This resource is a context table for students aiming to achieve grades 7-9. It contains references to other Shakespearean plays, ideas about kingship, politics and equivocation. Written by a recent Oxbridge graduate.

A resource suitable for students and teachers alike. Contains worked examples on how to answer Q3 as well as tips and advice on structuring the answer.

Advice on how to answer Q4 on the AQA paper 1 Includes phrases to help students improve their answers.

This is an easy how-to guide for students and teachers. Exam technique is key in the OCR exam, and this guide makes it easy to teach your students confidently. This is informed by feedback from OCR as well as experience from teaching students. Advice applicable to paper 1 and paper 2. Written by an experienced teacher.

The extract comparison question on the OCR syllabus is very difficult to answer. The same technique can also be used on other sections of the course which require students to compare texts. This worksheet directs students on how to answer the question and models a ‘comparative paragraph’. Extracts are provided on the second and third pages.

This resource clearly explains and models how students should compare poems in GCSE essays. It provides a clear structure that students can use in their essays, and which can also shape how the poems are taught and how they should be revised. Written by an Oxford graduate.

A fully resourced SOW for Animal Farm suitable for a Y9 or high set Y8 class. Worksheets are included.

A lesson suitable for any GCSE Language course. This lesson has students consider the characteristics of autobiography bu judging their covers (irony intended) and then discussing what creates the characteristic voice of the writer.

Suitable for AQA or OCR English Language. This is an interesting lesson comparing two different versions of the story. Contains starter and plenary tasks, one focusing on creative writing from different perspectives, the other focusing on comparing the story to a visual image.

This is a pack of extract questions to help revise/practise Great Expectations.

This is a very engaging scheme of work for introducing students to fiction and non-fiction about environmental change, including Greta Thunberg speeches and The Decline of the Great Auk short story. Suitable for Y8 or Y9 students, as well as some GCSE groups. Equally, it allows for group work, speaking and listening, as well as cross-curricular links.

Suitable for OCR and AQA English language 9-1. This resource is an engaging way of looking at structure by comparing the opening to two versions of the same story. It contains phrases to help students model answers and a series of follow up tasks if the teacher wishes to continue the topic into another lesson.

There is very little available online to teach the OCR 9-1 course. This worksheet walks students through how to answer extract based questions. Written by a recent Oxford graduate.

A handy resource to give to pupils to set them up for their Speaking Endorsement. The sheet contains an explanation, task ideas and FAQs. This has been used successfully with many classes.

This is a handy sheet containing a summary of timings and exam technique for all aspects of the OCR GCSE 9-1 English Literature and Language GCSEs. This can be given to students or be used by staff as a quick reference guide.

For OCR GCSE 9-1 English Literature Conflict Poetry. Teacher annotated copies of Punishment, Honour Killing, Partition, Phrasebook and Vergissmeinnicht. The internet has very few resources on these poems so they provide extra, detailed notes for revision and for teachers touse as classroom aids . All annotations are broken up into theme, language and structure sections to help students to write cogent essays, whilst also not overwhelming students with detail. Written by a recent Oxford graduate.

Bundle of 4 poems For OCR GCSE 9-1 English Literature Conflict Poetry. The internet has very few resources on these poems so they provide extra, detailed notes for revision. Written by a recent Oxford graduate. All annotations are broken up into theme, language and structure sections to help students to write cogent essays.

This resource provides guidance on how to structure essay question and provides examples of the sort of questions candidates will face. It also includes poems to use for the unseen element; these are of the level and style used in the exam. Exam technique suggestion is tried and tested and allows candidates to meet all elements of the mark scheme.

Bundle of 6 poems For OCR GCSE 9-1 English Literature Conflict Poetry. The internet has very few resources on these poems so they provide extra, detailed notes for revision. Written by a recent Oxford graduate. All annotations are broken up into theme, language and structure sections to help students to write cogent essays.

High quality revision resource for OCR 9-1 GCSE English Literature. There are very few resources to support this course, and this provides detailed explanations of the themes, language techniques and stuctural devices used in the poems. Written by a recent Oxford graduate.