This resource was created for a low ability Y8 group. The ‘Bourne Identity’ extract leads to a vocabulary-building task then a sentencing task, then a write-on creative task.

Based on WJEC style questions, this mock Language paper uses four texts on the theme of Child Soldiers and gives low-tariff and high-tariff questions such as text purpose, summary and synthesis.

Suitable for Ks2 and Ks3 and low ability Ks4 Four extracts from Dickens’ original text with blanks _ where punctuation should be, and a key at the end of each line with the punctuation marks required eg. 2x ! or 2x" Answer sheet included

Works well as a homework challenge over the holidays. The challenge leaflet contains a list of classic novels suitable for Year 7 students to read. They have to choose one (many are free to download on Kindle), read it and then fill in the leaflet with their thoughts and get a parent or guardian to sign it. I collect them in after the holidays and then everyone who has completed it gets a raffle ticket for a prize draw. It’s been a great way to get kids reading more challenging books and I also use a system where they can use it throughout the year, getting a different colour to ‘upgrade’ each time so that if they read all the books on the list they become a ‘master reader’ and get an additional prize.

Created for a Year 8 group. There are 3 texts on terrorism as a stimulus for group discussion. The ‘thinking hats’ sheet gets them to consider the topic from different angles and can be a useful preparatory tool before they complete a group oracy task. It can also provide a scaffold for less able students who can use the questions to structure the group discussion.

Year 9 inference square activity using an extract from Sebastian Faulks’ Birdsong. War thematic unit.

The Powerpoint identifies six key features of Austen’s style for pupils to look for in an extract question. The whole of Chapter 1 is included on a handout. Then there is an extract booklet which can be used in class or set as homework with extracts from the first eight chapters of the novel, with practice extract questions.

This Powerpoint looks at creating a question to structure a speech around, and uses Just a minute as fun table activity and potentially whole-class game.

I created this for a Year 9 group to start preparing them for GCSE style comparison questions. The ‘David Copperfield’ extracts have questions which require them to use P.E.E. and inference, to answer in developed paragraphs. The extract from ‘Holes’ can then be introduced for comparison purposes.

I created this mock examination based on WJEC GCSE Literature syllabus for a MAT Year 10 group. The unit includes the mock, and then two PPTs which give an ideal template for giving whole class feedback afterwards, and two student sample paragraphs to ‘close the gap’ on their use of AO2. I have also included an annotated version of the extract for going through with the class after the mock, and a student’s 10/10 extract response.

This is a bundle of resources created for a GCSE English Language class. The topic is sport and has a particular focus on women in sport. There are two articles to use for synthesis practice (Jasmin Paris and the Montane spine race and Female sports stars should earn the same) with an accompanying PPT. There is a writing stimulus with an article about JD sports sexism row, with a writing task of a ‘lively article’. There are GCSE style questions and two contrasting texts which discuss the upcoming Olympics in Tokyo 2020, for comparison work. And there is a mock-style paper about women in sport with two texts, some practise questions, and an accompanying mark scheme.

Created by students, each slide focuses on one critic’s viewpoints and gives links to read more.

This is a one-page tip sheet for students to give them pointers on how to revise for GCSE Literature. Includes things such as learning quotes, going back over classwork, making essay plans, being familiar with Assessment Objectives.

Two extracts from ‘The Bourne Identity’ , each with a ‘How does the writer create tension’ question, and an accompanying Powerpoint to help students annotate and look for devices.

Two articles, one about getting people interested in National Parks, the other a teacher’s blog post about an outdoor pursuits school trip. There are a range of GCSE style questions, including find and locate information, verbal reasoning, explain, how and comparison. Accompanying Powerpoint with one model answer ‘explain’ and a table to help students prepare for the comparison. Peer/self assessment with GCSE style marking criteria.

This is a short unit of work aimed at Year 7 (Level 4-5). There is a bank of proofreading tasks which work as starters, and a Powerpoint which goes through reading and annotating the article before students write about how the text makes cadets attractive to young people using a P.E.E. grid, paragraph scaffold and then independently. There is also a short version of the article for those working at Level 3. I have also included in the Powerpoint some DIRT work, a differentiated spelling list, and a vocabulary extension task.

Work out which numbers represent which letters and learn about Shakespeare, the Globe theatre and key facts about the famous playwright. Includes pictures and an extract from Bill Bryson’s ‘Shakespeare’.

This resource is a ‘how’ question for GCSE students and I actually used it with a class who were only sitting Language, but reading one of the Literature texts alongside the course. The Powerpoint breaks down how to annotate and then use P.E.E to build an answer, and includes self assessment.

A sheet to introduce reading a bar chart and practising GCSE style find and locate questions, explain, and text purpose.

Created using a school template for use with my Year 10 class to reflect upon what they have learned across lessons that week.