Revision sheet on the character of Roger in Lord of the Flies. Roger is the only main character who has not yet come up on an exam question for AQA. Could 2024 be Roger’s year? If so, this revision sheet will help prepare for this possibility. It contains detailed analysis of 8 key Roger quotations. The analysis is aimed at students aiming for grades 8-9. Ideas outside of the text such as references to Freud’s id and defence mechanisms along with Himmler are used to help meet the criteria for A03. It also includes a thesis-style introduction to model how to begin a response with an arguable statement.

A lesson looking at 4 short key extracts from Act 5 Scene 1. Includes a starter looking at irony.

6 Romeo and Juliet sample exams on one A3 page for ease of photocopying. 6 years into the syllabus, I predict the extract will be from a less well-known part of the text so I am reflected that in my choice of extracts.

A Christmas Carol generic structural writing frame

Pied Piper newspaper article - model example

Discuss whether Tom Robinson was innocent or guilty and write an argument for or against using the helpful sentence stems.

5 unseen war poems. This double sided A3 worksheet is ideal to set as cover work. It includes 5 poems differentiated by difficulty and instructions for 4 lessons. I created this when I knew I was going to be off for a week.

Planning sheet and writing frame to guide students through how to answer a GCSE style exam question on the theme of family in A Christmas Carol (GCSE 1-9).

20 comprehension questions about the Elizabethan theatre based on an engaging youtube video. Ideal for introducing Shakespeare’s Globe to KS2 and KS3.

A CHRISTMAS CAROL EXAM QUESTION PREDICTIONS - planning sheets with extracts

A useful for activity for helping students to remember key quotations while also testing their understanding of the novel as a whole. The quotations have been carefully selected to cover a range of themes. The answer sheet is also included.

Oliver Twist: Fagin letter of apology helpsheet

Romeo and Juliet sequencing activity on the plot

A detailed worksheet on how to use the colon for a 20 minute intervention session.

A worksheet on using embedded clauses for a 20 minute intervention session.

A simple revision mat activity to revise some of the basic skills required for Paper 2 Question 5.

Learning outcomes: To understand a code for identifying language features in Shakespeare (word level, imagery, structure) To Apply understanding by locating the language features in key quotations. To evaluate the effect of the language features.

Easy to follow helpsheet to support teachers with the main functions on Accelerated Reader.

A worksheet to encourage students to think in an allegorical way to introduce the themes in Animal Farm by George Orwell. Using characters in a typical school, they consider which animal would best represent each of the stock school characters. They then write a short story in which the animal students take over the running of the animal school.

Stealing by Carol Ann Duffy activities