English GCSE and English KS3 resources by a lead practitioner. Everything I upload is tried and tested by both myself and my English Department. I always appreciate feedback, so please do leave a review if you get chance.
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English GCSE and English KS3 resources by a lead practitioner. Everything I upload is tried and tested by both myself and my English Department. I always appreciate feedback, so please do leave a review if you get chance.
Leave a review and choose any other single resource for free! Just get in touch at info@englishgcse.co.uk
Romeo and Juliet fully annotated copy. Includes detailed notes on analysis, structure, language, themes, symbols, context and more.
Perfect as a revision / differentiation tool or as a hand-out for students. Can also be used for prep work / home learning. It is fully editable and a PDF is included so it can be printed as a booklet or used for individual acts / scenes.
Includes:
Act 1 pack
Act 2 pack
Act 3 pack
Act 4 pack
Act 5 pack
Summary of each scene
Colour coded annotations for ease of use
Dual coding symbols
Themes for each scene
Hip hop themed English lessons for KS3 (and adaptable for LA KS4), which use hip-hop music as a segue into lyrics and poetry, exploring language, structure and form.
Designed to be used for an extra-curricular club but could also be used as part of a KS3 unit:
Introduction (similes, metaphors)
Language (alliteration, assonance, consonance, sibilance)
Iambic pentameter (structure, form)
Types of rhyme
Allusions and connotations
Vocabulary
Structure (verses, choruses, refrains)
Language analysis of a set of lyrics
Rap planning lesson
Full scheme of work document/unit overview
Macbeth fully annotated copy. Includes detailed notes on analysis, structure, language, themes, symbols, context and more.
Perfect as a revision / differentiation tool or as a hand-out for students. Can also be used for prep work / home learning. It is fully editable and a PDF is included so it can be printed as a booklet or used for individual acts / scenes.
Includes:
Summary of each scene
Colour coded annotations for ease of use
Dual coding symbols
Themes for each scene
Character graphics drawn by a professional computer games artist
Act 1, Act 2, Act 3, Act 4 and Act 5 all covered. Every scene!
4x 1 hour lessons that explore ‘Remarkable Creatures’, ‘Spies’ and ‘Falcons’ - ideal extracts to prepare students for AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A. Brilliant preparation for KS4 students or easily adaptable for KS3 students. Includes exam practice pack for Section A.
4x fully differentiated and resourced lessons that look at various aspects of Writing to Describe and Writing to Narrate in preparation for AQA English Language Paper 1 Section B. Students explore sentence structures, using language devices, metaphors, analysing examples and more! A must-download for you and your students.
4x fully differentiated and resourced lessons that support KS4 students as they prepare for AQA English Language Paper 1 Section B and explore Writing to Describe and Writing to Narrate. These lessons include resources on planning answers, looking at punctuation, adding in high level punctuation like dashes and semicolons and much more. Definitely worth downloading for your students and you!
A Christmas Carol - AWARD NOMINATED: EVERY LESSON for Charles Dickens’ text. 20x fully differentiated and resourced lessons to prepare KS3 and KS4 students for AQA GCSE English Literature questions on Charles Dickens’ classic novella. All created by a Tes Bev Evans Award nominated author 2017.
Includes the following lessons:
Introduction to the text
Historical context
Stave one language analysis
Fred and Scrooge character analysis (Stave One)
Marley’s Ghost - language analysis (Stave One)
Marley’s message (Stave One)
The Ghost of Christmas Past (Stave Two)
Fezziwig (Stave Two)
Fan and Belle (Stave Two)
The Ghost of Christmas Present (Stave Three)
The Cratchits (Stave Three)
The Next Visits (Stave Three)
Stave Four - Part One
Tiny Tim and Scrooge - Stave Four
Stave Five - The End
SCHEME OF WORK - NEW!
Exam practice pack (10 questions)
Exam question review
Key quotes
Knowledge organiser for revision
An Inspector Calls exam model answers collection. Currently includes:
2017 model essay - Mrs Birling
2017 model essay - The Inspector
2018 model essay - Eric
2018 model essay - Social class
2019 model essay - Selfishness and its effects
2019 model essay - Sheila Birling
2020 model essay - Birling
2020 model essay - Male characters as irresponsible
2021 model essay
2021 model essay
2022 model essay
2022 model essay
2023 model essay
2023 model essay
Macbeth revision posters for displays, homework, tutoring, home learning, intervention and more.
All include key quotes and theme symbols.
Banquo x3
Lady Macbeth x4
Macbeth x5
Macduff x3
Malcolm x4
King Duncan x2
21 posters for just £14.90!
5x 1 hour differentiated lessons that analyse extracts from a variety of 20th and 21st century texts. Fantastic preparation for KS4 students preparing for AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A Q2 and easily adaptable and accessible for KS3 students.
Seventeen fully differentiated and resourced lessons to help both KS3 and KS4 students prepare for AQA English Language and English Literature exams. Resources include revision guides for all four papers and cover A Christmas Carol, Jekyll and Hyde, Macbeth, Power and Conflict, An Inspector Calls and a wide range of language texts.
Everything you need to teach Macbeth! TWENTY+ HOURS' WORTH! Includes a 2 hour Macbeth overview (or revision /recap session), a complete GCSE revision guide, and NINETEEN lessons:
Macbeth Introduction
Introducing Macbeth and Banquo
Analysing The Witches
Introducing Lady Macbeth
Act 1 Scene 7
Act 2 Scene 1 - The Dagger Scene
Act 2 Scene 2
Act 3 Scene 1
Murdering Banquo
The Banquet Scene
Macduff
Malcolm
Lady Macbeth's Sleepwalking
The End
NEW - FULL SCHEME OF WORK
Knowledge Organiser
Exam Practice Pack
With more to come! Keep checking your downloads as more lessons will be added shortly.
Worlds and Lives pack for the new AQA poetry anthology. Currently includes:
Lines Written in Early Spring - William Wordsworth
England in 1819 - Percy Bysshe Shelley
Shall earth no more inspire thee - Emily Bronte
In a London Drawingroom - George Eliot
On an Afternoon Train from Purley to Victoria, 1955 - James Berry
Name Journeys by Raman Mundair
pot by Shamshad Khan
A Wider View - Seni Seneviratne
Homing - Liz Berry
A Century Later - Imtiaz Dharker
The Jewellery Maker Louisa Adjoa Parker
With Birds You’re Never Lonely - Raymond Antrobus
A Portable Paradise - Roger Robinson
Like an Heiress - Grace Nichols
Thirteen - Caleb Femi
Comparing poems lesson
Scheme of Work document
Everything you need to teach Macbeth for the Edexcel spec! TWENTY+ HOURS’ WORTH!
Will soon include a 2 hour Macbeth overview (or revision /recap session), a complete GCSE revision guide, and NINETEEN lessons:
Includes:
Macbeth Introduction
Introducing Macbeth and Banquo
Analysing The Witches
Introducing Lady Macbeth
Act 1 Scene 7
Act 2 Scene 1 - The Dagger Scene
Act 2 Scene 2
Act 3 Scene 1
Murdering Banquo
The Banquet Scene
Macduff
Malcolm
Lady Macbeth’s Sleepwalking
The End
Assessment Planning Lesson
Knowledge Organiser
Quotes / quotations revision
Revision lessons x2 hours
Mock and review lesson
AQA Literature New Spec Poetry Paper 2 GCSE COMPLETE Bundle (37 resources in 20 packs of 1hr lessons, with differentiated tasks throughout using the new GCSE numbering system).
This bundle is designed for the New Spec AQA Literature Paper 2 Poetry.
Complete 1 hour, well differentiated lessons, with worksheets where applicable.
Suitable for KS4 or adapted for KS3
Different level tasks for MA,LA or Core
Designed to fit Ofsted criteria for' Good' or above.
All lessons are highly rated and this pack is one of my best sellers.
Includes resources on EVERY Power and Conflict poem:
Kamikaze
Bayonet Charge
Exposure
London
Storm on the Island
The Emigree
Tissue
War Photographer
Remains
Checking Out Me History
The Prelude
Poppies
My Last Duchess
Ozymandias
Charge of the Light Brigade
NEW - A fully differentiated revision guide is now included in this bundle. Get your students ready for their Literature Paper 2 exam!
NEW Scheme of Work Document now included!
Although these are all standalone lessons, a recommended order for these resources is as follows:
Remains
Kamikaze
War Photographer
Poppies
Exposure
Bayonet Charge
Charge of the Light Brigade
Storm on the Island
Ozymandias
London
My Last Duchess
The Prelude
Checking Out Me History
The Emigree
Tissue
An Inspector Calls **TES AWARD NOMINATED** - Over 20 hours worth of fully differentiated lessons (powerpoints, worksheets and exam practice / prep) + a GCSE revision guide AND a knowledge organiser. A bundle of very highly rated lessons, projects and revision sessions for the study of An Inspector Calls.
It basically covers everything you need to teach 'An Inspector Calls' and get successful results (I do). If you think there's anything missing, let me know.
Hope you find this useful, as a Head of English I have given this to my whole department to use and they are very pleased about how much time they've saved.
Here is the order of lessons:
1 - Introduction
2 - Act One Introduction
3 - Arthur Birling
4 - The Inspector
5 - Responsibility
6 - Sheila Birling
7 - Gerald Croft
8 - Sheila Birling and Historical Context
9 - Gerald and Daisy
10 - Mrs Birling
11- Eric Birling
12 - Eric and Eva
13 - The Inspector Leaves
14 - Young and Old
15 - The End
16 - Revision Guide
17 - Knowledge Organiser
18 - Exam Practice Pack
19 - Revision Session
20 - Scheme of Work document
TWENTY fully differentiated and resourced lessons that focus on specific scenes from William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and also introduces an adaptable introduction to Shakespeare’s life and the three main genres of his plays. These lessons include:
General introduction to Shakespeare and genre
The Prologue
Act 1 Scene 1
Meeting Romeo and Juliet
The Queen Mab Speech
Act 1 Scene 5: Fate and Free Will
Romeo and Juliet Meet (Act 1 Scene 5)
Act 2 Scenes 1 and 2 (Discovering Identities)
The Balcony Scene (Act 2 Scene 2)
Friar Lawrence (Act 2 Scene 3)
The Nurse (Act 2 Scene 5)
Tybalt and Mercutio (Act 3 Scene 1)
After Tybalt’s Death (Act 3 Scene 1, Act 3 Scene 2, Act 3 Scene 3)
Juliet, Paris and Romeo (Act 3 Scene 4, Act 3 Scene 5)
Juliet and the Friar (Act 4 Scene 1)
Juliet’s Death (Act 4 Scene 3, Act 5 Scene 1)
The Ending of the Play
Knowledge Organiser
Exam Practice Questions and Answers
Scheme of Work Document
Please keep checking your downloads as I will be continually adding to this collection.
A collection of Of Mice and Men lessons that are fully differentiated and resourced. Keep checking back as I add more and more resources to this collection.
Designed for KS3 but adaptable for GCSE.
This bundle includes lessons on:
Introduction and Historical Context
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Curley
Curley’s Wife
Assessment Preparation
Slim and Chapter Three
Assessment Lesson/Review
Analyzing Structure
Creative Writing
Women in Context
Grammar and Punctuation Workshop
Model Essay
Escape Room Lesson
Crooks in Chapter Four
Curley’s Wife and Crooks in Chapter Four
Lennie and Curley’s Wife
Comparing Settings in Chapters One and Six
The Ending
We’ve also added in a Scheme of Work document that is free to download.
TWENTY fully differentiated lessons for both KS3 and KS4 students on George Orwell’s Animal Farm. Ideal preparation for students working towards AQA English Literature Paper 2.
Lesson 1: FREE TO DOWNLOAD HERE
We analyze all the major characters introduced in Chapter One and some clues about context and deeper symbolic meaning. Students evaluate how each character is introduced, including Mr Jones, Boxer, Clover, Old Major and more.
Lesson 2: We look at Old Major’s speech to the animals in Chapter 1 and how he uses language to influence the animals into supporting his cause. Additionally, we explore the song Beasts of England and evaluate how it affects the animals on the farm.
Lesson 3: This focuses on the first half of Chapter 2. Students analyze key sections of the chapter to develop an understanding of characters, plot and also historical context. Recently revamped and expanded.
Lesson 4: We create summaries regarding the characters, and how plot and themes are developed in the rest of Chapter 2.
Lesson 5: This lesson focuses on Chapter 3 and supports students in analyzing the behaviour of the pigs around the other animals including Boxer, Squealer, Snowball and Napoleon.
Lesson 6: This lesson focuses on Chapter 4 and supports students in analyzing language and structure.
Lesson 7: We look at the importance of the Windmill in Chapter 5, at what happens between Snowball and Napoleon and how Napoleon uses the puppies to tighten his grip on power.
Lesson 8: Now we focus on Chapter 5 and the opening to Chapter 6. We look closely at the battle between Snowball and Napoleon as well as Squealer’s use of language to appease the animals and their initial anger.
Lesson 9: This lesson focuses on Chapter 6, historical context and creating analytical paragraphs.
Lesson 10: We explore the symbolic significance of the windmill in the text and students develop a more detailed understanding of context.
Lesson 11: We find out how tension is building in Chapter 7, the significance of Mr Whymper and why Snowball is portrayed as to blame for everything or a scapegoat. Additionally, students explode quotes and develop their language analysis skills.
Lesson 12: Recap Animal Farm by George Orwell through an engaging escape room lesson! It is filled with codes, puzzles and activities to get students to revise characters, themes and contexts as they work in groups or ‘escape crews’ to get out of the Windmill! Includes answers for every mystery and puzzle (see the notes attached in the PowerPoint) and is a brilliant way to help students in their learning.
Lesson 13: Animal Farm lesson that focuses on Boxer and how he is presented in Chapter 7 plus earlier parts of the texts. We explore how Napoleon’s trials and executions of many animals mimic those of the Stalin show trials of the 1930s, as well as how the animals react to the death and destruction they witness.
Lesson 14: We explore the cult of personality around Napoleon and how this links into historical context, as well as analysing the key events of the Battle of the Windmill and why the pigs’ discovery of alcohol might be the beginning of the end for the animals on Animal Farm.
Lesson 15: FREE TO DOWNLOAD HERE
Animal Farm lesson that explores how Boxer leaves and what happens to him, how the animals react to this and how they are manipulated by Squealer, and how and why Moses is allowed to stay at the farm despite spreading ideas about Sugarcandy Mountain.
Also includes an escape room revision lesson, knowledge organiser and full scheme of work document!
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