This resource is made up of five lessons, an editable 126-slide PowerPoint and 32 worksheets. It is a complete unit of work for Year 10/11 students who are following the AQA GCSE English Language course. It explains how to produce a piece of effective descriptive writing as required by the AQA GCSE English Language exam. Activities and lessons cover: An introduction to descriptive writing Examples of exam questions with pictures and example answers Examples of descriptive writing for analysis Planning and structuring using the ‘zoom’ method Using the senses to create imagery How to use descriptive devices - metaphors, personification, similes, sentence variety, imagery, vocabulary, semantic fields and show not tell Exploring the AQA GCSE Mark Scheme and assessing example responses And much more! Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: GCSE English Descriptive Writing KS3 Descriptive Writing Descriptive Writing - Year 7/8 Descriptive Writing - Year 5/6

This AS/A Level English Literature teaching resource deals with the the main themes explored in Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. The resource contains numerous questions and talking points, designed to stimulate independent thinking for examination and to encourage critical thinking skills. It explores the AQA Assessment Objectives, using questions and prompts to engage the learner and facilitate quality answers. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Rebecca - Mrs Danvers Rebecca - The Narrator Rebecca - Maxim de Winter Rebecca - A Level Unit of Work Rebecca - Bundle

Compound Sentences - KS3 (21-slide editable PowerPoint lesson with 5 worksheets) This lesson is aimed at KS3 pupils who are relatively confident with simple sentences and need to progress onto compound sentences. After a recap of the basics of simple sentences, pupils are introduced to the concept of compound sentences, coordinating conjunctions and the popular acronym FANBOYS (For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So). Pupils will then use the ‘Coordinating Conjunctions in Action’ worksheet to help them respond to a range of differentiated tasks aimed at helping them to develop their confidence in the use of compound sentences. The lesson concludes with a brief plenary in which students identify and correct the mistakes in six compound sentences. Suggested answers are provided for all tasks. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more KS3 Essential English resources: Adjectives - KS3 English Essentials Capital Letters - KS3 Essential English Full Stops - KS3 Essential English Skills Question Marks - KS3 Essential English Inference Skills - KS3 Essential English Simple Sentences - KS3 English Essentials

A Christmas Carol - WJEC Eduqas GCSE English Literature Exam Question (67-slide editable PowerPoint with 9 worksheets) This teaching resource provides a step-by-step guide to the Eduqas GCSE English Lit exam question on A Christmas Carol. It tracks through the paper and explains how to produce an effective answer under exam conditions. It offers guidance on approaching the question, planning and managing time effectively. It explains how to structure and write a higher band answer and asks students to study a range of exemplar exam responses which they are required to mark using the Eduqas GCSE English Literature mark scheme. Learners are then given an exam question and extract and are required to write a response under exam conditions. The resource includes an editable PowerPoint presentation, question papers, mark schemes, extracts and exemplar responses in PDF format. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below for more GCSE resources for A Christmas Carol: A Christmas Carol (GCSE) Stave 1 A Christmas Carol (GCSE) Stave 2 A Christmas Carol (GCSE) Stave 3 A Christmas Carol (GCSE) Stave 4 & 5

OCR GCSE English Reading Non-fiction Texts is a 94 slide PowerPoint presentation with 9 accompanying worksheets and 9 step by step lessons specifically designed to teach reading non-fiction texts in preparation for the OCR GCSE English Paper 1 exam - Communicating Information and Ideas. The lessons contain a range of tasks, skills and activities, including: An Introduction to the OCR GCSE English Paper 1 exam - Communicating Information and Ideas. How do audience and purpose affect non-fiction texts? How to follow an argument in a non-fiction text. How are fact and opinion used in non-fiction texts? Analysis of common language techniques used in non-fiction. And much more… Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Reading Non Fiction and Media Texts AQA GCSE English Reading Non-fiction Texts Edexcel GCSE English Reading Non-fiction Texts

This three-lesson mini-unit is designed to help GCSE students develop their reading assessment skills. It is made up of a 43-slide PowerPoint presentation, 7 worksheets and an assessment task using an extract from the crime novel ‘A Gun for Sale’. Contents: Lesson One An introduction to the ‘Reading Fiction’ section of the GCSE English exam How to approach the exam task Analysing an extract - first and second reading Understanding unfamiliar vocabulary, consolidation and using deduction skills How to write an extended answer about language Lesson Two How to refer to the text and use quotes effectively How to write about structure How to answer a 20 mark evaluation question effectively A 45-minute assessment task Lesson Three Feedback and discussion of student responses All five GCSE-type assessment questions and answers explored in detail Exemplar answers for all five questions GCSE Reading Fiction Comprehension has everything you need to help you develop essential exam skills. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: GCSE English Language - Reading Fiction Comprehension 2 KS3 Comprehension – A Gun for Sale KS3 Comprehension - Frankenstein KS3 Comprehension - Jamaica Inn KS3 Comprehension Bundle

KS3 Comprehension - Frankenstein This three-lesson mini-unit is designed to help Year 9 learners develop their comprehension skills with an eye towards GCSE. It is made up of a 51-slide PowerPoint presentation, worksheets and a comprehension test using an extract from Frankenstein. Contents: Lesson One An introduction to comprehension at upper KS3 and GCSE How to approach a comprehension task (the dos and don’ts) Approaching an extract - first and second reading Understanding unfamiliar vocabulary, narrative consolidation and using deduction skills How to write an extended answer about language and the writer’s use of techniques Lesson Two How to refer to the text and use quotes effectively How to write an extended answer about structure A 45-minute comprehension task Lesson Three Feedback on pupil responses to the tasks and discussion of success criteria All five comprehension questions and answers explored in detail Exemplar answers for all five questions Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: KS3 Comprehension – A Gun for Sale KS3 Comprehension - Jamaica Inn KS3 Comprehension Bundle GCSE English Language - Reading Fiction Comprehension GCSE English Language - Reading Fiction Comprehension 2

Winter Swans This two-lesson mini-unit explores Owen Sheer’s ‘Winter Swans’ in detail. Designed for GCSE pupils studying AQA’s Love and Relationships Poetry, this resource looks at the poem in depth and explains how to compare it to other poems from the anthology. The resource is made up of a 52-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and 4 accompanying worksheets. The two lessons contain the following: Lesson One Context – A brief outline of Owen Sheers and factors that may have inspired the poem. First Contact – An initial reading of ‘Winter Swans’ with a glossary included. Comprehension questions with example answers. Language and imagery – Analysing ‘Winter Swans’ in detail. Exploring key imagery and answering questions that delve deeper. Model answers provided. Essay Writing – An essay question to assess initial understanding. An example answer is included. Lesson Two Themes – Analysing the themes of ‘Winter Swans’ - Romantic love, nature and distance Structure and Form – How Sheers uses rhyme, rhythm, caesura and enjambment. The GCSE Exam – Comparing ‘Winter Swans’ with other poems from the anthology. Model answer included. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below for more AQA Anthology Poetry - Love and Relationships resources: When We Two Parted Love’s Philosophy Porphyria’s Lover Sonnet 29 – ‘I think of thee!’ Neutral Tones The Farmer’s Bride Eden Rock Mother, Any Distance Before You Were Mine Walking Away Follower Letters From Yorkshire Singh Song! Climbing My Grandfather AQA GCSE Anthology Poetry Love and Relationships Pack

Love’s Philosophy This two-lesson mini-unit covers Shelley’s ‘Love’s Philosophy’ in detail. Designed for GCSE pupils studying AQA’s Love and Relationships poetry, this resource explores the poem in depth and explains how to compare it to other poems from the anthology. The resource is made up of a 48-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and 5 accompanying worksheets. The two lessons contain the following: Lesson One Context – A brief outline of Shelley, Romanticism and other influences behind the poem. First Reading – An initial reading of ‘Love’s Philosophy’ with a glossary included. Comprehension questions with example answers. Language and imagery – Analysing ‘Love’s Philosophy’ in detail. Exploring key imagery and answering questions that delve deeper. Model answers provided. Essay Writing – An essay question to assess initial understanding. An example answer is included. Lesson Two Themes – Analysing the themes of ‘Love’s Philosophy’ – Romantic love, nature and longing. Structure and Form – How Shelley uses stanzas, rhythm and rhyme. The GCSE Exam – Comparing ‘Love’s Philosophy’ with ‘Winter Swans’ and ‘When We Two Parted’. Model answer included. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below for more AQA Anthology Poetry - Love and Relationships resources: When We Two Parted Porphyria’s Lover Sonnet 29 – ‘I think of thee!’ Neutral Tones The Farmer’s Bride Eden Rock Mother, Any Distance Before You Were Mine Walking Away Follower Letters From Yorkshire Winter Swans Singh Song! Climbing My Grandfather AQA GCSE Anthology Poetry Love and Relationships Pack

Letters From Yorkshire This free to download two-lesson mini-unit covers Maura Dooley’s ‘Letters From Yorkshire’ in detail. Designed for GCSE pupils studying AQA’s Love and Relationships poetry, this resource explores the poem in depth and explains how to compare it to other poems from the anthology. The resource is made up of a 45-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and 4 accompanying worksheets. The two lessons contain the following: Lesson One Context – A brief outline of Maura Dooley and influences behind the poem. First Reading – An initial reading of ‘Letters From Yorkshire’ with a glossary included. Comprehension questions with example answers. Language and imagery – Analysing ‘Letters From Yorkshire’ in detail. Exploring key imagery and answering questions that delve deeper. Model answers provided. Essay Writing – An essay question to assess initial understanding. An example answer is included. Lesson Two Themes – Analysing the themes of ‘Letters From Yorkshire’ – family relationships, nature, distance and longing Structure and Form – How and why Dooley uses free verse and enjambment. The GCSE Exam – Comparing ‘Letters From Yorkshire’ with other poems from the anthology. Model answer included. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below for more AQA Anthology Poetry - Love and Relationships resources: When We Two Parted Love’s Philosophy Porphyria’s Lover Sonnet 29 – ‘I think of thee!’ Neutral Tones The Farmer’s Bride Eden Rock Mother, Any Distance Before You Were Mine Walking Away Follower Winter Swans Singh Song! Climbing My Grandfather AQA GCSE Anthology Poetry Love and Relationships Pack

A Christmas Carol - Scrooge and the Charity Collectors This GCSE resource enables learners to explore Scrooge’s response to the charity collectors in Stave One of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. It includes a differentiated ‘Do Now’ activity, in which pupils work in pairs to answer ten short-answer questions under timed conditions. In order to answer these questions, learners will need to have read from the beginning of the novella up until to Fred’s departure. Learners feedback their answers to ‘earn’ the right to participate in a ‘Catchphrase’-style activity in which they must work out what the picture behind the squares is showing. (The image is Hogarth’s ‘In the Madhouse’, a representation of the inside of Bedlam.) After this, learners will read from ‘There’s another fellow…’ down to ‘…a more facetious temper than was usual with him’. The main activity is for learners to analyse how Dickens presents Scrooge’s wilful ignorance of the harsh reality of life for the poor. They will use the information and ideas in a context sheet to consider the significance of five important quotations from the passage. This task contains three levels of challenge. At higher levels, learners will reflect on the methods that Dickens is using to convey Scrooge’s ignorance of the hardship that others face. The lesson concludes with learners writing down five things they have learnt during the lesson. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE resources for Stave 1 of A Christmas Carol: Introducing A Christmas Carol at GCSE A Christmas Carol - Introducing Scrooge A Christmas Carol - Scrooge Vs Fred A Christmas Carol - The Workhouse A Christmas Carol - Thomas Malthus A Christmas Carol - Marley’s Ghost A Christmas Carol - The Penitent Spirits A Christmas Carol - The Rich and the Poor

A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits (Lesson 2) (19-slide PowerPoint based lesson with 5 worksheets) This second lesson enables GCSE learners to continue to examine Dickens’ presentation of the Cratchit family in Stave 3 of A Christmas Carol. Please note that it focuses on the following passage: From: ‘“Whatever has got your precious father, then?”’ Down to: ‘…they soon returned in high procession.’ The lesson begins with a ‘Do Now’ starter activity in which learners examine three images, each one representing a reason why Dickens might have chosen the surname Cratchit for Scrooge’s clerk and his family. The aim is for learners to try to interpret each image and identify the reason it represents. Answers are included. This is followed by a revision task in which learners create a mind map summarising what they have already learnt about the Cratchits. Following on from this, learners will read the passage indicated above and undertake a crossword task to test their understanding. Learners will then analyse Dickens’ presentation of the Cratchit family by responding to questions on a passage-based worksheet. Suggested answers are included on the PowerPoint. The lesson concludes with a quick plenary that asks learners to study an image of Bob Cratchit and Tiny Tim returning home and relate it to what they have learnt during the lesson. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE resources for Stave 3 of A Christmas Carol: A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Present A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Present Part 2 A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Present Part 3 A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 1 A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 3 A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 4 A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 5 A Christmas Carol - Tiny Tim A Christmas Carol - Fred’s Christmas A Christmas Carol - The Market Scene A Christmas Carol - The Miners and the Lighthouse A Christmas Carol - Ignorance and Want

A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Past (15-slide PowerPoint and 4 worksheets) This GCSE resource enables learners to explore Dickens’ presentation of the Ghost of Christmas Past. Contents include: A differentiated starter activity that encourages learners to revise characters, quotations and ideas from Stave One. Activities exploring how Dickens presents the Ghost of Christmas Past and why Scrooge yearns to see the Ghost put on its extinguisher cap. Learners use a sheet of visual clues to help them interpret key details from Dickens’ description of the Ghost. The lesson concludes with a differentiated review which asks learners to examine three images and suggest how they relate to Scrooge. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE resources for Stave 2 of A Christmas Carol: A Christmas Carol - Scrooge’s Childhood A Christmas Carol - Old Fezziwig A Christmas Carol - Fezziwig and Scrooge A Christmas Carol - Scrooge and Belle A Christmas Carol - Belle’s Family

A Christmas Carol – Tiny Tim (14-slide editable teaching resource with three worksheets) This GCSE lesson begins with a starter activity that encourages students to reflect on some of Stave Three’s underlying moral issues. There are then further questions which require pupils to recall key ideas about Tiny Tim and consider why Dickens included this character in A Christmas Carol. The central activity is for students to make a mind map which explores the function of Tiny Tim in A Christmas Carol. This will involve selecting and applying relevant information from an ideas and context sheet. The lesson concludes with a quick review that asks learners to identify five things that they have learnt in the lesson. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE resources for Stave 3 of A Christmas Carol: A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Present A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Present Part 2 A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Present Part 3 A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 1 A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 2 A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 3 A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 4 A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 5 A Christmas Carol - Fred’s Christmas A Christmas Carol - The Market Scene A Christmas Carol - The Miners and the Lighthouse A Christmas Carol - Ignorance and Want

Limericks - Year 7 This Lower KS3 lesson teaches pupils about limericks in a fun and engaging way. First, it provides examples of limericks and explains the ‘rules’ of limericks. It then provides a task that requires students to explore the examples and discuss the poems regarding layout, structure and language. The second half of the lesson explains how to write a limerick. Learners are given a scaffolded approach and an example to help them construct a class and then individual limerick. The resource is differentiated using ‘Gold’, ‘Silver’ and ‘Bronze’ activities to help all children achieve. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar poetry resources: Limericks - KS2 Acrostic Poetry - KS2 Acrostic Poetry - KS3 Cinquain Poetry - KS2 Cinquain Poetry - KS3 Sonnets - KS2 Sonnets - KS3 Tanka Poetry - KS2 Tanka Poetry - KS3 Free Verse Poetry - KS2 Haiku Poetry - KS2 Narrative Poetry - KS2

The Highwayman - Unit of Work - Teaching Resources The Highwayman is a unit of work containing a 128-slide PowerPoint, 26 PDF worksheets and 15 lessons. This engaging scheme of work explores the poem verse by verse, analysing its narrative, characters, themes and language through a range of stimulating activities. These teaching resources can be used with either Year 6 (KS2) or Year 7/8 (KS3) depending on the ability of the students. Our unit for The Highwayman includes planning (planning provided with a 15-lesson unit of work overview), a fully editable PowerPoint teaching resource and 26 accompanying PDF worksheets. The resource can be used to teach a whole class text or as part of a guided reading programme. Activities contained in the lessons include: Engaging verse by verse activities to consolidate understanding as children read through the poem Analysis of the characters of The Highwayman, Bess and Tim the ostler Exploration of the poem’s key themes Developing knowledge and understanding of poetic devices – similes, metaphors, building tension, tone and mood Using Point/Evidence/Explain to write about the poem Alfred Noyes’s ‘message’ – exploring the author’s purpose Cloze and sequencing activities to consolidate understanding Analysis of language in detail Role play - hot-seating activities to aid understating of characters Developing understanding of key characters through empathy writing activities Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below for similar poetry units: The Lady of Shalott Conflict Poetry Christmas Poetry

Parts of Speech - Nouns, Adjectives, Verbs and Adverbs KS2 - Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation ‘Parts of Speech - Nouns, Adjectives, Verbs and Adverbs’ is an English grammar teaching resource covering four parts of speech - nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs. Content includes: A PowerPoint presentation Activities to support the teaching of these objectives with two accompanying worksheets One further worksheet ‘Parts of Speech - Nouns, Adjectives, Verbs and Adverbs’ is fully editable and gives teachers the freedom to adapt the resource, if needed, to suit all their teaching requirements.

Haiku - Year 3 and 4 Poetry (19-slide PowerPoint and 5 differentiated worksheets) This resource introduces Year 3/4 children to haiku poetry with several examples, and guides them through the steps of how to write a haiku. The differentiated worksheets offer different levels of support for the children to write their own haiku. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar KS2 poetry resources: Spring Haiku Summer Haiku Autumn Haiku Winter Haiku Acrostic Poetry Cinquain Poetry Free Verse Poetry Sonnets Tanka Poetry Narrative Poetry

Holes - Year 6 ‘Holes - Year 6’ is a complete unit of work for the Louis Sachar novel ‘Holes’. This editable PowerPoint teaching resource contains 23 lessons with 27 accompanying worksheets. It explores the following in detail: Youth detention in the USA and boot camps The historical context of the American South (racial segregation, civil rights, Jim Crow laws) Analysis of the characters of Stanley Yelnats, Mr Sir, Mr Pendanski, The Warden, Kate Barlow, Sam and Zero Exploring key themes - crime and punishment, friendship, redemption Key features of a novel – narrative hooks, building tension, setting the scene Writing about the book using Point/Evidence/Explain Louis Sachar’s purpose and viewpoint Activities to consolidate understanding of the plot Language study in key scenes Hotseating activities Empathy writing tasks - diary and letter writing – to show understanding of plot, character and themes To preview ‘Holes - Year 6’ please click on the images. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see resources for other popular upper KS2 / lower KS3 novels: Holes - KS3 The Silver Sword War Horse The Demon Headmaster Skellig Charlotte’s Web Billionaire Boy Charlie and the Chocolate Factory A Christmas Carol