This lesson is designed for teaching on the International GCSE specification or as an Unseen Poem as it both explores this poem and teaches students how to approach a previously unseen text. The activities are engaging, active and nurture enquiry in a supported way.

This resource is a constructed question based on Inspector Calls and an extract from ‘The Glorious Heresies’ by Lisa McInerney in the style of the OCR exam paper. This is available as a single resource or as part of a package attracting generous discounts. If you would like a bespoke bundle please message me on Twitter @JoMarsh1 with details…

This Literacy Programme is 2 of 3 for use with year 8s across an entire term and forms part of a newly written programme that builds on the strengthened demands of the KS2 literacy skills and the Year 7 Programme also available on TES. This resource includes a PDF version of the programme plus an Adobe version that is editable so that the name of your school/behaviour policy can be incorporated into the documents. The powerpoint presentation is used to test the weekly skills gained by your students and allows you to track progress and build in additional intervention for areas of shortfall post completion. The subsequent booklets for use in this Programme and year 9 will be posted imminently.

This Literacy Programme is 3 of 3 for use with year 9s across an entire term and forms part of a newly written programme that builds on the strengthened demands of the KS2 literacy skills and the Year 7 and 8 Programmes also available on TES. This resource includes a PDF version of the programme plus an Adobe version that is editable so that the name of your school/behaviour policy can be incorporated into the documents. The powerpoint presentation is used to test the weekly skills gained by your students and allows you to track progress and build in additional intervention for areas of shortfall post completion. All Literacy Programmes in this collection are downloadable in bundles of year groups and as a Whole School KS3 Programme, with all elements building on the skills in the earlier years and terms.

A thorough exploration of this poem including analysis of form, language and structure, differentiated notes and tasks plus an exam style question including advice on how to respond to the question. This is everything you need to teach this poem at GCSE level.

With a distinct lack of exemplar papers available for the new Edexcel (9-1) GCSE English Language Exams I have constructed some papers and included mark schemes and indicative content as guidance. If you are looking for 19th Century Fiction papers there are several more in my resources/TES shop. Please do let me know what you think of these as happy to construct more.

This resource includes 3 separate exam style questions on Blood Brothers, all original questions, written with the higher challenge of the new (9-1) exams in mind. This also includes the Edexcel mark scheme. This resource is available as an individual resource or at a 50% discount as part of a bundle. This resource would be perfect for final revision lessons, use by parents to keep their children motivated over holidays, tutors and homeschooled learners alike. Follow me to see more along these lines over the next few weeks.

This activity uses 'Fallen Puzzles' to engage students in a High Order Revision Activity, which is fun and challenging, but due to the nature of the High Order will support longer term retention of these quotations in preparation for the exam. The activity is clearly explained and modelled and key quotations range from short to longer to suit all abilities. If you like this please do leave a review and I will make more for other texts.. (Thank you!)

This response is designed for use with the Cambridge International iGCSE (UK and US) and is equally suitable to use with a Key stage 3 or 4 group to build on their reading skills, analytical skills and response writing skills. This resource includes the PDF of the short story and offers a complete route through this narrative set in 1960s South Africa, as such this would be an ideal text to draw on for Black History Month (October) too. This lesson uses a range of active learning methods to teach reading skills and in turn the enjoyable nature of the lesson helps secure learning into student’s long term memory banks. If you like this, you might also like this: (also designed for the iGCSE curriculum): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-written-near-a-port-on-a-dark-evening-by-charlotte-smith-cambridge-igcse-poetry-uk-and-us-11922968

This resource comprises 7 diverse comparison questions on Edexcel’s Conflict Poetry Collection (9-1). This is perfect for a quick lesson as the exams near, or for supply, tutors or parents to keep your children focused. A marking programme is available on application via my Twitter account @jomarsh1. This resource is available individually or as part of a bundle (at a discounted price) so do check out my shop for more of the same.

This 12 slide powerpoint takes students on a journey of realisation in which they discuss the definitions of fiction and fable, consider the context against which this novel was written, read some fables and decide what lesson is to be learnt and then apply this understanding to this text through a creative activity. This powerpoint is designed to ensure that context is never again merely ‘bolted on’ in an exam response. This lesson works well at any stage in the teaching of this novel as it is designed as much to teach, as it is to ‘fill gaps’ in terms of revision. This resource is the first of a range of resources on this text, so do follow me if you want to keep up to date on what is available.

Teaching students through creative and engaging methods is at the forefront of my teaching approach. As a GCSE text this secondary teaching resource is a fun way of refreshing knowledge and revising quotations whilst promoting longer term recall. In keeping with the popular Escape Room format, this resource tests and revises student’s knowledge and incorporates use of basic maths and linguistic methods. This GCSE resource asks questions based on the first two chapters of this text and primarily focuses on knowledge of Silas himself before considering themes and contextual issues. This would work really well as both a mid course revision task or a ‘return to school’ hook to tempt any reluctant returners to refocus and engage. This is a wholly inclusive activity that encourages team work and celebrates successes The resources provided include the link to the Escape Room, a powerpoint version of the quiz and an answer guide for the teacher, this combination means that this would work with students who have individual/team laptops and those that rely on the teacher’s laptop for input of answers. This is a sure winner in the classroom. If you like this resource and would like further resouces like this on other texts I also take commissions for bespoke topics (contact details are outlined in the resource).

This resource includes tasks on building and using different sentence structures, how to use more ambitious punctuation, vocabulary choices, writing devices: figurative language, opening sentences, show don't tell and the wwwww method of writing construction plus some highly engaging tasks based on the mysterious images left by Harris Burdick. My students loved this unit of work and have continued to produce high quality pieces of writing. My other resource on David Didau's slow writing would work really well as a follow up to this unit.

This lesson takes you through the links between Marilyn Monroe and this play text ensuring that students can discuss this in the context of the themes that this play throws up. This lesson draws on engaging activities, such as quote finds, parallel timelines, research tasks and a quiz that demands higher level thinking. Literary terminology is encouraged throughout to ensure students familiarise with this during teaching.

These resources consider the context, form, language and structure in this poem through activities, discussion, note taking and creative activities. This resource includes an assessment proforma to evidence progression of learning and to help students identify key aspects of the text ready for revision nearer to their GCSE exams.

These resources offer a thorough exploration of this poem and its context through a range of engaging and creative activities. The lesson is fully differentiated with supportive images and tips for lower ability students and regular challenges for the higher ability students in your groups. These resources include a highly visual activity which could easily be used as part of a Poetry Display. This lesson covers context, form, language and structure through independent activities and structured guidance. If you like this resource please leave a review and have a look at my other poetry resources in my shop @https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/joannammarsh or follow me on Twitter (JoMarsh1).

This powerpoint takes you through a step by step analysis of each stanza, the background to the title and a potential comparison with My Last Duchess through a wide range of oral, active, written and thought provoking ideas, questions and images. This is everything you would need to teach this poem. Other poems in this collection are also available in my TES shop as is a bundle including all poems in the collection at a discounted rate.