A helpful list of texts that could be given to any English Literature / prospective English Literature student to help them with their wider reading.

A booklet to hand out to students at the beginning of the A-Level course to reinforce the importance of AO5 in the new A-Level specifications. Students need to incorporate and engage with critical views and this booklet is the perfect place for them to record and log the research and wider reading they have completed, making it easier for them to write their bibliographies for the NEA and revise for the other exam components. A great resource to help you set your expectations of the students from the beginning of the course and to help ensure that students engage with the critical material.

A handy resource that outlines a foolproof exam strategy for students so they know how to use their planning time in the exam to craft and shape a top band essay response.

A notional A grade essay response completed in timed conditions. This would be an excellent resource to use with your class to model essay writing, how to meet the AOs and to help students standardise their own work.

A handy resource that outlines a foolproof exam strategy for students so they know how to use their planning time in the exam to craft and shape a top band essay response. Applies to all Shakespeare texts being taught as the core text on Paper 1 of the AQA A course - the only thing you would need to change is the title of the document!

A handy step-by-step resource that enables students to understand the process they need to go through to include evaluation in their A-Level essay paragraphs. This skill is vital if they are to hit the top band criteria for AO1 and AO5.

A booklet that lists all activities that students need to undertake in order to be fully prepped for their exam on WW1 Literature.

A fully-comprehensive handbook to be given to students at the beginning of their A-Level studies. This handbook was created to introduce students to the AQA B English Literature specification but could easily be adapted to any specification.

A handy resource that outlines a foolproof exam strategy for students so they know how to use their planning time in the exam to craft and shape a top band essay response. Applies to all texts being taught as the core text on Paper 2 of the AQA A course - the only thing you would need to change is the title of the document.!

A one-off lesson to be delivered to Year 11 students who have chosen to undertake English Literature at A-Level. All resources are included. This focuses students on key issues that will arise out of their study at A-Level for Paper 2: WW1 and its Aftermath as well as enabling them to practise key skills which will be assessed at A-Level.

Students' essays completed in timed conditions. An excellent set of resources to use with your class to help them understand how to meet the assessment criteria. You could easily incorporate this into a lesson whereby students work to improve the weaker responses, therefore showing and demonstrating their understanding of the mark scheme.

Three essays written on the text "Feminine Gospels" of varying quality - 18-24 marks out of 25. These could be used with your class to get them to develop a better understanding of the assessment criteria, as well as looking at how to structure an essay on this text. No other resources like this on the Internet at the moment!

The departmental handbook for my English Department. This handbook outlines all of the policies of my department and contains all the relevant advice for any teacher working within my department. This resource is comprehensive and approved by Ofsted and is guiding and starting point for any HOD looking to write / overhaul their own departmental handbook. This can easily be amended and customised to meet the demands of your school.

Handy resources that include clear instructions for how students should shape and structure their paragraphs when writing an A-Level essay to ensure that they meet all of the AO criteria.

A series of tasks to be completed by Year 11 students in advance of starting an A-Level in English Literature. The tasks are designed to challenge students, so that you can assess and evaluate the strengths of your group immediately. These tasks work as an introduction to the new AQA A English Literature course, but could easily be relevant or adapted to other courses.

A lesson-by-lesson scheme of work with all attached resources. This unit teaches students about the roots of the English Language and introduces them to the stories of Chaucer. All lessons are objective-based and teach students a variety of reading skills.

A lesson-by-lesson fully differentiated scheme of work with all attached resources, teaching A Christmas Carol to KS3 students. This resource could easily be adapted and amended to deliver this text to less able GCSE students as part of their Nineteenth-Century Novel study in the new GCSE.

A full, detailed lesson by lesson scheme of work with all relevant resources for teaching this text to KS3 students. Students will improve a range of reading skills through their study of this novel which will stand them in good stead for tackling a modern novel at GCSE. All lessons are learning-objective led.

A full, detailed lesson by lesson scheme of work with all relevant resources for teaching this text to Key Stage 3 students. This SOW could easily be adapted for delivery at GCSE. All lessons are learning-objective based and ensure that students develop their reading skills of analysis, inference and discussion.

A three lesson scheme of work, fully resourced and with powerpoints that work as the introduction to the genre of tragedy. Suitable for AQA B English Literature A-Level specification.