A comprehensive collection of 23 sample exam tasks on 'A Christmas Carol' by Dickens, in the style of the new specification (8702) AQA English Lit Paper 1 GCSE exam. As with the official sample materials, each task includes brief details about where the extract is from, the extract itself with line numbers, and a question, followed by prompts to refer to the presentation of character/theme/idea/setting in the extract and the novel as a whole. The tasks are ordered in the same sequence as the extracts appear in the novel, so this would also be useful for recapping the story through key extracts.

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!

This covers all of the text including events, characters, themes, context. I used to use this for my GCSE groups and they loved it. All you will need is some dice.

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 covers the whole play, context, characters, events, themes and can be adapted to suit any exam board. Students really enjoy this! All you will need is some dice.

Lesson can be easily differentiated for different classes and abilities. Students to draw lines or eyes where they think the focus has altered. Students to cut and stick emojis onto the focus to show what effect is created there. They can then fill in the table. If they need extra support, they can use the focus card sort to help them.

This covers all of the text including events, characters, themes, context. I used to use this for my GCSE groups and they loved it. All you will need is some dice.

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.

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.

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!

The board will need to be printed on A3 and could be laminated for reuse. This is a really good way of getting students to revisit their learning and knowledge of the characters, themes, context and events of the novella in a fun and independent way. I have used this before and the students really enjoy it. All you will need it some dice to play. You could get students to think of their own questions and tasks too as an extension/challenge.

This is a booklet which covers the 1993 film version of Much Ado About Nothing by Kenneth Branagh. 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.

The board will need to be printed on A3 and could be laminated for reuse. This is a really good way of getting students to revisit their learning and knowledge of the characters, themes, context and events of the play in a fun and independent way. I have used this before and the students really enjoy it. All you will need it some dice to play. You could get students to think of their own questions and tasks too as an extension/challenge.

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.

This is a new set of assessment tasks on Othello - please see my other resources for Pack 1. A set of 13 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 six 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 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!

Mats that students can use to remind them of the mark criteria and what they should be looking for in the English Language Paper 1. Can be used for self or peer assessment or as revision.

A template to test the students’ knowledge of each of the poems from the ‘Power and Conflict’ poems in AQA. Meant as a revision resource so both the student and teacher can see what they remember and need to revise. Also included are answers to the poems in the powerpoint.