Detailed slides leading pupils through format, structure and language needed for creating a newspaper article. Includes an example article as a model.

Full lesson including do now, grammar time, spellings, oral drill. Main lesson leads pupils towards writing their own monologue as a character of their choice from Greek Myth. Detailed help with structure provided.

Designed to support students completing their English Literature A Level coursework on The Great Gatsby and a second text of their choice. Includes more than 20 possible coursework questions as well as a reading list of over 25 texts. Also includes a rough schedule which you can doctor or delete!

A list of 11 topics for students to research individually, in pairs or groups then present their findings to the class. Very useful to help pupils independently gain sound knowledge of the context of the novel. Speaking and Listening opportunity.

Detailed context for the novel including Victorian legislation, Chartism, Reform Acts and critical views on the novel including Rigby's review. Everything students need to know for context.

A handy sheet focusing on gender context for the play. Includes 'The Good Wife's Guide' 1955.

A selection of key quotations from the novel for students to analyse.

Two non fiction texts (articles) on the issue of forced marriage plus a PowerPoint with questions on both texts individually and comparing them (strategy on how to answer the questions included). Non fiction writing tasks also included - diary entry and magazine article. Designed for Edexcel GCSE Language Paper 2 but useful for any non fiction analysis practice.

AQA GCSE Language Paper 2 - includes a 21st century article on homelessness combined with a 19th century letter by Charles Dickens on the state of the London slums. All questions in the style of the exam. Includes 4 questions for Section A modelled on the specimen paper and a writing task for Section B.

AQA GCSE Language Paper 1 - includes an extract from Morrison’s ‘The Bluest Eye’. All questions in the style of the exam. Includes 4 questions for Section A modelled on the specimen paper and a choice of two writing tasks for Section B.

Overview of Hercules’ labours using images from vases to guess the labour. Plus a starter activity on the Prometheus myth and spellings.

An unseen poetry comparison question, including both poems (‘The Tyger’ and ‘The Jaguar’). Also included is a suggested essay structure with step-by-step guidance on how to analyse the poems as well as a detailed exemplar answer.

GCSE Literature. Key quotations form the novel - fill in the blanks test for students. Answers at the end!

Imaginative writing activity based on images, then reading the Persephone myth focusing on character.