A worksheet aimed at helping students use brackets in their writing. Part of a series of 20 minute intervention sessions.

A model answer analysing the blurb in Skellig.

Mid level essay response on the character of Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire.

A lesson which asks students to compare Capulet’s attitude to Juliet in Act 1 Scene 2 and Act 3 Scene 5. Includes a series planning sheet and PowerPoint with annotations. Also contains a high level model paragraph on Act 3 Scene 5.

Complete lesson looking at the conversation between Demetrius and Helena in Act 2 Scene 1. Structured activities build up towards writing a paragraph analysing each character.

2 Worksheets with a range of activities to show students how to use a colon to introduce a list, speech or definition and a semi colon to join two sentences.

Lesson teaching November by Armitage as an unseen poem for GCSE. Includes success criteria for grades 7, 8 and 9, annotations and an exemplar paragraph.

English Language Paper 1 Section A. An anthology of 20 printable fiction extracts and put together to form a printable anthology. Each extract contains some context about the extract and 1-3 Eduqas style 10 mark questions.

Engaging PowerPoint with various resources to teach ‘London’ by William Blake. Wow word differentiated starter Freeze frame activity Listening questions Frame for analysing language, structure, form, context Detailed annotations Annotation activity

Worksheet looking at how Lord Asriel is initially presented.

Page by page comprehension questions for Book 1 from Pages 1 -118. An average of one question per page. Also includes: - an activity analysing an extract from Paradise Lost and other resources for analysing Act 1 and some resources for writing a film review of The Golden Compass. - a character analysis activity on Lord Asriel - a character analysis for Lyra - a planning frame to writing a newspaper article about Iorek kill Iofur

This lesson is focused on Paper 1 Question 3 (AQA - commenting on the structure of the whole text). This seems to be a popular topic for interviews at the moment. I have used a very short extract with lots of shifts which widen and narrow the focus - Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie. Starter: Students rate their understanding of structural devices. Construct: Students try to identify narrative shifts in focus in the text. Main: Students look in more detail at the narrative shifts in the text. This activity is in the form of an A3 table and is differentiated. Bronze Level: Identify what is happening during each shift. Silver: Apply structural devices. Gold: Comment on the effect of structural devices. I have also included the lesson plan. For a more challenging class, students can use the extract from the opening of Kite Runner.

This resource looks at different ways to structure a poetry comparison essay for AQA 9-1. Students like having a choice over how they set out the plan. Ask students to spot the difference between the plans. Then ask students to have a go at following each model and see which one they prefer. Then get students to turn the plan into a complete essay.

A homework sheet to support students with the old AF2 - producing texts suitable for task, purpose and audience.

A useful model response for students to annotate which focuses on how the play interests a modern day audience.

This acts as useful stimulus for travel writing about a place. There are short extracts on Liverpool, Blackpool. Llandudno and Milton Keynes. The questions ask students to locate positive and negative information about each place. Alternatively in the second worksheet they can be adapted into GCSE Paper 2 Eduqas style exam questions.

Heroes by Robert Cormier historical context

Don John worksheet 2 versions differentiated - Much ado about nothing

Ideas for class newspaper about environmental issues

To Kill a Mockingbird: model essays on themes of prejudice and racism