Harriet Jacob’s ‘Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl’. Extracts and Question 1 example provided by Millie Frost (Twitter: @MissMFrost). Thank you :o) For my detailed resources like this, visit Miss Cole’s TES shop.

A lesson focusing on Dickens’ initial description of Scrooge. Lesson includes: Do Now inference task Etymology of Scrooge’s name Questions to help students analyse the opening description of Scrooge Language analysis task Independent writing task with sentence stems

Practice paper and lessons for the reading section of AQA English Language Paper 1. Lessons include: Extract from The Handmaid’s Tale and exam-style questions (Q1-Q4) Breakdown for each question I do, We do, You do Model paragraphs for Q2-24 Sentence stems to help students write their own analysis paragraphs

Detailed and relatable assessment preparation lesson focusing on English Language Paper 1: Q5, using 911 as a stimulus for descriptive writing. The lesson includes: 1. quiz to test students' knowledge of writing skills 2. student friendly mark scheme 3. student example 4. independent writing task 5. opportunity for guided self assessment

Introduction lesson for conflict poetry. Lesson includes: questions to aid class discussion about different types/topics of conflict poetry students using extracts from different poems to develop their understanding of the different topics that could be explored in conflict poetry group activity involving students creating their own conflict poem using words from ‘Where is the Love?’ by The Black Eyed Peas

This lesson is part of a broader curriculum that guides students in creating their own campaigns by first examining various types, such as political, social, and advertising campaigns. In this particular lesson, the focus is on political campaigns, specifically the 2024 UK General Election. Students will analyse the election campaigns of the Labour and Conservative parties, paying close attention to their websites, social media presence, and campaign posters. They will explore how these different elements are utilised to create effective and persuasive campaigns.