Two detailed lessons exploring William Wordsworth’s ‘Composed Upon Westminster Bridge’ from the Time and Place Cluster in the Edexcel GCSE English Literature poetry anthology. The Powerpoint guides students through the poem in the first lesson with detailed annotation guidance, contextual information and detailed questions. The second lesson guides students through an analysis of the poem based on an exam-style question. The lessons will challenge, extend and engage students. Also suitable for students targeting very high grades. Lesson plan included!

Two detailed lessons exploring John Keats’ ‘To Autumn’ from the Eduqas GCSE English Literature poetry anthology. The Powerpoint guides students through the poem in the first lesson with detailed annotation guidance, contextual information and detailed questions. The second lesson guides students through an analysis of the poem based on an exam-style question. The lessons will challenge, extend and engage students. Also suitable for students targeting very high grades. Lesson plan included!

Two detailed lessons exploring John Keats’ ‘To Autumn’ from the Time and Place Cluster in the Edexcel GCSE English Literature poetry anthology. The Powerpoint guides students through the poem in the first lesson with detailed annotation guidance, contextual information and detailed questions. The second lesson guides students through an analysis of the poem based on an exam-style question. The lessons will challenge, extend and engage students. Also suitable for students targeting very high grades. Lesson plan included!

Two detailed lessons exploring William Blake’s ‘London’ from the Eduqas GCSE English Literature poetry anthology. The Powerpoint guides students through the poem in the first lesson with detailed annotation guidance, contextual information and detailed questions. The second lesson guides students through an analysis of the poem based on an exam-style question. The lessons will challenge, extend and engage students. Also suitable for students targeting very high grades. Lesson plan included!

An A3 sheet detailing small flash cards for all fifteen poems from the ‘Time and Place’ cluster from the Edexcel Poetry anthology. The cards encourage students to revise key details. One card is completed for modelling purposes and the rest are blank so that students can complete these as part of their revision. This can be completed as students work through their anthologies or as an end of unit task. Especially useful for students aiming for grade 7+.

Two detailed lessons exploring William Blake’s ‘London’ from the Power and Conflict Cluster in the AQA GCSE English Literature poetry anthology. The Powerpoint guides students through the poem in the first lesson with detailed annotation guidance, contextual information and detailed questions. The second lesson guides students through an analysis of the poem based on an exam-style question. The lessons will challenge, extend and engage students. Also suitable for students targeting very high grades. Lesson plan included!

Two detailed lessons exploring William Blake’s ‘London’ from the Time and Place Cluster in the Edexcel GCSE English Literature poetry anthology. The Powerpoint guides students through the poem in the first lesson with detailed annotation guidance, contextual information and detailed questions. The second lesson guides students through an analysis of the poem based on an exam-style question. The lessons will challenge, extend and engage students. Also suitable for students targeting very high grades. Lesson plan included!

A revision lesson (or lessons if you want to do more with the initial card revision activity) for the Edexcel Poetry Time and Place cluster question for GCSE English Literature. Students will use the enclosed resources to briefly revise the poems from the cluster before identifying the four or five key poems they should revise for the examination. This encourages analytical and evaluative connections. This is best used once the students know the poems well and understand the requirements of this question. Included: Blank revision cards for a starter activity which can be extended into a whole lesson activity (with one card modelled) Poem linking and choice grid with eleven example exam questions Lesson Powerpoint Lesson plan with guidance as to how to adapt this activity across two lessons

A grid template which allows students to make links between the 15 poems from the Time and Place cluster from the Edexcel poetry anthology for GCSE English Literature. Simply print off and copy in either A4 or A3! Can be used for word links or pictures.

A grid template which allows students to make links between the 15 poems from the Power and Conflict cluster from the AQA poetry anthology for GCSE English Literature. Simply print off and copy in either A4 or A3! Can be used for word links or pictures.

A grid template which guides students through an analysis of each poem from the Time and Place cluster from the Edexcel poetry anthology for GCSE English Literature. Simply print off and copy in either A4 or A3!

A grid template which guides students through an analysis of each poem from the Power and Conflict cluster from the AQA poetry anthology for GCSE English Literature. Simply print off and copy in either A4 or A3!

Contains 15 short quotation cards from The Merchant of Venice for student analysis. One card completed for modelling purposes. Instructions for analysis attached and the activity can take a whole lesson. These are quotations which can be easily learned for the examination. Includes a follow up analysis grid to build on student understanding in a subsequent lesson. Lesson plan with suggestions and learning objectives included. Suitable for Edexcel, AQA and Eduqas GCSE English Literature specifications.

Contains 15 short quotation cards from Jane Eyre for student analysis. One card completed for modelling purposes. Instructions for analysis attached and the activity can take a whole lesson. These are quotations which can be easily learned for the examination. Includes a follow up analysis grid to build on student understanding in a subsequent lesson. Lesson plan with suggestions and learning objectives included. Suitable for Edexcel, AQA and Eduqas GCSE English Literature specifications.

This booklet contains essay structure suggestions and guidance for Paper 2 of AQA English Language A Level. Each page offers guidance as to how to approach each question in the paper - covers Section A (Language DIversity), and Section B, Questions 3 (Language Discourses) and 4 (Opinion Article). Check out my other English Language resources: Language and Gender Language and Region Language and Power and Occupation Language and Global and World Englishes Language Change Language and Technology Language and Ethnicity Language and Social Groups Language Discourses Analysing Spoken Language Child Language Acquisition - Speech Child Language Acquisition - Reading and Writing

This is a revision resources for the GCSE English Literature text, Lord of the Flies. There are fourteen quotations from across the text, each in the middle of an A3 sheet. Students should annotate the quotations, pulling out techniques, effects and contextual links. Suitable for AQA, Edexcel and Eduqas specifications.

Contains 15 short quotation cards from Lord of the Flies for student analysis. One card completed for modelling purposes. Instructions for analysis attached and the activity can take a whole lesson. These are quotations which can be easily learned for the examination. Includes a follow up analysis grid to build on student understanding in a subsequent lesson. Lesson plan with suggestions and learning objectives included. Suitable for Edexcel, AQA and Eduqas GCSE English Literature specifications.

An extract analysis booklet which contains 20 examination-length extracts from A Christmas Carol and guidance as to what to look for when analysing the extract in Edexcel Paper 2, Section A (can also be used for AQA, Paper 1, Section B; Eduqas, Paper 2, Section B; or OCR, Component 1, Section B, by using the second part of the question and adapting the wording). Also included are the accompanying questions, and a lesson plan with suggestions for usage. This resource can be used throughout the teaching of the unit. You could use this to teach students how to analyse sections of the text closely, or as short assessment pieces. The guidance for analysis is aimed at students who are aiming for grade 5 and above, but could easily be simplified.

An extract analysis booklet which contains 25 examination-length extracts from Macbeth and guidance as to what to look for when analysing the extract in Paper 1, Section A (can also be used for: AQA, Paper 1, Section A by using the second part of the question and adapting the wording; Eduqas, Paper 1, Section A; or OCR Paper 2, Section B). Also included are the accompanying questions, and a lesson plan with suggestions for usage. This resource can be used throughout the teaching of the unit. You could use this to teach students how to analyse sections of the text closely, or as short assessment pieces. The guidance for analysis is aimed at students who are aiming for grade 5 and above, but could easily be simplified.

An extract analysis booklet which contains 25 examination-length extracts from Romeo and Juliet and guidance as to what to look for when analysing the extract in Paper 1, Section A (can also be used for: AQA, Paper 1, Section A by using the second part of the question and adapting the wording; Eduqas, Paper 1, Section A; or OCR Paper 2, Section B). Also included are the accompanying questions, and a lesson plan with suggestions for usage. This resource can be used throughout the teaching of the unit. You could use this to teach students how to analyse sections of the text closely, or as short assessment pieces. The guidance for analysis is aimed at students who are aiming for grade 5 and above, but could easily be simplified.