A useful resource for getting KS3 students to self-assess their progress in English. Includes a detailed VCOP and some exemplars.

AQA 2017 Reading Paper 1 - Structured worksheet for the 8 mark question based on a short extract from 'Tender is the Night'. Includes writing frame. Ideal for helping lower ability students to respond to fiction texts.

A structured resource to support students with the 8 mark question on the AQA 2017 Reading Paper 1 exam. There is a warm up activity identiying language features in the extract followed by a writing frame to support students with their analytical writing. The question is based on a short extract from 'Of Mice and Men'.

Structure for responding to AQA Eng Lit Paper 1 Shakespeare/19th Century fiction. Two versions. One for Section A (Shakespeare) one for Section B (19th century fiction).

To Kill a Mockingbird: multiple choice questions

Use this test if you want to find out if your students have read the whole of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ instead of just watching the movie. All the questions test students on incidents that occur in the book but not in the film.

AQA 2017 Paper 1. Structured planning sheet for descriptive writing based on an image.

A great resource to help students plan essay responses to 5 different themes in the novel.

Room 101 speaking and listening lesson and resources

3 differentiated worksheets to use in a mixed ability class to test students’ ability to identify word classes.

Useful when teaching sentences within a wider Romeo and Juliet SOW. The worksheet looks at how to use embedded clauses, subordinate clauses, semi colons and colons.

25 sentence types: differentiated worksheets

21 ways to write interesting sentences guide sheet.

Great Expectations Chapter 1. Questions to explore

An ideal differentiated end of term activity after a series of lessons on writing interesting sentences or at the start of a term to test how much students know about sentences. There is a test on the second page. It covers the following: What is a sentence Varying the subject of a sentence Long and short sentences Subordinate clauses 4 sentence types Varying sentence starts Active and passive voice

Macbeth: How well can you remember quotations from key scenes for the closed book exam?

Macbeth: differentiated activity on quotes that link to themes learn for AQA 1-9 exam.

Macbeth: 3 soliloquies. A differentiated activity with modern translation (A01, A02, A03)

Write a poem based on the play. Bronze: cinquain Silver: haiku Gold: personification poem