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.

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.

An complete essay comparing the ‘effects of war’ using Duffy’s War Photographer’ and Garland’s ‘Kamikaze’.

A modelled response answering the question How does Russell present the theme of childhood and growing up? Meets all level 6 criteria on mark scheme. Roughly level 8.

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 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)

Over 400 slides of lessons for ‘Wonder’ by R.J.Palacio. Lessons cover a range of reading and writing learning objectives. All models and resources included. Originally aimed at my Y7 mid-high ability set. Plenty of embedded non fiction and lots of references to British values.

An exemplar response for AQA P2 Q5. ‘Gender inequality is everyone’s problem’. Write a letter to the Government arguing for or against this statement. Used for higher ability students to help them reach 7-9.

A non fiction task 13 page booklet using 3 war and conflict themed extracts: Statement against war by Siegfried Sassoon Happy to see a heater: at Al Jaleel camp, Syria by Amy Christian ‘The British Army is your Army’ From the British Army website. Contains comprehension and analysis questions for each extract. Provides ‘I do’ model for each extract and room for ‘We do’ and ‘You do’. Ideal for use alongside war/conflict themed novel or poetry study or for use as a cover work booklet.

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.

A vocabulary sheet for improving non-fiction writing. Contains connectives, modal and imperative verbs, words and idioms to express a range of feelings, and intensifiers.

An unseen poetry booklet made to accompany study of AQA English Literature Paper 2. Includes the following: Mark schemes for Q27.1 and 27.2 Knowledge organiser (language, form and structure) Essay writing structures Collections of paired themed poems (winter, climate change, love and relationships, war). Planning boxes for each poem and question. Male AND female poets.

PPT and resources for teaching Susan Hill's Woman in Black. Originally used with second set Y11. Plenty of lessons exploring the themes and ideas of novel with analysis of key devices used by Hill.

A worksheet used with KS3 for a cover lesson on the American Dream. 3 differentiated tasks around an extract.

A powerpoint used to deliver a training session on plenaries. Uses ACRE to consider how plenaries are best used in lessons. Includes a quiz about what makes an effective plenary and top tips for trainees/NQTs when planning their own plenaries.

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.

AQA Language Paper 1 Section A Q1-4 mock exam Based on extract from A Christmas Carol

Help sheet for writing simple, compound and both types of complex sentences. Useful for printing and laminating for a classroom resource.