I am an experienced teacher and currently Head of English and Media in a large secondary school. I am also an examiner for EDUQAS English Language GCSE. I have a range of resources available on TES. Some of my resources are quite old, from when I first started out, and I am currently working in my spare time to update my resources. There are a range of resources from displays, schemes of work, revision booklets, mock exam papers and lessons available.
I am an experienced teacher and currently Head of English and Media in a large secondary school. I am also an examiner for EDUQAS English Language GCSE. I have a range of resources available on TES. Some of my resources are quite old, from when I first started out, and I am currently working in my spare time to update my resources. There are a range of resources from displays, schemes of work, revision booklets, mock exam papers and lessons available.
A bundle of 11 OCR style mock exam papers for the dystopian unit for the Comparative and Contextual Study section of the English Literature A Level. For this question, they are asked to read an unseen extract of dystopian fiction and write a critical appreciation. In the bundle you will have:
Fahrenheit 451
I Am Legend
Lord of the Flies
Never Let Me Go
The Chrysalids
The Hunger Games
The Long Walk
The Mazerunner
The Road
Uglies
Unwind
As it stands, there are very few critical appreciation mock papers on the OCR website that haven’t had the extract redacted, so this is a useful bundles of sources for A Level teachers who don’t have the time to plan their own.
Disclaimer: I have not included indicative content for each paper.
A range of resources and a lesson on Marxist Criticism and how to apply it to an analysis of A Christmas Carol for GCSE. Students learn the basics of Marxist criticism and use this to improve close analysis of key scenes in A Christmas Carol. Great for top band students looking to boost their performance in essays and exams.
A selection of 21 ready to print resources that can be used as Do Now or Plenary activities for your classes. These can also be used online if you convert to a google doc.
The do now selection covers:
capital letters
full stops
commas in a list
commas to separate clauses
apostrophes
discourse markers
verbs and adverbs
adjectives and nouns
prefixes and suffixes
ellipses to shorten quotations
there, they’re and their
where, wear and were
the verb to be
past V present tense
superlatives
colons
semi-colons
synonyms
antonyms
prepositions
To assist students with exam practice, exam writing style and 20th Century fiction I have created an exam style paper for Eduqas English Language Component 1 using Animal Farm by George Orwell.
Component 1 consists of:
Section A (20%) – Reading Understanding of one prose extract (about 60-100 lines) of literature from the 20th century assessed through a range of structured questions
Section B (20%) – Prose Writing One creative writing task selected from a choice of four titles.
A complete lesson with all resources, learning objectives, success criteria and poem breakdown. This lesson talks through the context, content, structure, form, language, imagery and tone. With a step by step analysis for the poem, including key questions, students can expand understanding and knowledge. This can be used as a complete lesson, but it can equally be used as a revision aide for students either in or outside of the classroom.
A complete mock paper for the Eduqas English Language Component 2- non fiction 19th and 21st century. A powerpoint and mock paper for the English Language GCSE. Powerpoint goes through each reading question in detail, helping students understand the question and what is expected of them. The powerpoint does not cover the transactional writing, however two transactional writing questions are included in the mock paper. A good way of instilling confidence in students before the exam.
A fun and engaging revision game based on the game show Pointless. A fun PowerPoint with music, timer video clip, a range of revision rounds such as 'contextual Information' , 'anagrams', 'name the character' and 'who said it?', this game will help your students look for answers they may not usually consider. A great way to recap knowledge in an exciting way.
A lesson with a range of tasks to help students write a lively, engaging and fit for purpose article. This is a potential question for the Eduqas English GCSE. The lesson comprises of a BINGO game identifying persuasive language techniques (with link to interactive game), as well as an exam style question, a range of tasks and embedded timers within the PowerPoint. All Success Criteria, Learning Objectives and a 'real world link' are included.
Following the structure, format and wording of the WJEC/EDUQAS literature exam paper, I have created a mock paper using Death of a Naturalist by Seamus Heaney for students to practice exam responses. Included in the resource is an essay planning sheet to help students consider their answer and time their writing.
To tackle the lack of enthusiasm about homework in my school I created a Nando's menu of homework tasks. This one targets key stage 4 and above and assists teaching of Lord of the Flies by William Golding. There are 25 homeworks already planned, differentiated by 'spice'. Since using these menus, where the students pick for themselves, the amount and quality of homework has improved
A very detailed workbook or revision book for William Shakespeare's Macbeth. The workbook includes: all the key scenes broken down with key questions throughout, all key soliloquys with key questions, a range of essay questions, short language questions, analysis of theme, character and purpose. A wide range of activities to help students revise Macbeth and succeed in their exams. 36 pages of tasks and analysis opportunities. Students could use this in conjunction with the Macbeth and Lady Macbeth quote revision cards also available through my shop.
A fun and easily accessible lesson for students studying The Manhunt by Simon Armitage. Designed to be the introduction of the analysis of the poem, as well as the contextual information, this lesson works really well with lower ability students. Resources, Learning Objectives and Success Criteria are all included.
For Eduqaas GCSE years 10 and 11. A homework booklet that covers both contextual tasks, poetry analysis, revision help and tasks. All of the poems are there alongside an analysis and annotation box. Very useful when avoiding sending the anthology home with students.
Everything your students need to know to pass the Blood Brothers element of Literature Component 2 for Eduqas/WJEC. Also useful for all other exam boards. Students are talked through the question and how to answer. Students have a breakdown and key quotes for every character and theme in the text, as well as note cards on techniques used such as parallels, contrasts, dialogue, the effect of the narrator and much more. A fantastic resource for exam revision.
A fun one off lesson getting students to plan, consider and create ghost stories using first person. Can be used in conjunction with any other scheme of work or as a one off cover lesson. A good introduction to creative writing or drama. Worksheet with pictures of different haunted settings included to help students who struggle with creative writing.
When I can, I create mock papers for Eduqas English Language Component 1 and 2 so my students have more practice before their exams.
This paper is a COMPONENT 2 READING PAPER. It does not include the writing section.
For this paper, I selected to sources about feral children, and created an exam paper and indicative content for teachers in my school. All are included in the price. I have also included a complete PowerPoint to walk students through the exam so you need no/very little editing!
In the bundle you will find:
A PPT with some example answers (no full mark answers though, so students can improve upon work - all are around 6-7 mark answers for 10 mark responses)
I have put together a breakdown of every question asked for the texts studied for English Literature on Eduqas Exam Board for students and staff in my school. I thought it might be useful for any other teachers.
I have included A Christmas Carol, An Inspector Calls, Poetry Anthology and The Merchant of Venice.
Hope it is helpful
This powerpoint has been created to encourage confidence in unseen poetry, and to teach students how to analyse and plan for the WJEC/EDUQAS unseen poetry question timings. The first five slides are resources for the class.
Slide 1 - a breakdown of each unseen poetry question - colour coded - to explain expectations from examiner, timings, what the question is asking you to do.
Slide 2 - a reminder bookmark to give students to take home to practise with at home. It has 8 key questions students should ask themselves to ensure clear and detailed answers when responding.
Slide 3 - The first poem handout with annotation boxes (colour coded). This is advisable to be printed in A3 so they have a decent amount of space to write notes in.
Slide 4 - The second poem handout - this one has the original poem and the poem they have to compare it with on- with annotation boxes (colour coded). This is advisable to be printed in A3 so they have a decent amount of space to write notes in. I normally print slide 3 and 4 back to back
Slide 5 - an optional print out slide with a breakdown of what to write in each paragraph, as well as possible sentence starters/cloze paragraphs to use.
This masterclass uses the poems ‘Leisure’ by W.H Davies and ‘The Lesson’ by Maya Angelou. Slides 6,7,8 and 9 talk you and the class through how to quickly annotate with timers to keep the pace. The poem analysis is broken down into sections with written prompts to show on the board.
This is the second masterclass, after the students requested to do another.
The format of the slides is really easy to edit, so you can use this repeatedly and just change the poems in the middle.