A simple but effective and engaging scenario for a speaking and listening group discussion. Students must take into account the biographies of all the guests before deciding on the best possible seating plan for the bus trip. There is also a sheet with useful discussion prompts to help promote effective discussions.

A Grade 7 exemplar response to the following AQA 2017 exam question on Animal Farm. How does Orwell use the character of Snowball to present ideas about leadership? (34 marks) The essay is colour-coded so that students can see the different sections of an analytical paragraph. The essay was written for a low/mid ability class to show them how to use a writing frame.

EDUQAS/WJEC revision grid containing precise, bite-sized chunks of information about all 18 of the anthology poems under the following categories: main ideas, language, structure, context, themes. An adaptable resource that can be used in lots of different ways to suit different styles of teaching and learning. Also available as part of my Eduqas poetry bundle. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/wjec-eduqas-poetry-anthology-bundle-gcse-9-1-11815065 Alternatively try my lessons on all 18 poems: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/wjec-eduqas-poetry-anthology-revising-all-poems-11894072 Or maybe you’d prefer the information in the form of revision cards: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/wjec-eduqas-poetry-revision-cards-for-anthology-poems-gcse-9-1-11807604 Or maybe a quick poetry quiz: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/eduqas-9-1-gcse-poetry-anthology-quiz-11803192 The 18 poems: The Manhunt Sonnet 43 Cozy Apologia The Soldier London Ozymandias A Wife in London Afternoons Hawk Roosting Valentine She walks in beauty As imperceptibly as grief To Autumn Dulce et Decorum Est Death of a Naturalist Mametz Wood Extract from The Prelude Living Space

To Kill a Mockingbird - quiz questions for board game

6 Comprehension worksheets covering the prologue and Acts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.

22 strategies for promoting extended writing across the curriculum. The PowerPoint looks at various ways of using various modelling, planning and assessment strategies to promote extended writing . They are applicable for all subject areas that involve extended writing. Originally created for whole school staff literacy training in my role as a literacy coordinator. Also includes a staff survey to measure how literacy and extended writing is promoted across each department in your school.

11 strategies for how best to use teacher modelling of exam responses.

Full lesson PowerPoint with 3 differentiated worksheets for exploring the 4 ghosts in A Christmas Carol. Includes carefully selected extracts and a table for students to plan their analytical responses. Also including some example high level analytical paragraphs about the 4 ghosts and how they help to transform Scrooge.

6 Band 5 model responses for different Streetcar Questions. The marks range from 21/25 to 24/25.

Lesson analysing Steinbeck’s initial description of Slim in Chapter 2 with a focus on developing 2 analytical comments about each quotation.

8 student friendly high-quality literacy worksheets to support students at KS2/3. 1. Embedded clauses 2. Subordinate clauses 3. Sentences and fragments 4. Semi colons 5. Apostrophes 6. Parts of speech part 1 7. Parts of speech part 2 8. Colon

Worksheet on using parenthesis.

Avoid having to write out the same comment 30 times by using this numerical code that link to generic targets you are likely to give to a reading or writing response. Saves me hours of time every week and how my department have started to adopt it too!

A comprehensive revision guide for ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ containing a wide range of tasks to explore the novel in depth.

A 9 page booklet containing comprehension questions on all chapters. Ideal to use in the first reading of the text with a class. In total there are 92 questions. Also contains a storyboard.

PowerPoint lesson on Owen with colour coded animated annotations covering language, structure and form. Includes exemplar paragraphs, notes on 5 key quotations, questions on each stanza and a range of follow up activities and 4 worksheets looking at the exploring 4 different types of conflict in the poem: 4 types of conflict in Exposure Conflict with the weather Conflict with religious faith Conflict between the present and the past memories of home Conflict between anticipated action and inaction.

The template for a simple but highly effective differentiated starter activity to teach students new vocabulary. Simply insert key words into each box and you are ready to go.

These outstanding 5 star revision sheets are aimed at preparing students for the AQA 2017 examination on ‘A Christmas Carol’. With the closed book format in mind, the sheet contains the important quotations from Staves 1 to 5, a range of points to make about context (A03) and a range of AQA style exam questions to work on. Starter: Students read the 42 quotations and work out which Stave they come from. Main Activity: A3 revision sheet Bronze: Identify what we learn about the character in each quotation (A01) Silver: Identify the key words and language features in each quotation (A02) Gold: Identify which theme each quotation links to (A01) Diamond: Relate each quotation to a relevant point about context (A03) There is a second revision sheet which groups quotations by staves and themes and contains examination questions and context linked to each theme. There is also a quotation revision sheet containing detailed notes on 20 key quotations linked to A01, A02 and A03.

This comprehensive lesson and pack contains a full range of resources to help students understand the character of Mrs Birling in ‘An Inspector Calls’. The resources have been created for the AQA 9-1 2017 onwards English Literature Paper 2 examination. A list of her lines throughout the play A mid/high level model essay An incomplete model essay to develop A differentiated carousel activity to promote insightful thinking about the character An essay plan An essay checklist An evidence finding worksheet A mind map to complete There is also an essay plan for a response on Mr Birling.

10+ Resources to teach students methods for comparing poems from the AQA anthology. Includes ideas for discriminating comparisons by both theme and method. The model examples come from the Power and Conflict AQA anthology and include plans for… The Emigree and Kamikaze Exposure and War Photographer. Exposure and Storm on the Island Tissue and Ozymandias Remains and Bayonet Charge Prelude and Ozymandias London and My Last Duchess There is also a blank template for students to practise using the 12 point comparative method on a question comparing Ozymandias and My Last Duchess. There is also a choice over a simple 4 paragraph methods based approach or a more advanced 2 paragraph conceptual approach. There is also a diamond ranking starter activity to get students to engage with the criteria for grade 8 and 9. There is also a resource with 3 tiers of difficulty depending on how confident students are at planning their own comparisons. Tier 1: Students add the analysis of the quotations. The topic sentences and recommended quotations are already filled in for them. Tier 2: Students must pick their own 3 quotations from each poem and analyse the quotations. Tier 3: Students must pick their own topic sentences, quotations and then analsyse the quotations. The questions covered are as follows: 2021 question: Compare how poets present ideas about power and control in ‘London’ and in one other poem from ‘Power and conflict’. (30) Nov 2020 question: Compare how poets present the ways people are affected by difficult experiences in ‘Remains’ and in one other poem from ‘Power and conflict’. (30) May 2019 question: Compare how poets present the ways that people are affected by war in ‘War Photographer’ and in one other poem from ‘Power and conflict’. (30) May 2018 question: Compare how poets present ideas about power in ‘Ozymandias’ and in one other poem from ‘Power and conflict’. (30)