This lesson is focused on answering the ‘List’ question as part of EDUQAS Language Paper 1 - fiction reading. I am an examiner for this paper and have created a full SOL for teaching fiction reading to GCSE: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12903917 If you find this lesson useful, please check it out!

This unit of work comprises of 20 lessons with accompanying PowerPoints and resources. I am an examiner for Eduqas Language Paper 1 and have used that knowledge to create this resource. This SOL includes: 20 lessons using PowerPoint (inc comments in the ‘notes’ section to support teaching). An accompanying booklet with 17 fiction extracts (all a page in length or less). 4 homeworks integrated into the lesson PowerPoints. Explicit teaching of the question stems used by EDUQAS in paper 1. -‘Takeaway Sheets’ with each lesson that can be printed and stuck in absent students’ books as summaries. A knowledge organiser for student use for the unit.

A PowerPoint with all necessary resources on the one document, I have used this lesson for revision with my Year 10s and 11s prior to their EDUQAS GCSE examinations. It focuses on Shelley’s ‘Ozymandias’ and includes the following: retrieval starter on 3 other EDUQAS poems a ‘find and fix’ styled activity summarising the poem key contextual information statements matching key themes to be annotated on the poem a final thought / plenary

This resource contains 4 images digitally created by me representing four famous authors: Margaret Atwood, Neil Gaiman, Roald Dahl and Harper Lee. These look excellent printed on A3 and used as part of classroom displays, library work or even for decorating for open evenings.

This resource is tailored for the EDUQAS specification. As a current EDUQAS examiner for Language Component 1, I am skilled in creation of accurate paper questions. This singular Microsoft Word resource includes: an extract from a story (similar in length to those that the examining body EDUQAS use) 5 questions, worth 40 marks, following the same format as EDUQAS use I have used this resource with my class as a walking talking mock which has been brilliantly effective, especially when using the visualiser. It could also be set as a complete Language Component 1 Part A mock examination. Another paper in the same styling can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12676309

This resource is tailored for the EDUQAS specification. As a current EDUQAS examiner for Language Component 1, I am skilled in creation of accurate paper questions. This singular Microsoft Word resource includes: an extract from a story (similar in length to those that the examining body EDUQAS use) 5 questions, worth 40 marks, following the same format as EDUQAS use I have used this resource with my class as a walking talking mock which has been brilliantly effective, especially when using the visualiser. It could also be set as a complete Language Component 1 Part A mock examination.

A short baseline unit used with year 7 on Heroes and Villains as an introduction to their Greek Mythology unit. This contains seven lessons as below: What are heroes and villains? How are monsters different to villains? How can I create effective description in my writing? How can I use ambitious vocabulary to improve my writing? How can I improve the accuracy of my writing? Baseline assessment Assessment feedback All resources are provided for the unit and all feedback greatly appreciated!

This collection of 5 worksheets are excellent for using with teaching Macbeth remotely. They could be used with any KS4 groups, but I have recently used them with my set 3 year 10s. These worksheets have ALL instructions and resources included so students can manage their work at their own speed and without direct instruction from a teacher. All 5 worksheets are on Microsoft Word and contain a mixture of activities to engage students in their reading of Shakespeare’s Macbeth.

This lesson is a free resource on Ted Hughes’ poem ‘Esther’s Tomcat’. It is part of a 19 lesson SOL which is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/year-7-8-nature-poetry-complete-sol-12419991

This complete SOL includes: 19 lessons (all on PowerPoint) 5 homework sheets (perfect for use on Microsoft Teams or for printing) A mid-term plan explaining the overview for the entire scheme All attached worksheets and resources This nature SOL has been created this year. I wanted to move away from focusing wholly on ‘the greats’ of nature poetry; instead of finding Keats and Wordsworth littering these lessons, you will find a wealth of contemporary and - dare I say it - more engaging poems for our younger students to sink their teeth into. All of the lessons are presented on Microsoft PowerPoint and are engaging to the class with a use of images alongside a wide variety of tasks to stimulate all learners. To see one example of the scheme for free, please follow this link: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/esther-s-tomcat-free-yr-7-8-poetry-lesson-12419996 This scheme includes lessons on the following poems: First Ice by Andrei Voznesensky A Martian Sends a Postcard Home by Craig Raine Umbrella by Rhianna The Silence of The Snow by Ruth Velenski Esther’s Tomcat by Ted Hughes A Bird by Emily Dickinson Blackberry-Picking by Seamus Heaney Nettles by Vernon Scannell Digging by Seamus Heaney Mosquitoes by Aimee Nezuhkamatetil Trees by Joyce Kilmer Leisure by W H Davies Fog by Helen Cadbury Lizard by Martha Close The Fish by Elizabeth Bishop The Shark by E J Pratt

This resource has been created by myself in an aim to support my students with their home learning of Macbeth - a surreal necessity at the minute! It’s a Microsoft Word document with enough annotations to ensure a good understanding of this Shakespeare text. This does not include really high level analysis and development but it does make this fantastic resource accessible to all ability levels. I would suggest that this would prove a good resource to use in any of the following situations: Remote learning Accompanying resource for classroom teaching Homework setting Booklet creation for students who have missed Macbeth lessons (i.e. students off school with long-term illness) Please find a link here to the FREE download for the annotations of act one scene two - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/free-macbeth-act-1-scene-2-annotations-12282841

This resource has been created by myself in an aim to support my students with their home learning of Macbeth - a surreal necessity at the minute! It’s a Microsoft Word document with enough annotations to ensure a good understanding of this Shakespeare text. This does not include really high level analysis and development but it does make this fantastic resource accessible to all ability levels. I would suggest that this would prove a good resource to use in any of the following situations: Remote learning Accompanying resource for classroom teaching Homework setting Booklet creation for students who have missed Macbeth lessons (i.e. students off school with long-term illness) Please find a link here to the FREE download for the annotations of act one scene two - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/free-macbeth-act-1-scene-2-annotations-12282841

This resource has been created by myself in an aim to support my students with their home learning of Macbeth - a surreal necessity at the minute! It’s a Microsoft Word document with enough annotations to ensure a good understanding of this Shakespeare text. This does not include really high level analysis and development but it does make this fantastic resource accessible to all ability levels. I would suggest that this would prove a good resource to use in any of the following situations: Remote learning Accompanying resource for classroom teaching Homework setting Booklet creation for students who have missed Macbeth lessons (i.e. students off school with long-term illness) Please find a link here to the FREE download for the annotations of act one scene two - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/free-macbeth-act-1-scene-2-annotations-12282841

This free resource has been created by myself in an aim to support my students with their home learning of Macbeth - a surreal necessity during the Coronavirus outbreak! It’s a Microsoft Word document with enough annotations to ensure a good understanding of this Shakespeare text. This does not include really high level analysis and development but it does make this fantastic resource accessible to all ability levels. I would suggest that this would be a good resources to use in any of the following situations: Remote learning Accompanying resource for classroom teaching Homework setting Booklet creation for students who have missed Macbeth lessons (i.e. students off school with long-term illness) Although this resource is free, it is just a sample of the whole text annotations that I have created. Please find a link here to the download for the annotations for the entirety of Macbeth’s Act One - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-act-1-annotations-12284655

This scheme of work was created after some EDUQAS training I was lucky enough to receive. It is an incredibly useful short scheme of work which sets out to teach a very formulaic response to the main 5 question types used in Language Component 1 - the fiction reading element of the exam. This scheme contains: 8 complete lessons (PowerPoint) Typed fiction extracts - ready to use! Modeled responses and exam answers Attached homeworks Please leave comments and reviews, all are gratefully received. Thank you

This resource is a bookmark designed for use in One Of Us Is Lying by Karen McManus. I have started created these bookmarks as so many of my (secondary age) students struggle finding books that they enjoy reading. Sometimes, getting them to even pick up a book is tricky! I am aiming to make picking a book easier through the use of these bookmarks. I hope it can be of use to you and your students, Any feedback greatly appreciated.

This resource is a bookmark designed for use in Boy Underwater by Adam Baron. I have started created these bookmarks as so many of my (secondary age) students struggle finding books that they enjoy reading. Sometimes, getting them to even pick up a book is tricky! I am aiming to make picking a book easier through the use of these bookmarks. I hope it can be of use to you and your students, Any feedback greatly appreciated.

This resource is a bookmark designed for use in The Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson. I have started created these bookmarks as so many of my (secondary age) students struggle finding books that they enjoy reading. Sometimes, getting them to even pick up a book is tricky! I am aiming to make picking a book easier through the use of these bookmarks. I hope it can be of use to you and your students, Any feedback greatly appreciated.

This resource is a set of 13 mini-quizzes designed to test students’ understanding of plot and key quotations needed in the studying of Romeo and Juliet. Each quiz is 4 or 5 questions long and the answers are included on a separate slide. Research shows that revision in short-bursts supports students with the recall that is necessary for the English Literature GCSE exam. I use this 5-a-day revision resource to support my year 10 and 11 students with their recall of their Shakespeare text. Any feedback is greatly appreciated. Enjoy!

I created this resource for use with my year 11 class who are following the EDUQAS specification, although this revision resource would be useful to any exam board where Blood Brothers by Willy Russell is a set text. The revision lesson is mainly discussion led and then I gave them the print out of the PPT afterwards for them to take home as it contains higher-level points and very detailed notes that we didn’t have time to delve into during an hour long revision session. This lesson includes: tasks organising character cards by theme (class/money, nature vs nurture, fate/superstition, coming of age/growing up and violence) reorganising character cards into order of importance (e.g. which character do you feel the most sympathy for) a model on how to ‘explode’ quotations and then examples for students to try two exam-style questions for students to mind-map responses to All feedback gratefully received, Enjoy!