An activity with a newspaper template to help students prepare for section B of the Language Paper 2 writing task. This would help students to become familiar with what to include in an article like a headline and how to create catchy and interesting headlines. This worksheet has an example of the task which can be used as a guide for students and then students can develop their own writing skills. It can also be used as differentiated work while more able students can write their article on lined paper or they can start off on the template given and then expand more on lined paper. This can also be used to help those preparing for their entrance exam.

AQA power and conflict poetry exam style question based on Storm on the Island and looking at the power of nature. This is a poetry exam style question which can help students to be able to develop their exam skills giving them more practice as practice makes progress. It helps students to become familiar with the seen poetry question and what they are expected to include in the exam. This can be used in the lesson to help students to become more familiar with the style of the exam and also to help them build / focus on skills they need for poetry.

Two work sheets to help students develop the skill to be able to use different sentence types effectively in creative and transactional writing. It can be used to help the lower ability students and younger students. It has a storyboard and a paragraph task with pictures as prompts. This can help students develop the skills they need for their writing tasks.

An AQA language paper 1 based on Harry Potter. This is a full paper which covers both the reading and creative writing part of the exam and it helps students to be able to develop their exam skills giving them more practice as practice makes progress. This can be used over two lessons to help students to become more familiar with the style of the exam and also to help them build on / focus on skills they need for Language paper 1.

An exam practice question for Edexcel Relationship Poetry on family. This paper gives students the opportunity to practice exam style poetry question to help them build their skills as well as their confidence.

An exam practice question for Edexcel Relationship Poetry on family. This paper gives students the opportunity to practice exam style poetry question to help them build their skills as well as their confidence.

This is a very useful tool which will help ensure and track student’s understanding of any Shakespeare play. It breaks each section into the relevant AO (assessment objective) to enable students know and understand the AOs better. It is a good add on to any Shakespeare play lesson and teachers can use this to monitor student’s understanding and progress.

This is a very clear and detailed power point which annotates and explains what the poem is all about. Many people shy away from this poem and they struggle with this poem but it is actually a really lovely, deep and insightful poem with a lot of hidden meaning in it. This power point would help prepare students for their GCSE exam and it would help them understand the poem better.

A one page SMILE plan to help students pick out the key / main aspects of poetry. This is very useful to help students prepare for their GCSE poetry exam. This can be used as a study and revision tool. The page can be photocopied and used for each poem studied. It covers the SMILE aspects they are expected to know. This table can help to improve their grades in poetry.

Edexcel relationship annotated “first date she - first date she” poem with SMILE analysis too. It helps aid the teaching of this poem and enables the students to fully annotate the poem and identify terminology. Very useful, informative and visual power point.

Edexcel relationship annotated “manhunt” poem with MILES analysis too. It helps aid the teaching of this poem and enables the students to fully annotate the poem and identify terminology. Very useful, informative and visual power point. This is aimed at all abilities including pupils with SEN.

Edexcel relationship annotated “she walks in beauty” poem with SMILE analysis too. It helps aid the teaching of this poem and enables the students to fully annotate the poem and identify terminology. Very useful, informative and visual power point.

Edexcel relationship annotated “I wanna be yours” poem with SMILE analysis too. It helps aid the teaching of this poem and enables the students to fully annotate the poem and identify terminology. Very useful, informative and visual power point.

Full language paper 1 covering section A and creative writing section B using an extract from Of Mice and Men This can be used for revision for GCSE language and to test students who have studied this text.

This work sheets helps test student’s knowledge of Frankenstein and covers questions about the creation of the monster and the weather.

This is step by step guide and worksheet that can help students analyse language and to be able to develop the skills they need to identify the writer’s craft and devices used by the writer. It will aslo help students look in-depth into the effect of the devices the writer uses on the reader. It can help with both AQA language paper 1 question 2 and language paper 2 question 3 and Edexcel Language paper 1 and paper 2 both question 3. It helps students to develop how to write a PETERZ paragraph.

This is a worksheet/activity based on an extract from Lord of the Flies and it can be given to students to practice /analyse language and to be able to independently identify the writer’s craft and devices used by the writer. It will aslo help students practice how to look in-depth into the effect of the devices the writer uses on the reader. It can be used for both AQA language paper 1 question 2 and language paper 2 question 3 and Edexcel Language paper 1 and paper 2 both question 3.

This is an Edexcel Frankenstein exam style question on dreams with possible answers. It helps students test their knowledge on the theme of dreams and it also has possible answers to help the teacher when marking the question or it can be a whole class activity and can be set as peer assessment where students can use the possible answers to mark the completed work of their peers. It helps test the knowledge of students and it helps build their confidence.

This is an AQA Frankenstein exam style question on dreams with possible answers. It helps students test their knowledge on the theme of dreams and it also has possible answers to help the teacher when marking the question or it can be a whole class activity and can be set as peer assessment where students can use the possible answers to mark the completed work of their peers. It helps test the knowledge of students and it helps build their confidence.

Creative writing step by step guide to help students who want to improve their creative writing skills for GCSE and also for entrance exams into Independent schools. It sets out what students should do and use to make their writing more descriptive and interesting too. It is a good worksheet that helps to build up the confidence of students and also to encourage them on what they need to include to make their writing effective and fun and to get higher marks / grades.