Six unseen prose exam questions that all follow the AQA exam format. The extracts are all from post-1945 novels: The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Life of Pi, After the Fire, The Remains of the Day, The Bell Jar and The Power.
A 30 page Gothic booklet, including the following:
A definition of Gothic and a list of notable works
An explanation of ‘10 essential’ Gothic elements
Historical context
Images and graphs to explain ‘how to tell if you’re reading a Gothic novel’
A Gothic vocabulary word bank
Extracts from: The Tell-Tale Heart, Frankenstein, The Raven, Jekyll and Hyde, Dracula, Rebecca, The Shining, Mexican Gothic and 3 graphic novels.
Articles and blog posts about recent Gothic fashion, Stranger Things as retro Gothic and how we’re living in Gothic times currently
A YA Gothic Fiction reading list, including a range of graphic novels.
The booklet is beautifully laid-out and includes images on every page.
A very detailed quotation revision sheets, organised by theme and characters. There is a separate sheet for each of the three parts in the novel. Approximately 100 quotations altogether.
The recap quiz contains 35 fill in the blank factual questions about all 15 poems. There is also an answer sheet for teachers. The quote quiz includes 3 fill in the blank quotes per poem - again, containing all 15 poems.
Five unseen poetry questions, laid out exactly like the GCSE AQA exam questions. PowerPoint including with activities, an explanation of the marking schemes for unseen poetry and a template for how to layout the unseen poetry essay.
A project for multiple lessons, cover lessons or homework where students describe a character in detail using a step-by-step planning guide. Suitable for Years 7-9.
18 lessons designed for Year 7, with the goal of improving literacy skills - reading, writing, speaking and listening - with a focus on non-fiction.
The lessons follow the Year 7 journey: new beginnings, friendship, hobbies, diversity and education. They could be used as a half term scheme of work or as a fortnightly skills recap across the year. The final project is to create a Year 7 survival guide.
The lessons are beautifully laid out, relevant, fun and include an array of skill stops.
A PowerPoint to walk students through theme and character revision notes and quotes. Two worksheets for annotating theme and character quotes. Perfect for GCSE revision.
AQA A-Level Unseen Poetry - 5 exam questions laid out exactly like the exam papers, tips on how to approach the exam questions, 10 love poems to analyse in lesson and a list of poems to analyse independently. Great for students or teachers using the new AQA A-Level English Literature exam.
Quotation grid that shows which quotes can be used for both themes and characters to help students to revise effectively. A fill in the blank quotation quiz is included.
Whole scheme of work for Willy Russell’s updated musical Our Day Out. There are 8 detailed PowerPoints/ lessons with hyperlinks to video clips and songs from the musical. There is a midterm quiz and a final assessment where students are asked to analyse a character from the play using an extract. There are extra homework/ cover lesson tasks and a knowledge organiser.
Lessons on 13 poems from Skirrid Hill by Owen Sheers. Includes multiple essay questions, a critical theory worksheets, homework tasks, and a guide to which poems fall under which theme in the collection. Suitable for Y12 and 13.
Lessons covering the whole of Lord of the Flies by William Golding. Includes worksheets, homework tasks, assessment practice and analytical paragraph writing guides/ sentence starters. Suitable for Year 9-11.
16+ lessons on Skellig by David Almond, covering the whole novel. Includes worksheets, homework tasks, a practice assessment, an assessment and analytical paragraph writing guides/ sentence starters. Suitable for Year 6, 7 or 8.