English GCSE and English KS3 resources by a lead practitioner. Everything I upload is tried and tested by both myself and my English Department. I always appreciate feedback, so please do leave a review if you get chance.
Leave a review and choose any other single resource for free! Just get in touch at info@englishgcse.co.uk
English GCSE and English KS3 resources by a lead practitioner. Everything I upload is tried and tested by both myself and my English Department. I always appreciate feedback, so please do leave a review if you get chance.
Leave a review and choose any other single resource for free! Just get in touch at info@englishgcse.co.uk
Romeo and Juliet revision pack designed for students and parents to use.
Includes:
Knowledge organiser
Exam practice questions AND ANSWERS
Revision activities
Revision guide
Perfect preparation for GCSE AQA English Literature Paper 1 but useful for other exam boards including EDUQAS, WJEC, Edexcel, OCR and more.
Check out our English Shop for loads more free and inexpensive KS3, KS4, KS5, Literacy and whole school resources.
AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 Knowledge Organisers
AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Sections A and B package
AQA English Language Paper 1 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A package
AQA English Language and English Literature revision package
An Inspector Calls whole scheme package
An Inspector Calls revision package
Macbeth whole scheme package
Macbeth revision package
A Christmas Carol whole scheme package
A Christmas Carol revision package
Jekyll and Hyde whole scheme package
Jekyll and Hyde revision package
Romeo and Juliet whole scheme package
Power and Conflict poetry comparing poems package
Power and Conflict poetry whole scheme package
Love and Relationships poetry whole scheme package
Unseen Poetry whole scheme package
Or check out some Citizenship GCSE, RE, PSHE + RSE resources at EC Resources
AQA English Language Paper 1 revision pack designed for students and parents to use.
Includes:
Knowledge organisers x2
Exam practice packs
Revision guides
Q4 model answer and resource
Q5 planning lesson
Perfect preparation for GCSE AQA English Language Paper 1 and adaptable for other exam boards like Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, EDUQAS and more.
Check out our English Shop for loads more free and inexpensive KS3, KS4, KS5, Literacy and whole school resources.
AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 Knowledge Organisers
AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Sections A and B package
AQA English Language Paper 1 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A package
AQA English Language and English Literature revision package
An Inspector Calls whole scheme package
An Inspector Calls revision package
Macbeth whole scheme package
Macbeth revision package
A Christmas Carol whole scheme package
A Christmas Carol revision package
Jekyll and Hyde whole scheme package
Jekyll and Hyde revision package
Romeo and Juliet whole scheme package
Power and Conflict poetry comparing poems package
Power and Conflict poetry whole scheme package
Love and Relationships poetry whole scheme package
Unseen Poetry whole scheme package
Or check out some Citizenship GCSE, RE, PSHE + RSE resources at EC Resources
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde revision pack designed for students and parents to use.
Includes:
Quotation revision activities with key quotes pack
Revision guide
Knowledge organiser
Model answer and guidance
Exam practice questions AND ANSWERS
Quotes revision posters
Perfect preparation for GCSE AQA English Literature Paper 1 and other exam boards including OCR, EDUQAS, Edexcel and more.
Check out our English Shop for loads more free and inexpensive KS3, KS4, KS5, Literacy and whole school resources.
AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 Knowledge Organisers
AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Sections A and B package
AQA English Language Paper 1 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A package
AQA English Language and English Literature revision package
An Inspector Calls whole scheme package
An Inspector Calls revision package
Macbeth whole scheme package
Macbeth revision package
A Christmas Carol whole scheme package
A Christmas Carol revision package
Jekyll and Hyde whole scheme package
Jekyll and Hyde revision package
Romeo and Juliet whole scheme package
Power and Conflict poetry comparing poems package
Power and Conflict poetry whole scheme package
Love and Relationships poetry whole scheme package
Unseen Poetry whole scheme package
Or check out some Citizenship GCSE, RE, PSHE + RSE resources at EC Resources
GCSE English revision guides for students but useful for parents and teachers too!
Includes:
An Inspector Calls revision guide
Jekyll and Hyde revision guide
Macbeth revision guide
Power and Conflict revision guide
AQA English Language Paper 1
AQA English Language Paper 2
A Christmas Carol revision guide
Romeo and Juliet revision guide
A Christmas Carol Christmas revision resources!
An Inspector Calls Christmas revision resources!
All our revision materials include activities and worksheets to engage students and ensure they’re getting the most out of these packs as possible.
Check out our English Shop for loads more free and inexpensive KS3, KS4, KS5, Literacy and whole school resources.
AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 Knowledge Organisers
AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Sections A and B package
AQA English Language Paper 1 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A package
AQA English Language and English Literature revision package
An Inspector Calls whole scheme package
An Inspector Calls revision package
Macbeth whole scheme package
Macbeth revision package
A Christmas Carol whole scheme package
A Christmas Carol revision package
Jekyll and Hyde whole scheme package
Jekyll and Hyde revision package
Romeo and Juliet whole scheme package
Power and Conflict poetry comparing poems package
Power and Conflict poetry whole scheme package
Love and Relationships poetry whole scheme package
Unseen Poetry whole scheme package
Or check out some Citizenship GCSE, RE, PSHE + RSE resources at EC Resources
Three Writing to Argue lessons including:
Assessment planning lesson on writing to argue
Royal wedding writing to argue lesson
Writing to argue lesson on poverty
Useful preparation for AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 for both KS3 and KS4.
Check out our English Shop for loads more free and inexpensive KS3, KS4, KS5, Literacy and whole school resources.
AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 Knowledge Organisers
AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Sections A and B package
AQA English Language Paper 1 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A package
AQA English Language and English Literature revision package
An Inspector Calls whole scheme package
An Inspector Calls revision package
Macbeth whole scheme package
Macbeth revision package
A Christmas Carol whole scheme package
A Christmas Carol revision package
Jekyll and Hyde whole scheme package
Jekyll and Hyde revision package
Romeo and Juliet whole scheme package
Power and Conflict poetry comparing poems package
Power and Conflict poetry whole scheme package
Love and Relationships poetry whole scheme package
Unseen Poetry whole scheme package
Or check out some Citizenship GCSE, RE, PSHE + RSE resources at EC Resources
Edexcel English Language Paper 1 Section A scheme of work with differentiated lessons, knowledge organiser AND exam practice pack that helps both KS3 and KS4 students prepare for the rigours of EDEXCEL English Language Paper 1 Section A. Includes opportunities for students to develop their own styles of writing as well as analysing a plethora of extracts in preparation for their terminal examination.
Includes resources on:
Selecting key quotes/facts
Understanding sentence forms
Language features
Openings
Register and Tone
Creating Tension
Structure and structural techniques
Critical evaluation
Analysing Structure
Lessons:
Character and Structure
Character and Language)
Creating Drama and Tone
Structure
Language Analysis
Sentence Structures
1984 (Structure)
1984 (Critical Evaluation)
Genre
Symbols
Remarkable Creatures (Structure)
The Monkey’s Paw (Endings)
Rebecca (Q1, Q2, Q3)
Rebecca (Q4)
Rebecca Q4 Model Answer (Q3 covered too)
Structure Techniques
Section A revision knowledge organiser
Mock and mock review lesson with indicative content
Exam practice pack with five exam papers and ANSWERS
Everything you need to teach Macbeth! TWENTY+ HOURS’ WORTH! Includes a 2 hour Macbeth overview (or revision /recap session), a complete GCSE revision guide, and NINETEEN lessons:
Macbeth Introduction
Introducing Macbeth and Banquo
Analysing The Witches
Introducing Lady Macbeth
Act 1 Scene 7
Act 2 Scene 1 - The Dagger Scene
Act 2 Scene 2
Act 3 Scene 1
Murdering Banquo
The Banquet Scene
Macduff
Malcolm
Lady Macbeth’s Sleepwalking
The End
NEW - FULL SCHEME OF WORK
Knowledge Organiser
Exam Practice Pack
With more to come! Keep checking your downloads as more lessons will be added shortly.
A Christmas Carol - AWARD NOMINATED: EVERY LESSON for Charles Dickens’ text. 20x fully differentiated and resourced lessons to prepare KS3 and KS4 students for AQA GCSE English Literature questions on Charles Dickens’ classic novella. All created by a Tes Bev Evans Award nominated author 2017.
Includes the following lessons:
Introduction to the text
Historical context
Stave one language analysis
Fred and Scrooge character analysis (Stave One)
Marley’s Ghost - language analysis (Stave One)
Marley’s message (Stave One)
The Ghost of Christmas Past (Stave Two)
Fezziwig (Stave Two)
Fan and Belle (Stave Two)
The Ghost of Christmas Present (Stave Three)
The Cratchits (Stave Three)
The Next Visits (Stave Three)
Stave Four - Part One
Tiny Tim and Scrooge - Stave Four
Stave Five - The End
SCHEME OF WORK - NEW!
Exam practice pack (10 questions)
Exam question review
Key quotes
Knowledge organiser for revision
Everything you need to teach Macbeth! TWENTY+ HOURS’ WORTH! Includes a 2 hour Macbeth overview (or revision /recap session), a complete GCSE revision guide, and NINETEEN lessons:
Macbeth Introduction
Introducing Macbeth and Banquo
Analysing The Witches
Introducing Lady Macbeth
Act 1 Scene 7
Act 2 Scene 1 - The Dagger Scene
Act 2 Scene 2
Act 3 Scene 1
Murdering Banquo
The Banquet Scene
Macduff
Malcolm
Lady Macbeth’s Sleepwalking
The End
NEW - FULL SCHEME OF WORK
Knowledge Organiser
Exam Practice Pack
An Inspector Calls TES AWARD NOMINATED - Over 28 hours worth of fully differentiated lessons (powerpoints, worksheets and exam practice / prep) + a GCSE revision guide AND a knowledge organiser. A bundle of very highly rated lessons, projects and revision sessions for the study of An Inspector Calls.
It basically covers everything you need to teach ‘An Inspector Calls’ and get successful results (I do). If you think there’s anything missing, let me know.
Hope you find this useful, as a Head of English I have given this to my whole department to use and they are very pleased about how much time they’ve saved.
Here is the order of lessons:
1) Introduction
2) Act One Introduction
3) Arthur Birling
4) The Inspector
5) Responsibility
6) Sheila Birling
7) Gerald Croft
8) Sheila Birling and Historical Context
9) Gerald and Daisy
10) Mrs Birling
11) Eric Birling
12) Eric and Eva
13) The Inspector Leaves
14) Young and Old
15) Relationships
16) Language Techniques
17) Research Lesson
18) Context
19) Key Quotes
20) Revision Session
21) Key Quotes Revision
22) Assessment
23) Pre-Exam Breakfast
24) Exam Practice Pack
25) Revision Guide
26) Writing Project
27) Revision Quiz
28) NEW - The End lesson
9 x Reading Comprehension packs covering a variety of pertinent current affairs / citizenship issues. These packs are great for covering both PSHCE topics and Whole School Literacy in Tutor Time.
Pack includes 9 x detailed 4 page reading comprehension packs, each with a page of differentiated questions, so students can all access and get on with the tasks independently.
The questions and focus both on comprehension of PSHCE content and English skills.
These can be used in form time as part of literacy focus, or in an English lesson for KS3/4 GCSE comprehension training. They are an interesting, useful, very easy to use and good way to combine PSHCE and English.
Or check out some Citizenship GCSE, Careers, RE, PSHE + RSE resources at EC Resources
8 x Reading Comprehension packs covering a variety of pertinent teenage issues. These packs are great for covering both PSHE topics and Whole School Literacy in Tutor Time.
Pack includes 8 x detailed 4 page reading comprehension packs, each with a page of differentiated questions, so students can all access and get on with the tasks independently.
The questions and focus both on comprehension of PSHE content and English skills.
These can be used in form time as part of literacy focus, or in an English lesson for KS3/4 GCSE comprehension training. They are an interesting, useful, very easy to use and good way to combine PSHE and English.
Myths and Legends English KS3 complete lessons pack that includes 19+ resource packs, all with differentiated activities, worksheets, video clips, engaging approaches to language, structure, organisation, vocabulary, characters, genre, language analysis, settings and many more aspects of narrative writing and descriptive writing and language analysis.
Includes:
Myths and Legends introduction lesson that looks at characters
Robin Hood extract language analysis lesson
Monsters and descriptive writing
Boudica lesson on legend key themes
Minotaur lesson looking at improving vocabulary for descriptive writing
Icarus and Daedalus lesson on language analysis
Settings lesson that explores building description for atmosphere and tone
Odysseus and Cyclops lesson on using evidence in analytical paragraphs
Structure lesson exploring the 12 steps of the Hero’s Journey
Aborigine stories and Dreamtime language analysis lesson
Hindu story, empathy and sympathy lesson
Commas and punctuation recap lesson
Knowledge organiser
Six weeks’ worth of homework activities
Beginning and ending narratives
Assessment planning
Spoken Language lesson
Assessment review lesson
Escape room for recapping and revision
Scheme of work document
Includes differentiated activities, engaging activities, worksheets, scaffolds, models and examples, perfect for KS3 English and those students approaching English Language Paper 1.
Poetry lessons for KS3 English students that explore poems by writers from a range of backgrounds and contexts. A complete scheme of work exploring poetry.
It includes:
Poetry introduction lesson
Grace Nichols Island Man language lesson
Island Man lesson on structure
Imtiaz Dharker language lesson
Blessing lesson on structure
Search For My Tongue Sujata Bhatt - metaphors and voice
Tatamkhulu Afrika Nothing’s Changed - imagery, sounds and vocabulary
Nothing’s Changed structure, caesuras and enjambment lesson
Presents From My Aunts In Pakistan lesson on key themes
Presents From My Aunts In Pakistan structure
There Came A Wind Like A Bugle SMILE lesson
Types of rhyme lesson on full rhyme, half, assonance, consonance
Not My Business lesson exploring tyranny and its effects
Limbo poem lesson, connotations and denotations
Two Scavengers essay preparation lesson
Poetry assessment and lesson
Six week poetry homework plan
Poetry escape room
SIX week poetry scheme of work document
Contains differentiated activities, engaging resources, models, scaffolds and extensive teacher and student notes.
Three English cover work packs for KS3 and KS4 with 41 cover lessons in total!
KS3 English pack:
2x Analysing fiction texts (English Language Paper 1 Q1-3)
2x Analysing non-fiction texts (English Language Paper 2 Q1-3)
2x Descriptive/narrative writing (English Language Paper 1 Question 5)
2x Non-fiction writing (English Language Paper 2 Question 5)
3x Unseen poetry lessons (English Literature)
3x Shakespeare lessons (Extracts from The Tempest, Henry V and Richard III)
14 cover lessons with differentiated activities, scaffolds, easy-to-follow instructions and designed so non-subject specialists can teach them. Really useful for setting last minute cover and ensuring the lessons are challenging, meaningful and engaging.
They are designed to help support students at KS3 as they move from Year 7, 8 and 9 into KS4 and Year 10 and Year 11. Adaptable for KS4 classes, too. All extracts are included.
KS4 English pack:
English cover for KS4 lessons that includes:
2x Analysing fiction texts (English Language Paper 1 Q1-4)
2x Analysing non-fiction texts (English Language Paper 2 Q1-4)
2x Descriptive/narrative writing (English Language Paper 1 Question 5)
3x Non-fiction writing (English Language Paper 2 Question 5 - speech, article, writing to advise)
3x Unseen poetry lessons (English Literature)
2x Macbeth lessons
2x Romeo and Juliet lessons
1x Power and Conflict
1x Love and Relationships
17 cover lessons with differentiated activities, scaffolds, easy-to-follow instructions and designed so non-subject specialists can teach them. Really useful for setting last minute cover and ensuring the lessons are challenging, meaningful and engaging.
They are designed to help support students at KS4 so Year 10 and Year 11 and for their English Language and English Literature exams, but can be adapted for Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9.
KS4 English Literature pack:
English cover for KS4 lessons that includes:
2x An Inspector Calls
2x A Christmas Carol
2x Jekyll and Hyde
2x Animal Farm
2x The Sign of Four
10 cover lessons with differentiated activities, scaffolds, easy-to-follow instructions and designed so non-subject specialists can teach them. Really useful for setting last minute cover and ensuring the lessons are challenging, meaningful and engaging.
They are designed to help support students at KS4 so Year 10 and Year 11 and for their English Literature exams, but can be adapted for Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9.
Check out our English Shop for loads more free and inexpensive KS3, KS4, KS5, Literacy and whole school resources.
Creative writing bundle with a Christmas twist! Cover traditionally dry topics like sentences and punctuation with a fantastic festive theme that will engage students (even when they’ve got one eye on 25th December!) All useful for KS3 or KS4 classes approaching English Language Paper 1 Question 5.
Includes:
Christmas punctuation workshop
Semi colons, colons, dashes lesson
Narrative writing planning lesson
Zooming in descriptive writing lesson
Using colours in descriptive writing
Creating Christmas fiction characters
Christmas advent calendar (25 starters)
Christmas cover pack
Christmas English quiz
And more to come! Merry Christmas!
Check out our English Shop for loads more free and inexpensive KS3, KS4, KS5, Literacy and whole school resources.
AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 Knowledge Organisers
AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Sections A and B package
AQA English Language Paper 1 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A package
AQA English Language and English Literature revision package
An Inspector Calls whole scheme package
An Inspector Calls revision package
Macbeth whole scheme package
Macbeth revision package
A Christmas Carol whole scheme package
A Christmas Carol revision package
Jekyll and Hyde whole scheme package
Jekyll and Hyde revision package
Romeo and Juliet whole scheme package
Power and Conflict poetry comparing poems package
Power and Conflict poetry whole scheme package
Love and Relationships poetry whole scheme package
Unseen Poetry whole scheme package
Or check out some Citizenship GCSE, RE, PSHE + RSE resources at EC Resources
Over 360 English lessons and resources for Years 7, 8 and 9!
The pack contains units of work for 18 terms (6 terms in Year 7, 6 in Year 8 and 6 in Year 9) for 4-5 lessons per week. The overview of the pack has been designed to ensure all elements of English Language and English Literature are covered over the three years.
All 18 term lesson packs are complete with detailed, well-differentiated and easy to follow PowerPoints for every lesson, accompanying differentiated worksheets, clip links with questions, plenaries, clear LOs, starters and engaging activities. These resources include modelled examples, scaffolds, sentence starters, extensive student and teacher notes and more.
You also have the option to pay through school invoice - just contact us at info@englishgcse.co.uk and let us know you’d like to, or if you’d like to discuss different combinations of resources, discounts or any other product.
If you were to buy each resource separately at a cost of £3, it would cost you around £930!
Includes the following packs:
Year 7
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Literature Paper 1)
Travel Writing (Language P2 Section A)
Myths and Legends (Language P1 Section A)
Cirque du Freak (Literature P1)
Science Fiction (Language P1 and Q5)
Poetry From Other Cultures (Literature Paper 2)
Year 8
Richard III (Literature P1)
Gothic Fiction (Language P1 Q5)
War Poetry (Literature P2)
Animal Farm (Language P1 Section A)
Non-Fiction Reading (Lang P2 Section A)
Non-Fiction Writing (Magazine Project - Language P2 Question 5)
Year 9
Of Mice And Men (Language P1 Section A)
Non-Fiction Writing (Language P2 Q5)
Modern Drama (Literature P2): Our Day Out
Language P2 - Non-Fiction Extracts
Othello (Literature P1)
Short Stories / Descriptive and Narrative Writing (Language P1 Q5)
One year of English lessons for Year 7! Includes over 116 resource packs with differentiated activities, worksheets, modelled examples, student-friendly mark schemes, scaffolds, a plethora of strategies and approaches, engaging and interesting activities for a range of abilities and so much more.
Includes the following schemes of work:
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (English Literature Paper 1 focus)
Travel Writing (English Language Paper 2 focus)
Cirque du Freak (English Literature Paper 1 focus)
Myths and Legends (English Language Paper 1 focus)
Science Fiction (English Language Paper 1 focus)
Poetry From Across The world (English Literature Paper 2 focus)
Includes homework packs, escape rooms, knowledge organisers and more!
Pack includes: 116x fully resourced, highly-rated English lesson packs and units. All 116 lesson packs are complete with at least a one hour-long Powerpoint, accompanying differentiated worksheets, clip links with questions, plenaries, clear LOs, starters and all are well differentiated to three levels throughout. These resources have been highly-rated individually by TES users, follow the same consistent format and are easy to follow.
There is zero extra work required, and all lessons are skills-based and can be easily adapted for any GCSE exam board.
I use all of these myself as a Head of English and I really hope you find them excellent value. I’ve put literally months of time into this to make these lessons top quality for my own school team.
I also have a 1 YEAR OF Year 8 pack (116 lessons) available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/english-year-8-complete-12341018
I also have a 1 YEAR of Year 9 pack (116 lessons) available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/english-year-9-complete-12413646
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Non-Fiction Writing English pack designed for Year 9 but easily adaptable for Year 7, Year 8 and GCSE English Language classes. This pack will grow into a full scheme of work over the next few weeks.
Currently includes:
Non-Fiction Writing Introduction - Purpose, audience, text types
Vocabulary and Tone lesson - How combining registers and styles can impact a reader
Paragraphing for Effect lesson
Beginnings and endings for non-fiction texts lesson
Article writing lesson including straplines and headlines
Writing to persuade article lesson
Writing to explain lesson on Feminism
Fake news leaflet lesson with a writing to advise focus
Spoken Language presentation skills lesson
Spoken Language planning resource
Spoken Language questions and answers lesson
Letter writing with a focus on tone, structure and language
Punctuation workshop on commas, full stops, capital letters, hyphens, dashes and apostrophes.
Writing to argue article lesson on plastic surgery.
Assessment and preparation lesson
Assessment review lesson
Homework pack - six weeks of differentiated activities including Spoken Language tasks
Non-fiction writing escape room
Six week FREE scheme of work document
Edexcel English Language Paper 2 pack that includes modelled examples, differentiated activities, worksheets, annotated notes for teachers and students and more. A complete scheme of work pack for Paper 2 Section A.
Introduction to Paper 2 Q1, Q2, Q3
Introduction to Paper 2 Q4, Q5, Q6, Q7
Bias and Perspectives for Q1, Q2, Q3
Exploring Q1, Q2 and Q7 (a) - summary skills
Exploring Q4, Q5, Q6 - critical evaluation skills
Synthesising and summary skills for Q7a
Summary skills - similarities. Q7a and some language analysis for Q3.
Synthesising and similarities
Q3 - language and structure analysis lesson
Q7b lesson - comparing texts
Section A walkthrough, including scaffolds, exam questions, texts and more
Recapping language techniques
Bias and perspectives in two non-fiction texts (Florence Nightingale theme)
Upgrading language analysis
Exam practice pack with ANSWERS
Escape room revision lesson
Paper 2 Section A knowledge organiser
Differentiated homework pack (six weeks!)
Please note that this pack covers 19th, 20th and 21st century texts.