This is a booklet which covers the 1997 TV version of Stone Cold by the BBC. It has rough timings as to when students should be able to answer the question from. Covers a range of Bloom’s skills. Can be used either as an activity during teaching or post-reading recap. There is a link to the episodes on Youtube provided for access.

The board will need to be printed on A3 and could be laminated for reuse. This is a really good way of getting students to revisit their learning and knowledge of the characters, themes, context and events of the play in a fun and independent way. I have used this before and the students really enjoy it. All you will need is some dice to play. You could get students to think of their own questions and tasks too as an extension/challenge.

This is a booklet which covers the 2015 The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas film. It has rough timings as to when students should be able to answer the question by and bares in mind methods used by the director and Boyne whilst allowing them to compare the two media types. Covers a range of Bloom’s skills. Can be used either as a pre-reading activity or post-reading recap.

Reminders of timings and methods of answering questions.

Mats that students can use to remind them of the mark criteria and what they should be looking for in the English Language Paper 2. Can be used for self or peer assessment or as revision.

Revision lesson that can be done independently or as a carousel.

Can be used for peer or self assessment or even for revision.

Key information and suggestions of how to revise.

15 lessons which cover all of the poems. They encourage the students to become more independent and I have included lots of videos to engage them. My classes seemed to enjoy them and got a lot out of the lessons. Includes challenge activities working through Bloom’s. Includes an exam style question/task for each poem with a focus on writer’s intention.

Mini glossaries of words that students may not understand from the AQA Power and Conflict section. I get my students to stick them in to help them understand words they are not sure of. These could be adapted so that students have to find some of the definitions for themselves.

3 lessons based on the AQA spec to be used with KS3.

Covers plot, characters, themes, context and techniques/terminology.

This is a booklet which covers the 2005 film version of Pride and Prejudice by Joe Wright. It has rough timings as to when students should be able to answer the question from. Covers a range of Bloom’s skills. Can be used either as an activity during teaching or post-reading recap.

The board will need to be printed on A3 and could be laminated for reuse. This is a really good way of getting students to revisit their learning and knowledge of the structure/form, themes, context and messages of the poems in a fun and independent way. I have used this before and the students really enjoy it. All you will need is some dice to play. You could get students to think of their own questions and tasks too as an extension/challenge.

This is a booklet which covers the 1988 film version of Hound of the Baskervilles by Peter Hammond. It has rough timings as to when students should be able to answer the question by. Covers a range of Bloom’s skills. Can be used either as an activity during teaching or post-reading recap.

This is a booklet which covers the 1996 film version of James and the Giant Peach by Henry Selick. It has rough timings as to when students should be able to answer the question from. Covers a range of Bloom’s skills. Can be used either as an activity during teaching or post-reading recap.

A short 2 slide ppt. getting students to consider the mistakes they make and reflect on their work.

This resource would be best enlarged onto A3 and could be used during teaching this paper, before an assessment or after a marked piece of work in order for students to make improvements. This focuses solely on the reading section of Language Paper 2 and uses ‘One’s Company’ and ‘Records of a Girlhood’ (2023 exam) as its focus. It is three pages in length. The sections could be potentially highlighted by students or folded to look less overwhelming and to seem more like a bookmark style tool. This is a grid which includes the key things to remember about the reading section emphasis on the importance of the context box at the top of the extract what each question looks like (based on ‘One’s Company’ and ‘Records of a Girlhood’ (2023 exam) questions they should ask themselves for each question to help reading for meaning how to plan (or what I tell mine to do) what should be included to gain specific levels with a short example sentence openers a rough breakdown of marks for grade boundaries the mark scheme with bracketed simplification of some words for students to understand

This resource would be best enlarged onto A3 and could be used during teaching this paper, before an assessment or after a marked piece of work in order for students to make improvements. This focuses solely on the reading section of Language Paper 1 and uses ‘The Life of Pi’ (2023 exam) as its focus. It is three pages in length. They sections could be potentially highlighted by students or folded to look less overwhelming and to seem more like a bookmark style tool. This is a grid which includes the key things to remember about the reading section emphasis on the importance of the context box at the top of the extract what each question looks like (based on ‘The Life of Pi’ 2023 paper) questions they should ask themselves for each question to help reading for meaning how to plan (or what I tell mine to do) what should be included to gain specific levels with a short example sentence openers a rough breakdown of marks for grade boundaries the mark scheme with bracketed simplification of some words for students to understand