A Macbeth worksheet using I do We do You do structure to help guide students towards writing a full GCSE essay on the theme of the supernatural. Thesis and three ‘big ideas’ already written for students + one full model paragraph linked to the first idea. There is room for students and teacher to complete We Do together for the second idea, before students independently plan and complete the third on the final page.

A full marks response for AQA Language Paper 1 Q4 using an extract from Stave 1 of Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’. Response both agrees and disgarees with parts of the statement.

An article written for language paper 2 Q5 as an exemplar to show students. Written in response to a statement about gender equality, the task asked students to write an article to argue that we have not yet reached true equality.

A grade 9 example answer to the AQA Paper 1 Q5 from November 2018. Describe a time 200 years in the future.

14 lesson poetry SOW for KS3, themed around 'Culture and Identity. LOs focused on language and structure analysis, as well as how to construct a comparison of two poems and how to independently write a response to a poem. Poem booklet and non fiction sources included in pack.

I produced these resources to use as part of an 'enable table' during a lesson about poverty for Dickens' A Christmas Carol. There are four information sheets (education, sanitation, workhouses and employment) with accompanying images. I printed and laminated them on 4 different coloured papers and left on the enable table for More Able pupils to use as a way of meeting AO3 for the new Lit GCSE. Would work well when used as an 'investigate'/carousel lesson, or alternatively on classroom displays.

PPT and resources for teaching Susan Hill's Woman in Black. Originally used with second set Y11. Plenty of lessons exploring the themes and ideas of novel with analysis of key devices used by Hill.

PPT for KS3 Superheroes themed unit of work. Reading and Writing skills addressed throughout.

A knowledge organiser for AQA’s Power and Conflict cluster. Contains key quotations for each poem, contextual notes, key themes and comparative words and phrases. There are also definitions for various language/structure/form subject terminology. Can be printed and laminated for tables, glued into books at start of topic, or given to Y11 for revision.

A variety of lessons for AQA Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 Q5s. Inspired by various poems in the Power and Conflict cluster. Lessons cover fiction writing and non-fiction. These were used with my top set Y10 (target grades ranging between 5 and 9).

An end of year Literature quiz for all of the above named texts.

Exemplar response for a question about the presentation of violence in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Meets all of the level 6 criteria for AQA Lit Paper 1- roughly a Grade 8 response. Extract and exam Q provided to help contextualise the response.

A handy knowledge organiser that I created for Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Contains key quotations for each character; key settings and themes; multiple aspects of context (workhouses, poverty, capitalism and Industrial Revolution); Dickens' ideas and intentions; language, structure and form. Can be printed and laminated for tables or stuck into books.

This is a lesson that I created for my bottom set Y9 class to help them understand and use dashes in various ways in their work. It could easily be used to teach at KS2 and wouldn't take much adapting. Engaging activities to keep students enthused.

This is a lesson that I created for my bottom set Y9 class to help tem understand that a simple sentence can be improved using adjectives. It could easily be used to teach at KS2 and wouldn't take much adapting. Lesson uses Disney as a stimulus. Engaging activities to keep students enthused.

This is a lesson that I created for my bottom set Y9 class to help tem understand and use prepositional time phrases. It could easily be used to teach at KS2 and wouldn't take much adapting. Engaging activities to keep students enthused.

An exemplar Grade 8 response for AQA Paper 1 Q5 using cyclical structure. Written in response to an image of a train platform. This is my own interpretation of the level 4 mark scheme and how I believe that a student can achieve the higher marks on this question. Please note that this is my own writing and is for use in the classroom. It should not be shared or published online without permission.

Exemplar response that I used to teach prolepsis (flash-forward) to my top set Y11 pupils (target grades 7-9). This is my own interpretation of the level 4 mark scheme and how I believe that a student can achieve the higher marks on this question. Please note that this is my own writing and is for use in the classroom. It should not be shared or published online without permission.