Useful way to get the students of the AQA anthology poems to think comparatively. The page enlarges up well to A3 size. I have had some amazing student responses to this, creating all sorts of clever links. They find it a good way to revise poetic terminology and like to revisit the grid to add in new ideas, especially in the final column. Obviously, in the real exam they have to choose one they know and compare to an unseen, but this activity enables them to start thinking comparatively.

Ideally, you enlarge this up to A3. Basically a pre made storyboard grid for the students to fill with their chosen images, text, camera angles and lighting ideas. There's room to add in text from the song in the grid along the bottom.

Just a nice clear grid which pulls together the main types of sentence structures, explaining some of the effects these can have on the writing. Has space in the grid for students to experiment with their own writing as well. By no means an exclusive list, but a useful handout for students struggling to vary their expression or even understand why they should. Works with a range of ages of students, from juniors to sixth formers.

This is a range of resources on the news, news values and the way that media issues such as gender or violence affect the news. Some fun sample texts. You might also want to update with more recent news examples to go with the tasks.

This activity can be done in class or set as homework. It was inspired by 'Skellig' and a good opening idea is to show the students David Almind's opening description of the garage. However, it works fine as an independent task. Students have to imagine they are Michael, the lonely and isolated boy described walking through the family's old garage at the start of the novel. The task develops language range ad descriptive skills. Suitable for junior ages and also as extension work for those taking entrance or end of year exams. Could also work well for AQA GCSE students ending to perfect their descriptive skills.

A thorough and attractively designed handout which introduces students to the idea of a lierary motif and gives examples of them in 'Skellig'. Opportunities for extended work and homework. Please do see my other Skellig resources in my hop, 'The Full English'

Useful resource for those teaching this great story. Helps build confident student readers.

Useful and compact overview of the speech, language features used and their effectiveness. Covers the more complex terminology so a good little extension resource.

Fun and enjoyable resource. Please see my other 'Skellig' resources in the 'Full English' shop. I teach the grammar through literary texts. 'Skellig' is very descriptive so is an ideal way to teach students about the differences between nouns, verbs, adverbs and so on.

More chapter summaries on the way! This was used with my top set students last Summer ; all gained a top grade. They fund it useful as the language is tackled in the handout. Ideal for last minute revision as it covers a huge amount in compressed space. Keeps students on their toes and extends the most able. Very detailed handout which summarises plot events, defines tricky words, focuses on key language features and relates them to similar examples across the text and contextualises key sections. The handout covers a range of Victorian contexts, such as Darwinist theory and Victorian respectability, the London Underworld, the Victorian thirst for knowledge, literary contexts and religious contexts.

A thorough and detailed overview of this interesting strand of the story.

These sheets are all you need to create a challenging yet enjoyable lesson. Kids love this task as it enables them to legitimately insult one another whilst following thes elearning objectives: 1) How to write and Shakespearean phrases, use new vocabulary, use the grammatical structures and create word coinages. 2) Mastering the archaic vocabulary with their partners. 3) How to deliver short but effective lines dramatically, ad-libbing and varying according to context. I've used this with boys studying 'Henry V' (English troops insulting French ones and vice versa) with girls students studying 'Richard III' (Lady Anne and Richard trade insults) - and for students of 'The Tempest'. Students can, if they wish, adapt their language choices for a particular play. Caliban and Prosero's language is a mix of magical and eloquent for Prospero, with more nature-themed curses for Caliban, whereas the historical plays can bring in more historical, supernatural and military language.

An interesting sample response to a tough past paper question. I have also been given permission by a former student to upload another essay that they write about the role of the portrait in the novel, which I am sharing for free. These resources really help students to work on essay technique and peer assess with the OCR mark scheme.

Interesting essay which would form a great basis for peer assessment and discussing what makes a good A level essay response.

A good set of questions of Act One, enough to fill a lesson and set rest for homework. Great for helping students get their grip on the play and practise finding quoted examples.

A very useful and well-designed resource which is invaluable for creative writing students. Ideal for narrative writing as it offers detailed explanations of the various plot styles and structures you can use in creative writing. Jam packed with a comprehensive list of interesting creative terminology; a lot of them will be the labels for features you knew of but didn't know there was a term for! I have used this with all ages, from GCSE to Common Entrance. I will also update this resource again over summer, so keep following me. Enjoy!

Useful and very detailed guide for writing this essay on a key character from the play.

This is a clear handout designed to support the essay question : 'More sinned against than sinner.' Is this a fair assessment of Shylock? You might like to also buy the three views of Shylock presentation I made which reinforces this handout.

A good varied set of revision questions, designed to test students’ knowledge of a range of plot, character and language features.

This works very well as a means of introducing creative writing. You print out as many copies as you need, trim, and ideally laminate. It can be used in conjunction with my 'descriptive and narrative writing' mega pack available in my shop, or as a stand alone. Give the students all 12 slips in a plastic envelope. Tell them to look at each and rank the 'ingredients' on each slip is order of most importance. It's great fun to do as the students start to realise that structure, clear plot and focus are vital. Also good to see them rearrange and reorder their rank order. Lots of follow ups for this - create their top ten 'things to avoid when writing a story', write a story which covers the 12 top elements to include...have fun!