This complete unit of work is designed for the new AQA GCSE Specification; however, it can easily be adapted for any exam board. This 25 lesson unit covers: - Literature skills - Language reading style questions - Creative Writing. A full scheme of work is provided with lesson by lesson instructions. Every lesson is fully resourced and accompanied by a powerpoint. Activities within this unit include: - Powerpoint presentations - A GCSE exam booklet - Planning sheets - Sample answers - Contextual research tasks - AfL - Differentiated resources - Audio clips of the book - Exam Questions - Carousel activites - Extract based questions - Writing frames - A comprehensive structure for writing paragraphs There is also an extract based question booklet that accompanies this unit with one extract from every chapter - this is great to use as a homework booklet or to use for revision at a later date. This unit will ensure your student knows the text, as well as equipping them with Language and Literature skills. Review and follow :-)

A great KS3 poetry unit that is fun and engaging. A full scheme of work with lesson by lesson instructions is provided and fully resourced with activities and powerpoints. All the poems are collated in a handy booklet. I have also added the assessment booklet that I used and have made it as generic as possible so that you can adapt it to your specific exam board. Every poem has an exam question so that students do a weekly piece of extended writing. Would be great as a homework booklet too!

A selection of activities to use whilst teaching Romeo and Juliet. Appropriate for KS3 and KS4. Includes: - Essay question, planning sheet and writing frame for low ability - Quotation collection tasks and key scenes to aid in this - Quotation memory game.

This is a court case based on the theme of responsibility within Macbeth. It is a great activity to do after finishing the whole text. It’s a really engaging way to get students to prepare for an essay on responsibility. It includes: Instruction sheets for each role within the court case A powerpoint Example statements to give in court Key scenes that students can get their quotations for evidence from An essay planning sheet

A great activity to help students decipher which keys terms can be used to comment on language, form and structure. By no means an exhaustive list, but a great place to start. I get the students to to this as a pre-unit task so that they can use this sheet for every extract analysis.

This is a Language Paper 1 and 2 overview which gives students: Marks Timings Hints and tips and various strategies to effectively answer each style question. Great revision resource to give students before their exam… brilliant for the night before and morning of the exam to just act as a reminder of key pointers. Review and follow :-)

These resources accompany the ‘Jamaica Inn’ exam paper from AQA. Each resource is an independent therapy sheet on questions 2, 3 and 4 that students can work through after an assessment to help with progress. I get students to choose their weakest question and work on this. The powerpoint gives an over view of hints and tips per question, timing writing frames, useful vocab etc. Each sheet has: A breakdown of the exam criteria Planning Examples Space for students to use these skills themselves. These sheets offer differentiated and independent feedback to students for them to then redraft their work to show instant progress. Great for Mock Exam Feedback or an end of unit exam!

Shakespeare should be seen and acted to really understand his intentions. This complete unit is engaging, kinaesthetic and drama based. Some of the activities come from the Royal Shakespeare company. The aim of this unit is to encourage KS3 students to enjoy Shakespeare! This unit looks at key scenes from the play and uses video to fill in the gaps (the Patrick Stewart version) and includes: - A booklet for students to fill in whilst watching the film - An assessment booklet with planning and questions for weekly pieces of writing (great for homework!) - Extracts - Drama based activities - Information hunt - Video clips This fun unit is a great introduction to Shakespeare for KS3 students. Review and follow :-)

A complete unit of work aimed to help students learn quotations, confidently answer the extract based question and create their own revision resources. This unit include: - Lesson by lesson presentation - An extract booklet - Starter activities - Revision 'pit stops' - Language Paper One exams based on extracts from this text. This is great as an introductory unit to the text, or as a revision unit just based on key extracts. The booklet and Language exam papers make great homework. The booklet also contains marking stickers, writing frames and a terminology glossary to aid students in their essay writing. These resources are aimed at Edexcel Literature; however, are easily adaptable for any exam board.

This is a complete unit of work based on English Language Paper 2 Question 5 for AQA. It hits on relevant and controversial topics such as national lock downs, mental health and the effects that Covid 19 has had on education and the economy. The students find it very engaging as these are topics they can form strong opinions on and discuss in detail. There are 6-10 lessons (depending on pace), each with its own power point and all resources. The unit slowly builds on the writing skills needed: persuasive writing, using and spelling ambitious vocabulary, structuring writing and punctuation. The spelling booklet coincides with the sample answers and are integrated in to the lessons so that students can use them directly in their work. This unit includes: Power points Resources Multiple sample answers Planning sheets Marking proformas Feedback lessons that can be adapted A spelling booklet Mark schemes A break down of Assessment Objectives My year 10s are really enjoying this unit and I’m really enjoying teaching it! I hope you do too.

These resources give an overview of both Language papers: Timings Marks Question break down Examples Planning ideas Useful terminology Sentence stems etc. A great resource for students to use as a reminder of the papers before the exams or mocks.

This unit of work prepares students for the new AQA GCSE style questions and is accompanied by a work booklet, the film and various activities I have gathered over time. If you like it, please share, follow and review :-)

These are self-checking reading and writing skill sheets with prompts and sentence stems appropriate for that level. Can be used for any exam board in English Language and English Literature. If you like it, please review and follow me :-)