AQA English - New Spec PEE paragraphs Self Assessment Activity Students award themselves money when they meet criteria but deduct money when they miss something - the richest person at the end becomes the class expert for the week

A revision guide for pupils - key quotes for each poem from the love and relationships cluster. Fully analysed with terminology in bold. Includes a comment on the structure of each poem to challenge pupils. Also includes what to do for AQA Literature Paper 2. Particularly useful if pupils have gaps in knowledge or have made poor notes.

Key vocabulary, character profiles, relationships with others, key quotes, writer's aims/ideas

An example literature exam question. An example language exam paper with questions 1 to 5. Both use extracts from Of Mice and Men.

Example article and questions for current (old spec) AQA English Language Exam The article is on Geordie Shore to help engage students but encourages them to question how appropriate the show is and how they could seek better role models

A worksheet with paintings to inspire a piece of creative writing - suitable for classwork or homework. Includes a checklist / success criteria. Can be edited. (Fiction - can be linked to AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5)

50 slide PPT with a week of lessons on the context of Macbeth. Includes Kagan activities and 12 worksheets/resources to scaffold this and a poster about contextual factors. Lesson plans also provided. Links to AQA objectives throughout but can be edited.

A PPT showing how to use parenthetic punctuation - links to Beyonce or football.

PowerPoint with quotes from act one including a task about stichomythia and exploring the relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth

A homework task to develop understanding of genre in the novel plus four example exam questions

2 PPTs with key quotes to analyse - Macbeth, Lady Macbeth and Banquo

2 page tracker to show progress

A series of tasks on writing for purpose / non-fiction/ rhetorical devices. Our theme this half term is inspirational people and events, though tasks can easily be adapted. 49 slide Powerpoint is fully editable for you. Tasks could easily last the full term. Also useful as a homework booklet.

PPT to help students compare and contrast print adverts with moving image adverts – includes posters and television campaigns from Cancer research and NSPCC as well as a writing scaffold and worksheets to show progress across the lesson. Supports analysis of advertising.

2 PPTs with worksheets on slides Analysing a series of powerful adverts

PPT - Introduction to Advertising - includes links to the Simpsons, the photoshop debate and Banksy. Example adverts stimulate debate as well as supporting analysis of print which can lead to analysis of text.

Blank Facebook Profiles with names and photographs of the poets from the AQA Anthology Relationships cluster (new spec) Students use the template to record research linked to context (Assessment Objective 3) for the literature exam.

Week of lessons - PPT and work book. Includes notes and tasks for Stave 3. Also includes writing booklet to develop skills - punctuation and sentence structures. I used these with a lower ability GCSE class but they would suit a variety of classes. FULL SCHEME for every stave is also available as a bundle.

This is a guide to answering the unseen poem question and an overview of the poets whose work could be used.

Example Exam Paper Step Up To English AQA