Two grade 8/9 Romeo and Juliet essays: Explore how Shakespeare presents violence in Romeo and Juliet. Explore to what extent Shakespeare presents Juliet as a mature young woman. Each essay includes guidance on how to structure each section. I have also included an annotated copy, with a success criteria linked to the GCSE assessment objectives. These model responses have worked brilliantly with higher ability KS4 classes.

This revision sheet covers key knowledge required for success in writing about Othello at A Level. It covers all of the A Level assessment objectives by including specific reference to methods, contextual factors, literary connections and literary criticism, as well as key ideas and references related to characters. This resource has been honed after several years of teaching this play to ensure it covers the most useful content as concisely as possible.

A Band 5 model essay answering the AQA A Level November 2021 question on love and loyalty in Othello. This essay has been colour coded to reflect the Assessment Objectives assessed at A Level.

This resource condenses all of the key things to revise for Romeo and Juliet onto one sheet. It covers AO1, AO2, and AO3 and includes key references, methods, ideas and contextual information on Love; Violence; Parents; Romeo and Juliet; Fate; The Nurse and Friar Lawrence; Mercutio and Tybalt; and Women . This has been honed after several years of teaching this play and achieving consistently high results at GCSE.

Three detailed mind maps - one for each text - with revision organised in relation to the AQA GCSE assessment objectives. A Christmas Carol Romeo and Juliet Blood Brothers

This resource condenses all of the key things to revise for Blood Brothers onto one sheet. It covers AO1, AO2, and AO3 and includes key references, methods, ideas and contextual information on Class; Education; Crime; Mothers; The Narrator; Linda; Friendship, family and growing up; and Fate, tragedy and superstition. This has been honed after several years of teaching this play and achieving consistently high results at GCSE.

Three high level but accessible example responses on Blood Brothers modelling an approach to essay writing at GCSE, designed for all students with targets 4-9. These essays explore class, motherhood and role models.

Three responses on Power and Conflict poetry covering the key themes: Nature - Storm on the Island and Exposure Human Power - Ozymandias and London Conflict - Remains and Bayonet Charge. These are high level essays but are clearly structured and suitable to use as models for students with targets ranging 4-9.

This editable booklet is designed for students to practise planning and writing extended essays about A Christmas Carol in preparation for an assessment or exam. The booklet is suitable to be used either independently by the student for revision at home or as the the resource for a series of revision lessons leading up to an assessment. It would also be perfect for individual tutoring. The aim is to encourage resilience and confidence in planning and writing essays. It is designed to practise the skill of essay writing rather than to revise content. It includes some contextual information, reference recall, planning advice, and questions and sentence starters for several practice essays. This resource is suitable for students of all abilities but will be particularly useful for students aiming for Grades 4-7 at GCSE.

Two grade 8/9 A Christmas Carol essays: How does Dickens present ideas about family and poverty? How does Dickens use the supernatural in A Christmas Carol? Each essay includes guidance on what to include, with colour coding linked to skills and assessment objectives. These model responses have worked brilliantly with higher ability KS4 classes, but could easily be shortened or adapted.

This resource is designed to complement teaching of AQA A Level Literature Specification A, but will be useful to anyone teaching/studying Othello. This power point contains three essay tasks to set as homework, including planning tasks, model paragraphs, and links to useful external resources, to encourage independence. These resources could also be used within the classroom to develop analytical writing skills.

This powerpoint contains a series of ten lessons which build a toolkit for students to complete a highly effective piece of narrative/descriptive writing. This is particularly useful for AQA Language Paper 1 Section B. It builds skills in: Creating character Using varied sentence types Using varied sentence openings Using ambitious vocabulary Using figurative language Using semantic fields Using symbolism Using tense effectively Structure Suitable for ages 14 and upwards. I have had to remove images of characters for copyright reasons but have added descriptions to each slide where the image has been removed so you can quickly find your own image to use.

This editable booklet is designed for students to practise planning and writing extended essays about Blood Brothers in preparation for an assessment or exam. The booklet is designed to be used either independently by the student for revision at home or as the the resource for a series of revision lessons leading up to an assessment. It would also be perfect for individual tutoring. The booklet is designed to encourage resilience and confidence in planning and writing essays. It is designed to practise the skill of essay writing rather than to revise content. It includes some contextual information, reference recall, planning advice, and questions and sentence starters for several practice essays. This resource is suitable for students of all abilities but will be particularly useful for students aiming for Grades 4-7 at GCSE.

This editable booklet is designed for students to practise planning and writing extended essays about Power and Conflict Poetry in preparation for an assessment or exam. The booklet is designed to be used either independently by the student for revision at home or as the the resource for a series of revision lessons leading up to an assessment. It would also be perfect for individual tutoring. The booklet is designed to encourage resilience and confidence in planning and writing essays. It is designed to practise the skill of essay writing rather than to revise content. It includes some contextual information, reference recall, planning advice, and questions and sentence starters for several practice essays. This resource is suitable for students of all abilities but will be particularly useful for students aiming for Grades 4-7 at GCSE.

This editable booklet is designed for students to practise planning and writing extended essays about Blood Brothers in preparation for an assessment or exam. The booklet is suitable to be used either independently by the student for revision at home or as the the resource for a series of revision lessons leading up to an assessment. It would also be perfect for individual tutoring. The aim is to encourage resilience and confidence in planning and writing essays. It is designed to practise the skill of essay writing rather than to revise content. It includes some contextual information, reference recall, planning advice, and questions and sentence starters for several practice essays. This resource is suitable for students of all abilities but will be particularly useful for students aiming for Grades 4-7 at GCSE.

This editable booklet is designed for students to practise planning and writing persuasive arguments for Section B of their AQA Paper 2 Language Exam. It includes three example responses following an easy to use format and several activities to practise planning and writing similar responses. The booklet is suitable to be used either independently by the student for revision at home or as the the resource for a series of revision lessons leading up to an assessment. It would also be perfect for individual tutoring. This resource is suitable for students of all abilities but will be particularly useful for students aiming for Grades 4-7 at GCSE.

A revision resource covering key ideas for AO1, AO2 and AO3 in the poems Remains, War Photographer, Bayonet Charge, Charge of the Light Brigade, Exposure, and Poppies.

A comparative essay on Bayonet Charge and remains designed to provide a modelled approach for all students with targets 4-9.

‘Typically, all marriages and relationships contain an element of jealousy’. In light of this view, discuss how jealousy is presented in this extract and elsewhere in the play. (Extract from Act 3, Scene 3, lines 339-442) This resource includes the first two paragraphs of an A Level Literature essay, designed to encourage students to build a perceptive and assured line of argument. It then contains several prompts to encourage students to develop the argument using their own ideas.

A sheet of key references for A Christmas Carol which includes methods and what you could say about each reference. Designed to revise for AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 1.

A sheet of key references for Romeo and Juliet which includes methods and what you could say about each reference. Designed to revise for AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 1.