With a limited number of sample assessment materials available - this exam question has been made to use as a mock examination. The exam is set out in the exact same way as the real examination. 1. Students analyse an unseen poem 2. Students read a second unseen poem on a like theme and compare it to the first

Three differentiated (by colour) lessons to support the teaching of Romeo and Juliet Act 3 scene 5. Sample assessment also included Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow = higher ability Resources provide opportunities to: - explore language, form and structure - assess against the 9-1 specification success criteria - explore the presentation of character and theme - use structure strips to elicit more focussed responses - use WHAT, HOW, WHY instead of PEE which can be too restrictive

Three fully differentiated (by colour) lessons to support the teaching of the context for Romeo and Juliet. Ideal introduction to studying the play. Lessons also cover the prologue. Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow = higher ability

Two fully differentiated (by colour) lessons to support the teaching of Romeo and Juliet Act 2 scene 3. Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow = higher ability Resources provide opportunities to: - explore writer's methods - assess against the 9-1 specification success criteria - explore Catholic marriage - work on writing skills for language paper 2

4 differentiated (by colour) lessons that cover chapters 1 of Jekyll and Hyde and meet the requirements of the new GCSE 9-1 specification. Lessons are meticulously planned, differentiated and numbered for ease of use with activities included. Download and teach right away. All lessons are fully differentiated by colour Purple = lower ability Blue = middle ability Yellow = higher ability Red = most able These resources cover the following areas of the novel in chapter 1: - Context - duality - Victorian gentlemen - gothic etc. - Analysis development and practice - Teacher, self and peer assessment opportunities - Character and theme presentation - interleaving: Stevenson's depiction of London compared to Blake's poem and gentlemanly behaviour in the novel compared to An Inspector Calls

Fully differentiated lessons to support the teaching of 'Catrin.' 2 lessons that include pupil talk tasks, assessment, outcomes and cover: - context of the poem - language analysis - form and structure exploration Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow - higher ability

5-6 fully differentiated (by colour) lessons to support the teaching of Romeo and Juliet Act 1 scene 5. Study of the scene is broken into manageable chunks: 1. Seeing Juliet 2. Meeting/kissing Juliet 3. Discovering identities Opportunity to explore language/form/structure at each juncture. Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow = higher ability Resources provide opportunities to: - explore language, form and structure - assess against the 9-1 specification success criteria - explore the presentation of character - explore the theme of power - analyse the presentation of character using 'what, how, why'

2 fully differentiated (by colour) lessons to support the teaching of the 'The Drum' by John Scott. Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher Resources provide opportunities for students to develop skills for 9-1 poetry exam including language and structure analysis and context exploration.

3 fully differentiated (by colour) lessons to support the teaching of comparison between 2 non fiction texts - one modern and one from the 19th century. Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher Texts - Why we shouldn't wrap our children in cotton wool and The watercress girl The supermarket's dark stores and 19th century markets for the poor Students will compare the ideas and perspectives of the writers.

14 key quotations from Animal Farm, each with an accompanying image to help students remember them. Perfect as a starter where students use the given quote and image to write an interpretation. Also great for use as part of a display.

A Differentiated resources to support the exploration of gun culture following the recent attack in Las Vegas. (October 2017) Resource provides opportunities to: - compare gun culture statistics in UK and USA - compare Obama's speech on gun culture with Trump's election campaign speech - explore the events in Las Vegas - write a formal letter of argument on the subject - Analyse the effectiveness of Obama's speech - Analyse language - Use 'what, how, why?' instead of PEE Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher

Resource s to support the revision of Animal Farm for GCSE with reference to the AQA literature paper Resources provide opportunities to: - revise characters - revise themes - structure a response to the question - mark a sample response

A differentiated lesson that results in students writing their own speech as class president. Students will explore the legacy left by Barack Obama and discuss how effective he was as a leader. Students will also explore the attributes of a leader that they are familiar with through people they know or admire. Students will watch President Trump's inauguration speech and consider its effectiveness through analysis of language used. Students will consider propagandist techniques and identify them within Trump's speech., The final assessment requires students to agree a class success criteria before the writing task using their understanding of the mark scheme and essential ingredients for good speeches.

With very few sample assessment materials provided by the exam boards I have created my own. They have been made to look exactly like the assessments that students will sit in the real 9-1 examinations and are phrased in the same ways too. The student responses can then be marked using the relevant mark scheme for literature. Extract in this assessment is taken from chapter 2.

Resource to support the revision of A Christmas Carol and how to form exam responses to an extract from the novel and make links to the novel as a whole. Meticulously planned and differentiated. purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow = higher ability These resources provide opportunities for carousel activities whereby students read 4 extracts from the novel and make notes to form an exam response. Students will consider other parts of the text as part of their answer.

A resource that exposes students to 4 possible questions and encourages them to practice following a set of steps for ensuring that their response will contain all of the necessary elements. (Focus on the question, evidence, analysis of methods, context)

Differentiated resources to support he teaching of chapter 2. Differentiation: purple = lower blue - middle yellow - higher Resources provide opportunities to: - Analyse Steinbeck's presentation of character - Self / peer assess against GCSE mark scheme - Rag rate own performance against mark scheme criteria - explore character and theme - Analyse writer's methods