This is a super clear powerpoint consisting of 43 slides that guides the class through the character of Eric Birling in ‘An Inspector Calls’. There are lots of activities for the students which can be completed as a class, in groups/ pairs or individually. There are answers on separate slides to all questions/activities. Use of short key quotations allow plenty of opportunities for students to closely analyse language. Additionally, there are also some ideas for top-level context and exploring the text in different ways which helps students reach the highest grades. The lesson finishes with two essay questions so teachers can choose the one they need to teach according to their exam board. One is an essay question which follows the format of AQA and Edexcel. There is a full top level answer as well for students to read. One is with an extract-based exam paper suitable for Eduqas students. This includes detailed slides showing how to annotate, how to plan and, really usefully, an example of a top level answer. My students found this really helpful- I hope yours do too! If you like this resource, please do leave a review and have a look at my TES shop MsLarkinsResources for more material that will help your GCSE students achieve their best. MsLarkinsTesShop Thank you!

This is a super clear powerpoint consisting of 55 slides that guides the class through the character of Sheila Birling in ‘An Inspector Calls’. There are lots of activities for the students which can be completed as a class, in groups/ pairs or individually. There are answers on separate slides to all questions/activities. Use of short key quotations allow plenty of opportunities for students to closely analyse language. Additionally, there are also some ideas for top-level context and exploring the text in different ways which helps students reach the highest grades. The lesson finishes with two essay questions so teachers can choose the one they need to teach according to their exam board. One is an essay question which follows the format of AQA and Edexcel. There is a full top level answer as well for students to read. One is with an extract-based exam paper suitable for Eduqas students. This includes detailed slides showing how to annotate, how to plan and, really usefully, an example of a top level answer. My students found this really helpful- I hope yours do too! If you like this resource, please do leave a review and have a look at my TES shop MsLarkinsResources. Thank you!

This is a super clear powerpoint consisting of 54 slides that guides the class through the role of the Inspector in ‘An Inspector Calls’. There are lots of activities for the students which can be completed as a class, in groups/ pairs or individually. There are answers on separate slides to all questions/activities. Use of short key quotations allow plenty of opportunities for students to closely analyse language. Additionally, there are also some ideas for top-level context and exploring the text in different ways which helps students reach the highest grades. The lesson finishes with two essay questions so teachers can choose the one they need to teach according to their exam board. One is an essay question which follows the format of AQA and Edexcel. There is a full top level answer as well for students to read. One is with an extract-based exam paper suitable for Eduqas students. This includes detailed slides showing how to annotate, how to plan and, really usefully, an example of a top level answer. My students found this really helpful- I hope yours do too! If you like this resource, please do leave a review and have a look at my TES shop MsLarkinsResources. Thank you!

This is an engaging lesson to introduce the idea of perspectives/viewpoints/attitudes and how these change over time. It works really well as an introduction to the GCSE language paper 2 and suits all exam boards. It’s a good opportunity for paired and class discussion and is helpful for covering a lot of history in a brief, low-stakes way. There is a writing task at the end, and this can be expanded to write about the attitudes in the other pictures for home learning or extended writing. It takes my classes an hour and prompts lots of discussion. They seem to really enjoy it and it helps them understand the premise for the reading section of language paper 2. If you do like this resource, please leave a review and check out my shop for other resources. Thank you!

The new AQA Worlds and Lives cluster is a fantastic collection of poems but there are limited resources for students to access for revision. This will help! In this pack are two full sets of notes for each poem- one at grade 5 standard (30 pages) and one at grade 9 standard (39 pages) Each one has 5-6 short key quotations from each poem high-end language analysis exploration of the writers’ themes and messages context fully covered structure and form fully covered Lots of images are used to help students remember the quotations. They are really useful for effective revision. My students are really pleased to have them- I hope yours find them useful too.

A super clear, colourful 50 slide powerpoint that covers a comparison of ‘A Wife in London’ with ‘Afternoons’. There are plenty of opportunities for students to work individually, in pairs or small groups, depending on the class dynamics. There are sample answers for all tasks and engaging activities which help students improve their skills. There are also two planning exercises where the students use the same points for ‘A Wife in London’ to compare to ‘As Imperceptibly as Grief’ and ‘The Manhunt’. Students find this very useful. This lesson takes 1-2 hours, depending on how much writing you ask the students to complete. My students have found it engaging and really helpful. I hope yours do too!

A super clear, colourful 50 slide powerpoint that covers a comparison of ‘Death of a Naturalist’ with ‘Excerpt from The Prelude’ on the theme of memory. There are plenty of opportunities for students to work individually, in pairs or small groups, depending on the class dynamics. There are sample answers for all tasks and engaging activities which help students improve their skills. There are also a planning exercise where the students use the same points for ‘Death of a Naturalist’ to compare with ‘Mametz Wood’. Students find this very useful. This lesson takes 1-2 hours, depending on how much writing you ask the students to complete. My students have found it engaging and really helpful. I hope yours do too! Ms Larkin’s Resources

This is a useful activity to help students with the evaluation question on English Language Paper 2 for the Eduqas exam board. Using an engaging source about camping in France, the students work through the evulation question with modelling and scaffolding throughout. A sample answer is included. If you do like this resource, please leave a review and check out my shop for other resources. Thank you! Ms Larkin’s Resources

This is a fast-moving question/answer activity on context within ‘A Christmas Carol’. The powerpoint can be used very effectively in class with students jotting answers on their mini whiteboards. The powerpoint covers various useful contextual information such as Dickens’ childhood, Victorian attitudes to the poor and Gothic influences. There are lots of links to the novella through using quotations and three opportunities for students to write a really good paragraph pulling together ideas, language, historical context and authorial intentions. It’s pretty long so I have used bits of it over 4 separate revision lessons. My students found these really helpful- I hope yours do too! If you like this resource, please do leave a review and have a look at my TES shop MsLarkinsResources. Thank you! Ms Larkin’s Resources