Year 7 Summer Reading List
A short list with new(ish) titles targeted for reading for pleasure. All available on Amazon.} VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
Shakespeare/Much Ado scheme overview
Detailed MTP for Shakespeare/Much Ado About Nothing. The first half takes a thematic approach looking at colonialism. The second half shifts to a close study ago Much Ado. } VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - whole text word
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Level: Key Stage 4
Unit: 19th Century Literature
Course: GCSE Literature
Exam/Board: Eduqas
A Christmas Carol comprehension books with answers
6 comprehension books and answers.Book 1 - social and historical context. Books 2-6 are based on each stave.} VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Unit: 19th Century Literature
Course: GCSE Literature
Exam/Board: Eduqas
Macbeth First Teach - Act 1 Scenes 1-3
First few lessons I put together based on the principles in Stuart Pryke and Amy Staniforth's wonderful book, Ready to Teach: Macbeth. Act 1 Scenes 1-3 covered here. Good for introducing the text for the first time.I would highly recommend purchasing the book here: Ready to Teach: Macbeth: A co...} VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Unit: Shakespeare
Course: GCSE Literature
Exam/Board: AQA
Dave - 'Black' one-off cultural poetry lesson
A lesson I have taught at the end of a poetry module in the final term. Great for cultural capital and promoting sensitivity regarding black history. Students find it very engaging. It's also nice to show them that the music that they listen to constitutes poetry.If playing the song in lessons, make...} VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Unit: Unseen Poetry
Course: GCSE Literature
Exam/Board: AQA
OCR GCSE English Language Paper 2 Scheme
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Level: Key Stage 4
Unit: Paper 2
Course: GCSE Language
Exam/Board: OCR
OCR GCSE English language Paper 1 Scheme
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Level: Key Stage 4
Unit: Paper 1
Course: GCSE Language
Exam/Board: OCR
Literature paragraph structure strip to develop ideas
Used this with my KS4 groups. The idea is to instill the principles of responding to Literature questions using the conceit of 'building a case' to push them to developing a clear idea/concept. This structure strip is designed to just be for one of three/four paragraphs. It does not include thesis s...} VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Unit: Unseen Poetry
Course: GCSE Literature
Exam/Board: AQA
Year 9 Summer Reading List
A short list with new(ish) titles targeted for reading for pleasure. All available on Amazon. Can be used for Year 8 higher attainers.} VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
Course: GCSE Literature
Exam/Board: AQA
Narnian Narratives
A narrative writing scheme of work designed to take year 7 up to the Christmas holidays. Using 'The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe' extracts, children have weekly opportunity to flex their creative writing skills. The scheme is still under development but thought I'd share if others wa...} VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Writing
Course: GCSE Literature
Exam/Board: AQA
An Inspector Calls BBC 2018 - Questions for Watching the Play
Student and teacher question sheet for watching through the 2018 BBC adaptation of An Inspector Calls. } VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Unit: 19th Century Literature
Course: GCSE Literature
Exam/Board: AQA
Tips for teaching English to ASD students
I teach English at a SEN school for ASD students. I was asked for tips regarding how we approach teaching and preparing our students for GCSE English language. I picked the brains of my department and we came up with a list. This is just what works for us and our students so is not prescriptive or e...} VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Unit: Paper 1
Course: GCSE Language
Exam/Board: AQA
AIC comprehension questions and answers
detailed comprehension questions and answers for each act.I would love to take credit for these resources, but they were created by an old friend of mine who has since retired. They are brilliant and are ideal for class discussions and homework. He has asked they they are not to be sold on for profi...} VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Unit: Paper 2
Course: GCSE Literature
Exam/Board: Eduqas
Speaking and Listening SOL
Whole SOL based around speaking and listening for Key Stage 3 and lower ability Key Stage 4. Utilising persuasive techniques and writing structure.} VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Speaking and Listening
Course: GCSE Literature
Exam/Board: Eduqas
Creative Writing - Winter Wonderland
Whole scheme introducing creative writing and writing techniques} VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Writing
Course: GCSE Literature
Exam/Board: Eduqas
Macbeth Cloze Activity
Act summaries with a gap fill exercise, dual coding and a key quotations section.Ideal for cold reads, lower abilities or revision.} VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Unit: Shakespeare
Course: GCSE Literature
Exam/Board: City and Guilds
Teacher sheet step-by-step teaching inference to Autistic students and those who struggle with inference
I wrote this sheet to sort out my own thoughts about helping Autistic students (and others who struggle with inference) understand how to infer in a text. It has been helpful for colleagues and parents, so I thought it might be useful to share here. I am not an expert in Autism, nor do I think...} VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Unit: Reading
Course: GCSE Language
Exam/Board: City and Guilds
Y7 Coraline writing SOL
A writing scheme of work for Coraline by Neil Gaiman based upon the reading SOL written by Jane Peters and my own work on structure using Freytag's pyrmaid. Includes a KO, PP and week by week SOL plan} VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Writing
Course: GCSE Language
Exam/Board: City and Guilds
An Inspector Calls Walkthrough worksheet - Act 2
A walkthrough worksheet to support students reading AIC for the first time.} VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Unit: Paper 2
Course: GCSE Literature
Exam/Board: AQA