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.

A mock paper which was designed as a pre-mock mock for use with year 11. The source material is based on lidos and the modern text is extremely current, having only been published 13.11.17. Created from scratch so your students will not have used this before! If you have found this resource useful, please do leave me a review!

A resource that allows you to assess the reading and writing capacities of your year 7 or 8 pupils. *Pupils do not have to have read or studied 'Skellig' to be able to undertake this assessment* Reading comprehension questions followed by writing tasks in a GCSE style to start preparing students for the exam format early.

Knowledge grids for the key themes and characters of 'An Inspector Calls' to help pupils to prepare for questions for their literature GCSE exam. Perfect activities for structured revision activities for pupils who need that extra bit of support.

A sheet with a practice question for the comparison unseen poetry question for the AQA GCSE English Literature exams. Uses ‘Poem’ by Simon Armitage with ‘My Grandfather’s Garden’ by Owen Sheers. Has space to plan brief ideas about the methods to be compared at the bottom.

A quick starter activity with 32 questions included on one sheet with space to write the answers. Pupils move from left to right as they progress across the acts and finish with some questions on structure. A QUICK WIN as pupils quickly assess what they know and can gain instant feedback.

A sheet to help pupils to consolidate their knowledge for section B of the AQA 9-1 English Language Paper 2.

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.

Create a display on sentence types with this accessible resource.

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.

A PPT which takes pupils through how to be successful in paper 2, section B for the new AQA GCSE English Language. The PPT comes with practice questions and a transactional toolkit activity where the pupils slot the conventions into the correct writing style to help them to revise.

Four practice questions that students can use as part of their revision for the AQA 9-1 Power and Conflict Anthology Cluster question for English Literature Paper 2.

This three page revision map covers the key quotations, how to hit the assessment objectives, a reminder about Dickens' narrative techniques, a whole page devoted to the themes and where and how they are met, along with a page devoted to the characters where pupils can add details about them along with key quotations. A last minute survival sheet pack!

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.

An introductory powerpoint to the elements of crime that pupils will need to successfully embark on the crime strand of AQA GCE Literature B specification. The first slide will need to be adapted to state the texts that you have chosen for your setting. Pupils can make notes and discuss, in depth, what characterises crime writing.

Revision map which indicates the aspects of tragedy which pupils could explore and apply to the novel 'The Great Gatsby' for their A/AS Level AQA Literature B exam. I blew this up to A3 and let pupils fill in the details so that they had all the aspects of tragedy together on one page in preparation for their exam.

Powerpoint which takes students through the most significant aspects of chapter 8 in line with the AQA GCE English Literature Specification B (looking at the tragedy route through). Information, key quotations and discussion questions are all included.

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.

A powerpoint to support teaching of AQA's A Level Literature B specification for chapter 1 of 'The Great Gatsby'. Many opportunities to link ideas to quotations and offers students the chance to make their own notes, or work together, depending on your preferred teaching style.