A question-by-question run through of AQA Language Paper 2 with reading strategies, differentiated resources and colour-coded model responses.

Detailed lesson on AQA GCSE Literature Paper 2 on how to approach a theme question. It includes: Exam questions Mark Scheme in a nutshell Theme with a focus on collective responsibility Excerpt from the play General essay tips Example responses Examiner’s commentary Tips for signposting the examiner Writing a thesis statement This can be easily adapted to your class or to other exam boards, hence no AOs on slides

Detailed AQA GCSE Literature Paper 1 lesson on Jekyll and Hyde exam practice focusing on Utterson’s dream, includes: Basic plot of story for visual learners Chapter list and some contextual overview Quiz with answers Exam technique Mark Scheme Annotated exam extract (Mysterious dream) Success Criteria Detailed plan Model introduction and thesis statement

Very detailed lesson on how to approach AQA GCSE Literature Paper 1 (Macbeth and Jekyll and Hyde) includes: Exam technique Quizzes with answers Contextual overview for both texts Key Vocabulary Mark Scheme GCSE Literature Past Paper Exam Questions 2017-2022 Annotated exam extracts Colour-coded introductions with thesis statements Colour-coded Student exemplar responses Write a lot about little paragraph

Detailed Recap lesson for Edexcel Lit Paper 2 prose, Wuthering Heights WOMEN IN SOCIETY Includes: June 2018 Exam Questions Key terms Narrative structure Plot Context Theme Characters Setting Indicative content Mark schemes Candidate responses Examiner’s comments and tips

Scaffolded lesson on descriptive writing including: SPaG advice Planning Step-by-step focus on the description question Writing tips Mark Scheme Easily differentiated Adaptable to other exam boards

Very detailed lesson focusing on: Plot (inc. key scenes for Romeo and Juliet) Character Theme Key Quotes Extract Analysis Lesson can be split - it’s effectively two lessons - and is easily differentiated for all KS3 abilities

Detailed lesson in line with Assessment Objectives Includes: 2023 grade boundaries June 2018 exam questions Excerpt from critical anthology Mark scheme and examiner’s guidelines Iambic pentameter, Great Chain of Being Theme and Key Terminology Sample response Plan Marked student answer to masculinity question

Very detailed lesson on the Supernatural component (The Picture of Dorian Gray and Beloved) in line with Assessment Objectives. Includes: Summary and analytical overview of both texts inc. themes and key contextual ideas with links Key moments from both texts for analysis Exam question, Mark scheme, Indicative Content Candidate responses Ideal for recap and revision

Very detailed lesson in line with Assessment Objectives. Includes: Socioeconomic context Modernism Form and Fitzgerald’s language Imagery and symbolism Question 2 and mark scheme Annotated extract from C3 of the novel

12 complete and very detailed lessons covering the entire play and all assessment objectives, including: Analysis of every scene (Annotations left on slides) Analysis of main characters Relevant historical context Tragic trajectory Academic reading Approaching the exam question This scheme is for AQA syllabus B 7177, but is readily adaptable to other boards

A lesson/lecture covering the socioeconomic conditions of the early modern - English renaissance - era. This can be taught as a masterclass to the Most Able at Year 11, or as general contextual background for an early modern A Level text. The focus in the second part is Macbeth but having personally taught many early modern texts, I know it can easily be adapted to all exam boards for GCSE and A Level.

Lesson focusing on tips on how to approach OCR English Literature A Level Paper 2 Question 6: essay, including: Detailed slides Mark scheme Typical Question 6 on language and control Language in THT Literary and socioeconomic context How to build an essay starting with a thesis statement, through to argument and conclusion (AO focused) Model introductions including one colour coded and one student model introduction Colour-coded model essay for discussion Suggestions for wider reading Easily adaptable

Differentiated lesson and resources covering AQA Language Paper 2 with simple strategies and model responses.

Some quick and easy resources to aid GCSE English Literature students with retrieval practise [and revision] for Macbeth Resource includes Acts One to Five on separate documents, and the whole play on one document.

Run through of whole of English Language Paper 2 [AQA] as a guide for classroom teaching/in-class revision. Includes mark schemes and reading techniques.

Simple, straightforward revision guide for AQA English Language Papers 1 and 2 focusing on how to use the language of the mark schemes to your advantage. Includes Question 5s. Can be used in tandem with any paper.

A scheme of ten differentiated lessons and resources - seven reading, three writing - based on a Language paper 1 I created on the opening of Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men . This can be taught at the beginning of Year 10, and is easily adaptable. There are model responses and, also, some homework tasks.