A booklet of exercises that are designed to introduce the structure of GCSE English Language Paper 1; lots of extracts to practise on; lots of creative writing activities that relate to extracts in the booklet.

A collection of fifteen poems from a range of poets, with exam questions to try. Intended for GCSE unseen practice.

A pack of extracts for exploring prose published between 1880 and 1910; excellent practice for A level students of Eduqas English Literature; some advice on how to approach the unseen paper; a list of authors for independent study; grid for collecting contextual detail.

This 30-page booklet includes: an exemplar exam question; activities for understanding vocabulary; activities for developing inference; a scaffolded annotation; a collection of critical quotations; a guide to relevant subject terminology; a summary of relevant contextual information for this scene; links to film versions of Act One Scene One and suggestions for further reading.

An exceptionally detailed resource booklet on Act One Scene Two lines 1 - 24 which includes: comprehension questions and answers; inferential questions and answers; a scaffolded annotation; a scaffolded language analysis; spelling test; glossary of technical terminology; contextual information; two passages for comparison; an exemplar paper; opportunities for further reading. The booklet is differentiated to assist with literacy, support EAL students and offer stretch and challenge for the most able.

The BBC archive on iPlayer has a very good documentary on The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, called 'Ian Rankin Investigates ...' - this resource is a worksheet to accompany the documentary.

This Bowen extract seems like exactly the type of text AQA have been choosing for the exam and specimen materials. I have added questions in an exam paper format and hope that it will make excellent revision practice for your students.

A multiple choice literacy quiz. Designed for Year 7s, but would work well with any year group.

A resource for a year 7 first lesson on The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. All it is asking is for students to annotate clues as to the future plot, genre, themes and characters in the front cover and the opening to the novel.

A unit of work written for a Year 8 class that provides an introduction to the detective genre.

A useful way to model for your A level students how to make notes on each section of Mrs Dalloway; this includes a collection of quotations for group annotation, below.

20 resources including a self-study record in booklet form, model paragraphs for peer review and critical interpretations for discussion.

A list of texts recommended to support the study of GCSE English Language Paper 1

This resource was written for the first few lessons on Silas Marner, with a Year 7 class. It contains the first few lesson plans and resource material. I have taught Silas Marner to Year 7 for many years, and find that students need scaffolding right up until the point where Molly dies, at which point they are so hooked that they are more able to read the text independently and enjoy reading it together in class.

A useful starter both for correcting the mistake, and also for identifying the reason behind the mistake. This resource was created in response to some controlled assessments, but works just as well out of context as a SPAG activity at the beginning of your lesson or as cover work.

This is really an activity about hyphens, which could stand alone without studying Bill Bryson's Notes from a Small Island. The idea is that you have five minutes silence while everybody highlights the hyphens in each example, followed by the more challenging activity of figuring out what the purpose of each hyphen might be (and what effect it creates).

A collection of extracts from Wuthering Heights (a new one on each page); could be handed out to a different pair for an annotation / revision activity.

An essay on Arthur Miller's The Crucible that is designed to demonstrate the skill of integrating quotations and close textual analysis within an evaluative response. It would be useful for activities such as underlining subject terminology and discourse markers. It would also provide effective revision of the whole text. If you were to set a different essay on The Crucible (or another Miller text), this model answer may provide a fruitful opportunity for reflecting on effective methods of structuring a coherent argument that could then be applied to other topics.

An extract from Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, with detailed feedback; this resource provides both the assessment, and one or two lessons' worth of feedback activities.

An opportunity to consider the significance of details in the early letters and chapters of Frankenstein

Some chosen quotations from Rousseau to support Frankenstein context