Two detailed lessons exploring Raymond Antrobus’ ‘With Birds You’re Never Lonely’ from the Worlds and Lives Cluster in the AQA GCSE English Literature poetry anthology. The Powerpoint guides students through the poem in the first lesson with detailed annotation guidance, contextual information and detailed questions. The second lesson guides students through an analysis of the poem based on an exam-style question. The lessons will challenge, extend and engage students. Also suitable for students targeting very high grades. Lesson plan included!

A complete set of ‘Learning Checkpoint’ sheets for GCSE Edexcel English Language and English Literature. Included are templates for every longer response question across Language and Literature. The sheets allow you to set a short task or paragraph response with pre-filled lines for students to write on. Students write in their own graded target. All you need to do is to tick the appropriate box as to whether they met their target and highlight or underline any of the pre-populated targets appropriate for that task or response. You can easily mark a class set of responses in 10 to 20 minutes and students quickly receive appropriate targets/feedback. I use these every other lesson in the run up to mocks or exam season and they are a game changer. Easily adaptable for your own targets, these low stakes templates will reduce your workload.

A complete set of ‘Learning Checkpoint’ sheets for GCSE AQA English Language and English Literature. Included are templates for every longer response question across Language and Literature. The sheets allow you to set a short task or paragraph response with pre-filled lines for students to write on. Students write in their own graded target. All you need to do is to tick the appropriate box as to whether they met their target and highlight or underline any of the pre-populated targets appropriate for that task or response. You can easily mark a class set of responses in 10 to 20 minutes and students quickly receive appropriate targets/feedback. I use these every other lesson in the run up to mocks or exam season and they are a game changer. Easily adaptable for your own targets, these low stakes templates will reduce your workload.

A comprehesive 15 slide Powerpoint which takes students through both scenes of Act V. Included: The Merchant of Venice audit document Contextual background to the play Analysis and discussion questions for the scene Modelled textual analysis Longer exam-style questions Extension questions for higher ability students This resource can be used with higher ability GCSE or A Level groups.

A comprehesive 25 slide Powerpoint which takes students through both scenes of Act IV. Included: An Act IV Scene i ‘chunked’ resource to use as a pre-reading activity Contextual background to the play Analysis and discussion questions for each scene Modelled textual analysis Longer exam-style questions Extension questions for higher ability students This resource can be used with higher ability GCSE or A Level groups.

A comprehesive 33 slide Powerpoint which takes students through all five scenes of Act III. Included: Contextual background to the play Analysis and discussion questions for each scene Modelled textual analysis Longer exam-style questions Extension questions for higher ability students This resource can be used with higher ability GCSE or A Level groups.

A comprehesive 46 slide Powerpoint which takes students through all nine scenes of Act II. Included: Contextual background to the play Analysis and discussion questions for each scene Modelled textual analysis Longer exam-style questions Extension questions for higher ability students This resource can be used with higher ability GCSE or A Level groups.

A comprehesive 40 slide Powerpoint which takes students through an introduction to The Merchant of Venice; a background to Shakespearean tragedy; and all three scenes of Act I. Included: A comprehensive guide to tragedy with a terminology matching exercise Contextual background to the play Analysis and discussion questions for each scene Modelled textual analysis Longer exam-style questions Extension questions for higher ability students This resource can be used with higher ability GCSE or A Level groups. The slides in yellow are aimed at A Level students or those GCSE students who are aiming for a grade 8 or 9.

A five page guide to planning and revising for the Prose question in Edexcel English Literature Paper 2. Guides students through: How to approach a past question A list of past questions Contextual revision points Form and structural revision points A sample response An A/A* checklist for those who are aiming for the top grades Every year, my students consistently achieve very high grades in their A Level, so I hope you will find this useful!

A table-based revision document where students write down an evaluative statement (possibly lifted from a past question beginning ‘Evaluate the idea…’ before adding their own argument, a supporting theorist and a real world example. Four rows have been completed to guide students through the process. This is an excellent way of supporting students to plan for an evaluative response, and demonstrates how to bring in theory and supporting ideas. Check out my other English Language resources: Language and Gender Language and Region Language and Power and Occupation Language and Global and World Englishes Language Change Language and Technology Language and Ethnicity Language and Social Groups Language Discourses Analysing Spoken Language Child Language Acquisition - Speech Child Language Acquisition - Reading and Writing

Two detailed lessons exploring Elizabeth Jennings’ ‘Absence’ from the Time and Place Cluster in the Edexcel GCSE English Literature poetry anthology. The Powerpoint guides students through the poem in the first lesson with detailed annotation guidance, contextual information and detailed questions. The second lesson guides students through an analysis of the poem based on an exam-style question. The lessons will challenge, extend and engage students. Also suitable for students targeting very high grades. Lesson plan included!

Two detailed lessons exploring Sophie Hannah’s ‘Postcard from a Travel Snob’ from the Time and Place Cluster in the Edexcel GCSE English Literature poetry anthology. The Powerpoint guides students through the poem in the first lesson with detailed annotation guidance, contextual information and detailed questions. The second lesson guides students through an analysis of the poem based on an exam-style question. The lessons will challenge, extend and engage students. Also suitable for students targeting very high grades. Lesson plan included!

Two detailed lessons exploring Moniza Alvi’s ‘Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan’ from the Time and Place Cluster in the Edexcel GCSE English Literature poetry anthology. The Powerpoint guides students through the poem in the first lesson with thorough annotation guidance, contextual information and detailed questions. The second lesson guides students through an analysis of the poem based on an exam-style question. The lessons will challenge, extend and engage students. Also suitable for students targeting very high grades. Lesson plan included!

Two detailed lessons exploring Grace Nichols’ ‘Hurricane Hits England’ from the Time and Place Cluster in the Edexcel GCSE English Literature poetry anthology. The Powerpoint guides students through the poem in the first lesson with thorough annotation guidance, contextual information and detailed questions. The second lesson guides students through an analysis of the poem based on an exam-style question. The lessons will challenge, extend and engage students. Also suitable for students targeting very high grades. Lesson plan included!

Two detailed lessons exploring Tatamkhulu Afrika’s ‘Nothing’s Changed’ from the Time and Place Cluster in the Edexcel GCSE English Literature poetry anthology. The Powerpoint guides students through the poem in the first lesson with thorough annotation guidance, contextual information and detailed questions. The second lesson guides students through an analysis of the poem based on an exam-style question. The lessons will challenge, extend and engage students. Also suitable for students targeting very high grades. Lesson plan included!

Two detailed lessons exploring Fleur Adcock’s ‘Stewart Island’ from the Time and Place Cluster in the Edexcel GCSE English Literature poetry anthology. The Powerpoint guides students through the poem in the first lesson with detailed annotation guidance, contextual information and detailed questions. The second lesson guides students through an analysis of the poem based on an exam-style question. The lessons will challenge, extend and engage students. Also suitable for students targeting very high grades. Lesson plan included!

Two detailed lessons exploring John Davidson’s 'In Romney Marsh’ from the Time and Place Cluster in the Edexcel GCSE English Literature poetry anthology. The Powerpoint guides students through the poem in the first lesson with detailed annotation guidance, contextual information and detailed questions. The second lesson guides students through an analysis of the poem based on an exam-style question. The lessons will challenge, extend and engage students. Also suitable for students targeting very high grades. Lesson plan included!

This simple document will guide students through researching key contextual points relating to William Shakespeare’s The Tempest. You could set this as a homework task or a lesson activity. Students are required to research using the internet. Suitable for Key Stage Three, or for GCSE.