Two paragraph writing frame on language and structure. These two poems go well together if the question is on identity or speaker’s feelings as they both use a dramatic monologue to express frustration but in very different ways.

2 A3 worksheets revising stage directions in the play. Sheet 1: A list of key stage directions for each character split into before, during and after the interrogation combined with questions to help students understand the subtle changes in the characters’ behaviour at each stage of the play. Sheet 2: Differentiated questions linking to A01, A02, A03 based on the opening stage directions.

A CHRISTMAS CAROL EXAM QUESTION PREDICTIONS - planning sheets with extracts

ROMEO AND JULIET: EXAM PREDICTIONS - Plan 3 responses using given extracts

I have blanked out the key words from my original revision sheet. To help students remember the quotations for Monday they must work out what is the missing word.

Good lesson to use with Year 7 to get them to identify language and presentational features in a holiday brochure. Includes PowerPoint, worksheet, starter activity, objectives and a writing task with writing frame.

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

Students analyse two adverts for Coca Cola. Students must explore how each text was shaped by its context. They think about attitudes to women in the 1950s compared to attitudes to women in the 21st century and think about how these are reflected in the advert. This always engages students.

A fully resourced model lesson based on analysing an extract in Romeo and Juliet for GCSE 9-1. The lesson is focused on building skills in A01 and A02. The extract is taken from Romeo’s soliloquy in Act 5 Scene 3. Includes: TEEP lesson plan engaging starter activity learning outcomes differentiation throughout PowerPoint writing frames Student-friendly mark scheme

Graphic organisers to help guide students on how to structure their responses to each question on the English Literature AQA 9-1 GCSE. This structure will work for any text you are studying. You will just need to change the headings if you are not studying Romeo and Juliet, A Christmas Carol or An Inspector Calls.

A list of evaluative adjectives for writing of a review of a film or book.

Students read and analyse 20 short key extracts from the play. I have selected the extracts most likely to feature in the exam. Bronze: Explain what is happening. Silver: Analyse 3 key quotes Gold: Link to context and answer the question Students can then check their answers on the PowerPoint which contains sample annotations for each extract. They are colour coded. Includes 2 versions. AQA (with context) and EDUQAS (without context). There are also extension activities: Bronze: Revise 64 mini quotations Silver: Find 3 key extracts which link to each theme Gold: Attempt an exam question.

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.

An Inspector Calls: Revision Activity on 5 character and 5 theme questions for AQA and EDUQAS. Complete the tables using the revision guides to plan responses to exam questions.

A worksheet detailing all terminology and definitions for students to revise from for the area of study ‘Texture and Melody’. A powerpoint is also available which explains all terms with musical terminology and musical examples. There is also a texture card matching activity where students must match a key word to a definition and then to a score and listening example (all audio is provided).

A worksheet detailing all terminology and definitions for students to revise from for the area of study ‘Harmony and Tonality’. A powerpoint is also available which explains all terms with musical terminology and musical examples.

Using Island Man to teach about connotation and denotation of word choices.

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.

Revise 64 carefully selected mini quotations for the closed book examinations. Also includes a short summary of each scene to help students work out when each mini quotations is said. I have kept the quotations as concise as possible to aid with memory.