I am an experienced teacher and currently Head of English and Media in a large secondary school. I am also an examiner for EDUQAS English Language GCSE. I have a range of resources available on TES. Some of my resources are quite old, from when I first started out, and I am currently working in my spare time to update my resources. There are a range of resources from displays, schemes of work, revision booklets, mock exam papers and lessons available.
I am an experienced teacher and currently Head of English and Media in a large secondary school. I am also an examiner for EDUQAS English Language GCSE. I have a range of resources available on TES. Some of my resources are quite old, from when I first started out, and I am currently working in my spare time to update my resources. There are a range of resources from displays, schemes of work, revision booklets, mock exam papers and lessons available.
A mock paper completely mirroring the style of Eduqas questions for the English Language Component 1 Language paper for GCSE. All five reading questions, alongside 4 possible narrative questions for section B are included, as well as a mark scheme and the insert for the text. A really useful revision tool for students preparing for their GCSE English examination
A range of exam papers, mark schemes and inserts to help prepare students for their English Language Component 1 GCSE exam paper. Included in the bundle are the following papers:
Animal Farm
Great Gatsby
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Lord of the Flies
Beloved
A Handmaid's Tale
Invisible Man
To Kill a Mockingbird.
Also included are mark scheme's tailored to assist marking of all 8 papers as well as a step by step walk through lesson with handy revision print outs for students to practice the skills and improve their analysis.
A complete lesson with all resources, learning objectives, success criteria and poem breakdown. This lesson talks through the context, content, structure, form, language, imagery and tone. With a step by step analysis for the poem, including key questions, students can expand understanding and knowledge. This can be used as a complete lesson, but it can equally be used as a revision aide for students either in or outside of the classroom.
A lesson with a range of tasks to help students write a lively, engaging and fit for purpose article. This is a potential question for the Eduqas English GCSE. The lesson comprises of a BINGO game identifying persuasive language techniques (with link to interactive game), as well as an exam style question, a range of tasks and embedded timers within the PowerPoint. All Success Criteria, Learning Objectives and a 'real world link' are included.
Following the structure, format and wording of the WJEC/EDUQAS literature exam paper, I have created a mock paper using Afternoons by Philip Larkin for students to practice exam responses. Included in the resource is an essay planning sheet to help students consider their answer and time their writing.
Following the structure, format and wording of the WJEC/EDUQAS literature exam paper, I have created a mock paper using Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley for students to practice exam responses. Included in the resource is an essay planning sheet to help students consider their answer and time their writing.
A 39 page revision book including an abridged version of each stave, alongside quick questions, language analysis, essay questions and more. With both comprehension and language analysis available, as well as options to analyse key themes and characters, this is the perfect tool for students to get to grips with the text. Worked incredibly well as a revision aide for high ability students, whilst used as a differentiation tool for lower ability students in preparation for their literature exam.
16 important literary features pairs game for students to memorise key techniques needed to analyse literature. Works with all ages- important for analysis of prose and poetry. Fun and engaging, easy to use and popular with the students!
A very useful visual revision aide for students completing the Eduqas/WJEC English GCSE. A thematic grid to outline which poems have the most links, and are therefore more likely to come up on the GCSE paper. Colour coded by theme, easily outlined and a great starting point for revision.
A lesson analyzing the character of Scrooge and what the reader learns about him in the first stave. A sheet with three paragraphs to analyse and annotate is included, with the hardest paragraph annotate to demonstrate expectations to the students. This all leads up to an essay question about Scrooge as a character. Perfect for low ability students studying A Christmas Carol for GCSE.
An engaging, exciting and fast paced lesson looking at the change in language from Shakespearean to modern. Using Shakespearean insults, students play a dice game to create their own before learning how to translate them. Student study what prefixes and suffixes are and try and explain how language has changed. All learning objectives, success criteria and resources are included and timers are embedded into the powerpoint. Dice are needed for this game. Great to introduce Shakespeare!
A fun display, with useful miniature versions for students to stick in books, to help pupils understand how to write a perfect PEE, and what has to be included! Year 7 students love the tagline and have been saying it to one another. A very successful resource :)
To tackle the lack of enthusiasm about homework in my school I created a menu of homework. This one targets key stage 4 and above and assists teaching of Macbeth by William Shakespeare. There are 25 homeworks already planned, differentiated by 'spice'. Since using these menus, where the students pick for themselves, the amount and quality of homework has improved.
To help my A Level students, I created a useful guide with context, critics, historical information, a guide of literary terms and the poems they would need to analyse for their coursework. It includes information about the war and the poet, as well as influences and other poets linked to Owen. It also has copies of 11 of Owen’s poems for them to annotate so all of the information they need for their coursework is together.
A lesson complete with annotated poem, teaching students the context, language, imagery and structure of Cozy Apologia ready to compare to She Walks in Beauty.
A range of resources and a lesson on Marxist Criticism and how to apply it to an analysis of A Christmas Carol for GCSE. Students learn the basics of Marxist criticism and use this to improve close analysis of key scenes in A Christmas Carol. Great for top band students looking to boost their performance in essays and exams.
I have compiled a range of questions for WJEC/EDUQAS in the exam style to cover every theme, relationship or character in the following texts:
Blood Brothers
A Christmas Carol
The Merchant of Venice
The poetry anthology.
In the documents you will find exam style questions.
In the Blood Brothers pack, there are 18 exam style questions, including previous exam questions. All of these include an extract for the springboard essay and cover every theme, character and relationship.
In the A Christmas Carol pack, there are 16 exam style questions, including previous exam questions. All of these include an extract for the springboard essay and cover every theme, character and relationship.
In the The Merchant of Venice pack, there are 17 exam style questions, including previous exam questions. There are both the 15 mark extract, and 25 mark whole play questions and cover every theme, character and relationship.
In the Poetry Anthology pack, there are 9 exam style questions, including previous exam questions. All of these include the poem asked to analyse and compare, as well as both questions.
