A standalone lesson on the features and use of suspense in ‘The Speckled Band’. Designed for home learning and for post-reading of the story. Contains support for an analysis paragraph and creative writing homework.

Can be used for homework or to keep track as they learn - persuasive devices with space to write definition and an example to refer back to

Table to structure revision notes for poetry. Focuses notes around theme, language, structure, rhyme and rhythm.

A revision table for students to complete including a column to complete about how and why a writer would use it. This is intended for students to remember and prepare this part of their explanation to show understanding of the writer’s work, in particular for the language exams.

A model version of revision notes for ‘An Inpsector Calls’ to show how to build wide ranging as well as specific knowledge of how the characters are presented to meet the mark scheme’s requirements. A table for students to complete in the style of the model is also included.

Model answers for questions 1-4 written to meet AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1 requirements, responding to Specimen Material 3 - Claire Dean's 'Glass, Brick and Dust'. Adapt as needed.

A full OCR English Language Paper 1 exam, questions 1-6, featuring texts from Emma Watson and Florence Nightingale on the theme of feminism.

All questions in the style of OCR GCSE English Language Paper 2. Texts include Prince Charles biography and Louisa May Alcott's 'Old Fashioned Girl' on the theme of being a newcomer.

Revision presentation with tips and requirements for each question on the OCR English Language Paper 1. Not in depth, just an overview.

Revision presentation with tips and guidance for all questions on OCR English Language Paper 2. Just an overview.

Mock AQA English Language GCSE practise Paper 2 on the subject of feminism and the suffragettes (article from The Guardian on the Women's Equality Party and original letter from suffragette Millicent Fawcett). All questions, 1-5, included to correspond with the original AQA mark scheme.

Mock Edexcel English Language GCSE Paper 2 on the subject of private schools, for revision or practise. All questions. Text 2 is subject to copyright so I include a link only. You will require chapter 3, Prison of Privilege, and can edit as you require.

Jeopardy style quiz on poetry terms/devices/techniques, so the definition comes first and student must give the term in the form of a question. Answer appears on click on same slide.

A review/revision source for Edexcel English Language Paper 1 going through requirements for each question with tips and advice.

Powerpoint resource for revising requirements for Edexcel English Language Paper 2. Not in depth but goes through tips and requirements for each question.

Mock Edexcel English Language GCSE Paper 1 (imaginative writing) featuring War of the Worlds extract. All questions included, to correspond with Edexcel mark scheme.

Lesson on what context is, context for Macbeth covering politics, religion, other works and the monarchy, as well as why context is important.

Lesson on John Agard's Flag. Includes link to the poet reading the poem, models close analysis and includes worksheets for groups to do the same on each stanza. Also models a PEE response paragraph with challenges.

Mock AQA English Language Paper 1 for exam practise and revision. Based on an edited extract from H.G. Wells' The Island of Doctor Moreau and featuring all questions from 1 to 5. To be used in conjunction with AQA mark scheme.

Presentation on context for Great Expectations. What influenced and inspired the novel? Covers relevant parts of Dickens' life as well as historical events and social change.