This is a complete scheme of work covering Gothic Literature. It is best suited to KS3, years 7/8 or lower ability year 9 classes. The scheme covers both reading and writing skills and prepares students for and assesses students in both sets of skills. The first half of the scheme introduces the Gothic genre within literature (conventions and features) and then moves on to analyse the use of these features, language and structure in several Gothic extracts. These lessons include all extracts, along with tasks, annotated and colour coded model paragraphs and student friendly success criteria. The second part of the scheme focuses on developing students’ creative writing skills and offers resourced lessons on using descriptive techniques, using punctuation, creating effective settings, characterisation, and using pathetic fallacy.

This is a condensed overview of AQA English Language Paper 2. It offers a question by question breakdown, reminding the students of: the time allowance the amount of marks available the success criteria for each questions, the techniques and devices to look out for in this question and offering sentence starters and prompts to guide their responses. This resource is perfect as a a guidance and revision tool for students as they are completing practice assessments or as a display sheet. It is also a useful reminder for teachers to become familiar with the papers structure.

This is a condensed overview of AQA English Language Paper 1. It offers a question by question breakdown, reminding the students of: the time allowance the amount of marks available the success criteria for each questions, the techniques and devices to look out for in this question and offering sentence starters and prompts to guide their responses. This resource is perfect as a a guidance and revision tool for students as they are completing practice assessments or as a display sheet. It is also a useful reminder for teachers to become familiar with the papers structure.