Thank you for visiting my shop. My aim is to provide high quality teaching resources that reduce the
need for hours of planning and help learners to achieve their potential in English and English Literature.
Please feel free to email me at sdenglish18@gmail.com with any queries, requests or comments.
Thank you for visiting my shop. My aim is to provide high quality teaching resources that reduce the
need for hours of planning and help learners to achieve their potential in English and English Literature.
Please feel free to email me at sdenglish18@gmail.com with any queries, requests or comments.
This assessment tracker uses the 2024 grade boundaries for AQA 8702 Paper 1 and 2 (English Literature).
It will generate a grade for individual sections, each paper and the overall course.
Please email me using the address on my store front if you would like any adjustments made to your tracker, e.g. additional columns.
Please do not send any pupil data when requesting adjustments.
This assessment tracker uses the 2024 grade boundaries for AQA 8700 Paper 1 and 2 (English Language).
It will generate a grade for Sections A and B of both papers and arrive at an overall grade for each paper and the whole course.
Please email me using the address on my store front if you would like any adjustments made to your tracker, e.g. additional columns.
Please do not send any pupil data when requesting adjustments.
Five mind maps on different aspects of J&H:
The presentation of Jekyll
The presenetation of Hyde
The presentation of Lanyon
The presentation of Utterson
Women in the novel.
NB. This is an updated listing. If you have previously paid for this resource and need a copy, please email me using the address on my store front.
This is a straightforward lesson that follows on from prior teaching of broadsheet article writing. The question is styled in the form of AQA but could be adapted for other boards.
After a true or false Do Now task, the question is introduced and discussed.
This is followed by brief coverage of a suggested article structure (heading, introduction, main body and conclusion).
Students then work through a series of questions in response to a sample answer/WAGOLL. This sheet could be printed on A3.
Staff then take feedback from students.
Students write their own responses.
The lesson concludes with a learning review composed of five key questions.
I created a storyboard version of ‘A Christmas Carol’ for lower ability learners. However, it could also be used as a revision tool for middle-upper ability learners as well.
This resource contains 5 storyboards: 1 for each stave of the novella.
Three essays on the function of Scrooge in ‘A Christmas Carol’ with accompanying tasks. Could be used as a cover lesson for those who have read the novella and would benefit from some revision.
The essays have not been graded but are simply aimed at higher ability, middle ability and lower ability students.
A knowledge organiser for AQA Paper 1, Question 4 aimed at students on the borderline between grades 3 and 4.
The WAGOLLs are based on a short extract from Frankenstein.
Full colour and black and white copies included.
A knowledge organiser for AQA Paper 1, Question 4 (the evaluation question).
It is based on a past paper, so please take this into account if you are using it for a mock.
The WAGOLLs on the reverse side demonstrate Levels 3, 5 and 7.
Full colour and black and white copies included.
This bundle comprises of all five annotated staves of ‘A Christmas Carol’.
Buying as a bundle effectively means that Stave Five is free.
If you purchase these resources, please ensure that you open them in a PDF reader. Opening them in a browser tends to distort the appearance. I also find that a magnification of over 150% makes viewing the comment boxes easier.
As with the individual staves, I’d like to think that there are no typos but should you come across one, you can choose a resource up to the value of £5 for free.
This is the full text of Stave Five, annotated as a PDF file. The annotations are not always as dense as you see in the cover image but I’ve aimed for a higher level of detail. This may benefit anyone with a top set group or a learner who may need to read the text independently of the rest of the class.
If you purchase this resource, ensure that you open it in a PDF reader. Opening it in a browser tends to distort the appearance. I also find that a magnification of over 150% makes viewing the comment boxes easier.
I’d like to think there are no typos in the file but should you find one, please contact me using my shop’s email found on the store front. If you do come across a genuine error you can select another resource under the value of £5 for free.
These files may be updated periodically, so please check the resource listing to ensure that you have the most up-to-date file.
This is the full text of Stave Four, annotated as a PDF file. The annotations are not always as dense as you see in the cover image but I’ve aimed for a higher level of detail. This may benefit anyone with a top set group or a learner who may need to read the text independently of the rest of the class.
If you purchase this resource, ensure that you open it in a PDF reader. Opening it in a browser tends to distort the appearance. I also find that a magnification of over 150% makes viewing the comment boxes easier.
I’d like to think there are no typos in the file but should you find one, please contact me using my shop’s email found on the store front. If you do come across a genuine error you can select another resource under the value of £5 for free.
These files may be updated periodically, so please check the resource listing to ensure that you have the most up-to-date file.
These resources were created for lower ability KS4 groups looking to study ‘Macbeth’ over the course of around five weeks.
For each act, there is a PPT with the full text translated into modern English. There is also a range of worksheets to develop understanding.
Act One also contains simplified contextual notes with a corresponding worksheet.
This is the full text of Stave Three, annotated as a PDF file. The annotations are not always as dense as you see in the cover image but I’ve aimed for a higher level of detail. This may benefit anyone with a top set group or a learner who may need to read the text independently of the rest of the class.
If you purchase this resource, ensure that you open it in a PDF reader. Opening it in a browser tends to distort the appearance. I also find that a magnification of over 150% makes viewing the comment boxes easier.
I’d like to think there are no typos in the file but should you find one, please contact me using my shop’s email found on the store front. If you do come across a genuine error you can select another resource under the value of £5 for free.
These files may be updated periodically, so please check the resource listing to ensure that you have the most up-to-date file.
These are two comprehension-focused worksheets based on 19th century non-fiction texts.
The first extract is from ‘The Dictionary of Daily Wants’ and gives advice on selecting an appropriate apprenticeship.
The second extract is entitled ‘The Dreadful Life and Confession of a Boy Aged Twelve Years, Who was Condemned to Die at last Old Bailey Sessions’.
Please feel free to use as a remote-learning task or as an activity for those coming into school at this difficult time.
An article-based worksheet aimed at KS4 pupils that gives an insight into child labour in the Industrial Revolution.
This could work as a remote learning task for students studying A Christmas Carol at GCSE.
An article-based lesson aimed at KS4 pupils that gives an insight into life before the NHS in England.
Please feel free to use either as a remote learning task or literacy for students coming into school during this difficult time.
A lesson aimed at KS4 pupils that focuses mainly on comprehension and inference-making.
The text is a 19th century letter describing entry into the Wolstanton & Burslem Union Workhouse at Chell.
Please feel free to use either as a remote learning task or literacy for students coming into school during this difficult time.
These are Level 4-5 WAGOLLS for the November re-sit for AQA English Language 8700/1 and 8700/2.
In order to access the reading inserts, you will need to go onto E-AQA and download them. Please ensure that you have access to E-AQA before downloading.
Translated mark schemes for AQA Language 8700, papers 1 and 2.
They are intended to demonstrate the standard at each level (of the mark scheme) and provide more pupil-friendly criteria for self and peer assessment.
The example responses are based on the following texts:
Paper 1, Question 2: Jekyll and Hyde
Paper 1, Question 3: The Black Cat (Poe)
Paper 1, Question 4: The Black Cat (Poe)
Paper 1, Question 5: Write the opening of a story entitled ‘The End’.
Paper 2, Questions 1-4: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/aqa-8700-paper-2-homelessness-texts-11997752
Paper 2, Question 5: an article on the subject of social media.