A simple but effective sheet on which students can analyse their own analysis to enable them to see what points on the mark scheme they are hitting. I have used this successfully in my lessons for a number of years, photocopying the sheet on to A3 and ensuring the students stick their essays in the middle before annotating their own analysis.

A simple but effective sheet on which students can analyse their own analysis to enable them to see what points on the mark scheme they are hitting. I have used this successfully in my lessons for a number of years, photocopying the sheet on to A3 and ensuring the students stick their essays in the middle before annotating their own analysis.

Either a revision activity or an activity in the middle of studying the play, this is a great resource to help students focus on and find for themselves the key aspects of Sheila Birling’s character. I’ve used this many times with my classes over the years and it is an effective resource.

A spelling test with a twist - there are ten words from the play that students have to spell, but they also have to reveal the quotation from which the word has been taken and who said it. This is a good way to revise the language in the text and help students remember key phrases from the play. I have used this a number of times with my classes and they have loved it!

This is an exemplar response to a question 5 on AQA English Language Paper 2. The exemplar features a number of writing techniques for students to explore and annotate. This is useful for the 2022 exams in which AQA have stated it will be an article on English language paper 2.

A revision clock on the play Macbeth - handy for revision, cover or homework. Covers a number of key factors in the play.

A revision clock focusing on some key factors in the play. Ideal resource for cover, revision or homework.

A PowerPoint focusing on the unseen poetry questions for English literature paper 2 for 2022 exams only. The presentation focuses on the exam break down and then two unseen poetry questions based on ‘Sometimes’ by Sheenagh Pugh and ‘The Orange’ by Wendy Cope. The theme of the questions is positivity - which might be needed during this academic year!

A World Cup 2018 quiz consisting of five round of ten questions. There is a true or false round, a national flags of competing nations round, a round based on England players in their youth, a round based on the host nation, Russia and a World Cup general knowledge round. This quiz can be used in tutor time and across the curriculum.

A POWERPOINT QUIZ OF FOUR ROUNDS, TOGETHER WITH AN ANSWER SHEET AND A POWERPOINT OF THE ANSWERS. ROUND ONE - POET? PLAYWRIGHT? OR BOTH ROUND TWO - WHO WROTE THE POEM? ROUND THREE - FILL IN THE BLANKS ROUND FOUR - TRUE OR FALSE?

A quick idea to help students compare some key themes in An Inspector Calls.

A PowerPoint looking at the structure of the text - how the animals gathering on the knoll in chapter 2 differs to them gathering in the same place in chapter 7. There is also a set of introduction activities, spelling test and quiz.

A PowerPoint focusing on the idea of giving the students three minutes in a pair to discuss a question, concept or idea regarding the poems from the Love and Relationships cluster.

A PowerPoint investigating the presentation of Mrs Birling. The PowerPoint includes a starter activity and an exemplar piece of analysis.

A whole lesson PowerPoint based on the poem ‘Before You Were Mine’. Close analysis of the entire poem looking at the implicit meaning of the ideas in the poem.

A whole lesson PowerPoint focusing on the poem ‘Letters From Yorkshire’. This lesson investigates the implicit meaning in the poem.

A revision clock activity for ‘An Inspector Calls’.

A comprehensive booklet for students, offering advice on content for question 5 including linguistic devices, sentence structures and several exemplar questions - I’ve even added one of my own photographs of The Angel of the North! My classes have found this resource extremely useful.

A PowerPoint focusing on helping students understand Shakespeare - related to The Merchant of Venice.

AQA A-level English Literature - Love Through the Ages - The Taming of the Shrew Question