40 different GCSE style practice questions, including the 2017 & 2018 AQA exam.

Here are my changed up / edited versions of the Ruth Miskin Fresh Start booklets to make them more suitable for my classes as I wanted to add a few more things in & change the order it was in. I have currently edited modules 2-25 and will add 26+ onto this resource once I have done them, so keep checking back so that you can just re-download them with your original purchase.

17 lessons on based on Roald Dahl’s ‘Boy’. I find it takes longer than 17 lessons as the reading tends to take longer, so probably more like 20-25 lessons worth. We use this as our introductory SOW for year 7 so fit for mixed ability groups.

Adapted my An Inspector Calls scheme for a low ability group I’m teaching this year. Also includes the online text, broken down into character interrogations.

40 different GCSE style practice questions, including the 2017 & 2018 AQA exam.

A blank Literature and Language QLA. Language QLA is broken down to individual questions to see which questions your class is either exeeding in or falling behind in. Literature QLA has broken down the invidiual Assessment Objectives. AO1, AO2 & AO3 are all broken down out of 30 marks. We mark the individual AOs to see students strengths and weaknesses. We do use an A-E system (Advanced, Secure, Developing & Emerging), but these can be changed.

5 essay responses to the 2018 AQA exam question ‘How does Priestley explore the importance of social class in An Inspector Calls.’ All responses have been colour coded to Assessment Objectives and are clearly graded. Marks are out of 30. Also included a blank version that is ungraded to use for standardisation purposes.

10 essay responses to the 2018 AQA exam question ‘Explore how Shakespeare presents the attitudes of Macbeth and Banquo towards the supernatural.’ All responses have been colour coded to Assessment Objectives and are clearly graded. Marks are out of 30 but there is a note of what each got for AO4. Most are seeds from AQA exam. Also included a blank version that is ungraded to use for standardisation purposes.

24 complete lessons working through the plot, characters and context of Hamlet. All resources included.

40 different GCSE style practice questions, including the 2017 & 2018 AQA exam.

7 essay responses to the 2018 AQA exam question ‘Explore how Dickens presents Scrooge’s fears in A Christmas Caroll.’ All responses have been colour coded to Assessment Objectives and are clearly graded. Marks are out of 30. Also included a blank version that is ungraded to use for standardisation purposes.

15 complete lessons that cover persuasive techniques, Malala, the Black Lives Matter movement, Global Warming & Greta Thunberg, Gender Equality issues. Resources included. Can be used for either KS3 or GCSE. We have used it as lead up to the GCSE Spoken Language Component.

PowerPoint and independent worksheet working through annotations for the poem Bayonet Charge. There is also a revision sheet and challenge tasks.

PowerPoint and independent worksheet working through annotations for the poem Exposure. There is also a revision sheet and challenge tasks.

40 different GCSE style practice questions, including the 2017 & 2018 AQA exam.

10 lessons breaking down the sections of a narrative. Lessons could easily be spread out over longer lessons with more writing time given.

Independent worksheets for students to explore their annotations using question prompts and help notes. Only completed for the following poems so far, but will add as I go. Bayonet Charge Charge of the Light Brigade Exposure Kamikaze

An outline to help students carry out independent research on the context of ACC.

A Christmas Carol essay 28/30 marks

A full mark Macbeth essay