A lesson, powerpoint and resources to help students prepare for their literature examination on A Christmas Carol. Complete with Do Now and various activities to practice the skills needed to succeed in the exam. Lesson made to help students practice embedding quotes and analysing language ready for their exam. Particularly successful with lower ability and C/D borderline students.

A lesson analysing the presentation of Scrooge in the beginning of the novella. This lesson is perfect for low ability or C/D borderline students. The lesson begins with a Do Now activity looking at different images and how the represent Scrooge, before moving on to an extract analysis task that can be completed independently or as a class. Included in the lesson is a worksheet with the three extracts on, including teacher modelled annotations on the smaller extract. Students finish the lesson by writing a PEE analysis of the presentation of Scrooge, which is again modelled and differentiated for weaker students.

A 39 page revision book including an abridged version of each stave, alongside quick questions, language analysis, essay questions and more. With both comprehension and language analysis available, as well as options to analyse key themes and characters, this is the perfect tool for students to get to grips with the text. Worked incredibly well as a revision aide for high ability students, whilst used as a differentiation tool for lower ability students in preparation for their literature exam.

A fun, educational and informative card game. A selection of important quotes from or about Macbeth, the main protagonist in the play, split into two for students to match up. A really successful revision method for students to ensure success in the English Literature exam.

16 important literary features pairs game for students to memorise key techniques needed to analyse literature. Works with all ages- important for analysis of prose and poetry. Fun and engaging, easy to use and popular with the students!

A fun and informative basic punctuation and word class pairs game to help students remember punctuation marks and the four main word classes.

A home made, easy to print and play card game with important quotes split in half and turned into playing cards. Students can match the quotes as a revision memory game. Really popular and helps low ability student revise.

Exam style paper comparing Sylvia Plath’s ‘Cut’ with Emily Dickenson’s ‘I felt a funeral in my brain’. Included in the resource is: the exam question; both poems; teacher notes including assessment objectives and mark scheme; student notes (including a key terminology tick list and a breakdown of what is needed to get maximum marks when answering the question). A great revision tool and an excellent way of helping the students get to grips with expectations in the exam

Exam style paper comparing Countee Cullen’s ‘Uncle Jim’ with Langston Hughes’ ‘I, too’. Included in the resource is: the exam question; both poems; teacher notes including assessment objectives and mark scheme; student notes (including a key terminology tick list and a breakdown of what is needed to get maximum marks when answering the question). A great revision tool and an excellent way of helping the students get to grips with expectations in the exam.

Exam style paper comparing Roger McGough’s ‘Not for me a youngman’s death’ with Lotte Kramer’s ‘Lunch’. Included in the resource is: the exam question; both poems; teacher notes including assessment objectives and mark scheme; student notes (including a key terminology tick list and a breakdown of what is needed to get maximum marks when answering the question). A great revision tool and an excellent way of helping the students get to grips with expectations in the exam.

A set of playing cards with key quotes from Lady Macbeth split in half for students to play 'pairs' memory games with. Students are able to revise for their literature exam in a fun and informative way. Especially useful with students who struggle with memorising quotes- very effective.

Exam style paper comparing Dylan Thomas’s ‘Do not go gentle into that good night’ with William Ernest Henley’s ‘Invictus. Included in the resource is: the exam question; both poems; teacher notes including assessment objectives and mark scheme; student notes (including a key terminology tick list and a breakdown of what is needed to get maximum marks when answering the question). A great revision tool and an excellent way of helping the students get to grips with expectations in the exam.

A very detailed workbook or revision book for William Shakespeare's Macbeth. The workbook includes: all the key scenes broken down with key questions throughout, all key soliloquys with key questions, a range of essay questions, short language questions, analysis of theme, character and purpose. A wide range of activities to help students revise Macbeth and succeed in their exams. 36 pages of tasks and analysis opportunities. Students could use this in conjunction with the Macbeth and Lady Macbeth quote revision cards also available through my shop.

A fun and easily accessible lesson for students studying The Manhunt by Simon Armitage. Designed to be the introduction of the analysis of the poem, as well as the contextual information, this lesson works really well with lower ability students. Resources, Learning Objectives and Success Criteria are all included.

An easy to use selection of cloze paragraphs for Hound of the Baskervilles. More coming soon!

A good lesson to begin analysis of Stave 1 of A Christmas Carol. Learning Objectives, Success criteria and all resources are included. Detailed study of language and meaning. Great lesson to prepare students for a character study of Scrooge.

A great, interactive lesson on identifying and analyzing persuasive language features in newspapers. Used with both year 7 and 8 to open up discussion and analysis. Whiteboards are a fun addition to the lesson. All resources, learning objectives and success criteria included in the lesson.

A powerpoint, including useful revision cards reminding students how to answer each question of Component 1, alongside a 'practice the skills' lesson for each question using extracts from James and the Giant Peach, as well as a lesson on Component 2, using Bill Bryson and Rudyard Kipling for the 20th and 19th century non fiction respectively. In addition to the powerpoint there is an entire component 2 exam style paper that can be completed, that runs alongside the powerpoint. Very useful in helping the students understand the exam expectations.

A 95 slide display covering a range of literary features used within English - useful for both analysis of text, poetry, language, media and creative writing. A lot of the slides use Harry Potter, Macbeth and popular films to demonstrate what the feature is, as well as a simple explanation of what each device is. A nice way to decorate your English classroom.

For Eduqaas GCSE years 10 and 11. A homework booklet that covers both contextual tasks, poetry analysis, revision help and tasks. All of the poems are there alongside an analysis and annotation box. Very useful when avoiding sending the anthology home with students.