EDUQAS GCSE MEDIA STUDIES SET TEXT RECALL GRIDS Used as starters / bell tasks with KS4 Media Studies pupils. 38 slides, including answers (yellow slides). Questions range from 1 - 4 marks. Questions mainly cover Component 1, Sections A and B. Obviously, adaptable to suit pupil ability. Pupils given a little booklet containing multiple blank versions of the grid, to use at the start of each lesson. Peer marking. Pupils who achieve over 20 / 24 marks (depending on ability) get a chocolate biscuit! Has worked wonders for years!

A KS3 pupil booklet covering covering a range of reading and writing tasks. Close links made to GCSE English Section A and B. Focus text extracts: ‘The War of the Worlds’ (H.G.Wells) ‘The Woman in Black’ (Susan Hill) Most suitable for year 9.

The Little Book of Literature Quotes Key quotes for year 11 to revise (Cohort 2019) covering the following set texts: A Christmas Carol Macbeth An Inspector Calls Conflict and Power Poetry Produced for LA Year 11 AQA GCSE Literature.**

A pupil workbook to accompany reading ‘Buddy’ by Nigel Hinton at KS3. Covers a range of reading and writing tasks, linked to GCSE English / GCSE English Literature. Best suited to LA / SEND. Includes self /peer assessment and ‘Stretch and Challenge’ tasks.

A two sided A 4 Word template which folds into a leaflet, which can be glued into pupil exercise books. Pupils are provided with boxes to draw illustrations and lines on which to write, explaining key area like their family tree, friends and plans for the future. Very useful when getting to know new classes!

4 Excel sheets of ‘Quickfire’ starters, covering: Literary devices Spelling Punctuation Parts of speech Sentences 12 task boxes per topic area. Suitable for KS3 or as revision in KS4. SmartBoard version available also, for whole class Q&Q.

Used as part of a Year 7 ‘Myths and Legends’ Unit. Two page summary of the story, plus three reading DART tasks.

**AQA Paper 1, Questions 1 & 2 and Paper 2, Questions 1 & 2 ** Source A: Lost at Sea (Guardian) Source B: I Fell Through The Arctic Ice (Gary Rolf) Exam style for all four questions.

4 Excel 4 x 3 grids of quick-fire starters or bell tasks, covering: Common spelling errors Literary devices Punctuation Parts of speech Suitable for KS3 or as revision for KS4.

A 25 page pupil booklet to support teaching poetry ballads and sonnets. Contains: 2 ‘warm up’ or starter tasks Sonnet 130(Shakespeare) poem and task Sonnet 116(Shakespeare) poem and task Sonnet 18 (Shakespeare)poem and task My Last Duchess (Browning) poem and task What has happened to Lulu? poem / task The Ballad of Charlotte Dymond poem and task That Time Again (Birtles) and The Captain’s Daughter (Fields) poems and tasks Exerpt from The Highwayman (Noyes) and task Useful for KS3 classes, in particular SEND or lower ability. Used to compliment a year 8 unit of work by the same name for over ten years.

The Little Book of Essays An A5 booklet of essay titles, suitable for AQA GCSE Literature, Paper 1 and Paper 2: A Christmas Carol (4 essay titles, including extracts) Macbeth (5 essay titles, including extracts) An Inspector Calls (5 essay titles) Power and Conflict Poetry (6 essay titles) Each essay page allows pupils space to bullet / spider diagram plan their response to a similar essay in the actual exam. Helpful for GCSE revision in class or at home.

AQA GCSE LITERATURE GUIDE TO WRITING AN UNSEEN POETRY ESSAY 133 slides covering: What to expect in the exam How am I assessed? What should I do before I write my essay? How do I write my essay? What about the comparison question? Slides animated with transitions, for easy use on whiteboards.

Two A4 page grids of key information for the following poems: ‘Ozymandias’ ‘My Last Duchess’ ‘Remains’ ‘Storm on the Island’ ‘The Emigree’ ‘Charge of the Light Brigade’ ‘Kamikaze’ ‘Bayonet Charge’ Blank grids included also, for setting as homework. Coloured and black and white grids, as well as PDF uploaded. Handy for revision.

KS3 ‘The Witches’ (Roald Dahl) pupil booklet, to accompany teaching the text. Updated 2024. Suitable for KS3 (particularly year 7 or LA year 8). 17 pages. Range of reading, writing and quiz tasks. PDF uploaded also.

An 8 page feedback document Makes an ideal A3 booklet Used successfully with my year 11’s during a learning walk focussed on feedback to pupils after their mocks. Outcome considered ‘Excellent’. Activities ask pupils to ‘Review’, ‘Reflect’ and ‘Repsond’ to exemplar material and their own responses. The mock Literature question was: In ‘Scaffolding’, how does the poet present the speaker’s feelings about their relationship? … but the template could easily be adopted to other poems / texts.

AQA GCSE English Literaturee - How to write a ‘Macbeth’ (William Shakespeare) essay. An 89 slide PowerPoint covering: What to expect How am I assessed? How to plan How to structure How to write a paragraph Introductions and conclusions Used with my Year 10 and Year 11 mid-ability classes. Uses transitions and animations, for use on whiteboards.

A simple one page plenary activity for AQA GCSE Literature pupils to record notes on each AO for the Conflict and Power poetry.

‘A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM’: PUPIL WORKBOOK - LA or SEND A 20 page workbook for lower ability or SEND pupils to work through the basic plot of the play. Example tasks include: Storyboarding Annotation of short extracts Staging ideas Comprehension on plot summaries Uploaded as a PDF also.