This is another paper 1 exam for English GCSE. It includes all four questions for reading and both writing tasks for Q5 for AQA. It could easily be adapted for different specifications.

Six poems/ questions for the unseen poetry exam that students can use to revise. The poems in this collection are entitled: ‘Sleeping’ paired with 2. ‘The Insomniac’ ‘Sunday Kickabout’ paired with 4. 'Gingerbread Biscuits ‘Redecorating’ paired with 6. ‘Empty Suitcase’ The worksheet also has a differentiated bronze, silver, gold task.

A full paper1 for the AQA English GCSE. If your students need more revision skills, then this is a brand new fiction text that they can develop their comprehension skills and writing for question five. This is perfect for a full lesson, or can be used as homework.

Fully differentiated with an exam focus for year 11 students to develop their understanding of LM for their examinations.

An interactive activity to share ideas quickly about the play. Students are each given their piece of information, then they spread their 'gossip' around the room, exchanging information as they go. After the three minutes is up, they then sit back down and write up everything they can remember that they have read in the last couple of minutes. Students LOVE this and it creates a fantastic learning buzz in the classroom.

A differentiated lesson on the poem from other cultures. This is focused on developing students comments on language in the poem and includes a mini assessment.

A question and an extract that students can use to prepare for the examination. Spend at least 5 minutes highlighting the extract (remembering to identify subject terminology which is needed) and then get students to write up their response on the extract. Then spend 5 minutes considering how to answer the question with regards to the whole play.

An A3 revision worksheet that includes tips for the different writing styles for AQA English paper 2. Use this for year 11 for revision before their exam. There are 25 questions that the students can plan for and then write out under timed conditions.

There are six poems included in this designed to be grouped in three questions: Set 1 - these two poems are about the sea/water Set 2 - these two poems are about the arrival of Winter Set 3 - these two poems are written from the POVs of animals, one a dog and one a cat, and deal with their views of their owners The poems link to the AQA specification, but could be adapted to suit any Literature unseen questions. The worksheet is differentiated using bronze, silver and gold to challenge students with their annotations.

A revision lesson for the character of Mrs Birling that includes key quotes and starter of true and false and a main activity where students can write an exam response. ***Now with an added revision lesson attached where students have to plan their response to five additional questions focused on the character of Mrs Birling ***

Two lessons on this war poem that are differentiated and structured to support students when they are developing their comments on language.

Two lessons with different titles to give students opportunities to develop their narrative writing skills.

A great resource to get students to evaluate a exam response to a question and then consider how it could be improved.

A whole lesson on the theme of ambition that is differentiated and focused on getting students to develop their exam responses.

Three lessons complete with exam questions and extracts. They include: - bell tasks, - starters - Main 1 - mini review using pictures so it is more fun - Main 2 - Plenary They are differentiated using bronze, silver, gold and are structured so that students build up their knowledge ready to answer the GCSE exam question. The three lessons are on: violence, Lady Macbeth and the theme of ambition.

A model answer for Macbeth which has a differentiated task. The students need to annotate the margin using the marking codes and then consider how the response could be improved. This can be used to focus year 11 students on revision and on what their responses should include in their exam.

This handy A3 resource is ideal for revising key themes and characters from Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’. The sheet has 12 questions linked to the AQA spec (but could be adapted for other specs easily) and has 12 extracts, which provide key moments from across the whole of the play. I am using this myself to prepare my year 11s for their Literature examination.