A fully resourced scheme of work walking students through AQA Language Paper 1 Section A, using ‘The Night Circus’ source. Contains materials for at least 6 comprehensive lessons, covering: Mark schemes Indicative answers Planning materials Indicative content Aims to familiarise pupils with the paper itself, and equip them with the knowledge to produce high quality answers.

A collection of gap fill activities covering the plot of Romeo and Juliet. Useful for revision purposes/starters/settlers/plenaries. Gap fills for: Act 1 Scene 1 Act 1 Scene 2 Act 1 Scene 3 Act 1 Scene 4 Act 1 Scene 5 Act 2 Scene 1 Act 2 Scene 2 Act 2 Scene 3

Two lessons on Edgar Allan Poe’s short story ‘The Tell Tale Heart’. Pupils will focus on how Poe creates tension throughout the story.

Two lessons based on ‘Loose Change’ by Andrea Levy. The story covers topics such as inequality, racial prejudice, poverty and asylum seeking.

6 slides of 4 dingbats which students use to decode key quotations from the novella. Ideal for use as a starter activity. Helps aid recall of key quotations in the lead up to examinations.

A cover worksheet designed around an extract from Anne Franks diary. The tasks, including the reading should take an hour. Students will: Read the extract Answer comprehension questions Vocabulary match up True and False statements Write a diary entry with success criteria

A booklet looking in detail at the theme of Masculinity. A variety of tasks including Plot recall Vocabulary match up Quotation recall Article with active reading tasks Key extract to annotate Assess the model answer against the success criteria Write your own paragraoh

A cover resource focused on Romeo and Juliet up to Act 2 Scene 2. The reosurce is designed to last an hour, recalling previous knowledge. They will: Complete the timeline of evets task Recall questions Draw and label the balcony scene write a diary entry using the success criteria

A stand alone lesson on descriptive writing. Fully scaffolded, and designed to allow for minimal teacher input. Students will: Match the vocabulary to its definition Match the sentences to the technique Plan a four paragraph piece of writing using the success criteria

Cover worksheet including an extract from Roald Dahl’s The Witches. Aimed at KS3. Included full set of comprehension questions and a creative storyboard task. Enough to fill an hour.

A resource based around Edgar Allan Po’s poem “Alone”. Designed to be used as a stand alone cover lesson. Fully scaffolded for minimal teacher guidance. Pupils will look at: Connotation chains Read the poem and fill in the annotation questions Explode a quote PETER Paragraph

Series of lessons with resources based on the ‘cycling’ past paper from AQA. With worked/guided examples of moving through the bands.

A cover resource based on a short extract from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Designed to span 1-2 lessons and requires little teacher intrevention. Each task has space to be completed on the worksheet. Students will: Read the extract Complete the vocabulary task Answer the true or false statements Fill in the blanks with the appropriate word Draw and label the monster Write a short diary entry from the perspective of the monster

A fully scaffolded worksheet aimed at KS3, leading them up to writing a descriptive piece based on an image of the beach. Tasks include: Vocabulary match-up WAGOL with language devices spotting task Sensory language planning grid Three paragraph plan

A fully resourced lesson focusing on the Nurse considering: How she is presented as a character Her relationship with Juliet Comparisons to Friar Lawrence The Nurse’s role in the union

A series of 12 lessons working through skills for AQA Language Paper 1 on the topic of sci fi and dystopia. Extracts include 1984, Fahrenheit 451, The Time Machine, The Road. Also includes resources for the Nov 2018 paper on ‘A Sound of Thunder’. Covers all skills Q1-4, including mark schemes and indicative content. The writing section focuses on sci fi film trailers and extracts, working up to an extended piece of writing.

A stand alone extract based cover resource looking at Mrs Havisham from Great Expectations. Pupils will be provided with an extract to read and three tasks to complete, there is more than enough here for one lesson, could be split over two with the addition of peer marking their task three’s: Task One: Comprehension Questions Task Two: Label the image with Quotations Task Three: Continue the narrative

Fully scaffolded essay planning sheet for the question: How are the effects of war presented in Remains and one other poem? Designed for exam practice for the AQA Poetry Anthology element. Good resource for MA LA/ Revision/ Homework.

A set of cards outlining the key events in Romeo and Juliet. Students to order them chronologically.

A stand alone extract based cover resource looking at the characterisation of Mrs Pratchett from Roald Dahl’s ‘Boy’. Pupils will be provided with an extract to read and four tasks to complete, there is more than enough here for one lesson: Task One: Vocabulary match-up- Match the words to their correct definitions Task Two: Evidence - List all the quotes that show Mrs Pratchett to be an unhygienic character Task Three: Comprehension Questions Task Four: Evaluate the statement

TWO LESSONS A fully resourced lesson focusing on Chapter 5 of the novel. The lesson focuses on the character of Gollum, and the adjectives Tolkien uses to characterize him. Pupils will: read the relevant chapter Recall Gollum’s key characteristics Complete two extract based tasks Write their own short descriptive piece