Each question on paper 1 annotated to guide students through what to do on each question. Useful for exam revision or to use when guiding students through a walking-talking mock. Annotations include: - planning tips - suggested timings - How to structure the response - using the bullet points SAMS2 is the paper I have used for this - the paper that uses the Brighton Rock source. - focus of the question

A card for each poem (15 in total) for all of the Power and conflict poems for new specification AQA. Each card contains an image reminder, several key words taken from the poem and context links. Useful for students to revise the key messages for each poem and rather than learn quotes remember key words that should spark a memory about the poem's meaning and tone etc. Students can use the cards to arrange by themes or content as part of a revision lesson.

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 No problem as the printed poem. The student responses can then be marked using the relevant mark scheme for Power and conflict poetry.

Resource to support the exploration of August 6 1945. Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher Exploration of context, language, meaning and structure

Resources to introduce KS2 and KS3 students to poetry forms. Students will explore the following forms: - haiku - limerick - shape - sonnet Students will explore the rules of these forms and form their own poetry. Group work opportunities.

Fully differentiated (by colour) resources to support the teaching of 'Who's for the game'' by Jessie Pope. Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher Resources prepare students to access the new specification 9-1 poetry exam (context and analysis of writer's methods) and also develop transactional writing skills for 9-1 English language.

3 fully differentiated (by colour) lessons to support the teaching of chapter 2 of Animal Farm for the new linear specification (9-1) Several new specification language paper skills are also embedded. Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher Resources are planned around the new specification and provide opportunities to: - explore context - analyse writer's methods - language focus - explore character presentations - write imaginatively - develop skills for new specification language paper - use mark schemes - Develop evaluative skills for the language paper - Determine true statements in preparation for the language paper

2 fully differentiated (by colour) lessons to support the teaching of synthesis (writing a summary of differences) Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher Resources use modern and 19th century non fiction texts on prisons and tattoos to guide students in responding to the synthesis task on the new specification language paper. Texts included

3 fully differentiated (by colour) lessons to support the teaching of comparison between 2 non fiction texts - one modern and one from the 19th century. Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher Texts - Why we shouldn't wrap our children in cotton wool and The watercress girl The supermarket's dark stores and 19th century markets for the poor Students will compare the ideas and perspectives of the writers.

2 fully differentiated (by colour) lessons that introduce the requirements of paper 1 to students and use 'Lullaby' by Elizabeth Burbridge to begin exploring fiction in readiness for the new specification examination. Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher Resources cover the following: - requirements of the paper - outline of each question on the paper and how long to spend on it - identifying genre, content, characters, settings of Lullaby on first reading - Consider reader responses to the short story and form own - Consider ways that established writers attempt to maintain reader interest - Explore and analyse how Burbridge attempts to maintain reader interest in Lullaby

30 facts about Shakespeare and his plays. Cut them up and ask students to move around the room sharing information. A useful activity to get students thinking about Shakespeare ahead of studying a play.

Fully differentiated (by colour) resource to support the teaching of comparison of 'The send off' by Wilfred Owen. Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher

Fully differentiated (by colour) resources to support the teaching of ‘The send off’ by Wilfred Owen. Resources prepare students to access the new specification 9-1 poetry exam (context and analysis of writer’s methods) and also develop imaginative writing skills for 9-1 English language.

15 fully differentiated (by colour) lessons to support the teaching of context for the 15 Edexcel new specification 9-1 GCSE English literature poems. (Conflict poetry) Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow = higher ability

2 differentiated (by colour) lessons to support the teaching of the ballad of Hillsborough - based around the football disaster at the Hillsborough stadium. Differentiation: purple - lower blue - middle yellow - higher

4 differentiated (by colour) lessons to support the teaching of context for Animal Farm. Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher Resources oinclude research opportunities and exploration of democracy and dictatorship. Students will also hold class elections to help understanding of democratic society. Information resources provided on the following: - Stalin - Trotsky - Napoleon - Nicholas II - Karl Marx - Propaganda - Internationale - Hammer and sickle - Communism - Secret police - Russian revolution - George Orwell

4 fully differentiated (by colour) lessons to support the teaching of chapter 1 of Animal Farm for the new linear specification (9-1) Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher Resources are planned around the new specification and provide opportunities to: - explore context - analyse writer's methods - language focus - explore character presentations - write persuasively - develop skills for new specification language paper - use mark schemes