A lesson which worked extremely well with a high ability year 9 class, who were focusing on the fiction section of the Eduqas exam. Can be easily adapted to suit different abilities. The lesson focuses on the pupils understanding the term 'unreliable narrator' and then reading key extracts taken from 'The Girl on the Train', 'The Yellow Wallpaper' and 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time'. The pupils had to choose which extract they wanted to read and identify in what way the narrator was unreliable. Great discussion came from this. They then had to imagine they were watching the unreliable narrator and create a descriptive writing piece focused on this. Examples included in the PowerPoint. My pupils ended up asking me if they could have copies of the books as they wanted to read more!

A lesson focusing on our first impressions of Capulet and Tybalt. Pupils had empathy towards Juliet and her situation, read the script and figured out how they felt towards Capulet and Paris before looking at some context. Final task focused on creativity of modernising the script and seeing whether this changed things.

A lesson focusing on reading the scene where Romeo is invited to the party. Comprehension questions focusing on inference and deduction before an engaging, creative task at the end.

Two lessons. First lesson focuses on how the poem makes them feel and worksheet included with key questions they can answer in group work, paired work or independent work. Second lesson is all about how to produce a high level response to an exam style question with examples written up to help them as well.

An easy to follow lesson which focuses on the pupils exploring the prologue of Romeo and Juliet. Key discussion on why an opening to a play is important before a task which enables the pupils to take control of their own learning to figure out exactly what the prologue means and what the play will be about. Can be easily adapted. Worksheet included.

A lesson which focuses on Act 1 Scene 3 - the Nurse, Lady Capulet and Juliet. My class went on a 'Quest for Quotations' with the worksheet provided and were set off on the task of looking at one specific character before getting into groups and teaching one another. The second half of the lesson focused on an exam style question, with an example included that my class came up with. Worked really well with high ability but can be differentiated and split into two lessons if need be.

Two lessons. First focuses on Tybalt's character in Act 1's party scene. A 'pass the quotation' task which enabled pupils to analyse and explore on a deeper level before answering an exam style question. Second lesson is a creative task focusing on mask making which my class thoroughly enjoyed!

Two lessons which focus on the characterisation of Romeo. First lesson centres on different types of love before reading the section of the play where we first meet Romeo. Key quotations were then put on the board and the pupils were given 3minutes to deeply analyse the quotations. We then fed back as a class - notes on the PowerPoint. Second lesson focuses on how to respond to an Eduqas exam style question (can be adapted to other exam specs), with a high level example included to help the pupils. My class responded really well to this and felt a lot more confident with the exam after these two lessons.

Looking at a modern gang and how it links to the long standing feud between Capulets and Montagues.

This paper is ideal for mock examination purposes for your year 10 or 11 classes currently following the WJEC/EDUQAS English Language Specification. The paper is written in the correct format, and has both Section A - 5 reading questions and Section B - 4 creative writing options. The extract for Section A has been taken from the novel ‘The Great Gatsby’. There is also a mark scheme included, which again follows the wording of WJEC/EDUQAS’ typical mark schemes.

This paper is ideal for mock examination purposes for your year 10 or 11 classes. The paper is written in the exact same format as WJEC/EDUQAS to prepare the pupils for their GCSE and focuses on 19th century and 21st century texts. The paper has Section A - Two Extract and 6 Questions as well as Section B - Two Transactional Writing Questions

A range of questions to support the teaching of Ozymandias to KS4 classes. Context and starter activity also included.

An ideal revision lesson for Year 10 or 11. Focuses on Romeo’s character over the course of the play, with key scenes and quotations being provided. Pupils simply have to analyse what each quotation suggests about his character overall. This could also provide a good starting point for writing an essay about Romeo as well.

A lesson which I used with my KS4 class to further their understanding of the final scene of Romeo and Juliet. Pupils play the board game and answer the questions as they go. Questions are differentiated from easy select and retrieve to more difficult analysis questions. Worked very well and allowed my class to explore independently!

A lesson which focuses on analysing the poem. The questions asked ensure the pupils are able to break down a particularly tricky poem and get to grips with the language of it. Homework task included as well.

Key quotations for A Christmas Carol, Lord of the Flies and Romeo and Juliet. Handy revision tool for GCSE pupils taking the WJEC/EDUQAS Literature exam. Useful for Year 10 and 11. Each set of quotations for each novel are organised efficiently onto one page per module, making this easy for pupils to revise from. Each page states who says the quote, where the quote is taken from in the novel or play and key themes to organise the key quotations into.

A lesson which is aimed towards KS4. Pupils are given an exam style questions focusing on Nick the narrator and his opinions in Chapter 1. Pupils are encouraged to read the extract a paragraph at a time and fill in the table, identifying quotations which prove Nick’s opinions and analyse them. This lesson is meant to be quick paced but you could definitely adapt to suit the needs of your class. A filled in table is also provided for the teacher.

A lesson perfect for KS4 revising A Christmas Carol. This lesson tracks through every moment the Cratchit family are featured in the novel to enable pupils to focus on their importance. They then build a bank of quotations centred around this.

Lesson which focuses on The Great Depression and the pupils predicting what the book is about based on book covers. Created for Year 9 pupils but could be scaled up for GCSE study.

A lesson which focuses on the characters relationships with one another in chapter 2.