A Guide to the Edexcel GCSE English Literature qualification. This resource provides an outline of the Edexcel GCSE English Literature qualification. It can be used at the beginning of the course or as a revision reminder when exams are approaching. The resource is fully editable so could be adapted for use at open evenings to explain to parents and guardians how the GCSE English Literature qualification works. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: A Guide to the Edexcel GCSE English Language Qualification A Guide to the AQA GCSE English Language Qualification A Guide to the AQA GCSE English Literature Qualification A Guide to the Eduqas GCSE English Language Qualification A Guide to the Eduqas GCSE English Literature Qualification

Romeo and Juliet’s House of Games (151-slide PowerPoint presentation) Welcome to Romeo and Juliet’s House of Games - an animated Romeo and Juliet themed quiz inspired by the House of Games television show. It works with both individuals and teams and is a fun way to recap and revise the text. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below for more Romeo and Juliet resources: Romeo and Juliet - The Prologue Romeo and Juliet - Act 1 Romeo and Juliet - Act 1 Scene 5 Romeo and Juliet - The Prince’s Speech Romeo and Juliet - Tybalt and Mercutio Romeo and Juliet – Women in Elizabethan England Romeo and Juliet - Act 2 Romeo and Juliet - The Balcony Scene Romeo and Juliet - Friar Lawrence Romeo and Juliet - Act 3 Romeo and Juliet – Act 3, Scene 1 Romeo and Juliet - Act 4 Romeo and Juliet - Act 5 Romeo and Juliet - The Deaths of Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet - GCSE Unit of Work Romeo and Juliet - AQA GCSE English Literature Exam Preparation Romeo and Juliet - KS2 Unit of Work

The Subordinate Clause Upper KS2 and Lower KS3 English Teaching Resource In ‘The Subordinate Clause’ pupils learn how to correctly use and identify subordinate clauses in sentences. This engaging and animated PowerPoint lesson includes: Definition of a clause Definition of a main clause Definition of a subordinate clause Definition of a complex sentence Examples of subordinating conjunctions and relative pronouns Adding a relevant subordinating conjunction or relative pronoun activity Identifying the subordinate clause activity with accompanying worksheet Adding a subordinate clause to a main clause activity with accompanying worksheet 1 further worksheet with answers As with all our PowerPoint teaching resources, ‘The Subordinate Clause’ is completely editable so that teachers can adapt, alter and revise it as much or as little as required.

Edexcel GCSE English Literature Unseen Poetry 'Edexcel GCSE English Literature Unseen Poetry' is perfect for preparing students for the unseen poetry question on the Edexcel GCSE English Literature Paper 2. Contents include a 68 slide PowerPoint presentation and 10 accompanying worksheets. This teaching resource covers the following: Example examination question and poems A mnemonic to give students a structured approach to answering the unseen poetry questions How to write about content, imagery, poetic techniques, structure, mood and theme How to construct a personal response How to write a comparison of two unseen poems An example model answer

Volcanoes - Non-Fiction Reading and Writing Unit (56-slide PowerPoint presentation with 14 worksheets) This engaging resource will develop children’s knowledge of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius through several English reading and writing activities. The PowerPoint includes a number of individual, paired and group activities which will encourage discussion and focus on language choices for writing. Ideal for UKS2 or LKS3. Learning outcomes include: Find and retrieve comprehension skills Dictionary activities Poetry First person recounts. And lots more! Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more KS2 non-fiction resources: Climate Change - Non-Fiction Reading and Writing Unit Autobiography Unit Retrieving and Recording Information Boy - Roald Dahl’s Autobiography

This unit of work is designed to cover GCSE Descriptive Writing as required by the AQA and WJEC Eduqas GCSE English Language exam. GCSE English Writing Fiction - Descriptive Writing is a complete lesson by lesson unit of work (includes lessons and activities, a 91 slide PowerPoint presentation and 8 accompanying worksheets). Activities for pupils include: An introduction to descriptive writing Examples of GCSE English Language examination tasks and questions Planning and structuring writing Using the senses to create effective imagery How to use devices in writing Using the MASSIVE mnemonic How to write using metaphors, adjectives, similes, sentence variety, imagery, vocabulary, effective verbs and powerful adverbs Creating setting using the 5Ws Transforming notes into prose Checking, drafting and redrafting descriptive writing

Complex Sentences - KS2 and KS3 'Complex Sentences - KS2 and KS3' is a handy PowerPoint resource designed to help pupils learn how to create complex sentences to improve writing as per the curriculum objectives of the KS2 and KS3 English programmes of study. The resource can be tweaked, edited and differentiated to suit your teaching needs and is easy to update over time. Content includes: 1. Definition and examples of a complex sentence 2. How to recognise the main clause in a complex sentence 3. Identifying the main clause activity with accompanying worksheet 4. How to recognise the subordinate clause in a complex sentence 5. Identifying the subordinate clause activity with accompanying worksheet 6. Adding a subordinate clause activity with accompanying worksheet 7. 1 further worksheet

Back to School Icebreaker Activities ‘Icebreaker Activities’ is an editable PowerPoint teaching resource (with 2 worksheets) which is perfect for starting the school year with a group of pupils that are new to yourself and/or each other. The resource can be used from KS2 to KS4 and includes three cool (see what we did there?!) icebreaker activities: Desert Island, Would I Lie to You? And Whodunnit? Perfect for the back to school period. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Back to School - All About Me

The Emigree - AQA GCSE Power and Conflict Poetry Anthology This two-lesson unit teaches students about Carol Rumens’ ‘The Emigree’ in detail. Designed for GCSE pupils studying AQA Power and Conflict poetry, the resource explores the poem in depth and explains how to compare it to other poems from the anthology. It is made up of a 47-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and 4 accompanying worksheets. The lessons contain the following: Lesson One Context - An introduction to Carol Rumens and ‘The Emigree’. First Reading - A reading of ‘The Emigree’ with comprehension / consolidation questions - answers included. Language and imagery - Analysing the poem line by line. Exploring language and answering questions that delve deeper. Model answers provided. Essay Writing - An essay question to assess students’ initial understanding of the poem. An example response is included. Lesson Two Imagery - Analysing Rumens’ use of imagery. Themes - Discussing ‘The Emigree’s’ themes. Structure and Form - Considering how Rumens uses form, structure, rhythm and rhyme. The GCSE exam - Comparing ‘The Emigree’ with ‘Poppies’ and explaining how to write a comparison essay in the exam. This is a comprehensive resource containing a range of activities, however it can also be edited, personalised and differentiated to suit your teaching needs. To preview a selection of pages from the resource, please click on the images. Click below to see more AQA GCSE Anthology Power and Conflict Poetry resources: Ozymandias London The Prelude - Stealing the Boat My Last Duchess The Charge of the Light Brigade Exposure Storm on the Island War Photographer Bayonet Charge Remains Checking Out Me History Poppies Tissue Kamikaze AQA GCSE Anthology Poetry Power and Conflict Pack

My Last Duchess - Robert Browning This free lesson is designed to help you teach Browning’s ‘My Last Duchess’ to pupils studying the AQA GCSE English Literature Love and Relationships Anthology poetry. It is made up of a 33-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and 2 worksheets and is the first part of our mini-unit on My Last Duchess. The complete resource can be downloaded here - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11062465 This first lesson contains the following: The lessons contain the following: Lesson One Context – A brief outline of Robert Browning’s life. First Reading – A reading of ‘My Last Duchess’ with glossary and comprehension / consolidation questions - answers included. Language and imagery – Analysing ‘My Last Duchess’ in detail. Exploring language and answering questions that delve deeper. Model answers provided. Essay Writing – An essay question to assess students’ initial understanding of the poem. An example response is included. This free lesson is the first part of our teaching unit on ‘My Last Duchess’. The complete resource can be downloaded here - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11062465

A Christmas Carol - Scrooge and the Charity Collectors This GCSE resource enables learners to explore Scrooge’s response to the charity collectors in Stave One of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. It includes a differentiated ‘Do Now’ activity, in which pupils work in pairs to answer ten short-answer questions under timed conditions. In order to answer these questions, learners will need to have read from the beginning of the novella up until to Fred’s departure. Learners feedback their answers to ‘earn’ the right to participate in a ‘Catchphrase’-style activity in which they must work out what the picture behind the squares is showing. (The image is Hogarth’s ‘In the Madhouse’, a representation of the inside of Bedlam.) After this, learners will read from ‘There’s another fellow…’ down to ‘…a more facetious temper than was usual with him’. The main activity is for learners to analyse how Dickens presents Scrooge’s wilful ignorance of the harsh reality of life for the poor. They will use the information and ideas in a context sheet to consider the significance of five important quotations from the passage. This task contains three levels of challenge. At higher levels, learners will reflect on the methods that Dickens is using to convey Scrooge’s ignorance of the hardship that others face. The lesson concludes with learners writing down five things they have learnt during the lesson. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE resources for Stave 1 of A Christmas Carol: Introducing A Christmas Carol at GCSE A Christmas Carol - Introducing Scrooge A Christmas Carol - Scrooge Vs Fred A Christmas Carol - The Workhouse A Christmas Carol - Thomas Malthus A Christmas Carol - Marley’s Ghost A Christmas Carol - The Penitent Spirits A Christmas Carol - The Rich and the Poor

Tanka Poetry - Year 7 Designed for low ability Year 7, this tanka teaching resource is a fun and engaging way of studying and writing poetry. The lesson begins with an example tanka and an explanation of the ‘rules’ of tanka poetry. Learners are then provided with scaffolding to help them construct a group tanka. The differentiated worksheets (higher, medium and lower) then provide learners with an opportunity to write an individual tanka with appropriate support. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar poetry resources: Tanka Poetry - KS2 Acrostic Poetry - KS2 Acrostic Poetry - KS3 Cinquain Poetry - KS2 Cinquain Poetry - KS3 Sonnets - KS2 Sonnets - KS3 Free Verse Poetry - KS2 Haiku Poetry - KS2 Narrative Poetry - KS2

An Inspector Calls - Plot Summaries (PowerPoint presentation and worksheets) This free GCSE resource is made up of three plot summaries of the three acts in An Inspector Calls. Each plot summary contains an animated activity and an accompanying worksheet. The resource also contains a range of extension tasks perfect for further study after the play has been read. To preview ‘An Inspector Calls - Plot Summaries’ in detail click on the images. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: An Inspector Calls - GCSE Unit of Work An Inspector Calls - Arthur Birling An Inspector Calls - Sybil Birling An Inspector Calls - Eric Birling An Inspector Calls - Shelia Birling An Inspector Calls - Gerald Croft An Inspector Calls - Comparing Goole and Birling An Inspector Calls - Dramatic Irony An Inspector Calls - Context (Capitalism and Socialism) An Inspector Calls - Themes An Inspector Calls - The Eduqas GCSE English Literature Exam Question An Inspector Calls - Year 9 Unit of Work

KS4/GCSE English Teaching Resources: Macbeth – The Witches (24-slide PowerPoint and 8 worksheets) This KS4/GCSE teaching resource explores the significance of the witches and the theme of the supernatural in Macbeth via a range of differentiated activities. This lesson situates both the role of the witches in Shakespearean times and in the text and makes links between these ideas in order that discussion of contextual factors is not ‘bolted on’ in the exam. Differentiated worksheets (Bronze, Silver and Gold) are included for students working towards a band 3, pushing beyond a band 3 and heading towards a band 4, and for students aiming for the very top grades. These activities culminate in a concluding task that evidences and secures learning from across the entire lesson. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Macbeth - GCSE Unit of Work Macbeth - Characterisation Macbeth - Structure Macbeth - Loyalty Macbeth - Courage Macbeth - Context and Tension Macbeth - Answering the AQA GCSE English Literature Exam Question Macbeth - Answering the Edexcel GCSE English Literature Exam Question Macbeth - House of Games Activities Macbeth - Year 5/6 Unit of Work

Summer Haiku Poetry - Year 5 and 6 This 3-lesson mini-unit is designed to cover creative writing and poetry. It includes a range of activities for pupils of all abilities. The PowerPoint uses bright colour, large and attractive fonts, vibrant imagery and easy to follow, child-friendly language. The resource is fully editable so can be adapted and used for different seasons or themes. Content includes: Discussion - what is a haiku? Exploring and discussing haiku poetry - reading, listening to and talking about haiku poems Create a class haiku activity Individual, pair and group work opportunities Reflecting on learning through constructive criticism Writing an individual haiku about summer Using colour photographs of summer scenes as writing stimulus Drafting - how and why we redraft How to plan and structure a haiku Exemplar poems Writing assessment opportunity - write a simple haiku poem about summer 38 slide PowerPoint presentation and 2 worksheets Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Spring Haiku Autumn Haiku Winter Haiku Haiku Poetry - Year 3/4

The Soldier - GCSE WJEC Eduqas War Poetry This two-lesson unit teaches students about Rupert Brooke’s ‘The Soldier’ in detail. Designed for GCSE pupils studying WJEC Eduqas War Poetry, the resource explores the poem in depth and explains how to compare it to another poem from the anthology. It is made up of a 40-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and 3 accompanying worksheets. The lessons contain the following: Lesson One Context - An introduction to Rupert Brooke and the romantic optimism of the early months of World War One. First Reading - A reading of ‘The Soldier’ with comprehension / consolidation questions - answers included. Language and imagery - Analysing the poem closely; exploring language and answering questions that delve deeper. Model answers provided. Essay Writing - An essay question to assess students’ initial understanding. An example response is included. Lesson Two Imagery - Analysing Brooke’s use of imagery. Themes - Discussing the themes of ‘The Soldier’. Structure and Form - Considering how Brooke uses form and structure. The GCSE exam - Comparing ‘The Soldier’ with ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’ and explaining how to write a comparison essay in the exam. This is a comprehensive resource containing a range of activities, however it can also be edited, personalised and differentiated to suit your teaching needs. To preview 'The Soldier’, please click on the images. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE Poetry resources for Eduqas and Edexcel: The Manhunt Sonnet 43 London Living Space As Imperceptibly as Grief Cozy Apologia A Wife in London Death of a Naturalist Hawk Roosting To Autumn Afternoons Dulce et Decorum Est Excerpt from The Prelude Mametz Wood Ozymandias A Complaint My Father Would Not Show Us My Last Duchess Neutral Tones

Types of Nouns English SPaG Teaching Resource In ‘Types of Nouns’ pupils practise recognising common and proper nouns. Content includes: An animated PowerPoint presentation Activities to support the teaching of this objective with two accompanying worksheets ‘Types of Nouns’ is fully editable giving teachers the freedom to adapt the resource, if needed, to suit all their teaching requirements. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Nouns - Year 1 Singular Nouns to Plural Nouns - Year 1 Concrete Nouns Collective Nouns Parts of Speech - Nouns, Adjectives, Verbs and Adverbs

Romeo and Juliet - GCSE Unit of Work ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is a GCSE unit of work containing a 259-slide PowerPoint, 50 worksheets and a 32 lesson unit overview. This engaging unit explores the play act by act and scene by scene, analysing its plot, characters, themes, language and historical context through a range of learning activities. These GCSE Romeo and Juliet teaching resources include planning (a 32 lesson unit of work overview), a fully editable PowerPoint teaching resource and 50 accompanying PDF worksheets. Below are examples of the activities contained in the lessons. Historical / social / literary context - a biography of Shakespeare’s life and the Elizabethan theatre. Scene by scene activities to consolidate understanding. Comprehension questions to assess students’ knowledge of plot, character, language, context and themes. Close analysis of the characters of Romeo, Juliet, Mercutio and Tybalt. Exploration of key themes - love, hate, fate, loyalty. The social and historical context of Romeo and Juliet and the play’s representation of women. Developing key reading skills - inference and deduction. Using P.E.T.E.R. Point/Evidence/Technique/Explain/Reader to write an effective GCSE exam essay. Detailed analysis of Shakespeare’s language, key quotes and Romeo and Juliet’s soliloquies and monologues. How Shakespeare uses tension and suspense in Romeo and Juliet. Role play - hot-seating activities. Understanding key characters through empathy writing tasks. Video links to help the teaching and learning of key scene. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below for more GCSE English Literature drama resources: An Inspector Calls Blood Brothers Macbeth The Merchant of Venice The History Boys The Tempest

Anita and Me - Unit of Work 'Anita and Me' is made up of a 150-slide PowerPoint presentation, an 8-page booklet of worksheets and a 21-lesson unit of work overview. Our 'Anita and Me' unit is designed to develop pupil knowledge and understanding of the plot, characters, language, themes and the social and historical context of the novel. It contains a collection of activities for pupils of all abilities, including: - A brief biography of Meera Syal - An explanation of the social and historical context of the novel (1970s Britain, the Black Country, immigration in 70s Britain, racial tensions, the partition of India) - Plot tracking and consolidation activities - Activities to explore the narrative structure of Anita and Me - Analysis of the characters of Meena and her family as well as Anita, Tracey and Robert - Exploration of the key themes of Anita and Me - identity, racism, family, friendship, childhood, growing up, the cultural diversity of C20th Britain - Developing understanding of the features of a novel – character, theme, plot, style and language - Examining Meera Syal's use of language - setting, description, contrast, symbolism and pathetic fallacy - Exploring character development through Meena - Reading and discussion tasks and questions - Diary writing (empathetic writing) to consolidate a deeper understanding of Meena's development - A 21 lesson unit of work (following the four part lesson structure) - A 150-slide PowerPoint presentation (see preview below) - 8 worksheets to accompany the PowerPoint All PowerPoint slides are fully editable, so you can personalise and differentiate the resources as much or as little as you want. Add extra slides, delete pages, change the text and imagery and update it as is necessary to suit your teaching needs. In addition, the resource contains a unit overview and a student booklet with worksheets created to be used in conjunction with the PowerPoint. To preview a selection of slides from the unit, click on the images.

A Christmas Carol - Scrooge’s Childhood (20-slide PowerPoint and 3 worksheets) In Stave 2 the Ghost of Christmas Past encourages Scrooge to reflect on the time that he was abandoned at boarding school by his emotionally-distant father. This GCSE resource enables learners to explore Dickens’ presentation of this unhappy time in Scrooge’s life. It includes: A differentiated Do Now task in which learners must make three different, valid sentences relevant to Stave One using the words contained in three separate grids. Learners will then read from, ‘Scrooge reverently disclaimed any knowledge…’ down to ‘…and the streets were lighted up’, thinking about why Scrooge was unhappy at boarding school, how Dickens presents Scrooge’s unhappiness and the effects of this experience on Scrooge’s emotional development. Following on from this, learners will undertake a differentiated task that encourages them to consider the significance of three different characters from the stories that Scrooge read as a child. This could be done in pairs. The lesson concludes with a 3-2-1 learning review. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE resources for Stave 2 of A Christmas Carol: A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Past A Christmas Carol - Old Fezziwig A Christmas Carol - Fezziwig and Scrooge A Christmas Carol - Scrooge and Belle A Christmas Carol - Belle’s Family