English literature and language resources from KS3-5. I have a real passion for teaching and learning and take great pleasure in creating and updating resources for students. The KS4 resources are based on the AQA specification. The KS5 resources are based on AQA English Literature B. Most resources are transferable and can easily be used regardless of this.
English literature and language resources from KS3-5. I have a real passion for teaching and learning and take great pleasure in creating and updating resources for students. The KS4 resources are based on the AQA specification. The KS5 resources are based on AQA English Literature B. Most resources are transferable and can easily be used regardless of this.
This is a complete top level IGCSE essay on the role of Jem in ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’. It was used as an exemple with pupils who annotated their copy with success criteria. It was also used with pupils to demonstrate how to plan an essay in exam conditions.
This is 63 page work booklet containing a full range of activities to use alongside the novel. It can be printed and bound and used as an alternative to an exercise book.
A two-sided A4 knowledge organiser for A-Level students studying 'Tess of the D'urbervilles'. It contains a bank of key information that relates to each of the AQA assessment objectives. My students have found it extremely useful as a quick reference point when constructing essay plans, particularly to ensure they are hitting all the assessment objectives. It is also an excellent revision tool. This was printed off and laminated.
A two-sided A4 knowledge organiser for A-Level students studying Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’. It contains a bank of key information that relates to each of the assessment objectives. My students have found it extremely useful as a quick reference point when constructing essay plans, particularly to ensure they are hitting all the assessment objectives. It is also an excellent revision tool. This was printed off and laminated for each student.
This is a comprehensive booklet of tasks to support the reading of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’. All work can be completed in the booklet. It is ready to be printed and given to pupils. There is an exemplar essay included in the booklet.
A complete and colour-coded top band essay response to the below question:
Starting with this extract, explain how far you think Shakespeare presents Lady Macbeth as a villain. (Act 1 Sc7 l.32-45)
A two-sided A4 knowledge organiser for A-Level students studying ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’. It contains a bank of key information that relates to each of the assessment objectives. My students have found it extremely useful as a quick reference point when constructing essay plans, particularly to ensure they are hitting all the assessment objectives. It is also an excellent revision tool. This was printed off and laminated for each student.
A top band essay on the significance of Boo Radley that was used to support the teaching of the text at IGCSE. It includes a task which challenges pupils to annotate the response with points from the success criteria.
A two-sided King Lear A4 knowledge organiser for A-Level students, that contains a bank of key information that relates to each of the AQA assessment objectives. My students have found it extremely useful as a quick reference point when constructing essay plans, particularly to ensure they are hitting all the assessment objectives. On the preview it appears as though the boxes overlap; this is not the case on the actual download.
A two-sided A4 knowledge organiser for A-Level students studying William Blake’s ‘Songs of Innocence and Experience’. It contains a bank of key information that relates to each of the AQA assessment objectives. My students have found it extremely useful as a quick reference point when constructing essay plans, particularly to ensure they are hitting all the assessment objectives. It is also an excellent revision tool. This was printed off and laminated.
A comprehensive literacy placemat that is double-sided. One side is based on reading literacy, and the other writing. These can be placed on all desks in the classrooms to support pupils as they work.
This is an exemplar comparative poetry essay which meets all of the Level 6 criteria for AQA . Pupils were asked to annotate this essay with points from the mark scheme before discussing as a class. Alternative, chunks of it can be used to teach particular skills.
Twenty-five questions, which become increasingly difficult, and are designed to test understanding of the text and the context surrounding it. If students are able to confidently answer all the questions in this resource, I would consider them to be well-prepared for their GCSE examination.
A set of 35 questions designed to test the students’ understanding of the play, based on the required assessment objectives. The questions increase in difficulty, and many require extended responses.
This is an extremely useful resource to be used alongside the study of J.B.Priestley’s ‘An Inspector Calls’. There are three booklets included that cover seven weeks of homework.
The first booklet contains weekly comprehensive homework tasks that requires pupils to learn key quotations, a short piece of contextual information and three pieces of vocabulary.
The second booklet contains weekly tests to check their learning. These tests are cumulative, so require pupils to retain knowledge from previous weeks.
The final booklet contains the answers to all weekly tests to enable teachers to quickly and accurately mark pupils’ work. This could alternatively be distributed to pupils in order for them to self or peer mark.
These booklets have proved to be invaluable in preparing our pupils for the demands of GCSE English Literature. Their ability to retain quotations and discuss the text confidently has greatly improved, and the pupils can see their learning is very clearly structured.
