This is a bundle of character and theme essay plans for the WJEC A Level English Language and Literature exam on ‘King Lear’. The notes are very detailed and could be applied to other exam boards studying this text. There are 12 essay plans on the main themes and characters in the play. I created these essay plans to prepare for my exam and achieved an A*. They are an excellent resource for teachers or for students doing independent revision. Please note that at the time of taking the exam, critical interpretation was not part of the WJEC syllabus so is not reflected in the essays.

This is a bundle of character essay plans designed for WJEC GCSE English Literature - ‘An Inspector Calls’. They can be applied to other exam boards covering this text. It contains either an essay plan or a complete example essay (in some cases both) for each of the play’s six main characters. This would be an extremely useful revision resource for students to use independently or to go over in class. I made these for my own revision and achieved an A* in the exam. There is also a document of ‘Brief Plans’ for more concise revision, and an example response to an extract question (from a past paper).

This is a bundle of character and theme essay plans, as well as a few example essays, for ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’. It was designed for the WJEC AS English Language and Literature exam but can be applied to any exam board covering this text. There are 7 detailed essay plans on the main characters and themes, as well as a couple of example essays. This would be extremely useful for teachers and for students’ independent revision. I created them in preparation for my AS exam and achieved an A (maximum grade).

This is a detailed and comprehensive revision powerpoint on the topic ‘Water and Carbon Cycles’ for A Level Geography. There are 40 slides with information presented in a variety of formats, for teaching or for independent revision. It closely follows the specification for WJEC A Level Geography, but can be adapted for any exam board. It also includes relevant case studies to be used in the exam. I created it for my own revision and achieved an A*.

This is a bundle of 15 character and theme essay plans on ‘The Color Purple’ by Alice Walker. It was designed for WJEC A Level English Language and Literature but can be adapted for any exam on this text. It contains word documents with very detailed essay plans for the main characters and themes in the text. I created these for my own revision and achieved an A* in the exam. These would be excellent for both teachers and students’ independent revision.

This is a comprehensive and detailed revision powerpoint on the topic of ‘Global Governance’ for A Level Geography. It covers all of the topics in the WJEC A Level Geography specification for this option (globalisation, migration, interdependency, urban development, governance of oceans, oil and energy, shipping, pollution and management of resources) but can be adapted for any exam board. The 54 slides display information in a variety of formats that makes it easy to understand. I followed the specification closely and used this as revision for my exam and achieved an A*.

This is a bundle of Word Documents designed for the WJEC GCSE English Literature exam on ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ but can be applied to other exam boards. It contains 7 essay plans for all of the main themes in the novel. There is also a poster on Context which can be printed out and students can be asked to stick the dates on the second page onto the corresponding event/movement. These notes are very detailed and would be suitable for students’ independent revision or to be covered in class. I made them while revising for my Literature exam and achieved an A*. The 12 character essay plans can be found in a separate resource.

This is a bundle of resources designed for WJEC GCSE English Literature exam on ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ by Harper Lee, but is applicable to other exam boards. It contains Word Documents with very detailed essay plans / notes for each of the characters in the novel (12 in total). These are the essay plans I created in preparation for when I sat the exam in 2017, and I achieved an A*. They are very thorough and would be a very useful resource for GCSE students preparing to take the exam, either for independent revision or to be covered in class.

This is a PowerPoint containing concise but comprehensive revision notes for the Culture and Family topic of the WJEC AS Sociology qualification. The PowerPoint contains 15 detailed slides and was used to obtain an A grade (the highest possible for AS). This resource was made for the WJEC exam board, but would be applicable to other specifications because it contains notes on central concepts and theorists. Key topics include agents of socialisation, culture and identity, historical family change, changes in conjugal relationships and family theorists (Postmodernism, Marxism, Functionalism, Feminism and the New Right).

This is a powerpoint of key lexis and sentence points, designed for A Level English Language and Literature. It contains 10 detailed slides explaining sentence framework, and different word groups and subgroups. It is concise and easy to understand. It would be a useful resource for staff teaching about lexis and sentences or for students struggling to understand the Language element of the course.

This is a comprehensive and detailed revision powerpoint for the topic ‘Weather & Energy’ in A Level Geography. It contains 47 slides explaining all of the topics on the specification for WJEC A Level Geography but it can be easily adapted for other exam boards. This would be very useful for teaching in the lead up to the exam or as an independent resource for students’ revision. I created it in preparation for my exam and achieved an A*. It also includes relevant case studies, including on weather and climate in the UK (air masses, high and low pressure systems) and beyond (the ITCZ, climate change,Hurricane Katrina), and energy (demand, production, distribution, sustainability and energy mixes).

This is an example piece of creative writing for GCSE. It is a story such as those found in AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1, but it easily applies to all exam boards. It was written in response to the prompt “Write a story about uncovering a long-kept family secret” in the allocated 45 minutes. It does not have an exact mark but would be in the top band as it as a sophisticated, fluent and original piece of writing. The document also contains bullet-points which display the process of planning the story, and comments on devices and strategies used during writing. The story displays an imaginative setting and plot, lots of figurative devices (simile, metaphor, personification, alliteration), and a variety of sentence structures, sentence starters and punctuation. This was written by myself to show the pupils I tutor, and I received an A* in English Language GCSE.

This is a concise but comprehensive PowerPoint of revision notes for the WJEC AS Sociology topics Methodology and Education. It contains 25 detailed slides on these two topics. Although it was designed to be used for revision for the WJEC specification, and helped me to achieve an A (the highest grade), it covers core theorists and topics so would be applicable to other exam boards. Key topics covered include methodology theorists, types of sampling, PET issues, history of the education system and sociological theories (Functionalism, Marxism, Interactionalism, Postmodernism, the New Right, Feminism), class, cultural deprivation, ethnicity and gender. I also have revision notes for the topics Family and Culture which can be found on my page.

This is a bundle of key quotes for each chapter in George Orwell’s ‘Down and Out in Paris and London’. The quotes are organised into the text’s key themes. This was designed for WJEC AS English Language and Literature but can be used for any exam board. I made these in preparation for sitting the exam and achieved an A (maximum grade at AS).

This is a bundle of Word Documents designed for the WJEC GCSE English Literature exam on ‘About a Boy’. It includes very detailed essay plans for the five main characters, as well as two complete example essays (on Will and Ellie). These were plans I made in preparation for my GCSE exam and I achieved an A*. They would be an excellent resource for teachers to either use in lessons or give to students for independent revision.

This is an 18-page document containing bullet-pointed chapter summaries and important quotes for ‘The Color Purple’ by Alice Walker. It was designed for WJEC A Level English Language and Literature but can be used for any exam covering this text. It would be an extremely useful resource to give students preparing for the exam as an overview of key events and quotes in the text.

This is a revision document for the Additional Maths Level 2 Qualification (WJEC). It is a concise summary of the key formulae and facts required for the following topics: differentiation (by rule and 1st principles), integration, completing the square, quadratic formula, stationary points, coordination geometry and sine and cosine graph transformations. I used this as a revision resource of the most important things to remember, along with past paper practice, and achieved a Distinction. It is a useful revision resource for students preparing for the exam.

This is a comprehensive revision powerpoint about glaciation. It contains 40 detailed slides on the facts, processes and landforms of glaciation. It was designed for WJEC Geography AS Level but could be adapted to any exam board. It would be an excellent resource to cover a few lessons before the exam or for students as an independent resource. I created it to revise for my exam and achieved an A (maximum grade at AS).

This powerpoint follows the WJEC specification for the Biology 2 GCSE exam (new specification as of 2016). It contains screenshots of the syllabus and key, concise details of the course content. Slides do include some images and tables, so the information is in different formats. It would be a useful resource to give to or show students as an overview of the course in the lead up to the exam. I created this powerpoint as a focused way of revising the course and achieved an A* in my exam! It contains 32 detailed slides.

This is a bundle of essay plans and example essays on 'Down and Out in Paris and London (AS Level). It contains five essay plans on the key themes in the text, as well as example essays for each, a document on context and a powerpoint specifically covering the Russian Revolution. It is a detailed and comprehensive resource for students and teachers preparing for an English exam on this text. It was designed for WJEC AS Level English Language and Literature but can be applied to any exam board. I created and used these resources and achieved an A (maximum grade at AS).