A complete practice paper for AQA GCSE English Language Paper 2, using two fascinating sources relating to women’s football. In addition, I have created a PowerPoint presentation to be used either as a walk-through lesson with GCSE students or feedback lesson once students have completed the paper. Enjoy!

An extract from Hanif Kureishi’s novel, ‘The Buddha of Suburbia’, and a full AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1-style examination paper, including the writing section (Question 5). In addition, there is a PowerPoint feedback lesson to accompany the assessment materials, as well as a separate PowerPoint to assist students with Question 5 (writing to describe) and a worksheet designed to help answer Question 4 (‘A student has said…’ etc.).

A detailed and engaging PowerPoint lesson to be used either as feedback for the ‘Mr Fisher’ AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1 or to work through with your GCSE students as part of exam preparation. Hopefully you find it useful!

A series of resources that prepare GCSE students for the ‘Macbeth’ section of the English Literature exam. First, an exam-style extract question based on Act 3 Scene 2 of the play, focusing on how Shakespeare presents Macbeth as an ‘evil character’. Then, a PowerPoint walking students through the task. There are also a series of anonymous student responses for classes to read and mark, deciding on a grade and reasons for it. A perfect resource for any Year 10 or Year 11 group studying ‘Macbeth’ and preparing for the GCSE English Literature exam.

A comprehensive guide to Carol Ann Duffy’s ‘Feminine Gospels’, a set poetry text for AQA’s English Literature A-level Paper 2 (Texts in Shared Contexts). Notes are organised according to Duffy’s main ideas and messages, language techniques and aspects of form/structure. An incredibly useful guide for students - and teachers - getting to grips with Duffy’s collection.

A complete mock AQA GCSE Language Paper 1 question paper that I have put together using an extract from Sebastian Faulks’ novel 'Birdsong’, in addition to an accompanying PowerPoint that walks students through each question: it can either be used as a feedback lesson or as a whole-class walk-through for exam preparation. Hopefully you find it useful!

A complete mock AQA GCSE Language Paper 1 question paper that I have put together using an extract from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s iconic novel ‘The Great Gatsby’, in addition to an accompanying PowerPoint that walks students through each question: it can either be used as a feedback lesson or as a whole-class walk-through for exam preparation. Hopefully you find it useful!

A complete mock AQA GCSE English Language Paper 2 that I have put together using a 2001 article about 9/11 and an extract from Mary Seacole’s autobiography, accompanied by a PowerPoint that can EITHER be used for a feedback lesson after students complete the paper OR as a whole-class walk-through for exam preparation. Hopefully you find this useful!

This is everything your GCSE students will need in order to understand ‘An Inspector Calls’, its characters, its themes and J.B. Priestley’s intended messages, commentaries and criticisms. Key quotations, technical analysis, contextual linking, playwright’s intentions… this really is a comprehensive revision booklet for Priestley’s play.

Comprehensive notes about all FIFTEEN of the ‘Power and Conflict’ poems from the AQA GCSE anthology. These thoroughly detailed notes are organised into clear sections - context/ideas, language analysis, form/structure and links to other poems - so students can already think about how to structure their comparative essays. This booklet covers absolutely everything your Year 10 and Year 11 students could possibly need for the ‘Power and Conflict’ cluster, setting them up perfectly for the poetry section of the AQA Literature Paper 2.

An extremely useful resource for Year 10 or Year 11 students preparing for AQA’s GCSE English Language Paper 2, using two sources relating to women’s football. The booklet consists of AQA-style questions, model paragraphs and spaces for students to complete their own responses, as well as tips for Question 5 (the writing section) and an exemplar Q5 article. Enjoy!

A comprehensive guide to key quotations from Charlotte Brontë’s 1847 novel ‘Jane Eyre’, with related language analysis and links to social, cultural and historical context for each quotation. Three quotations have been selected from each of the novel’s 38 chapters, making this the perfect revision guide for anyone studying ‘Jane Eyre’ for the AQA GCSE English Literature.

This is the perfect guide to Section C (Unseen Poetry) of the AQA A-level English Literature Paper 1 (‘Love Through the Ages’) exam. Your students will find it incredibly helpful, since the model plans, model essays and poems with which to practise their own essay-writing leaves them in no doubt as to how to approach this component. Enjoy!

A range of model essays, written to stretch, challenge and raise aspirations for all students, for comparative analytical tasks based on the AQA ‘Power and conflict’ poetry anthology. Who knows, perhaps one of these poems will be selected by AQA this summer, in which case these essays might be the perfect preparation for your students aiming at grades 7, 8 and 9! Hopefully you find them useful.

A complete practice paper (questions 1 to 5 - i.e. reading and writing sections) for the AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1 exam, based on an extract from William Golding’s ‘Lord of the Flies’. In addition, there is an accompanying PowerPoint, either to use as a walk-through with your class or as a feedback lesson when students have completed the assessment.

A complete mock AQA GCSE Language Paper 1 question paper that I have put together using an extract from Khalid Hosseini’s powerful ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’, in addition to an accompanying PowerPoint that walks students through each question: it can either be used as a feedback lesson or as a whole-class walk-through for exam preparation. Hopefully you find it useful!

Perfect for studying and revision of Priestley’s ‘An Inspector Calls’ as part of the AQA GCSE English Literature course. There is a PowerPoint presentation and booklet for each of the key characters in the play, covering language/structure analysis, Priestley’s message and links to the socio-cultural context of 1912 society. Each booklet contains the key quotations for that character, and students use prompt questions to make notes on each quotation: the PowerPoint presentations guide students on what to write and how to develop ideas in detail.

Using an extract from Mitch Albom’s brilliantly funny and moving novel ‘The Five People You Meet in Heaven’, I have put together a series of AQA-style GCSE English Language Paper 1 questions and accompanying PowerPoint. Your students will love the text - the opening of the story - and find the slides extremely useful as they perfect their examination technique. Enjoy!