A full paper1 for the AQA English GCSE. If your students need more revision skills, then this is a brand new fiction text that they can develop their comprehension skills and writing for question five. This is perfect for a full lesson, or can be used as homework.

This is another paper 1 exam for English GCSE. It includes all four questions for reading and both writing tasks for Q5 for AQA. It could easily be adapted for different specifications.

If you need more paper 1 practice, but are running out of papers, then here is one I have created for your yr 11s to develop their exam responses. It includes all four questions for reading and both writing tasks for Q5 for AQA. It could easily be adapted for different specifications. I hope you find this useful :)

This handy A3 resource is ideal for revising key themes and characters from Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’. The sheet has 12 questions linked to the AQA spec (but could be adapted for other specs easily) and has 12 extracts, which provide key moments from across the whole of the play. I am using this myself to prepare my year 11s for their Literature examination.

This handy A3 resource is ideal for revising key themes and characters from Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. The sheet has 12 questions linked to the AQA spec (but could be adapted for other specs easily) and has 12 extracts, which provide key moments from across the whole of the novella. I am using this myself to prepare my year 11s for their Literature examination.

This is a great resource that has both the image for the writing task for paper 1, AQA and the creative writing task. There are 25 tasks in an 11 page booklet so this would be great for year 11s to use for their revision for the new exam 2017 onwards.

This is a detailed A3 revision grid that has information on all 15 poems from the love and relationship cluster for AQA. It includes points on the theme of love/relationships, five key quotes for each poem, comments on the form/structure and points on context for each one. Use this as a revision tool so that students have a secure understanding on the main ideas linked to each one.

A model answer for year 11 students that will help them prepare for their A Christmas Carol exam. There is a differentiated task whilst reading the response with an opportunity to then develop this.

An A3 revision worksheet that includes tips for the different writing styles for AQA English paper 2. Use this for year 11 for revision before their exam. There are 25 questions that the students can plan for and then write out under timed conditions.

A model answer for Macbeth which has a differentiated task. The students need to annotate the margin using the marking codes and then consider how the response could be improved. This can be used to focus year 11 students on revision and on what their responses should include in their exam.

This is an easy five step structure frame that will completely fill your students with confidence for this question. I use this myself and have had huge success with students being able to write clear, detailed responses using this guide.

A great revision sheet that includes three model answers for an exam question on Scrooge. The students have a differentiated task linked to asnwers, with the opportunity of then writing their own response.

A revision lesson for year 11 who already have an understanding of the poems. This reminds them of the skills of comparative responses, and recaps on the poem ‘Mother Any Distance’ from the AQA anthology - love and relationships. Each activity has timings to guide the lesson so it has an appropriate pace. The lesson has: Bell task on entry LOs beginning, middle and end to review progress Links to exam details Collaboration built in Oracy Task Teacher Model slide to conduct live modeling (which is differentiated with B,S,G) Extended writing task using bronze, silver, gold to chunk challenge Plenary that uses peer assessment against a checklist of success criteria

A revision lesson for year 11 who already have an understanding of the poems. This reminds them of the skills of comparative responses, and recaps of two of the poems from the AQA anthology - love and relationships. The lesson has: Bell task on entry LOs beginning, middle and end to review progress Links to exam details Collaboration built in Oracy Task Model essay response Bronze, silver, gold task Plenary