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.
With very few sample assessment materials provided by the exam boards I have created my own.
They have been made to look exactly like the assessments that students will sit n the real 9-1 examinations and are phrased in the same ways too.
This paper uses an extract from act 2 scene 3
The student responses can then be marked using the relevant mark scheme for Shakespeare.
Assessment requires extract analysis and then question b is based on the play as a whole.
With very few sample assessment materials provided by the exam boards I have created my own.
They have been made to look exactly like the assessments that students will sit n the real 9-1 examinations and are phrased in the same ways too.
This paper uses an extract from act 1 scene 5
The student responses can then be marked using the relevant mark scheme for Shakespeare.
Assessment requires extract analysis and then question b is based on the play as a whole.
Differentiates lessons to support the teaching of chapter 3 of 'Of mice and Men.'
Differentiation:
purple == lower
blue = middle
yellow = higher
Resources provide opportunities to:
- explore tension
- explore characterisation
- write analytically in line with the new specification 9-1 skills
- analyse language
- explore the theme of loneliness
- read actively
Differentiated resources to support the teaching of chapter 5 and chapter 6 of 'Of Mice and Men.'
Differentiation:
purple = lower
blue = middle
yellow = higher
Resources provide opportunities to:
- develop synthesis skills for language paper 2
- explore character and theme
- write analytically
Two walking talking mocks for AQA English language. One booklet and power point for paper 1 and one for paper 2
Includes a student booklets 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.
These resources uses the November 18 AQA English language inserts.
A power point is included to guide students through the mocks 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 Romeo and Juliet.
Power point (42 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 constructs
Exam question used in this resource: relationships between older and younger characters
Model answers included.
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.
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.
40 revision cards with questions on one side and answers on the other to make revision fast and simple. This resource is best used in a small index card folder/organiser.** (As seen in the image) **
Based on the Leitner method, the idea is simple: the further the card goes back in the folder: the more secure the information is in long term memory.
A card can only move back a position if you correctly answer the questions on the card. If at any point you do not answer a card correctly enough, the card must return to section 1 regardless of how far back it went. This is because it needs to be re-studied.
Quotation cards
There are 3 questions on each card: a ‘who’ question, a ‘what’ question and a ‘why’ question.
Knowledge cards.
These cards test knowledge of either subject terminology or the text itself. Subject terminology cards include questions on the definitions of language devices, sentence types and word classes as well as specific terminology.
Knowledge cards include questions about context, plot, character and theme.
Getting started
Create 6 sections in your ‘Lightning Revision’ folder.
Place all/some cards in section 1 at the front of the folder.
Follow the timetable card **(photo attached) **which tells you which of the sections you should revise each day. You’ll revise section 1 every day because cards in this section are the ones that you are least secure with.
If you answer correctly enough: move the card to the next section.
If you aren’t happy that you answered correctly enough then move the card back to section 1. (Regardless of how far back in the folder it was.)
**The Science bit: the better the mastery: the less frequent the practice. **
‘Lightning Revision’ works using the principle of ‘spaced learning.’
Research shows that after studying something: within one hour, you will have forgotten an average of 50% percent of the information. Within 24 hours, you have forgotten around 70% and within a month, this increases to 90%.
By spacing out the studying and by returning frequently to the material we want to remember, we increase our chances of committing it to long term memory.
Instead of ‘cramming,’ the simple act of spacing out revision in instalments, and allowing time to elapse between them makes the learning and memory stronger.
This resource has been created to help information that you have revised stay within your long term memory. In this system, we revise information that we are insecure with more frequently.
2 versions included:
Print - fold horizontally - cut them up and you’re ready to go!
Print back to back and you;re ready to go.
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 ‘Macbeth’ question.
Power point (37 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: Macbeth’s violence
Model answers included.
Additional exam question used: Macbeth and Banquo’s attitude towards the super natural.
A Walking talking mock that uses the AQA examiner feedback from the summer exams to guide students through a process of planning and then writing answers to English language paper 2.
Power point (86 slides) and student work booklet included.
This resource focuses on helping students to:
plan their responses to the questions
structure shorter but more effective responses
consider the order in which to answer the questions
explore methods and their effect concisely
improve responses through model answers
develop their transactional writing
plan and sgtructure effective persuasive writing
explore rhetoric and what makes it effective
Source material: extracts are on the topic of train travel as used in the summer 23 exams
Model answers included.
With very few sample assessment materials provided by the exam boards I have created my own.
They have been made to look exactly like the assessments that students will sit n the real 9-1 examinations and are phrased in the same ways too.
The student responses can then be marked using the relevant mark scheme for Power and conflict poetry.
A bundle of resources to support the revsiison of ‘An Inspectpr Calls’ for new specification 9-1 GCSE literature.
Included:
- context revision
- Remembering quotations resources
- sample answers
- quotation revision
- forming analytical paragraphs
- sample questions
- revision of plot and significant characters and themes
- structure revision
10 key quotations from Jekyll and Hyde, each with an accompanying image to help stduents remember them.
Perfect as a starter where students use the given quote and image to write an interpretation.
15 key quotations from the power and conflict poetry collection, each with an accompanying image to help stduents remember them.
Perfect as a starter where students use the given quote and image to write an interpretation and also perfect for learning key quotations.
Resource s to support the revision of Animal Farm for GCSE with reference to the AQA literature paper
Resources provide opportunities to:
- revise characters
- revise themes
- structure a response to the question
- mark a sample response
Fully differentiated resources to support the teaching of 'Of Mice and Men' chapter 1.
Differentiation:
purple = lower
blue = middle
yellow = higher
Resources provide opportunities to:
- explore pathetic fallacy in the opening
- analyse character presentation
- explore animal imagery
- use 'what, how, why' as a method for analysis instead of PEE which is too restrictive
- explore George and Lennie's American Dream
- work in groups in carousel activities
- use writing strips to structure better responses
Lessons to support the revision of the new specification English language paper 1 for AQA.
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 a sample paper provide by AQA which uses an extract from 'City of beasts' the 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
Extract taken from: City of Beasts
A medium term plan (scheme of work) for Of Mice and Men to be taught at KS3.
This medium term plan signposts opportunities to embed skills for the new specification GCSE 9-1 skills.
The scheme lasts 7 weeks and within each week is an assessment. Each week's assessment is either a literature or language paper based assessment.
A scheme of work for the AQA power and conflict poetry unit.
The MTP signposts opportunities to make links to the other literature texts. The texts that are linked to are:
Romeo and Juliet
An Inspector Calls
Opportunities to develop language paper skills are also signposted.