A handy pack of Eduqas style component 2 papers to help students with exam practice, exam writing style and understanding 19th and 21st Century non fiction. Inserts include non fiction texts on prison life, child labour, advertising and hospital conditions. There are 5 exam style papers in the set, with 5 different sets of 19th and 21st century articles/adverts/letters and 10 transactional writing tasks, all set out exactly like the Eduqas exam paper.

A colourful and engaging display improving vocabulary of every day words that are used too much.

A P4C lesson discussing animal rights and morality, using an article about Tilikum the whale in SeaWorld and the documentary Blackfish. A good way to have students discuss, justify and improve reasoning skills. A writer in role task is also included at the end of the lesson that can be used as an exit ticket, or homework, which encourages students to play 'devils advocate'.

A fun, engaging and thought provoking P4C lesson discussing pet ownership and homelessness, with a simple article as stimulus. A good article to analyse for non-fiction text alongside novels as well. A great way to get students talking. The entire lesson is planned with resources, Learning Objectives and Success Criteria. Good for encouraging communication, justification of ideas and listening skills. Students really enjoy P4C and it is structured in a way that means all children can achieve.

A fun and engaging P4C lesson discussing the hunting of animals, with a simple newspaper article as stimulus. A good article to analyse for non-fiction text alongside novels as well. A great way to get students talking. The entire lesson is planned with resources, Learning Objectives and Success Criteria. Good for encouraging communication, justification of ideas and listening skills. Students really enjoy P4C and it is structured in a way that means all children can achieve.

Exam style paper comparing Christina Rossetti’s ‘I loved your first: but afterwards your love’ with John Cooper Clarke’s ‘I wanna be yours’. Included in the resource is: the exam question; both poems; teacher notes including assessment objectives and mark scheme; student notes (including a key terminology tick list and a breakdown of what is needed to get maximum marks when answering the question). A great revision tool and an excellent way of helping the students get to grips with expectations in the exam.

A lesson, powerpoint and resources to help students prepare for their literature examination on A Christmas Carol. Complete with Do Now and various activities to practice the skills needed to succeed in the exam. Lesson made to help students practice embedding quotes and analysing language ready for their exam. Particularly successful with lower ability and C/D borderline students.

A lesson analysing the presentation of Scrooge in the beginning of the novella. This lesson is perfect for low ability or C/D borderline students. The lesson begins with a Do Now activity looking at different images and how the represent Scrooge, before moving on to an extract analysis task that can be completed independently or as a class. Included in the lesson is a worksheet with the three extracts on, including teacher modelled annotations on the smaller extract. Students finish the lesson by writing a PEE analysis of the presentation of Scrooge, which is again modelled and differentiated for weaker students.

A fun, educational and informative card game. A selection of important quotes from or about Macbeth, the main protagonist in the play, split into two for students to match up. A really successful revision method for students to ensure success in the English Literature exam.

A fun and informative basic punctuation and word class pairs game to help students remember punctuation marks and the four main word classes.

A home made, easy to print and play card game with important quotes split in half and turned into playing cards. Students can match the quotes as a revision memory game. Really popular and helps low ability student revise.

Exam style paper comparing Sylvia Plath’s ‘Cut’ with Emily Dickenson’s ‘I felt a funeral in my brain’. Included in the resource is: the exam question; both poems; teacher notes including assessment objectives and mark scheme; student notes (including a key terminology tick list and a breakdown of what is needed to get maximum marks when answering the question). A great revision tool and an excellent way of helping the students get to grips with expectations in the exam

Exam style paper comparing Countee Cullen’s ‘Uncle Jim’ with Langston Hughes’ ‘I, too’. Included in the resource is: the exam question; both poems; teacher notes including assessment objectives and mark scheme; student notes (including a key terminology tick list and a breakdown of what is needed to get maximum marks when answering the question). A great revision tool and an excellent way of helping the students get to grips with expectations in the exam.

Exam style paper comparing Roger McGough’s ‘Not for me a youngman’s death’ with Lotte Kramer’s ‘Lunch’. Included in the resource is: the exam question; both poems; teacher notes including assessment objectives and mark scheme; student notes (including a key terminology tick list and a breakdown of what is needed to get maximum marks when answering the question). A great revision tool and an excellent way of helping the students get to grips with expectations in the exam.

A set of playing cards with key quotes from Lady Macbeth split in half for students to play 'pairs' memory games with. Students are able to revise for their literature exam in a fun and informative way. Especially useful with students who struggle with memorising quotes- very effective.

Exam style paper comparing Dylan Thomas’s ‘Do not go gentle into that good night’ with William Ernest Henley’s ‘Invictus. Included in the resource is: the exam question; both poems; teacher notes including assessment objectives and mark scheme; student notes (including a key terminology tick list and a breakdown of what is needed to get maximum marks when answering the question). A great revision tool and an excellent way of helping the students get to grips with expectations in the exam.

An engaging and colourful 'key quotes' display for the classroom with all the important quotes needed to be memorised in preparation for the Eduqas English literature exam.

An easy to use selection of cloze paragraphs for Hound of the Baskervilles. More coming soon!

A good lesson to begin analysis of Stave 1 of A Christmas Carol. Learning Objectives, Success criteria and all resources are included. Detailed study of language and meaning. Great lesson to prepare students for a character study of Scrooge.

A great, interactive lesson on identifying and analyzing persuasive language features in newspapers. Used with both year 7 and 8 to open up discussion and analysis. Whiteboards are a fun addition to the lesson. All resources, learning objectives and success criteria included in the lesson.