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

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

A sheet which outlines achievements of students across the year. I have used it to scaffold conversations at parents’ evenings and the data is useful for evidence when having difficult discussions! - Option to copy and paste last official report - Review of effort, behaviour, organisation and homework - General comments - Review of results in each topic/assessment - Targets to circle/highlight as appropriate

Prompts for writing an essay for GCSE. Includes an example introduction. Can be edited.

Used with very low ability KS4 / low and middle ability KS3

Example Exam Paper Step Up To English AQA

Example answers on Walking Away and Farmer’s Bride from AQA anthology.

8 Resources. Prompts for Language Analysis (AQA AO2) Key quotes from Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. I have used these with sets 8, 6 and 1 so they are quite versatile! There are also character profile sheets for both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth as well as a context card sort. All worksheets can be edited.

A guide to answering a question on Lady Macbeth's manipulation of her husband.

This resource is based on The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and has pictures of concentration camps to inspire a narrative about the journey to a camp. The 34 slide PPT guides students as they plan this piece of work. However, there are lots of slides about general writing skills including colour symbolism, pathetic fallacy, paragraphs and sentence structures. There is a planning sheet included for students to use.

This is a writing skills worksheet to use for feedforward activities. The sheet has instructions that students can follow independently to improve a piece of writing. It could also be adapted to use when drafting their first piece. Instructions encourage students to write slowly and carefully, using ambitious sentence structures, punctuation and vocabulary.

Resources to help students learn poetic terms. A PPT with instructions and opportunity to apply learning. A sheet for QQT QQT cards A sheet for bingo.

3 worksheets based on the article published following the sinking of the Titanic. Can be used to cover Paper 2 19th century texts as well as look at the context of An Inspector Calls and views of Arthur Birling.

110 slide powerpoint with lesson plans and activities to go alongside reading of Wonder by RJ Palacio. Used with an extra literacy class in year 8 but can be adapted.

Scheme of work with lesson plans and activities (used with year nine low ability but could suit year 7 upwards) Series of lessons on reading gothic and gothic fairytale Lessons on writing a gothic story - scaffold in the style of Alan Pete's boxing clever

Full lesson - meaning, imagery, tone, themes, language, form and structure

Write a story about the journey to a concentration camp - used from year 7 to 11 Includes planning sheet, pictures and scaffolding for imagery and pathetic fallacy

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

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

Quiz Quiz Trade cards to cut up and use for teaching or revising the context of An Inspector Calls Powerpoint has ideas about context and responsibility. There are also picture stimuli and quotes for discussion.