This is a copy of the poem, broken into clear, manageable chunks. After each section there are boxes with prompts and lots of space for notes. It can be used in class, but it is very useful for students working from home if, say, they have had to self-isolate…

Because Edexcel have not been too great about creating SAMs for the new IGCSE Language spec I decided to have a go myself. This one is a Paper 1 which closely follows the format of the SAMs. The unseen text is one from the old spec, and the Anthology Text is Chinese Cinderella.

Because Edexcel have not been too great about creating SAMs for the new IGCSE Language spec I decided to have a go myself. This one is a Paper 1 Reading section which closely follows the foramt of the SAMs. The unseen text is one from the old spec, and the Anthology Text is The Explorer’s Daughter.

This is a blank workbook for students to fill in as they study the novel. Because it’s a Word doc, you can easily adapt it. I have taken the characters and themes which have appeared in past questions on the Edexcel IGCSE Lit course, but you could easily add/remove pages if needed. There’s a title page and an index. After that the rest of the booklet consists of two pages per character or theme. The first page has a small picture in the middle and plenty of room around it so students can write a few key key quotations about that character, or create a mindmap about them, as appropriate. The second page contains a table, divided as per the three main sections of the novel (Part One, Tom’s trial, and the aftermath of the trial) giving room for students to collect key moments/quotations from those sections that they could use in their exam essays. There’s also a box for recording key social and biographical contexts relevant to that character or theme. It’s useful for helping them consolidate their knowledge as they study the novel, and is an invaluable revision resource.

Each of these is an A4 sheet covering one of the poems from the Lit exam. Included are: Blessing; Half Past Two; Hide and Seek; Poem at Thirty Nine; War Photographer. They are very useful for revision purposes. They can be enlarged and used as posters, too.

Because Edexcel have not been too great about creating SAMs for the new IGCSE Language spec I decided to have a go myself. This one is a Paper 1 which closely follows the format of the SAMs. The unseen text is one from the old spec, and the Anthology Text is Beyond the Sky and the Earth. There are two writing questions, too, and the whole thing looks just like a real paper.

Because Edexcel have not been too great about creating SAMs for the new IGCSE Language spec I decided to have a go myself. This one is a Paper 1 which closely follows the foramt of the SAMs. The unseen text is one from the old spec, and the Anthology Text is Between a Rock and a Hard place. There are two writing questions, too, and the whole thing looks just like a real paper.

Because Edexcel have not been too great about creating SAMs for the new IGCSE Language spec I decided to have a go myself. This one is a Paper 1 which closely follows the foramt of the SAMs. The unseen text is one from the old spec, and the Anthology Text is Passage to Africa. There are two writing questions, too, and the whole thing looks just like a real paper.

Because Edexcel have not been too great about creating SAMs for the new IGCSE Language spec I decided to have a go myself. This one is a Paper 1 Reading Section which closely follows the foramt of the SAMs. The unseen text is one from the old spec, and the Anthology Text is H is for Hawk.

This resource contains 11 key extracts from Book 1 of the novel. They have been selected because: they are, in themselves, interesting and revealing moments which shine lights on the settlings and characters of the novel; they are often good examples of Braddon’s style and techniques; and they match very well with extracts from The Cutting Season, which is the novel I pair this one with. Each extract is followed by two boxes: one which allows the students to make notes on any relevant social, historical or biographical contexts which shed light on this extract; the other which encourages the students to make explicit links between this novel and The Cutting Season. If you are pairing Lady A with a different novel, you can easily change the wording in these boxes so they match your choice.

This 39 page booklet breaks the film down into all its scenes and sections. Each page has boxes for notes on the 5 Elements of Film and the Context of each scene. It helps students to organise their notes while watching the film, and is a very useful revision resource.

This 26 page resource is perfect for A Level Film Studies students studying ‘Captain Fantastic’. It breaks the film into all of its scenes and sections. Each page has boxes for notes on Spectatorship, Ideology and the Elements of Film, making it very useful for answering exam questions later. You can share it with your students electronically so they can fill in the boxes on computers, or just print it off and given them hard copies. It makes revision really manageable.

A viewing booklet covering all of the main scenes and sequences in Shaun of the Dead. There are boxes for making nots on all 5 elements of film, plus ideology and narrative. There are tables at the end for making notes about mirrored scenes and jump cuts. It’s ideal for A Level Film Students.

This is the full extract for the Edexcel IGCSE Language specification with boxes at various points for the students to write in. The boxes contain questions, prompts and ideas to help focus their notes on language and structure. I find them very useful in the classromm, espcially with lower ability pupils. They would also work really well for pupils forced to learn at home because of Covid outbreaks, for example.

The resource guides students through the film. It allows them to keep track of how Eva’s past, present and memories of ‘Thursday’ are depicted. There is some production info and a section at the back about the non-linear structure and imrpotance of memories. It is very useful when first watching the film and when revising it.

This 23 page booklet breaks the film down into all its scenes and sections. Each page has room for notes on how the three linear narratives are interwoven, plus non-diegetic sound and they symbolic use of red. It has proved a very good way for students to keep track of this tricky film, and is a very useful revision resource once completed.

This 35 page booklet helps students make detailed notes on the 5 elements of film in two of the shorts from ‘Wild Tales’ It helps them organise their notes while watching the film, and is a great revision resource once completed.

This 26 page booklet breaks the film down into all its scenes. Each page has boxs for notes on 4 elements of film (not sound), plus expressionistic and realistic aspects. This makes it perfect for preparing for the Silent Film questions in the exam.

This is the full extract for the Edexcel IGCSE Language specification with boxes at various points for the students to write in. The boxes contain questions, prompts and ideas to help focus their notes on language and structure. I find them very useful in the classromm, espcially with lower ability pupils. They would also work really well for pupils forced to learn at home because of Covid outbreaks, for example.

For Edexcel IGCSE Literature, pupils need to include lots of relevant context in their exam essays on the novel. I have designed this booklet as a handy way for students to collect lots of context stuff in a way that makes it easy to refer to and revise from. There’s a page for exploring how the title, taken from Burns’ To a Mouse links to each chapter in the novel. Next, there are pages dedicated to each chapter, with plenty of room for recording textual examples and quotations as well as context. The final pages are organised by character, so the students can quickly revise the relevant context connected to each of them. Please note: I haven’t included the contextual information in the booklet. This is merely a handy way of organising what they find out.