This is a unit of work preparing students for their AQA Paper 1 English Language exam. Now updated for the 2026 examination. A PowerPoint for every lesson guides teachers (and students) through all the activities. Also included are all the handouts of extracts and resources referred to. Covers all the requirements of this exam.
This is a Language Paper 1 Skills Booklet for the AQA specification which students use along with an accompanying teacher PowerPoint. Guide students through every question and allow them the opportunity to complete exercises and then look at model answers.
The text used is an extract from Life of Pi
There are two versions included - one for the current specification and another, adapted to reflect the changes for 2026.
Great for revision in class or setting as a homework activity.
This PowerPoint presentation helps to prepare students for the Unseen Poetry questions in the English Literature exam. Students should first watch Mr Bruff's videos (available on YouTube) - summary of what he says and copies of Nettles and Brothers provided. Further prompt questions to help students analyse My Parents, which they then compare to Tich Miller. Also practice assessments looking at Visiting Hour and Evans as well as Sparrow and Terrorist. Student booklet with copies of all the poems and practice questions included.
This is a single worksheet to support students revising the character of Banquo. All questions can easily be answered using a copy of the play or other online revision resources. All answers are provided on a separate sheet. Suitable as a revision activity in a lesson or as a homework task.
Macbeth is available as a free resource - further character revision sheets can be purchased separately or as a bundle. These revision sheets are included in the Macbeth Revision Activity Booklet which is also available for purchase.
This is a PowerPoint presentation and accompanying student worksheet to guide students towards planning and writing an answer in preparation for their GCSE exam. Includes an explanation of how the exam question is assessed and a step by step approach to planning an exam answer using the EASY acronym. In this unit students explore the demise of Macbeth (dagger scene) and Lady Macbeth as evil (Act 1 Scene 7). Other essay plans can be purchased separately or as a bundle.
This is a PowerPoint presentation which guides students through the exam requirements for answering questions 1 to 4 of the Paper 1 Language exam. There are prompt questions, annotated extracts and sample answers provided. Uses an extract from The Life of Pi. Student question and answer booklet also included.
This PowerPoint presentation guides students through a number of activities designed to help them create an answer for the question 4 part of the examination. Uses Tokyo by Graham Marks. Extract included for students to annotate.
This work booklet guides students through a practice paper for their AQA Language Paper 2 Examination. This booklet uses two texts: Extract from I Am Malala, a memoir by Malala Yousafzai and extract from Margaret Oliphant’s autobiography. The booklet gives students key pointers and guidance on how to achieve the highest marks. Mark scheme also included.
A PowerPoint presentation and accompanying extracts to support students in preparing for the comparison question for the Paper 2 examination. Students look at how to compare different extracts and then annotate their copies. Focuses on comparing how writers' perspectives of war are presented using A Soldier's Declaration and Guns in the Distance. Also explores the different experiences of prison using Henry Mayhew visits a prison and Alex Cavendish goes back to prison. There is a final assessment comparing different views of childhood using Why we shouldn't wrap our children in cotton wool and London Labour and the Labour Poor.
A PowerPoint presentation and accompanying extracts to support students in preparing for the language question for the Paper 2 examination. Students revise language features and then annotate the extracts. Extracts are The Girl of the Period, A visit to Newgate Prison and Florence Nightingale's Diary. They should learn the skills to develop a top level answer. A final assessment is based on an extract from George Graham Vest's speech to the jury.
A PowerPoint and extracts to support students in preparing for the synthesis question for the Paper 2 examination. They compare the experiences of prisons using Source A Newgate Gaol and Source B Diary of a modern prisoner. They then go on to compare experiences of shopping using Source A London Labour and the London Poor and Source B Inside the supermarkets' dark stores.
This PowerPoint presentation guides students through a practice paper for questions 1 to 4 of the Paper 2 Language examination. It explores writers' views and perspectives regarding holidays, using an article from The Guardian and a letter written by George Gissing. Presentation includes all answers. Student question/answer booklet also included.
This is part 3 of a unit of work preparing students for their AQA Paper 1 English Language exam. 2 PowerPoints guide teachers (and students) through all the activities. Also included are all the handouts of extracts referred to. In these lessons students are introduced to the requirements for question 4. The extracts used are ‘Brighton Rock’ and ‘The Girl on the Train’.
An overview of the whole Unit of Work is also included.
Each lesson/PowerPoint includes a Knowledge Retrieval activity and a Hinge Point Question.
The first 4 PowerPoints are available for free. Other lessons can be purchased separately or are available as a bundle.
In this Power Point there are a variety of questions, logic puzzles and riddles to encourage student to think. Ideal as a starter/bell activity or as a registration activity. Each question should get students thinking and even stimulate further discussion. This version is free. If you like the format, you can purchase the full version with 101 different questions and activities.
This PowerPoint presentation guides students through a line by line analysis of the William Wordsworth poem. There are further notes on linking the poem to Storm on the Island (exploring the Power of nature) and a revision summary slide.
There are 5 separate worksheets and accompanying PowerPoints to support students revising the play, Macbeth. There is a ‘Revise the Plot’ activity in which students have to delete two of the three alternatives given to find the correct plot; 10 ‘Who? What? Why? When? Where? How?’ questions to further develop understanding; 4 ‘Who says?’ questions and additional questions about either parallel lines or themes in the play. All answers are provided on the PowerPoints which can be used as complete revision lessons; allowing the teacher go through each task and then the answers with the whole class. Also suitable as a homework task.
Act 1 is available as a free resource.
This PowerPoint presentation guides students through questions 1 to 3 of the AQA Language Paper 1. It has been updated to reflect the 2026 examination.
Includes model answers, recall activities and guided annotation.
The extract used is Ian McEwan's A Child in Time. There is also a student handout included.
This is an interactive random question generator for GCSE English students. Ideal for a starter or plenary activity, it develops students' recall skills in preparation for their Literature exams. Simply click to generate 5 questions of any of the 4 topics and then click to reveal the answers. In this sample version there are 20 revision questions for each of the following: Macbeth, An Inspector Calls, Jekyll & Hyde and Conflict Poetry. A full editable version with 100 questions for each topic is available to purchase. Questions cover key quotations, plot details and general knowledge relevant to each topic.
PowerPoint presentation to support teaching students how to link the poems together in response to themed questions. Teaches students how to structure an exam answer. Each slide then serves as a revision guide for two poems - notes on form and structure; language and feelings and attitudes. Student handouts also included. Poems and themes are: Reality of conflict (Bayonet Charge and Exposure); Negative feelings (London and Checking Out Me History; Effects of conflict (Poppies and War Photographer); Power of nature (The Prelude and Storm on the Island); Memories (Remains and Kamikaze); Power of humans (My Last Duchess and Tissue).