Lesson providing a general overview of the play includes: Annotated mark scheme and simplified mark scheme Question extract on the theme of Guilt Detailed historical context- Great Chain of Being, Divine Right of Kings, Gunpowder Plot, Witchcraft Key Vocabulary Main and secondary characters - each one explained in snapshot Plot summary and detailed plot resource Pre-annotated exam question on the Sergeant’s speech from 1.2 (annotations can be deleted) Actual student response on the exam question (resource too) Should be used to recap in Year 11

Detailed lesson on AQA GCSE Literature Paper 2 Exam Essay Structure and lesser Characters in the play. It includes: General essay tips Mark Scheme Exam questions + exam questions resource with 14 questions Eric model essay resource as a guide Example paragraph Examiner’s commentary Step-by-step approach to an exam question on gender Analyses of quotes with bullet-point guidance General historical context on gender Essay plan including building a clear thesis statement This can be easily adapted to your class or to other exam boards, hence no AOs on slides

Detailed lesson on AQA GCSE Literature Paper 2 on how to approach a theme question. It includes: Exam questions Mark Scheme in a nutshell Theme with a focus on collective responsibility Excerpt from the play General essay tips Example responses Examiner’s commentary Tips for signposting the examiner Writing a thesis statement This can be easily adapted to your class or to other exam boards, hence no AOs on slides

Very detailed lesson on the fundamentals of building AQA English Literature Paper 1 essays focusing on Macbeth and J&H. Includes: Contextual overview for both texts Key Vocabulary Mark Scheme Annotated exam extracts Colour-coded introductions with thesis statements Student exemplar responses

Very detailed AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 1 lesson and resources recapping knowledge of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, includes: Basic plot of story for visual learners Detailed chapter summaries Chapter list and some contextual overview Quiz with answers Key vocabulary Exam technique Mark Scheme Annotated exam extract (atmosphere of suspicion) Success Criteria Detailed plan Model introduction and thesis statement Colour-coded model paragraph Easily adaptable

Detailed AQA GCSE Literature Paper 1 lesson on Jekyll and Hyde exam practice focusing on Utterson’s dream, includes: Basic plot of story for visual learners Chapter list and some contextual overview Quiz with answers Exam technique Mark Scheme Annotated exam extract (Mysterious dream) Success Criteria Detailed plan Model introduction and thesis statement

Very detailed lesson for the coursework question: How does Priestley present the Inspector in An Inspector Calls? but this can be adapted to many different questions. You could probably get two-three lessons from this, depending. It includes: Coursework overview and guidelines AOs Mark scheme Quiz with answers Historical context Form and structure Language analysis slides Theme Key quotes Scaffolded essay plan Slides on ‘lesser’ characters Easily adaptable

AQA English Literature A Level Elements of Crime: Poetry, ‘Peter Grimes’ by George Crabbe Very detailed lesson covering all AOs Includes socioeconomic context for background and elements of crime Poem includes helpful annotations on key sections Exam question Easily adaptable

Pre-2024 exam lesson in line with the Assessment Objectives Includes: List of previous and possible question foci Plastic theatre, music, lighting, and scene-by-scene Annotated analysis slides of the play’s ending Detailed plan for a question on vulnerability Marked student answer on confrontation question

Extremely detailed lesson in line with Assessment Objectives – you can get at least three hours from this. Includes: Breakdown of Paper 1 All past paper questions up to 2023 inc. possible questions Tragic conventions (Aristotlelean) and unusual context Candidate responses Annotated extract slides Introductions Marked Streetcar student response and more!

A lesson/lecture covering the socioeconomic conditions of the early modern - English renaissance - era. This can be taught as a masterclass to the Most Able at Year 11, or as general contextual background for an early modern A Level text. The focus in the second part is Macbeth but having personally taught many early modern texts, I know it can easily be adapted to all exam boards for GCSE and A Level.

Differentiated lesson and resources covering AQA Language Paper 2 with simple strategies and model responses.

A question-by-question run through of AQA Language Paper 2 with reading strategies, differentiated resources and colour-coded model responses.

Some quick and easy resources to aid GCSE English Literature students with retrieval practise [and revision] for Macbeth Resource includes Acts One to Five on separate documents, and the whole play on one document.

Simple, straightforward revision guide for AQA English Language Papers 1 and 2 focusing on how to use the language of the mark schemes to your advantage. Includes Question 5s. Can be used in tandem with any paper.

A scheme of ten differentiated lessons and resources - seven reading, three writing - based on a Language paper 1 I created on the opening of Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men . This can be taught at the beginning of Year 10, and is easily adaptable. There are model responses and, also, some homework tasks.

An extended lesson/intervention lesson on narrative and descriptive writing for AQA English Language Paper 1 based on the June 2017 Question 5 - with differentiated tasks and resources.

Differentiated resource for both AQA English Language Papers, section As only Numbered sentence frames to avoid use of complex and often limiting answer formulas Colour-coded model examples provided for all reading questions on both papers Ideal for revision practise