A set of 7 exam style questions for the Unseen Poetry section of the AQA A English Literature A Level course. This relates to the 'Love Through The Ages' paper.

A second set of 6 exam style questions for the Unseen Poetry section of the AQA A English Literature A Level course. This relates to the ‘Love Through The Ages’ paper.

A comprehensive list of revision notes for students studying Prayer Before Birth by Louis MacNeice Covers content, themes, feelings, language and structure. Features on the IGCSE Edexcel English Literature specification.

A pack of questions for question 5 on the IGCSE Edexcel English Language (A) Exam Paper. The unseen passage and question is printed in the booklet (anthology passage not included). Each question is aimed at a different extract.

A second set of Q5s that cover 4 of the texts from the Edexcel IGCSE Nonfiction Anthology.

A lesson to help students plan and prepare for an essay / coursework question on Lady Macbeth. The question is: How does Shakespeare present Lady Macbeth as a complex and interesting character? The lesson guides students through their thinking; aims to get them to plan in a structured manner that clearly addresses / argues the question and also has a model paragraph to show how to write up one’s plan successfully. Would work for coursework or exam writing practice.

A fourth set (new in 2022) of 5 exam style questions for the Unseen Poetry section of the AQA A English Literature A Level course. This relates to the ‘Love Through The Ages’ paper.

A third set of 6 exam style questions for the Unseen Poetry section of the AQA A English Literature A Level course. This relates to the ‘Love Through The Ages’ paper.

This is a practice question for Edexcel A Level English Lit/Lang; Paper 1, Section A; ‘Voices Anthology’. This question compares 6.1 (King’s Speech) with a letter

This is an unseen nonfiction question and a feedback sheet with model paragraphs for students. This relates to the Edexcel English Language and Literature A Level course - Paper 2, Section A.

An exam style question for the Unseen Prose section of the AQA A English Literature A Level course. This relates to the ‘Modern Times: literature from 1945 to present day’ paper.

This is a series of lessons that guides students through a practice analytical essay on Boxer in Animal Farm by George Orwell. It covers planning, writing and feedback on their essays. Also provided are some model paragraphs for students to reflect on. Suitable and adaptable for KS3 and KS4.

A lesson taking students through the process of responding to an unseen poem in an exam. Aimed at the IGCE Edexcel Lit spec but would work generally for unseen poetry with a few tweaks. Lesson as follows: Recap of marks, intros and conclusions 9 steps to take when approach the question (to be done along as a class) Model paragraph Reflection on model

A set of questions on the language and structure in Rossetti’s poem, ‘May’. Designed to enable students to annotate / make notes on Rossetti’s poem (taught as part of the Edexcel A Level Pre 19th Centrury Victorian Verse Selection).

This is a lesson focusing on an extract from Animal Farm describing Napoleon. It helps students to write analytically about Orwell’s use of language. Suitable and adaptable for KS3 or KS4.

This scheme of work has been made for a low ability Year 10 group and it leads up to a piece of controlled assessment comparing the poems: Exposure, Dulce et Decorum Est and Anthem for Doomed Youth. I hope these resources go some way to doing the great poet justice!

This is a comprehensive lesson for A Level students to revise Tess of the D’Urbervilles. It focuses specifically on the presentation of love in the novel in preparation for Section C of Paper 1 (Love Through The Ages). Covers: context, key symbols, key quotations, interpretations.

This is a scheme of work teaching OMAM to a low ability Year 10 group to prepare them for a controlled assessment on setting. The page numbers on the long term plan relate to the LONGMAN LITERATURE version of the novella. You will need to look at the LTP to see what pages need to be read in each lesson. Happy teaching!

This is a full scheme of work for Year 8. It ends with a narrative/creative writing assessment task where the students write a short story based on an animated film. Under my resources you will find all 13 lessons plus the medium term plan. Enjoy!