Theme revision cards for Much Ado About Nothing with overview and analysis of 3 key quotations linking to 6 main themes in the play. Also has a blank version for students to attempt to explain the quotations themselves.

Character and theme revision cards for Much Ado About Nothing. Contains brief analysis of key quotations linking to the main 6 characters and themes.

Question bank and an interactive board to revise Macbeth in a fun and engaging way in the style of a famous 80s quiz show. Ideal for the start and end of lessons. Simply divide the class into 2. Move the hexagon to the corresponding letter when a question is answered correctly.

A worksheet with answer sheet that asks students to explore how key characters and themes are developed across the novella Animal Farm. There are 3 quotations for each character and theme for students to attempt to explain. They can then compare their ideas against the model answers later in the lesson. The answer sheet acts as a useful takeaway revision resource.

30 slide lesson that analyses the section with the Japanese tourists in Chapter 5 based around the theme of freedom to freedom from.

Detailed lesson closely analysing Offred’s quiet rebellion in Chapters 17 and 18.

A model answer to the May 2024 AQA Power and Conflict Question. This response compares Kamikaze and Remains. Conceptual paragraph 1 explores how conflict dehumanises soldiers in both poems. Conceptual paragraph 2 explores how conflict leads to internal struggles for the soldiers. Conceptual paragraph 3 explores the debilitating nature of survivor’s guilt and shame. Quotations and poetic are analysed in thoughtful ways in each paragraph with a clear focus on authorial methods.

Revision notes for 50 carefully selected key quotations from Romeo and Juliet suitable to be used in a wide range of potential exam questions. Analysis is in 3 parts: method analysis, authorial message and Elizabethan context. Also contains a blank version of the table so students can attempt to analyse the quotations themselves.

Two A* responses to the following question. Compare the significance of inequality in two texts (The Handmaid’s Tale and Feminine Gospels). I get students to compare both responses to compare the merits of both. I think version 2 is slightly better because it offers a wider coverage of quotations and also includes more critical debate for A05.

20 page Feminine Gospels revision booklet containing context, revision cards for all 21 poems, detailed revision sheets for key poems, model answers and a list of exam questions.

200 slides containing notes, analysis of key quotations and questions covering the key chapters in the novel.

Two lessons with a close focus on Offred’s egg meditations in Chapter 19 the birthday section.

A speed marking grid for A Level English literature. Contains a list of 25 things I want my students to do in an exam response or NEA. Also has 25 corresponding targets for students to improve their response. The feedback in the development task lesson will look something like this: WWW 1, 8, 24 EBI 6, 18, 21

6 model responses/model paragraphs comparing The Handmaid’s Tale and Feminine Gospels for AQA English Literature Paper 2B ‘Modern Times’ 7712/2B. Each response has been written deliberately to try and target the 5 Assessment objectives and has been designed to fit snugly onto one side of A4 for ease of printing. Each response uses a specific chapter or poem to exemplify wider ideas across the whole novel/collection. For A02 there is a particular focus on macro methods with Offred’s unreliable/discontinuous narration in The Handmaid’s Tale and Duffy’s use of conceits, listing, surrealism. For A03 there is a particular focus on the conservative backlash of the 1980s in The Handmaid’s Tale and consumerist culture, shifting identities and societal pressures on women at the beginning of the 21st century in Feminine Gospels. Students are instructed to identify how each of the AOs have been covered across the response through labelling or colour coding. The 6 themes of ‘modern times’ covered are the human body, degradation, isolation, contrasting ideas, motherhood and rebellion. Personally, I find these exemplars are useful for teaching students how to meet the different Assessment Objectives without compromising the fluency of their response - something that is obviously essential for A01.

Question bank for each letter of the alphabet n the style of Blockbusters to help students develop tier 2 vocabulary. Also includes an interactive display of the blockbusters board. For those who didn’t watch the show in the eighties, divide the class into 2 teams and move the hexagon onto the corresponding letter when a question is answered correctly.

4 responses to the AQA Lnaguage Paper 1 Question 5 in the May 2024 exam. Exemplars A and B are responses to the describe question. Exemplars C and D are responses to the narrative question. All 4 responses follow the familiar drop, shift, zoom, leave method. I have not included the exact wording questions themselves but these can be downloaded from the AQA website. Also includes 2 responses to the November 2024 prompts.