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Creative writing

Browse this rich collection of English teaching resources, teaching ideas, templates and creative writing lessons to develop students' descriptive writing, narrative writing and creative writing skills. You'll find compelling picture prompts, supportive word banks and carefully scaffolded resources to engage even the most reluctant of student writers.

There are fun and eclectic lesson ideas, downloadable worksheets and comprehensive PowerPoints for a range of exciting creative writing and short story tasks based on journeys, the senses, on sculpture, on the weather and even 'magical doors'!

Explore point of view, narrative structure and the features of a ‘good story’ as well as how to develop a main character with a range of creative writing tasks to hone students’ descriptive writing skills. You’ll also find resources on using metaphors and similes and varying sentence structure to make their writing more engaging.

Perfect for key stage 3 English classes and GCSE English Language learners. 

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Narnian Narratives

A narrative writing scheme of work designed to take year 7 up to the Christmas holidays.  Using 'The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe' extracts, children have weekly opportunity to flex their cre... VIEW

Level: Key Stage 3

Unit: Reading, Writing

Creative Writing - Winter Wonderland

Whole scheme introducing creative writing and writing techniques VIEW

Unit: Writing

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Y7 Coraline writing SOL

A writing scheme of work for Coraline by Neil Gaiman based upon the reading SOL written by Jane Peters and my own work on structure using Freytag's pyrmaid. Includes a KO, PP and week by week SOL plan VIEW

Stretch and Challenge task sheet

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

KS3 Non Fiction Unit of work

I have created a range of PPts and resources using some modern examples to introduce non-fiction texts and writing.  VIEW

Exam/Board: AQA, Eduqas

Gothic Lit Year 7 SOW

A short SOW for year 7.Lessons and extracts based on 'The Tell-Tale Heart', 'Frankenstein', 'The Raven' and 'Dracula'. VIEW

Unit: 19th Century Literature, Reading, Vocabulary, Writing

Exam/Board: AQA

Book Look Mark Sheets

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

Unit: 19th Century Literature, Novels, Poetry, Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Writing

Writing To Argue (Graffiti Theme)

A base ppt for creating a letter to the local council. Uses the theme of graffiti.  VIEW

Year 7-8 Gothic Story lesson

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

The Art of Persuasion unit booklet

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

Unit: Reading, Speaking and Listening, Writing

Persuasive Writing: The Art of Persuasion Knowledge Organiser

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

Unit: Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Speaking and Listening, Vocabulary, Writing

Beowulf Knowledge Organiser

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

Unit: Novels, Reading, Speaking and Listening, Writing

Dracula Knowledge Organiser

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

Unit: 19th Century Literature, Novels, Reading, Writing

Gothic lit - Click Clack The Rattlebag PPT

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

Year 6 Transition lesson

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

Teaching Symbolism in Creative Writing

Writing word mats.

Support mats to help students when writing fiction and non-fiction texts. VIEW

Punctuating fronted adverbials

Reminder on including commas after fronted adverbials VIEW

Unit: SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Whole School Literacy, Writing

Introduction to the Language Paper

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

Relationship Poetry Scheme of Learning

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

Unit: Poetry, Writing

KS3 + year 10 English curriculum map

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

Persuasive language

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

PRU/SEN SOW World War One

A scheme of work designed for teaching at a Pupil Referral Unit/SEN school. All PowerPoints and resources included.  VIEW

How to Fail Podcast Persuasive Adverts

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

Course: GCSE Language

Christmas Adverts Creative 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

Murders in the Rue Morgue- Crime Fiction

Unit: 19th Century Literature, Reading, Writing

Narrative Writing

200 word challenge year 8.

a full year's worth of 200-word challenge materials, with a task, vocabulary and methods to include. VIEW

200 word challenge for year 7

Hidden figures- y9 non- fiction.

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

Travel writing

Old but maybe a start for a tweak. VIEW

A Storm Emerges (Reading and Writing skills)

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

Unit: Reading, Vocabulary, Writing

The Sweet Escape (Reading and Writing Skills)

The power of words year 7 introductory lesson.

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

Formal letter of gratitude to English footballers (discussing racism)

Encourage pupils to think about the positives and negatives of the Euros 2021 and write a formal letter to one of the footballers.  VIEW

Unit: Whole School Literacy, Writing

Year 7 Creative Writing Masterclass

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

Masterclass lessons and resources

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

Unit: Plays, Poetry, Speaking and Listening, Writing

Exam/Board: AQA, EDEXCEL, OCR, WJEC, Eduqas

Creative Writing (Alex Rider)

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

This is a whole unit of work based around the novel Hatchet.There are reading and writing activities, homework tasks and key vocab lessons are integrated.Instead of LOs I have used 'The Big Question'... VIEW

Unit: Homework, Novels, Reading, Vocabulary, Writing

Creative Writing Checklist

Transactional writing sow.

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

Literary Villains

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

Y9 Speech writing based on themes in AQA non-war related Conflict poems

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

KS3 Creative Writing Task

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

KS3 Progression Map of key skills in English

Unit: Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Writing

6 lessons on Creative Writing great for remote teaching, based on Pobble365 resources

Ks3 narrative writing success criteria.

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

Sci-Fi SOW KS3

Powerpoint of lessons for a Y7 Sci-Fi unit. Texts include Hitchhikers, Fahrenheit 541, Day of the Triffids. VIEW

Remote Learning Unit - Language Paper 2 Skills for KS3

Remote Learning Unit - suitable for uploading on to an e-learning platform or for live lessons.  Includes all PPTs and resources. VIEW

Remote Learning Unit - Language Paper 1 Skills for KS3

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

ORGAN DONATION LAW - Functional Skills resources

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

Exam/Board: City and Guilds

KS3 Marking Grid Using GCSE 1-9 Marking Grades

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

Creative Writing Moon Landing

Creative Writing using an image from Pobble. VIEW

KS3 assessment proformas- Working draft

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

Hero Rats - a variety of resources for Functional Skills classes

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

Unit: Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Vocabulary, Whole School Literacy, Writing

Fake News - a selection of activities for Functional Skills L1 and L2

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

Unit: Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Speaking and Listening, Vocabulary, Whole School Literacy, Writing

KS3 Crime Fiction SOW

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

Creating Figurative Language Devices

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

Diverse Shorts Powerpoints, Pupil Tracker and SOW

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

Exam/Board: AQA, IGCSE

5-a-day KS3 Start Activity 2

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

Gothic Literature Scheme of Work

Of mice and men scheme of work.

Unit: Novels, Reading, Writing

My Family and Other Animals - Scheme of Work

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

Sequencing doc for students for yr 7 to 10

An example of the sequencing doc for Yr 7 to 10 for students. VIEW

Course: GCSE Literature

Unit: Novels, Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Speaking and Listening, Vocabulary, Writing

Exam/Board: AQA, EDEXCEL, OCR, IGCSE, WJEC, Eduqas

Meaning-making (statement)

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

KS3 AO Map/Grid Y7-Y9

6 'layers' from Y7-Y9 showing overlapping 'layers'. We use 'thresholds'.  VIEW

Unit: Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Speaking and Listening, Writing

Display - Famous first words

Non-fiction tier 2 and 3 vocabulary worksheets.

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

Unit: SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Vocabulary, Writing

English Project: Japan

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

Unit: Homework, Reading, Writing

Aquatic Life English Project

Covid related texts and tasks.

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

Exam/Board: Eduqas

Texts for Year 9 Non-fiction PPTs

Texts for the already posted Year 9 PPTs for Non-fiction.  VIEW

Short Non-Fiction Unit with emphasis on close language analysis

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

World Issues Writing Unit

A unit based on Eduqas paper 2 reading and transactional writing.It includes topics such as Black Lives Matter, Equality and the environment.  VIEW

Events that shook the modern world

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

Twisted Fairy Tales Year 7 transition SOW

A short SOW (8 lessons) used for yr7 transition with a creative writing assessment opportunity at the end. VIEW

Y7 - Distance Learning - Poetry from other cultures

Unit: Poetry, Reading, Writing

Y8 Distance Learning - Language Skills - Heroes

Racism, diversity & inequality.

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

Unit: Homework, Poetry, Reading, Vocabulary, Writing

KS3 Gothic reading and writing unit

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

Unit: 19th Century Literature, Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Vocabulary, Writing

Y6 Transition Unit: Telling Stories

A unit based around fantasy extracts, exploring different aspects of the genre. Designed for Y6 transition project but would also work for Y7. VIEW

A Midsummer Night's Dream Unit

Fully resourced SoL aimed at mid-high ability Y7.  VIEW

Unit: Homework, Plays, Poetry, Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Speaking and Listening, Vocabulary, Whole School Literacy, Writing

Year 7 Baseline Writing Unit - Audrey the Adventurer

A unit of 10 lessons including an introduction writing and a baseline writing assessment. VIEW

Speaking & Listening Project

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

Unit: Homework, Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Speaking and Listening, Vocabulary, Whole School Literacy, Writing

The Tempest SoL

Aimed at Y9, fully resourced. VIEW

Northern Lights SoL

Full scheme aimed at AQA P1 skills with resources.  VIEW

Unit: Homework, Novels, Poetry, Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Speaking and Listening, Vocabulary, Whole School Literacy, Writing

Butterfly Lion SoW

Full SoL for lower ability Y7 VIEW

Unit: Homework, Novels, Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Speaking and Listening, Vocabulary, Whole School Literacy, Writing

A Christmas Carol Full SoL

A full scheme, complete with resources for a half term unit to teach ACC to Yr9/low ability Y10 VIEW

Unit: 19th Century Literature, Homework, Novels, Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Speaking and Listening, Vocabulary, Whole School Literacy, Writing

Full Scheme - suitable for low ability KS3. VIEW

Unit: 19th Century Literature, Homework, Novels, Poetry, Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Vocabulary, Whole School Literacy, Writing

Narrative Writing Unit

Complete unit for narrative writing based around producing a piece for a year wide and class wide competition. Fully resourced. Aimed at Y7. VIEW

Literacy Games

A variety of games to play in class with a literacy focus. VIEW

Tiered Starter/Settler blank slides

A series of tiered or differentiated blank slides for starter or settler tasks. VIEW

Unit: 19th Century Literature, Homework, Novels, Plays, Poetry, Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Speaking and Listening, Vocabulary, Whole School Literacy, Writing

Feedback Sheet

A sheet I use to help prompt meaningful feedback and peer-marking. I laminate and place on desks, 1 between 2.  VIEW

PLC target grade sheets

Individually highlighted target grade PLC sheets for grades 3-7.  VIEW

Unit: 19th Century Literature, Homework, Poetry, Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Speaking and Listening, Vocabulary, Writing

KS3 'Amazing Adventures' Home-Learning Booklet

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

KS3 Dystopian Fiction Home-Learning Booklet

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

Unit: Homework, Reading, Vocabulary, Writing

A full scheme of work based around movies. Students study, analyse and create movie posters, trailers and reviews.  VIEW

5 ticks sentence construction

5 ticks sentence work should add detail and description for those who struggle. VIEW

Creative writing starters

Grammar for writing (transition).

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

Unit: SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Writing

Year 7 Crime Unit

Literacy/comprehension booklet.

Themed booklet with extracts, comprehension tasks, writing tasks and peer assessment tasks.Originally aimed at KS3. Easily adaptable on Word. VIEW

VE Day English linked work

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

KS3 My Country Independent Project

An 8 week independent, cross-curricular scheme for KS3. Perfect for work to set during lockdown. VIEW

Unit: Homework, Reading, Speaking and Listening, Writing

These are the hands style poetry writing

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

Year 7 Homelearning Narrative Writing Project

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

Unit: Homework, Writing

Modern female explorers - P2Q4

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

Dystopian Fiction Booklet

A reading and writing booklet with a range of tasks, designed for year 8 home learning. VIEW

A letter to a future relative recording a response to Lockdown over the Coronavirus - Distance Learning task

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

Dystopian writing

Please feel free to use and adapt. I made this for Year 7 but this can be used for any year group.  VIEW

KS3 extended writing for home learning - week 1

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

Homework Booklets Book 1

Speech writing planning sheet.

A planning sheet used with year 8 to help them with speech writing. Easily adaptable for other year groups. VIEW

Viewpoint Writing Cover Booklet

7 lessons on viewpoint writing and non-fiction texts made into a booklet to use for long term cover VIEW

Persuasive Writing Holidays from Hell

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

Myths and Legends unit Workbook

A workbook to assist with teaching Myths and Legend to year 7. Includes a range of texts, text types and activities. VIEW

KS3 Christmas Advert Creative Writing Activities

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

Persuasive Christmas arguments

Christmas adverts, writing to describe day after tomorrow tsunami scene.

For use with tsunami scene from Day after Tomorrow (youtube clip). VIEW

Exam/Board: AQA, EDEXCEL, OCR, Eduqas

Lion King descriptive writing worksheet

for use with the opening of the Lion King (circle of life).Students to then write a short piece of creative writing. VIEW

Fiction Knowledge Organiser

Peer/self-assessment grid.

Based on Talk for Writing. My classes made this 'Plan It, Link It, Express It, Check It' self/peer-assessment grid. VIEW

Descriptive Writing Assessment

Short story writing assessment, outline exemplar for teacher training materials on teaching writing pdf file.

Second attempt to upload. Converted to pdf. VIEW

Response Writing Ladder

A writing support frame to help students properly analyse language techniques. VIEW

Unit: 19th Century Literature, Novels, Plays, Poetry, Reading, Writing

Cover lesson writing a description Yr9 Victorian Scene

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

Unit: 19th Century Literature, Writing

English Basic Skills Starters

Gothic writing scheme, description of the hulks: great expectations.

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

Nouns in Writing - specificity and granularity - Artemis Fowl

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

Unit: Homework, Reading, Whole School Literacy, Writing

Verbs in Writing - Artemis Fowl

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

Unit: Reading, Whole School Literacy, Writing

The Wish - a series of lessons exploring writer's craft

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

The Landlady - a series of lessons exploring writer's craft

Princess mammalia - roald dahl lessons to explore writer's craft, narrative writing scheme, the greatest show.

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

The World of You- first lessons back

Two lessons which gets students to design a world that represents themselves then describe it. VIEW

Introduction writing - detective theme

Are you a super sleuth or Super Villain? A writing introductory lesson for KS3.  VIEW

War (Non Fiction)

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

Chaucer and English Language

Resources for year 7 to work on unit of Canterbury tales and evolution of English Language. VIEW

Unit: Poetry, Vocabulary, Writing

Creative Writing: The Trench

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

Unit: Novels, Poetry, Vocabulary, Writing

Gender debate SOW

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

Unit: Speaking and Listening, Vocabulary, Writing

Exam/Board: AQA, EDEXCEL, OCR

A Midsummer Night's Dream Scheme of Work

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

Unit: Plays, Poetry, Reading, Writing

Persuasive Writing and Argumentation Cover work booklet - Non-Fiction Persuasion

12 lessons worth of cover worksheets to complete independently VIEW

Exam/Board: WJEC

Year 7 Introduction/Baseline writing unit

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

Half termly planning sheet

A sheet I use at the start of a half term to organise my planning of a topic.  VIEW

Unit: 19th Century Literature, Novels, Plays, Poetry, Reading, Vocabulary, Writing

Science week linked to Dystopian literature Paper 1 & 2 Question 5 options

World myths and legends.

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

Unit: Poetry, Reading, Speaking and Listening, Writing

Rhetoric Booklet

Unit: Speaking and Listening, Writing

Year 6 transition day Flash Fiction lesson

Letter writing lesson based on 'stan' - eminem.

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

Language Paper 2 Skills - Zombies Theme

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

Creative writing knowledge organiser

Writing challenge and self assessment.

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

Literature through the Ages SOW

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

Unit: Plays, Poetry, Reading, Speaking and Listening, Vocabulary, Writing

English/Media Film and Advertising

This a Media/English Unit- potentially a good end of term fun unit which looks at film and advertising.  VIEW

Film Review: 'Wonder'

Year 6 to 7 summer tasks transition booklet.

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

Unit: Homework, Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Vocabulary, Writing

Short Story Collection for Year 7 from BBC 500 Word Stories

Stories written by children from KS2-KS3 from BBC2's 500 Words competition.All stories freely available online. VIEW

KS3 Exam and Marking Critieria

Improving creative writing..

Exam/Board: AQA, WJEC, Eduqas

Restaurant Review

Unit: Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Vocabulary, Writing

Travel writing conventions

Conventions of non-fiction writing/language and grammar, creative writing - creating a superhero a short sow.

Unit: SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Speaking and Listening, Vocabulary, Writing

Gothic fiction SOW complete

A letter of complaint, the conventions of writing a newspaper article.

A sequence of 3 lessons focussing on the conventions of writing an artice. The imphasis put on the use of formal, impersonal language. VIEW

Wonder FULL SOW

Full SOW for Y7 studying Wonder by R.J. Palacio. Focus on reading and transformational writing. VIEW

Unit: Novels, Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Writing

Julius Caesar FULL SOW

SOW for KS3 reading Julius Caesar by Shakespeare. Focus is on speeches and persuasive writing. VIEW

Unit: Plays, Reading, Speaking and Listening, Writing

Formal Letter Writing

Used for a functional skills interview but fits nicely with KS3 work if you want them to understand the layout and content. VIEW

50 First Lines of Well Known Novels

Display of famous first lines. VIEW

Everybody Writes Day planning

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

Word Bank Template

Editable word bank for LA for feedback/improvements for those unable to use a dictionary easily. VIEW

Target and Task Marking Feedback WWW and EBI Sheets

Marking and feedback sheets for all skills. Printable tick sheets which can be either printed for LA or displayed for HA. VIEW

Unit: 19th Century Literature, Novels, Plays, Poetry, Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Writing

Old AQA Anthology Short Stories (to 2011)

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

A Midsummer Night's Dream SoL

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

Unit: Plays, Reading, Writing

Survival Unit - KS3 Non-Fiction

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

writing challenge

Narrative writing - show not tell emotions.

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

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

The Christmas Lottery

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

The Bear & The Hare Christmas Comprehension

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

PETAL Paragraph bookmark

A bookmark outlining steps to PETAL with sentence starts and CHRIS RICE analytical verbs.Print slides 2 and 3, flip on short edge, for ready-made bookmarks. VIEW

KS3 Macbeth SOW Resources

All of the resources to accompany the KS3 Macbeth SOW uploaded. They should be in numerical order for the lessons. VIEW

Unit: Plays, Reading, Speaking and Listening, Vocabulary, Writing

Famous Book Openings Posters

Posters featuring famous book openings to encourage students to consider how they will open their own stories. VIEW

Subject Terms Glossary -Core/KS3

A glossary of subject terms I made for use by KS3 students.  VIEW

Unit: Homework, Novels, Plays, Poetry, Reading, Writing

Crafting Creative 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

Narrative Writing Planning Sheet

The attached narrative writing planning template worked quite well with my college resit students and I managed to get 1 to 1.5 pages of writing out of most of them on the first attempt.  VIEW

Unit: SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Vocabulary, Writing, Paper 1, SPAG, Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Writing

Level: Key Stage 4

'Lost and Found' Benchmark Writing Mini SOW

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

Gothic Genre Word Bank

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

Unit: 19th Century Literature, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Vocabulary, Writing

English Language Paper Two Revision for KS3

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

Sentence Starter Lesson

KS3 lesson on sentence starters to add variety to writing.Dracular themed. VIEW

Hidden Stories Uncovered

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

Literacy - Using Semi-Colons (Full Lesson)

A fully-resourced lesson with a choice of two starter tasks based on pupils' exisiting knowledge. Suitable for both KS3 and KS4. VIEW

Starter - Using Unique Imagery - Fireworks

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

Unit: Vocabulary, Writing

Language Paper 2 Introduction - Section B

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

A View from the Bridge Year 9 SOW doc

I have lesson slides and all resources if anyone wants them - email me [email protected], or ask in the FB group. Lesson slides are in Active Inspire rather than ppt.  VIEW

Understanding types of imagery

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

Teaching Extended Metaphors

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

KS3 Writing 9-1 Gride

A KS3 Student friendly writing grid with GCSE AOs. VIEW

Teaching ideas- starters, mains and plenaries!

Can be edited for you to use with your department. VIEW

SPaG mat to support accurate DIRT responses

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

Unit: SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Whole School Literacy, SPAG, Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Writing

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KS3 Greek Myths Writing SOW

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KS3 SOW using Greek Myths. Skills focus - writing. Other resources used to help - all shared on LitDrive already - Alice Snowdon, @KEJWright, Louise Cothliff, and jmichaelpeel. Happy to credit any others used. Blogs used by @__codexterous and Jenny Webb's books to create worksheets and explicit teaching during lessons.

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KS3 Gothic Writing SOW

About 18 months ago, I created a fully resourced Gothic Writing SOW for my department. It was a labour of love and I spent many hours putting it together. Whilst there’s a few things I’d now change, I’m still pretty proud of it and thought it might be useful to others. It might be worth cherry picking useful bits about the Gothic for a Jekyll and Hyde lesson or two for example.

Things to note:

• I was very much in to colour coded Bloom’s Taxonomy Learning Aims
• I amused myself with finding Gothic themed ‘Share Bears’
• The assessment criteria was linked to National Curriculum Levels so will need updating
• The SOW is very detailed and reads much more like a series of lesson plans
• I believe in having a whole lesson dedicated to students receiving assessment feedback, redrafting work and acting on the targets I’ve given them. In the SOW these are the ‘Green Pen Time’ lessons as directed by the school I worked in at the time. I’d now do things a little differently but haven’t adapted them on here because I think people have their own way of giving feedback.

Link to Google Drive with the fully resourced scheme of work here . If you use anything I’d love to get your feedback. Please feel free to use/adapt as you see fit.

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This is just what I’ve been looking for for my Year 7 class. Thanks ever so much for sharing.

I have dipped into Gothic novels with Y7, but this is a great SOW that I will use to improve my approach. Thank you!

Thanks so much for sharing…I’m home educating my 13 year old daughter and looking for any free resources to help with her English…This is great! Thanks again.

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Hi, I think this SOW is fantastic, thanks for being so generous and sharing

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Creative writing SOW

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Age range: 11-14

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