Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson: Year 8 Novel Scheme of Work
This scheme of work contains 23 lesson plans and is fully resourced, making it possible for you to download and teach with minimal planning.
Teaching Gender Balanced English
The Railway Children by Edith Nesbit: Year 7 Novel Scheme of Work
This scheme of work for The Railway Children by Edith Nesbit contains 20 lesson plans exploring a wide range of themes.
Reading for pleasure
Encourage reading for pleasure with books by female authors and diverse protagonists, making the most of new school library funding.
Tender Earth by Sita Brahmachari: Year 7 Novel Scheme of Work
This scheme of work for Tender Earth by Sita Brahmachari contains 22 lesson plans exploring a wide range of themes.
How women invented the novel and then disappeared from its history
Novels are women's space in literature. Yet women were erased from the history they created and our schools continue to teach that lie.
Why we should ditch the most popular GCSE English texts
Our own Rachel Fenn writes in the TES about how the most popular GCSE English texts need to be removed from the curriculum.
The limited role of RSHE in tackling school sexism
Expecting RSHE to fix the widespread problem of misogyny when it is inadequately taught and inadequately provisioned is fantasy.
ESIS’ response to the Curriculum and Assessment Review (CAR)
The Curriculum Assessment Review fails to recognise that the ‘powerful knowledge’ taught in our classrooms consitently excludes women.
Minister addresses issue of gender bias in English literature
This is an article from The Independent following MP Wera Hobhouse’s question about gender bias in English literature.