A step by step guide / plan for creative writing task to help students write using a prompt. This will help with the GCSE section B of Language Paper 1 task or for the independent school creative exam revision.

This is step by step guide and worksheet that can help students analyse language and to be able to develop the skills they need to identify the writer’s craft and devices used by the writer. It will aslo help students look in-depth into the effect of the devices the writer uses on the reader. It can help with both AQA language paper 1 question 2 and language paper 2 question 3 and Edexcel Language paper 1 and paper 2 both question 3. It helps students to develop how to write a PETERZ paragraph.

This is an AQA exam style question on Emigree about memory. It gives students the opportunity to look at the poems from a different angle and to compare it to other Power and conflict poems like Poppies, Remains, Ozymandias, Prelude, War Photographer and many more. It will also help to introduce students to exam questions which they can practice before doing their mock.

Full Language Paper 1 using a text from Lord Of the Flies which can be helpful for both language and literature revision.

A step by step guide / plan for creative writing task to help students write using a prompt. This will help with the GCSE section B of Language Paper 1 task or for the independent school creative exam revision.

This is a very clear and detailed power point which annotates and explains what the poem is all about. Many people shy away from this poem and they struggle with this poem but it is actually a really lovely, deep and insightful poem with a lot of hidden meaning in it. This power point would help prepare students for their GCSE exam and it would help them understand the poem better.

Edexcel relationship annotated “manhunt” poem with MILES analysis too. It helps aid the teaching of this poem and enables the students to fully annotate the poem and identify terminology. Very useful, informative and visual power point. This is aimed at all abilities including pupils with SEN.

This is a worksheet/activity based on an extract from Lord of the Flies and it can be given to students to practice /analyse language and to be able to independently identify the writer’s craft and devices used by the writer. It will aslo help students practice how to look in-depth into the effect of the devices the writer uses on the reader. It can be used for both AQA language paper 1 question 2 and language paper 2 question 3 and Edexcel Language paper 1 and paper 2 both question 3.

This is a resource which helps students to understand how to answer and structure their answer in a constructive way to help them gain better marks. It is also helpful in building their confidence when introducing students to GCSE.

An activity with a newspaper template to help students prepare for section B of the Language Paper 2 writing task. This would help students to become familiar with what to include in an article like a headline and how to create catchy and interesting headlines. This worksheet has an example of the task which can be used as a guide for students and then students can develop their own writing skills. It can also be used as differentiated work while more able students can write their article on lined paper or they can start off on the template given and then expand more on lined paper. This can also be used to help those preparing for their entrance exam.

This is an AQA style exam question looking at the character of Mr Utterson in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. It helps students to look at the importance of friendship, appearance and reputation during the Victorian era and in the book.

AQA power and conflict poetry exam style question based on Storm on the Island and looking at the power of nature. This is a poetry exam style question which can help students to be able to develop their exam skills giving them more practice as practice makes progress. It helps students to become familiar with the seen poetry question and what they are expected to include in the exam. This can be used in the lesson to help students to become more familiar with the style of the exam and also to help them build / focus on skills they need for poetry.

An Inspector Calls exam question and a top grade examplar/sample answer on how priestly uses the character of the Inspector to suggest ways that society could be improved. This work sheet has two sides to it and it will help students answer an exam style question on An Inspector Calls. It is a past question which students can answer and then it also has a sample top grade answer which I get my students to mark as an additional activity after they have answered the exam question. The sample answer is there for them to identify what is good about the answer and to compare it to their own answer and it can also be discussed in class as a whole class activity. It has the mark scheme and points that can be included in the answer.

A poetry worksheet that helps students understand how to analyze a poem and what to look for when reading / analyzing a poem. This is aimed at all abilities and pupils with SEN (low cognition and learning) can complete the annotation and other abilities can complete the other questions in more details / paragraphs.

An AQA language paper 1 based on Harry Potter. This is a full paper which covers both the reading and creative writing part of the exam and it helps students to be able to develop their exam skills giving them more practice as practice makes progress. This can be used over two lessons to help students to become more familiar with the style of the exam and also to help them build on / focus on skills they need for Language paper 1.

Two work sheets to help students develop the skill to be able to use different sentence types effectively in creative and transactional writing. It can be used to help the lower ability students and younger students. It has a storyboard and a paragraph task with pictures as prompts. This can help students develop the skills they need for their writing tasks.

This is a very useful tool which will help ensure and track student’s understanding of any Shakespeare play. It breaks each section into the relevant AO (assessment objective) to enable students know and understand the AOs better. It is a good add on to any Shakespeare play lesson and teachers can use this to monitor student’s understanding and progress.

This is a resource which can be used to introduce students to poetry / unseen poetry and it will help students learn how to identify poetic devices in a poem and helps them to practice how to write better analysis of the poem.

This is a resource which can be used to introduce students to unseen poetry and it will help students learn how to identify poetic devices in a poem and helps them to write better analysis of the poem. This can be useful for pupils with SEN.

This is a resource which can be used to introduce students to poetry / unseen poetry. A poetry worksheet that helps students understand how to analyze a poem and what to look for when reading / analyzing a poem. This is aimed at all abilities and pupils with SEN (low cognition and learning) can complete the annotation and other abilities can complete the other questions in more details / paragraphs.