This lesson has been designed for learners studying AQA English Literature for the Power and Conflict anthology. The lesson helps learners to understand some of the key themes and quotations in the poem and how these relate to the anthology as whole. If you liked this lesson then please check out our shop for more lessons and resources uploaded each week.

This lesson has been designed for anyone studying GCSE English language. The lesson goes through how to approach a key question in transactional writing (paper two question five) The lesson includes a detailed planning sheet as well as an example response. If you liked this lesson, then please check out our shop for more lessons and resources uploaded each week.

This resource is a quiz that helps learners to test their understanding of some of the key quotes in the play, The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare. The quiz includes key quotes and gets learners to stretch themselves to recall where they occur within the play. If you liked this resource then please check out our shop for more lessons and resources updated each week.

This resource is a quiz testing learners understanding of some of the key language techniques in preparation for the writing assessment. The quiz largely focuses on DAFORREST techniques, and a few higher-level techniques needed for level two and GCSE English. If you liked this resource, then please check out our shop for more lessons and resources uploaded each week.

This lesson was designed for anyone studying Functional Skills Level One or Level Two. The lesson goes through the key details in the writing assessment and helps learners understand the key skills needed to pass the assessment and the course. If you enjoyed this lesson then please check out our shop for more lessons and resources uploaded each week.

This lesson has been designed for learners studying An Inspector Calls for English Literature. The lesson goes through a key character question, tests learners understanding of key quotes and includes a model response. If you liked this lesson then please check out our shop for more lessons and resources uploaded each week.

This is a fully differentiated lesson that can be taught over two hours and helps learners to develop their ability at approaching exam-style questions. The lesson looks at the description of the Island as well as helping learners to consolidate their understanding of key themes and characters within the novel. This lesson works well both online and face-to-face and has been tried and tested with my own groups. If you liked this lesson, then please check out my shop for more lessons and resources uploaded each week.

This lesson has been designed for anyone studying Jane Eyre for AQA English Literature. The lesson goes through key details, quotations and scenes from Thornfield Hall and helps students to understand the impact it has on the novel as a whole. If you liked this lesson, then please check out our shop for more lessons and resources uploaded each week.

This lesson has been designed for anyone studying for anyone studying English Language for AQA. The lesson goes through a create writing activity to help learners understand how to craft a response rather than simply using language techniques without any substance. If you enjoyed this lesson, then please check out our shop for more lessons and resources uploaded each week.

This lesson has been designed for anyone studying An Inspector Calls for English Literature for AQA. The lesson goes through the importance of the theme of social class, key quotations and support on how to approach an exam question on the topic. If you enjoyed this lesson, then please check out our shop for more lessons and resources uploaded each week.

This lesson has been designed for anyone studying Functional Skills English level one, level two or ESOL. The lesson looks over word class and adjectives and also a typical writing question that may appear in the exam. The lesson helps learners to practise both reading and writing skills. If you liked this lesson, then please check out our shop for more lessons and resources uploaded each week.

This planning sheet was designed to help students build the skills they need to appropriately attempt the writing section of the functional skills exam. There are tasks to build skills with spelling, grammar and punctuation and helps them to plan a successful written response. If you found this resource helpful then please see my page for more lessons, which are updated each week.

This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at Act One Scene Five of the play Romeo and Juliet. The lesson focuses on the argument between Tybalt and Lord Capulet at the ball. The lesson helps learners to annotate a key extract and write an exam response. The lesson also has a link to additional revision material to help learners revise some of the key characters in the play. If you liked this lesson, then please check out our bundle for more lessons on Romeo and Juliet.

A mock paper for English language: Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing. The resource is a mock paper using a short story and looks at Q1-Q4. It also includes links to free video lessons going through the extract and helping learners to understand language and structure. If you liked this lesson, then please check out our YouTube channel for more free resources.

I put together this A3 sheet to help my students plan and write question five of paper 2 Writer’s viewpoints and Perspectives. I have tried to break it down to make planning easy, and included a punctuation task to help improve in this area. If you liked this resources, then please check out my shop for more.

This is a fully differentiated lesson on helping students to understand colloquial phrases and the different dialects of the British language. The lesson has been planned with the new functional skills reform in mind and is a short sample of the kind of activities I use in my other lessons. Each of my lessons have been tried and tested, with more resources added on a weekly basis.

This is a simple reading test designed for learners studying level one or level two of functional skills English. The resource has been designed around a recent news article about how people have overcome difficulty during the current crisis. If you liked this resource then please check out my page for more resources uploaded each week. Full lesson on this topic soon to follow.

This is a resource created for learners studying the English functional skills qualification. The resource looks at some of the issues facing people during lock-down and allows learners to assess their reading and writing skills. If you liked this resource then please check out my shop which is updated each week.