A checklist of how to write an essay, together with a checklist of more general features to include in all creative writing. Also includes three mock exam questions based on essays. Aimed at the AQA English language paper 2 exam, question 5.

A collection of ‘Othello’ mock exam questions for the AQA English literature A-Level paper 1 exam.

Ten mock exam questions for AQA English literature A-Level Spec A, Paper 2 Option 3 - My Boy Jack and Up the Line to Death.

This is a useful resource that I have used both at KS3 and KS4 for revision of the novel Lord of the Flies. You can use it for a revision lesson or for home study. There are 36 different questions/activities for students to complete. I have also created recall and retrieval grids for: An Inspector Calls Macbeth Animal Farm Much Ado About Nothing A Christmas Carol

12 questions based on articles for the AQA English language Paper 2 2022 exam - question 5. I’ve used this with my class and it has proven to be very useful for this year’s exam.

A lesson on the poem ‘Exposure’ by Wilfred Owen. Useful for the GCSE AQA Power and Conflict anthology and also AQA A-level Up the Line to Death anthology. The lesson has a ‘do now’ activity, context section, summary of the poem and then each line and stanza is broken down and analysed in depth. At the end of the lesson there are some review resources and exemplar essay questions.

This is a full lesson based on an extract from Act 3, Scene 4 - Banquo’s ghost. There is a ‘do now’ activity and a model what/how/why paragraph based the the extract. Useful for revision. I’ve used it today and have told my Year 11s this is my prediction for the the real AQA English literature paper 1 exam.

A simple but effective sheet on which students can analyse their own analysis to enable them to see what points on the mark scheme they are hitting. I have used this successfully in my lessons for a number of years, photocopying the sheet on to A3 and ensuring the students stick their essays in the middle before annotating their own analysis.

A simple but effective sheet on which students can analyse their own analysis to enable them to see what points on the mark scheme they are hitting. I have used this successfully in my lessons for a number of years, photocopying the sheet on to A3 and ensuring the students stick their essays in the middle before annotating their own analysis.

A simple but effective sheet on which students can analyse their own analysis to enable them to see what points on the mark scheme they are hitting. I have used this successfully in my lessons for a number of years, photocopying the sheet on to A3 and ensuring the students stick their essays in the middle before annotating their own analysis. This can be used for Love and Relationships too.

A useful revision resource for the main themes in ‘A Christmas Carol’. I’ve used it with my classes for homework and in lessons. It can also be a handy cover lesson too.

A few lessons that can be used for the start of the play.

Two short activities directing students to create scripts about events in ‘The Tempest’ based on a BBC news report and The Jeremy Kyle Show.

You can use this as a PowerPoint or a wall display. Each slide/sheet is a key word that students can misspell in examinations and generally in their everyday writing.

A visual representation of the extremes of politics to help students understand the reasons why Orwell created the novel, ‘Animal Farm’. There is also a list of key vocabulary with definitions.

A fantastic quiz for all Roald Dahl lovers. There are four rounds of ten questions. Round 1 focuses on book covers. Round 2 looks at characters. Round 3 requires a good knowledge of famous Dahl quotations from his books, while the fourth and final round is a set general knowledge questions about Dahl’s life and works.

PowerPoint analysing ‘England to her Sons’ an early WW1 jingoistic poem by WN Hodgson. This poem is a part of the ‘Up the Line to Death’ poetry anthology and is used extensively in AQA’s English literature A-level, WW1 and Its Aftermath. I have used this with many classes over the years. This resource also includes a knowledge organiser I have made for the poem with references to The Wipers Times for the 2023 examination.

A comparative revision clock for ‘Romeo and Juliet’ comparing the two families. Useful for a homework assignment or for a revision lesson.

A quick revision sheet focusing on the character of Osborne from the play Journey’s End.