A list of 120 analytical verbs to help students sharpen their expression to support their critical thinking. There are 20 alternatives for this shows, this demonstrates, this suggests, this reinforces, this motivates and this highlights.

Free comprehension questions on Act 3 of Romeo and Juliet. Other popular Romeo and Juliet resources include: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-grade-9-and-grade-7-model-responses-to-aqa-gcse-questions-11580421 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-notes-for-top-quotes-11894589 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-theme-revision-cards-violence-love-family-honour-fate-death-isolation-11869598 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-6-exam-questions-on-one-a3-page-2019-predictions-12119104 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-analyse-20-key-short-extracts-with-answers-11601152

A worksheet focusing solely on Eduqas English Language Paper 1 Question 1 - retrieving 5 pieces of information from the text. There are 10 examples to work through.

Lesson exploring Act 5 Scene 5 from Macbeth. Includes a starter activity, scene summary, annotations and a follow up comprehension activity.

Worksheet for a cover lesson revising literary techniques.

Model book review for Stone Cold by Robert Swindells.

A worksheet that encourages students to explore the language in Counter Attack by Siegfried Sassoon. Useful as a cover lesson.

Just a simple differentiated vocabulary starter on the character of Lennie in Of Mice and Men.

Students read 10 sentences from Oliver Twist. In task 1, the difficult word is removed and students must think of a suitable word to go in the gap. In task 2, students are given the actual word and must work out the meaning of it. Their answer for task 1 should help.

Oxymorons: a matching activity

This learning journey contains 10 tasks to prepare students for a descriptive writing task based on an image for AQA Paper 1 Question 5. The 10 tasks gradually increase in difficulty. Linking the completion of a set number of tasks to rewards works as a motivating factor for students.

A list of evaluative adjectives for writing of a review of a film or book.

A free resource to use with low ability students. Students are provided with 5 grade 3 level paragraphs on the poem Remains. Students must extend the paragraphs by developing better inferences, zooming in to words/techniques or by zooming out to bigger ideas such as PTSD. This worksheet is a free taster from a premium 2 lesson resource: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-remains-2-lessons-power-and-conflict-11489751 For best value try buying a Power and Conflict bundle: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/power-and-conflict-aqa-poetry-bundle-11489752

Free comprehension questions on Act 5 of Romeo and Juliet. Other popular Romeo and Juliet resources include: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-grade-9-and-grade-7-model-responses-to-aqa-gcse-questions-11580421 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-notes-for-top-quotes-11894589 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-theme-revision-cards-violence-love-family-honour-fate-death-isolation-11869598 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-6-exam-questions-on-one-a3-page-2019-predictions-12119104 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-analyse-20-key-short-extracts-with-answers-11601152

A sheet of chatty, conversational phrases to help establish a voice and help build rapport with the reader in an informal feature article. Useful revision for Paper 2 Question 5. This is a free resource that offers a small glimpse into the large number of resources in my shop. Here are links to some of the best-selling resources in my shop. Lord of the Flies: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/lord-of-the-flies-mini-bundle-12072617 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/lord-of-the-flies-character-revision-12854559 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/lord-of-the-flies-40-page-study-booklet-12841597 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/lord-of-the-flies-theme-revision-cards-2023-12827767 Macbeth: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-top-50-and-top-100-quotations-explained-12088304 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-revision-resources-quotations-themes-context-aqa-9-1-11868119 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-revision-2023-12768948 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-revision-timelines-12715015 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-revision-cards-on-6-themes-12852726 Romeo and Juliet: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-2018-bundle-11881390 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-gcse-9-1-exam-bundle-11833024 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-notes-for-top-quotes-11894589 An Inspector Calls: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-character-revision-sheets-12862156 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-revision-sheets-11573775 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-43-page-gcse-revision-workbook-12626676 Animal Farm: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/animal-farm-40-page-revision-booklet-12846365 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/animal-farm-bundle-11499747 A Christmas Carol: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-theme-revision-cards-poverty-isolation-ghosts-christmas-family-11869145 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-character-revision-sheets-12853860 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-revision-cards-and-sheets-12852711 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-revision-12829089 Power and Conflict: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/power-and-conflict-poetry-revision-grid-extended-version-11530298 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/power-and-conflict-revision-booklet-2023-12827207 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/power-and-conflict-revision-cards-12107049 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/how-to-structure-a-comparative-paragraph-for-aqa-poetry-power-and-conflict-11387714 Eduqas Poems: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/wjec-eduqas-anthology-poetry-4-revision-lessons-11888938

Ideal as a little and often bell activity/starter - stop the scrolling powerpoint on a quotation and students shout out the missing key word from the quotation. There are over 50 quotations. I have lots more resources for Lord of the Flies available: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12072617 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12593021 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12515512 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12619460 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12682935 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12682934 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12119967

Just a simple and free card sort activity to help weaker students consolidate their basic knowledge of the plot to A Christmas Carol.

A ‘because, but, so’ paragraph can act as a useful tool for starting off an exam response on a character to demonstrate the depth of a students’ thinking. Here are 6 ‘because, but, so’ sample paragraphs on the 6 main characters in the novel: Ralph, Jack, Simon, Piggy, Roger, The Beast. Also includes a template for students to practise their own introductions. For my Lord of the Flies resources, check out my bundle: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12072617

Ideal as a cover worksheet, this worksheet gets students to choose from a range of learning journey tasks to help them compare how a parallel universe is presented in two popular fiction extracts from Hunger Games and The Wizard of Oz.

10 small activities to help students improve their creative writing based on an image for Paper 1 Question 5.