Thank you to TES user RichardGLamb for the texts. I’ve generated sample answers for each question in note form.

An Active Inspire mind map that explores the presentation of women in ‘Jekyll and Hyde’. UPDATE: this Active Inspire file and the other Jekyll and Hyde mind maps are available as screenshots on PowerPoint and as PDFs. If this is a more convenient software choice for you, please download/purchase this resource/bundle and then email me using the address on my store front. Just click on ‘More about this author’.

A collection of extracts from Canonical 19th Century fiction texts. Could be used as a basis for GCSE reading/writing practice questions.

3 WAGOLLs for the AQA 8702 question on how Dickens uses Marley’s Ghost and the other spirits to change Scrooge’s attitudes and behaviour. I’ve called them Level 3, 5 and 7+.

10 PowerPoint slides with practice tasks for AQA Language Paper 1, Question 5.

10 PowerPoint slides with practice tasks for AQA Language Paper 1, Question 5.

The fifth in the Unseen Poetry series: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/unseen-poetry-lesson-1-12130945 This lesson looks at rhyme and its purpose in two WW1 poems: ‘They’ by Siegfred Sassoon and ‘Who’s for the Game’ by Jessie Pope.

10 PowerPoint slides with practice tasks for AQA Language Paper 1, Question 5.

A handy introduction to sentence structure and everyday punctuation. Can be laminated and used as a learning mat.

A learning mat that can be laminated or blown up and used for display. It demonstrates how to use some everyday connectives.

A handy learning mat/display that reminds students how to use a colon and semi-colon.

An exploration of social class in Priestley's 'An Inspector Calls'. Could be used as a teaching tool with middle-upper GCSE groups.

A handy summary mat that provides key points and guidance in relation to several forms of transactional writing. UPDATED to include the original PPT slide.

An essay on two important theories of time and their representation in Priestley’s ‘An Inspector Calls’. Could be used as a teaching tool with middle-upper GCSE groups.

A handy flow chart that can be used a learning mat or a display. Its aim is to remind students how to use basic sentence punctuation.

A powerpoint that explores in some depth the socio-historical context of ‘Romeo and Juliet’. Use with middle ability groups.

An introduction to the use of similes, metaphors and personfication, suitable for upper KS2 and lower KS3 groups. **UPDATE: If you would prefer more up-to-date lessons on these descriptive techniques, please consider these alternatives: ** https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/similes-and-metaphors-for-la-ks3-12065155 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/personification-for-la-ks3-12069267

A powerpoint that explains the principal uses of the comma, suitable for middle-upper KS2/KS3 groups. There are differentiated activities included.

A lengthy powerpoint that covers the basics of capital letters, some key spelling rules and the concept of homophones. Suitable for middle-upper KS3.

A short unit of work that helps to prepare learners for AQA GCSE English Language Paper 2 (8700/2). Source A is an extract from ‘White Slavery in London’, published in 1888. Source B is an article published in 2013 about working conditions in an Amazon warehouse. A link to this is text is provided. The powerpoint contains questions 1-4, each with its own sample answer. If you can obtain a copy of the Paper 1 mark scheme, you may wish to ask learners to mark the sample answers provided. These files were last saved in Office 2016.