GCSE English Language Paper 1: Magical Realism – Full lesson plan and teacher Notes and Analysis using the flash fiction story Fly Over by Jen Julian. This resource provides an in-depth analysis of the magical realism features in Fly Over by Jen Julian, offering a comprehensive guide for teaching GCSE students. Key aspects include: Scaffolded activities enabling students at all levels to succeed. Encourages reflective and critical thinking using a source text that is rich with symbolism and meaning. Introduces magical realism. Suggested Student Questions offer insight into the key themes, such as the mystery surrounding the survivors’ silence and the societal response to trauma. The resource also suggests differentiation strategies, such as providing sentence starters for support or challenging students to compare this text with other magical realism works. Ideal for teaching GCSE English Language, this resource helps students engage with key magical realism techniques and prepares them for Paper 1.

GCSE An Inspector Calls resource pack: key quotes, context, themes, analysis tasks & scaffolds to boost AO1–3 skills. Ideal for revision or lessons. This detailed GCSE English Literature resource is perfect for exploring An Inspector Calls through key quotations. It includes a concise crib sheet summarising plot, characters, themes, and context; an engaging quote analysis table; an extension task with creative and analytical prompts; and sentence starters to support PEE responses. Designed to develop skills across AO1, AO2, and AO3, this pack is ideal for revision, classwork, or homework. Scaffolds and discussion-based elements make it suitable for mixed-ability groups. Includes: Key context and theme overview Quote analysis worksheet Creative and dramatic extension tasks Sentence starters for structured responses Links to curated online resources A ready-to-use, adaptable lesson with high impact and low prep!

A creative writing worksheet for AQA English Language Paper 1, Section B. Supports students in planning and writing a full short story. This fully scaffolded resource helps students plan and write an imaginative short story based around the intriguing theme of mysterious doors. Designed to build confidence and creativity, it develops key writing skills including crafting narrative openings, using sensory description, and structuring stories effectively. Perfect for: AQA GCSE English Language (Paper 1, Section B) KS4 creative writing lessons Revision sessions Cover lessons Homework or independent tasks What’s included: 1x printable pdf Story planning scaffold (Exposition → Resolution) Narrative prompts and modelled opening lines First and third person writing practice Peer/self-review section Extension activity with image-based prompts

A GCSE English writing resource designed to create an interesting character. This resource can be used either in class for whole class teaching, as a group activity or independently by pupils. It provides an easy step-by-step scaffolded approach with three activities each of which build upon each other. There are readings and questions designed to raise awareness of what an interesting character looks like, providing an experiential approach. The first writing task is scaffolded, enabling pupils to develop a character using images and questions. It is designed to be easy to use and accessible to all levels of ability, supporting pupils to enjoy creating their well-realised, interesting and believable fictional character. The ‘show me what you have learnt’ element of the activity is to write a letter as the character they have created using the planning they have done. There is an example to go alongside this. Next steps: Pupils should be able to call upon this simple but effective method when asked to describe a character or to write character-based fiction.