A practice National Reading Test for KS3 students to prepare for their NRTs. The paper has been designed to also develop key WJEC GCSE English Language skills including ‘Words in Context’ questions, ‘Access, Search and Retrieve’, ‘Sequencing’ and ‘Multiple Choice’ comprehension questions. This test uses a short but complex text about tourism in Wales to help students practise comprehension using dense writing. An answer sheet is included.

This is a National Reading Test designed to prepare Year 8 students. It is a challenging text about an article on spiders by Charlie Brooker. The text is very challenge so helps readers deal with tricky vocabulary. I have used it in my 'Room 101' KS3 unit of work. The NRT is direct preparation for WJEC English Language GCSE with 'words in context', 'sequencing' and 'access, search and retrieve'. An answer sheet is included to make peer assessment an effective option that will help reduce workload for the teacher.

This is a National Reading Test designed to prepare Year 9 students. It is based on a narrative text about a first day of high school. I wrote it to mimic what students will need to write a narrative in Unit 2 Section B of the WJEC English Language examination. The NRT is direct preparation for WJEC English Language GCSE with 'words in context', 'sequencing' and 'access, search and retrieve'. An answer sheet is included to make peer assessment an effective option that will help reduce workload for the teacher.

An A3 annotated copy of 'Brothers' by Carol Ann Duffy. It covers all comments on the writer's techniques and comments as well as a comprehensive overview of the poem. This is very useful to help cover all poems in the anthologies without taking too much time, revision materials or to help students catch up with poems missed in class.

A practice National Reading Test for KS3 students to prepare for their NRTs. The paper has been designed to also develop key WJEC GCSE English Language skills including 'Words in Context' questions, 'Access, Search and Retrieve', 'Sequencing' and 'Multiple Choice' comprehension questions. This test uses a short extract from The Highwayman to help students practise comprehension using poetry. An answer sheet is included.

An A3 annotated copy of 'As Bad as a Mile' by Philip Larkin. It covers all comments on the writer's techniques and comments as well as a comprehensive overview of the poem. This is very useful to help cover all poems in the anthologies without taking too much time, revision materials or to help students catch up with poems missed in class.

A revision sheet introducing A-Level students to the context of Keats’ ‘La Belle Dame Sans Merci’. This resource is designed to give students a grounding of the poem’s context prior to study. It explains the poem’s derivation from Chartier’s medieval original, explains the original plot and how it differs from Keats’ version, gives an introduction to the ballad as a form, contextual information on ‘Circe’ and the Greek myth being alluded to, the conventions of the ‘Femme Fatale’ archetype, contextual details on Keats’ views on the imagination, and a limited number of direct quotations from notable critics. Given the WJEC’s weighting of context in the A-Level English Literature exam, I use this sheet as a starting point for students to conduct wider contextual study. I have produced a revision sheet/introduction to each of the WJEC prescribed list of Keats’ poems and you may find it useful to download these too.

A PowerPoint designed to teach exam technique for the comprehension questions of the WJEC English Language Unit 1 exam. It covers how to answer 'What' questions and 'How' questions. It shows how to answer the questions, a past paper (Blind Bill) in sections so each can be done with the students, an example answer for each question, a breakdown of acceptable answers and the mark scheme. It is a high quality resource and designed to engage students. Excellent for C/D borderline English students.

This lesson is designed to give WJEC English Literature A Level students an excellent understanding of the turbulent succession of the monarchy during Shakespeare’s lifetime. The PowerPoint is visually appealing and informs about the Kings and Queens important to a thorough understanding of King Lear. The resource tracks the turbulence created by Henry VIII’s movement from Catholicism to Protestantism and tracks this turbulence until the succession of James I to the throne. An understanding of Tudor monarchy moving into Stewart monarchy is essential if students are to engage with context. The PowerPoint also introduces The Divine Right of Kings.

A worksheet to record key notes and quotations about the Ghost of Christmas Past in Stave 1 of A Christmas Carol.

A Point, Evidence, Explanation grid to help students to structure an essay on The Gresford Disaster ballad.

A 57-slide PowerPoint presentation designed to teach students about historical figures who have experienced extended period of isolation. As a first lesson back in school, this resource teaches of Anne Frank, the Chilean Miners, and Alexander Selkirk - all of whom students will be able to notice similarities with their own experiences of isolation. The PowerPoint has embedded video clips, tasks and culminates in a piece of writing about their lockdown experiences,

A 44 slide PowerPoint presentation guiding Year 10/11 students through the Welsh Writing in Wales unit for WJEC English Literature controlled assessment. It is a full unit of work taking them from considering the titles of 'My Box' by Gillian Clarke and 'In September' by John Ormond. Tasks include title analysis and predictions, mind maps on different ideas, annotation of stanzas, research of poetic techniques, proofreading activities and teaching how to structure essays using the PEE method with an example.