A high level response exploring how Stevenson uses settings to create a disturbing and threatening atmosphere in the novella.

A simple storyboard to help students learn the basic plot points for A Merchant of Venice.

A worksheet activity to help students become more confident with identiying the impact of similes. Each question starts with 'Which simile evokes a sense of …?. Students look at the 4 possible answers and pick the simile that best answers the question. There are 16 questions in total. Answers are on page 2.

A worksheet to help guide students on how use show not tell to convey a character’s emotions. Students study the way ‘show not tell’ is used in the 5 sample paragraphs which cover 5 different emotions. I recommend putting these examples under a visualiser. I then ask students to produce their own paragraph in the same style selecting from a choice of 4 complex emotions.

15 multiple choice questions on 15 key Lady Macbeth quotations. Designed to snugly fit on one A4 page. Ideal for testing students’ direct knowledge of this character. Includes the answer sheet on page 2.

A revision sheet analysing 11 key quotations from Carol Ann Duffy’s poem War Photographer from the AQA Power and Conflict collection.

Simple storyboard worksheet to help students come to terms with the complex plot to Great Expectations.

A high grade model response comparing how the older and younger characters respond to the inspector.

A high grade response looking at how women are presented in An Inspector Calls. Not quite in top band. It requires a little more analysis of dramatic methods (A02) to reach the top band but the A03 is strong.

A grade 9 level model response to the following question: How far does Russell present Mrs Johnstone and Mrs Lyons as very different kinds of mother in Blood Brothers?

A grade 9 850 word response exploring how Golding presents violence in Lord of the Flies.

A high grade model response looking at how Priestley uses Eric to communicate his authorial message in An Inspector Calls.

A high grade response looking at how a relationship is presented in Heaney’s ‘Scaffolding’.

A timeline revision sheet exploring the motif of children with 13 carefully selected quotations allowing students to chronologically trace how the motif of children/childhood is used by Dickens to convey his authorial messages about poverty, isolation, kindness, family and the transformative power of redemption. Also includes a blank student version to encourage students to explore the impact of the quotations themselves.

A timeline revision sheet exploring the motif of weather with 13 carefully selected quotations allowing students to chronologically trace how the motif of weather is used by Dickens to convey his authorial messages about ignorance, isolation, the transformative power of redemption. Also includes a blank student version to encourage students to explore the impact of the quotations themselves.

Worksheet with answer sheet that aims to get students thinking about the big ideas in Of Mice and Men.

Worksheet with answer sheet aimed at getting high ability students to explore the big ideas about the human condition in Romeo and Juliet.

A high level model response to the AQA 2024 question on Romeo and Juliet. The question was focused on the character of Juliet and the featured extract was from Act 2 Scene 5. To obtain the exact wording of the question, you will need to download the paper from the AQA website.

A worksheet and answer sheet/revision sheet for exploring what Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale teaches us about the human condition.

2 model responses for the AQA Paper 2 Question 5 on the November 2022 paper about sleep and sleeplessness. One letter primarily agrees with the statement while the other primarily disagrees with it.