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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

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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
AQA English Language Paper 1 Cover
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AQA English Language Paper 1 Cover

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AQA English Language Paper 1 35 page cover pack and revision guide that covers all four Section A question. We explore a fiction text on rugby and its impact on the narrator, and look in detail at the skills and timing needed for these opening questions of the exam for the 2025 summer. The lesson includes worksheets, differentiated and adaptive learning approaches, revision tips, timings, success criteria and more. A really useful way of revising these questions in time for the Paper 1 exam in May 2025.
Simple, Compound, Complex Sentences
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Simple, Compound, Complex Sentences

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Complete 1 hour, well differentiated lesson with differentiated tasks throughout. Includes peer assessment task. Suitable for KS2/3 - adaptable Different level tasks for MA,LA or Core Designed to fit Ofsted criteria for’ Good’ or above. 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
War Photographer Power and Conflict
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War Photographer Power and Conflict

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A fully differentiated and resourced 1 hour lesson for KS3 and KS4 students on War Photographer by Carol Ann Duffy, one of the poems from the AQA Power and Conflict Poetry Anthology for the new GCSE English Literature specification. Many more inexpensive, high quality English resources are available at my shop: Lead Practitioner’s Shop
Presents From My Aunts In Pakistan
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Presents From My Aunts In Pakistan

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Presents From My Aunts In Pakistan lesson that looks at the Moniza Alvi poem and explores the use of key themes and language within the poem, designed for English KS3 students. We explore how conflict is presented and how the speaker’s sense of a struggle for identity is reflected in the different elements within the poem. Includes differentiated activities, engaging activities and extensive teacher and student notes. Perfect GCSE English Literature preparation for KS3 English students and for unseen poetry, poetry anthology preparation and more. Check out our English Shop for loads more free and inexpensive KS3, KS4, KS5, Literacy and whole school resources. This lesson forms part of our KS3 Complete Pack. Find out more here. 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
Edexcel Paper 2 Transactional Writing
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Edexcel Paper 2 Transactional Writing

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Edexcel English Language Paper 2 Section B resource. A fantastically detailed Edexcel English Language Paper 2 Section B or Transactional Writing knowledge organiser / revision mat that includes a step by step approach to non-fiction writing questions (Q8/9), purposes, audiences, forms, types of writing, sentence starters, key vocabulary, understanding structure and structural features, using punctuation, reflecting on spelling and punctuation, a detailed approach to evaluating texts, genre, beginnings, endings, tone, pace and more. Fantastic revision materials for GCSE students for AQA English Language Paper 2 students. The resource includes an editable PowerPoint AND a PDF file to make things easier to print out onto A3 or A4 paper.
Romeo and Juliet Revision 2025
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Romeo and Juliet Revision 2025

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Romeo and Juliet 2025 revision for English Literature Paper 1 revision lesson on plot, messages and themes. We explore all of the key plot events in the five acts of William Shakespeare’s play and consider how they tie in to key themes, helping students to prepare for the exam in the 2025 summer. The lesson includes worksheets (printer symbol), differentiated and adaptive learning approaches, detailed plot summaries and more. A really useful way of revising this novel in time for the Paper 1 exam in May 2025. Leave a review and we’ll send you another masterclass for free! Just email us at info@englishgcse.co.uk after you’ve left your review.
A Christmas Carol Essay Structure Strips
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A Christmas Carol Essay Structure Strips

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A Christmas Carol English GCSE structure strip bookmarks to help write out and formulate an English Literature response for the 2024 lessons Scrooge learns about life task. Includes: Structure strips for a detailed essay response FULL WAGOLL response with corresponding strips Key success criteria for each section of the essay. It is also FULLY EDITABLE. Visually engaging graphics for display, homework, home learning, tutoring, intervention and more. FREE A Christmas Carol resources: A Christmas Carol Quote Posters Scheme of Work Document The Ghost of Christmas Present Lesson Stave Five Lesson
AQA English Language Paper 1 June 2018
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AQA English Language Paper 1 June 2018

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AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A walkthrough pack for the June 2018 paper. Includes: Model answers for Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4. Analysis and breakdown of all questions and answers provided Success criteria Exam walkthrough tasks Timings Exam tips and advice Please note that the extract from Jigs and Reels by Joanne Harris is not included in the pack due to copyright restrictions, but is available to download via the AQA website.
Descriptive  / Creative Writing - Punctuation
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Descriptive / Creative Writing - Punctuation

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Punctuation resource. A fully differentiated and resourced lesson to prepare low ability KS3 and KS4 students for writing descriptive pieces, with a focus on their use of punctuation. Many more inexpensive, high quality English resources are available at my shop: Lead Practitioner’s Shop
Love and Relationships Knowledge Organiser
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Love and Relationships Knowledge Organiser

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A fantastically detailed Love and Relationships poetry knowledge organiser / revision mat that includes analysis of ALL 15 poems (including language analysis, structure and form analysis, and key content information), as well as detailed contextual information. Fantastic revision materials for GCSE students for AQA English Literature Paper 2 students. The resource includes an editable PowerPoint AND a PDF file to make things easier to print out onto A3 paper. UPDATE; Now includes an eight page A4 version for ease of printing and can be used as revision flash cards! Includes resources on: Love’s Philosophy Porphyria’s Lover When We Two Parted Winter Swans Sonnet 29 Neutral Tones Letters from Yorkshire The Farmer’s Bride Walking Away Eden Rock Follower Mother any distance Before You Were Mine Singh Song Climbing My Grandfather
English KS3 Comparing Texts
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English KS3 Comparing Texts

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English KS3 non-fiction lesson for AQA English Language Paper 2. Students learn about making comparisons and finding similarities and differences between two nonfiction texts. Students use their analyses to create Q4 style answers, with sentence scaffolds provided. Students explore non-fiction texts and use their new knowledge to analyse specfic examples. Useful preparation for both Section A and Question 5 of GCSE English Language exams, but designed for KS3 students. Includes teacher and student notes as well as differentiated activities throughout. 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
Our Day Out
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Our Day Out

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Our Day Out by Willy Russell complete scheme of work for KS3 English students that focuses on English Literature reading skills and literary analysis, useful in preparing students for GCSE English Literature exams, including on the modern text and modern drama. Currently includes: Our Day Out introduction lesson Language analysis - Mrs Kay Our Day Out context resources Perspectives and attitudes lesson Comparing characters, stage directions Briggs changes and the zoo Briggs language analysis and conversation with Mrs Kay Mrs Kay lesson on the students’ futures and context Tension lesson around Scene 35 (Carol and the cliff) Ending lesson that explores different ways of ending a play Structure across the play lesson Themes revision lesson 13 and 14) Model essay and assessment preparation Homework pack for six weeks with differentiated activities Escape room for revision Creative writing resources Scheme of work document
Worlds and Lives Comparing Poems
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Worlds and Lives Comparing Poems

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AQA Worlds and Lives comparing poems lesson that explores ways of making comparisons between two similar or two different poems from the anthology. Students analyse Homing by Liz Berry before making comparisons with another poem of their choice. Includes differentiated activities and is useful for students preparing for GCSE English Literature Paper 2 or for KS3 students developing their essay skills. 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
Edexcel English Language 2.0 Paper 1
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Edexcel English Language 2.0 Paper 1

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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
Power and Conflict - Comparing Remains and Kamikaze
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Power and Conflict - Comparing Remains and Kamikaze

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A fully differentiated and resourced lesson that allows students to make comparisons between two of the Power and Conflict poems: Remains by Simon Armitage and Kamikaze by Beatrice Garland. Includes analytical paragraph scaffolds, differentiated activities and self-assessment opportunities built around clear success criteria.
English KS3 Punctuation
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English KS3 Punctuation

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KS3 English lesson focusing on improving our punctuation and grammar. Includes differentiated worksheets on a number of areas including commas, full stops, capital letters, semicolons, dashes, paragraphs and more! A fantastically detailed and differentiated lesson that can be adapted for other texts and age groups. Very useful for KS3 English students preparing for AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 and for GCSE English Language Paper 2 students as well. 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
A Christmas Carol Stave 4 Annotated
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A Christmas Carol Stave 4 Annotated

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A Christmas Carol Stave 4 annotated copy with detailed notes on language, structure, form and context. Perfect as a revision / differentiation document or as a hand-out for students. Useful for homework, intervention, tutoring, displays, exam revision and more. Leave a review and we’ll send you another single resource for free. Just email us at info@englishgcse.co.uk once you’ve left your review. All artwork is copyright EnglishGCSEcouk. FREE A Christmas Carol resources: A Christmas Carol Quote Posters Scheme of Work Document The Ghost of Christmas Present Lesson Stave Five Lesson
Macbeth Act 4 Annotated
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Macbeth Act 4 Annotated

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Macbeth Act 4 annotated copy with detailed notes on language, structure, form and context. Perfect as a revision / differentiation document or as a hand-out for students. Useful for homework, intervention, tutoring, displays, exam revision and more. Leave a review and we’ll send you another single resource for free. Just email us at info@englishgcse.co.uk once you’ve left your review. All artwork is copyright EnglishGCSEcouk. FREE Macbeth resources: Tragedy and genre lesson Key quote posters Scheme of work document Act 1 Macbeth revision poster Lady Macbeth revision poster Malcolm revision poster Witches revision poster
Romeo and Juliet Essay Structure Strips
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Romeo and Juliet Essay Structure Strips

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Romeo and Juliet English GCSE structure strip bookmarks to help write out and formulate an English Literature response for the 2024 the difficulties Juliet faces question. Includes: Structure strips for a detailed essay response FULL WAGOLL response with corresponding strips Key success criteria for each section of the essay. It is also FULLY EDITABLE. Visually engaging graphics for display, homework, home learning, tutoring, intervention and more. FREE Romeo and Juliet resources: Act 1 Scene lesson Act 3 Scene 1 lesson Scheme of work document
Unseen Poetry Cover
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Unseen Poetry Cover

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Unseen Poetry 40 page cover pack designed for non-specialists to use in cover lessons to explore the structure, messages, imagery, language and emotions of two unseen poems, that could be replicated for other unseen poems as well. Includes: Overview of the style of exam questions Vocabulary and terminology embedded throughout Exam practice questions and detailed ideas to include in their answers Analysis of the poem’s structure and how it can link to messages and themes Analysis of the imagery and how they link to messages Analysis of the use of imagery in both poems and how they link to ideas Analysis of the use of language and how it links in to ideas and messages Scaffolded paragraphs with a model example to support students in writing their own analytical paragraphs Analysis of the use of rhyme Analysis of the form and structure of the poem, exploring elegies and odes Exploration of caesuras and enjambment Exploration of the poems’ titles Exploration of the links between writers, speakers and readers, including the use of voice(s)