A lesson focussed on Storm on the Island, with links to context and The Troubles. Contains sample responses and key quotes for analysis. Slides can be printed and stuck into pupils' books.

A lesson that guides through the Unseen Poetry section of the GCSE exam. Provides an example, annotations, activity understand imagery, sample question and links to the new marking criteria. Perfect as in introduction to unseen poetry or as revision before the exam itself. Could be adapted for KS3 students and also features and an example answer for students to level with the mark scheme.

A lesson that focusses on the relationship between George and Lennie and the use of punctuation. Contains a sample answer and activities for students to find the key words.

A worksheet that allows students to research the context behind Of Mice and Men. Perfect for us in the ICT room or as a homework.

A poster pack for use in school classrooms that contain a range of connectives for different purposes. Perfect for printing and laminating.

Want your students to achieve the highest possible marks for their literature exams? Then look no further! Written by an experienced examiner, these lessons have been tried and tested to ensure that students understand how to achieve maximum marks in literature exams. A fully-loaded Macbeth scheme of work that covers all of the main scenes in the play. All lessons contain starters and engaging main activities that allow students to explore the scenes in a number of different ways (such as through: PEE chains, diaries, directing the scene themselves, blogs, letters and other techniques). Also included are worksheets, research activities and contextual information. An assessment lesson is also included, based on the scene where Macbeth and Lady Macbeth discuss the murder. Where lessons require students to watch clips, links are included in the PowerPoints. This SOW would ideally suit a middle-ability group although could easily be adapted to differentiate up or down. 13 full lessons are included in total, plus a computer research grid based lesson.

This lesson allows students to plan and write a comparative essay based on two poems from the Power & Conflict cluster. It features a starter that allows students to the place poems into different themes, a planning activity (with examples) and a sample question that focusses on comparing Storm on the Island with The Prelude. It also has an example essay for students to level and grade with clear links to the AQA marking criteria as a plenary activity. This lesson could easily stretch to 2-3 lessons.

A lesson that enables students to answer Q2 of AQA English Language Paper 1 in detail. Contains an engaging starter, extract to annotate, mark scheme annotations, peer assessment activity and exemplar answer for students to use.

This scheme of work contains 10 full lessons that allow students to study the complete play in full detail and a further 5 exam preparation lessons to use as revision before the examination itself. The lessons all contain starters, mains and plenaries and also contain full examples of essay questions and activities for students to self and peer assess with annotations of key quotations that they will need for the exam. These lessons are all excellent for Oftsed or in-school observations as they show clear progression and contain a full range of different AFL techniques.

An AQA style exam question for Yr 11 students; could easily be used in class or for homework / a mock exam.

This scheme of work contains 10 full lessons that allow students to study the complete novel in detail. The lessons all contain starters, mains and plenaries and also contain full examples of essay questions and activities for students to self and peer assess with annotations of key quotations that they will need for the exam. These lessons are all excellent for Ofsted or in-school observations as they show clear progression and contain a full range of different AFL techniques.

This is a series of lessons that guides students through the AQA English Language Paper 2 exam; it provides example answers, mark schemes and sentence starters for students. It is based on the AQA ENGLISH LANGUAGE PAPER 2 YEAR 9 PACK 2 paper (about ghosts). This sample is available to download directly from the AQA website, hence why it isn't included here.

This bespoke lesson guides students through the Romeo and Juliet AQA exam by helping them to annotate an extract and make clear links to other parts of the play. The lesson has an engaging starter which uses quotes to describe Tybalt, a custom-made AQA exam paper, helpful annotations, language features to find, an example student response to the question and links to the AQA marking criteria. This lesson contains everything you need to guide students through the exam. Perfect for use before a mock or before the exam itself. Could also be used for an observation lesson as it shows clear progression from start to finish. This would easily stretch to 2-3 lessons.

A mock exam assessment for the new AQA spec GCSE exam for A Christmas Carol. The question used is: Starting with this extract, how does Dickens present social injustices? Write about: • How Dickens presents social injustice in this extract • How Dickens presents social injustice the novel as a whole Perfect for use in class, as a homework or for a full mock assessment.

An example mock exam assessment for Romeo and Juliet in the AQA style; perfect for use in class, as a homework or as a full-blown mock exam. The question (based on the prologue) is: Starting with this extract, explain how Shakespeare develops the ideas of love and hatred. • How Shakespeare presents love and hatred in this extract • How Shakespeare presents love and hatred in the play as a whole

An example mock exam assessment for the AQA Power and Conflict cluster based on London by William Blake. The question used is: Compare the ways poets present ideas about loss and absence in ‘London’ and in one other poem from ‘Power and Conflict’. On the reverse is a handy planning activity to help students and sentence starters for the less-able. Perfect for use in class, as a homework or as a full-blown mock.

A mock exam assessment based on the theme of Christmas for AQA English Literature. The question used is: Starting with this extract, how does Dickens present the importance of Christmas? Write about: • How Dickens presents Christmas in this extract • How Dickens presents the importance of Christmas in the novel as a whole Perfect for use in class, as a homework for a full-blown mock exam.

An example AQA style mock paper for A Christmas Carol; perfect for use in class, as a homework or even as a formal mock paper. The question from Stave 5 is: Starting with this extract, how does Dickens present Scrooge as a redeemed man? Write about: • How Dickens presents Scrooge in this extract • How Dickens presents Scrooge’s redemption in the novel as a whole [30 marks]

A lesson that allows students to plan and write an example response to a new AQA 1-9 poetry question. Includes starter, sample essay response and PEE differentiation tasks for less able. Could easily stretch to 2/3 lessons. The sample compares The Charge of the Light Brigade to Bayonet Charge.

An example exam essay response to the AQA sample paper based on Lady Macbeth's soliloquy. The sample answer contains links to whole text, contextual references and could be used as a revision tool for students or in class as a worked example. The question answered is: Starting with this speech, explain how far you think Shakespeare presents Lady Macbeth as a powerful woman. Write about: • how Shakespeare presents Lady Macbeth in this speech • how Shakespeare presents Lady Macbeth in the play as a whole