A festive themed past-paper style passage followed by comprehension questions, and a choice of two creative writing prompts. Questions are a mixture of short-answer (testing understanding of the passage), vocabulary, Passage taken from Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Would be suitable for 13+ entrance practice, or high-level 11+ entrance/scholarship practice.

A resource with guided activities (inspired by Anne of Green Gables) and tips on how to help your students ‘show, not tell’ in their creative writing. Designed for 11+, but relevant for 13+/KS3.

Guidance on how to approach comprehension questions on an unseen passage. Useful for KS3 English and for 11+ entrance examinations.

Essay plan on the theme of language in Animal Farm (designed to be used for the AQA GCSE syllabus). Points also applicable to rhetoric, propaganda and manipulation.

Powerpoint with four slides of vocabulary and useful phrases for talking about holidays (types of destination advantages, booking and staying in accomodation)

Detailed summary of Books 1 to 5 of Virgil’s Aeneid. 9 pages total. Focus on plot, imagery and important Homeric or Augustan parallels. Useful for revision.

15 slide powerpoint covering Unit 2: Life after death. Explains key terms and gives points for discussion on the following: Christian beliefs on life after death, non-religious reasons for believing in life after death, why some do not believe in life after death, abortion (discusses different Christian attitudes and the film ‘Juno’), euthanasia (types, moral issues, Christian responses), should the media critique religious views on life after death, poverty and Christian Aid.

10 page powerpoint covering Unit 1: Believing in God. Explains key terms and gives points for discussing: Christian upbringings, religious experiences, the argument from design, the argument from causation, scientific explanations, prayer, suffering.

Powerpoint and handout containing language analysis notes on the extract from ‘Touching the Void’ (from the Edexcel GCSE English Language course).

Context notes for A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Includes: Courtly Love, gender, Queen Elizabeth I, the supernatural, Shakespeare’s other plays, Classical/mythological references, literary influences and conventions, historical context of the contemporary theatre, modern productions. Designed for the Edexcel A-Level English specification.

3 page document outlining tips for GCSE English Language exams. Covers: answering longer questions about an unseen passage, suggestions of language and structure techniques to look out for, how to approach creative writing exam questions (writing to persuade, explain or describe).

5-page powerpoint containing useful phrases for giving arguments and opinions, expressing time, linking sentences, or introducing impressive structures. Level: advanced GCSE/more basic AS and A-Level.

Powerpoint containing notes for analysing A Streetcar Named Desire. Includes points about the play’s structure, genre/style, characterisation, diction, significance of characters’ names, key symbols and motifs (including further detail about light, the streetcars, colours, animal symbols), setting of the apartment, music and sound, interactions in the street. Designed for the Edexcel English A-Level.

Step-by-step, easy to follow guide on how to approach a Latin translation. Helpful tool for pupils who get in a muddle with the word order. I tend to use this with 13+ or Y8-9 pupils.

I compiled a list of vocab which pupils I was tutoring for Latin 13+ regularly found confusing or mixed up in translations - this proved extremely helpful. Attached a copy with English meanings and a Latin-only copy that can be used as a vocab test.

Powerpoint (59 slides) covering all exam topics for ‘DT: Food Technology’ AQA GCSE. Includes product design questions, functions of ingredients, nutrition, methods of making, product development and prototype stages, packaging, new technologies, ethical/environmental considerations, manufacturing processes.

Powerpoint (37 slides) containing in-depth notes on: functions and properties of ingredients; methods of making; structures.

A couple of slides explaining food chains and pyramids (transfer of energy and biomass), decay, diagram of carbon cycle. Designed for B10+11 of the AQA GCSE Biology Dual Award specification.

Short powerpoints covering types of adaptation, environmental change factors, obtaining data on ecology, natural selection, classification, extinction, speciation. Designed for B8+9 of the AQA GCSE Biology Dual Award specification.

An English crossword featuring questions on classical literature and history.