Uses Chapter 5 from Frankenstein to teach students how to answer Question 2 on the AQA Paper 1 English language exam. Includes animated annotations to help students tackle the 3 separate questions and also includes model examples so students can peer assess their work against the models.

Lesson analysing Blake’s poem The Garden of Love. Includes detailed line by line annotations and extension activities to explore the deeper meanings.

A model answer analysing the blurb in Skellig.

PowerPoint that goes through 4 ways to use a colon. Also addresses the common misuse of a colon by explaining the rule about it preceding a complete sentence.

A grade 7 and grade 6 model answer to an old Edexcel GCSE question involving writing an article describing the greatest modern invention.

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.

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

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.

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.

Heroes by Robert Cormier historical context

Don John worksheet 2 versions differentiated - Much ado about nothing

Ideas for class newspaper about environmental issues

Island paradise creative writing

Should boxing be banned? Model essay to annotate

Is the writer’s viewpoint positive or negative? Visual display

Oliver Twist: Fagin letter of apology helpsheet

Titanic film review writing frame

Educating Rita model essay - middle ability