English GCSE and English KS3 resources by a lead practitioner. Everything I upload is tried and tested by both myself and my English Department. I always appreciate feedback, so please do leave a review if you get chance.
Leave a review and choose any other single resource for free! Just get in touch at info@englishgcse.co.uk
English GCSE and English KS3 resources by a lead practitioner. Everything I upload is tried and tested by both myself and my English Department. I always appreciate feedback, so please do leave a review if you get chance.
Leave a review and choose any other single resource for free! Just get in touch at info@englishgcse.co.uk
8 x Reading Comprehension packs covering a variety of pertinent teenage issues. These packs are great for covering both PSHE topics and Whole School Literacy in Tutor Time.
Pack includes 8 x detailed 4 page reading comprehension packs, each with a page of differentiated questions, so students can all access and get on with the tasks independently.
The questions and focus both on comprehension of PSHE content and English skills.
These can be used in form time as part of literacy focus, or in an English lesson for KS3/4 GCSE comprehension training. They are an interesting, useful, very easy to use and good way to combine PSHE and English.
Myths and Legends English KS3 complete lessons pack that includes 19+ resource packs, all with differentiated activities, worksheets, video clips, engaging approaches to language, structure, organisation, vocabulary, characters, genre, language analysis, settings and many more aspects of narrative writing and descriptive writing and language analysis.
Includes:
Myths and Legends introduction lesson that looks at characters
Robin Hood extract language analysis lesson
Monsters and descriptive writing
Boudica lesson on legend key themes
Minotaur lesson looking at improving vocabulary for descriptive writing
Icarus and Daedalus lesson on language analysis
Settings lesson that explores building description for atmosphere and tone
Odysseus and Cyclops lesson on using evidence in analytical paragraphs
Structure lesson exploring the 12 steps of the Hero���s Journey
Aborigine stories and Dreamtime language analysis lesson
Hindu story, empathy and sympathy lesson
Commas and punctuation recap lesson
Knowledge organiser
Six weeks’ worth of homework activities
Beginning and ending narratives
Assessment planning
Spoken Language lesson
Assessment review lesson
Escape room for recapping and revision
Scheme of work document
Includes differentiated activities, engaging activities, worksheets, scaffolds, models and examples, perfect for KS3 English and those students approaching English Language Paper 1.
Poetry lessons for KS3 English students that explore poems by writers from a range of backgrounds and contexts. A complete scheme of work exploring poetry.
It includes:
Poetry introduction lesson
Grace Nichols Island Man language lesson
Island Man lesson on structure
Imtiaz Dharker language lesson
Blessing lesson on structure
Search For My Tongue Sujata Bhatt - metaphors and voice
Tatamkhulu Afrika Nothing’s Changed - imagery, sounds and vocabulary
Nothing’s Changed structure, caesuras and enjambment lesson
Presents From My Aunts In Pakistan lesson on key themes
Presents From My Aunts In Pakistan structure
There Came A Wind Like A Bugle SMILE lesson
Types of rhyme lesson on full rhyme, half, assonance, consonance
Not My Business lesson exploring tyranny and its effects
Limbo poem lesson, connotations and denotations
Two Scavengers essay preparation lesson
Poetry assessment and lesson
Six week poetry homework plan
Poetry escape room
SIX week poetry scheme of work document
Contains differentiated activities, engaging resources, models, scaffolds and extensive teacher and student notes.
Three English cover work packs for KS3 and KS4 with 41 cover lessons in total!
KS3 English pack:
2x Analysing fiction texts (English Language Paper 1 Q1-3)
2x Analysing non-fiction texts (English Language Paper 2 Q1-3)
2x Descriptive/narrative writing (English Language Paper 1 Question 5)
2x Non-fiction writing (English Language Paper 2 Question 5)
3x Unseen poetry lessons (English Literature)
3x Shakespeare lessons (Extracts from The Tempest, Henry V and Richard III)
14 cover lessons with differentiated activities, scaffolds, easy-to-follow instructions and designed so non-subject specialists can teach them. Really useful for setting last minute cover and ensuring the lessons are challenging, meaningful and engaging.
They are designed to help support students at KS3 as they move from Year 7, 8 and 9 into KS4 and Year 10 and Year 11. Adaptable for KS4 classes, too. All extracts are included.
KS4 English pack:
English cover for KS4 lessons that includes:
2x Analysing fiction texts (English Language Paper 1 Q1-4)
2x Analysing non-fiction texts (English Language Paper 2 Q1-4)
2x Descriptive/narrative writing (English Language Paper 1 Question 5)
3x Non-fiction writing (English Language Paper 2 Question 5 - speech, article, writing to advise)
3x Unseen poetry lessons (English Literature)
2x Macbeth lessons
2x Romeo and Juliet lessons
1x Power and Conflict
1x Love and Relationships
17 cover lessons with differentiated activities, scaffolds, easy-to-follow instructions and designed so non-subject specialists can teach them. Really useful for setting last minute cover and ensuring the lessons are challenging, meaningful and engaging.
They are designed to help support students at KS4 so Year 10 and Year 11 and for their English Language and English Literature exams, but can be adapted for Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9.
KS4 English Literature pack:
English cover for KS4 lessons that includes:
2x An Inspector Calls
2x A Christmas Carol
2x Jekyll and Hyde
2x Animal Farm
2x The Sign of Four
10 cover lessons with differentiated activities, scaffolds, easy-to-follow instructions and designed so non-subject specialists can teach them. Really useful for setting last minute cover and ensuring the lessons are challenging, meaningful and engaging.
They are designed to help support students at KS4 so Year 10 and Year 11 and for their English Literature exams, but can be adapted for Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9.
Check out our English Shop for loads more free and inexpensive KS3, KS4, KS5, Literacy and whole school resources.
Creative writing bundle with a Christmas twist! Cover traditionally dry topics like sentences and punctuation with a fantastic festive theme that will engage students (even when they’ve got one eye on 25th December!) All useful for KS3 or KS4 classes approaching English Language Paper 1 Question 5.
Includes:
Christmas punctuation workshop
Semi colons, colons, dashes lesson
Narrative writing planning lesson
Zooming in descriptive writing lesson
Using colours in descriptive writing
Creating Christmas fiction characters
Christmas advent calendar (25 starters)
Christmas cover pack
Christmas English quiz
And more to come! Merry Christmas!
Check out our English Shop for loads more free and inexpensive KS3, KS4, KS5, Literacy and whole school resources.
AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 Knowledge Organisers
AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Sections A and B package
AQA English Language Paper 1 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A package
AQA English Language and English Literature revision package
An Inspector Calls whole scheme package
An Inspector Calls revision package
Macbeth whole scheme package
Macbeth revision package
A Christmas Carol whole scheme package
A Christmas Carol revision package
Jekyll and Hyde whole scheme package
Jekyll and Hyde revision package
Romeo and Juliet whole scheme package
Power and Conflict poetry comparing poems package
Power and Conflict poetry whole scheme package
Love and Relationships poetry whole scheme package
Unseen Poetry whole scheme package
Or check out some Citizenship GCSE, RE, PSHE + RSE resources at EC Resources
Over 360 English lessons and resources for Years 7, 8 and 9!
The pack contains units of work for 18 terms (6 terms in Year 7, 6 in Year 8 and 6 in Year 9) for 4-5 lessons per week. The overview of the pack has been designed to ensure all elements of English Language and English Literature are covered over the three years.
All 18 term lesson packs are complete with detailed, well-differentiated and easy to follow PowerPoints for every lesson, accompanying differentiated worksheets, clip links with questions, plenaries, clear LOs, starters and engaging activities. These resources include modelled examples, scaffolds, sentence starters, extensive student and teacher notes and more.
You also have the option to pay through school invoice - just contact us at info@englishgcse.co.uk and let us know you’d like to, or if you’d like to discuss different combinations of resources, discounts or any other product.
If you were to buy each resource separately at a cost of £3, it would cost you around £930!
Includes the following packs:
Year 7
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Literature Paper 1)
Travel Writing (Language P2 Section A)
Myths and Legends (Language P1 Section A)
Cirque du Freak (Literature P1)
Science Fiction (Language P1 and Q5)
Poetry From Other Cultures (Literature Paper 2)
Year 8
Richard III (Literature P1)
Gothic Fiction (Language P1 Q5)
War Poetry (Literature P2)
Animal Farm (Language P1 Section A)
Non-Fiction Reading (Lang P2 Section A)
Non-Fiction Writing (Magazine Project - Language P2 Question 5)
Year 9
Of Mice And Men (Language P1 Section A)
Non-Fiction Writing (Language P2 Q5)
Modern Drama (Literature P2): Our Day Out
Language P2 - Non-Fiction Extracts
Othello (Literature P1)
Short Stories / Descriptive and Narrative Writing (Language P1 Q5)
One year of English lessons for Year 7! Includes over 116 resource packs with differentiated activities, worksheets, modelled examples, student-friendly mark schemes, scaffolds, a plethora of strategies and approaches, engaging and interesting activities for a range of abilities and so much more.
Includes the following schemes of work:
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (English Literature Paper 1 focus)
Travel Writing (English Language Paper 2 focus)
Cirque du Freak (English Literature Paper 1 focus)
Myths and Legends (English Language Paper 1 focus)
Science Fiction (English Language Paper 1 focus)
Poetry From Across The world (English Literature Paper 2 focus)
Includes homework packs, escape rooms, knowledge organisers and more!
Pack includes: 116x fully resourced, highly-rated English lesson packs and units. All 116 lesson packs are complete with at least a one hour-long Powerpoint, accompanying differentiated worksheets, clip links with questions, plenaries, clear LOs, starters and all are well differentiated to three levels throughout. These resources have been highly-rated individually by TES users, follow the same consistent format and are easy to follow.
There is zero extra work required, and all lessons are skills-based and can be easily adapted for any GCSE exam board.
I use all of these myself as a Head of English and I really hope you find them excellent value. I’ve put literally months of time into this to make these lessons top quality for my own school team.
I also have a 1 YEAR OF Year 8 pack (116 lessons) available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/english-year-8-complete-12341018
I also have a 1 YEAR of Year 9 pack (116 lessons) available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/english-year-9-complete-12413646
Many more inexpensive and free resources at my shop:
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Non-Fiction Writing English pack designed for Year 9 but easily adaptable for Year 7, Year 8 and GCSE English Language classes. This pack will grow into a full scheme of work over the next few weeks.
Currently includes:
Non-Fiction Writing Introduction - Purpose, audience, text types
Vocabulary and Tone lesson - How combining registers and styles can impact a reader
Paragraphing for Effect lesson
Beginnings and endings for non-fiction texts lesson
Article writing lesson including straplines and headlines
Writing to persuade article lesson
Writing to explain lesson on Feminism
Fake news leaflet lesson with a writing to advise focus
Spoken Language presentation skills lesson
Spoken Language planning resource
Spoken Language questions and answers lesson
Letter writing with a focus on tone, structure and language
Punctuation workshop on commas, full stops, capital letters, hyphens, dashes and apostrophes.
Writing to argue article lesson on plastic surgery.
Assessment and preparation lesson
Assessment review lesson
Homework pack - six weeks of differentiated activities including Spoken Language tasks
Non-fiction writing escape room
Six week FREE scheme of work document
Edexcel English Language Paper 2 pack that includes modelled examples, differentiated activities, worksheets, annotated notes for teachers and students and more. A complete scheme of work pack for Paper 2 Section A.
Introduction to Paper 2 Q1, Q2, Q3
Introduction to Paper 2 Q4, Q5, Q6, Q7
Bias and Perspectives for Q1, Q2, Q3
Exploring Q1, Q2 and Q7 (a) - summary skills
Exploring Q4, Q5, Q6 - critical evaluation skills
Synthesising and summary skills for Q7a
Summary skills - similarities. Q7a and some language analysis for Q3.
Synthesising and similarities
Q3 - language and structure analysis lesson
Q7b lesson - comparing texts
Section A walkthrough, including scaffolds, exam questions, texts and more
Recapping language techniques
Bias and perspectives in two non-fiction texts (Florence Nightingale theme)
Upgrading language analysis
Exam practice pack with ANSWERS
Escape room revision lesson
Paper 2 Section A knowledge organiser
Differentiated homework pack (six weeks!)
Please note that this pack covers 19th, 20th and 21st century texts.
Eduqas English Language Component 1 Section B scheme of work with differentiated activities, modelled answers, knowledge organiser, exam practice pack and more.
Includes:
Creative Prose Writing Introduction
Exploring Setting and Description
Using Sentence Types
Tone
Using colours
Dashes, semicolons and colons
Tenses
Language techniques for describing characters
Sentence openers
Writing description - lower ability
Structure and narratives
Creative prose writing examples
Creative prose writing practice resource
Improving creative prose writing
Narrative perspectives
Endings
Knowledge organiser for Section B
Exam practice pack with modelled answers
Everything you need to teach Macbeth for the Eduqas spec! TWENTY+ HOURS’ WORTH!
Will soon include a 2 hour Macbeth overview (or revision /recap session), a complete GCSE revision guide, and NINETEEN lessons:
Includes:
Macbeth Introduction
Introducing Macbeth and Banquo
Analysing The Witches
Introducing Lady Macbeth
Act 1 Scene 7
Act 2 Scene 1 - The Dagger Scene
Act 2 Scene 2
Act 3 Scene 1
Murdering Banquo
The Banquet Scene
Macduff
Malcolm
Lady Macbeth’s Sleepwalking
The End
Assessment Planning Lesson
Knowledge Organiser
Quotes / quotations revision
Revision lessons x2 hours
Mock and review lesson
Eduqas English Language Component 2 Section B complete scheme of work that covers writing to argue, writing to advise, writing to persuade, letter writing and essay writing and more.
A great collection of differentiated activities, modelled examples, scaffolded sentences and guided peer and self reflection that enables students to learn from others and improve their non-fiction writing in preparation for Eduqas English Language Paper 2 Section B.
Keep checking your downloads as we will keep adding more and more to this bundle.
The suggested order of lessons is as follows (although this is by no means obligatory):
Included so far:
Eduqas Component 2 Section B Speech Writing
Speech Openers
Churchill Speech Writing (Language)
Abraham Lincoln Speech Writing (Language, Structure)
Speech Structure
Newspaper Articles
Article Writing (Space exploration theme)
Writing to Persuade (Football theme)
Greta Thunberg Climate Change lesson
Black History Month (Writing to explain/essays)
Writing to Advise lesson
Writing formal letters
Writing to Persuade (Letters of complaint)
Writing to argue assessment planning
Writing a letter assessment planning
Review writing lesson
Paper 2 Section B mock preparation lesson
Exam practice pack
Knowledge organiser
Eduqas Poetry Anthology collection of lessons that is a full scheme of work for all of the poems.
Includes resource packs for:
The Manhunt - Simon Armitage
The Soldier - Rupert Brooke
London - William Blake
Dulce et Decorum Est - Wilfred Owen
Ozymandias - Percy Shelley
Hawk Roosting - Ted Hughes
Sonnet 43 - Elizabeth Barrett Browning
She Walks in Beauty - Lord Byron
Living Space - Imtiaz Dharker
As Imperceptbily As Grief - Emily Dickinson
Cozy Apologia - Rita Dove
Cozy Apologia / Comparing Poems
A Wife in London - Thomas Hardy
Mametz Wood by Owen Sheers
Valentine by Carol Ann Duffy
Death of a Naturalist by Seamus Heaney
To Autumn - John Keats
Afternoons - Philip Larkin
Excerpt from The Prelude - William Wordsworth
Eduqas A Christmas Carol designed for English Literature Component 2.
Includes:
Differentiated lesson packs on all five staves/chapters
A knowledge organiser
Exam practice pack with ANSWERS
Mock exam and review with detailed notes
Key quotes revision
Analytical paragraphs lesson
Context lesson
Edexcel collection of poetry resources for Time and Place that will grow into a complete scheme of work for all of the anthology poems over the next few months.
Currently includes resources for:
Poetry introduction lesson (focus on Adlestrop by Edward Thomas)
Composed upon Westminster Bridge - William Wordsworth
London - William Blake
Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan - Moniza Alvi
Nothing’s Changed - Tatamkhulu Afrika
To Autumn - John Keats
Will soon include resources for:
I started Early - Took my Dog
Where the Picnic was
Adlestrop - Edward Thomas
Home Thoughts from Abroad - Robert Browning
First Flight - U. A. Fanthorpe
Stewart Island - Fleur Adcock
Hurricane HIts England - Grace Nichols
Postcard from a Travel Snob - Sophie Hannah
In Romney Marsh - John Davidson
Absence - Elizabeth Jennings
Four walkthrough packs that include:
Model answers
Scaffolds
Success criteria
Exam timings
Exam tips and advice
Perfect for exploring the AQA English Language June 2019 papers, both Paper 1 and Paper 2 - Section A and Question 5 or Section B.
Edexcel English Language 2.0 Paper 1 Section A pack with 18 resource packs included. Covers Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4(a), Q4(b), Q5 and Q6, includes pairs of 19th century non-fiction texts with common themes, modelled answers, differentiated activities, exam timings, advice, teacher and student notes and more!
Non-fiction introduction
Analysing language (Q3)
Evaluating Text 1 (Q2)
Q1, Q4 (a) and (b), Q5 (evaluation)
Q5 and Q6 evaluation lesson
Q6 model answer lesson
Q1 and Q3 language lesson
Language analysis Q3
Q2 evaluation of an extract
Q4 and Q5 evaluation
Q6 Text 2 whole evaluation
Writing Q6 Text 2 answers (evaluating)
Improving Q6 answers and exploring Q3
Improving Q3 answers (using specific examples)
Q1, Q2 and Q3 recap
Q4 and Q5 recap
Q6 recap
Revision quiz
Scheme of work document
Edexcel English Language 2.0 Paper 2 Section B scheme of work with differentiated activities, modelled answers, knowledge organiser, exam practice pack and more.
Includes:
Imaginative Writing Introduction
Exploring Setting and Description
Using Sentence Types
Tone
Using colours
Dashes, semicolons and colons
Tenses
Language techniques for describing characters
Sentence openers
Structure and narratives
Imaginative writing examples
Imaginitive writing practice resource
Improving creative writing
Narrative perspectives
Endings
Knowledge organiser for Section B
Exam practice pack with modelled answers
Scheme of work document
AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A revision pack that includes:
Q1 and Q2 masterclass
Q3 masterclass
Q4 masterclass - part 1
Q4 masterclass - part 2
All resources include worksheets, success criteria, exam tips, model answers, sentence starters, timings and more. The perfect way to prepare your students for June 2024. Could also be used for intervention and revision sessions.