An anthology of the set poems for CIE A level literature for 2021. Just the texts for students to read/annotate in the booklet.

Our co-constructed marking/feedback policy for English. Lots of ideas borrowed from research and great schools (all referenced). A good starting point for developing your own policy or for NQTs to think about good feedback.

A progress tracker for students to complete to keep track of assessment targets and their reported grades to encourage a focus on progress rather than attainment.

A short presentation talking students through how to reference in their NEA.

A set of independent reading questions for The Hobbit. Ideal for KS3 students as weekly homework alongside study of the novel.

A detailed revision booklet for AQA Literature B. Detailed suggestions for our texts: ‘Twelfth Night’, ‘Earnest’ and comic poetry. Easily adapted to other texts and genres.

A set of useful critical quotations on Emily Dickinson for A level students (especially for Cambridge A level Lit- AO5)

An adapted reading paper to meet the requirements of the 2021 specification with mark scheme.

An anthology of the poems selected by CIE for A level literature, Shakespeare and other texts.

A teacher made example paper for the new CIE 0500 First Language English Reading Paper 2020. Uses three articles on tigers in India and Nepal. Questions and text choices closely based on the CIE specimen. Would be useful as a mock exam or practice paper for students. Mark scheme included.

An example paper using three articles about foxes, based closely on the CIE specimen. Works well as a mock exam or practice paper for revision. No specific mark scheme yet, just the general one for extended responses is attached.

A mocked up exam paper for the new 2020 specification, based on CIE’s specimen. Useful as a mock exam or to work through in class.

A broad range of passage based exam questions (aimed at Cambridge English Literature 9695) which can be used as lesson resources, mock exams or a full set of revision questions for students to complete independently.

An example journalistic piece for the AQA Literature B NEA, on the literary value of ‘The Girl with a Dragon Tattoo’. Perfect for working through how to structure a lively article while still meeting Assessment Objectives.

An example paper using three articles about reality TV, based closely on the CIE specimen. Works well as a mock exam or practice paper for revision, especially given that there is only one specimen paper so far from CIE.

A bundle of ‘A Christmas Carol’ example responses and extract questions. Designed for WJEC/Eduqas exam, but useful for teaching key passages of the novel.

A teacher made example paper for the new CIE 0500 First Language English Reading Paper 2020. Uses three articles on video games and their consequences. Questions and text choices closely based on the CIE specimen. Would be useful as a mock exam or practice paper for students. Includes a student friendly mark scheme for self-assessment for Q3.

A set of seven posters introducing common allusions made to famous figures from Greek myth: Achilles, Icarus, Midas, The Muses, Hercules, Prometheus, Narcissus. Designed for English classrooms or libraries to help students familiarise themselves with this crucial background knowledge.

A collection of help sheets to get students to start writing successful exam responses on the CIE Songs of Ourselves poetry collection. Includes Rising Five, Sonnet 29, The Three Fates and She Dwelt Among Untrodden ways.

A comprehensive planning sheet and tasks to help KS3 students plan better mystery stories. These lessons focus on the concept of the discovery of a mystery object which somehow reveals a secret. Students begin with physical objects (a shoe, a jewelry box- anything you have) and imagining their histories. After this, they come up with a few ideas of mystery objects and then plan out a short narrative using ‘set up, build up, climax, resolution/cliffhanger’. This is very successful with weaker groups who need clear direction, but also works well for curtailing the ambition of some budding novelists!