A range of model essays, written to stretch, challenge and raise aspirations for all students, for comparative analytical tasks based on the AQA ‘Power and conflict’ poetry anthology. Who knows, perhaps one of these poems will be selected by AQA this summer, in which case these essays might be the perfect preparation for your students aiming at grades 7, 8 and 9! Hopefully you find them useful.

A complete practice paper (questions 1 to 5 - i.e. reading and writing sections) for the AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1 exam, based on an extract from William Golding’s ‘Lord of the Flies’. In addition, there is an accompanying PowerPoint, either to use as a walk-through with your class or as a feedback lesson when students have completed the assessment.

A complete mock AQA GCSE Language Paper 1 question paper that I have put together using an extract from Khalid Hosseini’s powerful ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’, in addition to an accompanying PowerPoint that walks students through each question: it can either be used as a feedback lesson or as a whole-class walk-through for exam preparation. Hopefully you find it useful!

Perfect for studying and revision of Priestley’s ‘An Inspector Calls’ as part of the AQA GCSE English Literature course. There is a PowerPoint presentation and booklet for each of the key characters in the play, covering language/structure analysis, Priestley’s message and links to the socio-cultural context of 1912 society. Each booklet contains the key quotations for that character, and students use prompt questions to make notes on each quotation: the PowerPoint presentations guide students on what to write and how to develop ideas in detail.

Using an extract from Mitch Albom’s brilliantly funny and moving novel ‘The Five People You Meet in Heaven’, I have put together a series of AQA-style GCSE English Language Paper 1 questions and accompanying PowerPoint. Your students will love the text - the opening of the story - and find the slides extremely useful as they perfect their examination technique. Enjoy!

If your A-level English Literature students study Carol Ann Duffy’s brilliant ‘Feminine Gospels’, then this collection of detailed essay plans covers everything they need to know. On the basis of these plans, all students will be able to create an essay worthy of an A* grade! Hopefully you find it useful. Enjoy!

This is a collection of high-quality model essays for the ‘Othello’ question on the AQA ‘Love Through the Ages’ paper for A-level English Literature. They have been written by a highly-skilled teacher with many years’ experience of A-level teaching, so this is the perfect resource with which to support, challenge and inspire your students.

This is the ideal resource for your Year 10 and Year 11 students, featuring a model, grade 9 paragraph about each of the main characters in Priestley’s ‘An Inspector Calls’, key aspects of context, important themes with linked quotations and the playwright’s key messages. This revision map - or knowledge organiser - covers everything your GCSE students need to excel in the ‘An Inspector Calls’ section of the English Literature exam. Enjoy!