A scavenger hunt activity which aims to pre-teach the complicated topic of Romanticism - created to enable students to access the Romantic poetry in the AQA Power and Conflict anthology.

A differentiated worksheet which explores Scrooge’s character, and the contextual factors which influenced the novella. Students to begin at the most challenging task and drop down to an easier task if necessary. When students are finished there are differentiated extension tasks. Ideally this would be printed on A3.

A comprehensive overview of AQA Literature papers one and two, focusing on Macbeth, A Christmas Carol. Then An Inspector Calls and Power and Conflict poetry from paper 2. There are set questions for each text, plus an unseen poetry lesson too.

An accessible lesson which prepares students for Language paper 1 focusing on a series of images with a model response. Created with year 11 in mind, but suitable for all year groups.

An essay which responds to an extract from Stave 3 in which Scrooge begs for Tiny Tim to be spared. A succinct and concise but effective grade 6 essay to model the skills required for AQA Literature paper 1. One possible activity is that students add in alternative interpretations and make the analysis more tentative. Another is that students highlight where marks for each AO are allocated. This extract really helped my upper and lower band groups to unpick the assessment objectives.

A succinct essay which explores how authority is presented in Checking Out Me History and London. An ideal way to show how the assessment objectives can be met without waffle!

AQA paper 2 question 5, grade 6+ response. A model answer exploring society’s fixation with appearance. Written with my selfie-loving, eyebrow-obsessed year 11 girls in mind! Works very well with success criteria. Students can also amend to make into a grade 7.

This lesson focuses on the somewhat uninspiring topic of sentence openers - including a fun bingo activity and a diamond 9 ranking task - leading into a GCSE-style writing task inspired by an image. Created for year 11 but suitable for KS3 and 4 alike. I hope this helps your students as it has mine! Inspired in part by Edward Munch's painting.

A revision lesson whereby students create their own examination questions using David Diadu pedagogy and their own mark scheme. Recently used in an Ofsted inspection.

A creative and interactive lesson and worksheet created to develop students' exploration of non-fiction - focusing specifically on the tone, audience and purpose of texts. This includes a reference worksheet too.

A differentiated lesson ready for Ofsted! This lesson uses Porphyria's Lover as a murder mystery using Paul Ginnis' well-known pedagogy. This was graded a 1 when I delivered it to my class...

This comprehensive overview is of Literature paper 2. Section A: An Inspector Calls. Section B: Power and Conflict cluster. Section C: Unseen. Extremely user-friendly and engaging, including timings, key vocabulary and exemplar answers. Based on the AQA sample paper.

A topical lesson which compares an article about Harry and Meghan’s inter-racial marriage to Queen Victoria’s diary entry detailing her own betrothal. This refers specifically to questions 2 and 4, it has model responses and structured peer assessment.

A differentiated task sheet with enough homework tasks to promote revision and stretch the most able students for a whole term!

A creative writing lesson which uses images as stimulus to prompt creative writing. Full teacher instructions included and minimal printing! A group work activity which leads into an individual task, clear differentiated outcomes which use and break down GCSE criteria. Predominately designed for year 11, but could easily be used with any year group.

Grade 7+ responses to the November entry of AQA Language paper 2. Very useful in terms of modeling success criteria. Could be used for revision or for students to engage with mark schemes. This uses the Ragged school articles available on EAQA in secure materials.

17 lessons designed to prepare students for the demands of the new GCSE specification. All resourced and fully differentiated. This leads to a Language paper 1 style writing assessment. Ideal to use in term 1 with the new year 7. I have also included some pre-Twentieth Century prose and extracts from contemporary fiction.

Writing grids where students write in response to a photo stimulus, in line with the expectations of AQA Language paper 1. There are 12 lessons here which follow a step-by-step guide detailing how to approach this question. Could be used with any year group but especially helpful for those preparing for the examination. Outcomes are all mapped to the GCSE specification and contain structure peer assessment grids which can also be printed for students. NB. This works best when the grids are printed onto A3.