Suitable for upper KS3 or CIE iGCSE preparation. A booklet of key passages from the novel with vocabulary and analysis questions for students to work through. Designed to be used in a flipped learning style as preparation for discussion in lessons, but could be used as revision homeworks or class activities too.

Fun starter for introduction dystopian fiction. Fact or fiction worksheet. Students must guess which are real news stories and which are dystopian fiction.

A Trump inspired short dystopian story. Useful example for preparing students for narrative writing in controlled time frames. Estimated grade 8.

A set of seven posters introducing common allusions made to famous figures from Greek myth: Achilles, Icarus, Midas, The Muses, Hercules, Prometheus, Narcissus. Designed for English classrooms or libraries to help students familiarise themselves with this crucial background knowledge.

A copy of the text for students to annotate, with simple retrieval tasks and questions as well as a few relevant articles about historical and cultural context. Designed for Cambridge IGCSE Literature drama unit.

Success criteria, examples and explanations to aid students in preparing for their response to an article coursework for IGCSE English language 0500.

A collection of 5 different posters to get staff to display what they’re reading in classrooms, perhaps as part of a whole school reading drive. Especially good for the secondary environment. They work well when laminated so that each teacher can update their poster regularly.

Simple, controlled narratives as examples for GCSE narrative writing. Aimed at WJEC/Eduqas, but could be used for any GCSE specification narrative tasks.

A set of short summary slides for key media studies theories: Audience Theories- Jenkins, Hall, Gerbner, Bandura, Shirky, Hesmondhalgh, Two-step flow, hypodermic needle, Uses & gratifications, Livingston & Lunt, Curran & Seaton, Language Theories- Strauss, Barthes, Todorov, Propp, Neale Representation Theories- Hall, hooks, Mulvey, Butler, Gauntlett, Gilroy, Van Zoonen Postmodern Theories-Postmodern elements, Baudrillard, Lyotard, Jameson. Ecology Theories- McLuhan, Postman, Ong Can be printed double sided to use as flashcards for student revision. Accessible to a range of students with questions to apply to set texts and case studies to encourage student application of theories too.

A bundle of ‘A Christmas Carol’ example responses and extract questions. Designed for WJEC/Eduqas exam, but useful for teaching key passages of the novel.

A teacher made example paper for the new CIE 0500 First Language English Reading Paper 2020. Uses three articles on tigers in India and Nepal. Questions and text choices closely based on the CIE specimen. Would be useful as a mock exam or practice paper for students. Mark scheme included.

Example controlled descriptive pieces. Aimed at WJEC/Eduqas GCSE, but would work for other specifications.

Example essay on gender in ‘Twelfth Night’ for AQA Lit. Band 4/5 example.

A grade 6 example answer on ‘Hawk Roosting’ and ‘To Autumn’. Students can annotate with success criteria and use as a model for future responses.

A booklet of the whole play interspersed with reading about context and theory as well as quick retrieval tasks and key questions. Designed for A level, but would be useful to stretch GCSE students too.

A set of independent reading questions for The Hobbit. Ideal for KS3 students as weekly homework alongside study of the novel.

A simple breakdown of questions to ask in an unseen poetry exam, as a handy flashcard. Aimed at WJEC Eduqas, but easily transferable.

A mocked up exam paper using articles about unconscious bias.

An anthology of the poems selected by CIE for A level literature, Shakespeare and other texts.

A short presentation talking students through how to reference in their NEA.