This is a booklet which covers the 2012 film version of Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo. It has rough timings as to when students should be able to answer the question by. Covers a range of Bloom’s skills. Can be used either as an activity during teaching or post-reading recap.

After discounting all extracts and questions used in AQA’s sample and past papers, and considering the length of extract and question styles used by AQA, I came up with eight potential extracts and questions AQA could use this summer. This resource consists of those extracts, each with a question, in the style of the AQA GCSE English Literature exam. Please note that these are purely predictions and I have no advance knowledge of the content of the exam!

After considering all extracts and questions used in AQA’s sample and past papers, and considering the length of extract and question styles used by AQA, I came up with ten possible exam tasks AQA could use this summer on ‘An Inspector Calls’. Each task consists of a pair of questions in the style of the exam, so there are twenty tasks in total. The resource also includes all past exam questions on An Inspector Calls. Please note that these are purely predictions and I have no advance knowledge of the content of the exam!

17 lessons that covers the whole play of 'Frankenstein'. Looks at plot, characters, themes and context.

This resource consists of a set of exam style tasks based on the Power and Conflict poems (Paper 2, Section B) in the style of the AQA GCSE English Literature exam. Each poem has three different potential questions (in the format of the exam, with the named poem featured on the page - ready for easy printing!) Please note: these are purely sample papers based on predictions relating to what could come up in the summer; I have no advance knowledge of the content of the exam this resource comprises of sample assessment questions only, not teaching resources or any preparatory or revision materials the questions can easily be edited to include your own task.

10 lessons based on the topic of theme parks. This results in a persuasive speech writing assessment based on the Alton Towers ‘Smiler’ incident. It covers persuasive features, bias, and description.

39 weeks of words with quotes, thinking activities and space for timetable and form notices. You will have to change the dates for the year you are using it.

This is a booklet which covers the 2001 Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone film. It has rough timings as to when students should be able to answer the question by and bares in mind methods used by the director and Columbus whilst allowing them to compare the two media types. Covers a range of Bloom’s skills. Can be used either as a pre-reading activity or post-reading recap.

Covers the book and integrates reading skills with writing. A range of activities with challenge and extension tasks. Powerpoint lesson 7/8 also contains photos from inside Auschwitz from a visit I took to the camp which can bring the story to life for the students. Mine were really interested to see what it actually looked like.

This is a booklet which covers the 1954 film version of Animal Farm by Joy Batchelor and John Halas. It has rough timings as to when students should be able to answer the question from. Covers a range of Bloom’s skills. Can be used either as an activity during teaching or post-reading recap.

This lesson can be used at any time of year but has Christmas based activities such as making a paper chain. It is designed to be a creative lesson whilst focusing on analytical skills and the writer’s intentions. There are lots of opportunities to consider the wider text and how quotes link to build a concept.

I have now uploaded a second set of A-Level Othello exam questions - see my other resources for Pack 2. This pack is a set of 14 assessment tasks, following the same structure as the AQA A Level Paper 1 (Love Through the Ages), Section A, Q1 sample materials, all on Othello. This is for the new specification (7712). The assessments focus on the presentation of varying types of love across a range of key scenes in the play. This makes them useful as practice exam material, and/or for recapping key scenes in the play. Each task has a question based on the presentation of [aspect of love] in response to a statement, followed by an extract.

After discounting all extracts and questions used in AQA’s sample and past papers, and considering the length of extract and question styles used by AQA, I came up with five potential extracts and questions AQA could use this summer. This resource consists of those five extracts, each with a question, in the style of the AQA GCSE English Literature exam. Please note that these are purely predictions and I have no advance knowledge of the content of the exam! I have also included a further series of sample exam questions as part of the resource.

Six pairs of poems formatted to the AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 2 Section C exam paper. This pack includes six documents, each consisting of part i (a 24-mark analysis task of the first unseen poem) and part ii (an 8-mark task comparing how the poets use methods). Very useful if your students need to practise analysing unseen poems and comparing them.

After considering all extracts and questions used in AQA’s sample and past papers, and considering the length of extract and question styles used by AQA, I came up with ten possible exam tasks AQA could use this summer on ‘Blood Brothers’. Each task consists of a pair of questions in the style of the exam, so there are twenty tasks in total. The resource also includes all past exam questions on Blood Brothers. Please note that these are purely predictions and I have no advance knowledge of the content of the exam!

A revision resource to help students remember what they need to do to answer the questions, how many marks they get for each and some sentence openers. It will need printing on A3.

Fully decorated with a range of activities leading up to creating a newspaper report. Just needs learning objectives and success criteria adding.