I am a student in the final year of my English degree. I have always loved learning and excelled throughout school. I am also very passionate about social mobility in education, and wanted to share my resources to help as many pupils as possible :)
I am a student in the final year of my English degree. I have always loved learning and excelled throughout school. I am also very passionate about social mobility in education, and wanted to share my resources to help as many pupils as possible :)
This is an example piece of creative writing for GCSE. It is a story such as those found in AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1, but it easily applies to all exam boards. It was written in response to the prompt “Write a story about uncovering a long-kept family secret” in the allocated 45 minutes. It does not have an exact mark but would be in the top band as it as a sophisticated, fluent and original piece of writing. The document also contains bullet-points which display the process of planning the story, and comments on devices and strategies used during writing. The story displays an imaginative setting and plot, lots of figurative devices (simile, metaphor, personification, alliteration), and a variety of sentence structures, sentence starters and punctuation. This was written by myself to show the pupils I tutor, and I received an A* in English Language GCSE.
This is a bundle of essay plans and example essays on 'Down and Out in Paris and London (AS Level). It contains five essay plans on the key themes in the text, as well as example essays for each, a document on context and a powerpoint specifically covering the Russian Revolution. It is a detailed and comprehensive resource for students and teachers preparing for an English exam on this text. It was designed for WJEC AS Level English Language and Literature but can be applied to any exam board. I created and used these resources and achieved an A (maximum grade at AS).
This is a bundle of key quotes for each chapter in George Orwell’s ‘Down and Out in Paris and London’. The quotes are organised into the text’s key themes. This was designed for WJEC AS English Language and Literature but can be used for any exam board. I made these in preparation for sitting the exam and achieved an A (maximum grade at AS).
This is a bundle of character and theme essay plans, as well as a few example essays, for ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’. It was designed for the WJEC AS English Language and Literature exam but can be applied to any exam board covering this text. There are 7 detailed essay plans on the main characters and themes, as well as a couple of example essays. This would be extremely useful for teachers and for students’ independent revision. I created them in preparation for my AS exam and achieved an A (maximum grade).
This is a powerpoint of key lexis and sentence points, designed for A Level English Language and Literature. It contains 10 detailed slides explaining sentence framework, and different word groups and subgroups. It is concise and easy to understand. It would be a useful resource for staff teaching about lexis and sentences or for students struggling to understand the Language element of the course.
This is an 18-page document containing bullet-pointed chapter summaries and important quotes for ‘The Color Purple’ by Alice Walker. It was designed for WJEC A Level English Language and Literature but can be used for any exam covering this text. It would be an extremely useful resource to give students preparing for the exam as an overview of key events and quotes in the text.
This is a bundle of 15 character and theme essay plans on ‘The Color Purple’ by Alice Walker. It was designed for WJEC A Level English Language and Literature but can be adapted for any exam on this text. It contains word documents with very detailed essay plans for the main characters and themes in the text. I created these for my own revision and achieved an A* in the exam. These would be excellent for both teachers and students’ independent revision.
This is a bundle of character and theme essay plans for the WJEC A Level English Language and Literature exam on ‘King Lear’. The notes are very detailed and could be applied to other exam boards studying this text. There are 12 essay plans on the main themes and characters in the play. I created these essay plans to prepare for my exam and achieved an A*. They are an excellent resource for teachers or for students doing independent revision. Please note that at the time of taking the exam, critical interpretation was not part of the WJEC syllabus so is not reflected in the essays.
This is a bundle of character essay plans designed for WJEC GCSE English Literature - ‘An Inspector Calls’. They can be applied to other exam boards covering this text. It contains either an essay plan or a complete example essay (in some cases both) for each of the play’s six main characters. This would be an extremely useful revision resource for students to use independently or to go over in class. I made these for my own revision and achieved an A* in the exam. There is also a document of ‘Brief Plans’ for more concise revision, and an example response to an extract question (from a past paper).
This is a bundle of Word Documents designed for the WJEC GCSE English Literature exam on ‘About a Boy’. It includes very detailed essay plans for the five main characters, as well as two complete example essays (on Will and Ellie). These were plans I made in preparation for my GCSE exam and I achieved an A*. They would be an excellent resource for teachers to either use in lessons or give to students for independent revision.
This is a bundle of Word Documents designed for the WJEC GCSE English Literature exam on ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ but can be applied to other exam boards. It contains 7 essay plans for all of the main themes in the novel. There is also a poster on Context which can be printed out and students can be asked to stick the dates on the second page onto the corresponding event/movement. These notes are very detailed and would be suitable for students’ independent revision or to be covered in class. I made them while revising for my Literature exam and achieved an A*. The 12 character essay plans can be found in a separate resource.
This is a bundle of resources designed for WJEC GCSE English Literature exam on ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ by Harper Lee, but is applicable to other exam boards. It contains Word Documents with very detailed essay plans / notes for each of the characters in the novel (12 in total). These are the essay plans I created in preparation for when I sat the exam in 2017, and I achieved an A*. They are very thorough and would be a very useful resource for GCSE students preparing to take the exam, either for independent revision or to be covered in class.
