A quick PowerPoint retrieval activity with 15 quotations from Act 1 of the play. Useful for revision or when you start studying the play with your class.

This is a full lesson based on two questions from AQA’s English Literature paper 2- one based on Power and Conflict - Remains by Simon Armitage. There is a quick ‘do now’ activity and a model what/how/why paragraph based on the question. This is very useful for revision, that also looks in depth at the park scheme and indicative comment. I’ve used it recently and have told my Year 11s and they responded really well to the lesson.

This is a full lesson based on a question from AQA’s English Literature paper 2- one based on Eric. There is a quick ‘do now’ activity and a model what/how/why paragraph based on the question. This is very useful for revision, that also looks in depth at the park scheme and indicative comment. I’ve used it recently and have told my Year 11s and they responded really well to the lesson.

A full lesson based on Stave 2 of A Christmas Carol and the extract running from ‘They left the high-road, by a well-remembered lane…’ to ‘The Ghost smiled thoughtfully, and waved its hand: saying as it did so, “Let us see another Christmas!”’ The learning objective focuses on adding context to a student response. There is a do now quiz based on the text and an example paragraph analysing the text in response to this exam question: Starting with this extract, how does Dickens present loneliness and isolation in ‘A Christmas Carol’? The lesson follows the ‘I do/We do/You do’ structure. There is an exemplar paragraph analysing this section of the text, with a clear contextual comment. There is an extra activity at the end based on a spelling test of key words in the text. This lesson has been successfully used in GCSE English literature lessons for a number of years.

A useful revision resource for the main themes in ‘A Christmas Carol’. I’ve used it with my classes for homework and in lessons. It can also be a handy cover lesson too.

A useful revision resource focusing on the ghosts in ‘A Christmas Carol’. Useful for a lesson, a cover activity or home study/home revision.

A single sheet revision resource with 12 exam questions focusing on various topics in Act 3 Scene 4 that could come up in the final exam. Ideal revision for the holidays.

A quick revision sheet focusing on the character of Osborne from the play Journey’s End.

This is a full lesson based on a comparison between Poppies by Jane Weir and Kamikaze by Beatrice Garland from AQA’s English Literature paper 2, Power and Conflict. There is a quick ‘do now’ activity and two model what/how/why paragraph based on the question. This is very useful for revision, that also looks in depth at the park scheme and indicative comment. I’ve used it recently and have told my Year 11s and they responded really well to the lesson.

Ideal for a cover lesson, homework or a creative writing lesson, this is a four task autobiography creative writing challenge. Students have four writing activities to complete about their lives: a newspaper article, a television series, a letter and a blog.

Updated 2025: This is a knowledge orgainser for the poem ‘England to Her Sons’ by WN Hodgson. 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.

A two page document that has eight prompts for students to revise and analyse the character of Don Pedro in Much Ado About Nothing. I’ve used this resource many times and it is useful for students revising the play before their exams.

This is a useful lesson on answering a question on how deception is presented in an extract from Act 3, Scene 2 of Much Ado About Nothing. There is a recall ‘Do Now’ activity at the start with a lesson objective that can easily be adapted to suit your school. There is a model paragraph based on the extract in the I do/You do/We do format with a second paragraph in the ‘notes’ section of the PowerPoint as a guide for teachers.

A two page document that has eight prompts for students to revise and analyse the character of Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing. I’ve used this resource many times and it is useful for students revising the play before their exams.

12 questions based on articles for the AQA English language Paper 2 2022 exam - question 5. I’ve used this with my class and it has proven to be very useful for this year’s exam.

This is based on the AQA 2019 English Literature Paper 1 exam. It is aimed at higher ability students There is a ‘do now’ activity, an assessment of the mark scheme and a model paragraph. Handy for last minute exam revision.

Two slides of a PowerPoint that shows the political spectrum and how the play’s characters fit into it.

An introduction to the first part of the play. There are some interesting ideas about ‘shrews’ in this PowerPoint. There are 24 slides.

A checklist of how to write an essay, together with a checklist of more general features to include in all creative writing. Also includes three mock exam questions based on essays. Aimed at the AQA English language paper 2 exam, question 5.

Ten mock exam questions for AQA English literature A-Level Spec A, Paper 2 Option 3 - My Boy Jack and Up the Line to Death.