A chapter by chapter summary, clear and concise. Includes comprehension style questions for every chapter. Ideal for the busy teacher as a recap of the novel and the questions could be your starters/plenaries.

This presentation should provide you with an introductory lesson with follow up tasks on writing a biographyl. In light of the new GCSE specifications, this resource is ideal for a KS3 introduction to non-fiction. It includes a link to an actual read online biography and uses this to guide students to research, plan and write their own biographies.

Designed specifically for AQA A Level English Literature, Modern times: Literature from 1945 to the present day, this resource offers four short extracts from unseen modern texts followed by tasks based on critical views of Walker’s The Color Purple and Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire . Four practice questions included. Could be used as a discussion PowerPoint or as a group activity, using the slides as worksheets. I’m using it with my Year 13s as a revision activity, leading up to them writing responses to the questions included.

Three setting-based extracts from the novel presented on A3. Can be used as a carousel activity for students to annotate for language features, or as group annotation activity.

PowerPoint format to save on photocopying, this presentation takes your class through writing a review in stages, with opportunities for discussion and for class interaction. Probably a 30-45minute task, depending on the enthusiasm of your class. A handy first lesson after the holidays lesson for key stage 2/3, or for days that celebrate books and reading as a one off lesson.

Written with the new AQA specification in mind, this activity should cover an hour long lesson in which students work together to craft an effective section of a story.

Suitable for KS3 or lower ability KS4, this resource uses an extract from Pan’s Labyrinth to take students through Q1, Q4 and Q5 of English Langauge Paper 1 (AQA). I used it as revision, but you could easily adapt it as an introduction to the paper/ skills. The extract is included. The PowerPoint covers Q1, includes some general questions on the text and then focuses on Q4 - Evaluation. There are also some slides to prompt descriptive and narrative writing. This resource promotes independent learning, group work, pair work and discussion. It is not a PowerPoint of set answers or information.

A 12 page selection of many of the key/interesting quotes from the novel. The pack includes two Word documents, one with the quotes in chronological order, the other with quotes grouped in themes. You could give this to students as a hand out, or as a cut and stick activity where they decide which themes the quotes belong to (many of them really belong to more than one category, but I've not duplicated them within categories to make the file more user-friendly). You could also just give students the quotes for a specific theme to aid them in essay writing, either as a starter or as the basis for an essay plan. If you like this resource, you might also like the display resource in my shop, which includes 16 of the quotes presented visually for display purposes.

A PowerPoint to help Key Stage 3/Lower ability Key Stage 4 practice questions 1 and 2 of the AQA English Language Paper 1 Reading section. The stimulus material is from War Horse (the questions themselves and the extracts are from another free resource I found on TES). I’ve broken the extract up to allow for discussion and annotation on the board and have popped half of a level 4 response on there to get them going.

Four rounds, each including 10 questions on Macbeth. Assumes knowledge of the play. Rounds include: Plot Who said that line? Complete the line Context There's also a PowerPoint included with the answers and a summary task. I'm using as a carousel in small groups, but could just as easily be used as an individual quiz/test.

Designed as practice for AQA - Texts in Shared Contexts: Modern Literature from 1945 to the present day (A Level English Literature Paper 2B) Unseen Prose Question. This resource includes a worksheet including the extract from ‘I Am Charlotte’ from the June 2017 paper with prompt questions. The PowerPoint takes students through a possible plan.

A carousel activity aimed to take a lesson of 1 hour. Using key letters, students answer a range of questions to annotate some of the key moments from the novel. The questions are focused on the Assessment Objectives for AQA A Level English Literature: Paper 2B: Texts in Shared Contexts: Modern Times: Literature from 1945 to the Present Day (Drama and Prose Contextual Linking) Some comparisons are made with 'A Streetcar Name Desire', but these could be easily edited to the play of your choice. (The letters aren't included, I photocopied the extracts from the novel onto A3 for my classes). You could repeat the activity with different letters.

A PowerPoint taking students through this important scene. It includes a number of activities including drama tasks, language analysis tasks, creative writing, a chat show and a storyboarding activity. Should keep them busy for a while! I use this with mixed ability year 8 classes, but it might work for lower ability ks4 ( though you might miss some of the tasks out/adapt them).

A PowerPoint presentation designed to take students through analysing the poem independently/in pairs. Questions are focused on the AOs for AQA’s A Level English Literature paper 7711 7712. I’ve included a couple of comparison questions for ‘Rebecca’, but not many and these could easily be adapted for the text you are using as the comparison piece. The focus is on the poem itself, rather than on the novel.

A feedback Powerpoint for the English Language Paper 1 Silk Factory paper from AQA. The feedback from my class after their Mock. Provides a summary of the advice from the examiner’s report in an easy and accessible format. Hopefuly will save you a little bit of time!

Empty Facebook template. Could be used to fill in character details or even as a PSHE activity.