Details lots of contextual background for the poems as well as a full annotation of each poem. Could be used as reminders/revision/ students who have missed work or lessons.

The board will need to be printed on A3 and could be laminated for reuse. This is a really good way of getting students to revisit their learning and knowledge of the characters, themes, context and events of the play in a fun and independent way. I have used this before and the students really enjoy it. All you will need is some dice to play. You could get students to think of their own questions and tasks too as an extension/challenge.

After discounting all extracts and questions used in AQA’s sample and past papers, and considering the length of extract and question styles used by AQA, I came up with eight potential extracts and questions AQA could use this summer. This resource consists of those extracts, each with a question, in the style of the AQA GCSE English Literature exam. Please note that these are purely predictions and I have no advance knowledge of the content of the exam!

After discounting all extracts and questions used in AQA’s sample and past papers, and considering the length of extract and question styles used by AQA, I came up with six potential extracts and questions AQA could use this summer. This resource consists of those extracts, each with a question, in the style of the AQA GCSE English Literature exam. Please note that these are purely predictions and I have no advance knowledge of the content of the exam!

After discounting all extracts and questions used in AQA’s sample and past papers, and considering the length of extract and question styles used by AQA, I came up with five potential extracts and questions AQA could use this summer. This resource consists of those five extracts, each with a question, in the style of the AQA GCSE English Literature exam. Please note that these are purely predictions and I have no advance knowledge of the content of the exam!

This is a booklet which covers the 2005 film version of Pride and Prejudice by Joe Wright. It has rough timings as to when students should be able to answer the question from. Covers a range of Bloom’s skills. Can be used either as an activity during teaching or post-reading recap.

This is a booklet which covers the 1954 film version of Animal Farm by Joy Batchelor and John Halas. It has rough timings as to when students should be able to answer the question from. Covers a range of Bloom’s skills. Can be used either as an activity during teaching or post-reading recap.

This is a booklet which covers the 2011 film version of Jane Eyre by Cary Joji Fukunaga. It has rough timings as to when students should be able to answer the question from. Covers a range of Bloom’s skills. Can be used either as an activity during teaching or post-reading recap.

This is a booklet which covers the 1968 musical film version of Oliver Twist by Carol Reed. It has rough timings as to when students should be able to answer the question by. Covers a range of Bloom’s skills. Can be used either as an activity during teaching or post-reading recap.

This is a booklet which covers the 1993 film version of Much Ado About Nothing by Kenneth Branagh. It has rough timings as to when students should be able to answer the question from. Covers a range of Bloom’s skills. Can be used either as an activity during teaching or post-reading recap.

This booklet contains a series of 13 sessions, designed for students to work through ‘A Christmas Carol’ independently. Each session would last around two hours, and they can be easily broken down or adapted depending on your students’ needs. Useful for setting independent work (e.g. if a student is out of lesson), homework, or directed revision. Students are guided through which pages to read each time (referencing a freely available online copy of the novel, in pdf form so it could also be printed) followed by questions based on comprehension and interpretation. There are then a series of other tasks to ensure students engage with the section they’ve read on a deeper level.

This is a booklet which covers the 1988 film version of Hound of the Baskervilles by Peter Hammond. It has rough timings as to when students should be able to answer the question by. Covers a range of Bloom’s skills. Can be used either as an activity during teaching or post-reading recap.

This is a booklet which covers the 2012 film version of The Hunger Games by Gary Ross. It has rough timings as to when students should be able to answer the question by. Covers a range of Bloom’s skills. Can be used either as an activity during teaching or post-reading recap.

This is a booklet which covers the 2003 film version of Holes by Louis Sachar. It has rough timings as to when students should be able to answer the question by. Covers a range of Bloom’s skills. Can be used either as an activity during teaching or post-reading recap.

This is a booklet which covers the 2006 film version of Stormbreaker by Antony Horowitz. It has rough timings as to when students should be able to answer the question by. Covers a range of Bloom’s skills. Can be used either as an activity during teaching or post-reading recap.

This is a booklet which covers the 2012 film version of Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo. It has rough timings as to when students should be able to answer the question by. Covers a range of Bloom’s skills. Can be used either as an activity during teaching or post-reading recap.

This is a booklet which covers the 2014 Theatre Ink version of Blood Brothers. It has rough timings as to when students should be able to answer the question from and bares in mind some methods used by the director and Russell. Covers a range of Bloom’s skills. Can be used either as an activity during teaching or post-reading recap. It is also ideal to be used during a class reading of the original with a slight tweak of a couple of questions.

This is a booklet which covers the 1997 TV version of Stone Cold by the BBC. It has rough timings as to when students should be able to answer the question from. Covers a range of Bloom’s skills. Can be used either as an activity during teaching or post-reading recap. There is a link to the episodes on Youtube provided for access.

This is a booklet which covers the 1999 film version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Michael Hoffman. It has rough timings as to when students should be able to answer the question from. Covers a range of Bloom’s skills. Can be used either as an activity during teaching or post-reading recap.

This is a booklet which covers the 2009 film version of Skellig by Annabel Jankel. It has rough timings as to when students should be able to answer the question from. Covers a range of Bloom’s skills. Can be used either as an activity during teaching or post-reading recap.