AQA GCSE LITERATURE DRAMATIC TECHNIQUES IN AN INSPECTOR CALLS
A straightforward one page A4 grid of dramatic, structure, form and language techniques used in the play ‘An Inspector Calls’. Helpful for revision, especially when blown up to A3.
PDF and Word versions uploaded (colour and black and white).
A detailed (103 slides) PowerPoint walking pupils through:
Part 1: What to expect in the exam
Part 2: How am I assessed?
Part 3: What should I do before I write my essay?
Part 4: How do I plan?
Part 5: How do I structure my essay?
Using PowerPoint transitions to animate slides when in full screen mode.
Taskmaster KS3 Fun Whole Class Games
A PowerPoint with 33 slides and 20 fun tasks.
Could be used as a plenary ‘treat’ or an end of term ‘fun’ lesson. (i.e. 'Sir, can we have a fun lesson today?)
Some tasks need a couple of props, others need nothing. Feel free to add your own challenges!
I’ve had great fun with these!
KS3 ‘The Witches’ (Roald Dahl) pupil booklet, to accompany teaching the text.
Updated 2024.
Suitable for KS3 (particularly year 7 or LA year 8).
17 pages.
Range of reading, writing and quiz tasks.
PDF uploaded also.
An 8 page feedback document
Makes an ideal A3 booklet
Used successfully with my year 11’s during a learning walk focussed on feedback to pupils after their mocks. Outcome considered ‘Excellent’.
Activities ask pupils to ‘Review’, ‘Reflect’ and ‘Repsond’ to exemplar material and their own responses.
The mock Literature question was:
In ‘Scaffolding’, how does the poet present the speaker’s
feelings about their relationship?
… but the template could easily be adopted to other poems / texts.
KS3 Class Text ‘Buddy’ by Nigel Hinton Pupil Booklet
A 28 page booklet, covering a range of reading and writing tasks to accompany reading the text.
Updated version, using Open Dyslexic font.
Suitable for LA pupils or year 7 / 8.
PDF and Word version uploaded.
Accompanying PowerPoint available on request.
AQA GCSE English Literaturee - How to write a ‘Macbeth’ (William Shakespeare) essay.
An 89 slide PowerPoint covering:
What to expect
How am I assessed?
How to plan
How to structure
How to write a paragraph
Introductions and conclusions
Used with my Year 10 and Year 11 mid-ability classes.
Uses transitions and animations, for use on whiteboards.
EDUQAS GCSE MEDIA STUDIES
COMPONENT 1, SECTION B: THE ARCHERS
Teaching PowerPoint (320 slides) and accompanying pupil booklet (18 pages)
Includes:
Part 1: Introduction to radio
Part 2: Social, historical and cultural contexts
Part 3: Funding, regulation and production process
Part 4: Convergence, Technology and webiste
Part 5: Audiences
Part 6: Episode study (Helen and Rob)
Part 7: Revision and recall
Part 8: Assessment
PDF and Word version of the pupil booklet included.
Plenty of AFL, recall and differentiation along the way.
Save yourself the planning time!
DVD COVER AND FILM POSTER TEMPLATE
A simple guide for pupils to know where each of the typical conventions of a DVD jewel case and film poster (portrait) would go.
Useful if pupils are making their own.
Uploaded as PDF, Word and PowerPoint.
EDUQAS GCSE MEDIA STUDIES STARTERS PUPIL BOOKLET
30 starter activities, largely based around Component 1, media language and theory.
Example tasks: match-ups, wordsearches, labelling, media language alphabet, true or false, quiz etc.
Last 5 pages have generic recall grids, again used as starters to test pupils’ short and long term knowledge of the set texts.
I use the booklet with year 10, as ‘silent’ starters.
PDF also uploaded, to preserve formatting.
Might save you a load of time and effort…!
EDUQAS GCSE MEDIA STUDIES SET TEXT RECALL GRIDS
Used as starters / bell tasks with KS4 Media Studies pupils.
38 slides, including answers (yellow slides).
Questions range from 1 - 4 marks.
Questions mainly cover Component 1, Sections A and B.
Obviously, adaptable to suit pupil ability.
Pupils given a little booklet containing multiple blank versions of the grid, to use at the start of each lesson.
Peer marking.
Pupils who achieve over 20 / 24 marks (depending on ability) get a chocolate biscuit! Has worked wonders for years!
Eduqas GCSE Media Studies
NEA Component 3 Horror Film Posters (Cohort 2025 brief 2)
Basic pupil booklet for pupils to research and plan their DVD and film poster.
Includes pages for pupils to make their notes on:
typical codes and conventions of horror
typical iconography
example horror film posters to annotate
space to plan out a DVD and film poster
blurb
their coversheet notes
a checklist of what to include in their products
‘A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM’: PUPIL WORKBOOK - LA or SEND
A 20 page workbook for lower ability or SEND pupils to work through the basic plot of the play.
Example tasks include:
Storyboarding
Annotation of short extracts
Staging ideas
Comprehension on plot summaries
Uploaded as a PDF also.
EDUQAS GCSE MEDIA STUDIES THIS GIRL CAN
Teaching PowerPoint (270 slides) divided into three sections:
PART 1: Contexts
PART 2: Media language (including media theories)
PART 3: Representation and comparing two texts
Pupil workbook (17 pages) to accompany tasks in Parts 1 - 3 of the PowerPoint.
Pupil booklet uploaded as a PDF also, to retain formatting.
Will save you loads of planning time!
Eduqas GCSE Media Studies, Component 2, Taylor Swift ‘The Man’
A 28 page pupil booklet, to accompany a 367 slide PowerPoint.
PDF and adaptable Word document of the pupil booklet included, to maintain formatting.
Information content largely based on the Eduqas factsheet, with additional research articles and video embedded.
PowerPoint transitions used to enhance whiteboard teaching.
Whole class plenary and analytical activities included in the pupil booklet, to work alongside the PowerPoint sections.
Covers:
Key facts
Contexts
Industry
Audience
Media Language
Representation
Website and Social Media
Hopefully it will safe someone LOADS of time!
Eduqas GCSE Media Studies, Component 2, Stormzy ‘Superheroes’
A 44 page pupil booklet, to accompany a 180 slide PowerPoint.
PDF and adaptable Word document of the pupil booklet included, to maintain formatting.
Information content largely based on the Eduqas factsheet, with additional research articles and video embedded.
PowerPoint transitions used to enhance whiteboard teaching.
Whole class plenary and analytical activities included in the pupil booklet, to work alongside the PowerPoint sections.
Covers:
Key facts
Contexts
Industry
Audience
Media Language
Representation
Website and Social Media
Hopefully it will safe someone LOADS of time!