Introduces students to the opening scene and encourages students to think about thematic ideas such as revenge/Heaven and Hell/death. You will need a copy of scene 1 (or the students’ texts) for this lesson and three versions of the play (you can choose - I used the Olivier, Branagh and Tennant).

Printable in A3 - makes a great tablemat for exam practice. I have also included this as an additional resource in my example answer, for just 50p more you can get the adpatable knowledge map as well as a practice question and answer. Thank you and please leave positive feedback if you find this useful!

This would form a useful mini-mock exam with lots of feedback and peer or self assessment. It is pertinent to look at more advanced child writing with a group as this can sometimes feature in an exam, rather than emergent writing from a younger child. I also include a knowledge organiser which I made to be used as a tablemat whilst completing essays of this nature which really helps with differentiation. If you have an observed lesson or need to set remote learning then this could be a good task for students moving into Year 2. I include a question, data sets © AQA and a full response with space for student assessment, as well as the mark scheme. You could then set up a following task which is similar on another example of child writing from this age group (10-11).

A self-contained task for students who have studied the Miller Keats combination of Tragedy. I have set this for this week’s distance learning in advance of an attempt of their own. Covers the skills and mark scheme of Paper 1; Section C Thank you

These are straightforward to mark with any past Paper 1 or 2 mark scheme for AQA, however if you would like me to write you a bespoke mark scheme (perhaps if teaching for first time) or even some model answers at specific grades please feel free to email me at lsirr1986@gmail.com I am also happy to make resources and model answers on request on any A Level Language, Literature or Lit/Lang combined module as I teach all three and examine also. I would like to be able to support other teachers to deliver high quality materials at this challenging time.

I hope you find these useful and they are easy to mark with any existing AQA mark scheme for Paper 1 however if you would like me to write you a bespoke mark scheme (perhaps if teaching for first time) or even some model answers at specific grades please feel free to email me at lsirr1986@gmail.com I am also happy to make resources and model answers on request on any A Level Language, Literature or Lit/Lang combined module as I teach all three and examine also. I would like to be able to support other teachers to deliver high quality materials at this challenging time.

A fully comprehensive guide to feminist theory. My students are using this as supported distance learning whilst our 6th Form is closed so I thought others may benefit from this too. This is a good bridging module from Y1 to Y2 also. It is based on, and develops, ideas from the critical anthology from AQA. It also includes the mark scheme and a student example verified at full marks by the exam board. It also has a reading list of both poetry and prose titles and a mark scheme for the NEA task. I hope you find it useful - you may wish to amend some sections where I discuss prior learning from Y1 as this refers to specific texts e.g. Othello

A blank (unnanoted) example answer to the question ** “Desdemona suffers a tragic end because she is a woman.” To what extent do you agree with this view? (25) ** I have also included a mark scheme at the bottom, which you can use with students. Would be useful for AQA Spec A and B. You could cut up and encourage students to order or highlight for the AO’s (shown at the bottom). Written at an accessible level by expert examiner.

I used a guillotine to split up the SPEED chain in order to encourage students to think about crafting better paragraphs. They then used treasury tags to connect them. I based my answer on the 2019 Othello extract for Spec B - tragedy although it could be used to model any extract-based answer. I then gave out the essay split into paragraphs. You may wish to alter for the ability of your students as this is highest Band 5 level. Once they had decided on the order of the essay they stuck it onto A3 and colour coded each AO. I hope you find this lesson useful.

I wrote this in real time - I hope it is useful to use with your students in preparing for next year’s exam. It is from the May 2019 series - the paper is available on e-AQA for download. Thanks

Useful for students studying Atonement, Brighton Rock and Browning, Wilde and Crabbe. Has a further list of potential two-text questions which would be great to set as independent essays. I also include two excellent example answers: one which shows how to write on an unseen crime extract (The Mousetrap) and one which is a two-text question based on the crime poems and Atonement. It is worth noting that a play-script is likely to appear soon for the crime unseen component as it has been generally prose so far - this means it is useful for students to be aware of how to write about drama as an extract. Thanks

An excellent and detailed lesson based on two non-fiction texts. Includes full walkthrough and tips - designed to be used with a visualiser if possible although I have included a scan of my example for Q4.

For AQA Spec B, Route A - all six past questions for Part C (the two text question) together as well as 21 new questions which are excellent for rapid planning, homeworks etc. You could set one a fortnight for the entire year!

I made this as a lecture but it also has step by step activities for any comparison of non-fiction.

Contains a wealth of resources, exam papers and lessons. Covers a full six/seven week introduction to Non-fiction and is aimed at the GCSE Reading AO's. Has been used to great success in my own classes.

Comprehensive resource for reading a range of texts as well as the skills for English Language AO1, AO2, AO4 Includes PPTs and walkthrough answers. This is a great booklet for setting cover, long term absence work or revision/mocks as each has a full set of exam questions. It is geared towards Edexcel but is adaptable for teaching comprehension and has generally accessible texts.

I made this to use with a KS4 group during a taster lesson. There was naturally a lot of explanation and discussion but there are a few easy little tasks they can also do. Hope it's useful for someone. I printed the slides with pictures on them off as big handouts for note-making purposes.

HUGE powerpoint guiding students through every aspect of the new exam with example questions and answers. Perfect for your final revision classes. This is aimed at Edexcel but extremely easy to adapt for AQA or others. The texts are linked by a theme: survival at sea. I have used with mixed ability groups and it was really successful. I recommend printing the learning journeys for the exams off as well as certain scaffolded slides as worksheets. I also wrote out a timed answer to the 15 mark question on the visualiser which I have scanned in. If you find this useful I'm happy to make more for Paper 2 for no extra charge. Paper 1: The Swiss Family Robinson Paper 2: Survivor's account of the Titanic disaster and RNLI article NB. These extracts have been abridged to suit the exam. I do not own any copyright.

Based on 'Alive' and 'Touching the Void'. Used with my mixed ability Y11s. Comes with a full 1 hour powerpoint and a printable/adaptable learning journey.

Booklet designed for use in preparation for the Edexcel GCSE new spec. Easily adaptable to AQA as the questions are almost exactly the same.