A selection of 21 lessons based on teaching An Inspector Calls for the New Specification AQA Literature GCSE. The lessons focus heavily on language and structure analysis, because the contextual lessons I used were from another TES member. The lessons are aimed at grades 4-6 and focus on teaching the new specification. There is no written scheme of work, because these lessons have been adapted from this SOW. Please note: the page numbers may not match all copies of the text.

A collection of persuasive writing resources which were used with a top set year 9 group (level 7 target grades). Lessons are based on a Zoo project format, but they link to animal rights and animal testing arguments.

A selection of resources based on Much Ado about Nothing. The lessons focus on describing the characters and writing as the characters. These are KS3 lessons, but linked to the New AQA Paper 1 criteria.

This resource includes a unit of work based on the conflict cluster of the new AQA Literature anthology- conflict cluster. There are powerpoints, based on the new grading system, alongside worksheets. These have been adapted from other resources found on TES, with some lessons created from scratch on the lesser studied poems. Please note that I am uploading this for free download, so if you choose to leave comments please make them constructive. Please account for the amount of time this took to create and that I have taken the time to share the resources. If you download and use with your students, please leave good feedback. :)

Some lessons for the completion of IGCSE coursework (writing to describe). The articles referenced are unavailable.

A set of 18 lessons based on the new specification for Macbeth. These lessons are aimed at Year 10 students, for a brief overview of the play with some close analysis activities. Some worksheets have been adapted from other resources.

A unit of work which looks at the key poems in the Power and Conflict cluster of poems. The unit follows a three-part lesson structure: - Lesson 1 is a recap of a key poem - Lesson 2 is further analysis of this poem - Lesson 2 is a comparison lesson Only the recap lessons have powerpoints provided, with a couple of additional lessons in there too. Otherwise, the lessons have suggested activities on the Word document. Included are context sheets and quiz questions for every poem in the cluster. Because of the new GCSE requiring some contextual background, these give students more information on the intentions of the writers.

A bundle of Sign of the Four and Poetry (Power and Conflict) revision lessons. These lessons are for revision, so the focus is on planning for the AQA Literature questions and re-capping the most important elements/ characters and themes of the text and poems.

Four revision resources, including two mock-style papers (no mark scheme) and two revision, step-by-step guides to the papers. These give students the chance to see how they can approach the papers. The mock papers are in order to provide 'past paper' style revision for the students (as there are not enough samples online). The sources are either nineteenth-century extracts or from past papers from other exam boards.

This is a SOW designed for the teaching the skills of AQA Paper 1 Language. The unit of work has been designed to use material from the Sherlock Holmes stories, especially extracts from Sign of Four, Study in Scarlet and Scandal in Bohemia. The SOW intends on teaching students how to approach extracts, as they would for the Language exam, while also using material from the Literature exam, Paper 1. Lessons have been aimed at teaching the exam to Year 9, middle sets.

A series of lessons which revise Great Expectations, focusing on key themes and extracts. The lessons are aimed at higher ability, and focus on the concepts within the novel. All lessons are adaptable and focus on the skills of the AQA Literature exam.

This collection of lessons explores some of the key poems in the Power and Conflict cluster of AQA poems. The lessons revolve around revising the poems and comparing them to others. This set of lessons are aimed at a higher ability class, as some lessons link together concepts and also explore links to human nature.

A series of 5 weeks worth of lessons which focus on re-capping and revising the skills needed for the Macbeth section of Literature Paper 1. This series of lessons links the skills of the Literature paper with the skills of the AQA Language papers. This may become confusing for some students, so some lessons may need to be adapted to suit just the literature paper for lower abilities, however it has worked well across a range of sets. Lessons predominantly focus on approaches to planning, structuring an answer and linking the extract to wider themes and ideas. There is also an 'at home' guide for parents for revising the literature and language exams'. Not all of the lessons on the rough guide are covered because of time constraints.

A selection of descriptive writing resources, based on the AQA New Spec Question 5. The lessons are aimed at using pictures to inspire writing. There are 4 lessons based on SPaG and they are mostly in the theme of heroes.

A small collection of powerpoints which can be used when revising for AQA Language Paper 1 and Paper 2. This also includes a mock descriptive writing question and a revision guide which explains each question on both papers.

A unit of work which focuses on descriptive writing for Year 10. The unit is a 'recap' of the key elements of descriptive writing, offering practical solutions to the problem of writing in detail and trying to be 'convincing and compelling'. Most lessons focus on using images to inspire writing, with some clips to enhance this. It was a successful unit of work and engaged otherwise tired pupils. There are 11 powerpoints, as the unit was cut short by mock exams, however the unit of work is 6 weeks long. Some powerpoints contains clips from YouTube.

A selection of lessons for a unit of work for Great Expectations. The lessons for the first half of the book are quite detailed, but time was running out so the rest of the lessons are reading-based, with a lot of emphasis on group reading and WHOOSH activities. NB: This book takes a long time to read as a class!

A selection of resources linked to the new specification AQA, Paper 2, for Year 7 students. The lesson introduce non-fiction writing, using resources from the 19th Century and from previous AQA exams.

This is a collection of 22 lessons based on using the new specification Paper 1 skills. We have chosen to use Of Mice and Men as the fiction text, as an introduction to the skills of the paper. Each question (1-4) is used as a focus for 1-2 weeks, and there are ways of assessing the skills used in questions 1-4 on the Powerpoints. Although we have not used a 19th Century English text for this unit, we have found that the lessons have enabled the students to learn the skills needed for the exam, whilst using a text which they enjoy reading. It is notable that we have skipped parts of the text when reading, so that students focus more on analysing an extract, which they will need to do in the exam. We have also avoided too much contextual information, so that students understand that they will not need to know themes/context for this book in the exam.

A selection of lessons based on animal cruelty, which use persuasive devices and techniques. These lessons strongly focus on SPaG.

A selection of resources based on argument writing, linked to the novel Private Peaceful. The lessons use skills included in the New Spec AQA Paper 2. There are some lessons out of sequence, because some of the original lessons contained work from other authors.