I advise my students to start their response to Paper 2 Question 5 with an engaging personal anecdote. This resource contains 6 examples of anecdotal lead paragraphs to familiar Paper 2 Question 5-style topics covering travel, school uniform, homework, climate change, social media and animals in captivity. I ask my students study the style of these modelled examples before attempting to write their own anecdotal lead paragraphs.

Highly detailed annotations of Living Space by Imtiaz Dharker to support students with gaining a perceptive and thoughtful understanding of the Eduqas poetry anthology.

Line by line detailed annotations for Death of a Naturalist by Seamus Heaney to assist with revision for Eduqas poetry.

A 16 slide PowerPoint that includes an engaging starter, comprehension questions, annotations of key lines in the poem, discussion questions, 2 sample paragraphs to compare and contrast, a task to get students to think about comparing Sub to other poems in the collection and a challenging research task to consolidate ideas in the poem.

A 17 slide PowerPoint that includes debate questions, detailed annotations on each stanza, exemplar paragraphs, big ideas in the poem and an extension task. A useful introduction to the poem especially for those teachers who have not taught it before.

A lesson introducing this key poem from the first half of the Feminine Gospels collection. Includes an overview, annotations and extension activities.

A summary of 8 critical perspectives into Scrooge’s character to help students meet and exceed the criteria for A03.

A revision sheet summarising 8 different critical perspectives on the witches in Macbeth. Useful for students trying to improve their A03 analysis.

Highly detailed annotations for Afternoons by Philip Larkin for the Eduqas poetry anthology. This is aimed at students going for grade 9.

Detailed annotations of Rita Dove’s Cozy Apologia for the Eduqas poetry anthology. Aimed at students looked to reach grades 7-9.

Detailed annotations for Prelude (And in the frosty season) from the Eduqas poetry anthology. Aimed at students aiming for grades 7-9.

Highly detailed annotations of The Soldier by Rupert Brooke to support students with gaining a perceptive and thoughtful understanding of the Eduqas poetry anthology.

23 page revision booklet containing high level analysis and annotations of key quotations, structure and context of all 18 poems from the Eduqas anthology. This is aimed at students striving for grades 7-9. Also contains knowledge organisers to assist with revision.

Line by line or stanza by stanza high level annotations for Mametz Wood by Owen Sheers for the Eduqas poetry anthology.

Line by line annotations for The Manhunt by Simon Armitage from the Eduqas poetry anthology.

Romeo critical perspectives to help students show a more thoughtful and perceptive understanding of Romeo’s character in Romeo and Juliet.

For students looking to impress the examiner for A03, here is a summary of critical perspectives into Lady Macbeth’s character.

Revision sheet fro Emigree by Carol Rumens. It contains an overview of the poem alongside high-level analysis of 8 key quotations from the poem.

A grade 9 response to the following question on An Inspector Calls from the 2022 EdExcel exam: Explain how the chain of events is important in An Inspector Calls

An unequivocal grade 9 response to the 2022 EdExcel question on Lord of the Flies: Explain the significance of evil in the novel.