This presentation gives tips and advice to secure the higher grades in English. It mainly focuses on the writing element and ambitious vocabulary.

Response looks at all 3 ghosts and the Bob

Family Fortunes style game to make students consider the content of their descriptive writing This activity worked really well with boys in particular

This task builds learners knowledge of Linda and Mrs Johnstone The task is to create a dialogue between Mrs J and Linda - imagining that it takes place after the end of the play

A simple but effective resource that allows students to consider snapshots for zoomed out images The second page gives tips for more able students and how to cleverly craft their writing

5 quotes per poem. Students loved this sorting activity for matching key quotes to each title.

This sheet allows students to take charge of their own learning by researching and finding the definitions of key poetic forms

A great visual resource for the classroom wall

A quick re-cap of quotes to display on the classroom wall

A classroom resource to help with KS4 retention

4 slips per page The slips have been created with a linked image in the background and turned black and white These look lovely in anthologies, with notes on context recorded on and kept neat This resources covers the last 7 poems (modern poems) from the AQA Power and Conflict anthology Slips included for the following poems: Remains Poppies War Photographer Tissue The Emigree Checking Out Me History Kamikaze

Some higher level WAGOLLs based on the text

This has interleaving at the heart of it for retention

I led this with my department The main focus was on Y11 and GCSE

A visual representation of the poem along with key quotations

Visual classroom poster

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Display key quotations from the poem

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A quick help guide for students