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I'm a Head of English who has produced outstanding results throughout my career. I specialise in helping students achieve the very best marks in exams throughout their time in school. The resources provided are designed to engage, intrigue students but ultimately help students achieve the very best results- enjoy!
AQA Lang Paper 1 Reading Q revision
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AQA Lang Paper 1 Reading Q revision

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Here is a lesson which should prove useful. This covers all four reading questions for the AQA language paper 1, including method and example answers. There is also suggestions as to what should be the next steps for your students (and you) as a teacher to ensure pupils are ready for the exams. Enjoy
How to anwser every GCSE Literature question perfectly
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How to anwser every GCSE Literature question perfectly

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Aimed at the current EDEXCEL GCSE Literature course, this superb revision sheet explains exactly what students need to do to achieve perfect marks for every question in the two exams. This is a tried and tested method with a number of students achieving full marks with this method.
Romeo and Juliet: Exam Question with full mark response
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Romeo and Juliet: Exam Question with full mark response

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Need a grade 9 example and exam question but don’t want to waste time producing it? Look no further. Feel free to adapt this resource to meet the needs of your classes. Further revision videos can be found using the YouTube link to The English Teacher playlist. You will find hundreds of other videos for you usage in this area.
Key Revision Guide: The Sign of Four
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Key Revision Guide: The Sign of Four

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Looking for all the key information for “The Sign of Four” for your students but haven’t got the time? Well, look no further. This document outlines the key elements of plot, context, character and quotations you need in order to help support you students to achieve the very highest mark possible. Enjoy
AQA Literature paper 2: Intervention day lessons
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AQA Literature paper 2: Intervention day lessons

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Here is 200 minutes of revision lessons which could make all difference to your students. Lesson plans and presentations are clear, and are aimed at ensuring your students are at least planning a response for each of the sections in the exam (with the exception of the 8 mark question as time could not allow it). Feel free to alter the resources to suit your students and enjoy!
Pre exam intervention: Macbeth and A Christmas Carol
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Pre exam intervention: Macbeth and A Christmas Carol

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Need to deliver an excellent intervention prior to the AQA literature paper 1 exam and worried it might be a stale event? Perhaps this can help. The 100 minute lesson plan can be found on slide 16. The tasks begin in a fun and interactive manner before getting in to the important part of the session; can they plan a grade 9 response and can they write a grade 9 answer? You will need to provide the exam questions you will use but you may also find the attached video link useful which guides your pupils through the process expertly: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWe3mwAmPUBc6oUr-QH_8dQflEPPYoWL0 Enjoy!
Love and Relationship: Everything you need to know
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Love and Relationship: Everything you need to know

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In this document you will find all the analysis you and your classes need in order to achieve full marks. For each the poems you will find the basic meaning, context, as well as analysis of form, structure and language. Feel free to download and edit to suit your needs. Enjoy
Poetry Comparison: Full scheme of work
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Poetry Comparison: Full scheme of work

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This engaging, challenging and enjoyable scheme work fully explores how language, form and structure help to create meaning. Based on the AQA literature specification (although this is easily adapted), the unit teaches students the method required to achieve full marks for Section B of paper 2; a perfect way to ensure your students are embedding the required analytical skills as early as possible. With multiple assessment points, multiple examples of a wide range of poems and multiple opportunities to write creatively based on the example poems, this unit cannot fail to help encourage your students to enjoy poetry whilst also being able to discuss and write about it analytically. Why waste time creating this unit when it has already been completed for you. Enjoy!
Poetry Comparison Full Unit of work
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Poetry Comparison Full Unit of work

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This comprehensive unit work not only inspires students in the field of poetry but ensures they have a fully working knowledge of the ways language, structure and form help to establish meaning. With multiple assessment points and a variety of writing tasks included in the unit, the scheme is designed to ensure not only that students have read a wide birth of poetry but that they are able to discuss and write critically about them. Designed with the more able in mind, there are multiple notes which explore how tasks can be differentiated to suit the needs of all students. Enjoy!
AQA Lit: Full mark analysis revision notes
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AQA Lit: Full mark analysis revision notes

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This is everything every teacher and student across the land will want in their lives. After hours (and hours) of work, this guide is aimed at providing students with the minimum they need to know in order to achieve full marks in their Literature exams. This weighty document provides full mark analysis points (context, form, structure and language) for the following texts: - Macbeth - An Inspector Calls - Animal Farm - A Christmas Carol - AQA Power and Conflict poetry section This superb resource also includes: - Basic plot outline - Full mark exemplar responses - Practice exam questions - The planning and answering method for each question Published as a word document to enable you to further edit if you wish, this resource really does have the kind of analysis your students need in order to allow you to spend time simply planning, writing and assessing Exam practice. Why spend hours doing something similar when it has already been done for you? You're welcome!
Persuasive letter: Perfect mark example
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Persuasive letter: Perfect mark example

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Why waste time writing your own when someone else can write the perfect mark response for you? This is an excellent model to use with your students in order to prepare them for assessment or to simply explore as part of your AFL.
Non- fiction unit
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Non- fiction unit

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This Unit explores a wide variety of non-fiction texts, from different time periods, in a forensic and engaging way. The unit enhances a students ability to analyse texts as well as create their own. Enjoy