These knowledge organisers provide a quick guide for pupils to help them write effective answers for AQA English Literature paper 1 and paper 2 with poetry on one side and fiction on the other. Keep them on your classroom desks to use as writing mats, or give them to students to revise from. Each one features: -A breakdown of each question, and suggestions of how to plan for each one, - sentence starters, - discourse markers, - analysis prompts, - poetic, structural and language technique lists. A3 size. Print on both sides to make them flippable! For more resources like this - including an editable version of these writing mats - please take a look at my other resources and follow me on twitter: @MissGOToole.

I created this resource as I was struggling to find a word bank suitable for secondary school students, so this is suited for AQA Language Paper 1, Section B tasks, but could also be used across other phases and exam boards. Prints A3 size so that all words are visible, the categories are divided into colour-coded sections for sensory language, setting, colour and characterisation. Within these sections there are lists of words that describe: - Texture - Taste/smell - Sound - Brightness/darkness - Clarity / opacity - Shape - Speech - Body movements - Size: small/large - Good weather/ bad weather - Temperature: hot/cold - Positive personality traits - Negative personality traits - Positive emotions - Negative emotions - Colour: black, brown, grey, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, white If you like this resource, feel free to take a look at my shop and follow me on twitter @MissGOToole.

These fully editable revision worksheets invite students to consolidate their knowledge on: - Each act and scene of the play - Their top five moments for each act - Key actions and quotations for each character at various points in the play - Key themes - Key methods They make a great activity within a lesson, or for homework revision.

A list of key events in 'A Christmas Carol', originally used as a card sort but can also help with revision. Please take a look at my other resources in my TES shop, and on twitter @MissGOToole.

20 important quotations from Macbeth on my custom-painted watercolour background. File is PDF format for your convenience: adjust your printer settings to '2 pages per sheet' to get these posters in postcard size. -Please note: there are similar prints like this available in my store for 'Blood Brothers' and 'A Christmas Carol', if you happen to be teaching these texts like me!

20 important quotations from 'A Christmas Carol' on my custom-painted watercolour background. File is PDF format for your convenience: adjust your printer settings to '2 pages per sheet' to get these posters in postcard size. -Please note: there are similar prints like this available in my store for 'Blood Brothers', AQA 'Power and Conflict' poetry and 'Macbeth', if you happen to be teaching these texts like me!

20 important quotations from 'Blood Brothers' on my custom-painted watercolour background. File is PDF format for your convenience: adjust your printer settings to '2 pages per sheet' to get these posters in postcard size. -Please note: there are similar prints like this available in my store for 'Macebth', 'A Christmas Carol', and AQA 'Power and Conflict' poetry if you happen to be teaching these texts like me!

A handy guide to help pupils use WET RATS to analyse quotations and incorporate this into paragraphs. Example paragraph included. WET RATS stands for: Words Effects Techniques Reader response Authorial intent Themes/ Time Structure If you like this resource then please take a look at my other TES resources and follow me on twitter, @MissGOToole.

Simply play the powerpoint and these key quotations will cycle rapidly until you click your mouse. Ask students to name who said the quote, what it's about, and when in the novel it occurs. Great as a quickfire starter to check pupil knowledge. If you like this resource then please check out my other TES resources and follow me on twitter: @MissGOToole

This resource is an anthology of 180 unseen poetry questions for AQA GCSE English Literature (2017). There are 120 poems in the collection, organised by theme and with contents pages. There are 120 unseen question 1 tasks and 60 unseen question 2 tasks in the pack. The poetry is grouped into themes of: Love (20 poems) Family (10 poems) Friendship (10 poems) Nature (10 poems) Animals (10 poems) Childhood and Growing up (10 poems) School (10 poems) Characters (10 poems) Different Cultures and Traditions (10 poems) Loss (10 poems) Conflict and Disaster (10 poems) In powerpoint format for easy display and printing, or PDF if you prefer. This resource could also be adapted for KS3 anthologies.

A fully editable knowledge organiser on Shakespeare's 'Macbeth', suitable for AQA English Literature revision. A4 size. Resource contains: - Plot summary by act with key moments in bold - Character list - Contextual information - Key techniques used by the author - Key Quotations - High-level vocabulary that can be used to describe the main characters/ act as topic sentence starters If you like this then please take a look at my other TES resources and follow me on twitter @MissGOToole

This A4 sheet provides an overview of the requirements of AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 including marks, AOs assessed, question types and time management suggestions, as well as: - Instructions for differentiating between structure and language, and how to tackle the different questions relating them - How to plan answers for the writing components of the exam Hope you find it hepful!

These strips are a great companion to my TEACH paragraph writing checklist. While the latter is an expanded version suitable for all ability levels, this resource is a bright, colourful and concise version that can be laminated and used as a bookmark or guide alongside work. The PowerPoint version can be edited for your convenience, and the PDF version is the original formatting. Complete with sentence starters and straightforward guidance on what to include for each section of the paragraph.

This lesson helps students to understand what exactly imagery is. Students engage with a variety of examples of imagery from literature, before getting the opportunity to listen to and respond to a poem themselves. I have used this lesson with KS3 and KS4 students for poetry and descriptive writing, but it could work across a variety of ages and abilities.

A fully editable knowledge organiser on Willy Russell's 'Blood Brothers', suitable for AQA English Literature revision. A4 and A3 versions of the resource are included in the download for your convenience. Resource contatins: - Plot summary by act and song - Character list - Contextual information - Key techniques used by the author - Key Quotations by character - High-level vocabulary that can be used to describe the main characters/ act as topic sentence starters If you like this then please take a look at my other TES resources and follow me on twitter @MissGOToole.

15 posters on my custom-painted watercolour background. Each poster contains the title of the poem from the AQA 'Power and Conflict' anthology, the poet, and a selection of key quotes from that poem. File is PDF format for your convenience: adjust your printer settings to '2 pages per sheet' to get these posters in postcard size. -Please note: there are similar prints like this available in my store for 'Macebth', 'Blood Brothers' and 'A Christmas Carol', if you happen to be teaching these texts like me!

A fully-resourced 6 week scheme of lessons for Key Stage 3 (based on 4 lessons a week at 50 minutes/ 1 hour each). I created this scheme for my Year 7 class, but have also taught it across Year's 8 and 9. It remains the most popular unit I teach amongst pupils, and provides and overview of Greek mythology and ideas designed to increase their cultural capital. I assessed this unit through a spoken language presentation, but it would also lend itself to reading or writing assessments. Resources included: - Overview of the order of teaching - Printable copies of all myths: Uranus and Gaea, Zeus and Kronos, Prometheus, Pandora, Persephone, Sisyphus, Tantalus, Oedipus, Midas, Narcissus and Echo and Odysseus. - Powerpoints for all 15 lessons - some of which are double lessons. Each lesson starts with a SPaG task that recaps previous learning, and ends with a philosophical question for discussion. Various activities accompany each of the key myths and links are made to any relevant vocabulary - e.g. Narcissistic from the Narcissus and Echo myth. - Ultimate mythology quiz, which covers all the content from the unit. - Suggested homework: research project on a God or Goddess. Included is a PowerPoint images of all the Gods, Goddesses and creatures mentioned, that you can show pupils to get them excited for their project, as well as an example student presentation. Key Topics: - The purpose of mythology/ the creation myth - Archetypes - Empathy - Morality and immorality - Crime and punishment - The Oracle, fate and prophecy - Literary allusions (linked to Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet') - Heroism (including the tragic hero) I loved teaching this scheme and hope you will too! If you have any questions (e.g. if Greek mythology is a new topic for you), then feel free to contact me on twitter @MissGOToole and I will be more than happy to discuss with you. :)

A PowerPoint presentation and Word worksheet that recaps key moments in Act 4 of Macbeth. The lesson includes: - Summarising task and comprehension tasks for key moments. - Key moments that are condensed, sequenced and extracted (can easily be printed for pupils). - Tasks asking students to link to themes, evaluate the importance of themes, depict the act and explain key quotations. - Consolidation worksheet for students to complete in class or as homework revision. I have used this resource with my KS4 students to revise for AQA English Literature, Paper 1. We spent several lessons going through this presentation in detail, but it can also be skimmed through at a quicker pace if you have less time.

A PowerPoint presentation and Word worksheet that recaps key moments in Act 3 of Macbeth. The lesson includes: - Summarising task and comprehension tasks for key moments. - Key moments that are condensed, sequenced and extracted (can easily be printed for pupils). - Tasks asking students to link to themes, evaluate the importance of themes, depict the act and explain key quotations. - Consolidation worksheet for students to complete in class or as homework revision. I have used this resource with my KS4 students to revise for AQA English Literature, Paper 1. We spent several lessons going through this presentation in detail, but it can also be skimmed through at a quicker pace if you have less time.