24 exemplar questions for AQA English language paper 1, question 5. The questions are useful for lessons, revision or home study. There are a variety of exam options based on the possible variations of the questions - 1) story based on the picture/write a description 2) description based on the picture/write a story 3) description based on the picture/write a description 4) story based on the picture/write a story. All of these options have been a part of the exams in June and November re-sits since 2017, obviously they are original questions that haven’t been on the exams.

An introduction to the first part of the play. There are some interesting ideas about ‘shrews’ in this PowerPoint. There are 24 slides.

This is a full lesson based on two questions from AQA’s English Literature paper 2- one based on Power and Conflict - Remains by Simon Armitage. There is a quick ‘do now’ activity and a model what/how/why paragraph based on the question. This is very useful for revision, that also looks in depth at the park scheme and indicative comment. I’ve used it recently and have told my Year 11s and they responded really well to the lesson.

Here are four checklists for the AQA English language paper 1 Reading section of the paper. Each checklist gives guidelines for the four reading questions to help students process what they have to do in the exam. At the top of each resource is an overview of the question and then there is a step by step guide of how to tackle the question.

Ten mock exam questions for AQA’s A-level English literature Love Through the Ages Shakespeare questions. The questions cover the entire play.

36 exemplar questions for AQA English language paper 2, question 5. There are a variety of writing styles as determined by the AQA syllabus (speech / letter / article / leaflet / essay). They are very handy for revision, class teaching or home study.

The Taming of the Shrew - Exam questions. An ideal resource for home study for A-level English literature students. There are seven questions based on The Love Through The Ages AQA English literature exam (Spec A). These questions are different to the other resources I have placed on TES Resources.

This is a full lesson based on an extract from Stave 5. There is a ‘do now’ activity and a model what/how/why paragraph based the the extract. Useful for revision. I’ve used it today and have told my Year 11s this is my prediction for the the real AQA English literature paper 1 exam.

This is a full lesson based on an extract from Act 3, Scene 4 - Banquo’s ghost. There is a ‘do now’ activity and a model what/how/why paragraph based the the extract. Useful for revision. I’ve used it today and have told my Year 11s this is my prediction for the the real AQA English literature paper 1 exam.

A detailed knowledge organiser for My Boy Jack, scenes 1 and 2. Ideally for AQA English literature A-Level WW1 and its aftermath option 3.

Updated 2025: This is a knowledge orgainser for the poem ‘England to Her Sons’ by WN Hodgson. This is a part of the ‘Up the Line to Death’ poetry anthology that is used for the AQA A-level English Literature paper ‘WW1 and its Aftermath’ Option 3 which is compared to ‘The Wipers Times’ by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman. It’s an excellent resource for revision and has been used several times by myself.

Updated 2025: This is a knowledge orgainser for the poem ‘Air-Raid’ by Wilfrid Gibson. This is a part of the ‘Up the Line to Death’ poetry anthology that is used for the AQA A-level English Literature paper ‘WW1 and its Aftermath’ Option 3 which is compared to ‘The Wipers Times’ by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman. It’s an excellent resource for revision and has been used several times by myself.

An exemplar question, structure grid and model answer for a description for English language, question 5 paper 1. There is also a PowerPoint. This has been developed from a student’s work. It has been updated due to the feedback given.

A detailed analysis of Wilfred Owen’s poem ‘The Sentry’ on PowerPoint. Each stanza is annotated in depth and their are slides with contextual background. I’ve used this for AQA A-level English literature (Up The Line to Death) but this could easily be adapted for GCSE English literature, especially a more able group.

**Here are individual checklists for the five different types of writing AQA have stated could be on English Language Paper 2. There is a checklist and three exemplar questions for an article, essay, leaflet, letter and speech. Each checklist is at least one lesson’s worth of resources. **

A PowerPoint presentation based on Robert Service’s poem ‘Tipperary Days’ from the Up the Line to Death anthology. It is relevant to the AQA A-level English literature paper WW1 and Its Aftermath. The the poem is annotated in detail and there is an outline of the war, and where several of the poems from the anthology fit into the timeline of the war.

A PowerPoint presentation based on the Siegfried Sassoon poem ‘To Any Dead Officer’ from the Up the Line to Death WW1 anthology. The presentation has a contextual overview and a stanza by stanza detailed analysis.

An exemplar question, structure grid and a model answer for a description. A tiny girl is trapped in a violent crowd behind a barded wire fence. There is a PowerPoint with a fully annotated answer. Updated 2021.

This is a full lesson based on an extract from Act 5, Scene 5 - Macbeth’s hubris and Lady Macbeth’s death. There is a ‘do now’ activity and a model what/how/why paragraph based the the extract. Useful for revision. I’ve used it recently and have told my Year 11s this is one of my predictions for the the real AQA English literature paper 1 exam this year.