Used with top set before the English Literature GCSE - we got 27 level 9s :) Includes a worksheet

A useful booklet for class work but also for cover work or homework. A series of tasks looking at rhetorical devices and writing to inform, advise, persuade and argue. Tasks could easily be stretched out to cover a term of work. The initial theme is teenage runaway/issues facing teens but this can easily be adapted.

A lesson to help students think about structuring their responses and creating more imaginative pieces. Suitable for 11-16 with a focus on the AQA GCSE English Language mark scheme.

A booklet used for homework with a KS3 literacy class. The focus is researching Syria and writing for purpose. There are small links to The Bone Sparrow but these can be removed easily.

A Powerpoint with several worksheets to scaffold analysis of The Manhunt. Students from Y7 to Y11 have always loved this lesson. Worksheet on semantic fields Worksheet based on an article in National Geographic about PTSD and art therapy Worksheet on selecting relevant evidence from poems Sentence starters for PETAL paragraphs WWW EBI sheets

A booklet that can be adapted easily. Supports vocabulary development and use of subject terminology in preparation for studying poetry.

A simple overview of what to do for each question

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

A PPT used after a mock exam to help students check their answers. This can be adapted but has a general overview of how to answer each question.

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

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.

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

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.

A booklet that can be adapted. Lots of questions to help teachers find out information about new students.

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.

A PPT used after a mock exam to help students check their answers. This can be adapted but has a general overview of how to answer each question.

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

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.

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

Example Exam Paper Step Up To English AQA