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A KS3 resource on Biographies and Autobiographies designed to enhance pupils' critical thinking skills, ability to weave in context in their analysis and increase their cultural capital. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
Exam/Board: AQA
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I created a SOW for Year 7 to teach the core knowledge of plot structure, characterisation, setting, theme, etc. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, Writing
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A SOW that I created for a high-ability Year 8 class to explore the conventions of the Dystopian genre and engage with a variety of dystopian texts. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, Speaking and Listening
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The booklet has the entire play, Elizabethan terminology breakdown, deconstructed Essay structure with model responses, plus a coversheet. Made for Y7 could be changed for other years. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays
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This is a very simple lesson to get students to write an article about their home city/town. The pictures and references for this are Birmingham as that is my closest big city so you may need to adapt... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Writing
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SOW on non-fiction writing with a science and wonder theme running through 4-5 weeks. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Exam/Board: AQA
Unit: Writing
Teaching booklet that has Lamb to The Slaughter, The Landlady, When Wasps Drowned and The Monkey's Paw. Comprehension questions added and key vocab. Helpsheets and knowledge organisers are involved to... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, Whole School Literacy, Writing
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Based on heroes and vilains. This will need to be slightly edited, but this is a great stand alone lesson or cover. Could be used for years 7-9. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature
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Task board for SEN students at the beginning, 6 starter question (need to be edited to fit your curriculum), use of Cornell notes (this fits with Noughts and Crosses currently, but can be edited), Fra... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry, Writing
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Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Writing
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A collection of lessons I did with LA year 9 (SEND provision) to top up their knowledge ahead of GCSE. I didn't get to cultural allusions within the unit, but it will get mopped up within their next t... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Whole School Literacy
Exam/Board: AQA
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This is a creative writing scheme I made based on fairy tales and fractured fairy tales for year 8. Throughout the scheme, students complete tasks on setting, characters, etc which prepare them for th... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Writing
A collection of strange, funny and grotesque pictures to be used at the teacher's discretion VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels, Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Speaking and Listening, Vocabulary
Exam/Board: AQA, EDEXCEL, OCR, IGCSE, WJEC, Eduqas, City and Guilds
The aim of this is to close the vocabulary gap by introducing all students to a range of Tier 2 vocabulary. By way of reminder, the different tiers of vocabulary are described by David Dida... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, Whole School Literacy
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this is using gothic texts and using the active reading skills to question and explore. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
A lesson for low ability year 7s using conjunctions to complete sentences and 'score a goal'. Click 'score' to go to the next sentence. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar
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A wide range of texts exploring the different types of heroes and villains. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
This lesson is focused on the first chapter on Pride and Prejudice. The starter activity assumes that you have watched the first hour of the 1995 BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. The lesson focu... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature
Exam/Board: AQA
This file is adaptable for 1-2 lessons, dependent on whether you are going to read a whole chapter or extracts. It assumes knowledge of the conventions of fantasy and horror. Students read the opening... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
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This lesson explores the blurb of Coraline, focusing on talking about how it shows conventions of horror and fantasy. Students will also look at foreshadowing and predicting what may happen in the sto... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
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Comparing the rallying speeches of two British Queens to get students to work on comparisons. Model paragraph is in the style of a question two from AQA paper 2 VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
Exam/Board: AQA
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Romeo and Juliet SOW, cobbled together from various sources over the years. Not all my own work but hopefully useful to some of you. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays
Year 9 study "The Woman in Black" at the start of the year. It forms part of our spiral curriculum because it helps to build students' knowledge of Victorian (style) ghost stories, thereby preparing... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature, Novels
Exam/Board: AQA
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SOW for Romeo and Juliet for Year 8. It contains resources collated/adapted from other sources as well as original activities. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays
A basic scheme of work aimed at Year 7 students on the novel 'Holes'. Feel free to use and adapt! VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
Exam/Board: AQA
Written with help from teachers from several schools including The Priory. Full SOL including:PP (empty slides for Do Nows)Week by week lesson MT planKOSeveral texts Copy of an "interesting"... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
Please find lessons and sow posted separately. I designed these to be completed alongside the reading of The Giver, starting a few weeks in. The success criteria is the same each week because the stud... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
Please find the series of lessons to go alongside this posted as a separate resource. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
The Giver by Lois Lowry. A great book to read with Y7. Here we have a series of lesson ppts created on Google slides, so formatting may be lost in converting to ppt. The entire novel is on the lesson... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
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'A Song for Ella Grey' written by David Almond reading comprehension questions.There are also additional resources linked Greek Myths to support students wider understanding of the novel. Aside f... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
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Detailed Powerpoint scheme working through the KS3 novel Tribes VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
Exam/Board: AQA
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
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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 cre... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, Writing
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
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Whole scheme introducing creative writing and writing techniques VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Writing
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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
A basic scheme of work aimed at Year 7 students on the novel 'Once'. Feel free to use and adapt! VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels, Reading
Exam/Board: AQA
A 16 page booklet of the full text of The Signalman, with glossary and pictures. Aimed at KS3 students. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature
Journey's End full scheme of work. Some resources cobbled together from other sources, plagarism not intentional. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays
This is scheme of work for KS3 for non fiction autobiographical writing. We also used it for cross curriculum links with Science and Humanities. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
Exam/Board: AQA
This sheet is for all students to stick in their exercise books, either on the inside front cover or the back inside cover for them to refer to. If students complete a task and need a challenge questi... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Writing
I have created a range of PPts and resources using some modern examples to introduce non-fiction texts and writing. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Exam/Board: AQA, Eduqas
Unit: Writing
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A short SOW for year 7.Lessons and extracts based on 'The Tell-Tale Heart', 'Frankenstein', 'The Raven' and 'Dracula'. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature, Reading, Vocabulary, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
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A knowledge organiser for a 5-week unit of Animal Poetry with homework tasks. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
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To help students embed knowledge of word classes. Could be used at KS3 or KS4. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar
There is a blank Book Look sheet and a completed one in the folder. Before starting marking have the blank Book Look sheet in front of you and the work, if this is in book form, then ask students to l... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature, Novels, Poetry, Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Writing
There is a blank Book Look sheet and a completed one in the folder. Before starting marking have the blank Book Look sheet in front of you and the work, if this is in book form, then ask students to l... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature, Novels, Poetry, Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Writing
The lesson focuses on the speech given by Boudicca before her defeat to the Romans. There is a particular focus on emotive language and how she wants to rally her army before attack. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
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A base ppt for creating a letter to the local council. Uses the theme of graffiti. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Exam/Board: AQA
Unit: Writing
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Fun activity created after completing the novel with Year 9 as a class reader. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
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One 2 hr lesson. Part of a scheme of work on Dystopia and Utopia. Aimed at middle ability year 9. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
Exam/Board: AQA
There are gaps as this is cloze exercise. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
This is a ppt to encourage KS3 students to create a Gothic story that builds tension with each paragraph having a new focus.It includes pictures, captions and an eerie soundtrack. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Writing
This is a prestation going through different strategies for EAL students. It has a summary of each strategy, some examples of tasks, and copies of completed work. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
Course: GCSE Language
A booklet that I have written for our updated rhetoric unit. Students will study speeches and letters from Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Michelle Obama and Marcus Rashford. We have 9 week curriculum cyc... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, Speaking and Listening, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
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A KO for our updated Art of Persuasion unit which explores the use of Pathos, Ethos and Logos in speech and writing taking students on a journey of famous rhetoric from Gandhi to Rashford. Includes de... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Speaking and Listening, Vocabulary, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
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A knowledge organiser for our new yr 7 scheme exploring the evolution of the hero from Beowulf to Captain Marvel. Includes a Beowulf plot summary, Freytag's pyramid; characterisation terminology inclu... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels, Reading, Speaking and Listening, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
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A KO for our new Dracula scheme for year 9 including: plot summary, key characterisation terminology, a list of explicitly taught Tier 2 and 3 vocabulary, a definition of Gothic Literature and guide t... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature, Novels, Reading, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
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One a day for KS3 groups to go over basics.We called it 'catch up curriculum' but it's just a revising of basic skills.Questions ask students to think about vocab, punctuation, word choice and spellin... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar
A Full 7 week SOW made from lots of resources I have found/made. Comes with a complete homework module. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Homework, Novels, Reading
Exam/Board: AQA
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A list of common homophones with definitions. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar
This power point is to be used with Neil Gaiman's short story. It develops student's understanding of Gothic literature and includes ideas for activities such as: monologue, newspaper and descriptive... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, Speaking and Listening, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
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End of term fun PPT for your classes! 6 categories: events this year, say what you see, music, general knowledge, films, guess the celeb. Enjoy! VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Whole School Literacy
Course: GCSE Language
Covering Dracula, Frankenstein, Jekyll and Hyde and Jack the Ripper. Used with KS3 to develop creative writing, subordinate clauses, analysis and familiarisation with 19th Century writing. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature
Exam/Board: AQA
This is a creative writing lesson for a Year 6 transition lesson. The ppt is based on the book/film Inkheart and has the trailer for the film, slides with captions and music (from the film) to gu... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Writing
Four lessons from a longer scheme. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels, Poetry, Reading, Vocabulary
Four lessons from a longer scheme. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels, Poetry, Reading, Vocabulary
Four lessons from a longer scheme. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels, Plays, Poetry, Reading, Vocabulary
Four lessons from a longer scheme. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays, Poetry, Reading, Vocabulary
Four lessons extracted from a longer scheme. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry, Reading, Vocabulary
3-4 lessons - part of a full scheme. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry, Reading, Vocabulary
This is the first four lessons in the full Writing through Time scheme posted a few weeks ago. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry, Reading, Vocabulary
A lesson to explore emotions in A Poison Tree. Focus on extended metaphors. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry
Support mats to help students when writing fiction and non-fiction texts. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Writing
Reminder on including commas after fronted adverbials VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Whole School Literacy, Writing
The aim of this unit of work is for Year 8 pupils to engage with the form of the play and its content, taking a freeing approach to the text that is talk- and drama-based, and active. In lieu o... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays
A scheme we used with Year 9 this year - some bits will definitely need tweaking, and I feel like I've lost a couple of slides along the way - sorry! VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
Scheme of Learning, based around the short Ray Bradbury story 'All Summer in a Day.' The aim of the Scheme is to introduce students to some of the skills they will need for their GCSE Language papers,... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, Writing
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Full Scheme of Learning analysing a range of poetry based around the theme of relationships. The aim of the SoL is to help students develop the skills needed for their Anthology study at GCSE. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry, Writing
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Full Scheme of Learning covering a range of World War I Poets and Poetry. Students focus on developing skills in analysing and comparing poems through extended writing. There is also a focus on contex... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry
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Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Whole School Literacy
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Macbeth SoL for Year 7 with a focus on the character development of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's characters (culminating in a venn diagram comparison and comparative paragraph assessment. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays
A scheme of work for The Tempest. Following these lessons, students worked in groups to do an evaluative presentation on one of the following topics (differentiated):• “Prospero is a cruel tyrant.”• “... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays
A great intro for Media or Film Studies if studied at GCSE, if not, this is a great accessible unit for Year 9 students to explore a range of non-fiction texts. The scheme Developing an awareness of h... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
Exam/Board: AQA
This is my curriculum map for KS3 and year 10 (we are a new school so only just got to ks4). Hopefully, it is helpful. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, Writing
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
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Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
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Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
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Resources for reading a book in a day using Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
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A full SOW for a Y7 unit around Catherine Johnson's Sawbones. Each lesson is planned and there are retrieval activities at the start of each lesson. Some of these resources are adapted from others I h... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
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A lesson on capital punishment in Oliver Twist. Features a real life case and requires students to formulate arguments then write these up in the form of a letter. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature, Plays
Exam/Board: AQA
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This lesson is part of a bigger series of lessons on Oliver Twist. The lesson explores themes used in the play (adaptation by Nigel Bryant). VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays
Exam/Board: AQA
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A competition for the whole school. Give a teacher a sticker with one half of a literary pairing. Students have to match the teacher to the list on the sheet, and for extra challenge, name... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
Persuasive writing lesson. Students will learn how to identify ethos, pathos and logos. Students will learn the AFOREST acronym and will put it into practice in a fun writing activity. Can be easily a... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Exam/Board: AQA
Unit: Writing
A fun resource to get students thinking about how we perceive monsters. It further gets students to consider how to differentiate between the characteristics of humans VS monsters. In this resour... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
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A differentiated short SOW (approx 12 lessons) exploring the plot and characters in 'Wonder'. This SOW is great for upper KS2, EAL or low level literacy learners at KS3. Note* this SOW has been create... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
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A differentiated short SOW (approx 12 lessons) exploring the plot and characters in 'Wonder'. This SOW is great for upper KS2, EAL or low level literacy learners at KS3. Note* this SOW has been create... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
Powerpoint SOW for Where The World Ends - Y7/8. Needs to be tinkered with but there's lots on there to get you started. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
Exam/Board: AQA
A scheme of work designed for teaching at a Pupil Referral Unit/SEN school. All PowerPoints and resources included. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry, Writing
A couple of adverts that I have transcribed from the 'How to Fail' podcast with Elizabeth Day. Could be used for cover or as a starter/couple of starters for identifying persuasive techniques. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Course: GCSE Language
Unit: Writing
I usually use this with Year 7 but you could use with other KS3 classes.The lesson is based around watching a couple of popular Christmas TV adverts, then a creative writing activity follows each one.... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Writing
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature, Reading, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
A couple of lessons on Penny Dreadfuls as part of a larger focus on Gothic Literature. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature
A worksheet to accompany the TED video on iambic pentameter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5lsuyUNu_4 VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays
Exam/Board: AQA, EDEXCEL, OCR, IGCSE, WJEC, Eduqas, City and Guilds
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Writing
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Useful for y8/9 looking at DAFOREST techniques and dissecting Rashford's letter. There is a what - how - why model that can also be used for other extracts. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Whole School Literacy
Exam/Board: AQA
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A selection of extracts based on ideas on disciplinary literacy. Each section has three extracts and the extracts get increasingly more challenging. Students then plan and write a response based on th... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
Exam/Board: AQA
A unit on The Lady of Shalott which I did with a low ability yr8 group. Complete set of resources. Some are based on things I found, so I can't claim complete credit for it all. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry
This is a structure lesson which was based on year 8 pupils (ignore the title I was having a funny five) who were reading Animal Farm but would work for pupils that haven't been reading it as it is ba... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
Exam/Board: AQA
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A workbook I created for students who are absent from school and need further support. It follows our Scheme of learning. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
A lesson with detailed annotated lesson plan I created for an interview.Year 9 are currently studying a unit entitled ‘Identity’. In this unit, we are using poetry as a way to show how writers use lan... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
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A resource made compiling:ExtractQuestion PaperMark SchemeGrade Boundariesfor every paper sat under the new spec for AQA since 2017. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Homework
Exam/Board: AQA
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A scheme of learning for A Monster Calls completed this half term. A Monster Calls is a stunning text that beautifully describes the emotional trauma of Conor O'Malley. I hope you find the r... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
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A half term SOL including skeleton PP, all word files, SOL and KO for teaching to year 9 to support their preparation for KS4. All sources are about people who have been erased from history due to sex... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
This is the first lesson on the opening chapters of Terror Kid, focusing on characterisation. I used this with Y8 students. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
21 lessons based on short stories or extracts, some poetry and non-fiction links too. Inspirational stories aimed at year 7, equality themed lessons aimed at year 8 - extract list included to show whi... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
Old but maybe a start for a tweak. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, Speaking and Listening, Writing
Needs jazzing up as I took out all of the pictures, but the basics are there. Might save someone some time. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature, Reading
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An original text (700+ words) with starter tasks, comprehension and analysis questions, extended writing prompts, and reading mark scheme.Ideal for stand-alone lessons, cover lessons, or as part of a... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, Vocabulary, Writing
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An original text (700+ words) with starter tasks, comprehension and analysis questions, extended writing prompts, and reading mark scheme.Ideal for stand-alone lessons, cover lessons, or as part of a... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, Writing
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A stand alone double lesson for year 7, we are going to use this for their first English lesson with us. They will produce a piece of creative writing that we will use as a baseline assessment piece.&... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Exam/Board: AQA
Unit: Writing
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Exit Tickets allow pupils to reflect on their learning at the end of the lesson, thereby removing the need for a teacher-led plenary. Promotes independent and personal thinking skills, and provides fo... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature, Novels, Plays, Poetry, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Vocabulary
Knowledge Organiser for KS3 Novel 'A Little Piece of Ground' by Elizabeth Laird, a resource to support students' study of the text. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
This is an excellent and timely novel.These resources have been created with thanks to inspiration from the freely available Reading with Relevance Guide found online.The SOW takes students through th... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
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This is the second part of the SoL: it has the resources to accompany lessons and an end of unit assessment. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
This is Part 1 of the upload; it has the lesson ppts. The end of unit assessment and resources are in Part 2 VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
A six-week resourced scheme of work for Year 7. Aims of the unit include class reading of a book for pleasure, considering structure and character development and exploring genre. Best tau... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels, Reading
I have cobbled together this list of 50 questions for A Christmas Carol from various other resources. There are assessment objective specific questions (although they are not labelled explicitly as th... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature, Novels
Encourage pupils to think about the positives and negatives of the Euros 2021 and write a formal letter to one of the footballers. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Whole School Literacy, Writing
A resource VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Speaking and Listening
This is a creative writing sow aimed at Year 7 with the theme of archetypal heroes and villains. There are numerous extracts and tasks to embed writing skills. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Writing
Accelerated Reading was a money pit for a while, but after implementing the key elements detailed in the handbook, we have seen exceptional progress in students who engage with the lessons. They also... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, Whole School Literacy
A selection of POS and lesson ideas from our English Dept masterclasses, aimed at Yr6 students coming to our school in the following year. They are a bit old and disorganised but they can be ada... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays, Poetry, Speaking and Listening, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA, EDEXCEL, OCR, WJEC, Eduqas
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This is a full scheme of work with booklet and PowerPoints, plus an overview, covering around 5 weeks. It has been created with Year 7 in mind. I have brought together some previously existing resourc... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Writing
A SOW designed to support the teaching of 'Noughts and Crosses' the play to y8 students for their English lessons. I have included clips from the Pilot theatre production of the play at the... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays
We used this with Year 8 as part of their unit, but can really be used with any year group as an unseen poem/ making inferences etc. As part of the PPT I've include her performance of the poem on the... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry
Level: Key Stage 3
Course: GCSE Language
Exam/Board: AQA
Unit: Writing
A fun little worksheet to introduce the many insults in Shakespeare's works. This can be used as an introduction to Shakespeare or as a starter task with KS3, allowing them to become familiar with lan... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays
Exam/Board: AQA
These are four two hour lessons that we originally used in lockdown but are now being used by our exclusion room. The powerpoints include a warm up to the fantastic Oak National lessons by Stuart Pryk... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature, Reading
As a school we had worked on DEAR but it simply wasn't working, teachers were scared of teaching reading or students were allowed to simply stare at a book for 20 minutes. This is not about readi... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Vocabulary, Whole School Literacy
SoL using 12th Night. It culminates in a speech assessment as well as focusing on analysis. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays
Power-point and resources for Transactional Writing. Designed for Y9 but can be adapted. Credit to Mr S Pryke as some of his amazing resources are included. Put together quite quickly so feel free to... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Exam/Board: AQA
Unit: Writing
A series of lessons using extracts mainly to explore the Lang P1 GCSE skills through the text and apply literary and social theory. Another teacher completed other book content teaching at the s... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature
Exam/Board: AQA
An introduction to some literary villains looking at common threads of description etc. There is assessment for Reading, Writing and S&L, and ultimately it was designed top lead into a Scheme on S... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Exam/Board: AQA
Unit: Writing
This Scheme tries to combine Paper 2 non-fiction writing skills with an introduction to the poems not related to war. It focuses on feminism, poverty, race and the environment building towards pupils... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Exam/Board: AQA
Unit: Writing
This contains PPTs and resources for a full scheme of work. It is not all my work; I have used many different resources that I have collected over time, and many thanks to all those who produced them,... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays
Some examples of how Katie Ashford's book Building Brilliant Vocabulary can be turned into PowerPoints to teach alongside your SoLs. Just choose the words that suit the texts/tasks and embed them into... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Vocabulary
I put this booklet together to support Year 6 pupils last year during lockdown. It could easily be adapted for Year 7 pupils. I hope you find it useful. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
A five week (20 lessons) poetry scheme for Year Seven. Some resources are original, some are collated from a variety of other sources. SOW, lesson PPTs, resource booklet and homework ideas... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry
Useful revision task for creative writing, with an example paragraph, structure, and language technique checklist for introduction to Paper 1, Section B. Can be tailored as GCSE exam practise. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Exam/Board: AQA
Unit: Writing
Suitable for remote learning adapted from another resource from TES. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays
Taught to year 8 as part of our 'poetry and short stories from other cultures' unit. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry, Reading
Exam/Board: AQA, EDEXCEL, OCR, IGCSE, WJEC, Eduqas
Taught to year 8 as part of our 'poetry from other cultures' unit. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA, EDEXCEL, OCR, IGCSE, WJEC, Eduqas
This extract is studied as part of our 'Poetry and short stories from other cultures' unit. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA, EDEXCEL, OCR, IGCSE, WJEC, Eduqas
This taught as part of our year 8 'Poetry from Other Cultures' unit of work. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA, EDEXCEL, OCR, IGCSE, WJEC, Eduqas
This is a series of lessons based around The Woman in Black. It covers some techniques and mostly analytical writing focussing on atmosphere. I have adapted some of this to use as a creative writing f... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels, Reading
I've updated my list of great things to watch that support the teaching of English at KS3 & KS4. I've added some documentaries also. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Homework
Exam/Board: AQA
This is a scheme I used with KS3 but you could take to poems and use them at GCSE also to practice for the Unseen element.Let me know if it is useful :) VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
Two lessons starting with the red room in Jane Eyre followed by a lesson on The TellTale Heart using the online text:https://www.poemuseum.org/the-tell-tale-heart VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature
Exam/Board: AQA
A scheme of work that includes a range of fiction and nonfiction sources exploring the experience of childhood from the Bronze Age all the way to the modern-day. The scheme focuses on key reading skil... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
Exam/Board: AQA, EDEXCEL, OCR, IGCSE, WJEC, Eduqas
This is a scheme of work to support the teaching of the book Love That Dog. Would work very well with a low ability KS3 group.The book is essentially a journal written by 'Jack' in response to hi... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Writing
Use these success criteria for different parts of narrative writing, linked to Freytag's Pyramid. Great for breaking down each part of the story into chunks. Can be used to create rubrics... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Exam/Board: AQA
Unit: Writing
A lesson for KS3 - year 7 - on Lady Macbeth and her downfall. The students are investigators and must find out what happened to her and why through clues such as doctors notes, secret letters fr... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays
Powerpoint of lessons for a Y7 Sci-Fi unit. Texts include Hitchhikers, Fahrenheit 541, Day of the Triffids. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Exam/Board: AQA
Unit: Writing
Some CPD I delivered to both whole school and NQTs and ATs on reading, vocabulary and oracy. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Whole School Literacy
Remote Learning Unit - suitable for uploading on to an e-learning platform or for live lessons. Includes all PPTs and resources. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
Exam/Board: AQA
This is a useful resource for teachers to review evidence of a study and links to resources. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
Course: Functional Skills
Using AQA KS3 Papers as a resource - includes PPTs, resources and links for full remote learning unit. Can be used for live lessons or posting on e-learning platform. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
I've added some stories together (i've not read them all so please be careful). VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
A selection of resources for Functional Skills L1 and L2, comprising Reading sources and comprehensions, a SPaG exercise, vocab development and Writing/S+L exercises. See the PP teacher slides for ful... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Writing
Exam/Board: City and Guilds
These are adapted from the resources produced in our Trust and from the book written by the marvellous Stuart Pryke and Amy Staniforth. Adapted mainly by our lovely HOD Eve Rice One is voiced by... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays
Exam/Board: AQA
A research task designed for year 8 students prior to studying poetry and short stories from other cultures. Just to get them thinking about the relevance of context when studying a poem. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
Independent project for Year 7s to complete using resarch and online resources from RSC. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays
Printable exit tickets that can be used for student reflection on learning. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Whole School Literacy
Exam/Board: AQA, EDEXCEL, OCR, IGCSE, WJEC, Eduqas
I used the National Curriculum grids to create this so that we can mark KS3 using the grades 1-9. It is certainly not an exact science but as always in English, it is about best fit. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, Writing
A number of worksheets on the characters in Mortal Engines and the traction cities within the novel. Used with mixed ability Y9s VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
Exam/Board: AQA, EDEXCEL, OCR, IGCSE, WJEC, Eduqas
Creative Writing using an image from Pobble. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Writing
These documents are a working draft of how we are attempting to mark our KS3 students this year. They use a pared down version of both the AQA English Language AO5 and AO6 criteria for GCSE and... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
Extracts throughout history on the subject of rebellion. I'm posting this in the hope of gaining more ideas, so if you use it, suggest soemthing to add! VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature
Some resources I put together on the Apopo rats, who sniff out landmines and disease. My students really enjoyed this topic. Lots of information can be found on the Apopo site. This topic covered 2-3... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Vocabulary, Whole School Literacy, Writing
Many of these materials are for blended/interactive use on my Google Classroom, and I have attempted to convert them to paper based for easier sharing.This is the first FS topic I am uploading. I'm no... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Speaking and Listening, Vocabulary, Whole School Literacy, Writing
Based on a variety of different texts ( not included). Useful as starter, examining the structure of an analytical paragraph and emboldened useful words and phrases to help pupils understand how to wo... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry
PPT with ten lines from Macbeth. Put students into pairs to act the lines. The teacher sets the scene, introduces the line, they act out the line, teacher summarises action, act out... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays
Exam/Board: AQA
Variety of tasks designed to help students understand the impact of punctuation on writing and meaning. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar
Crime Fiction SOW (aimed at Y7 but could easily be adapted and used with all KS3 classes) combining both reading and writing activities focusing on crime fiction. Includes a booklet / workbook wh... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, Writing
pdfs of slides (cannot convert Active Inspire to ppt, sorry), plus a worksheet. Three-step process to create metaphor, simile, personification etc. - lang devices based on comparison.Could also b... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Writing
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Homework, Poetry
This was delivered as a 'recap' unit of key skills at the start of Year 9 - mixed ability group with lots of EAL but generally high ability. It was a 3 week unit, and only taught in ONLY double lesson... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, Speaking and Listening, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA, IGCSE
Romanticism Scheme for Year 9 - pitched to high ability but can be differentiated down with ease...set of slides more than explained scheme but feel free to contact me on FB for clarity. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature
'Power' Poetry for Year 7. More a set of slides than a SoW, but you can always contact me on FB if you need info! :) VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry
Pastoral Poetry Scheme (well, slides that support the scheme - some lessons will be clearer than others - you can always ask questions via FB if you want more info) VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry
A scheme of work for Year 9 on Othello. Scene-based approach - relatively limited text content; lots of focus on character motivation and the notion of 'outsiders'. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays
A very detailed SoL on three stories taken from the excellent collection 'Canon Fire'. The stories are a collection chosen by Michael Morpurgo. The lessons and resources are for the three stories: The... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
A PPT and Word document (just the opening to OMAM chapter 4), looking at concrete vs abstract nouns, plus an extended writing opportunity at the end using 'literally, metaphorically, symbolically'. In... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
A Language Paper 1 style assessment. It covers Q1, Q2 and Q5.I will upload the finished mark scheme soon. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
Exam/Board: AQA
A Language P1 style exam paper for Year 8. The exam paper is not my own but the mark scheme is one we created in the department. Covers Q1, Q2, Q5 only VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
Exam/Board: AQA
Looks at comparing the differences and exploring symbols and how this might be an allegory for something bigger. For Yr9 VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
Exam/Board: AQA
This is part of larger unit on Poems and Culture for Yr8 though can be adapted. These lessons focus on the ways of exploring language in more depth using quotation explosion, teaching concepts o... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
This file contains a whole pack of Form Time Activities for years 7-10 which link to 'Communication' or Literacy. It is rather large. It holds a folder for each year group 7-10. Then, in eac... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Speaking and Listening, Vocabulary, Whole School Literacy
Exam/Board: AQA
An updated SOW for OMAM. May need tweaking for use as it's currently being used in lessons that are 2.5 hours long. Links to "Me Too" movement and debate lesson (last lesson) on BLM / relevance of OMA... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
Exam/Board: AQA
A selection of literacy starters (with suggested answers) for various year groups. Each ppt is loosely linked to one of the SOW's we teach, but could be used for any topic. Each PPT has a... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Whole School Literacy
PPT Resources for the poems:BlessingWherever I HangPresents From my Aunts in PakistanElectricity Comes to Cocoa BottomMother in a Refugee Camp VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry
This is a SOW to support the teaching of the Woman in Black by Susan Hill. This makes reference to the easy reader version of the text published by Macmillan. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
Exam/Board: AQA
New scheme of work written for year eight, with link lessons included. Not all the resources are mine originally. This is enough for a full term. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
16 Lesson Power & Conflict Poetry SOW suitable for KS3.Includes modern poems and war poetry not featured in the AQA anthology. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
9 Gothic lessons used remotely with Year 7.4 lessons introducing students to Gothic and analysing short extracts5 lessons planning and writing students own Gothic stories. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature
Another 5-a-day starter activity Power Point with numerous slides. This is for Autumn 1 for year 8. The template was taken from TES, but I can't remember who from apologies. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Vocabulary, Whole School Literacy, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
This is a pro-forma we use for KS3-4 for whole class feedback but I often adapt. Designed for use with green pen [in our school] revision work. This is completed for Yr9 Macbeth. The... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays
Exam/Board: AQA
I initially put this together for remote learning over lock-down but we chose not to do Animal Farm in the end - it covers the whole novel, has model examples and instructions throughout. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Homework, Novels, Reading
A scheme of work with resources, based on the AQA KS3 19th Century reading skills booklet. I have tried to acknowledge all resources where they are not my own. Apologies if I have missed a... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature
Exam/Board: AQA
Scheme using conflict poetry containing reading tasks but writing assessment (description based on an image). VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
Just a display I have put together for my classroom detailing 8 reasons why reading is beneficial and then some reading recommendations. I was in two minds about recommending the Kite Runner for KS4&n... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Whole School Literacy
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature, Reading, Writing
This SoW was developed after reading the book which I thought would be great to explore post Lockdown. This is a dystopian novel for year 7's and it has such a range of ideas and concepts that it will... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
Exam/Board: AQA
Scheme of work for Gerald Durrell's 'My Family and Other Animals'. Suitable for Year 7 or 8.A term of lessons with a linked language focus looking at writing to argue and persuade. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels, Reading, Writing
Full scheme of work, including powerpoints and worksheets (7 weeks of lessons) for the play adaptation of Philip Pullman's trilogy. Only covers up to the end of part 1. Suitable for Year 7 and 8. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays
This extended short story is intended to engage reluctant readers who are studying Hamlet, while hopefully being an entertaining and engaging read in its own right VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels, Plays, Reading
Full SOW with all resources based on AQA Language paper 1, reading section. Adapted and developed from fantastic resources by Stuart Pryke. Created for year 9 remote learning but could easily be adapt... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
Exam/Board: AQA
Full resourced with lesson map, all powerpoints and resources. Created for HA year 7 so could work across KS3 depending on your groups. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
Apologies for not being able to give credit where it is due for the resources I've compiled. If you recognise any of it, could you let me know so that I can credit the authors?I was asked to produce a... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Whole School Literacy
Exam/Board: AQA
Six week scheme for Year 7 on Refugee Boy. As with all schemes, some of this is my own work from scratch, but some is adapted from what is already freely available. The unit ends with a newspaper writ... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
A collection of short stories to use for shared reading in form time or in class, which can be shared on the board by the teacher. Most of the stories included pitched for KS3. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, Whole School Literacy
BLM Author Display for Library. Biographies copied from author websites etc VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Whole School Literacy
A recommended reading list for KS3. It is a working progress. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
An example of the sequencing doc for Yr 7 to 10 for students. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels, Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Speaking and Listening, Vocabulary, Writing
Course: GCSE Literature
Exam/Board: AQA, EDEXCEL, OCR, IGCSE, WJEC, Eduqas
Extract to go with Q1 & Q2 VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
Course: GCSE Language
PPT overview of the exam with suggested timings. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
Exam/Board: EDEXCEL
This is a brilliant booklet that I found on the web -thank you to whoever created it! I found it wonderfully helpful. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
Exam/Board: EDEXCEL
Paper 1 focus on extract from Dracula. Includes a writing task. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature
Exam/Board: EDEXCEL
A SOW for Yr7 VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
Exam/Board: AQA
An STP, PowerPoint lessons and materials to teach the theme of power in Shakespeare's "The Tempest." Originally planned with a middle ability Y9 group in mind. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays, Reading
A statement about making meaning. Taken from a free online resource and adapated a long time ago. I like it as it locates meaning in a combination of readers, writers and contexts. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, Writing
6 'layers' from Y7-Y9 showing overlapping 'layers'. We use 'thresholds'. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Speaking and Listening, Writing
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Vocabulary, Whole School Literacy, Writing
Three worksheets which contain lists of tier 2 and tier 3 vocabulary for non-fiction writing. The worksheets are aimed at increasing students' vocabulary and can be used for home learning or homework. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Vocabulary, Writing
Three vocabulary worksheets aimed at year 7 to improve their tier 2 and tier 3 vocabulary for poetry. The sheets can be used for distance learning, or for a homework. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Homework, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Vocabulary
These are lessons for year 8 on 'The Merchant of Venice' which were set for remote learning. There is a 'scheme of work' which is the text of the lessons that were uploaded to ShowMyHomework and some... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays
A project I created to allow students to remotely practice a range of key skills within English. The tasks range from reading, writing and poetry. Students will require internet access for some of the... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Homework, Reading, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
A project I created to allow students to remotely practice a range of key skills within English. The tasks range from reading, writing and poetry. Students will require internet access for some of the... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Homework, Reading, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
The attached articles and tasks have been created to use with pupils when they come back to school following the pandemic. Would be of use to anyone in particular who is looking at a Recovery Curricul... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, Writing
Exam/Board: Eduqas
A war poetry unit for Year 9 students, interleaving key skills as well as providing a foundation on which to build in Year 10 with Power and Conflict poetry. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry
Hi there.This resource will publish on 9 July 2020. Please do get in touch if you're interested in knowing more.Kind regardsNatasha Prosser VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature
A series of slides to support AO1 and AO2 skills using the extract from Chapter 3 of Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry. It was created as a Year 9 remote learning pack. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
A series of PPTs with two exemplar paragraphs for close language analysis of non-fiction. Texts were provided in a file from this website (sorry, can't remember who posted them). These were designed f... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
A unit based on Eduqas paper 2 reading and transactional writing.It includes topics such as Black Lives Matter, Equality and the environment. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Writing
A back to school well-being resource that helps pupils to begin to identify strengths, make positive changes and cope with stressful feelings.Not English specific but Meera gave the go-ahea... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Speaking and Listening, Whole School Literacy
Borrowed this idea from a great thread on the KS3 thread. This SOW looks at three major global events (Boxing Day Tsunami, 9/11, Coronavirus) and uses them to help students analyse and write newspaper... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Writing
Intro to Shakespeare for Y7 and Y8. Lots of resources. The SOW uses the old mark scheme so needs to be updated. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays
There were quite a few people in the KS3 English Facebook group who indicated an interest in what we do in our setting. Please note though: this is our plan, for our school's context; this... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
21/22 lessons exploring Nick Stafford's play adaptation of War Horse, focusing on relationships, tension, characterisation and the context of war, embedding relevant linked reading to support students... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays, Poetry, Reading, Speaking and Listening
Lesson One in a KS3 unit which explores Nick Stafford's play adaptation of War Horse, focusing upon how the effects of war have been historically documented through poetry. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays, Poetry
A work booklet based on the play adaptation of War Horse (Nick Stafford) to support students' understanding of the contexts surrounding war and their understanding of the text. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays
A full 30-lesson, detective fiction scheme of work centred around The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, including: teaching sequence, PowerPoint lessons, homework tasks and all resources. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature
Exam/Board: AQA
This PowerPoint uses the extract provided by Teri T on this website, and uses some of the questions from their resources. What I have created is a series of activities based on the structure of the ex... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
A short SOW (8 lessons) used for yr7 transition with a creative writing assessment opportunity at the end. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Writing
Basic scheme of work (written many moons ago) for 'The Speckled Band' including worksheets and differentiated resources. Aimed at mixed ability Year 7 but can be easily adapted to suit. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature, Novels
This is a ten lesson SOW that we used in Year 7. Some of the lessons are duplicated as teachers differentiated for their groups but I have included them all. We would also do a 200 word challenge on a... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature
This is a set of six lessons which looks at the poem Ozymandias at an introductory level. I used this with Year 7. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry
A small collection of activities centered around poetry and an article that explore how writers express their experiences about growing up, facing racism, discrimination and prejudice. It includes an... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Homework, Poetry, Reading, Vocabulary, Writing
A basic template that outlines 20 book types/styles that students should try to read in a month-aiming to complete a column, line or the whole grid. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
A simple guide to reciprocal reading in schools. Used mainly with LSAs and targeted student groups whose reading is 86-100 NRSS. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
A KS3 Gothic reading and writing unit. A range of gothic extracts are explored from texts including 'Frankenstein', 'Dracula', The Tell-tale Heart', 'Porphyria's lover' etc. Enjoy! VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature, Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Vocabulary, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
A KS3 Gothic reading and writing unit. A range of gothic extracts are explored from texts including 'Frankenstein', 'Dracula', The Tell-tale Heart', 'Porphyria's lover' etc. Enjoy! VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature, Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Vocabulary, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
A KS3 Gothic reading and writing unit. A range of gothic extracts are explored from texts including 'Frankenstein', 'Dracula', The Tell-tale Heart', 'Porphyria's lover' etc. Enjoy! VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature, Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Vocabulary, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
A KS3 Gothic reading and writing unit. A range of gothic extracts are explored from texts including 'Frankenstein', 'Dracula', The Tell-tale Heart', 'Porphyria's lover' etc. Enjoy! VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature, Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Vocabulary, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
After reading the text , these are activities incorporating the skills from the language papers. Includes activities and resources. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
Exam/Board: AQA
This is a Scheme of Work that I have taken from the Internet (where it was shared) and adapted for a low - middle ability group. There is still work to do on it, but it may be a useful starting... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
Badger Literacy Resources for Years 7-9 VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Whole School Literacy
A unit based around fantasy extracts, exploring different aspects of the genre. Designed for Y6 transition project but would also work for Y7. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, Writing
I've created this very simple introduction- feel free to edit. The last slides can also be blown up and used as posters in the classroom. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
Fully resourced SoL aimed at mid-high ability Y7. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Homework, Plays, Poetry, Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Speaking and Listening, Vocabulary, Whole School Literacy, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
Aimed as a link unit for Y9 at the end of the summer term to prep for GCSE. Could form basis for Sp&L assessment for some groups or serve as a practice. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Homework, Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Speaking and Listening, Vocabulary, Whole School Literacy, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
Aimed at Y9, fully resourced. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Homework, Plays, Poetry, Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Speaking and Listening, Vocabulary, Whole School Literacy, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
Full scheme aimed at AQA P1 skills with resources. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Homework, Novels, Poetry, Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Speaking and Listening, Vocabulary, Whole School Literacy, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
Full SoL for lower ability Y7 VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Homework, Novels, Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Speaking and Listening, Vocabulary, Whole School Literacy, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
A full scheme, complete with resources for a half term unit to teach ACC to Yr9/low ability Y10 VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature, Homework, Novels, Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Speaking and Listening, Vocabulary, Whole School Literacy, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
Full Scheme - suitable for low ability KS3. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature, Homework, Novels, Poetry, Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Vocabulary, Whole School Literacy, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
Complete unit for narrative writing based around producing a piece for a year wide and class wide competition. Fully resourced. Aimed at Y7. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Speaking and Listening, Vocabulary, Whole School Literacy, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
4 weeks of lessons for year 7 or 8 to work through during school closures. My school have started it this week for Summer Term 2. There are 3 lessons a week - advising them to spend one hour a day com... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays
Exam/Board: AQA
A variety of games to play in class with a literacy focus. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Homework, Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Speaking and Listening, Vocabulary, Whole School Literacy, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
A series of tiered or differentiated blank slides for starter or settler tasks. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature, Homework, Novels, Plays, Poetry, Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Speaking and Listening, Vocabulary, Whole School Literacy, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
A sheet I use to help prompt meaningful feedback and peer-marking. I laminate and place on desks, 1 between 2. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature, Homework, Novels, Plays, Poetry, Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Speaking and Listening, Vocabulary, Whole School Literacy, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
Individually highlighted target grade PLC sheets for grades 3-7. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature, Homework, Poetry, Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Speaking and Listening, Vocabulary, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
A tiered activity using the STRIVE acronym to analyse poetry through a series of questions. 3 levels of difficulty. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Homework, Poetry, Reading
Exam/Board: AQA
A resource I adapted from an existing resource (thank you to whoever uploaded it!) made more suitable for the next half-term of home learning for our Year 7s. Includes extracts from adventure / action... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Homework, Reading, Writing
A resource I adapted from an existing resource (thank you to whoever uploaded it!) made more suitable for the next half-term of home learning for our Year 8s. Includes extracts from dystopian novels,... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Homework, Reading, Vocabulary, Writing
Inspired by Zoe Barnes' booklets, this Shakespeare Study comprises key acts for scene analysis, activities to recap understanding through reading and writing skills, as well as planning for assessment... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays
Exam/Board: AQA
A full scheme of work on Noughts and Crosses. A detailed PowerPoint presentation, with Stretch and Challenge Activities sprinkled throughout. Resources and Homework included. Keen to hear if there are... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
A recording tool to replace P levels. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Whole School Literacy
Warning - really cheesy!! A quote hanger to hand quotes on about a character. Sorry! VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
Exam/Board: AQA
Made for SEN, to help formulate paragraphs VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
Exam/Board: AQA
5 ticks sentence work should add detail and description for those who struggle. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Exam/Board: AQA
Unit: Writing
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
A Year 7 scheme of work based on the idea of writing a formal letter to the Head teacher regarding transition. It reviews and builds on grammar work from Year 6 covering basic English grammar, active... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Writing
This is a mini project (probably 3 x 1 hour lessons) aimed at KS3. Created for remote learning.First part is based on analysing Churchill's VE Day speech. Challenge linked to rhetoric.Second part is b... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Homework, Reading, Writing
Booklet for Year 7 focusing on comprehension and vocabulary based on Roald Dahl's 'The Landlady'. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Homework, Reading, Vocabulary
A booklet for home learning building vocabulary, reading and comprehension skills using the opening prologue and chapter 1 of Ramson Rigg's 'Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children'. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Homework, Reading, Vocabulary
A scheme of work designed to introduce the Gothic genre. Suitable for KS3. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
Year 9 Much Ado home learning. 7 lessons. I have lifted some activities and slides from other resources that I found. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays
Exam/Board: AQA
Year 9 Much Ado homelearning. 7 lessons. I have lifted some activities from other resources that I found. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays
Exam/Board: AQA
7 lessons on Much Ado designed for year 9 home learning. I have lifted bits and bobs from other resources that I found. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays
Exam/Board: AQA
Step-by-step instructions in order for students to complete their Star Reading Tests from home (but will be useful when back in school as well). With screenshots of the site to help.Will need editing... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, Whole School Literacy
This is our termly skills plan for Key stage 3. We teach mixed ability, so within classes we have students working from Pre writing in our lower ability class to Key skill 2.Key skill refers to the ol... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Whole School Literacy
Exam/Board: AQA
An 8 week independent, cross-curricular scheme for KS3. Perfect for work to set during lockdown. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Homework, Reading, Speaking and Listening, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
This is something I have put together for our whole department to cover first half term of Summer. We are going to send it out in one week tasks. hope this is helpful. Be good to hear how your student... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Homework, Novels, Whole School Literacy
A session designed for use with a mixed year group, age and ability collection of key worker kids when I am in school next week. Students will discuss the symbolism of hands, read and discuss Michael... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry, Writing
A three-week project focused on narrative.This asks students to revise what they know through links to online resources, create a writer's guidebook using their revision, then write a 4-500 word... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Homework, Writing
This lesson links to the 19th century Nellie Bly lesson uploaded earlier (31st March 2020). It introduces KS3 students to comparison skills using what how why to compare viewpoints and perspectives of... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature, Reading, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
A powerpoint asking year 7 to analyse an extract from Nellie Bly's autobiographical account of her trip to circumnavigate the world in the early 20th century. This uses the how what why format in a ba... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature, Reading
Exam/Board: AQA
Eduqas KS3 BISP sow with 30 lessons and 2 assessment points. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels, Reading
Exam/Board: Eduqas
A top ten recommended reading list with some guidance about accompanying activities VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
Pupils read the fake letter supposedly written by F. Scott Fitzgerald about being quarantined during the Spanish Flu. Then they use it as stimulus to write their own letters recording how they are res... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Writing
A top 10 list of recommended fiction with a guide of how to access texts during lockdown and some activities do while reading. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
An introduction to keeping a journal with an accompanying reading list. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Whole School Literacy
'English Skills Booklet' containing examples, tips and tasks to do. It starts really easy with very simple spelling activities but becomes more challenging as it moves into direct speech, paragraphing... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar
Guide to make cut-up poems. Created for remote learning for year 7 - could apply to any ks3 class. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry
Full SOW for year 7 for AMSND. I use it with the Globe on screen and the play. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays
Please feel free to use and adapt. I made this for Year 7 but this can be used for any year group. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Exam/Board: AQA
Unit: Writing
Some extended writing tasks that are easily printable for students who do not have internet access at home. Collated from other resources and nothing revolutionary, but should be nice and clear in the... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Writing
A list of films / series for students to watch in case of school closures VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Homework
Exam/Board: AQA
I have created his document in the event of school closures for KS3 pupils. It has been created to be printed as most of my students don't have internet access. It can be easily adapted to suit year g... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Homework
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Writing
A planning sheet used with year 8 to help them with speech writing. Easily adaptable for other year groups. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Writing
A blank stave timeline with prompting questions for students to complete VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature
Course: GCSE Literature
Homework project/booklet for Year 7 to complete alongside Travel Writing Unit VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Homework
12 lessons on Shakespearean villains made into a booklet for long term cover. Booklet covers lessons on Iago, Lady Macbeth and Iago. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays
7 lessons on viewpoint writing and non-fiction texts made into a booklet to use for long term cover VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Writing
Made this to print out and put up on a display board to help my groups with analytical writing. Also has challenge verbs/adverbs and key terminology. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
This is a lesson for World Book Day.The idea is to expose students to a range of texts from different genres to help them to find a genre which they find interesting.Teacher instructions on Slide 1. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
Exam/Board: AQA
A reading leaflet we send home to support reading for pleasure in KS3. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
In a recent Ofsted deep dive, Feb 20, our curriculum was described as fit for purpose and well organised. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Whole School Literacy
Students to write complaint letter about a rubbish holiday- based on picture stimulus. also can show clip from youtube - old holidays from hell programme. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Exam/Board: AQA, EDEXCEL, OCR, WJEC, Eduqas
Unit: Writing
Speech Transcript (with link to video of broadcast; and contextual information) of 'it is time to act' speech by Russell Crowe (broadcast 16/02/2020).Describes as a 'stark warning and call to action'... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, Speaking and Listening
Students compete tasks in groups to win. See powerpoint for instructions. Also googled MSND wordsearches and included one of those too. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays
Exam/Board: AQA, EDEXCEL, OCR, WJEC, Eduqas
Students compete doing quick tasks in groups to win. See powerpoint for instructions.I also googled free R&J wordsearches and used one of those too. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays
Exam/Board: AQA, EDEXCEL, OCR, WJEC, Eduqas
Students are put into groups and complete a series of tasks quickly and quietly to try and win.This one is for Shakespeare (we did some of Macbeth, Hamlet and R&J). VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays
Exam/Board: AQA, EDEXCEL, OCR, Eduqas
SOW for The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
Spelling test booklets for Y7, 8 and 9. Each test is differentiated into three different levels of difficulty. The idea is that students select the level of challenge suitable to them and only le... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar
Created for a Year 8 assessment but could be edited. A question paper will follow. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
Exam/Board: AQA
15 cover lessons for KS3 with 20 minutes reading, 20 minutes close reading and 20 minutes writing. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
A homework project for KS3 to encourage independent research. Weekly teacher check-in table to ensure homework has been completed. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Homework
Posters designed at A2 sized. Covering evolution of English language from pre-Romans to emojis. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Whole School Literacy
Exam/Board: AQA
Revision Lessons for In Flanders Fields and a lesson to compare the poem to The Soldier VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry
Two lessons for Year 8 looking at the poem 'The Soldier' VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry
Looking at the poem Needles with KS3. Understanding the use of structure. Students then to create their own poem with an emphasis on structure. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry
This has been made for KS3 and used successfully with Year 7 in particular. Students are given a choice of Christmas adverts to watch, with a corresponding activity. Alternatively you can watch a... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Writing
Full unit of work with all lessons and assessments. Suitable for mid-high ability KS3 group VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
I've used this as a resource to dip into when teaching 19th century literature to Year 8. It contains some challenge ideas, as well as quotes taking from several (named) sources. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature
This is a very straightforward powerpoint that looks at Banksy's latest Christmas mural and gets students to think about imagery and art. I have then used some Victorian Christmas cards (because... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature, Speaking and Listening
Exam/Board: AQA
Based on Victorian context and persuasive language.Students to watch the BT ad with Tale of Two Cities in it, then plan their own ad using Victorian literature (can provide extracts - but mine use the... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature
Exam/Board: AQA, EDEXCEL, OCR, WJEC, Eduqas
Conflict poetry with descriptive writing task as assessment - I have used with year 8. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
Including poetry, non-fiction writing - I have used with Year 7. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
Exam/Board: AQA
A fully resourced scheme of work for Blood Brothers with PPT, Resources, HW tasks and a knowledge organiser VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays
Exam/Board: AQA
Anthology of nature poems VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA, EDEXCEL, OCR, Eduqas
Create your own poem using Planet Earth documentary as stimulus. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA, EDEXCEL, OCR, Eduqas
Ted Hughes nature poetry unit- The Jaguar VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA, EDEXCEL, OCR, Eduqas
Nettles (Vernon Scannell) poem with mix and match devices activity. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA, EDEXCEL, OCR, Eduqas
I refer to a scam letter that I received (it is pictured on the final slide) however you would not necessarily need to include this resource. Students were very familiar with the modern on-line scams... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays
How does Shakespeare use language to present the theme of love in Twelfth Night?Brief ppt with extract and questions. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays
Create an anti-bullying leaflet inspired by the treatment of Malvolio in Twelfth Night. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays
Word level work to look at vocabulary and impact. Exploring Gothic settings. Following on from a lesson looking at The Graveyard Book. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
The task sheet for the activities on the Feminism (2) Ppt. Designed for top set group but with scaffolding for students to choose level of support.Essay title: ‘In Great Expectations, Dickens... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature
Exam/Board: AQA
Second of two lessons on GE and feminism. This to prepare students to write an essay on gender and the text. I'll upload the task sheet, which summarises the Ppt activities, as a separate... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature
Exam/Board: AQA
An introductory lesson on feminism to allow students to apply to Great Expectations in subsequent lessons. You'll need wrapped sweets and post-its. Produced for a top set to prepare for GC... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature
Exam/Board: AQA
To go with the Marxism theory lesson. This applies more closely to the book. Designed for Yr9 top set but can be adapted for A Christmas Carol for GCSE VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature
Exam/Board: AQA
Quite a practical lesson, which involves students mocking up a means of production and oppression factory situation. The Lesson 2 applies more closely to Great Expectations.You'll need sweets fo... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature
Exam/Board: AQA
My slides for the KS3 assembly I did on the importance of reading. Obviously aimed at our students so reading ages etc are specific to them. Feel free to adapt so it's fit for your purpose! VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
For use with tsunami scene from Day after Tomorrow (youtube clip). VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Exam/Board: AQA, EDEXCEL, OCR, Eduqas
Unit: Writing
for use with the opening of the Lion King (circle of life).Students to then write a short piece of creative writing. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Exam/Board: AQA, EDEXCEL, OCR, Eduqas
Unit: Writing
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Speaking and Listening
Exam/Board: AQA
Based on Talk for Writing. My classes made this 'Plan It, Link It, Express It, Check It' self/peer-assessment grid. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
One page extract from 'Hurricane Gold' from the 'Young Bond' series by Charllie Higson. Designed for SEND and uninterested boys in KS2/3. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Homework, Reading
3 week SOW for Y8 students on Animals in Literature covering anthropomorphism and extracts from a range of 19th and 20th Century Literature.Slideshow, Resource Booklet and Planning Overview. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature, Novels, Reading, Vocabulary
The text is written by Patrick Healy can be used for myths and legends unit.Question Booklet focusing on information retrieval and PPT for self/peer marking. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Homework
Exam/Board: AQA
Second attempt to upload. Converted to pdf. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Writing
A writing support frame to help students properly analyse language techniques. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature, Novels, Plays, Poetry, Reading, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
Just for a bit of fun - students see if they can tell which quotes are Percy Shelley and which are Ed Sheeran. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
Escape room lesson for OMAM VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
Exam/Board: AQA, OCR
Lesson on identifying techniques in the Katy Perry Fireworks song. Works well as an introduction into poetry. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry
Knowledge organiser for Poetry from Other Cultures Scheme (unseen practice) aimed at Y8s VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry
Coraline knowledge organiser created for a Y7 group. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
This is a collection of extracts and poems about animals. I did this for a small class of Waldorf students who were really into animals and really nervous about starting new English lessons. I found i... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
Taught to Yr9 top set, followed by a write up assessment. Simplified form of the GCSE AQA Paper 1 Q4 VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature
Exam/Board: AQA
Gothic Homework Booklet. Lasts 3 weeks. Suitable for KS3 VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature
Exam/Board: AQA
I set as a cover lesson to be taught in conjunction with 'Great Expectations' but would work as an assessment and with any Victorian (urban) novel. For Y9 but can be adapted VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
Great for any generic task where you are asking students to pitch a new film of their own idea. Works really well, for instance, if you have been studying the Gothic conventions and students can... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Speaking and Listening
Exam/Board: AQA
Three lessons we have used this year for our Year 7 students Transition before we group them. The only thing not included is the Vernon spelling test - not sure about the copyright as I do not ow... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Whole School Literacy
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature, Novels
Exam/Board: AQA
A02-Language/use of synesthesia VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
Exam/Board: AQA
Used as part of a SOW on Great Expectations. This is a good way to allow students to move focus around the ships to create a description. Completed a step by step planning guide with the h... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Exam/Board: AQA
Unit: Writing
Guidelines for University of Sussex "Faster Read". VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays
Exam/Board: AQA
A worksheet introducing and exploring the Cognitive Grammar concept of specificity and granularity and their role in creating tension in a text. Short extract taken from Artemis Fowl (Eoin Colfer) wit... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Homework, Reading, Whole School Literacy, Writing
A worksheet that can be used in a lesson or as homework looking specifically at the role of verbs in expressing action. Extract taken from Artemis Fowl (Eoin Colfer), tasked based on Cognitive Grammar... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, Whole School Literacy, Writing
A short story by Dahl with a series of comprehension questions and 4 lessons that take students through the text exploring language, structure and then crafting a piece of creative writing. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
A short story by Dahl with a series of comprehension questions and 4 lessons that take students through the text exploring language, structure and then crafting a piece of creative writing. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
A short story by Dahl with a series of comprehension questions and 4 lessons that take students through the text exploring language, structure and then crafting a piece of creative writing. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
A reading programme based on free-reading at KS3. Rather than online testing or comprehension questions, the programme relies on a range of writing activities linked to reading, along with the m... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
Animal Farm scheme taught to Y8 students. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
Exam/Board: AQA
A scheme for Noughts and Crosses play. Includes homework and assessment tasks. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays
Exam/Board: AQA
I really loved Zoe Barne's booklet and lessons on 'Lost and Found'. I messaged Zoe to see if she would mind if I used them as a template to create a further booklet called 'The Greatest Show'.&n... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Exam/Board: AQA
Unit: Writing
A SOW created on Arthur Miller's The Crucible for a high ability year 9 class. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays
Exam/Board: AQA
A SOW created on Arthur Miller's The Crucible for a high ability year 9 class. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays
Exam/Board: AQA
Two lessons which gets students to design a world that represents themselves then describe it. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Writing
Range of resources to use on the topic of war-includes war poetry, propaganda articles and speeches. All looking at the theme for non fictional writing tasks and writer's point of view. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Homework, Writing
Ruby in Smoke Scheme for use with year 7 or 8. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Homework, Novels
5 Literacy booklets with a range of task, devised for each half term. Can't locate book 1 at the moment! Suitaable across range of abilities and good for starter tasks or homeworks. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Vocabulary, Whole School Literacy
UPDATED 29/07/19- 20 weekly lessons, each with 3 additional Do Nows and a homework sheet for each lesson.Lessons are divided into 4 groups of 5, with a baseline/end of half-term assessment to determin... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Vocabulary
Resources for year 7 to work on unit of Canterbury tales and evolution of English Language. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry, Vocabulary, Writing
Range of resources for teaching unit of work on Beowulf with year 7 VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry
These lessons are being taught alongside a reading of War Horse but may be of some use to others. Slides 1-6 have used some activities from Pobble 365 (The Trench) - one or two activities have been ad... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels, Poetry, Vocabulary, Writing
The extract has been uploaded separately. It explores an article on prisons and was made to accompany a Macbeth SOW VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
Full SOW for teaching Romeo and Juliet to KS3. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays
Exam/Board: AQA
A full SOW and lessons based on gender inequality. Students over the last few years have been really engaged with this SOW, which teaches them speaking and listening skills and question 5 paper 2 skil... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Speaking and Listening, Vocabulary, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA, EDEXCEL, OCR
A SOW for KS3 based on the old spec conflict poetry. This has been adapted to meet the new GCSE boundaries. It is a great scheme for introducing poetry comparisons to year 9 or top set year 8. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
25 extension activities for display in classrooms - applicable across all subject areas VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Whole School Literacy
Exam/Board: AQA
Extracts from the novel 'Darkside' VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels, Reading, Vocabulary
A PPT with some reasons for reading and a range of quotations on the subject to try to enthuse and encourage students to read more. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
A collection of posters/memes/inspirational quotations to display around the classroom to encourage reading. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
Sitting in silence reading can be very difficult some students. This PPT can be projected during a reading lesson and the teacher can interrupt the reading every now and again with a question or... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
I have been updating my scheme of work on AMND and thought I would share it - it includes response to reading, poetry, creative writing and non-fiction writing opportunities. I hope you find it useful... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays, Poetry, Reading, Writing
12 lessons worth of cover worksheets to complete independently VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Course: GCSE Language
Exam/Board: WJEC
Unit: Writing
10 lesson baseline writing unit. With introduce yourself style task (lesson 1 and 2) and baseline writing task lessons 3-10. Resources included (often at the end of the slides) and marking rubric and... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Writing
A sheet I use at the start of a half term to organise my planning of a topic. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature, Novels, Plays, Poetry, Reading, Vocabulary, Writing
Level: Key Stage 3
Exam/Board: AQA
Unit: Writing
This is a 15-lesson scheme of work (fully-resourced) on world myths and legends.We have used it with Year 8 and it has been excellent at keeping them engaged and enthusiastic about English in the fina... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry, Reading, Speaking and Listening, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
A booklet scheme of work for Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature
Exam/Board: AQA
My attempt to make the art of letter writing more exciting. Students listen to Stan and read the lyrics - having done so they are to write a letter to Eminem that he would like to receive. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Exam/Board: AQA
Unit: Writing
A book review designed for incoming year 7 students to complete over the summer holidays - gives a starting point for discussion on their first lesson in September. Could be used with any KS3 class th... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Homework, Reading
I put this together for our Year 6 transition day. It is pretty self explanatory but any questions, please ask! VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
Please note, I did not finish teaching the whole of the novel but there are a number of lessons to get started. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
Exam/Board: AQA
Created for KS3 to introduce Language paper 2 skills. Idea and some resources from someone on here or TES (sorry, I have forgotten your name but it was really helpful) and then adapted for our KS3.&nb... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
A load of abridged Shakespeare plays cut down to roughly 30 mins each. Useful for KS3 or lower abilities, either to help with class learning or as mini-plays to prepare and perform. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays
First introduction to planning a poetry comparison - heavily scaffolded.Poems used are Dulce et Decorum Est and Who's for the Game? VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
An amalgamation of the 200 word challenges found on Twitter and a self-assessment task getting students to analyse the language they have used. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Writing
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Homework, Poetry
This KO is to accompany an autobiography unit and has basic punctuation and grammar rules. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Homework
This SOW is meant to increase pupils' cultural capital. It starts with the general information about literature, introduces literary timeline, explains how literary canon is created. It then moves to... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays, Poetry, Reading, Speaking and Listening, Vocabulary, Writing
A great booklet which can be used with any year group to explore language and structure. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
This a Media/English Unit- potentially a good end of term fun unit which looks at film and advertising. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Writing
This fun lesson uses Maths to investigate writing limericks and has a fun, open-ended set of task using other number sequences such as pi to create other poems (or pi-ems).Have fun! VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry
The English section of a whole school summer tasks booklet.Students self or peer mark answers in lessons.Teachers have slides with answers to share. Not prescribed how teachers use it. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Homework, Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Vocabulary, Writing
Stories written by children from KS2-KS3 from BBC2's 500 Words competition.All stories freely available online. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, Writing
Allows students to analyse quotations in detail and by considering four different perspectives. Worksheet can be applied to any text and allows low ability students to improve their analytical skills.... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
Course: GCSE Literature
Exam/Board: AQA
An introduction to Shakespeare through context/extracts. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays
Exam/Board: AQA
Uses the real reads abridged version. Writing assessment. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature
Exam/Board: AQA
A whole scheme of work based on writing and performing Room 101 style speeches. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Speaking and Listening
A PPT with links to online reading and adaption of the Monkey's Paw. Students look at how the story has been crafted and then write their own backstory about the origin of the paw. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature
A variety of activities based on Poe's 'The Tell-tale Heart' VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature
The KS3 and KS5 coordinators and I wanted to make sure our curriculum was helping pupils build relevant skills over a long period of time as they transitioned from one key stage to the next. This docu... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Whole School Literacy
A 7 week scheme of work, complete with resources and Powerpoint, to teach the playscript version of "Brother in the Land" by Robert Swindells. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays
Exam/Board: AQA
Vocabulary to describe characters in Macbeth. Makes for more varied points and ideas! VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays
Exam/Board: AQA
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Vocabulary, Writing
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Vocabulary, Writing
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Speaking and Listening, Vocabulary, Writing
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Speaking and Listening, Vocabulary, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Homework, Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Vocabulary, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
A sequence of 3 lessons focussing on the conventions of writing an artice. The imphasis put on the use of formal, impersonal language. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Exam/Board: AQA
Unit: Writing
A homework booklert encouraging independent research designed to accompany the complete SOW. It follows the events in each chapter. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
Exam/Board: AQA
Opening chapters from novels to set as homework and a quick starter powerpoint as follow up. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Homework
A 4-week unit exploring and analysing various forms of advertising (Posters, videos, articles etc) and developing skills in analytical annotations and paragraphing. (I do a lot of modelling with the v... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
Five homework sheets with reading questions linked to Language Paper 1 skills. Appropriate for KS3 but could be easily adapted.Short extracts followed by questions of increasing difficulty. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Homework
Exam/Board: AQA
Full SOW for Y7 studying Wonder by R.J. Palacio. Focus on reading and transformational writing. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels, Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA, EDEXCEL, OCR, IGCSE, WJEC, Eduqas
SOW for KS3 reading Julius Caesar by Shakespeare. Focus is on speeches and persuasive writing. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays, Reading, Speaking and Listening, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA, EDEXCEL, OCR, WJEC, Eduqas
Short SOW designed to introduce Y9 to Romeo and Juliet in a fun, engaging way. Compares the way two different film version of the play use a range of techniques for effect. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays
Exam/Board: AQA, EDEXCEL, OCR, WJEC, Eduqas
Used for a functional skills interview but fits nicely with KS3 work if you want them to understand the layout and content. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Exam/Board: AQA
Unit: Writing
Selection of activities based around the novel 'Private Peaceful'. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Homework, Reading
Exam/Board: AQA
Selection of activities for KS3 based around Shakespeare. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Homework, Reading
Exam/Board: AQA
Selection of activities in a booklet. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Homework, Novels
Exam/Board: AQA
Display of famous first lines. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Writing
This is a list of events that I organised for a whole school literacy day called 'Everybody Writes'. As we were a small school, I was able to create three separate workshops across the day for each pu... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Whole School Literacy, Writing
This is a full scheme of work, fully-resourced, for My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece.We have taught it to Y7 (all-boys cohort) and they have been absolutely enthralled by it! VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
Exam/Board: AQA
Posters for display with 10 recommended classic reads in honour of International Women's Day. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Whole School Literacy
Posters for display with 10 recommended modern reads in honour of International Women's Day. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Whole School Literacy
Might be of use to someone. I have just made this for my very low ability year 7s for their speaking and listening assessments so they can peer assess, we will total up the scores to determine t... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Speaking and Listening
Exam/Board: AQA
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Whole School Literacy
Editable word bank for LA for feedback/improvements for those unable to use a dictionary easily. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Exam/Board: AQA
Unit: Writing
Marking and feedback sheets for all skills. Printable tick sheets which can be either printed for LA or displayed for HA. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature, Novels, Plays, Poetry, Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
This lesson presents an insight into Shakespearean Sonnets and provides students with an opportunity to write their own Sonnet poem. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
Tasks and annotation of 'Love Without Hope' by Robert Graves. Useful for KS3/ 4 poetry. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry
Course: GCSE Literature
I spent around three hours creating this- I've tried to create a range of poets and writers from different cultures. This will make a lovely classroom display. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Whole School Literacy
A mix of reading lessons and creative writing lessons using the old (until 2011) AQA Anthology of short stories: Your Shoes, Growing Up, Flight, Chemistry, Snowman etc.. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
A full term's scheme of learning for KS3 on AMND. Includes contextual work and language work. Approx 40 lessons with resources and powerpoints. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays, Reading, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
Ways into spelling using Harry Potter characters and ideas. Also includes root word tree. Very easy to adapt. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Vocabulary
This unit was originally designed for Y8 students. I chose non-fiction extracts from the EMC KS3 Non-Fiction book and the Syria speech resources were from TES. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, Writing
Designed to be printed in A3 size- comprehensive knowledge organiser for any classes studying Of Mice and Men- we use with Year 9 to develop their skills of revision and independent study. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
Exam/Board: AQA, EDEXCEL, OCR, IGCSE, WJEC, Eduqas
Lessons on most chapters of Ruby in the Smoke by Phillip Pullman. Some GCSE links. Designed for Y9 reading lessons. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels, Reading, Whole School Literacy
Exam/Board: AQA
Scheme of Work to accompany the reading of Phillip Pullman's Northern Lights. Designed for Y9 Middle ability with plenty of GCSE skills and links. Fully resourced using booklet. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels, Reading, Whole School Literacy
Exam/Board: AQA
Lesson PPT and resources created for low ability year 8 group on the character of Lady Macbeth and how she manipulates Macbeth. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays
Exam/Board: AQA
A collection of PowerPoints and resources that focus on getting pupils to write analytically about poetry.Teach in the following order:Half-casteLimboIsland Man VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry
A double lesson where students develop their ability to show and not tell character emotions. You put slips of paper into a box and the students pick one out to see what their box contains. Ideas for... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Writing
a sample of independent writing lesson. If you are interested in more, please let me know. Can be used for all stages but labelled KS3. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Exam/Board: AQA
Unit: Writing
Stand alone lesson. Includes comprehension questions and a writing task at the end. Very basic but does the job - especially in the last week of term! Student are very engaged in this task and it gene... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Exam/Board: AQA, EDEXCEL, OCR, IGCSE, WJEC, Eduqas
Unit: Writing
Stand alone lesson based on The Bear and The Hare John Lewis advert. Includes comprehension questions and a writing task at the end. Please note: The comprehension questions taken from The Literacy Sh... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Exam/Board: AQA, EDEXCEL, OCR, IGCSE, WJEC, Eduqas
Unit: Writing
Give them the quiz and let them loose on the internet.Answers included to save teacher time. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays
PPT - with some activities on iambic pentameter(Someone on TES - where it is free - queried its accuracy!) VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays
A lesson by lesson outline of a Year 8 SOW for Merchant. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays
All of the resources to accompany the KS3 Macbeth SOW uploaded. They should be in numerical order for the lessons. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays, Reading, Speaking and Listening, Vocabulary, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
An extract from Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell. Great for providing 19th century social context. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature
Posters featuring famous book openings to encourage students to consider how they will open their own stories. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, Whole School Literacy, Writing
As described on the Facebook page this is a report and staff training documents that I organised for an Improving Boy's Achievement Session.The report and training documents are my own, but some of th... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Speaking and Listening
Exam/Board: AQA
SOW for To Kill a Mockingbird aimed at Yr8 students. Mostly just bit and pieces pick pocketed from all over - hope it is of some help. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature, Novels, Reading
Developed for 16+, this is the second lesson following an introduction and coverage of Q2 and 3 (available on end slides).Contains differentiation and scaffolding for lower level students. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
Exam/Board: AQA
A glossary of subject terms I made for use by KS3 students. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Homework, Novels, Plays, Poetry, Reading, Writing
A sequence of creative writing lessons using cut up sentences from a story. Can be used with KS3 and KS4 as it's useful for teaching structure and crafting. You can play around wit... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Exam/Board: AQA
Unit: Writing
Lo: To apply core structural subject terminology. Showing students how to zoom in on shifts and establishments within the opening of OMAM. This lesson should be taught after lesson one - three key mom... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
Exam/Board: AQA
Introducing structure to year 9 students getting them to identify the key three moments in a text using OMAM. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
Exam/Board: AQA
KS3 Gothic (not for the light hearted) SOW on The Black Cat. Exceptionally creepy for Halloween. The boys love it! VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature
Collated for Yr 9 Short Story Unit.Contains:A Sound of Thunder (Ray Bradbury)The Fog Horn (Ray Bradbury)Don't Ask Jack (Neil Gaiman)The Landlady (Roald Dahl)Lamb to the Slaughter (Roald Dahl) VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
I made these for Parents' Evening, was a big hit. We used masking tape to mark out a board. A traditional Scrabble board is 15x15 squares - ours wasn't that big, just make sure you have an uneven numb... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Whole School Literacy
Adapted from a very basic primary resource. I use it to check basic knowledge of word class.I print A5 size and make Ss stick in books and refer back to it.Very revealing in terms of student prior kno... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar
This file includes four fully-resourced lessons and a GCSE-style descriptive/narrative writing question. It has been designed as a start of year benchmark assessment for Year 8, however it would b... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Vocabulary, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
A selection of words (split into word classes and sub-sections) related to the Gothic genre. Supports pupils with extended their vocabulary, choosing precise language, and demonstrating correct sp... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Vocabulary, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
AQA Poetry Power and Conflict. Created this for KS3 year 8/9 group. Mostly my own slides with some adapted from free resources available. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
7 Weeks of lessons for A Monster Calls (Patrick Ness) originally delivered to MA Year 7 group in Autumn 2.Range of tasks and foci, including metaphors, similes, symbols and various structural features... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
Lesson on Hone Tuwhare (NZ) - The Sea to the Mountain to the RiverLesson on W.S Merwin (USA) - Rain at NightComparison question - How do these poems present the impact of colonisation? VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry
This uses the Year 8 paper on the AQA website (Carriage Dogs one) - the KS3 papers can be found on the secure site. I have used it with KS3 to prep for end-of-year exams in the style of Paper 2 and fo... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
KS3 lesson on sentence starters to add variety to writing.Dracular themed. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Writing
Can be used in class or as homework. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays
Great resource to use in class or for homework. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar
A reading list of YA and MG Fiction titles from BAME (Black and Minority Ethnic) authors with author portraits. Recommended usage:Read through the list and recommend to your studentsOrder these... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
A creative writing task that can cover a lesson or two and become a mini project. Can be linked to texts and contexts studied. Can be to create work for display. I had some students who... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Writing
The slides go with the intervention tasks booklet. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Whole School Literacy
I made this to be used in form time for Year 7. It was a cross-curricular Humanities' based intervention so has texts drawn from History, RE and Geography as well as English. There is a ppt with... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Vocabulary, Whole School Literacy
This can be edited and you can include your own challenges. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Homework
After our discussion in the Facebook group, here is a list of several short stories that have been recommended by all. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
Lesson on reading and writing poetry I've used with Y6 transition. Based on the poem 'A Martian Sends a Postcard Home'.P.S. Couldn't work out how to upload multiple files so have added a PDF at the en... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry
A version I found online with the modern translation next to it. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels
A fully-resourced lesson with a choice of two starter tasks based on pupils' exisiting knowledge. Suitable for both KS3 and KS4. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Writing
Designed to support pupils in understanding rules for common SPAG/technical marking errors. Typically I will print a set, cut them into slips, and stick them into books as I am marking if a pupil demo... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Whole School Literacy
I used this as a starter in a descriptive writing lesson to encourage the pupils to try to create more unique and unusual imagery and to avoid cliche. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Vocabulary, Writing
Abridged version of the text with tasks following each chapter. Please use/edit etc. Suitable for Year 7/8. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature, Novels, Reading
A complete SOW for Year 7 poetry, including poems, key terms and tasks. Use/edit however you want. If you add anything fantastic, please let me know so I can edit our version, too! Feedback would... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry
A lesson for National Poetry Day (specifically for 2017, but can be easily adapted for other poetry celebrations). VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry
Originally designed as part of a KS3 Non-Fiction SOW, to introduce the Paper 2 exam to Y9, but could be used on lower ability KS4 groups. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
Originally designed as part of a KS3 SOW for Y9 Non-Fiction. It can be used to introduce Paper 2 to Y9 students, or for lower ability KS4 groups. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
Originally designed as part of a KS3 SOW for Y9 Non-Fiction. It can be used to introduce Paper 2 to Y9 students, or for lower ability KS4 groups. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Writing
I have lesson slides and all resources if anyone wants them - email me traceylm99@gmail.com, or ask in the FB group. Lesson slides are in Active Inspire rather than ppt. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays, Reading, Writing
Real examples taken from Eng Lang GCSE scripts.Useful for KS3 and KS4. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
Planned for low ability Year 11 to give them something to pick out in exams and put in their own writing. Could also be used for KS3 to introduce imagery. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Writing
A resource to teach students extended metaphors to use either when analysing poetry or within their own creative writing using Symphony by Zara Larson. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Writing
Here are 50 common error words that we have identified students tend to spell incorrectly. As a school, every teacher has this list on their wall and looks out for these words. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Whole School Literacy
Course: GCSE Language
An empty template for you to use and fill with holiday homework for the festive season. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Homework
A range of tasks for students to complete over the festive period. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Homework
A student friendly reading grid for KS3, using the GCSE AOs. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
A KS3 Student friendly writing grid with GCSE AOs. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Writing
Can be edited for you to use with your department. VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Writing
This is a basic reference tool to enable students to read and respond to questions about inaccuracies in SPaG for DIRT lessons, or in grammar teaching. I use it with a writing target bank based... VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Whole School Literacy, SPAG, Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Writing
Course: GCSE Language
