Some really useful resources for helping pupils craft thesis statements at GCSE for English Literature. This can be used for all exam boards and texts! Includes: Printable resources Full masterclass to deliver to pupils Thesis statement “hacks” and sentence starters

Excellent mini scheme of work on Shakespeare’s Heroes and Villains. Excellent for engaging KS3 learners! Included is: Range of printable resources Starters Differentiated tasks Opportunities for independent practice Questioning slides Stretch and challenge

A blank creative writing planning grid used to help improve structural feature marks! Very effective - pupils from Y7-Y11 have found it invaluable.

This PowerPoint has two Top Trump templates per slide. Each slide has Top Trump templates with different colours on. I've used them for character analysis in English Literature before, but they can be used in many different subject areas - e.g. historical figures.

AMAZING intervention booklet including: SENTENCE STARTERS DIFFERENTIATED ACTIVITIES MODEL ANSWERS WEEKLY FOCUSES GRIDS TO FILL OUT BLANK TIMELINE ESSAY QUESTIONS LINKS TO VIDEOS SUCCESS CRITERIA TOP TIPS AGREE-O-METERS Weekly Focuses WEEK 1 - ‘An Inspector Calls’ plot and characters WEEK 2 - Paper 1 question 1 WEEK 3 - AIC themes WEEK 4 - Paper 1 question 2 WEEK 5 - AIC context WEEK 6 - Paper 1 question 3 WEEK 7 - AIC form, structure, and language WEEK 8 - Paper 1 question 4 WEEK 9 - AIC agree-o-meters and crafting your argument WEEK 10 - Paper 1 question 5 WEEK 11 - Thesis statements, conclusions, and PETAL

FANTASTIC creative writing resource to help inspire your pupils. A MASSIVE 100 creative writing prompts including photographs, paintings, titles, settings, and character traits! All prompts come with an integrated 2 minute timer. These make excellent starters and are a great way to get your pupils’ creative juices flowing!

Fantastic walkthrough PowerPoint on AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2. Acronyms and explanations included. Screenshots of each question included. Timings included. Tips and tricks for each question included. PETAL (analysing one text) and BOLT BOLT (analysing two texts comparatively) sentence starters included. This is a GREAT revision resource for Year 11!

AQA ENGLISH LANG. PAPER 1 QUESTION 2 PRACTICE - ‘The Jungle Book’. A FUN lesson based on a relatively easy extract from the original ‘The Jungle Book’ by Kipling to enable pupils to engage with Paper 1 Question 2 in a scaffolded, more interesting way! Highly scaffolded PETAL planning triangle given Progress checklists given IDEAL for an observation Differentiated Planning triangles come together to create a unique “hexagon of analysis” Group work Model paragraph given Timer integrated into the PowerPoint Starter, main, plenary Well-presented

Comprehensive knowledge organiser featuring: Core knowledge Powerful knowledge Vocabulary Narrative Key quotes

X2 whole class feedback sheets for you to edit and - FREE! Reduce your marking time dramatically.

This is a 3 slide presentation that is a printable resource. Students are given a witch profile from slide 1, and the teacher walks around the class "killing them off" (making them sit down) using the answers and contextual information given on slides 2 and 3. It is highly engaged and received good feedback from the students. This can be used for very low-ability pupils as well as higher-ability pupils, dependent on the amount of context given. This was used in an English lesson about a non-fiction text written by an accused witch, to consolidate social historical context. However, it would also be perfect for a history lesson.

What’s included in this pack? x2 documents: Document 1: A set of approximately 20 fictional extracts that increase in difficulty. 15 questions to prompt inference go with these. These texts will allow them to access both relatively easy and very challenging extracts. Document 2: A differentiated grid displaying a variety of activities that will encourage students to continue to improve at home. You are ALSO provide with a differentiated list of non-fiction articles to encourage students to read non-fiction as well as fiction texts! THIS RESOURCE WILL MAKE AN IDEAL ONGOING HOMEWORK FOR PUPILS! However, these extract would also can easily be used in a range of English lessons or as starter activities. Inference skills and reading skills are often such issues in that classroom that this will help encourage your learners to work on these both in the classroom and at home. This resource will encourage them to read with their family or classmates to work on the extracts together. Add this resource to your toolbox today!

Excellent quality and comprehensive resources based on Lang Paper 2 practice paper on travel. Includes: Printable resources Differentiated and labelled high quality model answers Writing frames Starter tasks Breakdown for each GCSE AQA English Language question + top tips TWO FREE GCSE MASTERCLASS RESOURCES INCLUDED!

Looking for a way to boost progress in AQA Language? These comprehensive revision lessons focus on strategies to boost marks and pupils’ confidence in approach Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 questions. There is a focus, in particular, on boosting marks for Language Paper 1 Q5 in these resources. These were highly success in my own school in boosting our Language grades. Included are: Printable resources Starters A range of strategies Independent practice time FREE additional revision resources thrown in for good measure!

Comprehensive and very high quality scheme of learning featuring poetry and texts from the civil rights movement up to the present day! This scheme of learning aims to improve pupils’ ability to interact with unseen poetry. It will help develop their analysis and comparison skills. The scheme includes: A wide range of lessons Printable resources Starter activities Excellent choice of poetry and songs Diverse range of authors and texts Transactional writing lessons Frayer models Modern links and texts Independent practice opportunities

X3 creative writing differentiated success checklists - beginner, intermediate, and advanced. Designed to help support and stretch and challenge pupils completing creative writing pieces. Includes x3 checklists AND a free 6 paragraph plan designed to up structural marks. Designed by a teaching teaching AQA English Language - however, this can be used for other examboards.

High quality ‘An Inspector Calls’ scheme of learning with a vocabulary focus. Over 15 resources provided, including an assessment! Includes: Differentiated questions Starter tasks Questioning slides Stretch and challenge Printable resources Frayer models Effort check slides

MASSIVE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES! High quality scheme of work on the supernatural in literature across time with a focus on AQA GCSE Language Paper 1! It includes: Printable resources A focus on the Gothic and its motifs SPAG instruction Stretch and challenge AQA Language Paper 1 focus with each question broken down Knowledge organiser Fun creative writing challenge based on ghost stories Assessment and mark scheme This scheme is ready to download and go!