A Walking talking mock that uses the AQA examiner feedback from summer 2023 to guide students through a process of planning and then writing answers/essays to the ‘Macbeth’ question. Power point (37 slides) and student work booklet included. This resource focuses on helping students to: • plan their response • consider the text chronologically • embed context rather than bolt it on at the end • consider how themes can be context rather than just Historical events • create thesis statements • consider the texts as a construct Exam questions used in this resource: Macbeth’s violence Model answers included. Additional exam question used: Macbeth and Banquo’s attitude towards the super natural.

A Walking talking mock that uses the AQA examiner feedback from the summer exams to guide students through a process of planning and then writing answers to English language paper 1. Power point (81 slides) and student work booklet included. This resource focuses on helping students to: plan their responses to the questions consider the order in which to answer the questions explore methods and their effect concisely improve responses through model answers consider ‘mood’ as a central concept in all of the tasks on the paper develop their imaginative writing Source material: Daphne De Maurier ‘Don’t look now’ Model answers included.

A medium term plan (scheme of work) for Of Mice and Men to be taught at KS3. This medium term plan signposts opportunities to embed skills for the new specification GCSE 9-1 skills. The scheme lasts 7 weeks and within each week is an assessment. Each week's assessment is either a literature or language paper based assessment.

Lessons to support the revision of the new specification English language paper 2 for AQA. Perfect to use in class as a walking talking mock - whereby you guide students thorough each question and allow them the suggested time to complete each task. Using a sample paper the resources: - guide students through how to tackle each question - provide suggested timings - provide sample answers - provide tips and strategies for planning a response - show the questions annotated to ensure students stick to the focus of the task - provide opportunities to self/peer assess against the mark scheme criteria - model to students how to annotate the questions These lessons use the sample paper that AQA provided on the theme of bad weather.

18 fully differentiated lessons that use the theme of family holidays to analyse and compare non-fiction texts. (All texts included) Lessons are numbered for ease of use. Differentiation by colour: purple = low ability blue = middle ability yellow = high ability These resource re ideal for KS3 or KS4 in preparation for tackling non-fiction texts at GCSE. They are meticulously planned and ready to go. Download and use. Texts: - Butlins promotional video - Practical caravan article - Information leaflet - Holidays matter - Extract from PGL - Family adventures - Guardian online article - Centerparcs blog Resources provide opportunities to: - Analyse language - Analyse graphological features - Analyse perspective - Analyse audience and purpose - Compare texts

Differentiated resources to support the teaching of 'Pig Heart Boy.' Lessons are numbered for ease of use. Ideal for year 7 or year 8 Resources provide opportunities for students to: - explore and research context - Xenotransplantation - explore themes such as perseverance, friendship, optimism, forgiveness, - explore and analyse characters and themes - write persuasively - develop speaking and listening skills - develop sympathy and empathy skills

Resources to support the teaching of the history of language with focus on Chaucer and the Canterbury tales. Canterbury tales included: - Pardoner - Knight - Nun's priest - Miller Resources provide opportunities to: - explore context - explore narrative structure - tackle old English - explore dialect and the development of English language

Fully differentiated resources to support the revision of 'Of Mice and Men.' Opportunities to: - revise characters - revise themes - practice exam style questions - study model paragraphs in response to exam style questions - revise the context 1920s and 1930s America - extract to whole Differentiation: yellow = higher ability blue = middle ability purple = lower ability

Resources to support the revision of Victorian context including: - gentlemanly behaviour - Victorian women - Victorian society - Victorian Holidays - Victorian England Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow = higher ability Video clip links included to support student revision.

Lesson to support the understanding of the representation of women in Victorian England and in a modern society.

A handy pack of documents and proformas for a head of department. Included: Deep dive documents that will be useful for inspection including work scrutiny and learning walk templates as well as Middle leader ofsted questions - Lesson observation / learning walk document in line with latest Ofsted Work scrutiny / pupil voice document in line with new Ofsted An example English department vision which takes into account pupils’ reading, writing and speaking & listening - Department report templates - Department detention letter templates - Departmental moderation and standardisation templates - English department presentation policy template - Questions to prepare of Ofsted inspection - A template for assessing the English department against the Ofsted ‘Good’ criteria

CPD resources including power point presentations, evaluation forms and tasks to support the development of teachers in whole school literacy. The first CPD power point covers: - Pedagogy and research - Ofsted - removing the barriers to literacy - What literacy is - How it is different to English - Blooms taxonomy and 3 level questions - Inference and deduction - Ways of reading - Reading exam questions - Active reading strategies including cloze and restructuring The second CPD power point covers: - Note making skills - Reading critically - TAP analysis - critical literacy - interrogating and deconstructing texts - research skills Following the CPD session the idea is that staff go away and trial using one of the strategies to improve literacy in their subject areas and bring feedback to the next session.

Fully differentiated lessons to support the teaching of 'Charge of the light brigade' by Alfred Lord Tennyson. 3 lessons that include pupil talk tasks, assessment, outcomes and cover: - context of the poem - language analysis - form and structure exploration - interleaved content - obedience in the poem and in Romeo & Juliet and An Inspector Calls - imaginative writing and upgrading sentences Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow - higher ability

4 fully differentiated (by colour) resources to support the teaching of extracts taken from 19th century texts with paper 2 comparison skills incorporated. (Theme of education) Students will study an extract from Jane Eyre and Nicholas Nickleby on the theme of education and will analyse language and explore context. Students will look at the presentation of school life and compare to modern society. (Extracts included) Students will then read a modern news report on behaviour in schools and draw comparisons. Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow = higher ability

8 fully differentiated (by colour) lessons to support the teaching of act 2 of An Inspector Calls Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher Resources provide opportunities to: - explore context 1912 and 1945 - explore Gerald's and Mrs Birling's involvement - analyse language and structure - structure exam responses - compare the responsibility of different character - write imaginatively - write a speech

3 differentiated (by colour) lessons to support the teaching of Romeo and Juliet Act 5 scene 1, 2 and 3. Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow = higher ability Resources provide opportunities to: - explore language, form and structure - assess against the 9-1 specification success criteria - explore context - fate and predestination - explore creation of tension - explore unfortunate coincidence - explore the significance of the ending

3 fully differentiated (by colour) lessons to support the teaching of 19th century extract taken from Wuthering Heights. The focus of these lessons is childhood and students will consider the presentation of childhood in the 19th century. Students will explore: - differences between rich and poor 19th century children - language in the extract Extracts are taken from the AQA new specification 9-1, 19th century texts booklet and is included in this resource pack. Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow = higher ability

Fully differentiated lessons to support the teaching of 'A poison tree' by William Blake. 2 lessons that include pupil talk tasks, assessment, outcomes and cover: - context of the poem - language analysis - form and structure exploration Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow - higher ability

Carousel activities which allow students to revise the context of Elizabethan England and practice analysing extracts from the play as well as referring to the play as a whole. Differentiated to allow students to structure an exam response which culminates in an exam practice question. Two exam questions also included in the structure of the 9-1 literature examination. Extracts taken from: Act 1 scene 5 Act 2 scene 2 Act 2 scene 3 Act 4 scene 3 Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue - middle ability yellow = higher ability

8 fully differentiated lessons (by colour) that re numbered for ease of use. Resources support the teaching of the following poems: 1. Half Caste 2. Limbo 3. The Class Game 4. Blessing Resources provide opportunities to: - Compare poetry - Explore context - Analyse language, form and structure