These can be used as a display, as flashcards - anything really. A set of colourful and visual keywords, a range of words paired with linking images. Includes: Analyse: Oxymoron, metaphor, formal/informal language, imperatives, repetition etc. Remember: quotations, plan, paragraphs, conclusion, comparison, PEEL etc. Reflect: Weakness, strength, target, improve, focus etc.

There are 2 lots of 4 quizzes with different text combinations (Macbeth, Jekyll and Hyde, An Inspector Calls, Conflict Poetry AND Romeo and Juliet, A Christmas Carol, An Inspector Calls, Conflict Poetry) and the answers on the following slide. All questions are interleaved and each quiz is worth 20 marks - I plan to use them simply as quick starters in the run up to the exams, which are immediately peer-assessed so students know where the gaps are in their knowledge.

15 shaped word clouds for each od the poems in the power & conlfict cluster. Each cloud contains all of the words in the poem placed into a shape relevant to the poem.

There are 5 sets of matching poems with a particular focus, such as Falling in love School Teachers War Texting The sheet provided gives a space for students to plan their answers for both questions. Editable word documents included if you just want the poems!

A sheet of 5-6 words from each poem for students to learn. Words in bold are repeated in the poem. Pdf version available with specific font and the word version is editable.

Instructions are on the sheet for pupils. A choice based homework task to set at the beginning of a half term, allowing pupils to choose their own task each week. Focused on skills of researching, creativity and reading and writing. A word document so that it can be edited to suit different topics and tasks can be altered slightly.

A character image (from the Patrick Stewart version) and high level vocabulary for each character

A large Powerpoint with with quotation images from -Macbeth - Power and Conflict poems - A Christmas Carol - Never Let Me Go And quotation chant checks which include the testing of the quotations and the structure and language terminology (see knowledge organiser resource)

This work has been created to teach students in school during the school lockdown. It is designed to build cultural capital and to not overlap with our curriculum which is still being set for all students. There are 3 sessions/lessons on Midas and then 3 sessions/lessons on Icarus. The sessions follow a similar pattern: 1 - Predict the story, read it, storyboard it 2- Answer comprehension/analyse quotations, learn relevant vocabulary, write an analysis vocabulary 3- Summarise the story, discuss the moral, apply to modern day life. Attached are a .pdf and .doc of the 8 page booklet needed for all 6 sessions, the powerpoint which teachers can use, and the stories themselves.

For the fourth week of quizzes I have written questions where each set of answers are all a particular word class (verbs, adverbs, nouns and adjectives There are 2 lots of 4/3 quizzes with different text combinations (Macbeth, Jekyll and Hyde, An Inspector Calls, Conflict Poetry AND Romeo and Juliet, A Christmas Carol, An Inspector Calls, Conflict Poetry) and the answers on the following slide. All questions are interleaved and each quiz is worth 10 marks - I use them simply as quick starters in the run up to the exams, which are immediately peer-assessed so students know where the gaps are in their knowledge. Please note there are other quizzes available for three more weeks in my other resources.

For the second week of quizzes I have written questions by themes, linking across all aspects of the exams (relationships, death, power and anger). There are 2 lots of 4 quizzes with different text combinations (Macbeth, Jekyll and Hyde, An Inspector Calls, Conflict Poetry AND Romeo and Juliet, A Christmas Carol, An Inspector Calls, Conflict Poetry) and the answers on the following slide. All questions are interleaved and each quiz is worth 10 marks - I plan to use them simply as quick starters in the run up to the exams, which are immediately peer-assessed so students know where the gaps are in their knowledge. Please note there are four other quizzes available for week one in my other resources.

A lesson which aids students in building their ambitious vocabulary with a specific focus on describing colour. Includes an image to match 3 colour thesaurus palettes, and a Powerpoint which models how to improve colour description with some more vocabulary to build description.

7 sets of images asking students to discuss/write a "summary of the differences" on a particular topic.

A display for English students which asks them to write like a critic. Includes example sentence structure, suggested adverbs, verbs and adjectives.

An image for each character (from the modern Disney adaptation) with a range of high level vocabulary for each character.

A display which includes A sign for the graveyard 6 grave stones, each with 6 accompanying bats with synonyms for the “dead words”. The words are: happy sad cold hot small big The editable version is included, but as I have used certain fonts, it might not work. I’ve also included the .pdf version.

7 mini mock exam papers in the style of AQA English Language GCSE Paper 1 - section A. The sources are from a range of time periods, lots of 19th century to help students familiarise themselves with the langauge needed for paper 2, some 20th and some 21st century sources too. Hopefully useful - please leave a review if you download and use.

The idea behind a mini mock is that students are exposed to a full section A of the exam paper quickly. They are able to quickly practice key skills and develop their responses by reading a shorter than normal extract. The whole paper is printed on one side of A4. These are perfect for intervention sessions, and for one off lessons to develop the skills needed for the exams. If you download them and find them useful, please leave a review below! Please note I have made lots of other mini mocks which are also free, linked below: 7 Paper 1 Mini Mocks 5 Paper 2 Mini Mocks 3 Paper 2 Mini Mocks (Q2-5) 5 Paper 2 Mini Mocks

There are a range of key quotations from each text typed up in various fonts, then backed with an analytical paragraph where terminology is in red. For A Chrismtas Carol there are 8 quotations in the shape of baubles. For Macbeth there are 3 dagger quotations, 3 light quotations, and 6 blood quotations, so 12 Macbeth quotations. For ‘An Inspector Calls’ there are 7 quotations, one for each character. Please note only the .pdf version has been uploaded. An example picture of each display is included. The character images in each display are also available in another upload.

There are 5 mini exam papers in the style of AQA paper 2. The themes are: Gender Disease Prison life Bars Crime Each paper has two short extracts followed by all four questions the GCSE would have. Each paper is reduced to one sheet of A4. Both .pdf and word files available as fancy fonts are used. Please leave a review if you use/download.