Support your GCSE students practise their Language Paper 1 Section A skills with these ‘I’m the King of the Castle’ questions and exemplars. The resource is fully editable, so if the highlighted sections don’t work for you, you can just revert to plain text. I hope you found this resource helpful! Feedback would be gratefully received :)

This is a list of all the challenging and interesting vocabulary from Stave 3 of Dickens’ novella. I assigned a word to each of my students during the register for them to define and write example sentences as a challenge. While we read and annotate, their job is to teach the class what their word means, then we explore the effects. I hope you found this resource helpful! Feedback would be gratefully received :)

This is a list of all the challenging and interesting vocabulary from Stave 2 of Dickens’ novella. I assigned a word to each of my students during the register for them to define and write example sentences as a challenge. While we read and annotate, their job is to teach the class what their word means, then we explore the effects. I hope you found this resource helpful! Feedback would be gratefully received :)

Use this PPT to show a complete I DO response to the question: How and why does Sheila change in An Inspector Calls? Develop procedural knowledge to foster confidence. Look out for WE DO and YOU DO, coming soon!

This lesson PowerPoint and extract is perfect for teaching Language Paper 2 skills, as it calls on the non-fiction writing of George Orwell, with rhetorical techniques/persuasive devices to lead to the creation of an Anti-bullying speech. I hope you found this resource helpful! Feedback would be gratefully received :)

With this detailed PowerPoint and comprehensive worksheet, your students can explore the Shakespearean villain to the full, no matter their ability or familiarity with the play. The focus is on language and stagecraft, but the success criteria allows for flexibility. I hope you found this resource helpful! Feedback would be gratefully received :)

These are two editable answers to the exam-style question: Compare how poets explore the consequences of conflict in ‘Remains’ and one other poem from Power and Conflict Allow your students to assess the examples using the mark scheme and then improve the responses. I hope you found this resource helpful! Feedback would be gratefully received :)

Ease your class into exploring their contrasting viewpoints with this writing to argue Powerpoint and worksheet. It would work well as preparation for Question 5 of Language Paper 2 Section B. Also, it would suit any persuasive-writing unit. I hope you found this resource helpful! Feedback would be gratefully received :)

This is a great worksheet, which can be used as a template for any stanza or quotation. I use this Powerpoint and worksheet as an introductory activity at the end of Year 9 in preparation for starting the anthology poetry for GCSE in the Autumn term Year 10. I hope you found this resource helpful! Feedback would be gratefully received :)

Teach your class the layout of a script while studying drama, or let them practise adaptations of their favourite novel with this simple but effective example adapted from Chapter 8 of Morpurgo’s War Horse. I hope you found this resource helpful! Feedback would be gratefully received :)

This is a handout I created for a virtual DIRT lesson during lockdown, but I’ve since used it as a success criteria for Of Mice and Men analysis practise for my top set year 9 group. As the resource is fully editable, you could simplify down if need be. I hope you found this resource helpful! Feedback would be gratefully received :)

These are some colourful and eye-catching English Literature Assessment Objective Posters, which were inspired by something similar, but for Language. The aim is that students are tempted by the culinary delights and subconsciously learn the various objectives required by the exam! I hope you found this resource helpful! Feedback would be gratefully received :)

This ‘A Christmas Carol’ changes extract and analysis table is an activity to practise exam skills as well as deep analysis. Students can work in small groups to analyse a quotation from the extract from Stave 5 and then feedback to the class so that everyone has complete analysis tables. I hope you found this resource helpful! Feedback would be gratefully received :)