A Level and GCSE resources for 1 hour and 30 minutes of teaching on ‘Going to Heaven!’ by Emily Dickinson. Suggestions for further activities or additional activities are also included. The pack includes: • A two page student worksheet with a selection of activities and questions. • A 22 slide PowerPoint reflecting all activities on the worksheet which some extra explanation. Essay questions and an additional Emily Dickinson poem is provided for a comparison activity. • A ten question PowerPoint comprehension quiz that can be shown on a whiteboard and students can mark their own answers. • A lesson plan guide with the task split into three 30 minute sections. Work can, of course, be extended for longer sessions or 30 minute sessions can be put together for an hour lesson. This resource encourages close reading, critical writing, discussion and retention of important ideas and quotations from ‘Going to Heaven!’. Students can be set the work independently or the work can be presented in a more collaborative class atmosphere. The text of this poem is available at Project Gutenberg with the second stanza split in two, making the poem four rather than three stanzas long. Further details on Emily Dickinson and some manuscript versions of her poems can be found at Poetry Foundation. All the images used in the pack are available for commercial use. Emily Dickinson poems also available: FREE RESOURCE: There’s a certain Slant of light [I Like to see it Lap the Miles] (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12899529) This World is not Conclusion He fumbles at your Soul Also available the Emily Dickinson Poetry Bundle which includes: ‘This World is not Conclusion’, ‘He fumbles at your Soul’, ‘I like to see it lap the Miles’ and ‘Going to Heaven!’

20 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde practice exam questions with AQA GCSE Literature extract structure for Paper 1 (Shakespeare and the 19th-century novel) Section B (specification number 8702). Practice exam papers in the style of GCSE AQA English Literature. The materials consist of twenty extract questions each with a one-page extract from Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. The questions focus on various topics and characters relevant to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The questions provide a specific topic and then asks students to complete a detailed analysis of the extract followed by a discussion of the topic in the rest of the novella. Students are required to engage with the extract and the topic before applying their analysis to the rest of the novella. The pack includes: 20 AQA style practice exam papers on different sections and different topics in the novella. A description of student friendly assessment objectives. An exemplar essay of one of the practice exam questions. An assessment objective marking grid. A PowerPoint with details about the structure of the questions, suggestions about how to approach the question, a structure for writing a response, examining board suggestions, instructions for using the marking grid and two student self-assessment activities.

An ALL NEW and varied 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minute Easter 2024 fun end of term quiz with nine rounds with 65 questions appropriate for secondary school and college students (key stage 4 and 5, 11 to 18 year olds). Appropriate for teams or individuals (more fun with teams). Nine different rounds with a total of 65 questions (some with ten questions, some with five depending on the difficulty and level of interest). The quiz will take between an hour and 1 hour 30 minutes to complete. An response sheet is included with a teacher’s sheet that includes all the answers. Many of the rounds resist Googling the answers with cryptic elements or multiple parts. The quiz is not completely Google proof, but provides sufficient challenge (especially if questions are moved briskly by the teacher). The quiz cannot be won by Googling the answers alone but maintains definitive answers. Round One: Disguised as a Bunny Round Two: Actor Anagrams Round Three: Who am I? Game Board Edition Round Four: Name the Song Round Five: Rank and File Round Six: Name the Object Round Seven: First and Last Movie Lines Round Eight: Name the Number Round Nine: International Sweets Two Tie Breaker Questions Students work through a highly visual PowerPoint answering questions in each round. The animations in the PowerPoint allow you to create interest and allow students time to answer questions. Examples of the Actor Anagrams, Who am I?, Rank and File, Name the Object and Name the number are included to make instructions clear and accessible. The Name the Song and First and Last rounds have an electronic voice reading. Either turn on your speakers, or not, depending on your preference. Once the quiz has been completed, students mark the answers of the other teams and work through the questions that can create further discussion. Working through the answers takes between 15 and 20 minutes. You can slow the progress down or speed it up depending on your group or lessons. Questions are appropriate to a secondary school and college aged student. Whole quiz time: 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes. The PowerPoint can be edited and adapted allowing you to change any questions to suit your students. Try out the free end of term quiz.

A pack of resources for a minimum of 1 hour and 30 minutes of teaching on ‘The Story of an Hour’ by Kate Chopin. The story is a public domain story that is freely available for use. All the images used in the pack are available for commercial use. The pack includes: • A copy of ‘The Story of an Hour’ in the format of a Word document with a glossary. • A two page student worksheet with a selection of activities and questions. • A student worksheet with answers to guide the teacher. • A 28 slide PowerPoint reflecting all activities on the worksheet which some extra explanation and contains useful links and reference to the creative activities. • A ten question PowerPoint comprehension quiz that can be shown on a whiteboard and students can mark their own answers. • Four creative writing prompt sheets that encourage students to continue to think about the themes and approaches of the story. • A lesson plan guide with the task split into three 30 minute sections. Work can, of course, be extended for longer sessions or 30 minute sessions can be put together for an hour lesson. This resource encourages close reading, critical writing and creative responses. Students can be set the work independently or the work can be presented in a more collaborative class atmosphere. Appropriate to GCSE students and A Level students of English.

A varied 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minute end of unit quiz or a good way to start revising The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Eight rounds with 75 questions appropriate for secondary school and college students (key stage 4 and 5, 11 to 18 year olds). Appropriate for teams or individuals (more fun with teams). Eight different rounds with a total of 75 questions (some with ten questions, some with five depending on the difficulty and level of interest). The quiz will take between an hour and 1 hour 30 minutes to complete. An response sheet is included with a teacher’s sheet that includes all the answers. Round One: Character Anagrams Round Two: Context Multiple Choice Round Three: Who said what? Round Four: What happened when? Round Five: Word Meanings Round Six: Literary Techniques Round Seven: Who am I? Round Eight: Complete the Quotation Tie breakers Students work through a highly visual PowerPoint answering questions in each round. The animations in the PowerPoint allow you to create interest and allow students time to answer questions. Examples of the Character Anagrams, Who said what?, Word Meanings, Literary Techniques, Who am I? and Complete the Quotation are included to make instructions clear and accessible. The What said what?, Word Meanings, Literary Techniques and Complete the Quotation have an electronic voice readings. Either turn on your speakers, or not, depending on your preference. Once the quiz has been completed, students mark the answers of the other teams and work through the questions that can create further discussion. Questions are appropriate to a secondary school and college aged student. The eight rounds of questions last for between 50 minutes and 1 hour (depending on how much time you give students to answer the questions). You can also give students longer to complete the questions. For example, the Who am I? clues could be left on the board to allow students to discuss possibilities in groups. The other questions in the quiz can be moved through at a brisk pace. Working through the answers takes between 15 and 20 minutes. You can slow the progress down or speed it up depending on your group or lessons. Whole quiz time: 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes. The PowerPoint can be edited and adapted allowing you to change any questions to suit your students. Try out the free end of term quiz.

25 Othello practice exam questions with AQA A-Level Literature Specification A extract structure for Paper 1 (Love through the ages) Section A (specification number 8702). Practice exam papers in the style of A-Level AQA English Literature Specification A The materials consist of twenty-five extract questions each with a one to two page extract from Othello by William Shakespeare. No extracts are repeated over the 25 questions and extracts are drawn from an even spread of acts and scenes. The questions provide an initial proposition in the form of a quotation. The proposition is followed by a question that asks students to discuss a specific aspect of love in the extract and at other points in the play. Each questions provides a different topic within the Love through the ages heading. The question requires students to complete a detailed analysis of the extract followed by a discussion of the topic in the rest of the play. The pack includes: 25 AQA style proposition practice exam papers on different sections and different topics in Othello. An exemplar essay of one of the practice exam questions. An assessment objective marking grid. A PowerPoint with details about the structure of the questions, suggestions about how to approach the question, a structure for writing a response, examining board suggestions, instructions for using the marking grid and a student self-assessment activity. A bundle of ten Act Three practice exam questions are also available (no extracts are repeated)

Europe’s greatest music competition and the the longest-running annual music competition on television, Eurovision bursts onto the screens every May. Give your students this great quiz for any lesson, form time or group. The quiz is great for ending sessions on Europe and different languages. Appropriate for secondary school and college students (key stage 4 and 5, 11 to 18 year olds). A range of eight rounds of 50 questions (some with ten questions, some with five depending on the difficulty and level of interest). The quiz will take approximately an hour to complete. Appropriate for teams or individuals, but more fun with teams. An answer sheet is included with a teacher’s sheet that includes all the answers. • Round One: Name the Winning Song • Round Two: Match the Nationality • Round Three: Rank and File • Round Four: Country Anagrams • Round Five: Multiple Choice • Round Six: Lost in Translation • Round Seven: Host Cities • Round Eight: Famous Singers • Tie breaker Students work through a highly visual PowerPoint answering questions in each round. The animations in the PowerPoint allow you to create interest and allow students time to answer questions. Examples of the Rank and File round and Nationality Anagram rounds are included to make instructions clear and accessible. Once the quiz has been completed, students mark the answers of the other teams and work through a range of questions that can create further discussion. Questions are appropriate to a secondary school and college aged student. The eight rounds of questions last for between 45 and 50 minutes. Round One (Name the Winning Song), Round Four (Country Anagrams) and Round Six (Lost in Translation) can take longer for students to answer. It can a good idea to give them about five minutes per anagram in Round Four. The other questions in the quiz can be moved through at a brisk pace. Working through the answers takes between 10 and 15 minutes. You can slow the progress down or speed it up depending on your group or lessons. Whole quiz time: 1 hour The PowerPoint can be edited and adapted allowing you to change any questions to suit your students. Try out the free end of term quiz.

A great quiz for any lesson, form term or group. Appropriate for secondary school and college students (key stage 4 and 5, 11 to 18 year olds). A range of nine rounds of 60 questions (some with ten questions, some with five depending on the difficult and level of interest). Will take between an hour and 1 hour 30 minutes to complete. Appropriate for teams or individuals. An answer sheet is included with a teacher’s sheet that includes all the answers. • Round One: Who is in disguise? • Round Two: Name the Christmas Song • Round Three: Rank and File • Round Four: Actor Anagrams • Round Five: Multiple Choice • Round Six: Lost in Translation • Round Seven: What is that object? • Round Eight: First and Last • Round Nine: Name that number • Tie breakers Students work through a highly visual PowerPoint answering questions in each round. The animations in the PowerPoint allow you to create interest and allow students time to answer questions. Examples of the Rank and File round, Actor Anagram, Name the object and Name the number rounds are included to make instructions clear and accessible. Once the quiz has been completed, students mark each other’s answers and work through a range of questions that can create further discussion. Questions are appropriate to a secondary school and college aged student. The nine rounds of questions last for between 50 minutes and 1 hour (depending on how much time you give students to answer the questions). Round Two (Name the Christmas Song) and Round Four (Actor Anagrams) can take longer for students to answer. It can a good idea to give them about five minutes per anagram in Round Four. The other questions in the quiz can be moved through at a brisk pace. Working through the answers takes between 15 and 20 minutes. You can slow the progress down or speed it up depending on your group or lessons. Whole quiz time: 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes. The PowerPoint can be edited and adapted allowing you to change any questions to suit your students. Try out the free end of term quiz. Easter already and you’ve already used the Christmas and Summer Quiz? Try the Easter Quiz. Available in an End of Term Quiz Bundle

A varied 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minute end of term Easter quiz with nine rounds with 65 questions appropriate for secondary school and college students (key stage 4 and 5, 11 to 18 year olds). Appropriate for teams or individuals (more fun with teams). Nine different rounds with a total of 65 questions (some with ten questions, some with five depending on the difficulty and level of interest). The quiz will take between an hour and 1 hour 30 minutes to complete. An response sheet is included with a teacher’s sheet that includes all the answers. Many of the rounds resist Googling the answers with cryptic elements or multiple parts. The quiz is not completely Google proof, but provides sufficient challenge (especially if questions are moved briskly by the teacher). The quiz cannot be won by Googling the answers alone but maintains definitive answers. Round One: Disguised as a Bunny Round Two: Actor Anagrams Round Three: Who am I? Chocolate edition Round Four: Name the Song Round Five: Rank and File Round Six: Name the Object Round Seven: Multiple Choice Round Eight: First and Last Movie Lines Round Nine: Name the Number Three Tie Breaker Questions Students work through a highly visual PowerPoint answering questions in each round. The animations in the PowerPoint allow you to create interest and allow students time to answer questions. Examples of the Actor Anagrams, Who am I?, Rank and File, Name the Object and Name the number are included to make instructions clear and accessible. The Name the Song and First an Last rounds have an electronic voice reading. Either turn on your speakers, or not, depending on your preference. Once the quiz has been completed, students mark the answers of the other teams and work through the questions that can create further discussion. Working through the answers takes between 15 and 20 minutes. You can slow the progress down or speed it up depending on your group or lessons. Questions are appropriate to a secondary school and college aged student. Whole quiz time: 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes. The PowerPoint can be edited and adapted allowing you to change any questions to suit your students. Try out the free end of term quiz.

A pack of resources for a minimum of 1 hour and 30 minutes of teaching on ‘The Oval Portrait’ by Edgar Allan Poe. The story is a public domain story that is freely available for use. All the images used in the pack are available for commercial use. The pack includes: • A copy of ‘The Oval Portrait’ in the format of a Word document with an optional glossary. • A two page student worksheet with a selection of activities and questions. • A student worksheet with answers to guide the teacher. • A 35 slide PowerPoint reflecting all activities on the worksheet which some extra explanation and contains useful links and reference to the creative activities. • A ten question PowerPoint comprehension quiz that can be shown on a whiteboard and students can mark their own answers. • Four creative writing prompt sheets that encourage students to continue to think about the themes and approaches of the story. • A lesson plan guide with the task split into three 30 minute sections. Work can, of course, be extended for longer sessions or 30 minute sessions can be put together for an hour lesson. This resource encourages close reading, critical writing and creative responses. Students can be set the work independently or the work can be presented in a more collaborative class atmosphere. Appropriate to GCSE students and A Level students of English. Also available: ‘The Story of an Hour’ Also available the Short Story Bundle which includes ‘The Oval Portrait’ and ‘The Story of an Hour’

A great quiz for any lesson, form term or group. Appropriate for secondary school and college students (key stage 4 and 5, 11 to 18 year olds). A range of nine different rounds with a total of 70 questions (some with ten questions, some with five depending on the difficulty and level of interest). The quiz will take between an hour and 1 hour 30 minutes to complete. Appropriate for teams or individuals, but more fun with teams. An answer sheet is included with a teacher’s sheet that includes all the answers. • Round One: Who is in disguise? • Round Two: Name the Spooky Song • Round Three: Which phobia? • Round Four: Monster Anagrams • Round Five: Multiple Choice: Superstitions • Round Six: First and Last • Round Seven: Halloween Who am I? • Round Eight: Magic Words • Round Nine: How to fight a monster • Tie breakers Students work through a highly visual PowerPoint answering questions in each round. The animations in the PowerPoint allow you to create interest and allow students time to answer questions. Examples of the Which phobia?, Monster Anagrams, Halloween Who am I? and How to fight a monster rounds are included to make instructions clear and accessible. The Name the Spooky Song, Which phobia? and Magic Words rounds have an electronic voice reading the lyrics or unusual words for comic effect. Either turn on your speakers, or not, depending on your preference. Once the quiz has been completed, students mark the answers of the other teams and work through the questions that can create further discussion. Questions are appropriate to a secondary school and college aged student. The nine rounds of questions last for between 50 minutes and 1 hour (depending on how much time you give students to answer the questions). Round Two (Name the Spooky Song) and Round Four (Monster Anagrams) can take longer for students to answer. It can be a good idea to give them more than the 60 seconds per anagram in Round Four. You can also give students longer to complete the Halloween Who am I? round. The clues are automatically delivered, but you could leave them on the board to allow students to discuss possibilities in groups. The other questions in the quiz can be moved through at a brisk pace. Working through the answers takes between 15 and 20 minutes. You can slow the progress down or speed it up depending on your group or lessons. Whole quiz time: 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes. The PowerPoint can be edited and adapted allowing you to change any questions to suit your students. Try out the free end of term quiz.

A great quiz for any lesson, form term or group. Appropriate for secondary school and college students (key stage 4 and 5, 11 to 18 year olds). A range of nine different rounds with a total of 70 questions (some with ten questions, some with five depending on the difficulty and level of interest). The quiz will take between an hour and 1 hour 30 minutes to complete. Appropriate for teams or individuals, but more fun with teams. An answer sheet is included with a teacher’s sheet that includes all the answers. Round One: Who is who? Round Two: Famous Figure Anagrams Round Three: What happened when? Round Four: Name the Song Round Five: Who am I? Round Six: Multiple Choice Round Seven: First and Last Round Eight: Who said what? Round Nine: Famous Inventors Tie breakers Students work through a highly visual PowerPoint answering questions in each round. The animations in the PowerPoint allow you to create interest and allow students time to answer questions. Examples of the Anagrams, What happened when?, and Who am I? are included to make instructions clear and accessible. The Name the Song has an electronic voice reading the lyrics. Either turn on your speakers, or not, depending on your preference. Once the quiz has been completed, students mark the answers of the other teams and work through the questions that can create further discussion. Questions are appropriate to a secondary school and college aged student. The nine rounds of questions last for between 50 minutes and 1 hour (depending on how much time you give students to answer the questions). You can also give students longer to complete the Who am I? round. The clues are automatically delivered, but you could leave them on the board to allow students to discuss possibilities in groups. The other questions in the quiz can be moved through at a brisk pace. Working through the answers takes between 15 and 20 minutes. You can slow the progress down or speed it up depending on your group or lessons. Whole quiz time: 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes. The PowerPoint can be edited and adapted allowing you to change any questions to suit your students. Try out the free end of term quiz.

A series of engaging creative writing prompts with a differentiated set of worksheets. A powerpoint with 20 creative writing prompts providing a visual motivation with the guidance of activities and questions to get students started with their creative writing. A set of worksheets provide support for five of the creative writing prompts. The worksheets act as handouts for students at three levels of ability: Expert level: students are provided with a picture for inspiration and an opening line. Advanced: in addition to the picture for inspiration and an opening line, Advanced worksheets also contain idea generating questions. Foundation: in addition to a picture for inspiration, an opening line and idea generating questions, Foundation worksheets also contain sentences starts to ensure variety of sentences and wow words to add variety to student writing. In additional to 20 prompt images with questions on the powerpoint to motivate student creative writing, there is a set of reflection questions on the powerpoint. Reflection questions are differentiated between dialogue, description and perspective writing to get students to think about their own writing. A revision slide will allow students to consider way of changing their writing. A final slide with ten opening lines provide a final opportunity for creative writing and a set of work that could be set as homework. This is the first series of Creative Writing Fiction Prompts. A sample worksheet and second series of Creative Writing Fiction Prompts are also available: Free Sample Creative Writing Fiction Prompt Worksheet Second Series of Creative Writing Fiction Prompts (Powerpoint only)

A series of multiple choice comprehension quizzes in PowerPoint. Each quiz has 10 to 15 questions with an answer section. Perfect for students to write down their answers and then mark their own (or each other’s answers). The pack of quizzes include: 9 separate chapter specific quizzes each with 15 questions (135 questions in total) What happens when quiz: testing students on what happens in what chapters across the novel Which party quiz: testing students on what happens in the parties in the first three chapters Car motif quiz: testing students on how effectively they noticed references to cars across the novel PowerPoints are separate and can be run one after another or individually depending on your students’ progress through the novel. Answers are included in the second half of the quiz with teacher controlled animated answer reveals. Quizzes are controlled by the teacher and can take anything from 10 minutes to 20 minutes to complete in class. Try out a free The Great Gatsby Quiz

A varied 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minute end of term Christmas quiz. Ten rounds with 65 questions appropriate for secondary school and college students (key stage 4 and 5, 11 to 18 year olds). Appropriate for teams or individuals. A response sheet is included with a teacher’s sheet that includes all the answers. Round One: Who is in disguise? Round Two: Name the Christmas Song Round Three: Rank and File Round Four: Actor Anagrams Round Five: Multiple Choice Round Six: Lost in Translation Round Seven: What is that object? Round Eight: First and Last Round Nine: Name the Number Round Ten: What am I? Christmas Dessert Edition Tie breakers Students work through a highly visual PowerPoint answering questions in each round. The animations in the PowerPoint allow you to create interest and allow students time to answer questions. Examples of the Rank and File round, Actor Anagrams, Name the object and Name the number rounds are included to make instructions clear and accessible. Once the quiz has been completed, students mark each other’s answers and work through a range of questions that can create further discussion. Questions are appropriate to a secondary school and college aged student. The nine rounds of questions last for between 50 minutes and 1 hour (depending on how much time you give students to answer the questions). Round Two (Name the Christmas Song) and Round Four (Actor Anagrams) can take longer for students to answer. You could give students longer than the timer in the Round Four anagrams. The other questions in the quiz can be moved through at a brisk pace if you want to cut down the total time. Working through the answers takes between 15 and 20 minutes. You can slow the progress down or speed it up depending on your group or lessons. Whole quiz time: 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes. The PowerPoint can be edited and adapted allowing you to change any questions to suit your students. Try out the free end of term quiz.

20 A Christmas Carol practice exam questions with AQA GCSE Literature extract structure for Paper 1 (Shakespeare and the 19th-century novel) Section B (specification number 8702). **Practice exam papers in the style of GCSE AQA English Literature. ** The materials consist of twenty extract questions each with a one-page extract from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. The questions focus on various topics and characters relevant to A Christmas Carol. The questions provide a specific topic and then asks students to complete a detailed analysis of the extract followed by a discussion of the topic in the rest of the novella. Students are required to engage with the extract and the topic before applying their analysis to the rest of the novella. The pack includes: 20 AQA style practice exam papers on different sections and different topics in the novella. A description of student friendly assessment objectives. An exemplar essay of one of the practice exam questions. An assessment objective marking grid. A PowerPoint with details about the structure of the questions, suggestions about how to approach the question, a structure for writing a response, examining board suggestions, instructions for using the marking grid and two student self-assessment activities.