Save yourself hours of work with these custom-made GCSE English pupil reports; they have been written for students with a range of abilities and attributes and are ready to use. Each report contains a comment on the student’s attitude, focus, behaviour for learning and key targets for improvement. The document contains 2,700 words and features 13 ‘male’ students and 13 ‘female’ reports. You will undoubtedly recognise your own students within each of the reports but can of course ‘mix and match’ the comments as needed.

A lesson devised for CCEA English Language Unit 1 Section A - writing for purpose and audience. This will help students to understand the task, what’s expected of them, how to plan and answer and example openings for them to critique.

Save yourself hours of work with these custom-made KS3 English pupil reports; they have been written for students with a range of abilities and attributes and are ready to use. Each report contains a comment on the student's attitude, focus, behaviour for learning and key targets for improvement. The document contains 2,700 words and features 23 reports (13 'male' and 10 female'). You will undoubtedly recognise your own students within each of the reports but can of course 'mix and match' the comments as needed.

An example essay response to the sample question: How do poets present the power of memory in Remains and in one other poem from Power and Conflict? The essay compares Remains with Kamikaze and could be used as useful revision tool or for students to level and grade themselves in class with the new 1-9 AQA marking criteria.

A lesson based on The Right Word by Imtiaz Dharker. The lesson focussing on 'tracking' the figure outside and the language used in the poem carries different connotations. Features an engaging starter, main tracking activity, example question with answer and hotseat plenary.

A lesson that looks at Jessie Pope's poem Who's for the Game? Contains contextual references, key language techniques, example PEE structured answer and peer-assessment plenary. Suitable for a lower to middle ability KS3 group, although could easily be adapted to a more able set.

A sample mock exam (based on Banquo’s Ghost scene) that is perfect for students to use in class, as a homework or as full blown assessment. It also comes with a full sample answer that analyses the extract as well as making links to other parts of the play and to context. The questions used are:

A lesson that allows students to examine the methods used to create a Gothic character. It uses key extracts of famous characters and provides a structured PEE example for students to use. Could easily stretch to 2-3 lessons.

A lesson that allows students to explore Daffodils (I wandered lonely as a cloud) in detail; lesson contains a starter, main, worked example and plenary.

A sample mock exam (based on Banquo's Ghost scene) that is perfect for students to use in class, as a homework or as full blown assessment. It also comes with a full sample answer that analyses the extract as well as making links to other parts of the play and to context. The question used is: Starting with this extract, explain how far you think Shakespeare presents Macbeth as a brave man. Write about: • How Shakespeare presents Macbeth in this extract • How Shakespeare presents Macbeth as a brave man in the play as a whole

An effective worksheet for students to use to help understand the background to Gothic literature; perfect for a KS3 group to use as homework or in the computer room.

An example essay response to the sample question: Compare how poets present love and partnerships in The Farmer’s Bride and in one other poem from the cluster. The essay compares The Farmer’s Bride with Winter Swans and could be used as useful revision tool or for students to level and grade themselves in class with the new 1-9 AQA marking criteria

A sample mock exam (based on mystery and tension) that is perfect for students to use in class, as a homework or as full blown assessment. It also comes with a full sample answer that analyses the extract as well as making links to other parts of the novel and to context. The question used is: Starting with this extract, how does Stevenson create a sense of mystery and tension in The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde? Write about: • How Stevenson creates mystery and tension in this extract • How Stevenson presents mystery and tension in the novel as whole

A mock assessment based on the new Conflict & Power AQA exam spec. Contains a sample essay response (with space for annotations at the bottom) to the question: Compare the ways poets present the power of memory in Remains and in one other poem from Power and Conflict. This is perfect for use as a homework, in class or as a full-blown mock exam.

A sample answer to an English Literature question for An Inspector Calls. This 700 word sample answer has been written to reflect the highler levels of GCSE mark scheme and would achieve between 26-30 marks (Level 6). The question used is: How and why does Sheila change in An Inspector Calls? Write about: • how Sheila responds to her family and to the Inspector • how Priestley presents Sheila by the ways he writes The different Assessment Objectives (AOs) have been colour co-ordinated so students and teachers can see where each element of the mark scheme has been reached.

Save yourself hours of work with these custom-made KS2 literacy pupil reports; they have been written for students with a range of abilities and attributes and are ready to use. Each report contains a comment on the student’s attitude, focus, behaviour for learning and key targets for improvement. The document contains 2,700 words and features 23 reports (13 ‘male’ and 10 female’). You will undoubtedly recognise your own students within each of the reports but can of course ‘mix and match’ the comments as needed.

This lesson is designed to allow students to analyse WW1 propaganda posters in detail. It features a starter activity, links to Blooms’ taxonomy, analysis of a sample poster, posters for students to analyse and a task for students to create their own. Also includes a plenary activity if required. This could easily be stretched to 2/3 lessons worth or work.

A literacy lesson that helps students to understand how complex sentences work. Contains a starter activity, main and plenary. Ideally suited for lower to middle ability groups. Also features differentiated sentences for weaker students to help them get started. Uses The Dark Knight film as its basis.

An 'Easter egg' hunt type game where students must guess the author based on a series of clues. I usually hide these around the school on World Book Day and students are allowed out of class to 'hunt' the clues. The first team to bring back all the correct answers win a prize.

A lesson that focusses on the relationship between George and Lennie and the use of punctuation. Contains a sample answer and activities for students to find the key words.