A 15-20 minute activity getting students to plan an answer to section A and B of both Literature papers. For paper 1, students are given a guide of where the extract is from and a quotation they could use. For the poetry section, students are given a question and 5 suggested linking poems. They must include quotations and points to create a plan for each answer. Three exams given here as a Word document which can be edited. The texts given are Macbeth, A Christmas Carol, Never Let Me Go and Power and Conflict poetry. Test 1: Macbeth powerful / Scrooge responsibility / Tommy or Creativity / Charge of the Light Brigade. Test 2: Lady Macbeth manipulative / Theme: morality / Guardians or Love / Checking Out Me History Test 3: Theme: death / Theme: Isolation and loneliness / Ruth or Science / War Photographer EDIT: I've now also added the sheet I will use to get students to record their totals each week.

For the third week of quizzes I have written questions where all of the answers begin with the same letter, predominantly quotation based, linking across all aspects of the exams. 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 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 20 page booklet containing 9 practice questions for Paper 2, Question 4. In the style of the mini mock papers, these practice questions focus on short extracts which provide detailed viewpoints on a topic, followed by a Q4 style question. As per the exam papers so far, students are provided with a 19th century non-fiction text and a 21st century non-fiction text. Students are provided with a small planning grid and then a page to practice an answer, making this an easily printed booklet to provide students with 9 weeks of independent study. A wide range of topics are provided to interest a wide range of students: burglary and crime halloween football/ spectator sport Leicester Square going to the theatre train travel/ safety thunderstorms teachers/ teacher training x rays/ science advancement Both the .doc and .pdf format are purchased, but please note with varied fonts being used, the .doc formatting may be skewed.

Words for students to use in extended analytical writing as shown on the image. Nice and simple and can be displayed in small spaces!

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.

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!

You are purchasing a 20 page booklet with a range of short practice questions. There are examples of every single question on both papers, with four P1Q5 and four P2Q5. There are two examples for each of the Q4 from each paper. For the paper 2 sample questions, two short extracts are provided on a common theme - these extracts are not full length but provide plenty of comparison and ancourage students to hone their skills on shorter extracts. The booklet is structured to move through the questions but the questions are interleaved. There is a clear contents table and instructions on the front with a notes page on the back. Both the .pdf document and the editable word version are included, but please note the editable version uses a range of fonts and so will be formatted differently. The answers to P2Q1 are BCDH for the first question and BDEH for the second question.

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

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

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.

This booklet and powerpoint were created for a revision session for my Y13 class. There is a 16 page booklet (word document and PDF) and a 12 slide PPT (editable PPT and PDF). Note there are a range of fonts used so the editable ones may come up funny. The plan for the session is pasted below so you get an idea of what is included: The crime genre – a timeline (two articles and then students map timeline) Detectives and criminals (students watch three short clips to discuss archetypes of these characters) Criminal settings (students discuss settings, read an article, analyse some mini setting descriptions) Example extract – plan! Example paragraph - mark! Applying key phrases Extracts for discussion This booklet also contains three new unseen crime extracts.

As it says in the title - a shaped wordcloud for all of the poems in the relationships cluster. Can be resized - to print for display they work better on A3.

You are purchasing a 16 page booket (both the .pdf and editable word document) as well as a page of teacher’s notes and the resources needed for the timeline activity. This booklet was created for year 8, to resource an entire unit looking at the historical context of Victorian England/ the Industrial Revolution and the key contextual factors contributing to the novel ‘Oliver Twist’. The booklet therefore also contains an abridges version of ‘Oliver Twist’, the lenth of approximately 6 A4 pages. Although this unit was intended for year 8, it would be suitabe for the whole of key stage 3 (or, perhaps as an introduction to Dickens for KS4 before studying ‘A Christmas Carol’ or ‘Great Expectations’). The booklet includes: A double page spread for a carousel activity where students look at key aspects of the victorian era (such as Queen Victoria, health and sanitation, the British Empire etc.) and then record key dates on an A3 timeline for the period. A look at the lives of children in the Victorian era, considering the jobs they did, and Lord Shaftsbury’s Ragged Schools. A page to record notes on the impact of the Industrial Revolution, linked to an online video. Some consideration of crime and punishment in the Victorian era. A look at the class system and the different hobbies, work and education of each class. An opportunity to create a fact file of Charles Dickens’ life An abridged version of ‘Oliver Twist’ including a series of key extracts, with a large margin to record new vocabulary. key plot points. An ‘Oliver Twist’ summary page with 6 original ilustations for students to explain.

A mock exam for AQA English Language GCSE - Paper 1. It is to the exact specification of the full paper. Included in the purchase is: The extract (with line numbers, on one page) A shortened version of the questions - all five on one page (see image). A full, AQA style, exam booklet. This contains all of the questions with the correct layout (as per the AQA exam) and the correct number of pages. A ** detailed 3 page document which provides indicative content, offering example answers for each level of a response** for questions 1-4 The extract is taken from a book published in 2003, ‘Eagle Strike’ Please note this paper is also available for £2.50 without the indicative content.

There are three extracts here which look at traveling to various places over winter (Geneva, Ireland, and Portugal). This is followed by four reading tasks and three writing tasks. This was originally set as cover work and can be completed independently, and is at least three lessons of work. It was created for year 8 but is appropriate across Key Stage 3. Furthermore, students would not have needed to study travel writing in order to complete this work. Both the .pdf and word document are included in the download. The tasks are: Simple list four things tasks (information retrieval) A grid asking students to extract information (quotation retrieval) A comparison task looking at how the holidays are different An opinion task which gets students to explain where they would rather spend their Christmas. The writing tasks are varied between using the images to complete a descriptive piece, writing their own blog on Christmas in their hometown or a persuasive speech explaining where they want to spend their Christmas. A simple and easy stand-alone resource.

Some well known Shakespeare phrases in pretty fonts/ speech bubbles. Used for display purposes and to emphasise the relevance of his words today.

UPDATED FOR EASTER 2019 - I have added booklets for literature which include A Christmas Carol, Jekyll and Hyde, and Romeo and Juliet. Word documents also there to suit your text combination. There is also an unseen poetry questions/comparison in the new booklets. For Language a 20 page booklet. This takes them through each question in the exam with lots of mini practice questions and spaces to plan their response. It also expects them to recall key details first, such as the mark scheme, marks available, time you should spend on the question. For Literature, a 20 page booklet for the following texts: Macbeth An Inspector Calls Poetry (Power and Conflict) There are 3 sample questions for each with space for students to mindmap the ideas, plan an answer and write a paragraph.

A blank menu to be filled/ altered for a fun student-directed homework task (or set of tasks). Also attached my own version for Y11 revision (AQA English Lit)