I'm currently the head of English and raising standards leader at a secondary school in Birmingham. I'm passionate about my subject and passionate about ensuring that the young people we serve leave education with a high competency in English.
Prior to teaching I worked in the radio industry as a presenter for 7 years and so when I became a teacher I enjoyed the opportunity to teach Media studies.
You'll find hundreds of English and Media studies resources.
I'm currently the head of English and raising standards leader at a secondary school in Birmingham. I'm passionate about my subject and passionate about ensuring that the young people we serve leave education with a high competency in English.
Prior to teaching I worked in the radio industry as a presenter for 7 years and so when I became a teacher I enjoyed the opportunity to teach Media studies.
You'll find hundreds of English and Media studies resources.
A student booklet and teacher power point that takes students through how to answer and revise for the ‘An Inspector Calls’ AQA literature question.
Model answers included and guidance on how to plan and then structure an academic introduction and essay.
Guidance is differentiated for character questions and theme questions.
Opportunities for students to write their own answers with and without scaffolds.
The resource uses two different exam questions.
A complete walking talking mock for AQA English language paper 1.
Includes a student booklet containing model answers which encourage students to achieve thoughtful responses, exam tips and opportunity for students to practice annotation and structuring answers to the questions.
This resource uses the November 18 AQA English language inserts.
A power point is included to guide students through the mock including mark schemes.
Three lots of walking talking mock style exam revision for AQA English language paper 1 and paper 2
Perfect to use in class as a walking talking mock - whereby you guide students thorough each question and allow them the suggested time to complete each task.
Using 3 different sample papers 1 and paper 2 papers, these resources:
- guide students through how to tackle each question
- provide suggested timings
- provide sample answers
- provide tips and strategies for planning a response
- show the questions annotated to ensure students stick to the focus of the task
- provide opportunities to self/peer assess against the mark scheme criteria
- model to students how to annotate the questions
The revision uses exam papers provided by AQA and use extracts from the following:
Paper 1:
- Glass, bricks and dust
- City of beasts
- Brighton Rock
Paper 2:
- Bad weather
- Festivals
- Villages
A differentiated (by colour) lesson to support the teaching of comparison between Storm on the Island and Exposure from the AQA power and conflict anthology.
Differentiation:
purple = lower
blue = middle
yellow = higher
This resource guides students through the two AQA literature papers.
A student booklet is included that contains model answers, opportunities to practice annotation and exam responses as well as guidance on structuring an academic introduction.
A teacher power point is also included to assist the delivery and teaching of the mock.
Texts covered:
Romeo and Juliet
Jekyll and Hyde
An Inspector Calls
Unseen poetry
Four lessons on the short story ‘Chemistry’ by Graham Swift from the Telling Tales anthology
Each lesson has a power point and a worksheet style document that can be used for remote learning. Just upload it to your platform and everything that students need is on their document ready to work on.
Lessons were initially made for a well performing year 8 group. New versions were then created for a lower prior attaining year 7 group and so have been scaffolded to meet their needs. Both versions are included here.
Resources cover:
inference
language analysis
evaluation
writing to argue a view point
Knowledge checks and do now activities are included.
Resource to support exam revision for new specification AQA Power and conflict.
Resource guides students through comparing Kamikaze and Poppies
Included:
- mark scheme wording to help students
- a sample comparison paragraph
- tasks to help students identify similarities and differences
Fully differentiated (by colour) resources to support the teaching of a one - two week Media based English project on advertising.
Differentiation:
yellow = higher
blue = middle
purple = lower
Resources provide opportunities to:
- explore target audience for advertising campaigns
- explore existing advertising campaigns
- explore the use of persuasive language
- explore the use of presentational features
- analyse the effectiveness of advertising campaigns
- explore the narratives of advertising campaigns
- design a new soft drink and develop the advertising production plan
- peer and self assess
- explore representation
- justify own design choices
These resources could also be useful as part of an enrichment day/activity.
These documents outline what makes a student a HAP, MAP or LAP now that curriculum levels have been removed.
HAP = High achieving pupil
MAP = Middle achieving pupil
LAP = low achieving pupil
The documents outline the skills required (in both reading and writing) for each student in year 7 through to year 11 to be categorised as a HAP, MAP or LAP in English language. The skills are bullet pointed to allow ease of use for all department members.
For KS4 this information is separated into both language and literature.
For literature this is broken down even further so that teachers can determine whether students are a HAP, MAP or LAP in specific components of English such as:
- poetry
- 19th century literature
- Shakespeare
- modern novel
These documents would be ideal for teachers to use when assessing student progress in specific components of their English studies be it language or literature. Once used, the student work can then be compared to their target in order to track progress.
Fully differentiated resources to support the teaching of the following poems from the new specification Edexcel conflict poetry collection:
1. Poppies
2. War photographer
3. Charge of the light brigade
4. Exposure
5. Extract from the prelude
Outstanding lessons (2-3 power points per poem) that are meticulously planned and numbered for ease of use with activities and homework tasks included. Ready to go lessons.
Lessons cover: language, form, structure and context to meet the requirements of the new specification.
Differentiation:
purple = lower ability
blue = middle ability
yellow = higher ability
Fully differentiated resources to support the teaching of 'The Edge' by Alan Gibbons
Differentiation:
purple = lower
blue = middle
yellow = higher
Resources provide opportunities to:
- comprehend plot
- analyse character
- write agony aunt articles
- explore racism
- Analyse language
- peer and self assess
A complete walking talking mock for AQA English language paper 2.
Includes a student booklet containing model answers which encourage students to achieve thoughtful responses, exam tips and opportunity for students to practice annotation and structuring answers to the questions.
This resource uses the November 18 AQA English language inserts.
A power point is included to guide students through the mock including mark schemes.
A Walking talking mock that uses the AQA examiner feedback from summer 2023 to guide students through a process of planning and then writing answers/essays in response to the Jekyll and Hyde question.
Power point (40 slides) and student work booklet included.
This resource focuses on helping students to:
plan their response
consider the text chronologically
embed context rather than bolt it on at the end
consider how themes can be context rather than just Historical events
create thesis statements
consider the text as a construct
Exam questions used in this resource: sympathy for Jekyll#
Model answers included.
Ideal for year 7 or year 8. Two lessons to develop the AQA new specification paper 2 skills for question 4 using the AQA KS3 papers. (Comparison of writer perspectives)
Also ideal for low ability KS4
Resources provide opportunity to:
- explore non fiction texts
- select and retrieve explicit and implicit information
- identify example of a writer's language
- explain the effect of writer's language
- compare the perspectives of the writer
- use writing frames to structure a response
Differentiation:
purple = lower
blue = middle
yellow = higher
Texts included:
- Article about meeting the Grime artist 'Stormzy'
- Article about meeting Sir Paul McCartney
A student booklet and teacher power point that takes students through how to answer and revise for the Romeo and Juliet AQA literature question.
Model answers included and guidance on how to structure an academic introduction.
Opportunities for students to write their own answers with and without scaffolds.
The resource uses two different exam questions.
A student booklet and teacher power point that takes students through how to answer and revise for the Jekyll and Hyde AQA literature question.
Model answers included and guidance on how to plan and then structure an academic introduction and essay.
Opportunities for students to write their own answers with and without scaffolds.
The resource uses two different exam questions.
Fully differentiated lessons to support the teaching of 'Half Caste' by John Agard.
2 lessons that include pupil talk tasks, assessment, outcomes and cover:
- context of the poem
- language analysis
- form and structure exploration
Differentiation:
purple = lower ability
blue = middle ability
yellow - higher ability
A quick quiz for each of the 15 poems in the conflict collection. (Differentiated by colour)
The first 3 purple questions are straight forward idea and information recall questions
The next 3 blue questions provide students with the first letter in the answer and require them to think
The final 3 yellow questions relate to techniques
Use at the start of a lesson and then come back to it at the end - student ability at recalling the poems studies becomes excellent. Then keep popping the quiz up on the board and student knowledge improves dramatically.
Could also be perfect for homework but works best as a team quiz in lessons as a starter and plenary.
Differentiated resources to support the teaching of 'Pig Heart Boy.' Lessons are numbered for ease of use.
Ideal for year 7 or year 8
Resources provide opportunities for students to:
- explore and research context - Xenotransplantation
- explore themes such as perseverance, friendship, optimism, forgiveness,
- explore and analyse characters and themes
- write persuasively
- develop speaking and listening skills
- develop sympathy and empathy skills
A Walking talking mock that uses the AQA examiner feedback from summer 2023 to guide students through a process of planning and then writing answers/essays to the ‘An Inspector Calls’ question.
Power point (40 slides) and student work booklet included.
This resource focuses on helping students to:
plan their response
consider the text chronologically
embed context rather than bolt it on at the end
consider how themes can be context rather than just Historical events
create thesis statements
consider the texts as a construct
Exam questions used in this resource: Selfishness & Sheila as a character who learns lessons
Model answers included.