An exam walkthrough suitable for a walking talking mock style lesson that systematically goes through how to answer every question on the AQA Language Paper 1 2023 exam where the featured extract was from Life of Pi. Also includes some sample model answers.

The ‘because, but, so’ method is an excellent tool for teaching students to think analytically about the literature texts This tool is powerful because it encourages students to expand their thinking with precision and detail. This resource collates 9 sample ‘because, but so’ thesis-style introductions to 9 themes that may come up in next year’s An Inspector Calls examination. It also collates 6 sample ‘because, but, so’ introductions on the 6 main characters in the play. Ideal as a revision tool for helping to shape and guide the direction of exam responses.

High level annotations for She Walks in Beauty by Byron that features in the Eduqas and Edexcel anthologies.

A handy revision sheet containing the essential contextual information that students need to know for each of the 15 poems in the AQA power and conflict anthology to meet the requirements for A03. My most comprehensive resource on Power and Conflict poetry is available here with revision posters on every poem: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/power-and-conflict-revision-sheets-12884928

An A* 24/25 mark response to the following question. Compare the significance of inequality in two texts (The Handmaid’s Tale and Feminine Gospels).

A context sheet to help students understand how Stevenson was influenced by the late Victorian context. It is divided into 6 sections: Victorian London Calvinism Science Fin de Siecle Gothic literature Atavism Each section intertwines contextual knowledge with links to the actual novel.

Highly detailed annotations of Living Space by Imtiaz Dharker to support students with gaining a perceptive and thoughtful understanding of the Eduqas poetry anthology.

A revision sheet focused on Williams’ use of plastic theatre in A Streetcar Named Desire. It offers detailed analysis of 12 moments from the play which use plastic theatre to help express universal truths about the human condition.

A grade 9 response to the AQA November 2018 Paper 2 Question 5 about cars. It starts with a powerful and detailed anecdote to explain why I agree with the statement. It considers and then dismisses the counter argument. It provides a solution. It ends with a return to the powerful anecdote from the start to gain high makrs for sophisticated organisation and structure. Vocabulary and punctuation is sophisticated throughout.

A high grade model response looking at how the theme of guilt is explored in An Inspector Calls.

Part of a series of superhero-themed comprehension worksheets from a reading intervention I ran with Year 6 and Year 7, this text focuses on Iron Man’s origins from the Marvel franchise. Students read the 500 word text and answer the comprehension questions. The answers are included.

Line by line detailed annotations for Death of a Naturalist by Seamus Heaney to assist with revision for Eduqas poetry.

A 16 slide PowerPoint that includes an engaging starter, comprehension questions, annotations of key lines in the poem, discussion questions, 2 sample paragraphs to compare and contrast, a task to get students to think about comparing Sub to other poems in the collection and a challenging research task to consolidate ideas in the poem.

A revision sheet exploring the motif of fire with 13 carefully selected quotations allowing students to trace how the motif is used by Dickens to convey his authorial messages about poverty, isolation, kindness, family and the transformative power of redemption. Also includes a blank student version to encourage students to explore the impact of the quotations themselves.

15 page printable revision booklet with a revision sheet for each of the 15 Power and Conflict Poems. Each revision sheet contains high-level analysis of the key quotations from the poem. A02 and A03 are embedded into the explanations. Also includes a ‘because, but, so’ summary of every poem. The ‘because, but, so’ method is an excellent tool for teaching students to think analytically about each poem in the Power and Conflict anthology. This tool is powerful because it encourages students to expand their thinking with precision and detail. After studying each poem, I ask students to write a ‘because, but, so’ paragraph on it. This document collates ‘because, but, so’ paragraphs on all 15 poems as examples to assist students with revising the key ideas in each poem. My most comprehensive resource on Power and Conflict poetry is available here with revision posters on every poem: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/power-and-conflict-revision-sheets-12884928

A 21 slide PowerPoint lesson introducing the elegies: North-West, Death and the Moon and Wish - the three final poems in the Feminine Gospels collection. Includes an overview of each poem, detailed line by line annotations, exploratory questions linking the themes in the poem to themes in the wider collection and a comparative task focusing on the theme of death.