Scheme of Work: Journey’s End by R.C. Sherriff (KS3/KS4)

A comprehensive, ready-to-teach Scheme of Work for Journey’s End by R.C. Sherriff, designed to develop students’ understanding of character, themes, context, and dramatic techniques. This resource includes engaging lessons, discussion activities, close language analysis, contextual exploration of World War I, and exam-style practice.

Students will explore key themes such as leadership, courage, fear, class, and the psychological impact of war while developing analytical reading and writing skills. Opportunities for retrieval practice, vocabulary development, and formative assessment are built throughout. This SOW also finishes off with a sequence of engaging story writing lessons that develop students’ narrative structure, descriptive writing, characterisation, and creative use of language.

Ideal for:

KS3 (originally created for Y9), but easily adaptable for KS4 English
GCSE Literature preparation
Whole-class teaching or adaptation for mixed-ability groups

Contents may include:

Lesson-by-lesson planning
PowerPoint presentations
Student worksheets
Context and historical background
Extract analysis tasks
Creative and analytical writing activities
Assessment opportunities and model responses

The resources are fully editable, making them easy to adapt to your students’ needs and your school’s curriculum.

This Scheme of Work saves planning time while providing a structured, engaging approach to teaching one of the most powerful plays of the First World War.