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A sheet with ambitious vocabulary for students. Used to improve their vocabulary in creative writing. Categorised as follows: words for smells, tastes, feels, sounds, buildings, big, small, walk, weather.

Poetry knowledge organiser including subject terminology and definitions for Language, Structure and Form. Ideal to use at KS3 and KS4. Personally, I laminate them and place them on tables or print them and give to students to glue into front of anthologies for GCSE.

A worksheet for use as a single cover lesson on Golding’s Lord of the Flies. Designed for KS3 but easily adapted for KS4. Close reading questions focused on extract, followed by two possible exam style questions to choose from.

A grade 8/9 descriptive writing response to an image. Uses highly ambitious vocabulary, sentence structure and punctuation. Uses a wide range of complex linguistic features successfully. Description of an image of a car graveyard (image attached to response)

A full grade 9 essay comparing conflict in Exposure and Bayonet. Thesis + 3 big idea paragraphs. Ideal for using as an example after teaching Power and Conflict cluster to students at KS4.

5 exemplar responses for GCSE English Language descriptive writing. Each is written in response to a descriptive writing prompt. Used with top sets as examples of successful writing. mysterious situation peaceful setting abandoned setting inside of a house happiness

An essay for Willy Russell’s Blood Brothers considering the purpose of the narrator. Used with top set Y11.

A booklet that I created for my Y11 more able pupils. Collection of academic non fiction with questions for each source. Ables students to develop understanding of context and leads to more insightful analysis of the text.

Grade 6/7 exemplar response for Paper 1 Q5 Four paragraphs using a variety of sentence types, punctuation and vocabulary

An exemplar response for AQA P2 Q5. ‘Climate change is the most important issue facing the planet. We must act reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions before it is too late’. Write a speech persuading people to change their lifestyles and help reduce emissions. Used for higher ability students to help them reach grades 7-9.

An exemplar answer for AQA Language Paper 1 Q5 using a snow globe as stimulus for writing

Level 6 exemplar response for AQA Literature Paper 2 considering how mothers are presented in the play (grade 8/9 overall)

A booklet of 5 academic articles sourced from JSTOR. Each article has linked questions and ‘To what extent’ style task. Easily used for homework over a half term, or using to teach key themes/context alongside the reading of the text in lessons.

A full mark response to AQA Paper 2 Q5 (non-fiction writing). “Students in more challenging circumstances are desperate for an education. Students in this country take their education for granted and expect their teachers to do the work for them.” Write an article to explain your point of view on this statement.

A model thesis and first paragraph for the question: How does Shakespeare present Macbeth’s ambition? Topic sentence for second and third paragraphs and room for writing a We Do model, followed by students’ independent paragraph. I Do We Do You Do structure applied to essay. Great for introducing essay writing or feedback after assessment.

Two A3 worksheets for the AQA Power and Conflict cluster 1x Comparing the power of nature in Exposure and Storm on the Island 1x Comparing conflict in War Photographer and Remains Perfect for independent work after covering all the poems

An extract from 'Animal Farm' by George Orwell and an accompanying Language Paper 1 Q4.

A modelled response answering the question How does Russell present the theme of childhood and growing up? Meets all level 6 criteria on mark scheme. Roughly level 8.

An A4 guide for students on how to answer Q 1-4 in Language Paper 2 (non-fiction) Includes print screens of questions to build familiarity with format.

Help sheet for writing simple, compound and both types of complex sentences. Useful for printing and laminating for a classroom resource.