This is a 6 week long scheme of work to deliver the content for GCSE English Language Paper 2 (20th and 21st century nonfiction). Included are lessons which break down how to answer each question, model answers (including examples from real candidates during the GCSE exam series) and mock exams. This unit has been designed for the Edexcel specification, though can be easily adapted to suit other exam boards.

A full marks model essay answering the question ‘Explore the significance of the theme of education in Animal Farm’. Written to support the teaching of the new Edexcel 9-1 Literature specification. Suggested activities: - Print off the mark scheme and get students to mark the essay - Get students to colour-code where the essay meets the different assessment objectives - Use the essay to create a list of spellings/keywords since 8 marks are available for SPaG - Use the essay as a model when asking students to answer a different question - Get students to identify where contextual comments are linked into the analysis

This is a complete Jekyll and Hyde revision/activity booklet for students, containing chapter summaries, comprehension questions, vocabulary tasks, contextual/thematic exploration opportunities and key quotation analysis for every chapter. 56 pages in total. Please review!

A full marks Animal Farm Literature essay answering the question ‘Explore the significance of Boxer’. This is the style of question asked in the new Edexcel 9-1 Literature exam.

A 10-week scheme of work for KS3 English based on myths, legends and symbols. Through this scheme of work, students will study a range of texts (Bible stories, non-fiction extracts, poetry and fiction extracts) and examine how these texts form the basis of modern Literature. Lessons are designed to target a range of skills, such as language and structural analysis, comparing texts, analysing poetry, using quotations to support ideas, writing analytically and writing creatively. This scheme of work has been used successfully and enjoyed by students in my school for the last three years.

This lesson walks students through how to answer an extract-based question on Jekyll and Hyde. We follow the Edexcel English Literature spec. This lesson guides students through how to approach an extract, choosing which features to write about, asks students to explore a model answer and then write their own The extract in question is from chapter seven - Incident at the Window. It explores the moment Utterson and Enfield witness Jekyll transforming into Hyde unvoluntarily. I used this with high ability Y9 - aiming for grade 4s and 5s. It would be equally suitable for a low/mid ability Y10 or Y11 group. The focus is on aimings for 4s and 5s.

A fun Macbeth quiz to help your students revise plot, characters, key quotations and themes. Also, this quiz contains a fun music round where your students have to link a song to a key theme, for example Beyonce’s Crazy in Love (links with the theme of madness). Answers: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/answers-to-macbeth-pub-quiz-11460545

A lesson designed to teach students how to analyse lexical fields within a poem. A great way to encourage students to write about the relationship between language and structure.

This fully-resourced scheme of work (16 lessons minimum) is ideal for teaching and revising Animal Farm with your students. We used these lessons and last year our students exceeded National Average on this question. This SOW covers every chapter and then teaches students how to write essays for the Edexcel Literature exam. There is a lesson for every chapter, covering comprehension, key quotations, symbolism, foreshadowing and context (including authorial viewpoints). This scheme of work also teaches students how to write critical and academic essays. This SOW includes model answers written by teachers in addition to exemplar responses from the June 2017 exams. As a centre, we scored 15% above National Average using this sow.

A lesson teaching students how to analyse an extract from Shakespeare’s Macbeth. This lesson was used with middle-ability Y9 students - perfect for Y9/Y10 and introducing the Literature exam requirements in an accessible way. Can be very easily adapted to suit AQA. The extract being used is Act 1 Scene 7.

This fifty question quiz is designed to test your A Level students on the Child Language Acquisition module and guide them in their revision.

This package contains over 16 hours worth of lesson content which I designed and created for an engaging Year 6/7 transition Summer School in July 2021. The children had a brilliant time and learnt lots over the week - demonstrated by increased attainment in the entry assessment and exit assessment (all included). The week-long programme sees students design, create and then pitch their own Biscuit product in a “dragons’ den” style enterprise project, however each two-hour lesson also has either a Literacy or Numeracy focus, so is an excellent way to provide catch-up and recovery curriculum to students. There are 8 different lessons, each lasting two hours. I have included my timetable so that you can see which order the activities should be completed in. There is also an entry assessment and exit assessment (taken on the first and last day to judge progress) and a reward card.

A fully-resourced, differentiated scheme of work that lasts 8-10 weeks built around the Gothic genre. The scheme of work also perfectly prepares students for the new Edexcel Language Paper 1 (19th century extracts and creative writing). There are regular links to the new spec in terms of mark schemes and assessment objectives. Assessment opportunities (and exemplars!) are built in throughout. Each lesson has a PPT and any resources needed are attached. This is great for KS4 students or a high-ability KS3 group.

This lesson explores the most significant moments of tension in Macbeth and also encourages students to recap plot and learn quotations in preparation for the new 9-1 Literature exams.

This 4 week fully-resourced scheme of work gives your students the opportunity to analyse, evaluate and compare famous speeches in preparation for writing and delivering their own (the spoken language endorsement). Through this scheme of work, students learn the terminology associated with the techniques they can use to make their writing more engaging (also excellent for the imaginative/transactional writing task) before analysing, evaluating and recreating them. This scheme of work serves as excellent practice for both Edexcel language papers, building in the spoken language endorsement in a useful way. Easily adapted to other specs.

This lesson walks students through how to answer an extract-based question on Jekyll and Hyde. We follow the Edexcel English Literature spec. This lesson guides students through how to approach an extract, choosing which features to write about, asks students to explore a model answer and then write their own The extract in question is from chapter four - The Carew Murder. It explores the moment Hyde beats Carew to death with “ape like fury”. I used this with high ability Y9 - aiming for grade 4s and 5s. It would be equally suitable for a low/mid ability Y10 or Y11 group. The focus is on aimings for 4s and 5s. Read less

A lesson teaching students how to analyse an extract from Romeo and Juliet, preparing them for the new GCSE 9-1 Literature exams. This lesson focuses on Act 1, Scene 5 (a previous exam question). Based on Edexcel mark scheme, though this can be easily changed.

This took my top set Y11 class two hours. It is a lesson designed to help them revise the working-class characters and their significance throughout the novel. There is work on key quotations and also a help sheet to help students embed contextual knowledge. Students are then taught how to approach the exam question and given an excellent model answer as a guide. Very challenging for the more able.