AQA English Language Paper 1 revision lesson on Section B or Question 5 (Descriptive Writing/Narrative Writing). We explore an example exam question and look at approaches to descriptive writing, preparing us for the exam for the 2024 summer. The lesson includes worksheets, differentiated and adaptive learning approaches, revision tips, timings, success criteria and more, as well as model examples of planning. A really useful way of revising these questions in time for the Paper 1 exam in May 2024. ***Leave a review and we’ll send you another masterclass for free. Just email info@englishgcse.co.uk once you’ve left your review!

AQA English Language Paper 2 revision lesson on Q4. This is the second part of a two part lesson that looks at comparing/comparison skills in detail. We explore two non-fictions text on travel and look in detail at the skills and timing needed for this question of the exam for the 2024 summer paper. The lesson includes worksheets (printer symbol), differentiated and adaptive learning approaches, revision tips, timings, success criteria and more, as we explore the two texts and their attitudes on travel, and then make comparisons between the two (extracts included). A really useful way of revising these questions in time for the Paper 2 exam in June 2024.

A Christmas Carol 2025 revision for English Literature Paper 1 revision lesson on structure and form and how these tie into themes. We explore the organisation and order of the five staves of Charles Dickens’ novel and consider how they tie in to the messages Dickens wanted to convey to his readers, helping students to prepare for the exam in the 2025 summer. The lesson includes worksheets (printer symbol), differentiated and adaptive learning approaches, detailed theme notes and more. A really useful way of revising this novel in time for the Paper 1 exam in May 2025. Leave a review and we’ll send you another masterclass for free! Just email us at info@englishgcse.co.uk after you’ve left your review.

Traitors English lesson on Animal Farm inspired by the BBC TV series. This is a fully resourced lesson so it includes differentiated activities on Orwell’s novel that cover characters, plot, themes, form and structure. The pack includes a PowerPoint with fully editable slides, traitor cards, faithful cards and detailed teacher notes setting out how the game works. Students work together in groups to complete Literature activity worksheets (included this pack and with detailed suggested answers for students to review and improve their revision), and earn points for the successful completion of their sheets. However, the traitors are trying to stop them winning!

Traitors English lesson on Frankenstein inspired by the BBC TV series. This is a fully resourced lesson so it includes differentiated activities on Mary Shelley’s play that cover characters, plot, themes, form and structure. The pack includes a PowerPoint with fully editable slides, traitor cards, faithful cards and detailed teacher notes setting out how the game works. Students work together in groups to complete Literature activity worksheets (included this pack and with detailed suggested answers for students to review and improve their revision), and earn points for the successful completion of their sheets. However, the traitors are trying to stop them winning!

Escape The Temple of Academia! We’ve put together this detailed English lesson that introduces or re-introduces language, structure, speaking and listening (Spoken Language), reading for pleasure and more. Students work in groups to escape The Temple of Academia and have to solve numerous puzzles and activities in order to get out. Using an adventure story theme, this is a brilliant introduction lesson or first lesson back for all English students whether KS3 or KS4. Check out our English Shop for loads more free and inexpensive KS3, KS4, KS5, Literacy and whole school resources. This lesson forms part of our KS3 Complete Pack. Find out more here. AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 Knowledge Organisers AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A package AQA English Language Paper 1 Sections A and B package AQA English Language Paper 1 package AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 package AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5 package AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A package AQA English Language and English Literature revision package An Inspector Calls whole scheme package An Inspector Calls revision package Macbeth whole scheme package Macbeth revision package A Christmas Carol whole scheme package A Christmas Carol revision package Jekyll and Hyde whole scheme package Jekyll and Hyde revision package Romeo and Juliet whole scheme package Power and Conflict poetry comparing poems package Power and Conflict poetry whole scheme package Love and Relationships poetry whole scheme package Unseen Poetry whole scheme package

An Inspector Calls 2025 revision for English Literature Paper 2 revision lesson on structure and form and how these tie into themes. We explore the organisation and order of the three acts of JB Priestley’s play and consider how they tie in to the messages Priestley may have wanted to convey to his audiences, helping students to prepare for the exam in the 2025 summer. The lesson includes worksheets (printer symbol), differentiated and adaptive learning approaches, detailed theme notes and more. A really useful way of revising this novel in time for the Paper 2 exam in May 2025. Leave a review and we’ll send you another masterclass for free! Just email us at info@englishgcse.co.uk after you’ve left your review.

An Inspector Calls 2025 revision for English Literature Paper 2 revision lesson on context (AO3) and how this ties into ideas and interpretations (AO1). We explore the world of JB Priestley’s play and consider how context helps us to better understand the messages Priestley may have wanted to convey to his audiences, helping students to prepare for the exam in the 2025 summer. We explore socialism, capitalism, Edwardian Britain, post-War Britain, the Titanic and more. The lesson includes worksheets (printer symbol), differentiated and adaptive learning approaches, detailed theme notes and more. A really useful way of revising this play in time for the Paper 2 exam in May 2025. Leave a review and we’ll send you another masterclass for free! Just email us at info@englishgcse.co.uk after you’ve left your review.

2024 A Christmas Carol model answer on the lessons Scrooge learns about life - this model essay or answer is designed to hit the requirements for Grade 9 for AQA English Literature Paper 1. Includes an answer that weaves together language and structure analysis, context and detailed and perceptive insights into Victorian society, how the lessons Scrooge learns are presented, and Scrooge’s growing awareness of social injustice is in turn used by Dickens to communicate messages on social transformation.

Power and Conflict poetry 2025 revision for English Literature Paper 2 revision lesson on tone and emotions and how the writer and speaker convey their ideas within the poem us via feelings/tone. We explore all four stanzas of War Photographer and the tones used in each to help us understand the key themes/messages of the poem and we explain how tone helps readers to develop interpretations, helping students to prepare for the exam in the 2025 summer. We also explore a second poem (Remains) on the central theme of guilt in preparation for making comparisons between anthology poems, exploring its use of tone but also making comparisons between the first and second poem in terms of SMILE (structure, messages, imagery, language, emotions). The lesson includes differentiated and adaptive learning approaches, detailed theme notes and more. A really useful way of revising poetry in time for the Paper 2 exam in May 2025. Leave a review and we’ll send you another masterclass for free! Just email us at info@englishgcse.co.uk after you’ve left your review.

2024 Macbeth model answer on how far Lady Macbeth is presented as a strong female character in Act 1 Scene 7 and how she can be perceived throughout the rest of the play. This model essay is designed to hit the requirements for Grade 9 forAQA English Literature Paper 1. Includes an answer that weaves together language and structure analysis, context and detailed and perceptive insights into Jacobean society, how and why Shakespeare presents Lady Macbeth as a strong female character in the extract and how this perception may change throughout the play and how these changes could be perceived by a Jacobean audience. Leave a review and we’ll send you another resource for free! Just get in touch at info@englishgcse.co.uk once you’ve left your review.

2024 Jekyll and Hyde model answer on Stevenson building an atmosphere of fear and danger. This model essay or answer is designed to hit the requirements for Grade 9 for AQA English Literature. Includes an answer that weaves together language and structure analysis, context and detailed and perceptive insights into Victorian society, how atmospheres or moods are created and used by Stevenson to communicate messages on morality and humanity.

Power and Conflict Poetry 2025 revision for English Literature Paper 2 revision lesson on comparing two anthology poems and exploring how their messages are similar and different and WHY. We explore London by William Blake and My Last Duchess by Robert Browning, around the theme of anger, analysing how the key messages and attitudes on this theme are similar or different, working as a template for students to compare messages around key themes for other poems, in turn helping students to prepare for the exam in the 2025 summer. Additionally, we also explore the messages of Checking Out Me History by John Agard and Bayonet Charge by Ted Hughes. The lesson includes differentiated and adaptive learning approaches, detailed theme notes and more. A really useful way of revising poetry in time for the Paper 2 exam in May 2025. Leave a review and we’ll send you another masterclass for free! Just email us at info@englishgcse.co.uk after you’ve left your review.

Power and Conflict Poetry 2025 revision for English Literature Paper 2 revision lesson on comparing two anthology poems and exploring how their images are similar and different and WHY. We explore Tissue by Imtiaz Dharker and Ozymandias by Perchy Bysshe Shelley, around the theme of the power of humans, analysing how the key messages and attitudes on this theme are conveyed to us through the use of imagery, working as a template for students to compare messages around key themes for other poems, in turn helping students to prepare for the exam in the 2025 summer. The lesson includes differentiated and adaptive learning approaches, detailed theme notes and more. A really useful way of revising poetry in time for the Paper 2 exam in May 2025. Leave a review and we’ll send you another masterclass for free! Just email us at info@englishgcse.co.uk after you’ve left your review.

2024 Love and Relationships model answer on how Neutral Tones by Thomas Hardy presents powerful feelings about love , as well as Winter Swans by Owen Sheers. This model essay is designed to hit the requirements for Grade 9 for AQA English Literature Paper 2. It includes an answer that weaves together language and structure analysis, context and detailed and perceptive insights into relevant contexts, how and why Hardy and Sheers present their poems in relation to powerful feelings about love.

2024 Power and Conflict model answer on how Kamikaze by Beatrice Garland explores how people are affected by conflict, as well as Bayonet Charge by Ted Hughes. This model essay is designed to hit the requirements for Grade 9 for AQA English Literature Paper 2. It Includes an answer that weaves together language and structure analysis, context and detailed and perceptive insights into relevant contexts, how and why Ted Hughes and Beatrice Garland present their poems in relation to how people are affected by conflict.

2024 An Inspector Calls model answer on how the Inspector is used to present ideas about social change - this model essay is designed to hit the requirements for Grade 9 for AQA English Literature Paper 2. Includes an answer that weaves together language and structure analysis, context and detailed and perceptive insights into Edwardian and post-war British society, how and why Priestley presents the Inspector to convey his messages about politics in Britain after the conclusion of the Second World War. Leave a review and we’ll send you another resource for free! Just get in touch at info@englishgcse.co.uk once you’ve left your review.