Part 5 of an eight week scheme of work to accompany students' first reading of the play in preparation for their AQA English Literature examination. There is a PowerPoint presentation for each week with details of all activities as well as accompanying resources. Resources include worksheets, handouts and quizzes. An overview of the whole scheme is included in the Week 1 resource which can be downloaded for free - additional weeks and accompanying resources can be purchased separately or as a bundle.

Part 4 of an eight week scheme of work to accompany students' first reading of the play in preparation for their AQA English Literature examination. There is a PowerPoint presentation for each week with details of all activities as well as accompanying resources. Resources include worksheets, handouts and quizzes. An overview of the whole scheme is included in the Week 1 resource which can be downloaded for free - additional weeks and accompanying resources can be purchased separately or as a bundle.

Part 3 of an eight week scheme of work to accompany students' first reading of the play in preparation for their AQA English Literature examination. There is a PowerPoint presentation for each week with details of all activities as well as accompanying resources. Resources include worksheets, handouts and quizzes. An overview of the whole scheme is included in the Week 1 resource which can be downloaded for free - additional weeks and accompanying resources can be purchased separately or as a bundle.

Part 6 of an eight week scheme of work to accompany students' first reading of the play in preparation for their AQA English Literature examination. There is a PowerPoint presentation for each week with details of all activities as well as accompanying resources. Resources include worksheets, handouts and quizzes. An overview of the whole scheme is included in the Week 1 resource which can be downloaded for free - additional weeks and accompanying resources can be purchased separately or as a bundle.

This PowerPoint presentation helps to prepare students for the Unseen Poetry questions in the English Literature exam. Students should first watch Mr Bruff's videos (available on YouTube) - summary of what he says and copies of Nettles and Brothers provided. Further prompt questions to help students analyse My Parents, which they then compare to Tich Miller. Also practice assessments looking at Visiting Hour and Evans as well as Sparrow and Terrorist. Student booklet with copies of all the poems and practice questions included.

This is an interactive random question generator that can be loaded with questions for any subject. Ideal for a starter or plenary activity, it develops students' recall skills in preparation for their exams. Simply click to generate 5 questions of any 4 topics of your choice and then click to reveal the answers. Have a look at my free sample version, uploaded with English Literature questions to see how it works. Image shown is for the English version - not the generic.

This is part 2 of a 5 week unit of work preparing students for their AQA Paper 1 English Language exam. A PowerPoint guiding teachers (and students) through all the activities is included as are all the handouts of extracts referred to. In this week students are introduced to the requirements for question 3. The lessons include: matching key terminology exercise; identifying structural features in the openings of ‘Alice in Wonderland’ and ‘Great Expectations’; development of skills using film openings; development of skills using extracts from ‘Brighton Rock’ and ‘A Sunrise on the Veld’. An overview of the whole Unit of Work is included in the Week 1 resources which is available as a free resource. Other weeks can be purchased separately or are available as a bundle.

This is part 3 of a 5 week unit of work preparing students for their AQA Paper 1 English Language exam. A PowerPoint guiding teachers (and students) through all the activities is included as are all the handouts of extracts referred to. In this week students are introduced to the requirements for questions 4&5. The lessons include: Developing Question 4 skills using extracts from ‘The Masque of the Red Death’; introduction to the requirements for Question 5; guidance for planning a descriptive piece of writing. An overview of the whole Unit of Work is included in the Week 1 resources which is available for free. Other weeks can be purchased separately or are available as a bundle.

This is the final part of a 5 week unit of work preparing students for their AQA Paper 1 English Language exam. A PowerPoint guiding teachers (and students) through all the activities is included. In this week students are introduced to the skills required for the Narrative Writing question and given planning and preparation materials for writing a story about a case of Mistaken Identity. There is also a Skills Booklet using an extract from ‘The Shrunken Man’ to recap on all the Paper 1 skills. An overview of the whole Unit of Work is included in the Week 1 resources which is available as a free resource. Other weeks can be purchased separately or are available as a bundle.

This is part 4 of a 5 week unit of work preparing students for their AQA Paper 1 English Language exam. A PowerPoint guiding teachers (and students) through all the activities is included. In this week students continue to develop their descriptive writing skills focusing on effective openings and creating an extended metaphor. There are a number of photographs which can be used for extended writing for assessment purposes. An overview of the whole Unit of Work is included in the Week 1 resources which is available as a free resource. Other weeks can be purchased separately or are available as a bundle.

In this Power Point there are a variety of questions, logic puzzles and riddles to encourage student to think. Ideal as a starter/bell activity or as a registration activity. Each question should get students thinking and even stimulate further discussion. A free version with a sample of 20 questions is also available for you to check out the format.

A set of 10 booklets. In each Skills Booklet students interleave Language and Literature skills. Students revise a key scene and theme from An Inspector Calls whilst practising the skills required for Language Paper 1. Each booklet takes them through every question of the Language exam with key hints. A sample booklet exploring the opening scene is available as a free resource.

I wrote this 5 week scheme of work for my GCSE English group. They were struggling with narrative writing and so I wanted to inspire with them with some effective short story writing. So who better than the master of the macabre - Roald Dahl? In this series of lessons students read a range of his stories and many of the tasks are linked to revising key skills that will be used in their Language exams. Included here are the Week 2 lessons. There is a PowerPoint presentation to guide students (and teachers) through all of the activities. This week’s lessons uses Dahl’s story The Landlady and covers language analysis skills for Papers 1 & 2. A copy of the story is included. Week 1 lessons and an overview of the whole unit of work is available as a free resource. Additional weeks, along with the stories, can be purchased separately or as part of a bundle.

I wrote this 5 week scheme of work for my GCSE English group. They were struggling with narrative writing and so I wanted to inspire with them with some effective short story writing. So who better than the master of the macabre - Roald Dahl? In this series of lessons students read a range of his stories and many of the tasks are linked to revising key skills that will be used in their Language exams. Included here are the Week 5 lessons. There is a PowerPoint presentation to guide students (and teachers) through all of the activities. This week’s lessons uses Dahl’s story Man from the South and covers language analysis skills for Paper 1 Question 4. A copy of the story is included as well as a collection of 9 stories (for ease of printing if you’re covering all the lessons) . Week 1 lessons and an overview of the whole unit of work is available as a free resource. Additional weeks, along with the stories, can be purchased separately or as part of a bundle.

I wrote this 5 week scheme of work for my GCSE English group. They were struggling with narrative writing and so I wanted to inspire with them with some effective short story writing. So who better than the master of the macabre - Roald Dahl? In this series of lessons students read a range of his stories and many of the tasks are linked to revising key skills that will be used in their Language exams. Included here are the Week 3 lessons. There is a PowerPoint presentation to guide students (and teachers) through all of the activities. This week’s lessons uses Dahl’s story The Way up to Heaven and covers language skills for Paper 2 Questions 1 & 2. A copy of the story is included. Week 1 lessons and an overview of the whole unit of work is available as a free resource. Additional weeks, along with the stories, can be purchased separately or as part of a bundle.

I wrote this 5 week scheme of work for my GCSE English group. They were struggling with narrative writing and so I wanted to inspire with them with some effective short story writing. So who better than the master of the macabre - Roald Dahl? In this series of lessons students read a range of his stories and many of the tasks are linked to revising key skills that will be used in their Language exams. Included here are the Week 4 lessons. There is a PowerPoint presentation to guide students (and teachers) through all of the activities. This week’s lessons uses Dahl’s story The Umbrella Man and covers language skills for Paper 1 Questions 3 and 5. A copy of the story is included. Week 1 lessons and an overview of the whole unit of work is available as a free resource. Additional weeks, along with the stories, can be purchased separately or as part of a bundle.

This is a booklet with a variety of activities to support students revising the play, Macbeth. Includes a Plot Summary activity and accompanying questions for each Act; Questions on every scene; Character word search; Crossword; Character revision sheets and a Key Quotations exercise. All answers are provided in a separate booklet. Suitable as revision activities in a lesson or as homework tasks. The Act 1 Plot Summary worksheet and Macbeth Character Revision sheet are available as free resources. The booklet is a PDF document to make printing easier but all word files are also included for editing purposes.