This worksheet guides the student through two different approaches to this question. The aim is to help students achieve the detached critical judgement of a Level 5 - as well as evaluating the techniques of the writer.

A worksheet to guide students through the demands of AQA paper 2 question 4.

A worksheet that takes students through the skills needed to answer Question 2 on Paper 1 from AQA 2017 onwards.

This is a scheme of work that focuses on teaching a novel. The tasks are generic and can be applied to any novel. The aim of the scheme is to teach students how to be an expert reader of a novel, to critically appreciate the intended impact of the writer. Although the unit was initially written for Year 8 classes, the approaches in the scheme can be applied through the key stages.

An assessment to help assess the reading and writing ability of Year 8 students. Produced in a template examination paper to give students the feeling of completing an official test.

A worksheet that helps the students to revise the skills needed to answer question 4 - for the examination paper first at in 2017.

A worksheet that explores how to answer Question 3 for the 2017 AQA English Language Paper 1.

This worksheet guides students through the process of answering Question 3 on Paper 1. The students explore techniques and how to explore these techniques.

This is an examination paper to help test the progress of Year 7 in Reading and writing. It is produced in a template to help give students an authentic experience of assessment.

A worksheet to help students through the demands of Question 3 on the AQA paper 2 examination paper.

A worksheet that helps students work through the demands of Paper 2 Question 2.

A worksheet that takes the student through the process of answering Question 1 on Paper 1 English Language.

This unit is perfect to deliver just before the summer holidays. The end assessment is speaking and listening and students are encouraged to take on a topic that they feel passionate about. The unit focuses on persuasive devices but also takes the Rotary Club presentation format, to give students a taster of formal public speaking.

This is a worksheet that talks students through a way of preparing for the comparison between two unseen poems.

This is a creative writing unit focused on writing the inner thoughts of a character. The premise behind the unit is that one character has just asked another character a question and the internal monologue are the thoughts that happen before the character answers. This is an excellent unit for focusing on the development of character and voice. You can also explore how the relationship between characters can impact on emotions.

The aim of this unit is to teach the metalanguage of poetry and give students a critical voice when writing about the choices in poetry. The poets used can be tailored to your class but some poems are suggested in the unit. The outcome of the unit is a comparative analysis of poems.

A worksheet to guide students through the demands of Question 1 on Paper 2.

This unit focuses on reading short stories and writing a comparative essay. The unit focuses on the guided reading of the literature and then how to build towards an extended essay. The unit works best if there is a theme such as gothic literature, women's voice or the creation of suspense. Stories are suggested in the unit but any stories can be used, adapting for the class you are working with.

This scheme of work is based on one of the activities completed on the TV programme, which is to sell a particular product or brand. The students are encouraged to either writer a letter to Lord Sugar or to produce a speaking a listening pitch. The focus of the unit is on effective persuasive writing and speaking and can be a lot of fun if you allow students to make up nonsense products to sell.

This worksheet takes students through a series of steps that will help them understand how to build questions about poetry. The questions are how and why questions and encourage the students to focus on specific language choices.