A fun activity to encourage students to identify common cliches in their narrative writing. Helpful for exam prep for WJEC and AQA.

Worksheets to aid narrative planning for section B of the exam. Tasks focus students on the characteristics of successful answers by asking them to ‘upgrade’ poor plans and to continue exemplar openings. Works well as a class or as independent homework tasks. Includes poster with key reminders which is a useful revision tool.

A simple breakdown of questions to ask in an unseen poetry exam, as a handy flashcard. Aimed at WJEC Eduqas, but easily transferable.

Useful example essays to stretch more able students. Clear overview ppts for lessons on the genre of comedy and on the performance history of the play.

A bundle of ‘A Christmas Carol’ example responses and extract questions. Designed for WJEC/Eduqas exam, but useful for teaching key passages of the novel.

Useful example essay on Macbeth’s role as a gothic protagonist. Excellent for high achievers to annotate with success criteria or use as a model.

A grade 6 example answer on ‘Hawk Roosting’ and ‘To Autumn’. Students can annotate with success criteria and use as a model for future responses.

Fun starter for introduction dystopian fiction. Fact or fiction worksheet. Students must guess which are real news stories and which are dystopian fiction.

A band 5 passage based response on Act 1 Scene 1 of ‘Twelfth Night’, written by an examiner. Students can annotate with assessment objectives or use as a model for their own responses.

Exemplar essay on dark undercurrents in ‘Small Island’. Great for students to annotate with successes or against assessment objectives. Useful preparation for Paper 1b.

A good grade 5 example formal letter, with a focus on clearly organised paragraphs. Useful at GCSE for transactional writing preparation.

A Trump inspired short dystopian story. Useful example for preparing students for narrative writing in controlled time frames. Estimated grade 8.

Sheets explaining comma splicing and fragmented sentences, with exercises to fix these common GCSE errors.

Example controlled descriptive pieces. Aimed at WJEC/Eduqas GCSE, but would work for other specifications.

Simple, controlled narratives as examples for GCSE narrative writing. Aimed at WJEC/Eduqas, but could be used for any GCSE specification narrative tasks.

A detailed revision booklet for AQA Literature B. Detailed suggestions for our texts: ‘Twelfth Night’, ‘Earnest’ and comic poetry. Easily adapted to other texts and genres.

An independent enquiry into the history of the gothic genre on film. Aimed at A Level literature students, but would work well with able GCSE students as preparation for 19th century gothic texts. Films can all be found on Youtube- links in the ppt.

Useful revision cards for ‘Macbeth’. Can be printed and laminated to be used as flashcards or turned into a key ring. Perfect for A Level or able GCSE students.

Cards of useful quotations for Wuthering Heights. Can be printed and laminated to be turned into key rings or used as flashcards.

A fun version of the game Articulate, to encourage revision of key elements of the Gothic genre. Aimed at A Level Literature, but would work well with able Secondary groups too. Print in colour and laminate for best results.