Practice questions and guide for teachers to follow or for independent practice for comparing texts. This is practice for Pearson ELC English 3 but can be used as an introduction to comparing texts for KS3-4.

A model response on The Cuckoo’s Calling for Q3 structure AQA English Language Paper 1.

Guidance on close reading Dystopian extracts mainly for Alevel students, but can be used for KS4 too.

A lesson and two worksheets unpacking the ideas and meaning behind Kipling’s poem. These resources were designed for SEN students, but can be easily adaptable for students of any ability in KS3/4.

Two articles on schools banning junk food. Useful practice for Edexcel English Language Paper 2 Q7a and Q7b with scaffolds and model answers to guide students.

A Q8 practice question for students taking Edexcel English Language Paper 2 (or any exam board paper that requires them to practise transactional writing). I have included a speech plan with some writing prompts and also a student’s model answer, who later on went to acheive 30/40 for this question in their real GCSE exam.

Useful for Y9-Y11 introducing how to make decisions when facing moral dilemmas whilst playing the Trial by Trolley game (if so definitely check through the game cards before presenting them to your classes!) or presenting your students with a range of moral dilemma scenarios. In the bundle are resources for self-assessment, a linguistic technique grid to make arguments powerful and sentence stems/scaffolds for students to use. Easily adaptable for all abilities.

A worksheet with questions breaking down language,form, structure and ideas in the poems ‘Grannie’ by Vernon Scannell and ‘Seeing Granny’ by James Berry. This question is from the Edexcel English Literature Paper 2 June 2022 exam paper. The poems are attached to the worksheet as well as the exam question for unseen poetry practice. Please let me know if this helpful!

A table with questions used to help students to clearly compare non-fiction texts. Easy to adapt for different abilities and a really useful tool for helping students make connections between non-fiction texts.

A poem to introduce the topic of why it is important to study world literature. My students really enjoyed thinking about the poem’s message and how it can apply to their study of literature. Hope it helps you too!