A complete powerpoint using whiteboard games, discussion and writing tasks, including all necessary resources, learning objectives and success criteria to teach students how to use capital letters and full stops. A useful one off lesson to ensure key skills are understood and secure. A writing task and differentiated levels are present throughout lesson.

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.

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 Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald. 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.

To tackle the lack of enthusiasm about homework in my school I created a menu of homework. This one targets Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4. 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. There is a real focus on grammar, techniques and terminology to ensure students understand the key devices used within English.

A complete practice paper for the GCSE English Language Eduqas Component 2 19th/21st century non fiction element of the new 9-1 GCSE. Students have the opportunity to practice their skills in preparation for the exam. The 19th Century text was recommended and sourced from a link shared on the Eduqas website, with a relating 21st century text sourced online too. Students have found this a good beginning for their understanding of what the exam requires and expects.

A set of two lessons analyzing the poem Stealing by Carol Ann Duffy. A range of tasks including picture association, analyzing poetry and written analysis. Lots of short tasks and an optional worksheet to ascertain understanding for weaker students. All learning objectives, levels and success criteria on the powerpoint.

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 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.

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 lesson with a range of tasks to help students write a lively, engaging and fit for purpose article. This is a potential question for the Eduqas English GCSE. The lesson comprises of a BINGO game identifying persuasive language techniques (with link to interactive game), as well as an exam style question, a range of tasks and embedded timers within the PowerPoint. All Success Criteria, Learning Objectives and a 'real world link' are included.

Set of lessons using analysis of text and mixed media, including a work booklet, articles, extracts and creative writing. Useful to prepare students for GCSE as well as Key Stage 3. A weeks worth of lessons and activities.

A fun one off lesson getting students to plan, consider and create ghost stories using first person. Can be used in conjunction with any other scheme of work or as a one off cover lesson. A good introduction to creative writing or drama. Worksheet with pictures of different haunted settings included to help students who struggle with creative writing.

An engaging and colourful 'key quotes' display for the classroom with all the important quotes needed to be memorised in preparation for the Eduqas English literature exam.

A fun, engaging P4C session using famous footballer as a stimulus to discuss respect, who earns it and why it is important. Includes the analysis of a non fiction text and paired, group and class discussion. Improves students reasoning and justification skills.

A useful PowerPoint to talk students through techniques and handy hints to gain high marks in their English Language Component 1 exam. Included in the paper is an extract of James and the Giant Peach to practice skills, printable key cards to remind students how to answer each questions and a Narrative 'tick list for success' to remind students what needs to be included.

I have created a 'mock' component 2 paper using a 19th century advert for Cadbury's cocoa and a recent 21st century article commenting on Nesquik's advertising of it's chocolate milk. I have made this exam practice paper to help students get used to the style of exam, but used an easier text than usual to boost confidence. This is set out in the exact way Eduqas (formerly WJEC) has laid out it's specimen papers and is an incredibly useful tool when teaching students the correct way to answer each question. I have used these in conjunction with my Blood Brothers scheme of work, working with year 9 students in preparation for their GCSE course.

I have created a replica of the Eduqas Component 2 paper, where students need to analyse 19th and 21st century non fiction texts. This particular paper looks at prison life in the Victorian era, and now. This will enable our students to understand the way in which the exam is set out to prepare for their GCSE English Exam.

A lesson analyzing the character of Scrooge and what the reader learns about him in the first stave. A sheet with three paragraphs to analyse and annotate is included, with the hardest paragraph annotate to demonstrate expectations to the students. This all leads up to an essay question about Scrooge as a character. Perfect for low ability students studying A Christmas Carol for GCSE.