This is my version of the best guess mock for AQA English Literature Paper 2 2018. There is an ‘An Inspector Calls’ question (choice of two) which has been ‘guessed’ by looking at what has come up previously and through legacy spec along with a best guess question (two again as I couldn’t decide!) for the Power and Conflict cluster of poems. There is also an unseen poetry question also attached which uses ‘The Mower’ by Philip Larkin.

This package of resources includes four practice questions for the singular unseen poem task in section C of English Literature for AQA GCSE. The poems included are ‘In The Orchard After Midnight’, ‘Your Dad Did What?’, ‘In Oak Terrace’ and ‘Names’. The sheets include the poem, question, boxes for planning to write about language, form and structural ideas, have a space for a SOP (Statement of Purpose - which is a response to the poem where pupils outline their initial thoughts in response to the question. There is also an image of the level 6 mark scheme criteria from AQA. I have included both word documents and PDF copies so that should you want to use the template to produce more, you can. The comparative poem practice is on ‘The Pros and Cons’ by Sophie Hannah and ‘The Trick’ by Imtiaz Dharker.

An eight page document which includes 4 practice questions and copies of the poems alongside planning grids which ask students to add their SOP (statement in relation to the question), and space to plan ‘Big Picture Idea’ responses to the questions with space to add quotations which exemplify the points. This was designed to be printed as two-to-a-page sheets so that the poem sits alongside the question. Questions offer preparation for ‘Poppies’, ‘Exposure’, ‘London’ and ‘The Emigree’. I have included both a word document and a PDF, which is fully formatted, should you wish to adapt and amend in an editable version.

This is a short revision booklet that I created for my year 11 set 9 (it could be used with higher ability pupils too) which takes them through basic revision for ‘An Inspector Calls’, ‘Macbeth’ and ‘A Christmas Carol’. I intend to walk the pupils through this resource and go through the activities and ideas with them in our Easter revision session although it may be useful for independent revision preparation as we enter the final stages of revision. I teach the AQA English Literature specification and have used the specimen 3 question for ‘AIC’ in this pack. Hopefully it may be useful to you and your students!

Powerpoint takes them through the questions using the Jay Rayner specimen paper from the board to allow you to discuss the requirements of each question. It also has information on the writing question 5 for discursive writing and then breaks down the requirements of how to approach a Q5 question.

Week 2 resource following on from week 1 which takes pupils through the preface, Marley's ghost, new poor law, why Dickens would write a ghost story at Christmas and provides an assessment point to look at the language that Dickens uses to describe Scrooge as per the specimen papers provided by the exam board. Useful to use in accompaniment to the plot summary sheet available.

A newspaper template which pupils can use to create a newspaper article once they have read about the treehouse incident in chapter 4. Suitable for pupils with weaker literacy skills in secondary schools or higher level primary pupils. Also requires them to use knowledge from earlier chapters in the book.

A literacy based lesson looking at the use of comparative connectives to compare witches in disguise and witches when they are not in disguise by taking information from the book, putting it into a table and then transferring the table into comparative paragraphs using the model.

Planned this lesson for use with my GCSE group to look at linguistic and structural features in preparation for AQA GCSE English Language paper 1 questions 2 and 3. The extracts to use are from the openings of 'Room' by Emma Donoghue, 'The Lovely Bones' by Alice Sebold and 'Notes on a Scandal' by Zoe Heller. Differentiated and allows pupils to work for a more extended period of time on their responses. Used for an observation.

This longer length powerpoint can span between 1-3 lessons depending on the time you take over it. Goes through Dickens' life and works, includes some links to a clip to test their Dickensian knowledge. Suitable for note taking and for use with any of Dickens' texts for the 19th Century fiction unit.

This is a fully resourced lesson to allow you to deliver an interesting and engaging lesson on Tennyson's 'Charge of the Light Brigade' to students from year 9-11. Featured on the new AQA GCSE poetry cluster for power and conflict, this would provide an ideal starting point. The resources include a powerpoint, a working sheet and support sheets as the lesson is designed as a carousel where pupils move around accessing questions on all of the stanzas before completing a peer assessment.

Three literacy lessons designed to help pupils to stop making mistakes spelling commonly misspelt words!

This is a six week teaching sequence for lessons for AQA GCSE English Literature paper 1 on the 19th century novel, 'Great Expectations' written by a current Head of English. The powerpoints are designed to go over a full teaching week each and include relevant objectives all linked to AOs and skills required for the exam. There are assessment points, with relevant resources, included within the resources. The resources are easy to use and designed to be used with minimal photocopying, assuming that pupils have access to copies of the text. This resource has been written for me to teach to my own class and is relevant and up-to-date.

This is a detailed SOW which includes all powerpoints, worksheets, assessments and example responses to take pupils through the study of Priestley's 'An Inspector Calls'. Written this year to be taught to year 10 GCSE classes, the scheme includes assessment points, a mock style question, mini tests alongside going through the main themes, characters and ideas of the play. If this scheme is followed, pupils should have a good grounding and understanding of the play and its contextual background. Designed originally for use with the new AQA GCSE course (9-1), but could be used for other exam boards. There are 22 resources included in this bundle. They are labelled L1 and so forth identifying which resources go with which lessons.

Mini bundle includes a short revision PPT (includes mark scheme and key information), a sample essay response to the AQA specimen question 'how far do you think Macbeth can be viewed as a hero' which students can annotate using the mark scheme, an AO3 map to help students put these areas into their responses and a table of the key quotations which they can cut up and use to make flash cards. All used with my third and seventh set year 11 students for the new AQA 9-1 English Literature GCSE and all understood it and used to their varying levels of ability.

A series of seven extracts which pupils can use to perform close text analysis before coming up with their own questions which they think mirror what the exam board could give them linked to key themes and characters. A handy revision activity which got pupils all talking to each other.

A resource sheet where students need to read through the recipe for F86 DAMM from the book and then use the information found to complete their own recipe. Requires students to use comprehension skills by reading for meaning.

Resourced lesson on the poem 'Island Man' by Grace Nichols. Includes a working sheet for pupils to complete the activities on within the lesson as well as a support sheet for differentiation purposes.

Resources to get you started making a creative writing for GCSE display. Includes a title and information for the display alongside examples and an exemplar so that pupils can see what you're looking for.

A last minute revision resource for 'An Inspector Calls' - sections for pupils to jot down their key quotations, what they know about the main themes and links to characters/specific points in the play with some detail about the narrative structure and questions concerning Priestley's motives and time period. A quick activity designed to take about 30 mins which helps students to get to grips with their knowledge.