GCSE English literature revision resources

Updated for 2025/2026 exams. Ensure your English literature students are on the right track with this collection of hand-picked English literature paper 1 and paper 2 revision resources. From English literature practice questions and assessment materials to teacher-led activities and knowledge organisers on a range of exam set texts and unseen poetry analysis for GCSE.

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Exam questions and practice papers for English literature

Explore exam practice for English literature with questions and papers on Macbeth and Jekyll and Hyde for Shakespeare plays and the 19th-century novel. As well as resources on An Inspector Calls and DNA for modern prose or drama texts and more.

Teacher-led English literature revision lessons

A range of revision lesson activities and quizzes covering literary devices and set texts such as A Christmas Carol and Blood Brothers, as well as full revision lessons for analysing unseen poetry and revising poetry anthology collections like Power and Conflict.

Unseen Poetry
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Unseen Poetry

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Revamped unseen poetry introduction that takes students through the requirements of both AQA English Literature Paper 2 questions, provides them with model answers and supports them with engaging activities to help them analyse and compare two unseen poems. A fully differentiated 1 hour lesson to he...
Macbeth Quiz
creativesquirrel

Macbeth Quiz

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A fantastic and well presented quiz to help learners revise some of the key elements of Macbeth. This includes questions on: * Character * Context * Structure * Quotations * Plot * Word Definitions and more! This quiz contains 50 slides and a useful ten-second animated timer. Perfect as an end ...
AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 2 Unseen Poetry Winter
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AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 2 Unseen Poetry Winter

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This lesson uses questioning to elicit students' knowledge of methods used by the writers and understanding of some of their effects. Students are asked to annotate their copies of the poems in the questioning phase of the lesson so that they can then use their notes to spend 40 minutes working inde...
Tragedy in Blood Brothers
Emily Thompson

Tragedy in Blood Brothers

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A complete one-hour lesson that explores the features of tragic drama in Blood Brothers. Fully resourced, ending with an exam-style question on sympathy for the working class. Originally delivered to a top set but can be adapted to suit lower-ability students. Please leave feedback on any purchase...
Power and Conflict Context Lessons
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Power and Conflict Context Lessons

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Power and Conflict context worksheets that could be used as starters, homework, cover lessons, part of extended projects and more. Includes worksheets on Poppies, Remains, War Photographer, Kamikaze, The Charge of the Light Brigade, Storm on the Island, Exposure and Bayonet Charge. Students use the ...

Student-led English literature revision activities

Support your English literature students with a host of resources, with everything from key quotation sheets and exam practice worksheets to GCSE English literature revision games covering a range of texts and exam skills.

Jekyll and Hyde Quote Summary for GCSE
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Jekyll and Hyde Quote Summary for GCSE

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This is a summary of quotes by chapter with a relevant description or explanation for each. It is a useful resource with which to create mind maps for each character, theme etc. It was made for my own revision for sitting in 2017 for the new GCSE specification 9-1 for literature. I hope it can be ...
A Christmas Carol Revision Booklet
JodieMills

A Christmas Carol Revision Booklet

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A 49 page revision booklet with: \- information on Dickens \- information on context \- Key extracts \- tables to complete on themes \- a key quote challenge \- 10 practice questions \- sentence starters for writing responses
Unseen Poetry Revision Worksheet
Hmgilm

Unseen Poetry Revision Worksheet

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Tackling an unseen poem can be a daunting task. Students need to know the process, as well as feel confident in analysing a poem. These step by step revision tasks will help a student work through their approach to an unseen poem, from the initial reading to the written essay. The tasks are suppor...
Romeo and Juliet Revision Cards
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Romeo and Juliet Revision Cards

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Set of mini character revision cards for students to fill out. Excellent way for students to build up their revision and re-call. Focus of key characters in Romeo and Juliet. Great for Year 10&11.

Knowledge organisers for English literature

Help students revise key English literature content with knowledge organisers and help mats on set texts and poetry, including helpful overviews of the Worlds and Lives poems and skills for analysing unseen poetry.

GCSE revision resources

Support your students in the run-up to May with this bumper collection of GCSE revision resources and activities.

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GCSE English language resources

Looking for more English revision resources for your students? Click here to discover English language GCSE revision resources.

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Student support resources

Make sure your students are prepared to tackle their exams with confidence using these tried-and-tested revision tips and tricks.

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