English GCSE and English KS3 resources by a lead practitioner. Everything I upload is tried and tested by both myself and my English Department. I always appreciate feedback, so please do leave a review if you get chance.
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English GCSE and English KS3 resources by a lead practitioner. Everything I upload is tried and tested by both myself and my English Department. I always appreciate feedback, so please do leave a review if you get chance.
Leave a review and choose any other single resource for free! Just get in touch at info@englishgcse.co.uk
A Christmas Carol revision pack for the 2025 exams. Includes the following masterclasses:
Characters
Plot
Themes
Structure and Form
Context
Football manager revision session
This is the perfect pack for preparing for the English Literature Paper 1 exam, recapping all of the key specification areas for the examination.
It provides adaptive learning approaches, key information sheets for revision, modelled examples and more.
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A fully differentiated and resourced An Inspector Calls lesson that focuses on Gerald and Sheila’s conversation before he is interviewed by the Inspector and how he perceives Sheila when she is speaking to him and after when the Inspector comes back at the end of Act 1 and the beginning of Act 2. Ideal preparation for KS3 and KS4 students preparing for their AQA GCSE English Literature exams.
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AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 Knowledge Organisers
AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Sections A and B package
AQA English Language Paper 1 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A package
AQA English Language and English Literature revision package
An Inspector Calls whole scheme package
An Inspector Calls revision package
Macbeth whole scheme package
Macbeth revision package
A Christmas Carol whole scheme package
A Christmas Carol revision package
Jekyll and Hyde whole scheme package
Jekyll and Hyde revision package
Romeo and Juliet whole scheme package
Power and Conflict poetry comparing poems package
Power and Conflict poetry whole scheme package
Love and Relationships poetry whole scheme package
Unseen Poetry whole scheme package
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A fully differentiated and resourced ‘ready to go’ lesson on William Wordsworth’s The Prelude, one of the poems in the AQA Power and Conflict Poetry Anthology, with the lesson ideally suited for both KS3 and KS4 students.
A collection of Of Mice and Men lessons that are fully differentiated and resourced. Keep checking back as I add more and more resources to this collection.
Designed for KS3 but adaptable for GCSE.
This bundle includes lessons on:
Introduction and Historical Context
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Curley
Curley’s Wife
Assessment Preparation
Slim and Chapter Three
Assessment Lesson/Review
Analyzing Structure
Creative Writing
Women in Context
Grammar and Punctuation Workshop
Model Essay
Escape Room Lesson
Crooks in Chapter Four
Curley’s Wife and Crooks in Chapter Four
Lennie and Curley’s Wife
Comparing Settings in Chapters One and Six
The Ending
We’ve also added in a Scheme of Work document that is free to download.
A 50 page GCSE Romeo and Juliet revision guide for KS4 students to prepare for Section A of the new specification AQA Literature Paper 1 Section A, which includes differentiated activities and resources to support students as they revise for William Shakespeare’s tragedy.
Includes:
Plot summary
Key quotes
Contextual information
Theme analysis
Revision activities
Model paragraph
Self-reflection sheet
Exam answers to question
Much more
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AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 Knowledge Organisers
AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Sections A and B package
AQA English Language Paper 1 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A package
AQA English Language and English Literature revision package
An Inspector Calls whole scheme package
An Inspector Calls revision package
Macbeth whole scheme package
Macbeth revision package
A Christmas Carol whole scheme package
A Christmas Carol revision package
Jekyll and Hyde whole scheme package
Jekyll and Hyde revision package
Romeo and Juliet whole scheme package
Power and Conflict poetry comparing poems package
Power and Conflict poetry whole scheme package
Love and Relationships poetry whole scheme package
Unseen Poetry whole scheme package
A collection of TWENTY English Language Paper 2 Question 5 lessons (17 x1 hour and 3x 2 hour) that cover writing to argue, writing to advise, writing to persuade, letter writing and essay writing. A great collection of differentiated activities, modelled examples, scaffolded sentences and guided peer and self reflection that enables students to learn from others and improve their non-fiction writing in preparation for AQA English Language Paper 2 Section B or Question 5.
The suggested order of lessons is as follows (although this is by no means obligatory):
AQA Paper 2 Section B Speech Writing
Speech Openers
Churchill Speech Writing
Lincoln Speech Writing
Speech Structure
Newspaper Writing
Magazine Article Writing
Writing to Persuade - Football
Greta Thunberg Speech Writing
Black History Month - Essay Writing
Writing to Advise
Letter Writing - Writing A Formal Letter
Writing to Persuade - Letters of Complaint
AQA English Language Exam Prep/Mock prep lesson
Pack also contains:
Assessment planning for writing to argue - could be used as a separate writing to argue lesson
Assessment planning for letter writing - could be used as a separate letter writing lesson
Paper 2 Question 5 revision pack
Knowledge organiser for revision
June 2018 AQA exam review lesson if you use this paper as a mock/prep
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AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 Knowledge Organisers
AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Sections A and B package
AQA English Language Paper 1 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A package
AQA English Language and English Literature revision package
An Inspector Calls whole scheme package
An Inspector Calls revision package
Macbeth whole scheme package
Macbeth revision package
A Christmas Carol whole scheme package
A Christmas Carol revision package
Jekyll and Hyde whole scheme package
Jekyll and Hyde revision package
Romeo and Juliet whole scheme package
Power and Conflict poetry comparing poems package
Power and Conflict poetry whole scheme package
Love and Relationships poetry whole scheme package
Unseen Poetry whole scheme package
Much Ado About Nothing bundle for six weeks that includes:
Shakespeare introduction lesson
Globe Theatre context lesson
Much Ado About Nothing introduction (Act 1 Scene 1)
Benedick and Beatrice lesson
Don John and genre lesson
Marriage and context in Act 2 Scene 1
Gender and the patriarchal society in Act 1 and Act 2
Deception and trickery in Act 2 Scene 2 and Scene 3
Act 3 Scene 1 and Beatrice’s transformation
Act 3 Scene 2 and Scene 3 - Dogberry
Act 3 Scene 3 and Scene 4 - Structure
Dogberry and Act 4 Scene 1
Themes - Honour and Family
Act 5 Scene 1 - Leonato and Language
Conflict in Act 5 Scene 1
Don Pedro and Claudio learn the truth in Act 5 Scene 1
Much Ado Act 5 Scene 3 - ending and genre
June 2019 assessment preparation lesson
Homework pack
Scheme of work document
AQA English Language Paper 1 lesson that looks at a famous speech from Barack Obama and helps students to see how they can adapt language devices for their own speeches. A fully differentiated and resourced lesson to help KS3 and KS4 students prepare for Section B of AQA English Language Paper 2. Students analyse a speech for language and structure before being guided to write their own.
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AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 Knowledge Organisers
AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Sections A and B package
AQA English Language Paper 1 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A package
AQA English Language and English Literature revision package
An Inspector Calls whole scheme package
An Inspector Calls revision package
Macbeth whole scheme package
Macbeth revision package
A Christmas Carol whole scheme package
A Christmas Carol revision package
Jekyll and Hyde whole scheme package
Jekyll and Hyde revision package
Romeo and Juliet whole scheme package
Power and Conflict poetry comparing poems package
Power and Conflict poetry whole scheme package
Love and Relationships poetry whole scheme package
Unseen Poetry whole scheme package
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AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A walkthrough pack for the June 2022 paper.
Includes:
Model answers for Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4.
Analysis and breakdown of all questions and answers provided
Success criteria
Exam walkthrough tasks
Timings
Exam tips and advice
Please note that the extract from The Pearl by June Steinbeck is not included in the pack due to copyright restrictions, but is available to download via the AQA website.
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AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 Knowledge Organisers
AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Sections A and B package
AQA English Language Paper 1 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A package
AQA English Language and English Literature revision package
An Inspector Calls whole scheme package
An Inspector Calls revision package
Macbeth whole scheme package
Macbeth revision package
A Christmas Carol whole scheme package
A Christmas Carol revision package
Jekyll and Hyde whole scheme package
Jekyll and Hyde revision package
Romeo and Juliet whole scheme package
Power and Conflict poetry comparing poems package
Power and Conflict poetry whole scheme package
Love and Relationships poetry whole scheme package
Unseen Poetry whole scheme package
A Christmas Carol 40 page cover pack designed for non-specialists to use in cover lessons to explore the plot, characters, themes, context, structure and exam approaches for William Shakespeare’s play.
Includes:
Overview of the style of exam questions
Vocabulary and terminology embedded throughout
Introduction to social and historical context, as well as the writer
Quick plot summary
Detailed plot summary
Overview of themes
A variety of activities for exploring the plot
Activities for analysing themes and linking them to characters
Overviews of each character, including:
Ebenezer Scrooge (including graphics designed by a professional games designer, quotes, summary, links to context and significance of the character)
Jacob Marley / Marley’s Ghost (including graphics designed by a professional games designer, quotes, summary, links to context and significance of the character)
Fred (including graphics designed by a professional games designer, quotes, summary, links to context and significance of the character)
Bob Cratchit and Tiny Tim (including graphics designed by a professional games designer, quotes, summary, links to context and significance of the character)
Fan and Belle (including graphics designed by a professional games designer, quotes, summary, links to context and significance of the character)
The Ghost of Christmas Past (including graphics designed by a professional games designer, quotes, summary, links to context and significance of the character)
The Ghost of Christmas Present (including graphics designed by a professional games designer, quotes, summary, links to context and significance of the character)
The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come (including graphics designed by a professional games designer, quotes, summary, links to context and significance of the character)
Exam practice questions and detailed ideas to include in their answers
Analysis of the novel’s structure and how it can link to themes
Linking the text to context activities
This Jekyll and Hyde knowledge organiser on Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic text includes detailed notes on all the characters, the key themes, the most important linguistic devices, key areas of form, important contextual information, key themes, key quotes and more. The resource is best printed onto an A3 piece of paper and comes in an editable PowerPoint AND a printable PDF. Ideal revision materials for GCSE English Literature students.
UPDATE: Now includes a four page A4 version for ease of printing, or could be used as flash cards for revision.
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AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 Knowledge Organisers
AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Sections A and B package
AQA English Language Paper 1 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A package
AQA English Language and English Literature revision package
An Inspector Calls whole scheme package
An Inspector Calls revision package
Macbeth whole scheme package
Macbeth revision package
A Christmas Carol whole scheme package
A Christmas Carol revision package
Jekyll and Hyde whole scheme package
Jekyll and Hyde revision package
Romeo and Juliet whole scheme package
Power and Conflict poetry comparing poems package
Power and Conflict poetry whole scheme package
Love and Relationships poetry whole scheme package
Unseen Poetry whole scheme package
Or check out some Citizenship, RE, PSHE + RSE resources at EC Resources
AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A walkthrough pack for the November 2018 paper.
Includes:
Model answers for Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4.
Analysis and breakdown of all questions and answers provided
Success criteria
Exam walkthrough tasks
Timings
Exam tips and advice
Please note that the extract from A Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury is not included in the pack but is available to download via the AQA website.
June 2019 paper on ghosts in A Christmas Carol - this model essay or answer is designed to hit the requirements for Grade 9 for AQA English Literature Paper 1. Includes an answer that weaves together language and structure analysis, context and detailed and perceptive insights into the theme of ghosts and spirits, including Marley’s Ghost, The Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come.
Please note that due to copyright restrictions, the actual question is not included in this resource, but it is available from the AQA website.
Blood Brothers complete scheme of work that includes differentiated lesson packs on Willy Russell’s drama. Includes differentiated worksheets, PowerPoints, engaging and interesting approaches to teaching and learning, models, examples, scaffolds and so much more.
Context introduction
Act 1 introduction of Mrs Johnstone
Act 1 introduction of Mrs Lyons
Act 1 Mrs Johnstone and debt
Act 1 Mrs Lyons’ jealously and Mickey and Edward introduced
Act 1 The Lyons Family
Act 1 Class and The Policeman
End of Act 1
Act 2 Beginning
Act 2 Fate and Tension
Act 2 Foreshadowing
Act 2 Unemployment
The End
Escape Room revision lesson
A perfect bundle for AQA English Literature Paper 2 and for other exam boards including Edexcel, EDUQAS, WJEC, OCR and more.
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AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 Knowledge Organisers
AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Sections A and B package
AQA English Language Paper 1 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A package
AQA English Language and English Literature revision package
An Inspector Calls whole scheme package
An Inspector Calls revision package
Macbeth whole scheme package
Macbeth revision package
A Christmas Carol whole scheme package
A Christmas Carol revision package
Jekyll and Hyde whole scheme package
Jekyll and Hyde revision package
Romeo and Juliet whole scheme package
Power and Conflict poetry comparing poems package
Power and Conflict poetry whole scheme package
Love and Relationships poetry whole scheme package
Unseen Poetry whole scheme package
Or check out some Citizenship GCSE, RE, PSHE + RSE resources at EC Resources
Escape Santa’s workshop in the North Pole! We’ve put together this detailed English lesson that introduces or recaps language, structure, speaking and listening (Spoken Language), reading for pleasure and more. Students work in groups to escape Santa’s workshop after they get locked in by naughty Jack Frost and have to solve numerous puzzles and activities in order to get out. Using an adventure story and festive theme, this is a brilliant lesson for the final few weeks of the end of term and for all English students whether KS3 or KS4.
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AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 Knowledge Organisers
AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Sections A and B package
AQA English Language Paper 1 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A package
AQA English Language and English Literature revision package
An Inspector Calls whole scheme package
An Inspector Calls revision package
Macbeth whole scheme package
Macbeth revision package
A Christmas Carol whole scheme package
A Christmas Carol revision package
Jekyll and Hyde whole scheme package
Jekyll and Hyde revision package
Romeo and Juliet whole scheme package
Power and Conflict poetry comparing poems package
Power and Conflict poetry whole scheme package
Love and Relationships poetry whole scheme package
Unseen Poetry whole scheme package
This An Inspector Calls knowledge organiser or revision mat on JB Priestley’s classic text includes detailed notes on all the characters, the key themes, the most important linguistic devices, key areas of form, important contextual information, key themes, key quotes and more. The resource is best printed onto an A3 piece of paper and comes in an editable PowerPoint AND a printable PDF. Ideal revision materials for GCSE English Literature students.
Note: When you download the resource you will find the PowerPoint and PDF inside a ZIP file! The picture included is a preview file.
UPDATE: NOW INCLUDES A4 VERSION OVER FOUR PAGES for ease of printing.
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AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 Knowledge Organisers
AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Sections A and B package
AQA English Language Paper 1 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A package
AQA English Language and English Literature revision package
An Inspector Calls whole scheme package
An Inspector Calls revision package
Macbeth whole scheme package
Macbeth revision package
A Christmas Carol whole scheme package
A Christmas Carol revision package
Jekyll and Hyde whole scheme package
Jekyll and Hyde revision package
Romeo and Juliet whole scheme package
Power and Conflict poetry comparing poems package
Power and Conflict poetry whole scheme package
Love and Relationships poetry whole scheme package
Unseen Poetry whole scheme package
Or check out some Citizenship, RE, PSHE + RSE resources at EC Resources
Lord of the Flies by William Golding pack containing the following lessons so far:
Introduction to the text
The Conch
Chapter 2 character analysis and key quotes lesson
Chapter 3 language analysis and creating analytical paragraphs
Jack character analysis in Chapter 3
Simon, Roger, Jack analysis
Conflicts in Chapter 4
Beast from Water Chapter 5 lesson
Chapter 6 lesson
Chapter 6 and 7 lesson
Chapter 7 and 8 lesson
Chapter 8 and 9 lesson
Chapter 9 and 10 lesson
Chapter 10 and 11 lesson
Ending of the novel
Escape room for revision
Context lesson
Exam prep lesson for May 2019 answer
Six week homework pack - differentiated
Differentiated scheme of work document
More to come!
2024 Macbeth model answer on how far Lady Macbeth is presented as a strong female character in Act 1 Scene 7 and how she can be perceived throughout the rest of the play. This model essay is designed to hit the requirements for Grade 9 forAQA English Literature Paper 1. Includes an answer that weaves together language and structure analysis, context and detailed and perceptive insights into Jacobean society, how and why Shakespeare presents Lady Macbeth as a strong female character in the extract and how this perception may change throughout the play and how these changes could be perceived by a Jacobean audience.
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Travel Writing complete scheme that includes 19 lessons over 18 resource packs AND a full scheme of work document. Covers areas of reading and writing for KS3 English students in preparation for English Language Paper 2.
Introduction to Travel Writing
Writing to Describe
Upgrading Vocabulary
Writing to Persuade
Writing Persuasive Articles
Punctuation Workshop
Letter Writing
Travel Blogs
Travel Blog Editing and Redrafting Skills
Review Writing
Leaflet Writing lesson with modelled example
Letter Writing focusing on Sentence Openers
Christmas Writing to Explain
Assessment Review lesson
Travel Blog Language Analysis lesson
Six Week Homework Pack
Scheme of Work Document
Ideal lessons for KS3 students looking at purpose, audience, form, genre, conventions, different types of nonfiction writing and more.
Unseen Poetry 40 page cover pack designed for non-specialists to use in cover lessons to explore the structure, messages, imagery, language and emotions of two unseen poems, that could be replicated for other unseen poems as well.
Includes:
Overview of the style of exam questions
Vocabulary and terminology embedded throughout
Exam practice questions and detailed ideas to include in their answers
Analysis of the poem’s structure and how it can link to messages and themes
Analysis of the imagery and how they link to messages
Analysis of the use of imagery in both poems and how they link to ideas
Analysis of the use of language and how it links in to ideas and messages
Scaffolded paragraphs with a model example to support students in writing their own analytical paragraphs
Analysis of the use of rhyme
Analysis of the form and structure of the poem, exploring elegies and odes
Exploration of caesuras and enjambment
Exploration of the poems’ titles
Exploration of the links between writers, speakers and readers, including the use of voice(s)