A complete set of revision mats to be used in lessons or given to students to assist with revision for the new (grade 9-1) AQA GCSE Language and Literature GCSEs. Each mat provides concise but exam tailored support to the new specifications. They take students through each question, show them how to plan and structure their responses, while making sure they demonstrate the assessment objectives. For the Literature mats, specific contexts, quotations and themes are also provided, along with specific literary techniques and key words. The set includes 6 revision mats in total, on the following set texts: GCSE English Language Paper 1 GCSE English Language Paper 2 * GCSE English Literature Paper 1 Section A (Macbeth) GCSE English Literature Paper 1 Section B (A Christmas Carol) GCSE English Literature Paper 2 Section A (An Inspector Calls) GCSE English Literature Paper 2 Section B (Poetry) *The 'sheep' isn't a mnemonic, just a simple way for to the students to mind map their ideas - they draw a squashed sheep with for legs to write their main ideas and the purpose in the middle. It's really just to stress the importance of planning before writing, which a lot of students fail to do. Hard to fit an explanation of this on the original document.

A self reflective activity for a pastoral focus. Can be used by heads of year or form teachers with students as way for them to take charge of their own progress.

A writing to argue planning frame which can be adapted to any topic. It can be used for the new AQA English Language Paper 2 Q5, as it is prompts the students to focus on the assessment objectives when preparing their response. However, it is just as useful for writing activities in KS3. The sample question is on sexism but can be adapted accordingly to a statement of your choice.

This PowerPoint takes students through the process of how to plan and structure their responses for the A Christmas Carol extract question, for the new AQA GCSE English Literature exam (Paper 1). It also provides them with a model response and an opportunity to self-reflect using the mark scheme at the end of the lesson. The focus of the extract is the representation of poverty, when Scrooge observes the Cratchits celebrating Christmas in their home. Print off copies of the extract from slide 6 onto A4 paper, so students can annotate it as they go.

This PowerPoint takes students through the process of how to plan and structure their responses for the Macbeth extract question, for the new AQA GCSE English Literature exam (Paper 1). It also provides them with a modelled response and an opportunity to self-reflect using the mark scheme at the end of the lesson. The focus of the extract is Act 5, Scene 5 (Macbeth's 'tomorrow and tomorrow' speech). Print off copies of the extract from slide 6 onto A4 paper, so students can annotate it as they go.

Double sided Knowledge Organisers for AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1 & Paper 2. These take students through the reading and writing sections of both papers, giving them clear ways to structure their responses and ensure they are focused on what the examiner is looking for. The writing sections provide useful planning tools and examples of key vocabulary and techniques for students to implement into their responses.

A useful worksheet for students to select relevant details from the cluster poems and explain the significance of key quotations. It ensures coverage of all the assessment objectives and enables students to create a comprehensive revision guide of their own. This can be used for any poem.

This lessons shows students how to compare poems in the conflict and power cluster, for the new specification (Eng Lit Paper 2). The stater images can be blown up onto A3 and stuck up around the room or used individually as it is currently (they represent themes to explore different links rather than simply relating to the poems themselves. This lesson also contains an A3 grid to guide students through how to compare two poems and provides them with a top level response and references to the mark scheme from the PPT, which guides you through the lesson. It is aimed at top set students but can be adapted for other ability groups.

A whole lesson revising key quotations and characters from the play in preparation for the new GCSE English Literature exam.

A whole lesson revising the plot and key scenes in the play. The Quiz Quiz trade cards (slides 3 &4) need cutting into strips, for students to go around the classroom and test each other.

A complete lesson taking students through how to answer the new AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1 Q3 , which focuses on how the writer uses structure to interest the reader. This lesson uses an extract from Lord of Flies as an example.

These lessons are ideal for revising the GCSE English Literature AQA Power and Conflict poems with the students in Y11 but can also be adapted for first time teaching. There is one lesson on each of the 15 poems in the AQA Power & Conflict cluster, as well as three integrated comparison lessons. The lessons are sequenced in order, to develop links between the poems, as the students progress through the SOW. Each lesson has clear learning outcomes and key words, then establishes the writer’s ideas and reasons for writing the poem before asking students to analyse three key writer’s methods linked to these (with writer’s methods being something students find most challenging and is often the lowest awarded AO in the examination). The analysis is scaffolded around probing questions, as a way to also promote unseen skills. Each lesson then has a whole class AFL opportunity called ‘consensus’, allowing students to compare and discuss their ideas. Model answers and planning/writing frames are also provided in the three comparison lessons. Copies of the poems are not included for copyright reasons. I suggest students use their AQA anthologies alongside these lessons.

Three exam preparation/revision lessons focused around the assessment objectives for AQA GCSE English Literature: An Inspector Calls The first lesson focuses on contextual issues and the writer's ideas The second lesson focuses on specific methods used by the writer The third lesson focuses on planning and writing a response, giving model responses and a writing frame. Doing these in this order will provide students with a comprehensive review of what's required in the examination for An Inspector Calls.

Three exam preparation/revision lessons focused around the assessment objectives for AQA GCSE English Literature: A Christmas Carol The first lesson focuses on contextual issues and the writer's ideas The second lesson focuses on specific methods used by the writer The third lesson focuses on planning and writing a response, giving model responses and a writing frame. Doing these in this order will provide students with a comprehensive review of what's required in the examination for A Christmas Carol.

A very simple but effective way to get students talking and reflecting on their best ideas. I use it as a plenary activity at the end of the lesson or group activity. Each student contributes an answer and then they discuss which answer they feel is best. This resource can work for pretty much any subject and is easy to adapt if required.

Three exam preparation/revision lessons focused around the assessment objectives for AQA GCSE English Literature: Macbeth The first lesson focuses on contextual issues and the writer's ideas The second lesson focuses on specific methods used by the writer The third lesson focuses on planning and writing a response, giving model responses and a writing frame. Doing these in this order will provide students with a comprehensive review of what's required in the examination for Macbeth.