A lesson which guides the students in understanding the poem before asking them to analyse it. A writing guide is included.

A homemade mock question for King Lear.

Twenty-five questions, which become increasingly difficult, and are designed to test understanding of the text and the context surrounding it. If students are able to confidently answer all the questions in this resource, I would consider them to be well-prepared for their GCSE examination.

Weekly sets of quotations and key terms for students to learn for the AQA GCSE Power and Conflict poetry cluster. Each set is followed by a corresponding essay question that can be completed in class or at home.

A lesson which follows the individual teaching of the two poems, and includes preparation and guidance to prepare them for writing a comparison.

A lesson based on Animal Farm up to the end of chapter five. It culminates in students writing an analytical paragraph embedding relevant context. This lesson includes a writing frame and exemplar paragraphs.

An exemplar essay in response to the summer 2018 AQA question on William Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’. Starting with this moment in the play, explore how Shakespeare presents the attitudes of Macbeth and Banquo towards the supernatural.

An unseen poetry lesson on Dorothy Molloy’s ‘Les Grands Seigneurs’ that was used for GCSE English Literature students. The lesson includes an exemplar top grade paragraph.

This is the first half of a top grade poetry comparison for the AQA English Literature GCSE. Students were asked to write the second half of this essay after pulling apart why it was so successful as a class.

This is a comprehensive workbook on the first three acts of the play. Copies of all scenes (some abridged) are included for pupils to annotate. A wide variety of task types are included, including example paragraphs. It is 93 pages long (the actual play makes up for about half of these pages).

This is 63 page work booklet containing a full range of activities to use alongside the novel. It can be printed and bound and used as an alternative to an exercise book.

This is a complete top level IGCSE essay on the role of Jem in ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’. It was used as an exemple with pupils who annotated their copy with success criteria. It was also used with pupils to demonstrate how to plan an essay in exam conditions.

This is a complete top level IGCSE essay on the role of parents in ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’. It was used as an exemplar with pupils who annotated their copy with success criteria. It was also used with pupils to demonstrate how to plan an essay in exam conditions.

This is a comprehensive two sided knowledge organiser, which addresses Edexcel assessment objectives 1,2,3 and 5. It is extremely useful for A Level pupils when writing essays or revising. It contains key information for understanding.

A lesson to prepare students for the unseen poetry aspect of AQA English Literature. This lesson includes a writing guide and self-assessment exercise.

A lesson which teaches students to analyse an unseen poem. Includes a range of activities and includes a writing guide and an exemplar.

A two-sided A4 knowledge organiser for A-Level students studying 'The Handmaid's Tale. It contains a bank of key information that relates to each of the AQA assessment objectives. My students have found it extremely useful as a quick reference point when constructing essay plans, particularly to ensure they are hitting all the assessment objectives. This was printed off and laminated.

A two-sided King Lear A4 knowledge organiser for A-Level students, that contains a bank of key information that relates to each of the AQA assessment objectives. My students have found it extremely useful as a quick reference point when constructing essay plans, particularly to ensure they are hitting all the assessment objectives. On the preview it appears as though the boxes overlap; this is not the case on the actual download.

A lesson which accompanied the students' study of war poetry as propaganda. Students were asked to consider the purpose of a variety of propaganda posters form different points in history before writing an analysis of their impact and effects.

This is a comprehensive scheme of work that contains 26 high quality lessons, a mock, six weeks of homework tasks, weekly assessments and a quotations test. The lessons are differentiated and have been used for the past three years to teach GCSE students.