A full lesson with worksheet resource helping students to understand the importance of proof reading. Goes through 4 common errors made by students (capital letters, apostrophes, homophones and comma splices). Used with Y7 catch up premium students to help them access the curriculum.

A collection of timed practice tasks for both paper 1 and paper 2 Q5s. 5 different themes (10 tasks in total) Themes: International Women’s Day, mental health, oceans, snow and spring. Ideal for timed practice with Year 11.

Colour coded structure strips designed to help students when first learning how to structure GCSE poetry comparison essays. Easily printed, cut up and laminated to be used again and again.

Model response for an exam Q themed around poverty in ACC. Exam Q and extract provided. Model response meets all of level 6 Literature criteria and is roughly a Grade 8 response.

A mock paper for the Edexcel IGCSE English Language 3B exam. Two non fiction texts themed around elephants. Section A - reading skills Section B and C - writing skills

An exemplar response for P2 Q5 (AQA). ‘LGBTQ fiction should be more widely available in school libraries’ Write a letter arguing for this statement.

Two differentiated documents for Romeo and Juliet. High ability document contains four key scenes and exam questions and room for planning. Lower ability contains same key scenes with modern translation and close reading questions based around the extracts. Both documents were originally used for homework, but can very easily be used for revision purposes in lessons without needing adapting. Focus scenes: Prince’s speech Nurse talking about breastfeeding Juliet Tybalt seeing Romeo at the feast Balcony scene

A booklet of non-fiction linked to Blood Brothers by Willy Russell. Can be used as homework booklet or to use alongside reading of text in class. Each task has a “key question” which is based in contextual understanding of play. Each piece of non fiction is sourced from JSTOR or an academic journal or similar. They each have their own set of questions at the end as well as a ‘To what extent…’ style stretch question.

A booklet of 5 academic articles sourced from JSTOR. Each article has linked questions and ‘To what extent’ style task. Easily used for homework over a half term, or using to teach key themes/context alongside the reading of the text in lessons.

A booklet that I created for my Y11 more able pupils. Collection of academic non fiction with questions for each source. Ables students to develop understanding of context and leads to more insightful analysis of the text.

A mock section A exam for Paper 2 using two sources about violent protests - one about protests in France and one about the Peterloo massacre.

An AQA style Paper 2 mock exam using extracts from Captain Scott’s diary and an article called ‘I fell through the Artic Ice’ . Questions and sources provided.

An AQA style Paper 2 mock exam using Dickens’ description of ‘Seven Dials’ in London and a blog called ‘Sunday morning in London’. Sources and questions provided.

PowerPoint and resources for the new AQA Literature poetry exam. Includes at least one lesson per poem in the Relationships cluster and several comparison lessons. Modeled responses and worksheets included.

Example essay(s) for the question ‘How and why does Sheila change in AIC?’ Written for AQA GCSE English Literature spec Same essay but differentiated two ways for use with different sets Written using ‘3 big ideas’ structure

14 lesson Hamlet SOW for KS3 Lesson options include challenge tasks for More Able students

A mock paper in the style of AQA Language paper 2 (non ficiton) using a modern article about dating and an extract from an 1870 book about courtship and marriage.

A short activity to introduce students to using appositives when talking about ‘Macbeth’. Inspired by The Writing Revolution to improve students’ writing.

An A4 guide for students on how to answer Q 1-4 in Language Paper 2 (non-fiction) Includes print screens of questions to build familiarity with format.

A slow writing task to get students thinking about how to develop their creative writing.