A NRT on the Hillsborough Disaster. There is a challenging piece of reading, a question sheet and also an answer sheet to show where marks can be given in accordance with NRT mark scheme. The question types also help build reading skills needed for New GCSE English Literature. They must use search and retrieve skills, words in context, sequencing, definition and comprehension skills.

A PEE grid showing students points that can be made an how to embed the quotations. Students then explain the points made. Designed to build the fluency of poetry analysis. Made for Year 9.

A PEE grid analysing how Romeo acts in Act 1 Scene 1. The point and evidence is already filled in along with some example explanations.

A visual revision sheet on George, Lennie, Candy and Crooks. The information is a quick analysis of each with some detailed points that are useful to make in exams. They are linked into the themes and are linked to the context.

This resource is a 51 slide PPT to help students write an exposition/expository essay in line with the new WJEC English Language GCSE. The PPT explains clearly what an expository essay is, how to plan one effectively, how to write a good introduction, how to write excellent expository paragraphs and how to structure points with sophistication. It also contains proofreading tasks in line with the new GCSE, vocabulary extension exercises, examples of good and bad introductions and main paragraph examples. Perfect to help KS3 pupils prepare for KS4 or for KS4 students to practise their skills. The PPT focuses on an essay on War but also shows examples of an essay on Money and an essay on Footballers.

A full PowerPoint teaching ‘In Cardigan Market’ ready for the Non-Examination Assessment for WJEC English Literature. The PowerPoint initially shows background information on Cardigan market using video clips and engages with the main ideas of the poem before introducing it. The PowerPoint takes pupils through an analysis of the poem, including analysing the sonnet structure and how the use of iambic pentameter has a purpose. Specific language analysis is shown to help improve depth of analysis. Wider knowledge of certain aspects of the poem are revealed throughout. This PowerPoint is used alongside my ‘A Peasant’ resources to allow close comparison for the NEA.

A PowerPoint and worksheets designed to teach how Shakespeare uses Prose and Blank Verse. Students are encouraged to consider how the stress of words often reveals greater meaning. Designed for WJEC English Literature A Level students.

A 36 page revision booklet designed to help students prepare for AS English Literature. Each poem in Philip Larkin's The Whitsun Weddings is considered and contextual details are explained in reference to the text. The poems are not analysed but the contextual issues are highlighted - Helping students gain AO3 marks. After the context are a list of themes with relevant poems selected from The Whitsun Weddings and Carol Ann Duffy's Mean Time. There are 9 created practice exam questions for Section B of the exam, along with an example essay to help model good quality answers.

A PPT making 'Compare' and 'Contrast' questions very easy. Designed for the new WJEC English Language GCSE Unit 2 and Unit 3. Excellent for C/D borderline students.

This is a 49 page booklet designed to teach students how to write an effective article for Unit 3 of the English Language GCSE. The booklet explains what an article is, gives real exam articles and explores the marks awarded, demonstrated how to include effective persuasive techniques, gives opportunities to identify purpose, audience, format and tone as well as giving good and bad examples of writing. The mark scheme is included. All article tasks set between 2017 and 2023 are included so students can practise writing articles. Space in the booklet is provided so students can write their answers.

An annotated A3 sheet with analysis notes on 'Ignorance' by Philip Larkin. It contains an overarching synopsis to the poem, detailed commentary focusing on specific details and the poem itself. Perfect for revision, catch up for those who may have missed the poem or a way of getting students to engage with the poem away from the classroom. Designed for WJEC English Literature AS Level.

A PowerPoint designed to teach how to plan and write a review for the WJEC English Language Unit 2 Section B exam. It shows lots of places and items that are reviewed, from films to hairbrushes and shows the layout of a review. It also explains how to plan a review and an example of a review of Skyfall split into paragraphs. Designed for C/D borderline KS4 but would also be useful to KS3 classes.

A 6 page booklet booklet for WJEC Entry Level English students or lower ability students helping to introduce the idea of banning mobile phones, planning a formal letter to the headteacher, recapping persuasive techniques and tasks to spot them, example introductions and the formal letter layout. Perfect to allow students to work towards their first written piece of coursework. Ideal for KS3 as well.

A sheet designed to allow pupils to compare Emyr Humphreys' 'From Father to Son' with 'Do Not Go Gentle' by Dylan Thomas. The sheet is designed with a direct quote from each poem written next to each other then space for the student to write an explanation of how this is similar or different with the approach to how loss is being presented.

An annotated A3 sheet with analysis notes on 'Toads Revisited' by Philip Larkin. It contains an overarching synopsis to the poem, detailed commentary focusing on specific details and the poem itself. Perfect for revision, catch up for those who may have missed the poem or a way of getting students to engage with the poem away from the classroom. Designed for WJEC English Literature AS Level.

An annotated A3 sheet with analysis notes on 'Broadcast' by Carol Ann Duffy. It contains an overarching synopsis to the poem, detailed commentary focusing on specific details and the poem itself. Perfect for revision, catch up for those who may have missed the poem or a way of getting students to engage with the poem away from the classroom. Designed for WJEC English Literature AS Level.

A writing assessment for Year 7. Students write a letter to their primary school explaining how they are settling into secondary school and explaining the differences between primary and secondary school. The writing frame gives example sentences, word banks to increase NC level and the formal letter structure.

An answer sheet to Dylan Thomas' 'Do not go gentle' and 'From Father to Son' to be used for WJEC GCSE English Literature poetry comparison controlled assessment. It can be used for teachers to formulate a plan on how to approach the two poems. There are a list of excellent points to be made about each poem as well as quotations to be used. There is also a section designed at eliciting the comparison points about the two poems.

A comprehensive explanation of Tiny Tim's importance to A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. An overview of the character's importance is given using quotations from the text to support each point. Every appearance of the character is tracked and clearly explained. The importance of Tiny Tim is linked constantly to the context and how Dickens uses the character to comment on the poor in the 1840s. An excellent, attractive revision sheet that will be incredibly useful to all GCSE English Literature students.

An A3 annotated copy of 'Pluto' by Carol Ann Duffy. It covers all comments on the writer's techniques and comments as well as a comprehensive overview of the poem. This is very useful to help cover all poems in the anthologies without taking too much time, revision materials or to help students catch up with poems missed in class.