I make GCSE English resources to help students access the complex ideas inside their exam texts.I am currently studying Human, Social and Political Science (HSPS) at Cambridge University, Trinity Hall college. I studied AQA English Literature, and Edexcel History A level. I achieved A*s and As in my A levels so am sharing my revision notes to help others achieve top marks. A LEVEL/ OXBRIDGE APPLICATION TUTOR --> As well as providing revision notes, I am available for online A Level and Oxbridge
I make GCSE English resources to help students access the complex ideas inside their exam texts.I am currently studying Human, Social and Political Science (HSPS) at Cambridge University, Trinity Hall college. I studied AQA English Literature, and Edexcel History A level. I achieved A*s and As in my A levels so am sharing my revision notes to help others achieve top marks. A LEVEL/ OXBRIDGE APPLICATION TUTOR --> As well as providing revision notes, I am available for online A Level and Oxbridge
This is a sample lesson for my course on Macbeth based on the theme of Kingship and Lineage. The download contains a presentation, sample student essay and set of preparation questions, as well as all the fonts needed for formatting the presentation.
Please note that the full pack is avaliable for £4.50 on my page, much cheaper than an ordinary revision guide and written by a former Grade 9 student.
The presentation is a Powerpoint file, but if you’d prefer a Google docs/slides link, or a PDF, let me know. I make presentations in Google Slides, so they are formatted for this platform (it’s free!).
If you are a GCSE student interested in tutoring, don’t be afraid to contact me. I charge £15 an hour and will try to mark any work you send me outside of lesson time.
This is a complete Macbeth resource pack that can be used for either tutoring a student or small group of students, or for self-teaching or revising content.
The pack contains eight complete lessons, which each contain a presentation (10+ slides each), a set of preparation questions and an exam-focused activity, often with sample student essays written by myself or prepared essay plans.
The pack also contains a blank knowledge organiser to use as revision, and a filled version with detailed analysis of 30+ quotes and unique contextual detail to help students stand out and deepen their understanding.
The lessons are structured as:
Introduction to Macbeth, including a contextual overview of the period, and facts on Shakespeare’s life. There is an introduction to Shakespearian language and poetic meter.
Witches and the Supernatural
Masculinity and Femininity
Tyranny and Violence
Ambition and Desire
Kingship and Lineage
Madness and Guilt
Structure
Lessons 2 through 6 are each structured around 3 interpretations of the same theme, to help students develop a “conceptual” understanding of the text based on context and Shakespeare’s method. I have tried to made the contextual references specific, unique and relevant to help students gain as many marks as they can.
Please note that Lesson 6 is available for free as a sample lesson on my page.
All of the files are Powerpoint files, but if you’d prefer a Google docs/slides link, or a PDF, let me know. I make the presentations in Google Slides, so they are formatted for this platform (it’s free!). There are fonts included in the download to help with the formatting.
If you are a GCSE student interested in tutoring, don’t be afraid to contact me. I charge £15 an hour and will try to mark any work you send me outside of lesson time.
This resource is a full practice exam for GCSE AQA English Language Paper 1 based on an extract from the novel The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki. There is a content warning for grief and death.
It is formatted as similar as I can get to the real exam
Contains sample student answers for each question
Contains discussion questions and sample lesson plan
The file is a Word document, but if you’d prefer a Google docs link, let me know.
If you are a GCSE student interested in tutoring, don’t be afraid to contact me. I charge £15 an hour and will try to mark any work you send me outside of lesson time.
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This resource is a full practice exam for GCSE AQA English Language Paper 2 based on the theme of football. It contains one article published in ‘The Guardian’ in 2020 about mental health in the sport, and another chapter from the book ‘Atheltics and Football’ from 1887.
It is formatted as similar as I can get to the real exam
Contains sample student answers for each question
Contains discussion questions and sample lesson plan
The file is a Word document, but if you’d prefer a Google docs link, let me know.
If you are a GCSE student interested in tutoring, don’t be afraid to contact me. I charge £15 an hour and will try to mark any work you send me outside of lesson time.
This resource is a full practice exam for GCSE AQA English Language Paper 2 based on the theme of Pollution.
It is formatted as similar as I can get to the real exam
Contains sample student answers for each question
Contains discussion questions and sample lesson plan
The file is a Word document, but if you’d prefer a Google docs link, let me know.
If you are a GCSE student interested in tutoring, don’t be afraid to contact me. I charge £15 an hour and will try to mark any work you send me outside of lesson time.
This resource is a full practice exam for GCSE AQA English Language Paper 1 based on an extract from the novel Annihilation. It is good for students who enjoy science fiction.
It is formatted as similar as I can get to the real exam
Contains sample student answers for each question
Contains discussion questions and sample lesson plan
The file is a Word document, but if you’d prefer a Google docs link, let me know.
If you are a GCSE student interested in tutoring, don’t be afraid to contact me. I charge £15 an hour and will try to mark any work you send me outside of lesson time.
This resource is a full practice exam for GCSE AQA English Language Paper 1 based on an extract from the novel The Road. It is good for students who enjoy science fiction or have seen the film adaptation!
It is formatted as similar as I can get to the real exam
Contains sample student answers for each question
Contains discussion questions and sample lesson plan
The file is a Word document, but if you’d prefer a Google docs link, let me know.
If you are a GCSE student interested in tutoring, don’t be afraid to contact me. I charge £15 an hour and will try to mark any work you send me outside of lesson time.
This resource is a full practice exam for GCSE AQA English Language Paper 1 based on an extract from the novel Never Let Me Go. It is good for students who enjoy science fiction or have seen the film!
It is formatted as similar as I can get to the real exam.
The file is a Word document, but if you’d prefer a Google docs link, let me know.
If you are a GCSE student interested in tutoring, don’t be afraid to contact me. I charge £15 an hour and will try to mark any work you send me outside of lesson time.
This resource consists of four lessons I made to teach the reading component of GCSE English Language Paper 1. The lessons each consist of a practice exam, a student worksheet, and a Powerpoint presentation. The extracts are all taken from 21st century science-fiction and dystopian fiction, with the aim of choosing texts that are more engaging for students.
Each lesson is focused on building up from key skills and using these as building blocks for analysis. There are numerous examples of how to do and structure analysis, with some freedom to alter for more or less able students. Each lesson contains a full practice exam (thees are available separately on my page) and homework tasks.
Please note, these lessons were designed for private tutoring, but can be altered for a broader class.
All of the files are Powerpoint and Microsoft Word, but if you’d prefer a Google docs/slides link, or a PDF, let me know. I make the presentations in Google Slides, so they are formatted for this platform (it’s free!). There are fonts included in the download to help with the formatting.
If you are a GCSE student interested in tutoring, don’t be afraid to contact me. I charge £15 an hour and will try to mark any work you send me outside of lesson time
This is a sample lesson for my course on An Inspector Calls based on the character of Mrs Birling and the theme of the Welfare State. The download contains a presentation, sample student essay and set of preparation questions, as well as all the fonts needed for formatting the presentation.
Please note that the full pack is avaliable for £4.50 on my page, much cheaper than an ordinary revision guide and written by a former Grade 9 student.
The presentation is a Powerpoint file, but if you’d prefer a Google docs/slides link, or a PDF, let me know. I make presentations in Google Slides, so they are formatted for this platform (it’s free!).
If you are a GCSE student interested in tutoring, don’t be afraid to contact me. I charge £15 an hour and will try to mark any work you send me outside of lesson time.
This is a complete Inspector Calls resource pack that can be used for either tutoring a student or small group of students, or for self-teaching or revising content.
The pack contains eight complete lessons, which each contain a presentation (10+ slides each), a set of preparation questions and an exam-focused activity, often with sample student essays written by myself or prepared essay plans.
The pack also contains a blank knowledge organiser to use as revision, and a set of revision cards that correspond with the lessons (e.g. matching quotes and analysis).
The lessons are structured as:
Introduction to An Inspector Calls, including J.B Priestley’s life and infomation about different performances of the play
Mr Birling and War
Sheila and Youth
Gerald and Gender
Mrs Birling and the Welfare State
Eric and Religion
Eva, Edna and Class
The Inspector and the Stage
Lessons 2 through 6 are each structured around 3-4 interpretations of the same character, to help students develop a “conceptual” understanding of the text based on context and Priestley’s method. I have tried to made the contextual references specific, unique and relevant to help students gain as many marks as they can.
Please note that Lesson 5 is available for free as a sample lesson on my page.
All of the files are Powerpoint files, but if you’d prefer a Google docs/slides link, or a PDF, let me know. I make the presentations in Google Slides, so they are formatted for this platform (it’s free!). There are fonts included in the download to help with the formatting.
If you are a GCSE student interested in tutoring, don’t be afraid to contact me. I charge £15 an hour and will try to mark any work you send me outside of lesson time.
This is a 23 page revision guide I have put together which breaks down all of the word types, linguistic devices, structural devices and evaluative tools that you can use in your GCSE English Language exams. It is highly comprehensive and detailed, and not only teaches you what to look for in your extracts, but how to analyse them.
The sections are:
What do we mean by language?
How do we tackle Paper 1 Question 2 and Paper 2 Question 3?
How do we analyse individual words and groups of words?
How do we analyse word classes? Verbs and Adverbs, Types of Nouns and Pronouns, Adjectives, Connectives, Prepositions
How do we analyse sounds?
How do we analyse sentences? Simple, complex, compound
How do we analyse punctuation?
How do we analyse repetition?
How do we find and analyse literary devices? Metephors and Similes, Juxtaposition, Personification, Euphemism and Dysphemism, Hyperbole, Allusion, Pathetic Fallacy
What is story structure?
How do we tackle Paper 1 Question 3?
What is the difference between language and structure?
The story arc
Narrative viewpoint
Sequencing, beginnings and endings
Movement in time
Movement in space
Patterns and repetition
Character foils
Irony
What is evaluation?
How do we tackle Paper 1 Question 4
Subtext and finding differences in literal versus intended meaning
Characters
Genre
Archetypes
Dialogue
Plot Types
Cliches
The file is a PDF, but if you’d prefer a Google docs link, let me know. If you notice any mistakes or grammatical errors in the document, please do also let me know - it’s very long!
If you are a GCSE student interested in tutoring, don’t be afraid to contact me. I charge £15 an hour and will try to mark any work you send me outside of lesson time.
This resource is a full practice exam for GCSE AQA English Language Paper 1 based on an extract from Patrick Ness’ novel More Than This. This is a good choice for students who enjoy science fiction and dystopian fiction.
It is formatted as similar as I can get to the real exam
Contains sample student answers for each question
Contains discussion questions and sample lesson plan
The file is a Word document, but if you’d prefer a Google docs link, let me know.
If you are a GCSE student interested in tutoring, don’t be afraid to contact me. I charge £15 an hour and will try to mark any work you send me outside of lesson time.
This resource is a full practice exam for GCSE AQA English Language Paper 1 based on an extract from the novel Annihilation. It is good for students who enjoy science fiction or have seen the recent Netflix adaptation!
It is formatted as similar as I can get to the real exam
Contains sample student answers for each question
Contains discussion questions and sample lesson plan
The file is a Word document, but if you’d prefer a Google docs link, let me know.
If you are a GCSE student interested in tutoring, don’t be afraid to contact me. I charge £15 an hour and will try to mark any work you send me outside of lesson time.
This pack consists of three detailed presentations covering each of the five questions in Language Paper 2. The three presentations can be spread over multiple lessons, or given to students as revision guides.
Accompanying the presentations is a full practice paper with sample answers that I prepared, based on the theme of pollution.
These resources are made to teach students about the exam skills and style of writing to be aimed for in exams.
All of the files are PDFs, but if you’d prefer a Google docs/slides link, let me know. This will include animations for the powerpoints in some cases.
If you are a GCSE student interested in tutoring, don’t be afraid to contact me. I charge £15 an hour and will try to mark any work you send me outside of lesson time.
I have put together a pack of all my Jekyll and Hyde teaching resources, that I use for my ten lesson tutoring series.
The pack contains nine full presentations, containing over a hundred slides, all designed and researched by me. The lessons are split between content, a few student activities in between, with exam practice at the end of every lesson, often based on sample answers I have prepared, which are also included in full in the pack. The lessons are based around key themes such as criminology, hoping to encourage students to develop a conceptual mindset when thinking about the text.
Alongside the core lessons, there are revision resources which correspond with the main material, such as revision cards with my analysis of key quotes and scenes, and a blank knowledge organizer to use for revision.
All of the files are PDFs, but if you’d prefer a Google docs/slides link, let me know. This will include animations for the powerpoints in some cases.
If you are a GCSE student interested in tutoring, don’t be afraid to contact me. I charge £15 an hour and will try to mark any work you send me outside of lesson time.