“Lake Narcissus. Summer. I used to think it was the most incredible place on Earth; on days like this — when the angry winds that whipped through the valley were still — the clear blue sky rippled off the surface of the shimmering water: a giant, serene mirror…” Here’s a story about death vs life, thoughts vs impulses and the restorative beauty of nature. I’ve been teaching a lot of creative writing recently and yesterday my student challenged me to sit and write a story with her: so here it is! It’s suitable for students studying Narrative writing at GCSE or IGCSE level (AQA, CIE / Cambridge, WJEC / Eduqas, CCEA, OCR, Edexcel and more). ** WARNING: The content may be upsetting for some readers as it explores mental health and depression** This is an example response to a GCSE Narrative Writing - A* L9 Full Mark Example. Written by an AQA examiner. Warning: It does contain references to depression and mental health issues, as part of the story. I’ve added the plan to the description below so you can check whether it’s right for you and/or your students. This digital + printable pdf resource includes the following: THE QUESTION ‘Write a story, set in a mountainous area, as suggested by the picture in the document’ THE PLAN 1- character views the mountain lake landscape 2 - feels sad and depressed, thinks about jumping in the lake 3 - a girl appears, starts running towards the water 4 - she jumps in, he is worried that she’ll drown and jumps in after her 5 - he saves her, they sit on the shore of the lake together THE ANSWER WRITING TASK View our COMPLETE AQA Language Paper 1 BUNDLE here. Or our COMPLETE AQA Language Paper 2 BUNDLE here. Please review our content! We always value feedback and are looking for ways to improve our resources, so all reviews are more than welcome. For more English literature and language resources, view OUR SHOP here!

This resource provides a full breakdown of a Level 6 / B Grade descriptive writing answer, for GCSE and iGCSE students. The original question was taken from an AQA paper, but it’s suitable for students of all exam boards - including Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA + CAIE. This digital + printable pdf + PowerPoint resource includes the following: THE QUESTION Describe a place, real or imagined, that is hit by a storm. Try to capture an intense atmosphere in your writing. PLAN THE ANSWER MARKING TEACHER FEEDBACK Teaching or studying AQA? Have a resource on us! View our free Descriptive Writing answer to see whether the complete bundle is right for you. Please review our content! We always value feedback and are looking for ways to improve our resources, so all reviews are more than welcome. For more English literature and language resources, view OUR SHOP here!

This is an example response to a GCSE Narrative Writing - A* L9 Full Mark Example. Written by an AQA examiner. Warning: It does contain references to depression and mental health issues, as part of the story. I’ve added the plan to the description below so you can check whether it’s right for you and/or your students. This digital + printable pdf + PowerPoint resource includes the following: THE QUESTION ‘Write a story, set in a mountainous area, as suggested by the picture in the document’ THE PLAN 1- character views the mountain lake landscape 2 - feels sad and depressed, thinks about jumping in the lake 3 - a girl appears, starts running towards the water 4 - she jumps in, he is worried that she’ll drown and jumps in after her 5 - he saves her, they sit on the shore of the lake together THE ANSWER WRITING TASK Teaching or studying AQA? Have a resource on us! View our free Descriptive Writing answer to see whether the complete bundle is right for you. Please review our content! We always value feedback and are looking for ways to improve our resources, so all reviews are more than welcome. For more English literature and language resources, view OUR SHOP here!

An A (L7) Grade Creative Writing answer, for GCSE and iGCSE students - written by a student in timed conditions. Originally a resource used to teach the AQA paper, but it’s suitable for students of all exam boards - including CAIE, CCEA, Edexcel, WJEC and OCR. This digital + printable pdf + PowerPoint resource includes the following: THE QUESTION THE ANSWER FEEDBACK WRITING TASK Teaching or studying AQA? Have a resource on us! View our free Descriptive Writing answer to see whether the complete bundle is right for you. If you’re looking for the LANGUAGE PAPER 2 bundle, click here. Please review our content! We always value feedback and are looking for ways to improve our resources, so all reviews are more than welcome. For more English literature and language resources, view OUR SHOP here!

This document breaks down the process for answering Language Paper 2 Question 2 - the language analysis question. This was the student’s first time at planning and writing the question - so she did very well! Her answer received a borderline L6 grade - the equivalent of a B grade with a score of 7/12. The mark scheme and feedback on each paragraph have been provided, by an AQA examiner. Teaching or studying AQA? Have a resource on us! View our FREE Descriptive Writing answer to see whether the complete bundle is right for you. View our COMPLETE AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1 BUNDLE here. Or our COMPLETE AQA GCSE English Language Paper 2 BUNDLE here. Please review our content! We always value feedback and are looking for ways to improve our resources, so all reviews are more than welcome. For more English literature and language resources, view OUR SHOP here!

Just in time for Halloween, here’s a spooky letter that argues persuasively in defence of keeping the festival going! I wrote this answer with the mark scheme in mind, so it ticks all the boxes that you would expect for a top-level grade - a clear, thorough argument with counter paragraphs, an evaluative conclusion, lots of rhetorical devices, a logical structure and more! Teaching or studying AQA? Have a resource on us! View our FREE Descriptive Writing answer to see whether the complete bundle is right for you. View our COMPLETE AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1 BUNDLE here. Or our COMPLETE AQA GCSE English Language Paper 2 BUNDLE here. Please review our content! We always value feedback and are looking for ways to improve our resources, so all reviews are more than welcome. For more English literature and language resources, view OUR SHOP here!

Here is an essay that I wrote in (roughly!) timed conditions. The topic was an Unseen Essay Question for a contextual literature paper — where you’re given an extract from a novel that you’ve never seen before, and you have to read and write about it using your knowledge of that time period — in this case, it was the 1950s and 1960s American US culture. This is the type of essay that you’ll find at the college or university level, as well as in A-Level exams such as AQA English Literature ‘Modern Times’, OCR American Literature ‘Comparative and Contextual Study’, WJEC’S Unseen Component 3 and more. It is suitable for OCR, AQA, Edexcel, and WJEC Literature A-Level.

Here’s an example of the intro and a PEE paragraph for J.B. Priestley’s play ‘An Inspector Calls’ — it’s suitable for students at GCSE, IGCSE or A Level (Edexcel, AQA, OCR, CIE/Cambridge, CCEA, WJEC, Eduqas). I’ve made it as short and clear as possible so that they can get to grips with the main ideas and most important scenes quickly!

This resource is for anyone who is aiming towards intermediate or advanced level writing. It covers a full breakdown of how to understand the features, as well as ways to create them and analyze them in your own writing.

In this resource, we’re going to equip you with the words and phrases you need to write a top-notch essay, along with examples of how to utilise them. It’s by no means an exhaustive list, and there will often be other ways of using the words and phrases we describe that we won’t have room to include, but there should be more than enough below to help you make an instant improvement to your essay-writing skills.

This resource shows you how to write essay paragraphs.

An essay is a focused piece of writing designed to inform or persuade. There are many different types of essays, but they are often defined in four categories: argumentative, discursive, comparative, and close reading. In this resource, we’ll take a look at different types of essay questions!

In this resource, you’ll find an example PEE paragraph – it’s broken down into the various skills you need to achieve a highlevel analysis in your essay and academic writing answers.

Writing an introduction might seem easy, but it’s actually quite tricky, and if you don’t get them right, they can have a negative effect on the rest of your essay! In this resource, we’ll have a quick look at how to write an introduction to an essay.

This A* grade Robert Frost essay was completed by an A Level student – not in timed conditions. She planned and thought thoroughly before writing, and edited the piece before handing it in. According to the mark scheme it received 23/25 (92%), which would translate to an A* grade at A-Level. The piece can also be used as an example for any student studying Frost at any level. I have suggested some edits, which occur in bold throughout the essay. For our full Frost poetry bundle, click here! Please review our content! We always value feedback and are looking for ways to improve our resources, so all reviews are more than welcome. View our shop for other literature and language resources.

A range of key themes for JB Priestley’s An Inspector Calls - perfect for teaching or studying at GCSE, iGCSE + A Level. This 8-page digital + printable pdf resource includes: CLASS CAPITALISM VS SOCIALISM OLDER VS YOUNGER GENERATION RESPONSIBILITY TIME CHRISTIANITY VICES (CHARACTER FLAWS) BONUS MATERIAL extension tasks and exercises on each theme Teaching or studying the play? View our full AN INSPECTOR CALLS BUNDLE here! Have a FREE resource on us! Download An Inspector Calls - Character Analysis to see whether the full bundle is right for you. Please review our content! We always value feedback and are looking for ways to improve our resources, so all reviews are more than welcome. You may also be interested in: Our COMPLETE AQA Language Paper 1 BUNDLE . Our COMPLETE AQA POWER + CONFLICT BUNDLE For more English literature and language resources, view OUR SHOP here!

A range of key quotations and stage directions from the play, organised clearly so that students can use them for essays and analysis tasks. This document also includes a breakdown of the symbolism of the names ‘Eva Smith’ vs ‘Daisy Renton’, and example analyses for students to use as a model for their own writing. This 6-page digital + printable pdf resource includes: CHARACTER NAMES 40 KEY QUOTATIONS 11 STAGE DIRECTIONS EXAMPLE ANALYSIS BONUS MATERIAL varied tasks and exercises on each topic Teaching or studying the play? View our full AN INSPECTOR CALLS BUNDLE here! Have a FREE resource on us! Download An Inspector Calls - Character Analysis to see whether the full bundle is right for you. Please review our content! We always value feedback and are looking for ways to improve our resources, so all reviews are more than welcome. You may also be interested in: Our COMPLETE AQA Language Paper 1 BUNDLE . Our COMPLETE AQA POWER + CONFLICT BUNDLE For more English literature and language resources, view OUR SHOP here!

Here’s an essay completed by one of my students taking the ‘AQA Power and Conflict’ poetry module. It was his first comparative essay and his first poetry essay, so he did amazingly well! However, there is also clear room for improvement - I would expect the same student to be on a minimum of an L7 / A Grade by the time he takes his exams. I have given detailed feedback underneath to help him improve, plus a breakdown of the mark scheme and grade boundaries to show how his essay would convert to a specific grade.

In this resource, you’ll find a ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ Extract - The Radley Place, along with some comprehension tasks, essay questions, and close reading tasks.

This is an example student response to an AQA English Language GCSE Narrative Writing Question - it achieved an A* L8 Grade (32/40). Warning: It does contain references to depression and mental health issues, as part of the story. I’ve added the plan to the description below so you can check whether it’s right for you and/or your students. This digital + printable pdf resource includes the following: THE QUESTION THE STUDENT RESPONSE EXAMINER FEEDBACK ANALYTICAL / COMPARATIVE TASK Teaching or studying AQA? Have a resource on us! View our free Descriptive Writing answer to see whether the complete bundle is right for you. Please review our content! We always value feedback and are looking for ways to improve our resources, so all reviews are more than welcome. For more English literature and language resources, view OUR SHOP here!