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Also available as part of Unit 4 Bundle /teaching-resource/gcse-ccea-unit-4-exam-task-2-comparing-texts-12446799 Student instruction booklet for Unit 4, Task 1: Personal and Creative Writing 26-page document. User and Teacher friendly Used in class as a thorough REVISION booklet. (Even more comprehensive version available in early 2021) Includes: Review of Past Paper topics Checklist of topics for Personal Writing Student to complete common Personal Writing themes Student to complete of more thoughtful Personal Writing themes Student to complete quick descriptive practice Helpful overview of how to approach Personal and Creative Writing - including how to open and conclude Student to complete 11 Personal Writing Topics - short, engaging introductions supplied as an example for how to begin each question theme. Example response upleveled - three attempts with three feedback and guidance for approval - students will see the increasing competence as each attempt improves. Example creative response ‘Description of place’ Example creative response - looking at connotation affecting storyline and word choice 5 guided Student responses to Creative Images (all sourced via Google Images) 8 further Creative Images to be used at teacher’s discretion 3 story arc outline tasks supplied to aid response to 3 further creative images Personal Writing mat - brings together all writing advice, and example questions.

Also available as part of my full Unit 1 BUNDLE of all 5 tasks. /teaching-resource/resource-12446833 Student instruction booklet for Unit 1, Task 1: Functional Writing 45-page document User friendly for both teacher and student. Tried and tested in the classroom as a thorough REVISION booklet. (Even more comprehensive version available in early 2021) Provides: Exam basics and advice Typical topics Legacy and current spec Questions Fully comprehensive list of possible questions - 25 possible themes gathered to be analysed - with over 100 questions divided variously among them - to stimulate debate, research, essays etc Advice basics about WHAT and to WHOM you are writing Four pages of advice for WRITING EFFECTIVELY including handy Essay Layout Exercises to complete: compiling similar questions and reacting to thought provoking questions Separate planning pages for controversial topics: smoking/abortion/drugs etc Highly effective STUDENT SCAFFOLD for full Essay Layout - has been used for every topic in the classroom Three example essay titles with developed answers and guidance for completion: Organ Donation/Tolerance/Tattoos and Piercings Student research of 12 separate topics - for and against points - gathered collaboratively - comprehensive and easy to use as stimulus for completion of essays.

Also available as part of my full Unit 1 BUNDLE of all 5 tasks. /teaching-resource/resource-12446833 A complete pupil booklet covering all aspects of Tasks 3 with help from three CCEA GCSE publications: textbook, revision book and resource booklet. 37-page document A matching Teacher answer booklet to accompany and aid completion of Student work. All Student work is answered int he teacher booklet. User and teacher friendly. Provides: guidance for what to expect, and how to approach the task example layout guiding the student through expected responses activity to aid deduction of implicit and explicit writing five structured activities to aid the correct choosing of quotations six structured activities to aid appropriate summarising of the author’s argument ten exam practice tasks, imitating the correct styling of the exam inclusion of past papers questions (four to date) and the specimen question Teacher booklet provides suggestions and example paragraphs for all tasks, including exam practice tasks.

Teacher and Student Booklets All work to assist with the delivery of the current 12 Heaney and 12 Frost poems specificed for CCEA GCE AS Poetry, AS 1. Heaney: Personal Helicon The Forge The Peninsula The Wife’s Tale Bogland The Harvest Bow The Railway Children The Summer of Lost Rachel Postscript ‘Had I Not Been Awake’ The Conway Stewart The Baler Frost Into My Own Mowing Going for Water Mending Wall After Apple Picking The Road Not Taken Birches “Out, Out-” For Once, Then, Something Gathering Leaves Acquainted with the Night Desert Places 12 page Student Booklet to be completed - ‘Heaney and Frost Introduction Booklet’ - includes information on Assessment Objectives, key literary terms, space for further biographical information, and possible poem pairings for themes. 24 PP Slides - (Image) Visual representation for each poem Comprehensive 24 page booklet for Student/Teacher to assist learning about/ teaching of Robert Frost poems - notes for each poem detailing information on narrative, context, message, form and structure, language, tone and themes Comprehensive 20 page booklet for Student/Teacher to assist learning about/ teaching of each Seamus Heaney poems - notes for each poem detailing information on narrative, context, message, form and structure, language, tone and themes 24 pdfs - each providing a fully annotated version of the named poem - annotated to account for choices of language and imagery - all techniques are abbreviated and present in short form, inside a circle. e.g. ‘M’ inside a circle = metaphor, ‘Sib’ = sibilance etc Checklist for poems for both poets (24 in total - 12 each) Blank Summary document - for Student revision purposes

A complete Unit of work for both student and teacher - engaging and original. There are many options for close reading comprehensions for “Private Peaceful”, but this unit offers thoughtful, engaging and skill-enhancing work for each chapter. The student is encouraged to critique and explain the development of character; or writer’s craft, creating PEE paragraphs and PETE paragraphs - with the inclusion of TECHNIQUE, among other challenges… All excepts are copyright of Michael Murpurgo. In my classroom,** “Private Peaceful”** is taught in tandem with “War Poetry” and there are several occasions when overlap is made - check out my complete Student and Teacher Booklets, as well as some free samples below: War Poetry Booklets + PP /teaching-resource/resource-12375733 Wildred Owen’s “Dolce” - free /teaching-resource/resource-12366844 Jessie Pope’s “Who’s for the Game” - free /teaching-resource/resource-12366846 “The Target” Essay Analysis /teaching-resource/resource-12506386 Included here: Chapter 1 - notes and tasks Chapter 2 - description of mother, example supplied; character analysis of Big Joe - mix and match creation of PETE paragraphs; close analysis of Grandma Wolf using BARSCAP - all with answers. Chapter 3 - close analysis of entire chapter - close reading, technique spotting and explanations - annotated chapter included - with answers. Chapter 4 - tasks including PETE development, creation of newspaper article - all with answers and samples Chapter 5 - tasks including the development of Charlie and Molly’s relationship, creation of Love Letter between them - guidance and sample pupil example provided - with answers. Chapter 6 - tasks including Big Joe’s disappearance and close analysis of negative and positive atmosphere - how it is created - all with answers Chapter 7 - tasks including close reading, differentiated work for the Seargant Major’s speech, propaganda work (linked to “War Poetry” resource - all with answers Chapter 8 - tasks including close reading, scaffolding of PETE paragraphs, BARSCAP analysis of Sergeant Hanley - with answers Chapter 9 - tasks including reality of life in the trenches - notes and table supplied; PETE paragraph work for Tension; PEE and technique work; links to ‘The Target’ - with answers Chapter 10 - three options for close analysis - scaffolded and guided analysis using PEE/PETE; a look at colloquial language and Tommo’s changing feelings - with answers Chapter 11 - thorough questions of the whole chapter - could be used as an assessment - close references to ‘Dulce’; Letter home from Tommo with notes to assist - with answers Chapter 12 - key questions to aid understanding of what happened and why - looking again at Hanley (add to BARSCAP from Chapter 8); notes to aid creation of the courtroom dialogue - with answers Chapter 13 + Postscript - analysis of Charlie’s last moments, and questions

A booklet offering a thorough introduction to the poems of Seamus Heaney. Includes: Blackberry-Picking Death of a Naturalist Mid-Term Break Digging Follower Clearances 5 Clearances 3 In the last minutes

A complete set of resources covering all aspects of teaching the Identity Anthology for CCEA GCSE Unit 2 Literature course. You won’t need anything else! Includes: Identity Anthology Pupil Booklet - for students to complete as the poems are being taught - includes space to complete context, poetic techniques and sample Question at the back. Pdf of Teacher completed Identity Anthology Pupil Booklet - all context complete and images of some annotated poems - see separate pdf for all annotated poems - Noteboook file is even more useful Identity Anthology Student Summaries - blank, to reveal students’ learning - to complete after the teaching of each poem Identity Anthology of poems - blank, for exams PowerPoint Identity Poems - Images, Author info, Context, Message, Themes Handwritten Annotations - in pdf form, Identity Poetry TES; multiple versions of poems dependent on class ability; also available in Notebook form, Identity Poetry TES Poetry Essay Layout Word Document of Context Notes Sample Comparative Essay Titles x18 Completed Comparative Essay Title ideas Poetic Themes - Ideas for Comparison PowerPoint -Images and Poem o accompany teaching of Prayer Before Birth PowerPoint -Images and Poem to accompany teaching of Mrs Tischer’s Class PowerPoint -Images and Poem to accompany teaching of I Remember, I Remember Full Essay - how choices affect identity - Road Not Taken and Invictus Essay Notes - sense of who you are - Here and Belfast Confetti 2 Different Approaches to How Childhood Affect us - Essay Notes and Developed Language and Imagery Section 3 Variations to How Relationships Affect Us - Essay Notes and Developed Language and Imagery Section 2 Variations to A Sense of Who We Are - Essay Notes and Developed Language and Imagery Section

Also available as part of my full Unit 1 BUNDLE of all 5 tasks. /teaching-resource/resource-12446833 Task 2 A complete 31-page pupil booklet covering all aspects of Task 2, taking some inspiration from CCEA GCSE publications and past papers from different boards. Sample Teacher annotation and paragraphs have been provided for the majority of the work – please note, in most cases the same article has been annotated up to three different ways to accommodate the ability level of the class, therefore the sample answers range from basic to advanced. This resource provides: • A 31-page pupil booklet • 11 separate documents of Teacher answers matching the tasks of the booklet – for a variety of pupil ability. • This booklet carries the student through from easy to harder tasks, assisting in the building up of confidence as they grow accustomed to the task styles. • Guidance for what to expect, and how to approach the task • Worked example layout guiding the student through expected responses • Exam guidance and annotation of past paper layout • What to look for when analysing a variety of techniques • Five short tasks where students annotate for key term • Seven longer tasks where students annotate for named techniques and work through the accompanying tasks • Seven practice articles to be worked on independently

Two booklets covering the character of Curley’s Wife ‘Of Mice and Men’ Student Booklet - to be completed - 14 pages Teacher Booklet - with suggested answers - 14 pages Booklet covers: Introduction and guidance for how to complete a Character Essay Sample Paragraph Layout with suggested terminology/phrases Key words to describe Curley’s Wife Notes on Female Characters in the novel Discussion of sympathy/lack of sympathy for her Evidence/Quotes - analysed with techniques and explanations Example paragraphs with clear layout Area for summarising learning under mnemonic ‘BARSCAP’ FULL BOOKLET with all CHARACTERS will be AVAILABLE SOON

This resource is the first in a series of GCSE booklets designed to be user friendly and cover all aspects of the novel and writer’s technique. These booklets have been created by a CCEA examiner for English Literature, have been tried and tested in the classroom, and cover all aspects of the curriculum. Currently available: *Of Mice and Men: Background *Of Mice and Men: Chapter by Chapter /teaching-resource/ccea-of-mice-and-men-chapter-by-chapter-12366451 *Of Mice and Men: Characters *Of Mice and Men: Themes *Of Mice and Men: Writer’s Technique Answer booklets will be available upon request.

Notes for Parts 1-3; focused class work for Parts 4-8 - with answers. Teacher Notes Part 1: Teacher Notes to stimulate writing on the ‘Power of Words’ for Auggie Part 2: Teacher Notes on Via’s key metaphor and her struggles Part 3: Teacher Notes on Summer’s key characteristic Julian: Teacher Notes looking at the some of the presentation his character** Student Work + Teacher Answers for each section. Part 4: Divided into two parts: 4a - Adjectives and Key Questions; 4b: Vocabulary work, close reading Q, PEE paragraphs Part 5: Grammar work, multi-choice, vocabulary work, PEE work Part 6: Close reading work, multi-choice, vocabulary work, PEE work, Emotions work Part 7: Vocabulary crossword, multi-choice, PEE work, Chekov’s gun Links Part 8: First section work only - facts and opinions, research work, close reading, setting etc After Reading: Book Review and Alphabet Quiz

Student and Teacher Booklets covering a full range of John Donne’s love, death and God-themed poems. The following poems are analysed in this resource with both a student and a teacher booklet provided FOR EACH poem: The Flea The Good-Morrow The Sun Rising The Canonization The Anniversary A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning The Ecstasy The Relic Elegy XIX: To his Mistress going to bed Loves Deity Good Friday 1613: Riding Westward Holy Sonnet VII: At the round Earth’s Holy Sonnet X: Death be not Proud Holy Sonnet XIV: Batter my Heart Each poem comes with: A blank Student Booklet A completed Teacher Booklet A pdf of Narrative Annotations to explain the poem A pdf of Poetic Technique Annotations to explain the poem Also included in this resource: Pre-Tasks: Timeline of John Donne, specfic themes to research ** John Donne - Blank Poem Booklet** (x14 poems) John Donne - Context Booklet (x19 pages) Student (blank) and Teacher (completed) booklet John Donne - Exam Booklet - Past Paper and Theme questions (x11). Guidance on how to write an essay; several helpful tables dividing poems into ‘Love’ and ‘God’ poems; Love topics; God and Death topics and matching poems John Donne - Essay Planning Booklet (x23 pages) 6.** Love poems** - questions for each poem; language work (x18 pages) The Flea- sample paragraphs and guided work John Donne + Love - copy of excellent article (referenced); example essay paragraphs for Love poems; example introductions for Love poems John Donne + God - notes; three essay plans provided

Two booklets covering the character of Candy ‘Of Mice and Men’ Student Booklet - to be completed - 13 pages Teacher Booklet - with suggested answers - 13 pages Booklet covers: Introduction and guidance for how to complete a Character Essay Sample Paragraph Layout with suggested terminology/phrases Key words to describe Candy Key Experiences analysed Evidence/Quotes - analysed with techniques and explanations Example paragraphs with clear layout Area for summarising learning under mnemonic ‘BARSCAP’ FULL BOOKLET with all CHARACTERS will be AVAILABLE SOON

Two booklets covering the character of Crooks in ‘Of Mice and Men’ Student Booklet - to be completed - 16 pages Teacher Booklet - with suggested answers - 16 pages Booklet covers: Introduction and guidance for how to complete a Character Essay Sample Paragraph Layout with suggested terminology/phrases Key words to describe Crooks Overview of Themes: Racism, Prejudice, Strength, Weaknesses Key Experiences Close analysis of Possessions Evidence/Quotes - analysed with techniques and explanations Example paragraphs with clear layout Area for summarising learning under mnemonic ‘BARSCAP’ FULL BOOKLET with all CHARACTERS will be AVAILABLE SOON

This resource is an accessible and informative presentation of comparison between the characters of Animal Farm (images taken from the film) and their counterparts in the real Russian Revolution. Each pairing of images is followed by historical information, accurately explaining the real character and their historical behaviour. See also the free resource /teaching-resource/animal-farm-characters-russian-sticers-12366420 where the pairings can be printed out as stickers.

Student Booklet – 92 pages Key information provided, space to complete work on Characters and Contexts. Quotations provided for each character and each context. For each context, quotations have been divided under separate titles, helpful to stimulate ideas for essay planning. Exam Questions provided, followed by space to complete plan for answer. Included: Exam Basics Contexts and Themes Essay Layout Advice Characters – 8 key characters, space to complete key words Characters – area for research and teaching Characters – 8 key characters, complete with key quotations Context – Biography + Exam Question + Example Response Context – American Settlement and Frontier + Quotations + Exam Question Context – America Post WW1 Context – The Jazz Age/The Roaring Twenties + Quotations + Exam Question Context – American Dream + Quotations + Exam Questions Context – Divided Society (inc. Racism and Industrialism) + Quotations + Exam Questions Extra Exam Questions – The Great Gatsby + Today Context – Prohibition and Organised Crime + Quotations + Exam Questions Context – Geography + Quotations + Exam Questions Context – Type of Hero + Quotations + Exam Questions Context – Social Satire + Quotations + Exam Questions Context – Romantic Novel + Quotations + Exam Questions Context – Realist Novel + Exam Questions Context – Symbolism + Quotations + Exam Questions Context – Novel of Manners Teacher Booklet – 96 pages Exactly the same as the student booklet, with teaching notes and essay plans included. Included: Characters – key words provided Characters – area for research and teaching Characters – key quotations Context – Biography Notes + Exam Question + Example Response Context – American Settlement and Frontier Notes + Quotations + Exam Question with two essay response plans Context – America Post WW1 Notes Context – The Jazz Age/The Roaring Twenties Notes + Quotations + Exam Question with essay response plan Context – American Dream Notes + Quotations + Exam Questions with essay response plan Context – Divided Society (inc. Racism and Industrialism) Notes + Quotations + Exam Questions with two essay response plans Extra Exam Questions – The Great Gatsby + Today with essay response notes Context – Prohibition and Organised Crime Notes + Quotations + Exam Questions with essay response plan Context – Geography Notes + Quotations + Exam Questions Context – Type of Hero Notes + Quotations + Exam Questions with essay response notes Context – Social Satire + Quotations + Exam Questions Context – Romantic Novel Notes + Quotations + Exam Questions Context – Realist Novel + Exam Questions with essay response notes Context – Symbolism Notes + Quotations + Exam Questions Context – Novel of Manners Notes + Exam Question Three sample essays to annotate and improve - Gangsters, Geography, Women Individual overviews for All imagery taken from Movie and Google images

Making use of the text ‘Ex-Poser’ by Paul Jennings, this resource carefully and accessibly works through how to answer ten comprehension questions using PEE - the method of Point, Evidence, Explanation. This has proven to be a really useful way to introduce PEE into the classroom and to ensure it is applied correctly.

A enjoyable introduction to these three techniques, with accompanying activities to consolidate learning. Please find Part 2: Alliteration, Onomatopoeia and Rhyme in My Shop

A simple PowerPoint offering a picture and short summary for each scene in each act. All images taken from Google. Suggested use: as a visual aid; to summarise and refer to scenes left unread; as a recap aid.

A enjoyable introduction to these three techniques, with accompanying activities to consolidate learning. Please also find Part 1: Simile, Metaphor, Personification /teaching-resource/resource-12366870