Simple resource with a chance for students to practice their recognition of language and literary techniques.

The workbook offers questions as annotations around the poem for the students to fill in by critical thinking. This follows a point, evidence and explanation table for students to start planning their paragraph to the question “how is the fragility of life presented in Tissue?” At the end, there is a sample essay of a poem taken online from a student for a chance for pupils to read.

The workbook provides a basic guide on how to analyse storm on the island. The poem has annotations with questions to guide the student to annotate and critically think and look for interesting literary technqiues. Then, this proceeds to present a paragraph framework for the student to follow to construct a paragraph of their own. This resource works great for those new to the power and conflict poetry.

Simple resource with a chance for students to practice their recognition of language and literary techniques.

Questions to help pupils identify language techniques and devices to help aid in their analysis of the poem War Photographer.

Questions to help pupils identify language techniques and devices to help aid in their analysis of the poem The Emigree.

This 2 pg document details a guide on how to write a language analysis question alongside useful examples.

The workbook goes through what is expected of pupils when writing both descriptions or stories as part of their question 5, english language paper 1. It shows a sample description of a picture of an old man with the task to underline interesting language techniques. Then students have the opportunity of their own to write a descripton of a different image.

Simple resource with a chance for students to practice their recognition of language and literary techniques to help them in their GCSE exams.

This 11pg workbook is a comprehensive and detailed resource to help students study and analyse poems the prelude and storm on the island from the poetry anthology as part of the English Literature GCSE spec. It includes: Detail on the structure of the exam Tips and tricks on answering the question Annotation fillers for both poems Fill in the table comparison Sample paragraph investigation Model essay answer taken from a student.

This resource guides students to answer GCSE english language paper 2 question 5. It goes through what makes a good article with some examples. Students then have the opportunity to practice writing one of their own.

The resource begins with a 5-to-start which are 5 questions used as a quick recall of english techniques and terms. This then follows 2 extracts with tables to fill in for each with the column titles “what is the writer thinking or feeling”, “evidence” and “explanation”. This allows students to practice their critical thinking and analysis skills and the teacher can go through this together as a class. As a small side-activity, there is also a page with questions such as find quotes in both extracts that show for example - “personification”. This provides students the opportunity to practice their language and literary techniques. Following this, there is a “fill in the gap” for a model comparison paragraph between both extracts. This is to allow students to gain insight of what is expected of them in their writing for the question. Last but not least, students have the opportunity to put their skills into practice and write a comparison paragraph of their own. This excellent resource will allow students to gain deeper confidence in approaching the question.

The mini-workbook works as an excellent lesson for students studying for the English Language GCSE paper 2. It details how to answer the question with tips and tricks and proceeds to share 2 different extracts. Students can then work together to see similarities and differences and can then fill in the empty gaps to formulate their first comparison paragraph. They then have the opportunity to write a paragraph of their own.

The workbook starts with roughly detailing tips and advice on how to answer a general question from the text. It also contains: 10+ starter general knowledge questions as an active recall for students on the play to test their memory. questions to summarise the acts and point out any notable points of context. fill in key quotes for characters in the play, they can use their books if allowed. This leads on to an opportunity to practice an exam-style question and there is also a model answer from a student on a different question so students can insight on good quality answer samples.

This simple resource allows students to independently summarise each poem in the poetry anthology as well as list down their top 3 quotes (with any techniques), key themes, and context for each poem. After filing in the gaps, the source becomes a good revision booklet to refer back to.

This resource details a simple sample paragraph framework students can use to formulate their comparison questions for the English Literature GCSE paper.

A list of most, not all potential essay questions that could come up in your GCSE English Literature paper.

The notes are a combination of different techniques and strategies to help support in writing an answer to GCSE English Literature paper 2 - poetry and conflict questions. It begins by detailing a brief summary of the structure and marking of the question. This also includes language techniques and structural elements to include in your answer during comparisons of poems as well as an example poem with a model paragraph of a GCSE comparison question. The worksheet also includes a starter activity “5-to-start”. Overall the notes are a summary of how best to answer the question, rather than a specific focus.

The notes are a combination of different techniques and strategies to help support in writing an answer to GCSE English Language paper 2 question 4. It begins by detailing a brief summary of the structure and marking of the question. This also includes comparison techniques using language and structure to include in your answer as well as an exam style question with a model answer/segment of a model answer (specimen texts for cycling GCSE exam question easily accessible online) The worksheet includes a starter activity, a 5-to-finish quiz and at the end is also some homework for students to take away and complete themself with the option for an extension exercise. Overall the notes are a summary of how best to answer the question, rather than a specific focus.

The notes are a combination of different techniques and strategies to help support in writing an answer to GCSE English Language paper 2 question 5. It begins by detailing a brief summary of the structure and marking of the question. This also includes language techniques and structural elements to include in your answer as well as 2 exam style questions with a model answer/segment of a model answer. The worksheet includes a starter activity, a 5-to-finish quiz and at the end is also some homework for students to take away and complete themself with the option for an extension exercise. Overall the notes are a summary of how best to answer the question, rather than a specific focus.