English GCSE and English KS3 resources by a lead practitioner. Everything I upload is tried and tested by both myself and my English Department. I always appreciate feedback, so please do leave a review if you get chance.
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English GCSE and English KS3 resources by a lead practitioner. Everything I upload is tried and tested by both myself and my English Department. I always appreciate feedback, so please do leave a review if you get chance.
Leave a review and choose any other single resource for free! Just get in touch at info@englishgcse.co.uk
A fully differentiated and resourced lesson that supports students as they analyse two unseen poems and answer both unseen poetry questions (24 marks and 8 marks) in preparation for AQA English Literature Paper 2. With the exam only a few weeks away it is amazing how many schools focus so much of their energies on the anthology poetry in Power and Conflict and Love and Relationships but seem to sideline Unseen Poetry when it is worth 32 marks in total. This lesson is definitely worth getting if you want to help build students’ independence rather than them relying on you to spoon feed them all the necessary information.
Students find it really helpful to have step by step guides to each question for both English Language and English Literature. These revision slides go through each exam question in detail for this year’s AQA exams, including dates, times, questions, elements to include in each question and areas to consider in terms of planning and preparation. Students make their own notes before being walked through each individual exam. A fantastic resource to help prepare students for upcoming and very challenging English Language and Literature exams. Includes notes on approaching Macbeth, An Inspector Calls, The Sign of Four, Jekyll and Hyde, Power and Conflict, Unseen Poetry and all Language questions including reading and writing skills.
A fully differentiated and resourced lesson on JB Priestley’s An Inspector Calls that helps students to learn key quotes and divide up quotations into different categories and genres. Ideal preparation for KS4 students about to sit their AQA English Literature Paper 2 exam and for KS3 and KS4 students analysing the play as well. Definitely worth a download! Includes a huge pack of key quotes as well.
Revise Macbeth with key quotes! A fully differentiated and resourced lesson that supports students in the run-up to the AQA English Literature Paper 1 exam by providing detailed and relevant revision activities. The lesson also includes a detailed pack of key quotes from across the play that is divided up into characters, but the lesson supports students to approach learning quotes from the viewpoint of different themes as well. Definitely worth a download as we fast approach the exam!
Update: I’ve added about 15 pages of quotes, activities, a PETAZL paragraph model and activities and more! Now includes a huge bank of quotes for students to analyse and make notes on.
A fully differentiated and resourced lesson that supports KS3 and KS4 students in preparing for an assessment on Act 1 Scene 7 of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Includes a model and scaffold to help support students make notes in preparation for an assessment. Planning skills are essential for all students as they move towards terminal GCSE exams and being able to take notes and prepare essays are integral to future success. Well worth a download!
An easy to use reading comprehension pack with three sections of differentiated questions. This activity focuses on the rights and wrongs of the Sugar Tax. It can be used in form time as part of literacy focus, or in an English lesson for KS3/4 GCSE comprehension training.
A fully differentiated and resourced lesson that guides students through analysing unseen poetry for Section C of AQA English Literature Paper 2. The lesson focuses around Condolence by Dorothy Parker but includes approaches for looking at any unseen poem. Includes differentiated activities, models, scaffolds and more to help get your KS3 and KS4 students ultra-ready for their English Literature exams!
TWENTY fully differentiated lessons for both KS3 and KS4 students on George Orwell’s Animal Farm. Ideal preparation for students working towards AQA English Literature Paper 2.
Lesson 1: FREE TO DOWNLOAD HERE
We analyze all the major characters introduced in Chapter One and some clues about context and deeper symbolic meaning. Students evaluate how each character is introduced, including Mr Jones, Boxer, Clover, Old Major and more.
Lesson 2: We look at Old Major’s speech to the animals in Chapter 1 and how he uses language to influence the animals into supporting his cause. Additionally, we explore the song Beasts of England and evaluate how it affects the animals on the farm.
Lesson 3: This focuses on the first half of Chapter 2. Students analyze key sections of the chapter to develop an understanding of characters, plot and also historical context. Recently revamped and expanded.
Lesson 4: We create summaries regarding the characters, and how plot and themes are developed in the rest of Chapter 2.
Lesson 5: This lesson focuses on Chapter 3 and supports students in analyzing the behaviour of the pigs around the other animals including Boxer, Squealer, Snowball and Napoleon.
Lesson 6: This lesson focuses on Chapter 4 and supports students in analyzing language and structure.
Lesson 7: We look at the importance of the Windmill in Chapter 5, at what happens between Snowball and Napoleon and how Napoleon uses the puppies to tighten his grip on power.
Lesson 8: Now we focus on Chapter 5 and the opening to Chapter 6. We look closely at the battle between Snowball and Napoleon as well as Squealer’s use of language to appease the animals and their initial anger.
Lesson 9: This lesson focuses on Chapter 6, historical context and creating analytical paragraphs.
Lesson 10: We explore the symbolic significance of the windmill in the text and students develop a more detailed understanding of context.
Lesson 11: We find out how tension is building in Chapter 7, the significance of Mr Whymper and why Snowball is portrayed as to blame for everything or a scapegoat. Additionally, students explode quotes and develop their language analysis skills.
Lesson 12: Recap Animal Farm by George Orwell through an engaging escape room lesson! It is filled with codes, puzzles and activities to get students to revise characters, themes and contexts as they work in groups or ‘escape crews’ to get out of the Windmill! Includes answers for every mystery and puzzle (see the notes attached in the PowerPoint) and is a brilliant way to help students in their learning.
Lesson 13: Animal Farm lesson that focuses on Boxer and how he is presented in Chapter 7 plus earlier parts of the texts. We explore how Napoleon’s trials and executions of many animals mimic those of the Stalin show trials of the 1930s, as well as how the animals react to the death and destruction they witness.
Lesson 14: We explore the cult of personality around Napoleon and how this links into historical context, as well as analysing the key events of the Battle of the Windmill and why the pigs’ discovery of alcohol might be the beginning of the end for the animals on Animal Farm.
Lesson 15: FREE TO DOWNLOAD HERE
Animal Farm lesson that explores how Boxer leaves and what happens to him, how the animals react to this and how they are manipulated by Squealer, and how and why Moses is allowed to stay at the farm despite spreading ideas about Sugarcandy Mountain.
Also includes an escape room revision lesson, knowledge organiser and full scheme of work document!
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AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 Knowledge Organisers
AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Sections A and B package
AQA English Language Paper 1 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A package
AQA English Language and English Literature revision package
An Inspector Calls whole scheme package
An Inspector Calls revision package
Macbeth whole scheme package
Macbeth revision package
A Christmas Carol whole scheme package
A Christmas Carol revision package
Jekyll and Hyde whole scheme package
Jekyll and Hyde revision package
Romeo and Juliet whole scheme package
Power and Conflict poetry comparing poems package
Power and Conflict poetry whole scheme package
Love and Relationships poetry whole scheme package
Unseen Poetry whole scheme package
Sign of Four - A fully differentiated lesson that looks at an exam-style English Literature question for Paper 1 on The Sign of Four by Conan Doyle and reviews the theme of class, the use of language in the extract and how the extract can link to historical context before students review their own answers and then peer assess each other’s work. Easily adaptable for other exam questions and for other exam boards.
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AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 Knowledge Organisers
AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Sections A and B package
AQA English Language Paper 1 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A package
AQA English Language and English Literature revision package
An Inspector Calls whole scheme package
An Inspector Calls revision package
Macbeth whole scheme package
Macbeth revision package
A Christmas Carol whole scheme package
A Christmas Carol revision package
Jekyll and Hyde whole scheme package
Jekyll and Hyde revision package
Romeo and Juliet whole scheme package
Power and Conflict poetry comparing poems package
Power and Conflict poetry whole scheme package
Love and Relationships poetry whole scheme package
Unseen Poetry whole scheme package
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A fully differentiated and resourced lesson that assists students with comparing Charge of the Light Brigade by Tennyson and Exposure by Wilfred Owen. A very useful lesson for KS4 students about to sit their Power and Conflict question as part of AQA English Literature Paper 2. Also includes detailed annotated notes on both poems. Well worth downloading!
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - A fully differentiated and resourced lesson that looks at a model answer for the AQA English Literature Paper 1 exam on the theme of secrecy in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Ideal preparation for students in KS4 about to sit their Literature exams or for KS3 students moving towards GCSE standard answers. A must-download for any English teacher!
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AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 Knowledge Organisers
AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Sections A and B package
AQA English Language Paper 1 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A package
AQA English Language and English Literature revision package
An Inspector Calls whole scheme package
An Inspector Calls revision package
Macbeth whole scheme package
Macbeth revision package
A Christmas Carol whole scheme package
A Christmas Carol revision package
Jekyll and Hyde whole scheme package
Jekyll and Hyde revision package
Romeo and Juliet whole scheme package
Power and Conflict poetry comparing poems package
Power and Conflict poetry whole scheme package
Love and Relationships poetry whole scheme package
Unseen Poetry whole scheme package
Or check out some Citizenship, RE, PSHE + RSE resources at EC Resources
Sign of Four - A fully differentiated 1 hour revision lesson to prepare students for AQA English Literature Paper 1. Includes a mock exam question and a model analytical paragraph to help supports before their first English exam. Includes a pack of useful quotes from EVERY chapter and helps students to explore themes as well as plot and character.
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AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 Knowledge Organisers
AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Sections A and B package
AQA English Language Paper 1 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A package
AQA English Language and English Literature revision package
An Inspector Calls whole scheme package
An Inspector Calls revision package
Macbeth whole scheme package
Macbeth revision package
A Christmas Carol whole scheme package
A Christmas Carol revision package
Jekyll and Hyde whole scheme package
Jekyll and Hyde revision package
Romeo and Juliet whole scheme package
Power and Conflict poetry comparing poems package
Power and Conflict poetry whole scheme package
Love and Relationships poetry whole scheme package
Unseen Poetry whole scheme package
Or check out some Citizenship GCSE, RE, PSHE + RSE resources at EC Resources
An easy to use reading comprehension pack with three sections of differentiated questions. This activity focuses on Trump and all the crazy/interesting recent events of his presidency. It can be used in form time as part of a literacy focus, or in an English lesson for KS3 / KS4 GCSE comprehension training.
Sign of Four - A fully differentiated and resourced lesson that focuses on helping students to link pieces of historical and social context together to ideas that they write within their essays on the text. Very useful for improving students’ understanding of AO3 and being able to link The Sign of Four to attitudes on race, gender equality, Empire and more. Definitely worth downloading!
Check out our English Shop for loads more free and inexpensive KS3, KS4, KS5, Literacy and whole school resources.
AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 Knowledge Organisers
AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Sections A and B package
AQA English Language Paper 1 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A package
AQA English Language and English Literature revision package
An Inspector Calls whole scheme package
An Inspector Calls revision package
Macbeth whole scheme package
Macbeth revision package
A Christmas Carol whole scheme package
A Christmas Carol revision package
Jekyll and Hyde whole scheme package
Jekyll and Hyde revision package
Romeo and Juliet whole scheme package
Power and Conflict poetry comparing poems package
Power and Conflict poetry whole scheme package
Love and Relationships poetry whole scheme package
Unseen Poetry whole scheme package
Or check out some Citizenship GCSE, RE, PSHE + RSE resources at EC Resources
9x 1 hour fully differentiated lessons that focus on AQA English Language Paper 2 Section B. Includes resources on analysing and creating effective speeches, exploring letter writing, revisiting language techniques and writing to argue. Fantastic lessons that will prepare your students for one of the most challenging exams of their lives and easily accessible for KS3 students as well!
9x 1 hour fully differentiated and resourced lessons that focus on getting students ready for AQA English Language Paper 2 - Section B. In these lessons we explore using punctuation for effect, analysing non-fiction writing examples, exploring effective openings to non-fiction writing pieces, speech writing, writing articles, writing newspaper articles and more. Fantastic preparation for all KS4 students taking their English Language exams at the end of this year and easily accessible for KS3 students, too.
EIGHTEEN lessons, most 1 hour but three 2 hours each (20 hours in total) that cover all four Section A questions and allow KS4 and KS3 students to pick out key information, summarise texts, analyse the use of language and make comparisons between non-fiction texts. Easily adaptable for KS3 students as well, these lessons will get your students ultra-ready for AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A. Includes escape room lessons for revision and a board game revision lesson, too! Now includes exam practice pack as well.
10x 1 hour fully differentiated and resourced lessons that help students to prepare for AQA English Language Paper 1 Section B. These lessons look at the use of colour, creating character through description, building narrative writing, writing sentence openers, writing the middle and ending of narratives and much much more. This is a must have for any teacher and ideal preparation for all your students either KS3 or KS4!
4x fully differentiated and resourced lessons that look at various aspects of Writing to Describe and Writing to Narrate in preparation for AQA English Language Paper 1 Section B. Students explore sentence structures, using language devices, metaphors, analysing examples and more! A must-download for you and your students.
4x fully differentiated and resourced lessons that support KS4 students as they prepare for AQA English Language Paper 1 Section B and explore Writing to Describe and Writing to Narrate. These lessons include resources on planning answers, looking at punctuation, adding in high level punctuation like dashes and semicolons and much more. Definitely worth downloading for your students and you!
