I am an experienced teacher and currently Head of English and Media in a large secondary school. I am also an examiner for EDUQAS English Language GCSE. I have a range of resources available on TES. Some of my resources are quite old, from when I first started out, and I am currently working in my spare time to update my resources. There are a range of resources from displays, schemes of work, revision booklets, mock exam papers and lessons available.
I am an experienced teacher and currently Head of English and Media in a large secondary school. I am also an examiner for EDUQAS English Language GCSE. I have a range of resources available on TES. Some of my resources are quite old, from when I first started out, and I am currently working in my spare time to update my resources. There are a range of resources from displays, schemes of work, revision booklets, mock exam papers and lessons available.
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.
Normally costing £47 when all bought separately, I am releasing an 'A Christmas Carol' teaching bundle that includes: literature exam preparation, analysis lessons and a wide variety of resources including a homework menu with 25 varied tasks including essays, contextual research, creative tasks and more. Also included is a fun pairs game to match up key quotes in a Christmas carol and a full revision booklet with abridged versions of each stave, essay questions, quick quiz questions and more! All resources are tried and tested and very successful, helping students engage in the text and make rapid progress.
A useful booklet for A Level students that consists of:
-Basic guide to two different literary theories and an example (psychoanalytical criticism and a reading of Hamlet using it and Feminist criticism and a link to The Handmaid’s Tale).
Extracts of 5 dystopian texts, alongside a range of questions for students to answer. Texts are: A Clockwork Orange, The Road, 1984, Brave New World and The Children of Men
A glossary of key terms needed for A Level Language and Literature.
My students found this very useful to ensure an understanding of the genre and the conventions. They also found the interview with Margaret Atwood engaging, as well as using the basics of the theories a good starting point for independent research and learning.
A resource used for student to work through during the summer holidays in order to prepare themselves for the course in September. This booklet has a range of 19 tasks for English Literature and English Language at A Level. In addition, there are useful web links provided for students, and a guide to different ways of doing some preparation. I have also included a recommended reading list for both Literature and Language - this can be easily amended.
This workbook has been created for A and AS Level students to guide them through the text whilst remotely learning.
The booklet consists of:
A transcript of an interview with Ray Bradbury
A summary of the novel, and some questions to answer
Social and historical context + knowledge checker
Information about the Atomic bomb + a research task
A timeline of events in the book
Plot Summary of The Hearth and the Salamander + questions
Multiple choice quiz on that section
Plot Summary of The Sieve and the Sand + questions
Multiple choice quiz on that section
Plot Summary of Burning Bright + questions
Multiple choice quiz on that section
A plot diagram
Symbols grid work task
Themes grid work task
Fun facts / things you didn’t know about the novel
Suggested further reading
Two revision documents for year 11 students.
Document 1: Create your own transactional writing task.
This sheet breaks down PAFT - Purpose, Audience, Format and Topic alongside a list of different purposes, as well as some examples of possible transactional writing questions that could be asked. This means students have 12 varied writing tasks to complete, as well as a grid to help them create as many extra writing tasks as they want.
Document 2: Create your own Literature Essay Focus.
This sheet breaks down the way questions are phrased for their Literature GCSE exams, with a box at the top with the style of questions posed for character, theme and relationship. There are then three colour coded (and editable) boxes with all of the main characters, themes and relationships in: The Merchant of Venice, A Christmas Carol and Blood Brothers. This means students have all the information to be able to practise any exam question that could come up in their exams.
To help my A Level students, I created a useful guide with context, critics, historical information, a guide of literary terms and the poems they would need to analyse for their coursework. It includes information about the war and the poet, as well as influences and other poets linked to Owen. It also has copies of 11 of Owen’s poems for them to annotate so all of the information they need for their coursework is together.
A fully resources scheme of work looking at sonnets and soliloquies, comparing them to popular music - mainly rap and hip hop. This is created for year 8, but could be used in any year of KS3.
This is a lively and engaging scheme of work that looks at the similarities between rap, hip-hop and Shakespeare’s writing. The student have opportunities to learn about the structure and creation of sonnets and soliloquies, with soliloquies from Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet and Macbeth as well as Sonnet 18, Sonnet 55 and Ozymandias (Shelley).
As part of the package, you get:
A full MTP document with detailed outline of each lesson, tasks, assessment points, LOs and SCs and optional homework. It also has links to any web pages needed.
All resources for each week, including assessment resources and grading for speaking and listening assessment opportunities.
Resources for each week
A full skeleton powerpoint for the whole term. This gives basic guidance through each lesson, with LOs and SCs already outlined. All you need to do is tweak it for your classes/add any photos or images you would like.
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 breakdown of every question asked for the texts studied for English Literature on Eduqas Exam Board for students and staff in my school. I thought it might be useful for any other teachers.
I have included A Christmas Carol, An Inspector Calls, Poetry Anthology and The Merchant of Venice.
Hope it is helpful
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.
When I can, I create mock papers for Eduqas English Language Component 1 and 2 so my students have more practice before their exams.
This paper is a COMPONENT 2 READING PAPER. It does not include the writing section.
For this paper, I selected to sources about feral children, and created an exam paper and indicative content for teachers in my school. All are included in the price. I have also included a complete PowerPoint to walk students through the exam so you need no/very little editing!
In the bundle you will find:
A PPT with some example answers (no full mark answers though, so students can improve upon work - all are around 6-7 mark answers for 10 mark responses)
I have put together a revision guide for my set 4 class on A Christmas Carol, taking into consideration what has already been examined by Eduqas. It took me a really long time to create it, but the students have really found it useful so I thought I would share it.
In the revision guide, I have included:
A ‘how to write an analysis’ page with prompts for each part of a high level answer
Some ‘one page revision sheets’ for key characters and themes (Scrooge, Fred, Bob and the Cratchits, The Poor, Family, Responsibility, The Ghosts). This one page revision sheet includes key ideas/vocab, key quotes, a timeline, key message and key context.
Pages with key questions for Redemption, Christmas and Isolation (the quotes and information on other revision sheets are to be used to fill in blank templates for these themes)
A summary page for each stave + a multiple choice quiz to consolidate learning
I have made sure to use dual coding to further support understanding of theme.
I have created a mock paper (2hr30) for the comparative and contextual study for OCR English Literature using dystopian texts. This paper has the critical appreciation question on Minority Report (Philip K Dick) and the comparative question that offers four choices for students to pick from.
The mark schemes to help assign a grade for essay responses is available on the OCR website, but their past papers are often redacted so are not easily used.
I have created a mock paper (2hr30) for the comparative and contextual study for OCR English Literature using dystopian texts. This paper has the critical appreciation question on Children of Men (P.D James) and the comparative question that offers four choices for students to pick from.
The mark schemes to help assign a grade for essay responses is available on the OCR website, but their past papers are often redacted so are not easily used.
I have created a mock paper (2hr30) for the comparative and contextual study for OCR English Literature using dystopian texts. This paper has the critical appreciation question on Logan’s Run (William F Nolan) and the comparative question that offers four choices for students to pick from.
The mark schemes to help assign a grade for essay responses is available on the OCR website, but their past papers are often redacted so are not easily used.