A great starter activity for The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

A learning grid for Romeo and Juliet

Here is a really useful scaffold for any poetry analysis lesson

The initial description of Shmuel

A friendship starter for The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

Using Jane Eyre as a comparison, students are asked to compare The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas to this classic novel using a comparison chart and finally the example to help support their writing.

Here is a great little worksheet which ask students to explore how the writer creates foreshadowing in “Birdsong”.

Want to start a book club with your students for Art Speigleman’s Maus? Well with these questions you can.

Getting bored of reminding students of the generic poetry analysis they can include in their anthology and unseen work? This helpful sheet indicates most of the form and structure analysis students will need to secure the very highest grade. It can also be edited to suit the needs of your learners. Enjoy

Perfect for revision, here is an AQA exam style question which can be adapted to suit any exam board. Enjoy

Revision lessons feeling tired? Need something to engage your students? Revision clocks are just the ticket. This resource is an entire lesson which simply requires you to tell the students every 6 minutes (I teach 50 minute lessons but I have included additional tasks if teaching an hour or wishing to create homework). The multiple tasks require students to work hard and fast if they are to complete the activities. I have used this with my classes and it has been superb. The resource includes the following topics (each their own lessons): Macbeth, An Inspector Calls, A Christmas Carol and the Power and Conflict section of the AQA anthology. You will not regret using this.

Here is a fantastic set of resources to create 'flow' (or whatever you want to call it) in your lessons. Use the grids to create a grid reference via dice or a method of your choosing. Students then have to locate a second grid reference in order to create a link between the two images. For the literature texts, this requires students to find a quote in order to justify their ideas. Images can be literal as well as metaphoric. There are also grids for the AQA conflict poems, Macbeth and A Christmas Carol (for more able students to compare the two together) amongst others. Other grids include creative writing tasks (select an image and use it within their sentence), selecting a task and many more.

Want to quickly ascertain full mark analysis of form, structure and language? Well, this will certainly, help! This quick revision video well give you all you need in order to support your students in their quest for full marks. Please ensure to see the huge variety of other revision videos by visiting the channel. Enjoy and feel free to share with others.

Need a comprehensive guide with full mark examples for your students undertaking the new AQA A-Level Literature A specification? Look no further. Here are a complete set of power-points which explain the planning and writing process required for each question in the exam. There are also notes on planning complete with full mark examples (please note that not all of these are full essays) for you to use with your students in various ways. These resources are a great way to save yourself time as well reinforce the resources you have already created- enjoy!

Revision lessons getting formulaic and tired? Try this revision lesson to liven things up a bit. All required resources are attached with the focus being “Macbeth” and “A Christmas Carol” . With multiple rounds to test their knowledge and skills, your sure to have a lesson which you’ll all enjoy. You’re Welcome!

Here is a lesson which should prove useful. This covers all four reading questions for the AQA language paper 1, including method and example answers. There is also suggestions as to what should be the next steps for your students (and you) as a teacher to ensure pupils are ready for the exams. Enjoy

Here is a lesson plan and resource you will truly enjoy using. Based on Henry V as the main task (“once more…”) this lesson will help students analyse how writer’s are able to persuade their listeners. Feel free to adapt to suit the needs of your students. Enjoy

Want all the main aspects of plot, context, evidence and analysis of character and theme but haven’t got the time to put it all in one place? Look not further. Enjoy

Need a grade 9 example and exam question but don’t want to waste time producing it? Look no further. Feel free to adapt this resource to meet the needs of your classes. Further revision videos can be found using the YouTube link to The English Teacher playlist. You will find hundreds of other videos for you usage in this area.