5 exemplar responses for GCSE English Language descriptive writing. Each is written in response to a descriptive writing prompt. Used with top sets as examples of successful writing. mysterious situation peaceful setting abandoned setting inside of a house happiness

A sheet with ambitious vocabulary for students. Used to improve their vocabulary in creative writing. Categorised as follows: words for smells, tastes, feels, sounds, buildings, big, small, walk, weather.

A full grade 9 essay comparing conflict in Exposure and Bayonet. Thesis + 3 big idea paragraphs. Ideal for using as an example after teaching Power and Conflict cluster to students at KS4.

A grade 5/6 exemplar article about snow for AQA Language P2 Q5. Useful to help students see what they need to do to secure a good pass.

An exemplar response for AQA P2 Q5. ‘Climate change is the most important issue facing the planet. We must act reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions before it is too late’. Write a speech persuading people to change their lifestyles and help reduce emissions. Used for higher ability students to help them reach grades 7-9.

A grade 8/9 descriptive writing response to an image. Uses highly ambitious vocabulary, sentence structure and punctuation. Uses a wide range of complex linguistic features successfully. Description of an image of a car graveyard (image attached to response)

A two-sided revision sheet for students to use prior to their mock/ summer exam for AQA Literature Paper 1. This sheet is focused on A Christmas Carol and Macbeth. Includes example thesis statements, key quotations and context, and four practice questions for each text.

A set of structure strips/ bookmarks to help lower ability students in structuring their narratives for Q5. Uses the 5 s’s (setting, show character, senses, show off, sentences) to aid students in producing a 5 paragraph narrative. Can be stuck in books and written alongside of, or laminated and kept in books.

Two A3 worksheets for the AQA Power and Conflict cluster 1x Comparing the power of nature in Exposure and Storm on the Island 1x Comparing conflict in War Photographer and Remains Perfect for independent work after covering all the poems

A PowerPoint to use with Y11 as revision for Literature Paper 1, ACC and Macbeth. Contains key questions for both exams and speed planning templates. Can be completed together with classes which need more support, or as independent revision tasks with those that are more able.

An example essay for AQA GCSE LIterature style question about Macbeth’s state of mind

Two AQA paper 1 Q4 practices One based on ‘Go Set a Watchman’ and the other based on the new Bond novel, ‘Carte Blanche’.

A literacy mat that can be printed and laminated. Pupils will benefit from the use of this and become independent learners and self-correctors. Can be used on tables or on a "help wall".

An exemplar Grade 8 response for AQA Paper 1 Q5 using cyclical structure. Written in response to an image of a train platform. This is my own interpretation of the level 4 mark scheme and how I believe that a student can achieve the higher marks on this question. Please note that this is my own writing and is for use in the classroom. It should not be shared or published online without permission.

A single lesson used in a job interview to teach Shakespearean sonnets (evaluating to what extent they conform to or subvert traditional love sonnet). Uses prologue to R+J, Sonnet 18 and Sonnet 130.

Full 42 lesson SOW Reading and Writing objectives Several lesson options for each LO. Non fiction texts and video resources included

A Macbeth worksheet using I do We do You do structure to help guide students towards writing a full GCSE essay on the theme of the supernatural. Thesis and three ‘big ideas’ already written for students + one full model paragraph linked to the first idea. There is room for students and teacher to complete We Do together for the second idea, before students independently plan and complete the third on the final page.

A worksheet on declarative, imperative, exclamatory and interrogative sentences. Students label each sentence type and then have a go at changing one sentence type to another.

A worksheet of key quotations in a table with room for analysis. Ideal for revision.

An extract from 'Animal Farm' by George Orwell and an accompanying Language Paper 1 Q4.