An extended selection of Q5 tasks to get students writing to argue and/or persuade. Very useful for class debates, developing essay writing skills and exam prep.

A lesson based on using different sentences and language devices to produce a piece of creative writing from Juliet's p.o.v. The worksheet can be used as a starter or homework task, depending on group ability.

A lesson (graded as outstanding for an observation) on analysing sentence structures. Aimed at high ability groups but easily differentiated for lower down the attainment scale.

This is a useful revision resource for students. It includes a detailed overview of each character in the play and their role/purpose. There is also a wealth of quotes for each character, and theme.

This is a unit of work based on The Twits aimed at EAL/lower ability students at KS3. It covers a range of skills including comprehension, creative writing, and general grammar and literacy. Could also be used with KS2.

This is a set of six practice papers for the AQA GCSE Language Paper 2 with questions 1 through to 5. They come complete with feedback lessons so that you can get students to self/peer assess their work.

A 6 week scheme of work to take students through some of the main characters and themes of Great Expectations. Full lesson powerpoints and lots of worksheets/activities.

A set of 3 English Language Paper 1 practice papers and feedback lessons. Can be used as individual questions or mini mocks for students. Feedback lessons allow them to peer assess questions, or they can be used to respond to teacher marking.

A set of lessons covering 6 weeks that focuses on non-fiction. Geared towards the AQA Language Paper 2 specification but covers skills of inference, analysis, summary and comparison.

A set of lessons and an extract to approach the AQA English Language Paper 1 exam.

A short activity to get students to identify simple or compound sentences. Useful as a starter, plenary or a revision activity.

A text based activity that asks students to identify the different types of sentences in an extract. Key for annotation provided and can work to consolidate understanding of sentences types or as a creative writing exercise to see how sentence structures work together to create effects.

This is a comprehensive set of seven English Language Paper 1 style exam papers covering all five questions on the paper. The papers use a range of texts and work well as a revision booklet, individual lesson exam practice or a homework bundle.

A range of English Language Paper 2 Q5 tasks to get students thinking and writing.

A collection of Literacy posters focusing on parts of speech, punctuation, poetic techniques and other key terminology. Brightly coloured, easy to read and clear they brighten up any classroom and make an excellent resource for students to use to help their own understanding.

A set of seven practice papers to consolidate and revise English Language Paper 2 reading skills.

A series of (at least) three lessons introducing students to Gothic literature. This was used as a pre-teaching unit before starting Jekyll and Hyde to explore conventions. Can also use the extracts as the basis for a Language Paper 1 Q5 descriptive writing task.

A word search based on Great Expectations handy as a starter or entrance activity.

A word search based on Romeo and Juliet. Handy as a starter or entrance activity.