A set of 15 images each with adjectives, verbs, descriptive techniques and sentence starters to use. All images found via a Google image search and belong to their respective owners.

A set of work packs to practise the skills tested on AQA Language Paper 1. This was created for lower-ability students to allow them to access the basics of the paper without giving them an actual exam paper.

A booklet of worksheets designed for lower-ability students to access Stave 1 of A Christmas Carol. The activities are cloze, matching, questions and analysing quotes. Students can also colour the images, too. The activities cover the plot, Scrooge’s personality, characters we meet, setting and context. Colouring images taken from Google image search.

Three practice papers made with questions in the same style as AQA English Language Paper 1. Each paper contains Q1-5. Each document contains the source, then sections A (Q1-4) and B (Q5). The extracts are from The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini and The Spy Who Loved Me by Ian Fleming. All images for Q5 are royalty free from unsplash.com.

A set of creative writing tasks based around Animal Farm by George Orwell. Each task is worth ‘points’ and students must gain a certain amount of ‘points’ in the lesson.

Four Q5s with both an image and story prompt. Sentence starters, an interesting verbs and adjectives list, a punctuation focus and an example are included for each image.

A set of work packs to practise the skills tested on AQA Language Paper 2. This was created for lower-ability students to allow them to access the basics of the paper without giving them an actual exam paper.

A set of activities designed to get students thinking about the thoughts and feelings of soldiers during a war. This is based on World War 1 and has a cloze activity, analysis of a diary entry, drawing what a soldier would look like and a larger task: descriptive writing about an image of going ‘over the top’. Made for lower-abilities and has sentence starters, guided questions, etc.

A worksheet with descriptions of each character taken from the opening stage directions of the play, and stage directions within the characters’ lines. The task is to use the descriptions given to draw a picture of each character and also the setting of the Birling family home then add an important quote from the play for each character. Characters included are: Arthur Birling, Sybil Birling, Sheila Birling, Eric Birling, Gerald Croft and Inspector Goole.

A worksheet with 7 tasks to guide students through gathering ideas for their story, different adjectives to use, deciding on a title, characters and storyline, then finally writing their story and creating a picture to go with it. Made for lower-abilities (chunked tasks, sentence starters, etc.)

A set of activities to encourage comprehension, analysis and decoding skills. Students will need to look for clues in evidence, interviews and coded messages. Note: I have included both a Word doc and a PDF as I know Word docs are tricky to open on Google docs sometimes.

7 AQA Language Paper 1 practice papers with Q1-5 included. The extracts are: The Caretakers Salvage This World Only the Beautiful My Flawless Life I Must Betray You How It Feels to Float Huge

A booklet with the basic plot (in prose form), context, characters, relationships, key quotes with meaning and analysis, and an example question and answer. This was made for my lower-set Yr 11s, to support students who either had not studied the play, or are SEN/EAL.

A set of creative writing tasks based around The Tempest by William Shakespeare. Each task is worth ‘points’ and students must gain a certain amount of ‘points��� in the lesson.

A set of creative writing tasks based around Christmas/winter. Each task is worth ‘points’ and students must gain a certain amount of ‘points’ in the lesson.

A document with the basic knowledge needed for AQA Language Papers 1 and 2. This includes: what the exam contains, word classes and definitions, language and strucutural techniques and their definitions, and sentence starters for Q2, 3, and 4. This is designed to be printed double-sided on A3 paper but it will look okay (if a bit small!) on A4. I have also attached an enlarged-font version for students who may need this - this is designed to be printed as a set of sheets rather than a mat.

A set of activities based around heroes, including what a hero is, what personality traits a hero has, what they might look like and personal heroes. The smaller tasks lead up to a main task of writing a letter to nominate their personal hero for ‘Hero of the Year’. Created for lower-abilities (sentence starters, chunked tasks, etc.)