Grade 7+ responses to the November entry of AQA Language paper 2. Very useful in terms of modeling success criteria. Could be used for revision or for students to engage with mark schemes. This uses the Ragged school articles available on EAQA in secure materials.

A lesson which uses the quotation posted by Caroline Flack in Instagram as a starting point for exploring kindness - also links to Mother Teresa’s “Be kind anyway” speech for added SMSC. Ideal for faith schools but useful for all… Could be adapted for KS3 too.

A lesson where KS3 students can learn the structure and purpose of a formal debate - with a motion they can use to demonstrate the skills.

An analysis grid which enables students to explore Scrooge’s transformation through specific analysis of quotations from stave one and stave five.

A lesson which explores the pass, merit and distinction criteria using Meghan Markle’s UN speech in the first instance, then exploring and comparing student examples.

A topical lesson which compares an article about Harry and Meghan’s inter-racial marriage to Queen Victoria’s diary entry detailing her own betrothal. This refers specifically to questions 2 and 4, it has model responses and structured peer assessment.

This lesson focuses on the somewhat uninspiring topic of sentence openers - including a fun bingo activity and a diamond 9 ranking task - leading into a GCSE-style writing task inspired by an image. Created for year 11 but suitable for KS3 and 4 alike. I hope this helps your students as it has mine! Inspired in part by Edward Munch's painting.

A differentiated task sheet with enough homework tasks to promote revision and stretch the most able students for a whole term!

A comprehensive 2 hour revision session for AQA Literature paper 1 - Macbeth and A Christmas Carol.

This lesson looks at the success criteria for the spoken language component of the new English Language GCSE (AQA). Students then apply the speeches to clips from the Queen, Michelle Obama and James Corden. It then introduces the task students are to work towards in order to fulfill this aspect of the GCSE.

David Didau’s thinking prompts populated with images to support students with planning for and creating responses for paper 1 question 5. Could be used with Key Stage 3 - designed to empower students and make them think critically, images are loaded towards injecting some cultural capital too. This works best on A3 as a carousel activity.

A powerpoint which introduces the basic plot of the play. Perfect for SEN, EAL, and visual learners. For the benefit of the kind person who rated this as too simple I would like to point out that this was used for a low-literacy group, hence the over simplification, there’s gratitude huh?

A differentiated lesson ready for Ofsted! This lesson uses Porphyria's Lover as a murder mystery using Paul Ginnis' well-known pedagogy. This was graded a 1 when I delivered it to my class...

Based on the 2018 pre-release documents, 4 questions and model responses for all except the practical design task. As a Media examiner I have structured the responses to show that students can access the higher grades in mindmaps, tables and bullet points.

An essay which responds to an extract from Stave 3 in which Scrooge begs for Tiny Tim to be spared. A succinct and concise but effective grade 6 essay to model the skills required for AQA Literature paper 1. One possible activity is that students add in alternative interpretations and make the analysis more tentative. Another is that students highlight where marks for each AO are allocated. This extract really helped my upper and lower band groups to unpick the assessment objectives.

AQA paper 2 question 5, grade 6+ response. A model answer exploring society’s fixation with appearance. Written with my selfie-loving, eyebrow-obsessed year 11 girls in mind! Works very well with success criteria. Students can also amend to make into a grade 7.

A sample essay which responds to the question “How does Priestley present ideas about masculinity in the play?” - A great alternative to a gender question for more able students. Written to try to demonstrate what is meant by a conceptualised response to access level 4. Worked really well with my top set - along with some comparisons between Gerald and Harvey Weinstein which they really enjoyed!

Predictions for all 4 questions on the forthcoming TV Game show 2017 paper, based on pre-release. As a former examiner, I have accompanied this with model answers which use bullet points, spider diagrams and tables but still access the highest mark. The only task I have not answered is the practical task, though I have still predicted this.

A simple transition lesson which focuses on the rules of haiku and enables students to write their own.