A slide that breaks down the course content for the new AQA English Literature exam.

A 74 page booklet for students to revise and prepare for Paper 1 of the AQA English Language exam. The booklet includes six extracts and six practice exam papers for students to work through. Extracts taken from: ‘Of Mice and Men’, ‘A Monster Calls’, ‘The Graveyard Book’, ‘Rebecca’, ‘The Great Gatsby’ and ‘The Goldfinch’. After each paper I have included a student reflection sheet for students to evaluate how well they did on question 4. Also inlcluded is a revision mat for question 4 as well as some writing prompts. Hope it is useful! Feedback greatly appreciated - please leave a review.

A 30 slide, two lesson presentation covering the poem 'Exposure' in detail. The lessons are linked to the new assessment criteria for the 2015 AQA English Literature GCSE. Annotations for key stanzas of the poem as well as example analytical paragraphs.

A 23 slide lesson presentation covering the poem 'The Prelude' in detail. The lesson is linked to the new assessment criteria for the 2015 AQA English Literature GCSE and clearly references the new assessment objectives throughout. Annotations for the entire poem are included as well as a number of engaging activities that can be completed either individually or in groups.

A selection of resources to consolidate students' basic literacy skills focusing in particular on apostrophes and the key homophones of: 'their/there/they're', 'too/two/to' and 'where/we're/were'. The bundle includes: A 13 slide presentation with slides that can be dropped into any lesson presentation to use as lesson starters or as distinct activities within the lesson. Worksheets recapping key homophones and apostrophes. A 30 slide presentation with commonly misspellings which could be used for digital signage around the school or as lesson starter slides.

A high quality, focused lesson exploring the significance of Scrooge’s grave in Stave Four. The lesson follows a clear format and structure in order to embed new knowledge and consolidate student understanding. Each lesson has a recall task, key vocabulary, analysis of the scene, opportunities for analytical writing, a model response and self assessment slide. You can buy this lesson as part of a bundle of fourteen lessons here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-gcse-revision-pack-12415380

A revision resource to help students consolidate and retain key information about the 15 poems in the ‘Power and Conflict’ anthology for the new AQA English Literature specification (first exams in 2017). There is a slide for each poem with four questions/statements designed to get the students recalling and applying their knowledge of the poems. The resource can be used in a number of ways: 15 separate lesson starter slides Print and use as a revision booklet Use for group work/speed dating tasks with students feeding back their ideas about the poems to the rest of the class. The slides follow a common format in order for students to get used to the revision approach.

A 26 slide presentation preparing students for the Paper 1, Section A of the AQA GCSE English Language exam. The presentation takes students through each question on Section A with top tips provided for each question. The text used is an extract from ‘White Fang’. Model answers provided and opportunities for peer and self assessment throughout. Clear reference made to the markscheme and assessment objectives throughout the presentation.

A 15 slide presentation that I used to deliver an assembly linked to National Poetry Day in 2014. I've also uploaded the videos I used during the assembly.

Classroom posters clearly displaying the new reading and writing Assessment Objectives for the 2017 English Language GCSE.

A lesson revising the skills and strategies needed to successfully analyse an unseen poem. The lesson uses the wonderfully moving poem ‘This is the Place’. Wide variety of engaging and thought provoking activities used to generate interest and discussion.

A 20 slide lesson designed to consolidate students' understanding of how to approach and analyse an unseen poem. The lesson focuses on the poem 'Children in Wartime' and contains a number of engaging activities to stimulate students' responses to the text. There is also a clear focus on how the writer uses structure to convey meaning. The lesson can be used with any GCSE Specification.

A 29 slide, two lesson presentation covering the poem 'Poppies' in detail. Annotations for the entire poem as well as example analytical paragraphs. The lessons feature a range of individual and collaborative tasks to develop students' understanding of the poem.

An engaging creative writing lesson based around the theme of gothic horror. The lesson includes a number of activities to develop students' vocabulary and use of more complex sentence structures.

A lesson focused on improving students' vocabulary and sentence structures culminating in students writing a description of a circus. Students will read a short extract from 'The Night Circus' to stimulate discussion. A mixture of independent and collaborative activities designed to demonstrate progress throughout the lesson. Links to AO6 in the new GCSE assessment criteria.

Six engaging narrative writing lessons using a diverse range of world literature extracts as prompts. Extracts from: ‘The Patience Stone’ ‘Farewell to the Sea’ ‘First They Killed My Father’ 103 slides plus an extract booklet. Each lesson contains clear learning objectives, success criteria, modeled answers, opportunities for peer and self assessment. A key aim of the lessons is to introduce and embed new vocabulary.

A 32 slide, two lesson presentation covering the poem 'London' in detail. The lessons are linked to the new assessment criteria for the 2015 AQA English Literature GCSE. Annotations for the entire poem as well as example analytical paragraphs.

A high quality, focused lesson exploring the significance of the Cratchit family in Stave Three. The lesson follows a clear format and structure in order to embed new knowledge and consolidate student understanding. Each lesson has a recall task, key vocabulary, analysis of the scene, opportunities for analytical writing, a model response and self assessment slide. You can buy this lesson as part of a bundle of fourteen lessons here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-gcse-revision-pack-12415380

A high quality, focused lesson exploring the significance of Marley’s ghost. The lesson follows a clear format and structure in order to embed new knowledge and consolidate student understanding. Each lesson has a recall task, key vocabulary, analysis of the scene, opportunities for analytical writing, a model response and self assessment slide. You can buy this lesson as part of a bundle of fourteen lessons here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-gcse-revision-pack-12415380