Lesson focusing on how to approach two unseen poems using the theme of crisis and disaster. Poems provided by @fayemarshall (Twitter) .

As it’s International Women’s Day, I thought it would be fitting to create an exam paper to celebrate :oP. Sources from Mary Wollstonecraft’s ‘A Vindication of the rights of Women’ and Malala Yousafzai’s speech to the UN Youth Takeover. Enjoy! Let me know how it goes :o)

FIVE writing activities for AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5. I’ve used the thought provoking work of artist Al Margen to act as a visual aid and help students write more creatively. I have also included questions for classroom discussions.

Detailed PowerPoint focusing on the relationship between the themes of the play and the context. Students will work collaboratively in differentiated groups to write a PEED paragraph. Lesson is focused on students, and their ability to work effectively as a team to share and develop ideas.

Lesson teaching students how to analyse (explode) a quote at word level. An exam style question is also included.

Revision tasks for English Language Paper 2 (Q1, Q3,Q5).

A full examination paper for AQA English Language Paper 1. The extract is from the novel ‘Children of Blood and Bone’.

An introduction lesson for The Hate U Give. Students will begin by researching the contextual factors surrounding the novel (American school system, statistics of poverty and police brutality in the U.S). They will then read chapter 1 and use their knowledge of the context to make inferences about the text.

The second lesson in ‘A Christmas Carol’ SOW. Big question: What are the typical conventions of a ghost story, and to what extent does ‘A Christmas Carol’ align with these genre expectations? The lesson includes: what is genre? Exploration of conventions suited to ghost stories. questions to aid students’ analysis of the preface read, re-read, read again the opening of the novella analysis questions big question revisited: indepedent writing task

An introduction to ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’. The lesson includes: Big question- Who was Tennessee Williams? To what extent might the play ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ be an expression of his identity? Research into Tennessee Williams (questions provided) Inference and prediction tasks using the ‘Poker Night’ painting by Thomas Benton and synopsis Homework task (Tennessee Williams Interview with Mike Wallace in 1958)

Useful worksheet for A-level students. Students will use questions focused around the Assessment Objectives to provide more effective revision notes. Lesson idea: Add document to Google Docs Put students into pairs and give them a different AO question to focus on Sit back and watch the students work! View their responses live on Google Docs and provide questions to aid them when necessary At the end of the lesson, the students would have positively collaborated to create revision notes.

Lesson analysing Childish Gambino’s video ‘This is America’. Students will work collaboratively to examine aspects of his video, considering his viewpoint and perspective on violence and race relations in America . Students are then given an AQA English Language Paper 2 Q4 exam style question to answer.

Introductory lesson for 'The Sign of Four'. The lesson breaks down the English literature paper and the Assessment Objectives for the exam. Students will then act as detectives using images, video clips and a summary of the novel to make their own predictions of the novel.

An English Language Paper 1 exam (reading section) based on the Inspector in 'An Inspector Calls'.

Starter activity getting students to look closely at the deeper meaning rather than just looking at a quote at surface level.

Revision task to help students revise the elements on the periodic table.

Q5 writing starter (description of picture). Success criteria included to help students write imaginative pieces of writing.

Most of us dislike marking because of the time it takes. Let me help you cut your marking time with this handy marking template breaking down A02. THREE templates available focusing on each Assessment Objective (A01, A02 & A03) on my TES shop.

AQA English Language Paper 2, Question 1 (True statements) and Question 3 (language) lesson starter .

Paper 2, Question 1 and 3 starter activity. The source is taken from The Guardian and looks at the gaps in pay between female and male sports stars.