A lesson/lecture covering the socioeconomic conditions of the early modern - English renaissance - era. This can be taught as a masterclass to the Most Able at Year 11, or as general contextual background for an early modern A Level text. The focus in the second part is Macbeth but having personally taught many early modern texts, I know it can easily be adapted to all exam boards for GCSE and A Level.

Detailed lesson on how to approach the Hamlet (Drama and Poetry Pre-1900) exam questions, including: Overview of course 2022 grade boundaries Exam questions A&B Candidate responses Mark Scheme Examiner’s commentary Stichomythia extract

Detailed lesson on Hamlet & Ibsen/Rossetti question for the OCR Drama and Poetry Pre-1900 paper, including: Summer 2022 grade boundaries Mark scheme Candidate responses Examiner’s comments Literary and socioeconomic context

Lesson focusing on tips on how to approach OCR English Literature A Level Paper 2 Question 6: essay, including: Detailed slides Mark scheme Typical Question 6 on language and control Language in THT Literary and socioeconomic context How to build an essay starting with a thesis statement, through to argument and conclusion (AO focused) Model introductions including one colour coded and one student model introduction Colour-coded model essay for discussion Suggestions for wider reading Easily adaptable

Two detailed lesson on the Ibsen/Rossetti question for the OCR Drama and Poetry Pre-1900 paper, including: Summer 2022 grade boundaries Mark scheme Candidate responses Examiner’s comments Literary and socioeconomic context Structure and Form Practice question June 2019

Lesson focusing on tips on how to approach OCR English Literature A Level Paper 2 Question 5: language analysis, including: 2019&2022 grade boundaries compared Mark scheme Dystopian reading list Dystopian conventions Typical Question 5 based on an extract from Nineteen Eighty-Four THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF OLIGARCHICAL COLLECTIVISM Consolidation questions Easily adaptable

Differentiated lesson and resources covering AQA Language Paper 2 with simple strategies and model responses.

A question-by-question run through of AQA Language Paper 2 with reading strategies, differentiated resources and colour-coded model responses.

Some quick and easy resources to aid GCSE English Literature students with retrieval practise [and revision] for Macbeth Resource includes Acts One to Five on separate documents, and the whole play on one document.

A revision lesson with resources. Each question is covered in detail with relevant strategies for all abilities, and model answers. There is between three/four hours teaching here.

Simple walk-through of AQA Language Paper 1 [Reading and Writing Sections] using an extract from The Great Gatsby. Simple strategy for Q3: structure and colour-coded model paragraphs for both Q3&Q4.

AQA GCSE Language Paper 1 including reading and question strategies, mark schemes, and writing guidelines.

Run through of whole of English Language Paper 2 [AQA] as a guide for classroom teaching/in-class revision. Includes mark schemes and reading techniques.

Simple, straightforward revision guide for AQA English Language Papers 1 and 2 focusing on how to use the language of the mark schemes to your advantage. Includes Question 5s. Can be used in tandem with any paper.

A scheme of ten differentiated lessons and resources - seven reading, three writing - based on a Language paper 1 I created on the opening of Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men . This can be taught at the beginning of Year 10, and is easily adaptable. There are model responses and, also, some homework tasks.

An extended lesson/intervention lesson on narrative and descriptive writing for AQA English Language Paper 1 based on the June 2017 Question 5 - with differentiated tasks and resources.

Extremely detailed lesson on each component of the AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 2. It includes: How to approach An Inspector Calls and Power and Conflict poetry and Unseen poetry Walk-through of the whole exam paper Quizzes and answers for AIC and Power and Conflict Table of all past exam questions for AIC and Power and Conflict Key vocabulary Exam technique Past questions and mark scheme indicative content Colour-coded introductions with thesis statements Colour-coded model paragraphs Mark scheme and examiner’s mark and comments How to structure your answer resource How to structure comparative poetry essay (‘Ozymandias’ and ‘MLD’) Colour-coded model responses for the Unseen section

Differentiated resource for both AQA English Language Papers, section As only Numbered sentence frames to avoid use of complex and often limiting answer formulas Colour-coded model examples provided for all reading questions on both papers Ideal for revision practise

A Year 9 into Year 10 Transition Booklet to prepare Year 9 students for English Language Paper 1. There is lots of advice, skills practise, differentiated tasks, reading for pleasure, and a practice paper at the end.