Simple plot storyboard to help students learn the plot to Frankenstein.

A grade 9 750 word model response to the AQA November 2019 Paper 2 Question 5 about animals. Starts with a powerful anecdote before moving to presenting the central argument. It explores and then dismisses the counter argument before adding a conclusion that links back to the opening anecdote to help gain marks for whole text organisation and structure.

A booklet aimed at helping Year 6 and Year 7 students with developing their reading fluency over 7/8 weeks. Begin the course by assessing students against the fluency rubric. Re-assess again after the 7 week course and measure the improvement. Each session involves students gaining fluency by re-reading an extract several times to build confidence and fluency. Exact guidance for how to run the sessions are provided to help students build up their skills.

Revision sheet for Cousin Kate for the Edexcel conflict anthology contains 10 exploratory questions and 10 thoughtful and detailed answers to the questions to support revising this challenging poem by Christina Rosetti. My most popular resource on Edexcel conflict poetry, which puts together all my resources into one booklet, is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/edexcel-conflict-poetry-revision-booklet-12955594

Handy one page revision sheet on Half Caste by John Agard for the Edexcel conflict anthology. It contains 10 analytical questions and 10 developed responses to the questions. My most popular resource on Edexcel conflict poetry, which puts together all my resources into one booklet, is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/edexcel-conflict-poetry-revision-booklet-12955594

A handy one page essential context sheet for all 15 poems in the Edexcel conflict poetry anthology. Contains the essential contextual information students need to know for each poem all in one place to help with revision. My most popular resource on Edexcel conflict poetry, which puts together all my resources into one booklet, is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/edexcel-conflict-poetry-revision-booklet-12955594

Hugely detailed and lengthy PowerPoint that includes an overview of key ideas in the poem, annotations of the whole poem and a range of tasks to help students explore the ideas in the poem. Tasks encourage students to explore authorial methods, historicism, and feminist critics. Also guides students towards completing an exam question looking at the position of the poem within the collection as a whole.

3 high grade 500-700 word responses to the AQA 2023 Language Paper 1 Question 5. Story 1 features an unnamed creature Story 2 features an eagle Story 3 features a wolf. All have been written in an attempt to try and hit the top band of the mark scheme.

In this fast paced Macbeth revision lesson, students look at 12 key scenes from the play and quickly jot down the key ideas and significance of each scene onto the revision clock. Ideal for a revision lesson or an intervention session. Also includes 42 taboo cards.

Detailed 41 slide lesson analysing scene 5 from A Streetcar Named Desire to over 2 or 3 lessons. Includes detailed analysis of 12 key quotations from Scene 5 along with a blank template for students to explore their own thoughts about the quotations. Includes an analytical writing task based on the episode at the end of the scene.

When approaching Paper 1 Question 5, I advise students to begin with an opening paragraph that uses pathetic fallacy to describe a setting. Here are 6 examples that use pathetic fallacy to depict the opening. They also consistently use ambitious tier 2 vocabulary and advanced punctuation to help show the sophistication required for the top band of the mark scheme. After studying the 6 model paragraphs, students should then move on to create their own pathetic fallacy opening paragraphs.

2 grade 9 articles about homework which response to a Paper 2 Question 5 task: “Homework has no value. Some students get it done for them, some don’t do it at all. Students should be relaxing in their free time.” Write an article for a broadsheet newspaper in which you can explain your point of view on this statement. One article agrees with the statement while the other disagrees with the statement. They have been put side by side on an A3 sheet so students can compare the ideas to help guide them towards generating their own ideas for their own response on this topic.

A revision sheet focused on Williams’ use of plastic theatre in A Streetcar Named Desire. It offers detailed analysis of 12 moments from the play which use plastic theatre to help express universal truths about the human condition.

A handy revision sheet containing answers to 10 exploratory questions about the poem - The Class Game by Mary Casey - from the Edexcel Conflict anthology. Also contains a model response comparing how tension is presented in The Class Game and Catrin. My most popular resource on Edexcel conflict poetry, which puts together all my resources into one booklet, is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/edexcel-conflict-poetry-revision-booklet-12955594

Revision sheet on No Problem by Benjamin Zephaniah for students studying the Edexcel Conflict poetry. Contains a question sheet with 10 questions and an answer sheet with high level answers to the 10 questions. My most popular resource on Edexcel conflict poetry, which puts together all my resources into one booklet, is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/edexcel-conflict-poetry-revision-booklet-12955594

A knowledge organiser looking at how every poem in the Power and Conflict anthology can be compared to Exposure. Exposure is a key poem to revise because it links to many themes: power of nature, human power(lessness), loss of identity, conflict with identity, power of a place. Contains 14 high level comparative paragraphs comparing a key quotation from Exposure and another poem to provide an example of how to make a thoughtful and perceptive conceptual comparison. Also contains a revision sheet looking solely at the key quotations in Exposure with detailed analysis linked to the AOs.

Detailed analysis of 11 key quotations from the AQA Power and Conflict poem Exposure by Wilfred Owen to assist in revision of this key poem from the collection. Also contains a revision sheet explaining how to compare Exposure to every other poem in the collection.

Revision flashcards for the 15 poems in the Worlds and Lives Poetry Anthology. Each card has brief notes on main ideas, 3 key quotations, structure and context. Ideal for anyone in the same position as me and teaching these poems for the first time.

A 28 slide PowerPoint that includes an engaging starter, detailed annotations of each stanza, discussion about the overall message in the poem, comprehension questions, a band 5 sample paragraph and extension tasks involving analytical writing and researching archetypes. Also includes 5 sample essays ranging from low band 5 down to band 2 answering the following question: Examine the view that in Feminine Gospels 'women are presented as victims of society.’ Ideal for moderation or looking at looking at how to build up through the bands. Also contains a revision sheet with analysis of 10 key quotations from the poem on one handy printable sheet.

Lesson introducing this unusual poem from the Feminine Gospels collection. Includes detailed annotations and some extension tasks. It is not as detailed as my other lessons on Feminine Gospels - hence the lower price.