A worksheet activity to help students become more confident with identiying the impact of similes. Each question starts with 'Which simile evokes a sense of …?. Students look at the 4 possible answers and pick the simile that best answers the question. There are 16 questions in total. Answers are on page 2.

A collection of 60 similes. 15 for each of the four seasons to support creative writing.

Students often use cliched onomatopoeic sounds in their creative writing, so I have created this list to help offer students more choice in their use of onomatopoeia.

High level annotations for She Walks in Beauty by Byron that features in the Eduqas and Edexcel anthologies.

Printable revision sheet for The Manhunt by Simon Armitage. Includes detailed analysis of 10 quotations from the poem.

A handy printable revision sheet containing detailed high-level analysis of 10 key quotations from Dulce et Decorum Est. The explanations are aimed at fulfilling the mark scheme criteria for A01, A02 and A03.

A worksheet to help guide students on how use show not tell to convey a character’s emotions. Students study the way ‘show not tell’ is used in the 5 sample paragraphs which cover 5 different emotions. I recommend putting these examples under a visualiser. I then ask students to produce their own paragraph in the same style selecting from a choice of 4 complex emotions.

I created this word bank to support my students in their creative writing by providing them with some ambitious words to help describe different weather settings in a sophisticated way. I hope you also find this useful.

A list of 200 ambitious oxymorons for students to have fun using to help create interesting sentences.

A bank of 200 ambitious adjectives to support students with creative writing on one printable sheet.

When approaching Paper 1 Question 5, I advise students to begin with an opening paragraph that uses pathetic fallacy to describe a setting. Here are 6 examples that use pathetic fallacy to depict the opening. They also consistently use ambitious tier 2 vocabulary and advanced punctuation to help show the sophistication required for the top band of the mark scheme. After studying the 6 model paragraphs, students should then move on to create their own pathetic fallacy opening paragraphs.

I advise my students to start their response to Paper 2 Question 5 with an engaging personal anecdote. This resource contains 6 examples of anecdotal lead paragraphs to familiar Paper 2 Question 5-style topics covering travel, school uniform, homework, climate change, social media and animals in captivity. I ask my students study the style of these modelled examples before attempting to write their own anecdotal lead paragraphs.

15 page printable revision booklet with a revision sheet for each of the 15 Power and Conflict Poems. Each revision sheet contains high-level analysis of the key quotations from the poem. A02 and A03 are embedded into the explanations. Also includes a ‘because, but, so’ summary of every poem. The ‘because, but, so’ method is an excellent tool for teaching students to think analytically about each poem in the Power and Conflict anthology. This tool is powerful because it encourages students to expand their thinking with precision and detail. After studying each poem, I ask students to write a ‘because, but, so’ paragraph on it. This document collates ‘because, but, so’ paragraphs on all 15 poems as examples to assist students with revising the key ideas in each poem. My most comprehensive resource on Power and Conflict poetry is available here with revision posters on every poem: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/power-and-conflict-revision-sheets-12884928

A revision sheet for Checking Out Me History by John Agard which contains high level analysis of 10 key quotations from the Power and Conflict cluster poem.

A revision sheet offering high-grade analysis of 10 key quotations from Bayonet Charge by Ted Hughes for the Power and Conflict cluster.

A revision sheet for the poem Kamikaze by Beatrice Garland which provides detailed analysis of 10 key quotations from the poem.

Revision sheet fro Emigree by Carol Rumens. It contains an overview of the poem alongside high-level analysis of 8 key quotations from the poem.

A revision sheet for Poppies by Jane Weir aimed at grade 8/9 students. It contains a thematic overview, detailed analysis of 7 key quotations and an exploration of the impact of enjambment and caesura in the poem. Suitable for both AQA Power and Conflict and the Edexcel conflict anthology.

Detailed analysis of key quotations from Prelude by Wordsworth (from the Power and Conflict cluster) aimed at grade 9 students.

A revision sheet for Blake’s London. It contains a thematic overview alongside detailed analysis of 7 key quotations. It is aimed at supporting students at grades 7-9.