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I'm a Head of English who has produced outstanding results throughout my career. I specialise in helping students achieve the very best marks in exams throughout their time in school. The resources provided are designed to engage, intrigue students but ultimately help students achieve the very best results- enjoy!
Poetry Analysis Cheat Sheet
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Poetry Analysis Cheat Sheet

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Getting bored of reminding students of the generic poetry analysis they can include in their anthology and unseen work? This helpful sheet indicates most of the form and structure analysis students will need to secure the very highest grade. It can also be edited to suit the needs of your learners. Enjoy
GCSE Literature Revision clocks
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GCSE Literature Revision clocks

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Revision lessons feeling tired? Need something to engage your students? Revision clocks are just the ticket. This resource is an entire lesson which simply requires you to tell the students every 6 minutes (I teach 50 minute lessons but I have included additional tasks if teaching an hour or wishing to create homework). The multiple tasks require students to work hard and fast if they are to complete the activities. I have used this with my classes and it has been superb. The resource includes the following topics (each their own lessons): Macbeth, An Inspector Calls, A Christmas Carol and the Power and Conflict section of the AQA anthology. You will not regret using this.
Learning Grids
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Learning Grids

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Here is a fantastic set of resources to create 'flow' (or whatever you want to call it) in your lessons. Use the grids to create a grid reference via dice or a method of your choosing. Students then have to locate a second grid reference in order to create a link between the two images. For the literature texts, this requires students to find a quote in order to justify their ideas. Images can be literal as well as metaphoric. There are also grids for the AQA conflict poems, Macbeth and A Christmas Carol (for more able students to compare the two together) amongst others. Other grids include creative writing tasks (select an image and use it within their sentence), selecting a task and many more.
Poppies by Jane Weir: Revision video
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Poppies by Jane Weir: Revision video

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Want to quickly ascertain full mark analysis of form, structure and language? Well, this will certainly, help! This quick revision video well give you all you need in order to support your students in their quest for full marks. Please ensure to see the huge variety of other revision videos by visiting the channel. Enjoy and feel free to share with others.
AQA Lang Paper 1 Reading Q revision
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AQA Lang Paper 1 Reading Q revision

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Here is a lesson which should prove useful. This covers all four reading questions for the AQA language paper 1, including method and example answers. There is also suggestions as to what should be the next steps for your students (and you) as a teacher to ensure pupils are ready for the exams. Enjoy
Macbeth Revision  Resources
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Macbeth Revision Resources

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A huge collection of revision resources to help your students in their quest for 1-9. I lost count of the amount of exam revision resources included. This bundle includes questions, lessons, quizzes, full mark examples and a variety of other resources which will prove extremely useful. Enjoy
Persuasive Writing Analysis using Henry V
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Persuasive Writing Analysis using Henry V

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Here is a lesson plan and resource you will truly enjoy using. Based on Henry V as the main task (“once more…”) this lesson will help students analyse how writer’s are able to persuade their listeners. Feel free to adapt to suit the needs of your students. Enjoy
How to anwser every GCSE Literature question perfectly
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How to anwser every GCSE Literature question perfectly

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Aimed at the current EDEXCEL GCSE Literature course, this superb revision sheet explains exactly what students need to do to achieve perfect marks for every question in the two exams. This is a tried and tested method with a number of students achieving full marks with this method.
Romeo and Juliet: Exam Question with full mark response
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Romeo and Juliet: Exam Question with full mark response

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Need a grade 9 example and exam question but don’t want to waste time producing it? Look no further. Feel free to adapt this resource to meet the needs of your classes. Further revision videos can be found using the YouTube link to The English Teacher playlist. You will find hundreds of other videos for you usage in this area.
AQA Literature paper 2: Intervention day lessons
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AQA Literature paper 2: Intervention day lessons

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Here is 200 minutes of revision lessons which could make all difference to your students. Lesson plans and presentations are clear, and are aimed at ensuring your students are at least planning a response for each of the sections in the exam (with the exception of the 8 mark question as time could not allow it). Feel free to alter the resources to suit your students and enjoy!
Love and Relationship: Everything you need to know
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Love and Relationship: Everything you need to know

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In this document you will find all the analysis you and your classes need in order to achieve full marks. For each the poems you will find the basic meaning, context, as well as analysis of form, structure and language. Feel free to download and edit to suit your needs. Enjoy
Poetry Comparison: Full scheme of work
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Poetry Comparison: Full scheme of work

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This engaging, challenging and enjoyable scheme work fully explores how language, form and structure help to create meaning. Based on the AQA literature specification (although this is easily adapted), the unit teaches students the method required to achieve full marks for Section B of paper 2; a perfect way to ensure your students are embedding the required analytical skills as early as possible. With multiple assessment points, multiple examples of a wide range of poems and multiple opportunities to write creatively based on the example poems, this unit cannot fail to help encourage your students to enjoy poetry whilst also being able to discuss and write about it analytically. Why waste time creating this unit when it has already been completed for you. Enjoy!