A complete practice paper for AQA GCSE English Language Paper 2, using two fascinating sources relating to women’s football. In addition, I have created a PowerPoint presentation to be used either as a walk-through lesson with GCSE students or feedback lesson once students have completed the paper. Enjoy!

SEVEN rounds of epic Christmas quiz questions, beginning with a round about what has happened in 2023, ending with an exhilarating music round - featuring a mash-up of 2023’s biggest songs. In between, you’ll face Christmas-themed Countdown conundrums, ‘Secret Santas’ (celebrities with their faces obscured by Santa hats and beards) and more. Enjoy - you’ll never take part in a better Christmas or end-of-year quiz!

An extract from Hanif Kureishi’s novel, ‘The Buddha of Suburbia’, and a full AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1-style examination paper, including the writing section (Question 5). In addition, there is a PowerPoint feedback lesson to accompany the assessment materials, as well as a separate PowerPoint to assist students with Question 5 (writing to describe) and a worksheet designed to help answer Question 4 (‘A student has said…’ etc.).

A detailed and engaging PowerPoint lesson to be used either as feedback for the ‘Mr Fisher’ AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1 or to work through with your GCSE students as part of exam preparation. Hopefully you find it useful!

A fun form time activity, this EPIC quiz recaps what happened over the summer holiday, the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, summer music hits and celebrity faces obscured by hats and shades! Enjoy - hopefully it helps to kick off the new term in a fun, engaging and slightly silly way.

A series of resources that prepare GCSE students for the ‘Macbeth’ section of the English Literature exam. First, an exam-style extract question based on Act 3 Scene 2 of the play, focusing on how Shakespeare presents Macbeth as an ‘evil character’. Then, a PowerPoint walking students through the task. There are also a series of anonymous student responses for classes to read and mark, deciding on a grade and reasons for it. A perfect resource for any Year 10 or Year 11 group studying ‘Macbeth’ and preparing for the GCSE English Literature exam.

A comprehensive guide to Carol Ann Duffy’s ‘Feminine Gospels’, a set poetry text for AQA’s English Literature A-level Paper 2 (Texts in Shared Contexts). Notes are organised according to Duffy’s main ideas and messages, language techniques and aspects of form/structure. An incredibly useful guide for students - and teachers - getting to grips with Duffy’s collection.

A complete mock AQA GCSE Language Paper 1 question paper that I have put together using an extract from Sebastian Faulks’ novel 'Birdsong’, in addition to an accompanying PowerPoint that walks students through each question: it can either be used as a feedback lesson or as a whole-class walk-through for exam preparation. Hopefully you find it useful!

A complete mock AQA GCSE Language Paper 1 question paper that I have put together using an extract from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s iconic novel ‘The Great Gatsby’, in addition to an accompanying PowerPoint that walks students through each question: it can either be used as a feedback lesson or as a whole-class walk-through for exam preparation. Hopefully you find it useful!

A complete mock AQA GCSE English Language Paper 2 that I have put together using a 2001 article about 9/11 and an extract from Mary Seacole’s autobiography, accompanied by a PowerPoint that can EITHER be used for a feedback lesson after students complete the paper OR as a whole-class walk-through for exam preparation. Hopefully you find this useful!

A mega Christmas Quiz, perfect for secondary school classes to end a stressful Autumn term - complete with a film round, music round, bonus music round, Secret Santas and much more. Audio clips from some of the biggest songs of 2020, questions about the year’s biggest news stories, celebrities with Santa beards and hats, still images from films, etc. - enjoy! Merry Christmas!

This is everything your GCSE students will need in order to understand ‘An Inspector Calls’, its characters, its themes and J.B. Priestley’s intended messages, commentaries and criticisms. Key quotations, technical analysis, contextual linking, playwright’s intentions… this really is a comprehensive revision booklet for Priestley’s play.

Comprehensive notes about all FIFTEEN of the ‘Power and Conflict’ poems from the AQA GCSE anthology. These thoroughly detailed notes are organised into clear sections - context/ideas, language analysis, form/structure and links to other poems - so students can already think about how to structure their comparative essays. This booklet covers absolutely everything your Year 10 and Year 11 students could possibly need for the ‘Power and Conflict’ cluster, setting them up perfectly for the poetry section of the AQA Literature Paper 2.

An extremely useful resource for Year 10 or Year 11 students preparing for AQA’s GCSE English Language Paper 2, using two sources relating to women’s football. The booklet consists of AQA-style questions, model paragraphs and spaces for students to complete their own responses, as well as tips for Question 5 (the writing section) and an exemplar Q5 article. Enjoy!

A comprehensive guide to key quotations from Charlotte Brontë’s 1847 novel ‘Jane Eyre’, with related language analysis and links to social, cultural and historical context for each quotation. Three quotations have been selected from each of the novel’s 38 chapters, making this the perfect revision guide for anyone studying ‘Jane Eyre’ for the AQA GCSE English Literature.

I don’t know about you… but I’m feeling 2022! With 8 fun rounds of questions about a variety of themes and topics, your students will love this Christmas quiz. Complete with a film round (testing knowledge of the biggest films of 2022 as well as some Christmas classics), music round (featuring a mashup of 2022’s best-selling hits), celebrity faces covered by Santa hats and beards and a Christmas cracker joke punchline round, this quiz really does have it all. Enjoy - and Merry Christmas!

This series of fun, engaging, interactive discussion displays is a fun resource to use with form or review groups during morning or afternoon registration. On just one slide, so there’s no need to fiddle around, there are Countdown conundrums, maths puzzles, riddles, ‘Thunks’ (challenging, thought-provoking questions), debate statements and spiritual or motivational quotations. This has been a hit in my school, and is guaranteed to engage the whole class. Enjoy!

This is the perfect guide to Section C (Unseen Poetry) of the AQA A-level English Literature Paper 1 (‘Love Through the Ages’) exam. Your students will find it incredibly helpful, since the model plans, model essays and poems with which to practise their own essay-writing leaves them in no doubt as to how to approach this component. Enjoy!