Updated 2025: This is a knowledge orgainser for the poem ‘Air-Raid’ by Wilfrid Gibson. This is a part of the ‘Up the Line to Death’ poetry anthology that is used for the AQA A-level English Literature paper ‘WW1 and its Aftermath’ Option 3 which is compared to ‘The Wipers Times’ by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman. It’s an excellent resource for revision and has been used several times by myself.

This is an exemplar response to a question 5 on AQA English Language Paper 2. The exemplar features a number of writing techniques for students to explore and annotate. This is useful for the 2022 exams in which AQA have stated it will be an article on English language paper 2.

Here are four checklists for the AQA English language paper 1 Reading section of the paper. Each checklist gives guidelines for the four reading questions to help students process what they have to do in the exam. At the top of each resource is an overview of the question and then there is a step by step guide of how to tackle the question.

Two short activities directing students to create scripts about events in ‘The Tempest’ based on a BBC news report and The Jeremy Kyle Show.

FIVE MOCK EXAM QUESTIONS.

**Here are individual checklists for the five different types of writing AQA have stated could be on English Language Paper 2. There is a checklist and three exemplar questions for an article, essay, leaflet, letter and speech. Each checklist is at least one lesson’s worth of resources. **

A quick revision activity in which students can consider what Beatrice and Benedick require as their perfect partner on the Elizabethan dating website GreatCatch.com!

Two revision checklists for questions 1 and 2 on AQA English language paper 2.

A PowerPoint lesson with a quick starter, an exam question that is broken down, a list of various ways to plan and a breakdown of the Examiners’ report from 2017. Ideal for last minute revision.

84 slides on ‘An Inspector Calls’ - includes slides on key quotations and context.

A PowerPoint lesson with a quick starter, an exam question that is broken down, an exemplar answer, a list of various ways to plan and a breakdown of the Examiners’ report from 2017. Ideal for last minute revision.

A useful resource for revising the main themes in the play. There are 36 questions in total. This resource can be used in a lesson or for home study.

This is a very useful resource that I have used in lessons as a starter and for revision homework which is based on each of the acts in ‘Macbeth’. These pyramids are inspired by Kate Jones. They are differentiated so students can tackle the easier revision questions if they wish or the more challenging ones. The aim for the students is to achieved the highest points score at the end of the challenge.

A useful resource for revision based on the themes in ‘Much Ado About Nothing’. There are 36 questions to help student revise the play.

Hi everyone, this is a collection of 60 English writing activities for cover lessons. I have also used many of these activities as end of term options when there has been only a few lessons left. The activities range from directing pupils to writing speeches and stories to creating new products. There is a big variety. The resources are available on PowerPoint and as a PDF for easy printing.

A revision clock comparing two of the main characters in Lord of the Flies, Jack and Ralph. Handy revision resource or cover lesson activity.

A comparative revision clock for ‘Romeo and Juliet’ comparing the two families. Useful for a homework assignment or for a revision lesson.

A lesson on the poem ‘Exposure’ by Wilfred Owen. Useful for the GCSE AQA Power and Conflict anthology and also AQA A-level Up the Line to Death anthology. The lesson has a ‘do now’ activity, context section, summary of the poem and then each line and stanza is broken down and analysed in depth. At the end of the lesson there are some review resources and exemplar essay questions.

A lesson on the poem ‘The Prelude’ by William Wordsworth. Useful for the GCSE AQA Power and Conflict anthology. The lesson has a ‘do now’ activity, context section, summary of the poem and then each line and stanza is broken down and analysed in depth. At the end of the lesson there are some review resources and exemplar essay questions.