This unit includes three unique booklets tailored for dyslexic students who are studying An Inspector Calls for GCSE, specifically focusing on the character of Gerald. Each booklet integrates visual learning techniques and structured paragraph frameworks to support reading comprehension, spelling, and critical writing. Here is an outline of what each booklet offers:
Colour-Code Booklet
Focused on Gerald, this booklet uses color-coding to help dyslexic students with spelling and memorization. Each key adjective, describing Gerald’s complex character traits (e.g.,arrogant, charming), is color-coded by syllable or spelling pattern, enhancing students’ recall through visual association. Activities include reading and rewriting each word using colours, reinforcing spelling and comprehension skills.
Students fill in missing adjectives to complete sentences, solidifying their vocabulary and understanding of Gerald’s character. Designed to improve memory through repetition, this booklet strengthens both comprehension and spelling retention.
PEEL Paragraph Writing Guide
This guide emphasizes the PEEL (Point, Evidence, Explanation, Link) structure to help students articulate the characterisation of Gerald throughout An Inspector Calls. Example paragraphs and sentence starters are provided to model how Gerald displays a capitalistic and arrogant mindset. This format supports dyslexic students in structuring their responses effectively, offering a clear, repeatable method for GCSE-level analysis.
Reading Activity Extract Booklet
This reading booklet complements the PEEL paragraph activity by providing key extracts in the play. Students have to read the extracts and complete a quiz.
These booklets, used together, provide a comprehensive toolkit that builds memory, supports structured writing, and enhances understanding of character analysis, making them invaluable resources for teachers of dyslexic GCSE students.
This booklet is aimed to improve descriptive writing. In many 11 plus exams, there is a choice of creative writing tasks - one of these is a response to a picture.
A picture of a train station is provided, along with a model response. Students are then guided through a number of exercises to help them read and comprehend the description.
A list of words associated with trains is provided. Students have to write the syllables in different colours to aid memory. Dyslexic students struggle to read due to difficulty processing sounds. Often they have visual strengths which can be used to aid memory. This booklet utilises this strength by using a colour method to learn to spell and read words.
To further enhance reading fluency, a list of phrases from the model text is provided and a timed activity in which students record the time taken to read the text, along with errors made.
Prior to reading, students learn the different sentence openers that are used to write an engaging descriptive piece.
Finally, students complete their own independent, writing task about another train station picture. This is a useful assessment to see how many successful features are used in their own writing.
A further planning booklet and rubric for marking descriptive writing is provided.
This unit includes three unique booklets tailored for dyslexic students who are studying An Inspector Calls for GCSE, specifically focusing on the character of Arthur Birling. Each booklet integrates visual learning techniques and structured paragraph frameworks to support reading comprehension, spelling, and critical writing. Here is an outline of what each booklet offers:
Colour-Code Booklet
Focused on Arthur Birling, this booklet uses color-coding to help dyslexic students with spelling and memorization. Each key adjective, describing Birling’s complex character traits (e.g.,arrogant, pompous), is color-coded by syllable or spelling pattern, enhancing students’ recall through visual association. Activities include reading and rewriting each word using colours, reinforcing spelling and comprehension skills.
Students fill in missing adjectives to complete sentences, solidifying their vocabulary and understanding of Birling’s character. Designed to improve memory through repetition, this booklet strengthens both comprehension and spelling retention.
PEEL Paragraph Writing Guide
This guide emphasizes the PEEL (Point, Evidence, Explanation, Link) structure to help students articulate the characterisation of Birling throughout An Inspector Calls. Example paragraphs and sentence starters are provided to model how Birling displays a capitalistic and arrogant mindset. This format supports dyslexic students in structuring their responses effectively, offering a clear, repeatable method for GCSE-level analysis.
Reading Activity Booklet
This reading booklet complements the PEEL paragraph activity by summarising the role of Birling in the play. Students have to read captions and paragraphs fluently. A table is provided to time the student and record errors.
These booklets, used together, provide a comprehensive toolkit that builds memory, supports structured writing, and enhances understanding of character analysis, making them invaluable resources for teachers of dyslexic GCSE students.
This unit includes three unique booklets tailored for dyslexic students who are studying An Inspector Calls for GCSE, specifically focusing on the character of Sheila. Each booklet integrates visual learning techniques and structured paragraph frameworks to support reading comprehension, spelling, and critical writing. Here’s an outline of what each booklet offers:
Colour-Code Booklet
Focused on Sheila Birling, this booklet uses color-coding to help dyslexic students with spelling and memorization. Each key adjective, describing Sheila’s complex character traits (e.g., naïve, empathetic, assertive), is color-coded by syllable or spelling pattern, enhancing students’ recall through visual association. Activities include reading and rewriting each word using colours, reinforcing spelling and comprehension skills.
Students fill in missing adjectives to complete sentences, solidifying their vocabulary and understanding of Sheila’s character. Designed to improve memory through repetition, this booklet strengthens both comprehension and spelling retention.
PEEL Paragraph Writing Guide
This guide emphasizes the PEEL (Point, Evidence, Explanation, Link) structure to help students articulate Sheila’s development throughout An Inspector Calls. Example paragraphs and sentence starters are provided to model how Sheila grows from a naive character to someone who takes responsibility. This format supports dyslexic students in structuring their responses effectively, offering a clear, repeatable method for GCSE-level analysis.
Reading Activity Booklet
This reading booklet complements the PEEL paragraph activity by summarising the role of Sheila in the play. Students have to read captions and paragraphs fluently. A table is provided to time the student and record errors.
These booklets, used together, provide a comprehensive toolkit that builds memory, supports structured writing, and enhances understanding of character analysis, making them invaluable resources for teachers of dyslexic GCSE students.
These booklets on A Christmas Carol provide a versatile, dyslexia-friendly resource set, tailored to support GCSE English Literature teachers in engaging diverse learners effectively. Each booklet uniquely targets different aspects of the text, with a strong emphasis on accessibility and comprehension
Spelling and Vocabulary Guide: This booklet uses a color-coded method to help dyslexic students remember and spell key vocabulary. Each word relevant to A Christmas Carol is divided by syllables and color-coded, enhancing visual memory and recall. This is particularly beneficial for students who struggle with traditional spelling approaches, as it leverages visual strengths and helps them build confidence with challenging terms related to the text.
Summary and Comprehension Practice: Designed for fluency and retention, this booklet provides a structured summary of each significant event in A Christmas Carol, from Scrooge’s miserliness to his transformation. Teachers can use this as a timed reading exercise, allowing them to monitor student progress on both accuracy and reading pace. This structure supports comprehension by breaking down the plot and main ideas in manageable steps, ideal for revision sessions.
PEEL Essay Writing and Vocabulary Quiz: This booklet offers a PEEL (Point, Evidence, Explanation, Link) essay scaffold focused on how Dickens uses setting to illustrate social inequality. By breaking down essay construction, students can learn to analyze the text methodically, improving their critical thinking and writing skills. A vocabulary quiz reinforces key concepts, ensuring students grasp essential terms related to the themes of poverty, compassion, and change.
Each booklet integrates unique tools and structured exercises to cater to students with varying needs, from vocabulary building to critical analysis. This set is perfect for GCSE English Literature teachers aiming to make A Christmas Carol accessible, memorable, and engaging for all students.
This booklet provides a structured approach to help students respond to GCSE fiction texts. It is generic for all examination boards and provides vocabulary and short reading tasks to help students access the text and improve fluency.
It begins with a glossary to introduce key vocabulary, followed by phrases for practice to improve reading fluency. Time can be spent to discuss how these words/phrases could be used in a fiction extract.
Simple comprehension questions assess a basic understanding of the extract, while a multiple-choice quiz focuses on evaluative language.
The PEEL (Point, Evidence, Explanation, Link) example helps guide students in crafting effective analytical paragraphs. The booklet culminates in an independent writing task where students can demonstrate their ability to respond to a question based on the extract.
An additional booklet, ‘The Detective PEEL Guide’, is provided to deepen understanding of a PEEL paragraph. There are further opportunities for independent practice.
The unit will provide invaluable support for SEN and EAL students in their GCSE, English Language studies!
This GCSE, English Literature, Inspector Calls unit is designed to support dyslexic students in writing an essay on the play.
It is based on the question, How Does Priestley Use the Character of Inspector Goole to Challenge the Morality and Social Responsibility of the Birling Family?.
Key extracts are provided with follow up multiple choice quizzes to comprehend character and mood.
The second booklet provides a model essay and criteria for students to identify the successful features of an essay. The model essay is double spaced and a dyslexia friendly font is used.
To further support dyslexic students a list of words from the essay and students use colours to strengthen visual memory.
The unit is useful to help dyslexic students learn how to write a successful essay.
This GCSE, AQA, Non-Fiction resource provides two texts and language activities to support students with special educational needs or EAL.
The first text - A Visit to Rome - is written in a humorous and informal style, presenting a more personal and candid experience of modern Rome. It contains the following activities:
Vocabulary and Comprehension: Exercises include defining terms, filling in missing words, and answering true/false questions.
Multiple Choice and PEEL Paragraph: Provides practice questions and a framework for students to analyze the author’s use of humor and descriptive language in their initial experience of Rome.
The second text offers a formal, reverent portrayal of 19th-century Rome. and provides an opportunity for students to identify complex words, practice spelling, and analyse word choice. To aid comprehension, an ‘Analysis Table’ is provided.
A comparison task is provided based on Question Four of Paper Two.
Both booklets provide model paragraphs to demonstrate to students the skills needed to write a successful response.
Together, these booklets offer structured exercises for vocabulary building, text analysis, and comparative writing skills, tailored for AQA, GCSE, English Language preparation. They are ideal for students with additional learning needs, providing support to access more complex language structures.
This GCSE, A Christmas Carol contains an extended extract taken from the moment Scrooge meets the Ghost of Christmas Past. Numerous comprehension activities support an understanding of the text to help students with additional needs.
The booklet begins with a ‘connect’ activity with questions that help students make links to the content of the extract from their own experience. A listening section is provided in which the students fill in missing words from the extract as they hear it being read.
After reading the extract, there are a variety of comprehension activities and quizzes to support understanding.
The booklet ends with a typical GCSE English literature question about suspense along with a PEEL paragraph example.
An additional booklet contains a summary of Stave 2 activity and quotation work.
The booklet is ideal in support students with additional needs to understand Stave 2 of the novella!
This unit focuses on Extract From The Prelude , William Wordsworth, from the Power and Conflict Anthology (AQA). It is tailored for students who struggle with reading comprehension, including numerous language activities to aid understanding.
The booklet consist of a pre-reading activity to connect to the concepts and events in the poem. This is followed with numerous activities, a true/false, sequence quiz, multiple choice comprehension and a PEEL writing task.
A glossary is provided to help students understand difficult words in the poem.
A lesson plan is also provided.
The booklet provides invaluable support for students wit additional needs or who need support to write about this key poem.
This bundle includes everything you need to teach students how to plan, structure and write an essay for the English Literature, GCSE examination - An Inspector Calls.
It covers essay themes such as social responsibility, discrimination, the role of women and inequality. There is a key extracts section which includes a selection of quotations related to the question. This is followed by a writing scaffold which students use to structure their essay and model answers.
Follow up essay questions are provided to assess whether students have learnt the required skills.
Each unit is accompanied with either quizzes, glossaries and summaries to reinforce the learning.
A play summary unit is also included in the bundle to provide an overview of the play.
This An Inspector Calls, GCSE, English Literature unit contains key extracts, an essay scaffold prompt, a model essay and glossary of key terms related to the role of Eva Smith. It is designed to support students who find difficulty structuring their ideas in an essay.
Short extracts involving Eva Smith, with brief explanations, are provided. After reading these extracts students consider an essay title about the importance of Eva Smith in the play.
A scaffold is included which contains paragraph and sentence openers to support students with writing their essay. The scaffold is particularly useful for SEN and EAL students.
When the students have written their essay on the role of Eva Smith, they can read the model essay and reflect on the features of a successful response.
Finally, there is an additional, glossary resource which explains the meaning and usage of key words in the model essay.
This unit is invaluable in helping students understand how to write an essay about key themes and characters in the play!
Aimed at students who struggle to write coherent reading response answers, this unit contains an extract, a 20 mark question, typically found on Paper One, a reading response scaffold and a model answer.
The sample text is based on a problematic relationship between a mother and her daughter, followed by a typical question four prompt about who the reader feels sympathy for - the mother or daughter.
This question is very challenging for students with additional needs. The scaffold will help students structure a response and learn the way to begin sentences and analyse phrases.
A model response based on the scaffold follows. Students can discuss the successful features of an essay.
The unit also contains a glossary of evaluative words used in the model response with examples in use.
These resources will help students with additional needs respond to Paper 1, Question 4!
Aimed at students who struggle to write GCSE, English Literature essays, this short unit provides an essay scaffold and model essay on the importance of setting in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
An essay prompt and extract, taken from Chapter Eight, is provided which focuses on a description of Victorian London. The question requires comparison with the wider novella.
To support students with this task, an essay scaffold is included. It provides paragraph and sentence openers to help structure their ideas and analysis.
After writing their own response, students read a model essay based on this scaffold. They can compare their own work with this piece of writing.
To assist with vocabulary, students can use an adjective sheet to write sentences about Victorian London.
The resource is invaluable in demonstrating the features of a successful essay and will give them the confidence to write their own response!
Ideal for student’s with additional needs or for those who struggle to structure their ideas, A Christmas Carol, GCSE, English Literature unit supports the teaching of essay skills.
The pack provides an essay question about moral decay in the novella. It provides useful quotations and a scaffold to write an essay. I have used the scaffold to jointly construct an essay with students and have found their confidence and skills improve as a result.
A model essay is provided based on the scaffold which can be used to demonstrate the features of a successful response.
Also included, is a multiple choice quiz on moral decay in the novella. It serves as an excellent starter activity to introduce this topic.
This unit will ensure those students with additional needs are supported in writing successful essays!
Ideal for student’s with additional needs or for those who struggle to structure their ideas, this Inspector Calls, GCSE, English Literature unit supports teaching essay skills.
The pack provides an essay question about the experiences of women in the play. It provides useful quotations and a scaffold to write an essay. I have used the scaffold to jointly construct an essay with the student and have found their confidence and skills improve as a result.
A model essay is provided based on the scaffold which can be used to demonstrate the features of a successful response.
Also included, is a multiple choice quiz on the role of women in the play. It serves as an excellent starter activity to introduce this topic.
This unit will ensure those students with additional needs are supported in writing successful essays!
This 11 Plus Examination pack contains a practice reading paper, a spelling test and a synonym/antonym booklet. It is designed to support students with additional needs who struggle to decode words which affects their reading fluency and spelling.
The practice reading test has a Great Expectations extract along with multiple choice questions typical of many 11 Plus assessments. An answer key is provided. It includes the following assessment areas:
Basic Comprehension and Recall
Vocabulary and Word Meaning
Inference and Interpretation
Grammar and Language Awareness
Interpretive Figurative Language
Author’s Purpose and Tone
Contextual Knowledge and Critical Thinking
The spelling pack supports students with additional needs by providing a colour code activity to memorise the words before attempting to spell them. After they complete this activity, there is a spelling test which involves selecting the misspelt word and writing the correct spelling.
The Synonyms/Antonyms booklet provides a list of common adjectives used to describe setting and behaviour. These words are grouped into categories. There is also a colour code section to learn the spelling of these words.
The pack will support students studying the 11 Plus exam and help the succeed in the English paper.
The Practice Paper for GCSE English Language ,Paper Two (Lighthouses) offers comprehensive support for teachers following the AQA curriculum. Here’s an overview of its content and its usefulness in supporting students in understanding how to respond to the different questions:
Reading Section: The paper contains two rich, contrasting texts on visiting a lighthouse — one contemporary and the other from the 1880s. Students are tasked with summarizing differences, analyzing language, and comparing perspectives across both texts. This structure mirrors AQA exam questions, enhancing students’ exam readiness.
Writing Section: The second part requires students to compose an argumentative essay about preserving our beaches, allowing them to practice argumentative writing and structuring arguments effectively.
Marking Support: The model answers act as exemplars, illustrating what successful responses should look like. These provide an opportunity to look closely at the language features and the structure of successful reading responses.There is also a guidance section which teachers can share with students for writing.
For students with additional difficulties, a colour coded activity is given with words used from the model writing response. A list of key phrases is also provided to read and improve fluency.
This paper will be invaluable for AQA teachers, offering realistic practice and clear guidance aligned with curriculum expectations.
This Functional Skills, English (Level Two), Practice Paper is based on the City and Guilds format. Resources are provided to support students with additional needs access its content.
The practice paper (reading) is based on the theme of the environment and contains online newspaper/web page articles. The questions are similar in style to the functional skills examination. The writing paper has two questions with accompanying model answers. Two further assessment questions are provided with plans.
Along with the Practice Paper and Marking Scheme, a list of words divided into syllables is provided. These should be copied using different colours to aid visual memory. This will help the students memorise the words and read them fluently. A list of key phrases is also given to read prior to the whole texts.
In the writing section, key phrases from the model answers are listed for students to familiarise themselves with the content.
This resources offers invaluable support for students with additional needs such as dyslexia and will help them to access the exam style/content.
This comprehensive GCSE, English Literature pack is full of useful A Christmas Carol resources, particularly useful for SEN and ESL students.
There are creative activities for every stave which require students to write diaries and letters, perform drama activities answer quizzes/comprehensions and many more. There are numerous key quotation activities to help memorise quotations for the exam, as well as examples of PEEL paragraphs and topic sentences.
This pack will provide everything you need to teach the novella to SEN and ESL students!