This is a model essay about inter-generational conflict in An Inspector Calls. It develops a detailed argument, using a range of contextual and analytical ideas to develop important points. It has been written with the AQA English Literature exam in mind, but could be used to help any GCSE student who will write about this text.

Practice exam paper on guilt in Macbeth, produced in the style that AQA used. There is an indicative content sheet included with this, covering some ideas that students could write about.

Edexcel A Level lesson, focusing on key thematic and analytical ideas of this poem, with a comparison to influential art/poetry for this piece and an essay task.

Practice exam paper on the presentation of women and society in Macbeth, produced in the style that AQA used. There is an indicative content sheet included with this, covering some ideas that students could write about.

This resource is an essay, explaining how Priestley uses genre and structure to communicate his views about social responsibility. It is written in an academic style and contains a wide range of analytical and contextual ideas, although it is not intended as a model GCSE essay.

Practice exam paper on the power of the supernatural in Macbeth, produced in the style that AQA used. There is an indicative content sheet included with this, covering some ideas that students could write about.

Practice exam paper on mental instability in Macbeth, produced in the style that AQA used. There is an indicative content sheet included with this, covering some ideas that students could write about.

Practice exam paper on ambition in Macbeth, produced in the style that AQA used. There is an indicative content sheet included with this, covering some ideas that students could write about.

Originally designed as an A level resource, this lesson includes contextual information about paganism and James I, which is useful when considering the portrayal of Gloucester in the first Act of the play.

A lesson prompting creative writing from students, based on ideas from Back to the Future.

Lesson(s) about the Explorer’s Daughter, designed for IGCSE English Language. This resource includes visual resources related to narwals, tasks designed to support analysis of language and structure within the resource and exam style questions for this text.

A creative writing lesson, designed for KS3. The students complete a range of planning tasks, ahead of writing an extended piece. I have often used this to assess the quality of writing students can produce at the start of the year.

This lesson helps students to explore key ideas about Remember by Christina Rossetti. It includes analytical tasks, annotation of the poem and key contextual details. It was designed for the Edexcel IGCSE English Literature specification, but could be delivered o students studying other GCSE syllabuses without the need to change the resource.

A lesson which supports students developing critical ideas when writing A level essays about Othello. It was originally made for the Edexcel specification, but can be used with any exam board expecting use of critical readings in Shakespeare essays.

A lesson designed to support students struggling with unseen poetry essays, providing strategies for tackling unseen poems, model analytical writing and an exam style task. Although originally designed for the IGCSE English Literature course, this resource is suitable for teaching and revising unseen poetry at GCSE level.

A PowerPoint containing key quotations for book 9. These are identified by theme. The notes section for the slides contain helpful notes of analytical ideas you could discuss.

A lesson exploring what free verse poetry is, with examples and brief analytical tasks identifying free verse features. The lesson concludes with students writing their own free verse poems.

An extensive list of possible questions that Edexcel could ask for King Lear in the A level exam.

A lesson introducing students to the features of Romantic poetry, before applying them to a range of famous texts.