This is a bundle of character and theme essay plans for the WJEC A Level English Language and Literature exam on ‘King Lear’. The notes are very detailed and could be applied to other exam boards studying this text. There are 12 essay plans on the main themes and characters in the play. I created these essay plans to prepare for my exam and achieved an A*. They are an excellent resource for teachers or for students doing independent revision. Please note that at the time of taking the exam, critical interpretation was not part of the WJEC syllabus so is not reflected in the essays.
Knowledge Organisers for all poems on the WJEC GCSE English Language and Literature Unit 1: Context and Meaning.
Created for students studying:
I Come From – Dean Atta
Miz Rosa Rides the Bus – Angela Jackson
The End and the Beginning – Wisława Szymborska
A Century Later – Imtiaz Dharker
Ark – Simon Armitage
Like an Heiress – Grace Nichols
Catrin – Gillian Clarke
Coming Home – Owen Sheers
Valentine – Carol Ann Duffy
Modern Love – Douglas Dunn
Includes revision notes on:
Context
Content
Form & Structure
Tone & Mood
Message
6 key quotes and close language analysis
Support your students in mastering Section B of the new WJEC English Language and Literature specification with this unofficial but flexible, high-level writing booklet. Designed for classroom use, homework, or independent revision, this resource helps learners build confidence across a wide range of text types while working towards Band 5 expectations.
What’s Included:
21 writing prompts covering every key text type from the specification – including stories, articles, monologues, reports, blogs, speeches, and more
21 high-level exemplar responses (300–400 words each), suitable for modelling structure, tone, and technique
Success criteria tailored to each text type, aligned with WJEC Section B mark scheme focus areas
A clear introduction that sets expectations and builds student confidence
Prompts that span both fiction and non-fiction writing, with an emphasis on creativity, clarity, and control
87 pages of content
Perfect For:
Teaching and modelling Section B writing skills
Exam prep for Year 10 and Year 11 learners
Cover lessons, intervention groups, or independent revision
Supporting lower-confidence writers with structure and genre awareness
Whether you’re introducing a new writing style or revisiting key techniques in the run-up to assessment, this booklet is ready to print and use with minimal prep. The success checklists and exemplars provide the clarity your students need to aim high, and the range of genres ensures they stay engaged.
Why You’ll Love It:
Covers all major text types in one easy-to-use pack
Reduces planning workload with ready-made models
Helps students understand how to meet Band 5 in tone, structure, and accuracy
Suitable for individual, paired, or whole-class tasks
Made by a currently practising classroom teacher in Wales
A mock paper for A Century Later WJEC Unit 1 English Double Award. To be paired with Anthem for Doomed Youth. Questions follow the same structure as the SAMS paper. There is also a writing section included.
GCSE English Language Exam Revision Pack - WJEC Exam Board
This resource contains eight pages of revision notes for learners sitting the GCSE English Language exams in Wales. This has been used successfully to support revision prior to the exam, in addition to completing exam practice questions in class. It can be used to teach/remind learners of success criteria, support the transition from modelled/supported activities and aid independent revision. They can be used as individual sheets or copied together to provide a support pack for learners.
The pack includes:
an overview of what to expect on Unit 2
an overview of what to expect on Unit 3
two pages of notes guiding learners through different reading skills
a page of notes guiding learners through success criteria for Unit 2 writing
a page of notes guiding learners through success criteria for Unit 3 writing
a suggested method for planning non-fiction writing (one of the most useful exam preparation tools I have shared with my learners)
a list of language features that could be used
GCSE English Language Bundle (WJEC) provides different materials to support learners in revising for their Unit 2 and Unit 3 exams.
This bundle includes four resources:
an overall revision pack, including key materials for reading and writing
a card sort to support the revision of reading skills and their success criteria
a resource containing four Unit 3 writing tasks to plan, including modelled planning
general tips and tricks to support pupils in attaining SPG marks in the written sections of the exams
As a bonus, there is also a booklet to support individuals with IRP planning.
These resources have particularly supported C/D borderline learners.
Perfect for those studying Foster by Claire Keegan as part of the revised WJEC Literature specification.
37 pages of close analysis and thoughtful discussion prompts in quick-print format. More activities to come, and although this pack does NOT currently include an answer key, this will be added in the future and previous buyers will have free access to all updates.
This lesson guides pupils through the GCSE synthesis question with a starter activity looking at how the synthesis question is worded. Pupils then look at an example of a synthesis response that would be awarded full marks (not linked to any text they have looked at) to work out how to set out answer. Pupils will then complete a synthesis question and peer assess their answers. There is also a lesson plan attached with the resources and the standard of the lesson was considered ‘excellent’ when observed.
You will need the summer 2018 Unit 3 resource material. The link will take you to that paper:
http://pastpapers.download.wjec.co.uk/s18-3700u30-1a.pdf
This booklet contains both poems for each theme plus 1 unseen poem for each theme.
Organised thematically with exam style questions for each.
Perfect for Easter Revision or teaching in lessons.
A whole scheme of work comprising of about 20 lessons to teach the new GCSE Poetry anthology.
All 10 poems from the anthology are included and some lessons included non-anthology poems as a tool of comparison.
Lessons include annotating the poems, dicsussion tasks, analaysis and model responses for a variety of learning experiences.
Please note this also includes assessment materials.
My name is Carl and I have been teaching now for 10+ years. I am a teacher of English, Media and Film Studies from KS3 to KS5. I love creating my own lessons and resources and want to share them with you if you are in a pinch. Please feel free to leave a review to help grow my page.
Hopefully my lessons help engage your pupils and help them progress whilst saving you precious time!
This resource contains work for a whole lesson (or two) based on writing a report - aimed at KS4 students.
Activities include:
- reminder of assessment objectives (new spec) and mark schemes;
- Discussion of reports, their purpose and who writes/reads them;
- Labelling activity for how to format a report;
- Correctional exercise (starter) for improving punctuation and formality of sentences;
- Mind-mapping class ideas to structure their own writing;
- Model paragraphs;
-Peer and self-assessment grids.
- An additional task has been included at the end for either homework, revision or a in-class timed response that could be peer or teacher-marked.
This is tailored to the WJEC/Eduqas mark scheme, assessment objectives could easily be replaced to suit your exam board.
This resource include four introductory lessons for the Unit 2: Description, Narration and Exposition aspect of the WJEC English Language paper. Although intended for KS4, these lessosn can also be used to enhance descriptive skills among KS3 students as well.
It includes:
How to include more ambitious word classes to achieve outstanding grades.
Varying sentence structures.
Incorporating literary devices into writing.
How to create an effective sense of mood and atmosphere.
Analysis of different literary characters.
Kahoot! Quiz in ‘notes’
An ‘Introduction to Descriptive Writing’ task that can be used as cover work or independent research.
Lessons and resources for the EDUQAS 9-1 anthology.
Lesson 1: Pairing compatible poems and writing discriminating comparisons
Lesson 2: Learn 3 quotations for each poem.
Lesson 3: Memorise 3 quotations for each poem.
Lesson 4: Memorise 3 words for each poem. Poetry grid.
Also includes a revision grid and a quiz.
Also contains PowerPoint animated annotations for all 18 poems. Free for teachers to adapt to suit their classes.
Also contains a 23 page booklet with analysis of key quotations in each poem.
A bundle of 19 teaching and revision resources for all poems on the WJEC (EDUQAS) GCSE Literature syllabus! Everything you need to teach or study the poems in detail.
Each resource includes:
Key vocabulary
A summary
Pieces voice
Key quotes + language techniques
Poems structure
Context
Attitudes
Themes
Tasks + Exercises
Possible Essay Questions
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POEMS INCLUDED:
‘A Wife in London’ - Thomas Hardy
‘Afternoons’ - Philip Larkin
‘As Imperceptibly as Grief’ - Emily Dickinson
‘Cozy Apologia’ - Rita Dove
‘Death of a Naturalist’ - Seamus Heaney
‘Dulce et Decorum Est’ - Wilfred Owen
‘Excerpt from the Prelude’ - William Wordsworth
‘Hawk Roosting’ - Ted Hughes
‘Living Space’ - Imitiaz Dharker
‘London’ - William Blake
‘Mametz Wood’ - Owen Sheers
‘Ozymandias’ - Percy Bysshe Shelley
‘She walks in beauty’ - Lord Byron
‘Sonnet 43’ - Elizabeth Barrett Browning
‘The Manhunt’ - Simon Armitage
‘The Soldier’ - Rupert Brooke
‘To Autumn’ - John Keats
‘Valentine’ - Carol Ann Duffy
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BONUS MATERIAL
Grade 7 Student Exemplar + Teacher Feedback - Keats’ ‘To Autumn’
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Reasons to love this resource:
Provides you with all the WJEC / EDUQAS poems
Each poem has an in depth analysis included
Series of essays questions related to each poem included
Useful in depth start, or update, for those revising and starting their studies
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Interested in how our resources work? Download Duffy’s ‘Valentine’ for FREE here to view an example of our materials.
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A Powerpoint to aid revision of the writing styles tested by the WJEC, some past paper questions (half an hour per question) sorry the mark scheme looks patchy but it was just a screenshot!
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