Simple, straightforward revision guide for AQA English Language Papers 1 and 2 focusing on how to use the language of the mark schemes to your advantage. Includes Question 5s. Can be used in tandem with any paper.

A simple resource exploring the basic word classes. This is an easily differentiatable resource. The PDF and editable Word docs are attached.

Scaffolded lesson on descriptive writing including: SPaG advice Planning Step-by-step focus on the description question Writing tips Mark Scheme Easily differentiated Adaptable to other exam boards

Simple essay writing resource for Macbeth on the AQA GCSE syllabus, includes: assessment objectives mark scheme timing and planning introduction and thesis statement essay questions with model student responses practice questions applicable to More and Most Able but can be adapted Word and PDF included

Lesson on demystifying Shakespeare’s language Includes simple tasks on the development of English and iambic pentameter Plot of Macbeth General context Witches in 1.1 and sergeant’s speech 1.2 for whole class annotation Macbeth OCR GCSE exam question Model candidate answer Can be adapted to all exam boards and KS3

All AQA GCSE English Literature Exam Questions 2017-2022 Exam tips and technique Indicative content Ideal for revision Easily adaptable PowerPoint and PDF versions

Detailed lesson on Macbeth Act Five focusing on the key moments includes: The plot of Act Five Crucial moments from the playscript Key Vocabulary Mark Scheme Exam Question

Some quick and easy resources to aid GCSE English Literature students with retrieval practise [and revision] for Macbeth Resource includes Acts One to Five on separate documents, and the whole play on one document.

Differentiated resource for both AQA English Language Papers, section As only Numbered sentence frames to avoid use of complex and often limiting answer formulas Colour-coded model examples provided for all reading questions on both papers Ideal for revision practise

An extended lesson/intervention lesson on narrative and descriptive writing for AQA English Language Paper 1 based on the June 2017 Question 5 - with differentiated tasks and resources.

Straightforward lesson on exam practice for AQA Literature Paper 1 Jekyll and Hyde includes: Quiz with answers Exam technique Mark Scheme Annotated exam extract (Good and Evil) Some context Chapter Breakdown Success Criteria Detailed plan Model introduction and thesis statement

Detailed lesson on how to approach the Hamlet (Drama and Poetry Pre-1900) exam questions, including: Overview of course 2022 grade boundaries Exam questions A&B Candidate responses Mark Scheme Examiner’s commentary Stichomythia extract

AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 1, Macbeth exam question lesson (2.2). It includes: Annotated mark scheme Question extract on the theme of Guilt Detailed historical context- Great Chain of Being, Divine Right of Kings, Gunpowder Plot, Witchcraft Key Vocabulary Pre-annotated exam question (annotations can be deleted) Colour-coded model introduction with thesis statement Colour-coded model paragraph with examiners mark and comments (aimed at Lower ability) Scaffolded paragraph

Detailed AQA GCSE Literature Paper 1 lesson on Jekyll and Hyde exam practice focusing on Utterson’s dream, includes: Basic plot of story for visual learners Chapter list and some contextual overview Quiz with answers Exam technique Mark Scheme Annotated exam extract (Mysterious dream) Success Criteria Detailed plan Model introduction and thesis statement

Lesson focusing on tips on how to approach OCR English Literature A Level Paper 2 Question 5: language analysis, including: 2019&2022 grade boundaries compared Mark scheme Dystopian reading list Dystopian conventions Typical Question 5 based on an extract from Nineteen Eighty-Four THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF OLIGARCHICAL COLLECTIVISM Consolidation questions Easily adaptable

Lesson on AQA GCSE Literature Paper 2 An Inspector Calls Act One Recap. It includes: Form and structure General historical context Key speeches from Act One Detailed plot resource Exam question and model paragraph Sentence starters This can be easily adapted to your class or to other exam boards, hence no AOs on slides

A lesson/lecture covering the socioeconomic conditions of the early modern - English renaissance - era. This can be taught as a masterclass to the Most Able at Year 11, or as general contextual background for an early modern A Level text. The focus in the second part is Macbeth but having personally taught many early modern texts, I know it can easily be adapted to all exam boards for GCSE and A Level.

Lesson providing a general overview of the play includes: Annotated mark scheme and simplified mark scheme Question extract on the theme of Guilt Detailed historical context- Great Chain of Being, Divine Right of Kings, Gunpowder Plot, Witchcraft Key Vocabulary Main and secondary characters - each one explained in snapshot Plot summary and detailed plot resource Pre-annotated exam question on the Sergeant’s speech from 1.2 (annotations can be deleted) Actual student response on the exam question (resource too) Should be used to recap in Year 11

Scaffolded lesson with resources Easy to differentiate Do Now starter Tabloid and Broadsheet articles for analysis of rhetorical devices Worst possible introduction task Adaptable to other exam boards

Scaffolded lesson with resources Easy to differentiate Do Now Articles and video Greta Thunberg UN Speech video and transcript for analysis Planning sheet Adaptable to other exam boards