Learn how to structure a body paragraph for an informative text. In this lesson, we break down the three essential parts of a body paragraph: the topic sentence, supporting sentences, and the concluding sentence.Discover how to write...

Pupil outcome: I can use model responses to refine my own writing about 'An Inspector Calls'. Key learning points: - A successful essay will have a clear overarching argument. - Select main quotations and supporting quotations to support...

Pupil outcome: I can explain what happens in Act 1, Scenes 5 to 7 of ‘Macbeth’ and begin to evaluate the character of Lady Macbeth. Key learning points: - Topic sentences need to be clear and linked to the question - Judicious quotations...

Pupil outcome: I can write two analytical paragraphs exploring the relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth in Act 1 of ‘Macbeth’. Key learning points: - In Jacobean England, women had very little power - The female characters in...

Pupil outcome: I can explore the presentation of Lady Macbeth in Act 1, Scene 5 and Act 1, Scene 7 of ‘Macbeth’. Key learning points: - Lady Macbeth seems to become more desperate for power throughout Act 1 - Lady Macbeth's desperation...

Pupil outcome: I can write a well-structured and convincing analytical essay about how far Shakespeare presents Lady Macbeth as a Machiavellian villain. Key learning points: - An introduction can start with a general statement about the...

Pupil outcome: I can plan and write an effective persuasive speech. Key learning points: - Single paragraph outlines can be used to create effective plans. - Topic and concluding sentences should use rhetorical devices carefully for...

Pupil outcome: I can evaluate Lady Macbeth's role in the downfall of Macbeth. Key learning points: - Hamartia is a fatal flaw - You could argue that the hamartia of both Lady Macbeth and her husband is that they are overly ambitious -...

Pupil outcome: I can analyse the big ideas in ‘Extract from The Prelude’. Key learning points: - Initially, Wordsworth presents himself as a hero, later nature is presented as an extraordinary presence. - Imagery of man’s arrogant...

Pupil outcome: I can write a well-structured and developed piece of descriptive writing inspired by the painting, ‘The Execution of Lady Jane Grey’. Key learning points: - In descriptive writing, sometimes developing the description of...

Pupil outcome: I can draw interesting comparisons between two war poems. Key learning points: - The anthology's war poems can be grouped via their exploration of who war effects. - The anthology's war poems can be grouped via their...

Pupil outcome: I can plan a well-structured piece of narrative writing inspired by a character from a story I have read using single paragraph outlines. Key learning points: - The 5 part narrative structure divides a story into:...

Pupil outcome: I can make connections between ideas about hypocrisy, discretion and privacy within a planned extended response. Key learning points: - Dr. Jekyll is hypocritical because he conceals his wicked other self under a facade of...

Pupil outcome: I can explain how Juliet’s characterisation in ‘Romeo and Juliet’ relates to ideas of the patriarchy and female agency. Key learning points: - In a patriarchal society, women’s choices were restricted and they were...

Pupil outcome: I can use effective strategies to revise and improve an essay. Key learning points: - Topic sentences need to be clear and linked to the question. - Main and supporting quotations from the text are used to justify...

Pupil outcome: I can explain how the witches disrupt the natural order in Act 1, Scene 3 of 'Macbeth' Key learning points: - Jacobean men believed that women had a duty or obligation to them - Jacobean society was intensely hierarchical...

Pupil outcome: I can plan a well-structured and convincing analytical essay about how far Shakespeare presents Lady Macbeth as a Machiavellian villain. Key learning points: - Machiavellian is an adjective. It describes someone who gets...

Pupil outcome: I can plan and write an extended and developed response to 'Animal Farm'. Key learning points: - Reading the question and picking out key words is useful in order to understand its expectations. - Planning key points helps...

Pupil outcome: I can support an argument with effective evidence. Key learning points: - Evidence within a paragraph should contain linked moments and quotations. - Moments should be contextualised and linked with connectives, to...

Pupil outcome: I can select a range of precise evidence from Akala's 'The Dark Lady' to support my topic sentences. Key learning points: - Good topic sentence: At the [place in text], [author name] shows us [link back to intention]...

Pupil outcome: I can develop my explanations in order to effectively put my ideas about Akala's 'The Dark Lady' across to the reader. Key learning points: - Good analytical paragraphs begin with a clear topic sentence, supported by a...

Pupil outcome: I can create and maintain an argument about the character of Puck by writing clear topic sentences which support a thesis statement. Key learning points: - A thesis is an idea that you develop and maintain throughout an...

Pupil outcome: I can select excellent quotations when planning writing on 'The Twisted Tree'. Key learning points: - Topic sentences state a paragraph's main idea. - Topic sentences should develop and maintain your thesis. - Each...

Pupil outcome: I can write a comparative paragraph which explores two poems inspired by the same painting. Key learning points: - The opening of a comparative paragraph could start with a topic sentence which states the paragraphs main...