25 Fun Pub-Quiz style questions. Aimed at GCSE English students, but can be adapted for different age groups. Resource includes Quizmaster’s Question & Answers sheet, and an answer sheet for students. The questions fall into five categories: Literary Techniques Knowledge of Literature Quotations Literary Form Riddles Some of the questions are directly related to the GCSE syllabus, and others are just for fun. Provided as a word document so that categories and questions can be edited to suit.

Tips for tackling closed book English exams. Full lesson including two activities: 1) embedding quotations and 2) getting a lot out of a little. Also includes iceberg worksheet. Debunk the myth that closed book exams mean memorising entire texts. Show students how to privilege quality over quantity in their answers. The texts used are taken from A Christmas Carol and poetry clusters, but can be easily adapted to fit.

A3 Printable Classroom Poster KS3/4 English. 16 accessible Classics to Read before turning 16. This poster is designed to encourage independent reading and familiarity with classic literature. Each title is accompanied by a minimalist original image by me. The designs are each meant to encapsulate a theme or motif from the text, and make for a simplistic and stylish overall image.

William Wordsworth’s ‘I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud’ plus 10 Questions aimed towards KS3 English independent guided study. Questions contain a mixture of comprehension and analysis.

Five inspirational quotes related to reading/poetry: Audre Lorde, Malcolm X, Frederick Douglass, Ray Bradbury and Percy Shelley For English Classroom Display

This lesson is designed to challenge high-ability pupils by providing a more in-depth and nuanced look into some of the contexts surrounding The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. It provides an opportunity for students to learn about 19th Century Colonialism, and how it informs the novel. Lesson includes a Powerpoint on Colonialism (including the practices of phrenology and craniology) and a worksheet where students can compare Stevenson’s description of Hyde to HM Stanley’s description of an African warrior in Through the Dark Continent . I designed this for a high ability Y11 class, but could also be used for Alevel. NOTE This lesson contains some harsh depictions of Colonial-era racism. I have left this in-tact for the sake of historical accuracy and so as not to sanitise the brutal reality of Colonialism. Nevertheless, this material should be approached with sensitivity and caution.

Extract: Opening to Daphne DuMaurier’s Jamaica Inn. Four Questions, plus a Creative Writing Exercise. Designed for a middle ability Y9 class, but could be used for a range of different ages and abilities. Feel free to adapt and change.

William Wordsworth’s ‘Old Man Travelling’ plus 10 Questions aimed towards KS3 English independent guided study. Questions contain a mixture of comprehension and analysis.

Ideal for displaying in secondary English classroom, this colourful A3 flow-chart tells you what book you should read next based on your reading preferences. A fun approach to encouraging wide independent reading in KS3/4. Contains a selection of Young Adult Contemporary literature, most of which was published in the last 10 years. Incorporates diverse themes and authors, including LGBT+ texts. Coming Soon: ‘What to Read Next: YA Fantasy’ This item is free of charge, because it contains copyrighted cover art.

Ideal for displaying in secondary English classroom, this colourful A4 flow-chart tells you what book you should read next based on your reading preferences. A fun approach to encouraging wide independent reading in KS3/4. The theme of this flowchart is Young Adult Fantasy. Also available in Young Adult Contemporary. This item is free of charge, because it contains copyrighted cover art.

This is an extract from HG Wells’ The Island of Doctor Moreau. In it, the narrator describes the ‘Beast People’ who live on the island. This activity includes questions geared toward teaching this novel as a comparison text for Jekyll and Hyde, assuming a prior knowledge of historical context (eg. Darwinism, gothic, monstrosity, etc.). But the questions could also be changed to suit a number of different contexts. This could be a great extract to use to introduce these themes and contexts in Y9/Term 1 of Y10, in preparation to study Jekyll and Hyde as a GCSE text.

Encourage independent reading with this Printable Book Bingo game. Students can write in the books they have read, and cross them off or have them stamped by a teacher. A prize can be given after a row of four, or a full house. Broad categories to suit a broad age-range.

This resource has been developed to encourage students to read actively and critically at home. It contains a powerpoint with slides that can be adapted and edited by students. It gives sentence starters for students to write and reflect upon what they are reading, as well as an optional book review activity at the end. It is designed to be sent to students for them to fill out gradually as they read, to keep track of their progress. This was developed with the coronavirus lockdown in mind, but could also be used as a summer reading project for KS2/3 students.