I am an English teacher who designs resources for KS3, 4 and 5 students with particular focus on AQA GCSE and A-level courses (both literature and language). My resources range from revision booklets to full schemes of learning, and I pride myself on high-quality resources which are engaging and accessible to a range of learners.
I am an English teacher who designs resources for KS3, 4 and 5 students with particular focus on AQA GCSE and A-level courses (both literature and language). My resources range from revision booklets to full schemes of learning, and I pride myself on high-quality resources which are engaging and accessible to a range of learners.
This resource is designed for A-Level students on the AQA English Literature B course to practise AO1 skills for the Paper 2 exam (Elements of Crime Writing). The resource includes a literary glossary for students to define key terms and keep as a handy revision guide, and a key theories tasks for students to use alongside information sheets about Sigmund Freud’s ‘Theory of the Unconscious’ and Jacques Lacan’s ‘Objet A’ (both of which are useful for band 4/5 students to apply, especially in Section A - Unseen extract). These theories are challenging and will really boost marks if understood by learners, and these information sheets break down the theories in ways that are accessible to those just beginning to look at critical theory.
Hope you find it helpful :)
Attached is a PDF ready-to-print version and an editable Publisher version (please note some elements of formatting may change in the editable version).
This resource was designed for students on the AQA English Literature B course (Paper 2A: Elements of Crime Writing) to use alongside their study of Ian McEwan’s novel Atonement. The document consists of 40 revision cards (8 per A4 sheet on each character) that can be printed double-sided and then laminated for longer use. The task encourages students to identify and revise their knowledge of key quotations about each of the main characters (full list below) according to various ‘Section B-style’ statements about key interpretations of the text (particularly useful for AO2 and 5). The doument is fully editable so teachers can differentiate the documents by adding in their own key quotations if necessary.
Characters covered:
Briony Tallis - 8 cards
Cecilia Tallis - 8 cards
Robbie Turner - 8 cards
Emily Tallis / Leon Tallis - 4 cards each
Paul Mason / Lola Quincey - 4 cards each
Files included: a ready-to-print PDF version and editable Publisher document
Hope you find it useful :)
This rescource is designed to guide students through using ABCDEF structure to structure language analysis paragraphs that zoom in on quotations, link to wider context/genre conventions and discuss the significance of authorial methods. It descibes the process, includes a writing frame and a model answer.
The file includes: a ready-to-print PDF version of the document and an editable Publisher version.
** Please note: the resource was originally designed for AQA Lit B students to analyse Keats’ ‘Eve of St Agnes’, however it can be also used for the Unseen Poetry component of AQA GCSE English Lit. or easily adapted to suit other papers/courses/exam boards.**
This slideshow was originally made for A-Level students to revise some key quotations from DOAS in a revision session. It looks at four quotations in detai (two from Keats and two from DOAS)l and unpicks the language used, linking this to overall significance and tragic features. There is also an example paragraph on each slide to show how students might write this information up into an exam-style response. There are black template writing frames at the end for students to work through an answer together on the board or have a go at writing their own.
This resource works particularly well with the DOAS / KEATS key quotations flashcards (for sale in my TES shop) as this resource uses quotations and key themes found in those resources.
This worksheet is a great way to revise Shakespearean historical context (with KS3, KS4 and KS5) and embed numeracy into English lessons. The worksheet contains an equation with numbers missing. Students must use the clues about Shakespeare’s life (all with numerical answers) to correctly complete the equation.
This is ideal for all GCSE and A-Level specifications including AQA, Edexcel, OCR and Eduquas.
Included in this resource:
worksheet and answer sheet (PDF version and editable Publisher version)
Hope you find this resource useful :)
This resource is designed to enable students to analyse key quotations and memorise them for the closed book exam (AQA Lit Paper 1). This booklet contains lots of key quotations from the Keats Poetry cluster and covers all four poems (Lamia, Eve of St Agnes, La Belle Dame Sans Merci and Isabella). Each card is double sided: the front side contains the quotations, some sign-posted key themes/analysis ideas and ample space for students annotate and the back side encourages students to consider the significance of this particular quotation to the text as a whole (a key requirement of this paper).
This resource also contains 2 slideshow for teachers to use to revise knowledge of the key quotations. The first has every quotation as it appears in the flashcards and the second is a revision quiz with words missing from the quotations to allow students to practise their retention of key vocabulary for the closed book exam.
Included in this file: ready-to-print PDF version of the flashcards booklet and editable Publisher version, and Powerpoint slideshows for the teacher-version and revision quiz.
This bundle is ideal for students on the AQA A Level Literature course for Paper 1B (Aspects of Tragedy). It contains flashcard templates for key quotations from both DEATH OF A SALESMAN and the KEATS POETRY CLUSTER to aid students in memorising them before their closed-book exam.
Cards are double-sided and allow ample space for students to annotate quotations and discuss significance to the text as a whole. Each card has some key ideas to sign-post important interpretations and a list of key themes in each of the texts is included also.
Also included are some slideshows useful for teachers: an ‘interactive whiteboard version’ of all the flash cards (to model annotations etc.) and a revision quiz version with some key words missing from each quotation to help test learners’ retention.
Included in this file: 4 x slideshows (2 whiteboard versions/2 revision quizzes) and 2 full sets of flash cards (ready-to-use- PDF version and an editable Publsiher file).
Please note there is also a free resource (Keats/ DOAS model answers and writing frame) available in my TES shop to support these resources.
This bundle includes 9 complete Paper 1 exam papers (both question paper and insert booklet) that are fully formatted to ‘AQA-style’ (see cover image). Each contains both the reading and writing sections and provides space for students to write their answers onto the resource. They can be used in-class as exam practice or as summative in-school assessments to track progress. The papers incldue a wide variety of literature from the 20th century (both novels and short stories) and as such, are also ideal for use with KS3 and 4 students to introduce them to relevant wider reading sources (see full list of sources below). Also included are templates for both the exam paper and insert booklet for you to create your own resources, a feedback/reflection grid to aid with marking and a template for creating indicative content sheets.
Included with this file: Microsoft Word versions of exam papers and a Publisher and PDF version of feedback/reflection grid
Authors included: Katherine Mansfield, Colin Dexter, D.H. Lawrence, F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Steinbeck, Joseph Conrad, Winnifred Watson, Richard Bausch and Geoffrey Dutton.
** Please note these exam questions are not provided with indicative content however a complimentary teacher feedback/student self-evaluation sheet is included to enable you to individualise and differentiate the marking process according to the needs of learners.**
This bundle of six worksheets helps students to revise key quotations for all main characters in An Inspector Calls (Arthur, Sybil, Sheila, Gerald, Eric and Inspector Goole). It is ideal for KS3, KS4 and KS5 students studying the play for GCSE or A-Level. The worksheets are not exam board specific so are relevant for AQA, Edexcel, and OCR.
Each sheet chooses 3 key quotations and encourages students to recall key vocabulary using anagram puzzles, and explain the relevance of the quotations to the play overall. The worksheets also contain an ‘essay-style’ CHALLENGE prompt.
This resource includes:
6 worksheets with CHALLENGE activities - PDF versions and editable Publisher documents
6 answer sheets
I hope you find this resource useful :)
This bundle is ideal for teachers following the AQA GCSE syllabus. It contains two quizzes - 1 x A Christmas Carol quiz and 1 x Power and Conflict Poetry quiz.
These quizzes are ideal for revising students’ knowledge of A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens) and Power & Conflict Poetry (AQA Anthology) and is appropriate for KS3, 4 and 5. They are designed to cover key aspects of the text in a way that is fun and engaging. It is packed with key quotations and the slideshow is complete with onscreen timers.
This file includes everything you need for both quizzes:
a fully resourced slideshow of questions with onscreen timers
a student answer sheet (PDF version and editable Publisher version)
I hope you find this resource useful :)
This bundle contains 12 crosswords, designed to enable students to learn/revise key quotations from Priestley’s An Inspector Calls. Included are resources focusing on all of the key characters (Arthur, Sybil, Sheila, Gerald, Eric, Inspector) and six key themes (women, work, responsibility/duty, time/the past, social class/society, guilt). This resources is ideal for GCSE students to revise key quotations for their exams and also to introduce the text to KS3 and 4 students. Each one is ideal for use as a lesson starter and also for students to create a bank of over 50 key quotations from the text.
This file contains a ready-to-use PDF document and an editable Publisher version. Included are the crossword grids and an answer page.
This bundle contains 24 crosswords designed to help students revise key quotations from Macbeth and An Inspector Calls. They will needs to recall specific words and phrases from these quotations in order to solve the puzzle which will help to improve their retention accuracy.
Each bundle is focused around each of the key characters and some key themes.
Files contain both a ready-to-print PDF versions and editable Publisher versions.
This resource is designed to help students learn and analyse key quotations from the AQA Power and Conflict Poetry Anthology in a way that is fun and engaging. Students must allocate words by filling in the gaps as the teacher shouts them out. The design of this resource means that it can be used over and over again with the same classes without getting repetitive as new combinations of words can be used each time. It contains a bundle of thirty different bingo grids (two about each of the 15 poems) that are filled with key quotations and a list of suggested ‘bingo calls’ for teachers (literary terms, key themes, motifs/emotions). It is ideal for KS4 students as a revision resource and for KS3 as an introduction to the texts.
File includes: ready-to-print PDF versions of the documents and an editable Publisher version.
This quiz contains 47 questions, and is ideal for revising students’ knowledge of A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens) and is appropriate for KS3, 4 and 5. It is designed to cover key aspects of the text in a way that is fun and engaging. It is packed with key quotations and the slideshow is complete with onscreen timers.
The quiz contains 4 rounds:
1-Story Puzzle (key events from the text)
2- TRUE or FALSE (focused on Stave 1)
3- Name that ghost (key quotations from the ghosts)
4- Who said what? (key quotations from other characters)
This file includes everything you need for this quiz:
a fully resourced slideshow of questions with onscreen timers
a student answer sheet (PDF version and editable Publisher version)
I hope you find this resource useful :)
This booklet consists of 10 ‘5-A-DAY’ worksheets designed to encourage your GCSE students to revise their knowledge of A Christmas Carol
Each worksheet encourages students to RECALL important characters and events, REMEMBER key quotations, REDRAFT an example sentence to practise their SPAG skills, REVISE how to plan for an essay question and REACT to a critical statement using their knowledge of the text to justify their opinions.
These sheets can be completed in 10-15 minutes and make a great starter activity or homework task. The booklet also comes with an answer page for every worksheet making them also ideal for cover lessons (by encouraging students to write their response to the example essay question they planned in the REVISE section of the worksheet).
This booklet consists of 10 ‘5-A-DAY’ worksheets designed to encourage your GCSE students to revise their knowledge of Blood Brothers.
Each worksheet encourages students to RECALL important characters and events, REMEMBER key quotations, REDRAFT an example sentence to practise their SPAG skills, REVISE how to plan for an essay question and REACT to a critical statement using their knowledge of the text to justify their opinions.
These sheets can be completed in 10-15 minutes and make a great starter activity or homework task. The booklet also comes with an answer page for every worksheet making them also ideal for cover lessons (by encouraging students to write their response to the example essay question they planned in the REVISE section of the worksheet).
Designed to support GCSE students when analysing different types of literature texts, these colourful A4 glossaries are perfect for laminating as classroom tools or for sticking into exercise books as a revision resource. You will receive an editable Publisher version as well as a ready-to-print PDF version.
These are a great way to scaffold students’ knowledge and provide them with support with their independent writing. These resources are particularly useful to close gaps after absence and support SEN needs.
You will receive:
Shakespeare glossary (Shakespearean language, dramatic devices, useful vocabulary)
Poetry glossary (Parts of a poem, words to describe mood/tone, poetry techniques)
Novel analysis glossary (Parts of a novel, Words to describe a setting / object, words to describe a character
Modern text glossary (Parts of a play, words to describe the effect on the audience, other useful vocabulary)
This resource is designed to enable students to analyse key quotations and memorise them for the closed book exam (AQA Lit Paper 1). This booklet contains lots of key quotations from Death of a Salesman and covers the main characters in the play (Willy, Charlie, Ben, Linda). Each card is double sided: the front side contains the quotations, some sign-posted key themes/analysis ideas and ample space for students annotate and the back side encourages students to consider the significance of this particular quotation to the text as a whole (a key requirement of this paper).
This resource also contains 2 slideshows for teachers to use to revise knowledge of the key quotations. The first is a teacher version of the quotes flashcards and the second is a revision quiz with words missing from the quotations/symbols to allow students to practise their retention of key vocabulary for the closed book exam.
Included in this file: ready-to-print PDF version of the flashcards booklet and editable Publisher version, and Powerpoint slideshows for the teacher-version and revision quiz.
This is a revision workbook designed to support the 2017 spec. AQA A-Level English Language and Literature Paris Anthology exam question.
It is a twenty-five page booklet, designed to help students engage with and write towards the Assessment Objectives. There are also activities to revise knowledge of the anthology and wider context of Paris. It also contains a practise question generator and information to support students using the mark scheme to evaluate their responses.
This SOL should last approximately seven weeks, and is designed to introduce students to the GCSE text 'An Inspector Calls' by J.B Priestley. Each lesson comes with a PowerPoint slideshow and any required resources. It is designed to be supported by the 2015 BBC adaptation of the play.
It is comprised of seven mini units (see image) that are somewhat interchangeable and can also be used as standalone mini-units for revision. It was originally designed to scaffold GCSE skills for a high ability Year 9 group, however has worked successfully with KS4 groups as an introduction to the text.