Detailed AQA GCSE Literature Paper 1 lesson on Jekyll and Hyde exam practice focusing on Utterson’s dream, includes: Basic plot of story for visual learners Chapter list and some contextual overview Quiz with answers Exam technique Mark Scheme Annotated exam extract (Mysterious dream) Success Criteria Detailed plan Model introduction and thesis statement

Very detailed lesson on exam essay structure for AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 1 focusing on Macbeth, Jekyll and Hyde, and An Inspector Calls. It includes: Exam technique Contextual overview for all three texts Key Vocabulary Mark Scheme Annotated exam extracts (MacB /J&H) Colour-coded introductions with thesis statements Student exemplar responses (graded)

A lesson/lecture covering the socioeconomic conditions of the early modern - English renaissance - era. This can be taught as a masterclass to the Most Able at Year 11, or as general contextual background for an early modern A Level text. The focus in the second part is Macbeth but having personally taught many early modern texts, I know it can easily be adapted to all exam boards for GCSE and A Level.

Lesson focusing on tips on how to approach OCR English Literature A Level Paper 2 Question 6: essay, including: Detailed slides Mark scheme Typical Question 6 on language and control Language in THT Literary and socioeconomic context How to build an essay starting with a thesis statement, through to argument and conclusion (AO focused) Model introductions including one colour coded and one student model introduction Colour-coded model essay for discussion Suggestions for wider reading Easily adaptable

Differentiated lesson and resources covering AQA Language Paper 2 with simple strategies and model responses.

A simple resource exploring the basic word classes. This is an easily differentiatable resource. The PDF and editable Word docs are attached.

A question-by-question run through of AQA Language Paper 2 with reading strategies, differentiated resources and colour-coded model responses.

Some quick and easy resources to aid GCSE English Literature students with retrieval practise [and revision] for Macbeth Resource includes Acts One to Five on separate documents, and the whole play on one document.

A scheme of ten differentiated lessons and resources - seven reading, three writing - based on a Language paper 1 I created on the opening of Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men . This can be taught at the beginning of Year 10, and is easily adaptable. There are model responses and, also, some homework tasks.

An extended lesson/intervention lesson on narrative and descriptive writing for AQA English Language Paper 1 based on the June 2017 Question 5 - with differentiated tasks and resources.

Differentiated resource for both AQA English Language Papers, section As only Numbered sentence frames to avoid use of complex and often limiting answer formulas Colour-coded model examples provided for all reading questions on both papers Ideal for revision practise

Full, comprehensive GCSE scheme of differentiated lessons and resources for An Inspector Calls includes: Three lessons per act, each with differentiated resources Retrieval practice Focus on language, form and structure Detailed analysis of character and theme Exam practice and building convincing essays from planning to thesis statement to argument and conclusion It is designed for AQA but can be adapted to suit the other boards. There is a separate lesson on exam practice with lots of exam-style questions. The lessons were planned for doubles, but can easily be adapted to singles. There is a good ten weeks of teaching here, depending on timetabling.

Lesson on AQA GCSE Literature Paper 2 An Inspector Calls Act One Recap. It includes: Form and structure General historical context Key speeches from Act One Detailed plot resource Exam question and model paragraph Sentence starters This can be easily adapted to your class or to other exam boards, hence no AOs on slides

Detailed lesson on Macbeth Act Five focusing on the key moments includes: The plot of Act Five Crucial moments from the playscript Key Vocabulary Mark Scheme Exam Question

Detailed AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 1 lesson on the character of Banquo- his status, motivation and significance to plot and context. It includes: Banquo’s Character and Purpose Banquo’s Scenes with relevant excerpts from the playscript Exam question (3.1) - extract pre-annotated Colour-coded model introduction with thesis statement Colour-coded model paragraph (aimed at Grade 5) Easily adaptable to other exam boards and iGCSE

Scaffolded lesson with resources Easy to differentiate Do Now starter Tabloid and Broadsheet articles for analysis of rhetorical devices Worst possible introduction task Adaptable to other exam boards

Lesson on demystifying Shakespeare’s language Includes simple tasks on the development of English and iambic pentameter Plot of Macbeth General context Witches in 1.1 and sergeant’s speech 1.2 for whole class annotation Macbeth OCR GCSE exam question Model candidate answer Can be adapted to all exam boards and KS3