The attached document tells the story of “Othello” in 60 quotations. Each quotation is accompanied by a brief explanation of the context, and information about how students can dig deeper into Shakespeare’s language, staging and characterisation. This was initially created for students revising for AQA A Level Lit B (Tragedy).

This booklet is ideal for Year 11 students who are studying “An Inspector Calls” as part of their GCSE in English Literature. It should be used alongside my knowledge organiser for this topic - available for free on my blog at https://amysmithliterature.wordpress.com/an-inspector-calls/ The booklet contains: plot summary; historical context summary; a summary for each character; list of quotations for each character, with space for students’ analysis; an annotated example answer; a list of suggested essay questions; a list of knowledge quizzes.

This lesson is designed as a final opportunity to revise Jekyll and Hyde with Year 11 students. It was created for AQA GCSE English Literature. It contains: plot summary, with embedded quotations; a summary of the novel’s key concepts; past paper question and an explanation of my 3 step approach to planning; list of what the examiner is looking for at Level 4 and Level 6 example introductions and PEEA paragraphs; an activity to give students the opportunity to practice levelling up their ideas.

This sequence of 4 revision lessons is designed to remind students of the key facets of descriptive writing. This is appropriate for revisiting descriptive writing in Year 11. The lessons include: Reminder of the style of exam question to expect; A model answer; Using a student-friendly mark-scheme to identify positives in the model answer; Snappy reading and writing tasks to develop students’ understanding of how to structure their descriptive writing (drop, shift, shift and circular structure); Snappy reading and writing tasks to develop students’ understanding of how to use language; Evaluation task to support students to identify strengths and address weaknesses in their own writing.

A set of flashcards for students to use to learn the key aspects of Shakespeare’s “Othello”. Designed for AQA A Level English Literature B.

These bookmarks are perfect to encourage Key Stage 3 students to build an effective reading habit. Students need to read 15 minutes per day, 5 times per week. Parents/carers sign to confirm that their child has read. The file is an editable PowerPoint document. I recommend this is printed onto thin card.

These quizzes can be printed and laminated at the start of the year. Students can be guided to choose the appropriate level and then self-quiz. Ideally they work their way up the levels until they know full quotations.

Quiz sheets designed to be printed and laminated at the start of the year, and then used over a series of lessons. Students can be guided to choose the appropriate level to self-quiz during lessons.

I use these by printing the quizzes on different colours of paper at the start of the year and laminating them. Then students can be trained to pick up a quiz as they enter the classroom and sit down silently to do knowledge retrieval as the rest of the class arrives. Students can work their way up through the different levels of the quiz so that they can eventually remember the quotations with minimal prompts.

Print off a class set at the start of the year (different levels of difficulty on different colours of paper, perhaps) and laminate. Then these sheets can be quickly put on desks at the start of a lesson, or students can collect them on their way in, to be used for stress-free knowledge retrieval practice.