A set of short summary slides for key media studies theories: Audience Theories- Jenkins, Hall, Gerbner, Bandura, Shirky, Hesmondhalgh, Two-step flow, hypodermic needle, Uses & gratifications, Livingston & Lunt, Curran & Seaton, Language Theories- Strauss, Barthes, Todorov, Propp, Neale Representation Theories- Hall, hooks, Mulvey, Butler, Gauntlett, Gilroy, Van Zoonen Postmodern Theories-Postmodern elements, Baudrillard, Lyotard, Jameson. Ecology Theories- McLuhan, Postman, Ong Can be printed double sided to use as flashcards for student revision. Accessible to a range of students with questions to apply to set texts and case studies to encourage student application of theories too.

Sheets explaining comma splicing and fragmented sentences, with exercises to fix these common GCSE errors.

A collection of 5 different posters to get staff to display what they’re reading in classrooms, perhaps as part of a whole school reading drive. Especially good for the secondary environment. They work well when laminated so that each teacher can update their poster regularly.

Success criteria, examples and explanations to aid students in preparing for their response to an article coursework for IGCSE English language 0500.

A Trump inspired short dystopian story. Useful example for preparing students for narrative writing in controlled time frames. Estimated grade 8.

A set of seven posters introducing common allusions made to famous figures from Greek myth: Achilles, Icarus, Midas, The Muses, Hercules, Prometheus, Narcissus. Designed for English classrooms or libraries to help students familiarise themselves with this crucial background knowledge.

A copy of the text for students to annotate, with simple retrieval tasks and questions as well as a few relevant articles about historical and cultural context. Designed for Cambridge IGCSE Literature drama unit.

A teacher made example paper for the new CIE 0500 First Language English Reading Paper 2020. Uses three articles on tigers in India and Nepal. Questions and text choices closely based on the CIE specimen. Would be useful as a mock exam or practice paper for students. Mark scheme included.

Fun starter for introduction dystopian fiction. Fact or fiction worksheet. Students must guess which are real news stories and which are dystopian fiction.

Example controlled descriptive pieces. Aimed at WJEC/Eduqas GCSE, but would work for other specifications.

Suitable for upper KS3 or CIE iGCSE preparation. A booklet of key passages from the novel with vocabulary and analysis questions for students to work through. Designed to be used in a flipped learning style as preparation for discussion in lessons, but could be used as revision homeworks or class activities too.

Useful posters for introducing the IGCSE First Language English Paper for the new 2020/2021 specification. Includes tips on how to answer each question. Works well stuck into books for students to refer back to or printed as classroom posters.

Simple, controlled narratives as examples for GCSE narrative writing. Aimed at WJEC/Eduqas, but could be used for any GCSE specification narrative tasks.

A bundle of ‘A Christmas Carol’ example responses and extract questions. Designed for WJEC/Eduqas exam, but useful for teaching key passages of the novel.

A mocked up exam paper using articles about unconscious bias.

A teacher made example paper for the new CIE 0500 First Language English Reading Paper 2020. Uses three articles on video games and their consequences. Questions and text choices closely based on the CIE specimen. Would be useful as a mock exam or practice paper for students. Includes a student friendly mark scheme for self-assessment for Q3.

Mocked Up exam paper poetry and prose- Songs and Stories of Ourselves 0475

A short presentation talking students through how to reference in their NEA.

A set of independent reading questions for The Hobbit. Ideal for KS3 students as weekly homework alongside study of the novel.

The journal we use to structure our professional learning community groups in case it’s useful as a starting point for anyone else.