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.
Weekly homework to accompany the study of 'The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' at GCSE. This resource contains three slides to be used each week for seven weeks. One slide contains a list of quotations from that week's reading of the text along with key terms to learn. It is followed by a slide that requires them to fill in the missing words from the quotations, and give definitions for the key terms. There is then a slide with an exam style essay question with a writing guide.
A KS3 vocabulary booklet that is designed to improve students' spelling and vocabulary use. It contains 29 weeks of vocabulary for students to learn, This is set as a weekly homework and they are tested on what they have learnt each week. Students must then write down the correct spelling, along with either a definition or an example of the word in use. The words chosen are taken from the Bedrock Vocabulary lists.
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 comprehensive lesson which provides students with detailed context on the play, before asking them to make links with key moments and quotations from across the text. There is a top grade exemplar for the students to assess their work against.
A comprehensive lesson which provided students with a differentiated task that involves them picking apart a top grade answer based on Eric, before scaffolding their own response.
A level six exemplar essay used with a high ability Y.11 set. This was used in class with the students to highlight how to effectively hit all the assessment objectives. Students annotated this before discussing it as a class.
An introduction and first paragraph modelled for the pupils in response to the question:
‘Starting with this extract, explore the significance of Lady Macbeth and Macbeth’s reactions to Duncan’s murder.’
The pupils were then asked to complete the second part of the essay.
Thirteen questions with allotted space to answer which tests the pupils’ ability to answer questions based on the required A-Level assessment objectives.
A lesson which focuses on Romeo and Juliet’s language and includes an activity which requires the pupils to act out part of the scene to support their understanding. The lesson culminates in an analytical paragraph with writing guide.
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.
This is a comprehensive set of resources for use at GCSE. Students are asked to learn a set of quotations, a piece of context and one to three key words for homework. This is cumulative. The corresponding tests require the students to retain and revise the information they have learnt in previous weeks.
With this bank of knowledge, they have the tools they need to produce high quality essays.
A teacher booklet is included with all relevant resources.
A lesson which provides students with the tools to write a detailed comparison of the two characters. It includes a detailed writing frame and exemplar paragraph.
A GCSE lesson which includes exemplars of openings to a creative writing piece that students need to rank, and then explain their rankings. Students then use what they learnt to construct their own openings.
A lesson which gets students to look at quotations from different points in the play in order to consider how Priestley has presented his character and why. It culminates in writing an essay.
