A pair of contrasting viewpoints, crafted to appeal to students in the preparation for their English Language examinations. The articles provide answers for the questions that students may be posing teachers with regards to what the ultimate point of their examinations is. GCSEs - What’s the Point? - appeals to the student who believes the examinations are worthless and teach irrelevant material. GCSE - Genuinely Concerning Student Engagement - provides the answers as to what can be learned from the grades that student achieve. Both sources utilise a wealth of language features and techniques to engage the readers and enable them to answer the questions from a 1-9 level.

17 lesson scheme of work looking at the novel 'Holes' Includes structured starters, main tasks and plenaries, as well as link to foci within the National Curriculum

Activity designed to engage pupils with the AQA English Language Paper 1 specification. Includes basic, structured response to demonstrate example to students of acceptable foundation to build on for access to higher grades.

A pair of resources to explore a variety of tasks and information relating to the creation of a holiday resort for KS3 students. Tasks involved predominantly link to English, but can also be used to aid with Maths. Six week programme of study

Powerpoint teaching what key presentational devices are and examples to analyse for effect

Article designed to aid students to engage with the opening three questions for the AQA English Language Paper 1 specification.

A bank of quotes from An Inspector Calls for the character of Gerald Birling

The basis for an essay type response in PEE for the tracking of changes in Jem in To Kill A Mockingbird, particularly in relation to his attitude towards Scout.

Some questions relating to the poem from AQA's relationships cluster.

A powerpoint to help pupils revise different parts of Steinbeck's novel.

Some basic work looking at the different emotions in the poem. Followed by a comparison task with Quickdraw

A powerpoint to explore the themes and ideas presented in the poem Quickdraw.

A collection of tasks relating to some of the stories from the AQA anthology of short stories.

A series of lessons working KS3 pupils through the way the English language is used in different ways.