PPT for KS3 Superheroes themed unit of work. Reading and Writing skills addressed throughout.

Powerpoint and resources used with my top set Y10 class to teach AQA Paper 2 Section A (Q1-4). 3 paired non fiction sources included, themed around child labour, disease and protests. PPT works through each pair of sources looking at Q2, 3 and 4 individually for each. Level 4 model answers included on some slides.

A revision booklet made for Y11 that focuses on annotating several key quotations from Blood Brothers, Walking Away and Mother, Any Distance. Space provided for pupils to write a short response to exam Q. I use these booklets as a form of revision with all abilities. They can either be given out to complete at home, or used with a visualiser for direct instruction.

Double sided A4 knowledge organiser for Dickens’ Oliver Twist. Contains key quotations for key characters, key themes and settings, writer’s ideas and intentions, and detailed information about context (poverty, workhouse, crime and Industrial Revolution). Language and structural features also included alongside definitions.

A knowledge organiser for AQA’s Power and Conflict cluster. Contains key quotations for each poem, contextual notes, key themes and comparative words and phrases. There are also definitions for various language/structure/form subject terminology. Can be printed and laminated for tables, glued into books at start of topic, or given to Y11 for revision.

A model response for AQA Language Paper 2 Q4 (comparison) Used with my top set- roughly level 7 response. Compares two non fiction texts themed around disease (see my other resources for copy of the mock paper) using an account of the Black Death and an article about Ebola.

Two model paragraphs for the L+R poetry cluster One paragraph deals with obsession in 'Porphyria's Lover' and 'Sonnet 29'. The other deals with family relationships in 'Walking Away' and 'Mother, Any Distance' First paragraph of comparison for 'Climbing my Grandfather ' started- pupils could complete this is same style as two previous paragraphs.

A knowledge organiser for KS3 Romantic poetry. Contains key themes, definitions, a brief summary of context and key subject terminology for language, structure and form.

A variety of lessons for AQA Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 Q5s. Inspired by various poems in the Power and Conflict cluster. Lessons cover fiction writing and non-fiction. These were used with my top set Y10 (target grades ranging between 5 and 9).

Section C of the AQA poetry exam Two Unseen Poetry assessment papers themed around winter

A cultural literacy lesson aimed at Y7 Pupil Premium students. Lesson covers key information about Shakespeare and emphasises importance of improving cultural literacy. Card sort activity of common Shakespeare words/phrases and their meanings. Worksheet included- students collect answers to questions throughout lesson and write down any new vocabulary and definitions.

An end of year Literature quiz for all of the above named texts.

A PowerPoint of 7 lessons covering the descriptive writing aspect of the new AQA Language exam. Covers a range of descriptive features that can be used to answer Q5 of Paper 1.

3 revision lessons for Romeo and Juliet. Lesson 1- general revision of plot and key quotations. Lesson 2- making references to prologue. Lesson 3- key scene analysis.

Booklet of key quotations for R+J and ACC. Students can work their way through key quotations for each text, building up their analysis through annotations. Each section is followed by an exam style Q and room to write a short response.

An AQA style mock exam for Paper 2 Section A themed around protests. Uses an eyewitness account of the Peterloo Massacre and an article about a recent protest in Paris.

A knowledge organiser for Shakespeare’s tragedy, 'Romeo and Juliet’ Contains key quotations listed by character, key themes and symbols, Contextual information (Elizabeth I, patriarchy, astrology and religion), Shakespeare’s ideas/intentions and some key subject terminology for language/structure/form. Could be laminated and left on tables or printed and glued into books.

A knowledge organiser for Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Includes key quotations listed by character, key themes and settings, Shakespeare’s ideas/intentions and various contextual factors (James I, supernatural, Great Chain of Being, Mary Scott and the Gunpowder Plot). Also has a handy section for identifying language, structure and form within the play.

A knowledge organiser for Golding’s Lord of the Flies. Contains key quotations for each character and the island itself, key themes, contextual information (WW2, Cold War, Original sin, Freud) and Golding’s ideas/intentions. Boxes with key language and structure devices also included.

A handy knowledge organiser that I created for Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Contains key quotations for each character; key settings and themes; multiple aspects of context (workhouses, poverty, capitalism and Industrial Revolution); Dickens' ideas and intentions; language, structure and form. Can be printed and laminated for tables or stuck into books.