A KS3 resource to accompany a gothic SOW. Students use imperative verbs to create a set of instructions to build Frankenstein’s monster. Ideal for Y7 or low ability groups in 8 and 9.

Designed for KS4 AQA Literature Students. The two sheets guide students through key quotations relating to Macbeth’s character. Difficult quotations are explained and every quotation is accompanied by analytical prompt questions that will facilitate deep learning. An ideal resource to use with higher ability students or as stretch and challenge tasks for mid-ability.

An A Level revision aid which explores the various techniques Atwood uses in The Handmaid’s Tale. Particularly useful for supporting AO2 when analysing writers’ methods.

A compendium of biblical references/extracts to enable A-Level students to understand how Atwood uses scriputure to explore extremist views in Gilead. The accompanying questions ask students to consider how religious scripture is used to exhonerate the regime from blame, and how language can be abused/interpreted/appropriated for different purposes.

A complete lesson/mini-assessment with question specific mark scheme designed for students to hone the skills required for Paper 1 Question 2. The question sheet features an extract from Northern Lights and the question focus upon micro-level language analysis of specific lines. The mark scheme has been tailored to both question and extract and exemplifies what is expected for each level. The scaffolded student response is a useful metacognitive tool, demonstrating to students how an analytical paragraph is built. As an examiner and author of GCSE exam papers and mark schemes for PiXL and pedagogical resources for AQA and Cambridge University Press, I designed this task with the application of skills and resultant accelerated progress in mind. Can also be used as a KS3 mini-assessment as part of a fantasy/dystopian scheme, or as resouce to aid KS5 resit students.

A whole class feedback template designed to facilitate AfL and allow the teacher to feedback to the class in a structured way that can be embedded into daily practice. The template includes sections based on common errors and misconceptions; today's targets; star students; WAGOLL (what a good one looks like), and 'Hall of Fame' to feature a particular student's work. This template has proved incredibly successful with my classes, which I print out and stick in students books as a reminder of the formative feedback given during the course of the term.

Two adaptable templates already populated with targets addressing common errors and misconceptions. This resource focuses students' attention upon common errors - much like an examiner's report - but in a far more bespoke manner. The first template is designed to feedback to the entire class, the second is designed as a template for students to engage with their individual strengths and weaknesses. I've used this with several classes and it has made a significant impact upon self-reflection and target setting.

A complete lesson analysing extracts from Ray Bradbury's crossover novel, Something Wicked This Way Comes. Bradbury's rich prose forms the basis of students' exploration of figurative techniques and their effects. The lesson encourages students to explore Bradbury's stylistic choices, such as divergence from conventional grammatical rules, with a view to understanding authorial methods. This lesson assists students with the skills required for AQA Paper 1 GCSE English, in terms of A0s 1,2,5 and 6.

A structured PPT exploring John Proctor's use of language in a pivotal speech. This resource explores Miller's use of lexical sets, interrogative and exclamatory sentence forms in order to develop Proctor's character and augment the audience's response to him. The PPT includes annotated and exemplar 'WAGOLL' slides that can be printed off for students.

This resource allows students to track Attwood's use of language, symbolism and imagery. Students make notes as they read (as a whole class or autonomously), creating a compendium of revision notes as they progress through the novel. Visually engaging and with structured headings, this resource was popular with both my Y12 and 13 classes. (print 1 copy for every chapter).

Students use this knowledge organizer to focus their attention on key themes, language techniques, quotations and critical interpretations. Each section contains a prompt which then leads to autonomous note taking. This resource can be issued as homework task or used as a tool in class when exploring this crucial section of the novel.

A series of activities designed to develop writing skills in line with AO5 of the AQA GCSE Language specification. These tasks can be used as bell work or as stand alone tasks incorporated into a series of lessons. Each task explains which element of AO5 is being addressed, why this skill is essential for success in the examinations, has expert tips and prompts and engaging activities. These resources are bright, uniform and specifically tailored to develop essential examination skills and to foster familiarity with the assessment objectives. Tasks are differentiated so that lower ability students can attempt a word or sentence level task whilst more and most able students can attempt structural/whole text level tasks.