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I'm a Head of English who has produced outstanding results throughout my career. I specialise in helping students achieve the very best marks in exams throughout their time in school. The resources provided are designed to engage, intrigue students but ultimately help students achieve the very best results- enjoy!
Macbeth and A Christmas Carol: Pub Quiz
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Macbeth and A Christmas Carol: Pub Quiz

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Looking for an interesting way to help your students revise plot, context, evidence and analysis? Well look no further! This pub quiz style activity contains the following rounds: Plot recall Complete the quotes Context recall ‘Just a Minute’ theme and character revision I’ve used this plenty of times in the past and it’s always been an enjoyable and engaging lesson. Enjoy!
AQA Lit: Full mark analysis revision notes
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AQA Lit: Full mark analysis revision notes

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This is everything every teacher and student across the land will want in their lives. After hours (and hours) of work, this guide is aimed at providing students with the minimum they need to know in order to achieve full marks in their Literature exams. This weighty document provides full mark analysis points (context, form, structure and language) for the following texts: - Macbeth - An Inspector Calls - Animal Farm - A Christmas Carol - AQA Power and Conflict poetry section This superb resource also includes: - Basic plot outline - Full mark exemplar responses - Practice exam questions - The planning and answering method for each question Published as a word document to enable you to further edit if you wish, this resource really does have the kind of analysis your students need in order to allow you to spend time simply planning, writing and assessing Exam practice. Why spend hours doing something similar when it has already been done for you? You're welcome!
GCSE EDECXEL conflict poetry
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GCSE EDECXEL conflict poetry

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This complete unit's worth of presentations explores how to achieve perfect marks for the unit 2 exam. Filled with interesting and challenging activities this unit helped to achieve a 30% increase in results with 50% of students, across the year group, achieving at least a B.
EDUQAS GCSE Language: How to achieve perfect marks for section B paper 1
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EDUQAS GCSE Language: How to achieve perfect marks for section B paper 1

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Here is everything your students will need in order to achieve perfect marks for the new EDUQAS paper 1 section B question. This resources explores the planning and answering method required as well as proving your students a perfect mark exemplar which you can use as you wish. Why waste time doing it yourself when it has already been done for you? Enjoy
Learning Grids
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Learning Grids

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Here is a fantastic set of resources to create 'flow' (or whatever you want to call it) in your lessons. Use the grids to create a grid reference via dice or a method of your choosing. Students then have to locate a second grid reference in order to create a link between the two images. For the literature texts, this requires students to find a quote in order to justify their ideas. Images can be literal as well as metaphoric. There are also grids for the AQA conflict poems, Macbeth and A Christmas Carol (for more able students to compare the two together) amongst others. Other grids include creative writing tasks (select an image and use it within their sentence), selecting a task and many more.
AQA Paper 1: Pub Quiz revision lesson
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AQA Paper 1: Pub Quiz revision lesson

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Revision lessons getting formulaic and tired? Try this revision lesson to liven things up a bit. All required resources are attached with the focus being “Macbeth” and “A Christmas Carol” . With multiple rounds to test their knowledge and skills, your sure to have a lesson which you’ll all enjoy. You’re Welcome!
EDEXCEL A2 Literature: How to achieve full marks revision
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EDEXCEL A2 Literature: How to achieve full marks revision

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Want to avoid wasting time trying to create your own examples to show the students? Do you want to be able to take something and then adapt it to support the methods you have been teaching? Look no further. These useful ppts go through the mark scheme, planning and exemplar responses so that students are left in no doubt how they should replicate the process in their exams. Enjoy.
How to answer Q 6 for EDUQAS paper 2
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How to answer Q 6 for EDUQAS paper 2

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Here is everything you will need in order to secure perfect marks for the new EDUQAS paper 2 question 6. This resource demonstrates the perfect planning and answering method required, as well as providing you with a perfect mark response. Enjoy.
Key Revision Guide: The Sign of Four
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Key Revision Guide: The Sign of Four

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Looking for all the key information for “The Sign of Four” for your students but haven’t got the time? Well, look no further. This document outlines the key elements of plot, context, character and quotations you need in order to help support you students to achieve the very highest mark possible. Enjoy
Love and Relationship: Everything you need to know
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Love and Relationship: Everything you need to know

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In this document you will find all the analysis you and your classes need in order to achieve full marks. For each the poems you will find the basic meaning, context, as well as analysis of form, structure and language. Feel free to download and edit to suit your needs. Enjoy
Everything you need to know about "Anthem...", "Futility", "Dulce..." and "Exposure"
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Everything you need to know about "Anthem...", "Futility", "Dulce..." and "Exposure"

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Here is all the analysis of form, structure and language you will need in order for your students to achieve full marks in the A-level or GCSE exams. These are quick, simple presentations which cut out the needless rubbish and give you what you need. The accompanying videos can be found in the following location: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEp3SR3KaDzg8jSe12tGnCg Why waste time creating it when it's already been done for you? Enjoy
Macbeth exam questions
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Macbeth exam questions

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Before the exam board has had a chance to organise itself, here is a selection of mock exam questions for the new EDEXCEL literature Shakespeare paper. Perfect for revision and even mock exams, this could be adapted to suit any of the new GCSE exam boards. Enjoy!
AQA Literature paper 2: Intervention day lessons
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AQA Literature paper 2: Intervention day lessons

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Here is 200 minutes of revision lessons which could make all difference to your students. Lesson plans and presentations are clear, and are aimed at ensuring your students are at least planning a response for each of the sections in the exam (with the exception of the 8 mark question as time could not allow it). Feel free to alter the resources to suit your students and enjoy!
A Collection of Full mark Narrative and Descriptive Writing
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A Collection of Full mark Narrative and Descriptive Writing

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Why waste time spending hours producing full mark examples of narrative and descriptive writing when it's already been done for you? Here are ten examples of full mark narrative and descriptive writing which are perfect for AFL, lesson starters or simply inspiration in order to model the style you are looking for. The document also enables you to edit the work as you wish to help you craft tasks which lead up to the students producing their own writing. Enjoy!
GCSE Literature Revision clocks
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GCSE Literature Revision clocks

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Revision lessons feeling tired? Need something to engage your students? Revision clocks are just the ticket. This resource is an entire lesson which simply requires you to tell the students every 6 minutes (I teach 50 minute lessons but I have included additional tasks if teaching an hour or wishing to create homework). The multiple tasks require students to work hard and fast if they are to complete the activities. I have used this with my classes and it has been superb. The resource includes the following topics (each their own lessons): Macbeth, An Inspector Calls, A Christmas Carol and the Power and Conflict section of the AQA anthology. You will not regret using this.
Pre exam intervention: Macbeth and A Christmas Carol
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Pre exam intervention: Macbeth and A Christmas Carol

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Need to deliver an excellent intervention prior to the AQA literature paper 1 exam and worried it might be a stale event? Perhaps this can help. The 100 minute lesson plan can be found on slide 16. The tasks begin in a fun and interactive manner before getting in to the important part of the session; can they plan a grade 9 response and can they write a grade 9 answer? You will need to provide the exam questions you will use but you may also find the attached video link useful which guides your pupils through the process expertly: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWe3mwAmPUBc6oUr-QH_8dQflEPPYoWL0 Enjoy!