A super clear 47 slide powerpoint which takes a class through the transformation of Scrooge in ‘A Christmas Carol’. There are plenty of opportunities for short, focused activities by the student, including exercises which help students analyse quotations closely for AO1, AO2 and AO3. The activities lead neatly into an essay question based on an extract from Stave 5, with step-by-step guidance about how to successfully write a response. It finishes with a complete model answer. This is suitable for the AQA and Eduqas exam boards but can easily be adapted for other exam boards. I hope your students find it useful. If they do, please do leave a review and check out other resources in my shop. Thank you!

A super clear, colourful 45 slide powerpoint that covers the character of Mercutio in ‘Romeo and Juliet’. There are plenty of opportunities for students to work individually, in pairs or small groups, depending on the class dynamics. There are sample answers for all tasks and engaging activities which help students improve their skills. There is an AQA style essay question at the end with structured guidance to help the students annotate an extract and plan an answer. There are guided writing tasks as well to support students. There is a full sample answer at the end. This lesson takes 1-2 hours, depending on how much writing you ask the students to complete. My students have found it engaging and really helpful. I hope yours do too! If you find it useful, please do leave a review and have a look at other lessons and activities in my shop.

This is a super clear powerpoint consisting of 73 slides that guides the class through the theme of social class in ‘An Inspector Calls’. There are lots of activities for the students which can be completed as a class, in groups/ pairs or individually. There are answers on separate slides to all questions/activities. Use of short key quotations allow plenty of opportunities for students to closely analyse language. Additionally, there are also some ideas for top-level context and exploring the text in different ways which helps students reach the highest grades. The lesson finishes with two essay questions so teachers can choose the one they need to teach according to their exam board. One is an essay question which follows the format of AQA and Edexcel. There is a full top level answer as well for students to read. One is with an extract-based exam paper suitable for Eduqas students. This includes detailed slides showing how to annotate, how to plan and, really usefully, an example of a top level answer. My students found this really helpful- I hope yours do too! If you like this resource, please do leave a review and have a look at my TES shop MsLarkinsResources for more material that will help your GCSE students achieve their best. MsLarkinsResources

A super clear, colourful 50 slide powerpoint that covers the character of Lady Macbeth. There are plenty of opportunities for students to work individually, in pairs or small groups, depending on the class dynamics. There are sample answers for all tasks and engaging activities which help students improve their skills. There are guided writing tasks as well to support students. There is an AQA style essay question at the end with structured guidance to help the students annotate an extract and plan an answer. There are guided writing tasks as well to support students. There is a full sample answer at the end. This lesson takes 1-2 hours, depending on how much writing you ask the students to complete. My students have found it engaging and really helpful. I hope yours do too! If you find it useful, please do leave a review and have a look at other lessons and activities in my shop. Tes paid licence

A really clear 30 slide powerpoint that takes students step-by-step through the unseen poetry questions of the Eduqas exam board. It uses two lovely, accessible poems that deal with ideas of grief and death. The first half of the powerpoint tackles the single poem using ‘Do Not Stand by My Grave and Weep’ by Mary Elizabeth Frye and includes a sample top mark answer. The second half then helps students develop the skills to compare the poems, using ‘Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night’ by Dylan Thomas. Again, there is a sample top mark answer. I have used this powerpoint many times with my students and it works really well. With a little adaptation (just cutting down the sample comparison answer), it can easily be used for the AQA unseen poetry question. Poems not included but easily available with an online search.

An engaging, super clear 29 slide powerpoint which takes a class through the theme of violence in ‘Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’. There are plenty of opportunities for short, focused activities by the students to help consolidate skills of language analysis and writing about context. The lesson finishes with an exam question, using an extract from Chapter 10 with two separate detailed plans showing how to tackle a GCSE essay. This is suitable for the AQA exam board but can easily be adapted for other exam boards.

This resource is a question paper covering the reading section of English Language Paper 1 plus a 21 slide powerpoint that takes students through answering the five questions. Timings, examiner tips, sample answers and indicative content are all included in the clear, colourful powerpoint. The unseen text is about a visit to a care home for the elderly. There is enough here to cover 1-2 lessons, depending on how much writing you need your students to complete. Tried and tested on my own students!

An engaging, super clear 28 slide powerpoint which takes a class through the theme of manipulation in ‘Macbeth’. There are plenty of opportunities for short, focused activities by the students to help consolidate skills of language analysis and writing about context. The lesson finishes with an exam question, using an extract from Act 2 scene 2, with two separate detailed plans showing how to tackle a GCSE essay. This is suitable for the AQA exam board but can easily be adapted for other exam boards.

A super clear, colourful 40 slide powerpoint that covers the character of Mercutio in ‘Romeo and Juliet’. There are plenty of opportunities for students to work individually, in pairs or small groups, depending on the class dynamics. There are sample answers for all tasks and engaging activities which help students improve their skills. There is an essay question (suitable for Eduqas/Edexcel/AQA) at the end with structured guidance to help the students annotate an extract and plan an answer. There are guided writing tasks as well to support students. There is a full sample answer at the end. This lesson takes 1-2 hours, depending on how much writing you ask the students to complete. My students have found it engaging and really helpful. I hope yours do too! If you find it useful, please do leave a review and have a look at other lessons and activities in my shop.

A super clear, colourful 50 slide powerpoint that covers the theme of power in ‘Macbeth’. There are plenty of opportunities for students to work individually, in pairs or small groups, depending on the class dynamics. There are sample answers for all tasks and engaging activities which help students improve their skills. There are guided writing tasks as well to support students. There is a full sample answer at the end. Please note: this essay and the activities cover AO2 and AO3. Depending on whether you are teaching Edexcel or Eduqas, you would want to play up or down the AO2 or AO3. None of it is irrelevant- although context is not assessed in Eduqas, good use of it can enhance students’ points. Similarly, AO2 is assessed in the extract question for Edexcel which means the practice of the skills here for the essay question can help students improve these important skills. This lesson takes 1-2 hours, depending on how much writing you ask the students to complete. My students have found it engaging and really helpful. I hope yours do too! If you find it useful, please do leave a review and have a look at other lessons and activities in my shop.

A colourful, super clear powerpoint (52 slides) that takes students through the reading paper for Edexcel GCSE Language Paper 2. The powerpoint is really detailed and it takes me two hours to teach it to a class, especially if I ask them to write every answer. Activities are very structured to allow all students to be able to access the questions. I have included indicative content, sample paragraphs, and part answers to model how to get the maximum marks. The texts used are accessible and engaging: Orwell’s account of shooting an elephant and an extract from the autobiography of the head keeper of London Zoo in 1898. The powerpoint is excellent preparation for mocks but could also be used for Year 9 students beginning on their pathway to GCSE.

Search for My Tongue by Sujata Bhatt and Half-caste by John Agard This is a colourful document in the form of a super clear grid that shows students how to compare the poems using the themes of identity and strong feelings. 5-6 short key quotations from each poem high-end language analysis tight comparison It is really useful for effective revision. I created this for a student who went on to get a grade 9 just using this (and others I have made) as her revision aid.

A super clear powerpoint (20 slides) which takes a class through the stages of tackling an extract question. The extract is from chapter 10 and the question is based on the theme of respectability and appearances. There are opportunities for short, focused activities by the students and also a ‘moving up the levels’ illustration of how to analyse language and structure closely. It finishes with a complete model answer at grade 9 standard. This is written for the Edexcel exam board but can easily be adapted for other exam boards.

A super clear powerpoint which takes a class through the stages of tackling an extract question. The extract is from Act 3 scene 1 when Tybalt challenges Romeo. There are plenty of opportunities for short, focused activities by the students and also a ‘moving up the levels’ illustration of how to analyse language closely. It finishes with a complete model answer at grade 9 standard. This is suitable for the Edexcel exam board but can be adapted for other exam boards.

A super clear, colourful 38 slide powerpoint that covers the theme of guilt in ‘Macbeth’. There are plenty of opportunities for students to work individually, in pairs or small groups, depending on the class dynamics. There are sample answers for all tasks and engaging activities which help students improve their skills. There are guided writing tasks as well to support students. There is a full sample answer at the end. Please note: this essay and the activities cover AO2 and AO3. Depending on whether you are teaching Edexcel or Eduqas, you would want to play up or down the AO2 or AO3. None of it is irrelevant- although context is not explicitly assessed in Eduqas, good use of it can enhance and develop students’ points. Similarly, AO2 is assessed in the extract question for Edexcel which means the practice of the skills here for the essay question can help students improve these important skills. This lesson takes 1-2 hours, depending on how much writing you ask the students to complete. My students have found it engaging and really helpful. I hope yours do too! If you find it useful, please do leave a review and have a look at other lessons and activities in my shop.

A super clear 24 slide powerpoint which takes a class through the stages of tackling an exploding extract question for ‘A Christmas Carol’ using the theme of change. The extract is from Stave 2 after Fezziwig’s party. There are plenty of opportunities for short, focused activities by the student, including an exercise which helps students analyse a quotation closely for AO1, AO2 and AO3. It finishes with a complete model answer. This is suitable for the AQA and Eduqas exam boards but can be adapted for other exam boards. I hope your students find it useful. If they do, please do leave a review and check out other resources in my shop. Thank you!

A super clear, colourful 40 slide powerpoint that explores the poems ‘The Ballad of Hillsborough’ and ‘The Gresford Disaster’. I have delivered this lesson to KS3 and KS4 students very successfully. There are plenty of opportunities for students to work individually, in pairs or small groups, depending on the class dynamics. There are sample answers for most tasks and engaging activities which help students improve their skills. This lesson takes 1-2 hours, depending on how much writing you ask the students to complete. My students have found it engaging and really helpful. I hope yours do too! Tes paid licence

A super clear powerpoint (20 slides) which takes a class through the stages of tackling an extract question. The extract is from ‘The Incident at the Window’ . There are plenty of opportunities for short, focused activities by the students and also a ‘moving up the levels’ illustration of how to analyse language and structure closely. It finishes with a complete model answer at grade 9 standard. This is suitable for the Edexcel exam board but can be adapted for other exam boards. Please leave a review if you found this resource useful:-)

This is a simple guessing game teaching modal verbs. The game takes minimal set-up from the teacher; you just need to print and cut up 2 slides of the power point. Students really enjoy this and it’s designed so that all children can be fully engaged. Enjoy! If you like it, please do leave a review!

This is a colourful, detailed powerpoint (41 slides) that takes a class through preparing and then writing a speech to either keep or abolish the British monarchy. If all the activities (2 games, a quiz, watching videos, structured pre-writing tasks) are used, the whole powerpoint including the writing takes 2-3 hours. There is a game of punctuation bingo included on a word document that needs to be printed off for the class to play. There are also slides with statement and evidence cards that can either be printed off or used by the class from the slides if photocopying isn’t easy. The work is differentiated throughout with writing frames and there are worksheets for early EAL learners/ students with SEN. It is suitable for years 6-9. My classes have produced fabulous pieces of writing from these lessons and some of the students enjoyed reading them out at the end with background music of the National Anthem or Les Miserables, depending on their stance! Please leave a review if you find this useful :-)