I created this for a weak year 7 group who have clearly forgotten all their yr 6 SATs drilling. The sentences they are asked to find features in, come from ‘A Christmas Carol’ - I think I changed one of th sentences slightly to fit a preposition in

Students have a grid with the start of a quotation. They have to complete the quotation and name the poem. The final column asks them to give a letter from the title or poet’s name; when they unscramble the letters in the final column, they spell paper 2. Winners can receive a prize if that’s what you want to do! Answers included on page 1. Handouts for students on page 2

At least one lesson’s worth of material, with differentiated tasks including factual information and language analysis. Written for a group studying the collection of poems in the AQA anthology. Please leave a review!!

A complete description written against WJEC/Eduqas criteria. The piece uses a range of techniques and vocabulary. A good example to share with pupils as an example; assess with pupils and improve with pupils (for example by adapting sentences)

This lesson is aimed at a low ability GCSE class to teach and support writing an answer to the AQA structure question. It is fully differentiated with the same task provided along with different levels of help. Scaffolding is also provided. Print slides 8-11 as worksheets, choosing those appropriate for your learners. The lesson uses the insert from the AQA June 2019 paper which I have referred to as the Hartop extract. You can access this free from the AQA website.

A complete lesson guiding pupils to understand the message about education in ‘Blood Brothers’

Of all the Literature tasks, the OCR question for section A of paper 1 has been the hardest for teachers to source. If you’ve had a similar frustration, then this resource will be very useful and a great time saver. Laid out as it would be in the exam, this resource includes the comparison question with another 20th century extract as well as a similarly themed question B. Please leave a review

English Literature Paper 1 question B asks pupils to write in detail about ‘Another moment’… This booklet covers three moments for fighting and two moments for when the animals are lied to. With each extract there are basic comprehension questions and then prompts for pupils to analyse specific words and phrases linking to the moment’s theme

Another comparison question for OCR Literature question 1a - ridiculously hard to resource, this is the second practice question I’m making available to help prepare your pupils for the comparison question on paper 1 of the Literature paper

A lesson that looks at the prologue of ‘Blood Brothers’ and the character of Mrs Johnstone. Differentiated questions and tasks.

This lesson is aimed at helping your learners work through a process for responding to an unseen poem. It uses the poem ‘Coat’ by Jane Duran

This resource provides three extracts from ‘A Christmas Carol’; ‘Of Mice and Men’ and ‘Great Expectations’ to help pupils practise their AO2 skills for AQA paper 1 Question 2: 'How does the writer use language to…

A 6 week scheme that was written for year 7 as background to early literature to begin their Secondary curriculum. It includes: bible stories, Greek myths, Homer, Beowulf and Patrick. Fully resourced and organised by week - will save you loads of time!

A short extract ideal for timed writing along with a model essay to look at with your pupils. The essay was written for the purpose of highlighting the AOs so learners could see exactly what they needed to do to get the marks.

This lesson can be used as a stand alone or as a follow on from my previous two lessons on emotive language and structure. This is a ready-to-use lesson with a great visual worksheet (includes teacher copy and two further versions for easy differentiation)

An 80 page set of worksheets with 30+ lessons for each of the poems in the love and relationship cluster. Save yourself HOURS of work with this easy go-to resource.

A set of my own character notes which I wrote for a top set English group. These notes are great time saver for you to print off as a revision handout or to provide a first time teacher of the play with essential character notes that can be easily transferred on to powerpoint. Please leave a review!

Halloween Quiz A fun end to your half term, this halloween quiz includes general knowledge halloween questions and some literature based questions.

This resource includes a powerpoint aimed at mixed ability year 9 for explaining and consolidating counter arguments. The lesson gives pupils the opportunity to practise writing counter arguments and finding them in a speech (attached as a word document)

A work sheet designed for Key Stage 1 to encourage thinking about the Bible and its importance.

I wrote these two booklets for a low ability year 8 extra English class to reinforce basic grammar and rules. Both uses of apostrophes and both uses of commas included with straightforward explanations and exercises. Nouns, pronouns, verbs and adjectives also covered. Please review if you found this resource helpful