Example Literature responses with annotations outlining their strengths to help students understand what they must do in their own writing.

A freebie to help students write more effective PEEAL responses in KS3 or 4.

A display to help students select vocabulary choices more deliberately, the word prison!

Three PEEAL paragraphs written to reflect three different ability levels for students to mark. This resource helps promote an understanding of what students must do to be successful in their own writing. A great starter activity!

Example first paragraph and starter of second for student to complete.

This resource is not currently in line with the new syllabus changes for 0500 First Language English. It was written by a Cambridge International Assessment Examiner, Consultant and Teacher Trainer. This resource takes candidates through what they need to do in each question of Paper 2 in order to be successful in their responses.

A model essay example

These resources were written by a Cambridge International Assessment Examiner, Consultant and Teacher Trainer. This pack contains an example examination response, an AFL pie (designed to be used to allow structured peer assessment and teacher feedback) that can be used by students to mark the essay. The pack also contains a help sheet to enable students to write more effective PEEAL (PEA/ PEE/ PEEE) responses, and a detailed success criteria linked to grades.

This resource was written by a Cambridge International Assessment Examiner, Consultant and Teacher Trainer. This bundle includes a an exam guide that takes candidates through what they need to do in each question of Paper 2 in order to be successful in their responses. It also includes individual success criteria for each of the three questions that the students have to answer. This bundle also includes the key features of different writing styles, a useful sheet on connectives and a table to help lower ability students respond to question 2 of the paper.

Written by a Cambridge International Assessment Examiner, Consultant and Teacher Trainer. These resources help build a dialogue between students and teachers regarding how learners can make progress in their written responses to Literature. This resource is useful no matter what acronym you use with your students (i.e. PEEAL, PEE, PEA etc).

A resource to help structure your library reading lessons. After finishing each book they read during library time, students then complete one activity from the booklet. This silver award has 10 different activities; meaning that students must read at least 10 books before being able to achieve the Silver award. This resource works best if it is kept in class and only allowed to be used during library lessons. This is a fully editable Microsoft Word version.

A resource to use with KS3 students to help encourage them to become independent and enthusiastic readers. It is a resource that can be used with a whole class, individual students or during Form time to encourage literacy across the curriculum. The resource contains a reading record and 7 structured activities that require students to reflect on the narrative, themes and characters of the novel they have read, and write towards different purposes and styles.

These resources were written by a Cambridge International Assessment Examiner, Consultant and Teacher Trainer. However, these resources are applicable and can be used with any examination board. This pack contains two resources about the power difference between men and women in the play, and the theme of class difference. Each resource comprises of detailed notes that are followed by a set of questions/ tasks that are aimed to help the students write more effective examination responses.

A PowerPoint that takes students through the historical context of the play, and the events that take place before the play begins. It also introduces the students to key characters and contains questions on the first two pages of the play. There is also a research extension task on the last slide. This resource also comes with a loom recording of the PowerPoint slides. In this recording I talk through the slides and go over the answers to the questions.

These resources were written by a Cambridge International Assessment Examiner, Consultant and Teacher Trainer. However, all these resources are useful for all examination boards. This pack contains 7 files - a student friendly synopsis (aimed at IGCSE and A-level students). It also contains questions on meaning, structure, language and poet’s attitude. Moreover, the pack includes an AFL pie (an exploded, visual success criteria for teacher feedback and structured peer assessment), an example PEEAL paragraph for students to mark with the pie and notes on how to layout an effective response to poetry. There is also a sheet that helps students to write effective Explanations and Analysis of the quotations they select from the text.

These resources were written by a Cambridge International Assessment Examiner, Consultant and Teacher Trainer. This pack contains questions to help students unravel the layers of meaning in Act 1 - 3. These questions also help students practice developing explanations of meaning in relation to evidence,and encourages them to experiment with analysing the range of effects of language and structure devices used by the writer. The pack also contains an assessment pie to help students understand what they must do to be successful in their responses to Literature in KS5. It is an exploded and visual success criteria designed to help students conduct structured peer assessment, and allows detailed teacher feedback too. This pie can also be used with upper ability KS4 students.

This bundle contains an EEA table, help sheet and assessment pie as well as an example response to Q2d of the 0500/ 0990 Specimen paper 1. It also contains an example response to Q1f from the same paper that is marked using the annotations that the examiners use when the paper is marked. In addition, it contains success criteria that can be used for Q1f, Q2d and Q3 of Paper 1. I have created these resources based on my experiences of being an examiner for this paper over the last 8 years.

This resource contains an accompanying PowerPoint that could be used for two to three lessons based on a short story entitled, ‘Another Feather in his Cap.’ The story is set in Kenya, and involves the themes of responsibility, consequences and opportunities. The story is in two parts and comes with comprehension questions too.

This resource consists of three close reading, study questions for Act One of the Crucible. Full model answers are included for all questions. Question sheet 1 focuses on the moment Betty wakes up. This consists of a total of 13 questions in total. Question sheet 2 focuses on the arrival of Hale. This sheet contains 16 questions in total. Question sheet 3 focuses on the moment Tituba is accused. This sheet contains 21 questions in total. I have also included my annotations of a passage from Act one that I used with the following question: How does Miller present the relationship between Proctor and Abigail in the following passage?

These resources were written by a Cambridge International Assessment Examiner, Consultant and Teacher Trainer. This bundle includes annotations of some of the poems from the collection, along with some analytical question banks and analytical summaries.