A varied range of resources to teach and prepare GCSE students for a creative writing essay after reading the play (Phillip Pullman) or novel (Mary Shelley) of Frankenstein Includes Scheme of Work and teaching materials with essay and essay writing plan. There is also a worksheet and essay writing framework for Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird.

Activities to encouarge learning and thinking USeful for all - and staff!

A resource this presentation concentrates on improving the quality of creative writing - could also be adapted for GCSE. It employs the Writing And Reading Assessment Foci (AF) and is focused on students moving to level 5 of these.

This resource has a Jeopardy style quiz focusing on the layout and presentational devices that may be expected in texts used in the GCSE Language exam

This resource contains a lesson presentation on writing to argue. It examines a text created with the purpose of arguing and provides a GCSE writing task based on developing an argument

ppt exploring gcse exam task writing to explain

This resource provides exam preparation for the AQA GCSE writing task of writing to inform. It considers some of the language devises employed by texts with the purpose to inform and how they may to used to good effect on the text's audience.

A resource for those studying the novel Of Mice and Men. It is focused on an examination of the language used by John Steinbeck in the killing of Curley’s wife.

Exam preparation materials focusing on John Steinbeck's novel Of Mice and Men including essay planning and revision game

A resource that shows the English reading and writing app levels for KS3 it could be used as a starter or focusing activity or printed off as display

Teaching resources and lessons on Witch Child by Ceelia Rees. Two presentations that provide contextual information and a speaking and listening task, based on witch trials, also includes a worksheet with writing activities, research task and reading activities

This resource contains helpful pictures to use as a wall display when teaching Animal Farm by George Orwell

This ready to use Shakespeare resource contains a series of quotes and character names from William Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night that may be used as a classroom display - hope these are helpful.

Focus on punctation and correction Works really well on screen for students

Punctuation activities

A resource providing a useful sheet for students to choose their own essay question on Arthur Miller's The Crucible. It includes GCSE grade level descriptor.

This resource provides a lesson focussed on apartheid and how it connects to Robert Swindells' novel Daz 4 Zoe>

Quiz on Shakespeare - students answer True or false

Quiz on the Ghost of Thomas Kempe novel P Lively

A cross curricular project between English and ICT focusing on Food, healthy eating and ICT skills

Focused GCSE question Exam work Aqa A langauge