This powerpoint has been created to encourage confidence in unseen poetry, and to teach students how to analyse and plan for the WJEC/EDUQAS unseen poetry question timings. The first five slides are resources for the class. Slide 1 - a breakdown of each unseen poetry question - colour coded - to explain expectations from examiner, timings, what the question is asking you to do. Slide 2 - a reminder bookmark to give students to take home to practise with at home. It has 8 key questions students should ask themselves to ensure clear and detailed answers when responding. Slide 3 - The first poem handout with annotation boxes (colour coded). This is advisable to be printed in A3 so they have a decent amount of space to write notes in. Slide 4 - The second poem handout - this one has the original poem and the poem they have to compare it with on- with annotation boxes (colour coded). This is advisable to be printed in A3 so they have a decent amount of space to write notes in. I normally print slide 3 and 4 back to back Slide 5 - an optional print out slide with a breakdown of what to write in each paragraph, as well as possible sentence starters/cloze paragraphs to use. This masterclass uses the poems ‘Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night’ by Dylan Thomas and ‘Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep’ by Mary Elizabeth Frye. Slides 6,7,8 and 9 talk you and the class through how to quickly annotate with timers to keep the pace. The poem analysis is broken down into sections with written prompts to show on the board. I have done this masterclass with all of the year 11 classes in my school (other than the weakest ability who weren’t sitting literature) and an overwhelming majority requested a second masterclass as they found it so helpful. I will upload the second masterclass to TES as well- it is the same format but different poems. The format of the slides is really easy to edit, so you can use this repeatedly and just change the poems in the middle.

A full lesson including links to articles and discussion topics on armed police in America, discussing the morality of this and crime in general. I used to link to The Hunger Games, however it also worked well with Stone Cold, Ruby in the Smoke and other crime novels. Uses speaking and listening skills, reasoning ability and teamwork.

A very useful revision resource for students studying the Eduqas or WJEC poetry anthology. Students have the opportunity to compare and contrast 4 poems linked by theme to recall key similarities and differences. An easy to use A3 grid that can then be used as a revision poster. Boxes included for key quotes and contextual information on each poem, as well as space for comparisons in other linked boxes. Poems to revise and compare: Cozy Apologia-Rita Dove, She Walks in Beauty- Lord Byron, As Imperceptibly as Grief- Emily Dickenson, Sonnet 43-Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Valentine- Carol Ann Duffy, The Manhunt-Simon Armitage, A Wife in London- Thomas Hardy

This powerpoint has been created to encourage confidence in unseen poetry, and to teach students how to analyse and plan for the WJEC/EDUQAS unseen poetry question timings. The first five slides are resources for the class. Slide 1 - a breakdown of each unseen poetry question - colour coded - to explain expectations from examiner, timings, what the question is asking you to do. Slide 2 - a reminder bookmark to give students to take home to practise with at home. It has 8 key questions students should ask themselves to ensure clear and detailed answers when responding. Slide 3 - The first poem handout with annotation boxes (colour coded). This is advisable to be printed in A3 so they have a decent amount of space to write notes in. Slide 4 - The second poem handout - this one has the original poem and the poem they have to compare it with on- with annotation boxes (colour coded). This is advisable to be printed in A3 so they have a decent amount of space to write notes in. I normally print slide 3 and 4 back to back Slide 5 - an optional print out slide with a breakdown of what to write in each paragraph, as well as possible sentence starters/cloze paragraphs to use. This masterclass uses the poems ‘Leisure’ by W.H Davies and ‘The Lesson’ by Maya Angelou. Slides 6,7,8 and 9 talk you and the class through how to quickly annotate with timers to keep the pace. The poem analysis is broken down into sections with written prompts to show on the board. This is the second masterclass, after the students requested to do another. The format of the slides is really easy to edit, so you can use this repeatedly and just change the poems in the middle.

A fun and engaging lesson exploring foreshadowing using chapter 6 of The Hobbit. Throughout the course of the lesson students first need to select the correct definition of foreshadowing and discuss the meaning, before watching a clip from the Lion King and The Wizard of Oz and identify what event is being foreshadowed. After that, student 'popcorn read' chapter 6 of The Hobbit, identifying possible foreshadowing before analyzing a key extract (provided on the PowerPoint). This lesson can be used as part of an ongoing scheme, or can easily be adapted by removing slide 5 (the hobbit summary slide) to be a stand alone lesson. Excellent for high ability key stage 3 students. All resources, learning objectives and success criteria, videos and timers are included in the PowerPoint.

Following the structure, format and wording of the WJEC/EDUQAS literature exam paper, I have created a mock paper using The Manhunt by Simon Armitage for students to practice exam responses. Included in the resource is an essay planning sheet to help students consider their answer and time their writing.

To tackle the lack of enthusiasm about homework in my school I created a Nando's menu of homework tasks. This one targets key stage 4 and above and assists teaching of Lord of the Flies by William Golding. There are 25 homeworks already planned, differentiated by 'spice'. Since using these menus, where the students pick for themselves, the amount and quality of homework has improved

Fun grammar Do Now tasks taken from Oatmeal and other websites, compiled into one handy powerpoint.

A fun and engaging way to encourage narrative writing, creative writing and effective planning in preparation for GCSE. These story starters were designed for low ability students, with lots of bright colours and recognisable cartoons that can be put together to create a short story. These cards can be used individually, or in multiples. Used with my students as homework with great success.

A fun and engaging revision game based on the game show Pointless. A fun PowerPoint with music, timer video clip, a range of revision rounds such as 'contextual Information' , 'anagrams', 'name the character' and 'who said it?', this game will help your students look for answers they may not usually consider. A great way to recap knowledge in an exciting way.

A complete lesson with all resources, learning objectives, success criteria and poem breakdown. This lesson starts with a do now activity where students explore the stereotypical image of a soldier, mind mapping ideas around an image. The PowerPoint then talks through key notes for the context, content, structure, form, language, imagery and tone of the poem. The poem has a step by step analysis, including key questions, so students can expand understanding and knowledge whilst having discussion opportunities to expand deeper meaning. This can be used as a complete lesson, but it can equally be used as a revision aide for students either in or outside of the classroom. All Eduqas questions are thematic, so the next step would be to pose the question ‘How is War presented in The Soldier’. Teachers are able to edit or add to this lesson to aide understanding - this lesson was created for lower ability sets.

Full lesson powerpoints created (21 lessons minimum) ideally each poem takes 2 lessons which makes a 42 lessons completed with success criteria and learning objectives. The poems studied include: A Wife in London London She Walks in Beauty Living Space As imperceptibly as grief Cozy Apologia Valentine Afternoons Sonnet 43 Death of a naturalist Hawk Roosting To Autumn The Manhunt The Soldier Dulce et Decorum Est Mametz Wood Ozymandias Excerpt from The Prelude Also included in the pack is a photocopy of roughly half the poems completely annotated for teachers.

A bundle of 11 OCR style mock exam papers for the dystopian unit for the Comparative and Contextual Study section of the English Literature A Level. For this question, they are asked to read an unseen extract of dystopian fiction and write a critical appreciation. In the bundle you will have: Fahrenheit 451 I Am Legend Lord of the Flies Never Let Me Go The Chrysalids The Hunger Games The Long Walk The Mazerunner The Road Uglies Unwind As it stands, there are very few critical appreciation mock papers on the OCR website that haven’t had the extract redacted, so this is a useful bundles of sources for A Level teachers who don’t have the time to plan their own. Disclaimer: I have not included indicative content for each paper.

I have put together a revision guide for my set 4 class on the poems that have not yet been examined on by Eduqas in the GCSEs. It took me a really long time to create it, but the students have really found it useful. In the revision guide, I have included: For each poem: A ‘fit on one page’ guide explaining what the poem is about, 7 key quotes, the key messages, context and structural notes A question page with short form questions linked to the poem A ‘memorise the quote’ page in the style of spelling copy and repeat sheets An exam style question and three pages to answer. Alongside the poem sheets I have included an ‘how to write an analysis’ page with sentence starters and 7 comparison grids. Each grid has a different theme. I have filled in one half of the first sheet so students can see what needs to be done. The poems included are: Death of a Naturalist, Hawk Roosting, The Prelude, She Walks in Beauty, Valentine, Living Space, As Imperceptibly as Grief, Cozy Apologia, The Manhunt, The Soldier I have included the following themes: Power, Nature, Love/Relationships, Grief/Time/Faith, Childhood/Growing up and Conflict/War. I have made sure to use dual coding to further support understanding of theme.

An easy to edit certificate to award success in a variety of subjects. Suitable for Key Stage 3, Key stage 4 and primary.

A P4C lesson used alongside a Hunger Games scheme of work to discuss the topics in relevance to the real world as well as literature. Great for verbal reasoning, encouraging personal opinion and group work.

To tackle the lack of enthusiasm about homework in my school I created a Nando's menu of homework tasks. This one targets key stage 3 and assists teaching of Boy by Roald Dahl. There are 25 homeworks already planned, differentiated by 'spice'. Since using these menus, where the students pick for themselves, the amount and quality of homework has improved

To assist students with exam practice, exam writing style and 20th Century fiction I have created an exam style paper for Eduqas English Language Component 1 using Animal Farm by George Orwell. Component 1 consists of: Section A (20%) – Reading Understanding of one prose extract (about 60-100 lines) of literature from the 20th century assessed through a range of structured questions Section B (20%) – Prose Writing One creative writing task selected from a choice of four titles.

A mock paper completely mirroring the style of Eduqas questions for the English Language Component 1 Language paper for GCSE. All five reading questions, alongside 4 possible narrative questions for section B are included, as well as a mark scheme and the insert for the text. A really useful revision tool for students preparing for their GCSE English examination

An easy to edit certificate to award success in a variety of subjects. Suitable for Key Stage 3, Key stage 4 and primary.