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Romeo and Juliet booklet: conflict revision
This booklet guides students systematically through the play focusing on the theme of conflict. After each short extract, there are a series of comprehension and analysis questions which enable students to check their understanding whilst making connections across the play.
This is an ideal resource for revision, for cover and for those who have missed learning and need to catch up. It is suitable for any exam board since the purpose of the booklet is comprehension and analysis rather than exam-board specific essay skills.
Creative writing revision booklet: AQA
This revision/intervention booklet is designed to guide students through four of the key skills required for AQA Language Paper 1 Question 5: planning, sentence structures, devices and structuring writing. The booklet contains multiple sample answers ranging from Grade 5 to Grade 9 as well as 3 full sample papers and a wide range of prompt images that can be used for revision purposes.
It is an ideal resource for a short intervention or revision programme, as well as for independent homework.
Creative writing booklet: full SOW AQA
This is a comprehensive 45-page booklet that covers all of the key skills required for success with AQA Language Paper 1 Question 5. There are over 10 model responses and a comprehensive range of tasks which develop in complexity from sentence-level work to composing full responses.
Whilst this was designed for delivery in-class (and has been used successfully to that end in inner-city contexts), it contains full explanations so it could be used as independent revision, homework or catch up work.
Literature revision booklet and essay questions
This booklet is a compilation of key quotes, essay questions and revision tips. The texts covered are:
- Romeo and Juliet
- A Christmas Carol
- An Inspector Calls
- Conflict Poetry
Ideal for the final push with Year 11 students!
American Short Story SOW
This is a short bridging unit for students in KS3 to introduce them to American Literature.
Included are:
- 4 lessons studying two short stories from F Scott Fitzgerald and Ralph Ellison
- Resources for group work
- 1 lesson linking the SOW to Of Mice and Men
Low ability Y7 poetry writing
This lesson was designed for a low ability, boy-only class to engage with poetry writing. Easily adaptable for a mixed ability class.
Included are:
- A PowerPoint presentation engaging students in a poetry writing competition
- A planning resource for students to use when decided what type of poem to write
- A lesson plan talking you through each activity. For articulate, I use command words from the topics studied.
Starter on syntax
This resource asks students to re-write sentences to delay the subject of the sentence and build suspense. Could work as part of a Gothic SOW or as part of a creative writing SOW.
Of Mice and Men marketplace lesson for context
This resource is a group work lesson to teach KS3 students the context of 'Of Mice and Men'. Ideal for trainees and NQTs to build upon.
Included are:
- A full PowerPoint lesson guiding you through the timings.
- A worksheet for students to fill in throughout the lesson.
An Inspector Calls - Capitalism and Socialism context
This resource is designed to engage your class in an immersive group work activity where they run factories. Money is awarded for successful production of goods and then the groups divide their pay according to two different sets of rules. It allows students to experience the differences working in a capitalist and socialist/Marxist environment.
Included are:
- Teachers notes to help you run the lesson.
- A full PowerPoint explaining the task and introducing this key theory.
- Money resources to help you run the factories.
- Price lists for students.
Anne Frank Diary Extract Question 3 Paper 2
This is a short extract ideal for introducing students to the skills required for Question 3 on Paper 2 of the language GCSE.
Two lessons on analysing and writing satirical texts
This resource is an ideal introduction to Satire for high ability Year 9 students or for Year 10 students.
Included in this resource are:
- Two lessons in one PowerPoint, which introduce students to advanced terms (lexis, pragmatics, malapropism) and provide a variety of tasks.
- Exit passes to check understanding at the end of the first lesson.
- A planning sheet.
- A reading resource based on 'The Voice.'
Horror Film Review booklet
This booklet has been written to enable students to write a review of a horror film. This homework builds on a horror SOW taught in class.
Gothic vocabulary posters
This is a small printable resource for you to introduce some engaging vocabulary to your classroom. Ideal for KS3 students.
Romeo and Juliet study guide - ideal for cover or independent work
This booklet is a good way to complement classroom teaching or to use for cover/independent work. This could work well as a revision tool for students.
Unseen Poetry - The Right Word
This resource is ideal for getting students to work collaboratively to understand an unseen poem.
Included are:
- A complete lesson on PowerPoint with a range of tasks
- The poem divided neatly into stanzas, ready to be cut out and given to each group.
4 lesson sequence on creative writing for KS3
This short sequence was used with a low ability Year 8 class to re-cover the key skills required for creative writing.
Included in this resource are:
- A PowerPoint with 4 complete lessons.
- A show don't tell resource to help students write on an inferred level.
Unseen poetry revision/teaching booklet
This booklet is for the AQA literature unseen poetry section. It contains the following resources:
- A step-by-step approach to the exam.
- Sample answers with annotations and a mark from Summer 2017 marking series.
- 11 example unseen poetry questions, both the 24 mark and 8 mark elements.
This is ideal for first teaching as a work book or as revision for students who are coming back to this before the Summer exams.
English Language Paper 1 Study and Revision Booklet
This is a comprehensive 83 page booklet that takes students throughout the whole of Sections A and B of Paper 1. Included are 3 mock papers at the end for students to practise what they have studied throughout the booklet. A useful teaching and revision aid!
Love & Relationships AQA poetry display
These posters are ideal for a colourful classroom display. They make a good revision resource for any students studying key quotes from the ‘love and relationships’ poetry cluster.
Language Paper 1 Crib Sheet (AQA)
This is a resource designed to support pupils both as an aide memoire and as a revision tool for the AQA English Language Paper 1 exam. It covers both the reading and writing sections, offering practical advice, acronyms and top tips.