A full mark response that provides a conceptual response for the theme violence. The extract used is the scene with the old man discussing the night of Duncan’s death. This responses hits the highest level of the mark scheme as it provides a critical response to the theme of violence, uses a range of judicious quotes and fluently explores the use of writer’s methods. The opening paragraph uses the ‘define the the question,’ then ‘refine’ it to the most significant moment.

A revision sheet that helps students analyse key quotations within four core themes in the play: social responsibility, class, gender and age. The students need to use two layers of meaning, make links to Edwardian context, and identify and comment on writer’s methods. There is an extension task - students need to comment conceptually on Priestley’s intentions. I get students to annotate around the quotes.

The resource includes 20 key quotes linked to the themes of: violence, love, friendship and fate. Students need to explode the key quotations using two layers of meaning, links to context, writer’s intentions and references to subject terminology.

The resource includes 20 key quotes linked to the themes of: fear, appearance vs reality, violence and ambition. Students need to explode the key quotations using two layers of meaning, links to context, writer’s intentions and references to subject terminology.

A handy resource for an Assistant Headteacher/ Deputy Head leading on reading across the curriculum. It focuses on three key areas: the lowest 20% of readers in need of intense targeted support, then how to create a love of reading and then how teachers across the whole school can ensure reading skills improve across the curriculum.

A retrieval focused booklet for Love and Relationships AQA with 8 activities. Good for year 11 HMK or exam revision.

Compare how death is presented in the poem Porphyria’s Lover and a poem of your choice: WWTP, Neutral Tones, Eden Rock. An annotated example of a comparison with a key to support students’ awareness of how to construct an answer.

A booklet full of retention exercises to help develop pupils’ knowledge of the play, key characters and the plot. There are a range of activites to help boost pupils’ memory of critical ideas - perfect for a homework booklet or an intervention pack.

This is a booklet designed at improving the retention of key knowledge linked to the poems in the anthology for love and relationships. Great to use as homework or as intervention for key stage four pupils.

A full paper one for English Language GCSE and insert for students to practise and develop exam skills. Used with my own year 11s as homework and as a walk through for exam prep.

A free language paper one full exam for GCSE revision. Can be adapted to any spec. Used with my own classes to develop exam technique.

A handy resource to give out over a holiday as homework to help with the retention of the key ideas of the AQA Love and Relationships poems. It is differentiated to add challenge if pupils want to push their revision to help consolidate their understanding.

A retention grid to revise key themes, characters, plot and context and chronological order. Used for homework and for revison.

A colour coded grid of retention questions for Dickens ACC that helps to ensure secure understanding of plot, characters, themes, context and key quotes.

A colour coded grid of retention questions for Macbeth that helps to ensure secure understanding of plot, characters, themes, context and key quotes.

A set of posters for Macbeth including key quotes for: Macbeth, The Witches, King Duncan, Donalbain, Macduff, Lady Macbeth, Malcolm and Banquo. I have these as posters in my room and encourage students to use the quotes independently when writing exam responses. I have also shrunk them down to A5 and made them into a revision booklet.

There are three revision lessons for Macbeth that are fully differentiated with bronze, silver, gold tasks, including ‘challenge’ tasks to stretch the most able. The lessons include model answers, bell tasks, learning objectives, key quotes, opportunities for self/peer assessment and plenaries to conclude the lessons. I have used these in the run up to the exam as each lesson leads carefully to a GCSE exam style question, which the students will be able to answer having completed the starter activities and other learning activities which provide them with the information to plan and write their own responses. These worked very well with my own year 11 classes as they found them very useful in developing the length and quality of their exam responses.

There are three revision lessons for An Inspspector Calls that are fully differentiated with bronze, silver, gold tasks, including ‘challenge’ tasks to stretch the most able. The lessons include model answers, bell tasks, learning objectives, key quotes, opportunities for self/peer assessment and plenaries to conclude the lessons. I have used these in the run up to the exam as each lesson leads carefully to a GCSE exam style question, which the students will be able to answer having completed the starter activities and other learning activities which provide them with the information to plan and write their own responses. I only ever sell things that I know work well with my own year 11 classes and mine found these lessons very useful in developing their knowledge of the play.

If you want to push your students’ responses for the English language papers then it helps if they are using sophisticated, higher level terminology when they explore the effect of the writer’s use of language. This worksheet includes 11 key terms that students need to revise and use to access the higher levels, alongside a differentiated bronze, silver, gold activity so they can apply what they have learnt. There is a question: how does the writer use language to describe the horror of prisons? where the students can then answer to show they can incorporate the terms into their analysis. This is a useful resource for top sets, but also any students who are at a Grade 5+ and are pushing for a higher grade.