Engaging and accessible resources for GCSE and A-Level English and Drama. Powerpoints, worksheets, quizzes and exam practice developed by a teacher with over 20 years teaching experience. You can feel confident that the resources are classroom tested and up to date. If you liked one of your purchases and want one for free, leave a 5* review and email ravenresources@yahoo.com. Include your TES username and your preferred resource. Before you know it, you'll have a second resource absolutely free.
Engaging and accessible resources for GCSE and A-Level English and Drama. Powerpoints, worksheets, quizzes and exam practice developed by a teacher with over 20 years teaching experience. You can feel confident that the resources are classroom tested and up to date. If you liked one of your purchases and want one for free, leave a 5* review and email ravenresources@yahoo.com. Include your TES username and your preferred resource. Before you know it, you'll have a second resource absolutely free.
32 task cards on Romeo and Juliet with a variety of activities. Great for GCSE revision of Shakespeare’s play.
Just print and cut along the dotted line. A quick an effective activity for students of . Can be used as a starter, plenary or an opportunity to stretch and challenge students who have completed class work.
Laminate the cards and use again and again.
Questions are specific to Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Activities include quick questions in multiple choice or true and false format with a couple of longer creative tasks.
Students are asked about their knowledge of Romeo and Juliet including when events happen, who says what, what happens, definitions of words used in the play and definitions of specific dramatic techniques relevant to the play.
Cards are on an easy to print pdf.
Pack includes a word documents student answer sheet that can be used to record a student’s progress through the cards and which cards they have answers.
A teacher’s response sheet is also included with a quick and accessible way of checking student responses.
Questions are appropriate to a secondary school and college aged student.
To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell is a detailed set of teaching activities that progress students through an understanding of the poem with a 12 page PowerPoint presentation.
The PowerPoint presentation covers:
1. A starter activity focused on the title that frames the approaches of the students.
2. Links to readings of the poems and a short Kahoot quiz.
3. Brief contextual information about Andrew Marvell and Metaphysical Poets.
4. Notes on the structure of the poem to provide students with a way to approach the poem.
5. Questions that focus on a close reading of the three sections of the poem.
6. Broad questions about Marvell’s use of satire and the role of love in the poem.
7. A creative activity to apply their understanding of the structure and get students to think beyond the poem.
After working through the PowerPoint presentation and the questions, students should have an awareness of the specific literary elements of the poem and broad understanding of the larger concepts, such as love.
Creative writing fiction prompt with a differentiated set of worksheets.
A creative writing prompt providing a visual motivation with the guidance of activities and questions to get students started with their creative writing.
A set of worksheets provide support for a creative writing prompt. The worksheets act as handouts for students at three levels of ability:
Expert level: students are provided with a picture for inspiration and an opening line.
Advanced: in addition to the picture for inspiration and an opening line, Advanced worksheets also contain idea generating questions.
Foundation: in addition to a picture for inspiration, an opening line and idea generating questions, Foundation worksheets also contain sentences starts to ensure variety of sentences and wow words to add variety to student writing.
A series of 3 worksheets at the three levels of Expert, Advanced and Foundation are available with a Powerpoint of 20 Creative Writing Fiction Prompts.
Creative Writing Fiction Prompts: Series 1 Worksheets and Powerpoint
Creative Writing Fiction Prompts: Series 2 Powerpoint
To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell is a detailed set of teaching activities that progress students through an understanding of the poem with a 12 page PowerPoint presentation.
The PowerPoint presentation covers:
1. A starter activity focused on the title that frames the approaches of the students.
2. Links to readings of the poems and a short Kahoot quiz.
3. Brief contextual information about Andrew Marvell and Metaphysical Poets.
4. Notes on the structure of the poem to provide students with a way to approach the poem.
5. Questions that focus on a close reading of the three sections of the poem.
6. Broad questions about Marvell’s use of satire and the role of love in the poem.
7. A creative activity to apply their understanding of the structure and get students to think beyond the poem.
After working through the PowerPoint presentation and the questions, students should have an awareness of the specific literary elements of the poem and broad understanding of the larger concepts, such as love.
GCSE and A Level resources for 1 hour and 30 minutes of teaching on ‘London’ by William Blake. Suggestions for further activities or additional activities are also included.
The pack includes:
• A two page student worksheet with a selection of activities and questions.
• A 26 slide PowerPoint reflecting all activities on the worksheet which some extra explanation. Essay questions and an additional poem is provided for a comparison activity.
• A ten question PowerPoint comprehension quiz that can be shown on a whiteboard and students can mark their own answers.
• A lesson plan guide with the task split into three 30 minute sections. Work can, of course, be extended for longer sessions or 30 minute sessions can be put together for an hour lesson.
This resource encourages close reading, critical writing, discussion and retention of important ideas and quotations from ‘London’. Students can be set the work independently or the work can be presented in a more collaborative class atmosphere.
The text of this poem is available at Project Gutenberg:
All the images used in the pack are available for commercial use.
William Blake poems also available:
The Garden of Love
Introduction to the Songs of Innocence
The Tiger
The Lamb
The Echoing Green
Also available William Blake Poetry Bundle which includes: ‘The Garden of Love’, ‘Introduction to the Songs of Innocence’, ‘The Tiger’, ‘The Lamb’ and ‘The Echoing Green’.
A 15 question multiple choice comprehension quiz in PowerPoint with an answer section. Perfect for students to write down their answers and then mark their own (or each other’s answers).
The quiz covers 15 question from across the novel including locations, character and quotations.
Answers are included in the second half of the quiz with teacher controlled animated answer reveals.
The Quiz is controlled by the teacher and can take anything from 5 minutes to 15 minutes to complete in class.
Check out the complete series of quizzes with quizzes on all 9 chapters (totalling 135 questions) and quizzes on locations, chapter knowledge and the car motif.
Check out The Great Gatsby Mega Quiz with nine rounds and 75 interactive questions, great for revision or an end of unit quiz.
A Level and GCSE resources for 1 hour and 30 minutes of teaching on ‘There’s a Certain Slant of Light’ by Emily Dickinson. Suggestions for further activities or additional activities are also included.
The pack includes:
• A two page student worksheet with a selection of activities and questions.
• A 25 slide PowerPoint reflecting all activities on the worksheet which some extra explanation. Essay questions and an additional Emily Dickinson poem is provided for a comparison activity.
• A ten question PowerPoint comprehension quiz that can be shown on a whiteboard and students can mark their own answers.
• A lesson plan guide with the task split into three 30 minute sections. Work can, of course, be extended for longer sessions or 30 minute sessions can be put together for an hour lesson.
This resource encourages close reading, critical writing, discussion and retention of important ideas and quotations from ‘There’s a Certain Slant of Light’. Students can be set the work independently or the work can be presented in a more collaborative class atmosphere.
The text of this poem is available at Project Gutenberg. Further details on Emily Dickinson and some manuscript versions of her poems can be found at Poetry Foundation.
All the images used in the pack are available for commercial use.
Emily Dickinson poems also available:
This World is not Conclusion
He fumbles at your Soul
I like to see it lap the Miles
Going to Heaven!
Also available the Emily Dickinson Poetry Bundle which includes: ‘There’s a certain Slant of light’, ‘This World is not Conclusion’, ‘He fumbles at your Soul’, ‘I like to see it lap the Miles’ and ‘Going to Heaven!’
32 task cards on An Inspector Calls with a variety of activities. Great for GCSE revision of J.B. Priestley’s play.
Just print and cut along the dotted line. A quick an effective activity for students of An Inspector Calls. Can be used as a starter, plenary or an opportunity to stretch and challenge students who have completed class work.
Laminate the cards and use again and again.
Cards are on an easy to print pdf.
A fully editable PowerPoint is included to allow you to use the format to create different questions to suit your group or to adapt questions.
Questions are specific to An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestley. Activities include quick questions in multiple choice or true and false format with a couple of longer creative tasks.
Students are asked about their knowledge of An Inspector Calls including when events happen, who says what, what happens, definitions of words used in the play and definitions of specific dramatic techniques relevant to the play.
Pack includes a word document student answer sheet that can be used to record a student’s progress through the cards and which cards they have answers.
A teacher’s response sheet is also included with a quick and accessible way of checking student responses.
Questions are appropriate to a secondary school and college aged student.
Try out the free Romeo and Juliet Task Cards.
Also available:
An Inspector Calls Mega Quiz for an end of term, end of text or great way to get revision started with an engaging and fun 1 hour class quiz.
30 pages of blank comic book template pages with speech, thought and action bubbles. Useful for many different activities. Get your students to create comic books stories, or storyboard a play or story. Use the boxes to organize ideas and themes. Create character profiles. Use the central circle and surrounding boxes to brainstorm. Use the directional boxes for developing stages in a process. Write instructions. Create information pages.
The speech bubbles, thought bubbles and action bubbles can be cut out and stuck onto the pages. They can be coloured and used to illustrate the comic books pages. Print onto sticker sheets and peel off the bubbles.
In addition to 30 pages of blank comic book pages, there is a set of pages with narrative boxes to add variety to the pages.
All pages are presented in pdfs with clear lines for easy printing and photocopying.
A pack of 10 practice examination papers that follow the poem and theme structure of the OCR English Language and Literature A Level Paper 2 (The Language of Poetry and Plays) Section A (specification number H474).
The practice exam questions consist of a theme focused question with a William Blake poem.
The questions focus on issues relevant to the study of a range of 10 William Blake’s poems from Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience. These are the 10 poems currently being examined on the 2022 OCR English Language and Literature A Level Paper 2 exam.
Each question provides a different theme and then asks students to complete a detailed analysis of a different poems followed by a comparison to other poems by William Blake. Students are required to engage with the theme and apply it to their analysis of the poem included as well as other William Blake poems that they are expected to recall from their study of his poetry.
A pack of 5 practice examination papers that follow the plot line and stylistic analysis structure of the OCR English Language and Literature A Level Paper 3 (Reading as a writer, writing as a reader) Section A and B (specification number H474).
The practice exam papers consist of both parts of the OCR Language and Literature A Level Paper 3, narrative writing and prose analysis. Both sections have a choice of two questions, as is the case the OCR examination paper.
The creative writing section contains a choice of two plot line options. Each option contains six bullet points to allow students to write a 500 opening to a narrative. Students are also asked to write a short reflection on their own writing.
The narrative writing presents a stylistic question that is appropriate to any question on the OCR English Language and Literature paper 3 syllabus: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy, The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri, Atonement by Ian McEwan and The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald.
Each question contains different plot lines and stylistic questions and asks students to complete a creative opening and a detailed analysis.
In the prose analysis, students are required to engage with the stylistic approach and apply it to their understanding of the text. This is an open text exam and students are expected to draw specific examples and analysis of the text.
Nine extract analysis worksheets for The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde.
After a one page extract from the play, The Importance of Being Earnest, the worksheet contains three sections:
Literary and linguistic technique spotting
Three short answer question on the extract
Three essay questions on the play
Nine worksheets are included with three worksheets from each Act of the three acts of The Importance of Being Earnest. The worksheets contain space for annotation of the extract and answers to the short answer questions on the extract. The essay questions can provide an excellent opportunity for further study and homework beyond the extract.
A series of seven PowerPoints breaking The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood into sections. The sections are:
Chapter 1 to 6
Chapter 7 to 12
Chapter 13 to 17
Chapter 18 to 23
Chapter 24 to 29
Chapter 30 to 40
Chapter 41 to 46 with Historical Notes
Each section has its own PowerPoint with three to ten slides containing questions on the novel. Questions cover characters, events, narrative perspective and specific quotations. Activities are appropriate for an upper GCSE, A Level or college level student.
In total, the PowerPoints contain 32 pages of slides with questions for students to answer.
A summary sheet is included to provide students with a way of remembering what happens in each chapter.
A pack of 10 practice examination questions that follow the proposition structure of the AQA A Level Paper 1 (Love Through the Ages) Section A (specification number 7712).
In the style of AQA A Level English Literature specification A.
The materials consist of ten proposition questions each with a two-page extract from Act 3 of Othello and different love focused proposition and question.
The questions focus on various issues on the topic of love and the characters in Othello.
The questions provide a specific point of view and then asks students to complete a detailed analysis of the extract followed by a discussion of the rest of the play. Students are required to engage with the statement (proposition) and apply it to their analysis of the extract and discussion of the rest of the play.
The Importance of Being Earnest 10 A Level Practice Extract Exam Questions
A pack of 10 practice examination questions that follow the extract and theme structure of the OCR English Language and Literature A Level Paper 2 (The Language of Poetry and Plays) Section B (specification number H474).
The practice exam question consist of a theme focused question with an extract of The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde.
The questions focus on issues relevant to the study of a range of The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde. The questions include an extract from the play which is currently being examined on the 2022 OCR English Language and Literature A Level Paper 2 exam.
Each question provides a different theme and then asks students to complete a detailed analysis of an extract from the play before discussing other sections of the play. Students are required to engage with the theme and apply it to their analysis of the extract included as well as other sections of The Importance of Being Earnest. This is a closed text exam and students are expected to recall the rest of the play from their study.
A powerpoint with a series of 20 engaging creative writing prompts. Provides a visual motivation with the guidance of activities and questions to get students started with their creative writing.
In additional to 20 prompt images with questions on the powerpoint to motivate student creative writing, there is a set of reflection questions on the powerpoint. Reflection questions are differentiated between dialogue, description and perspective writing to get students to think about their own writing. A revision slide will allow students to consider way of changing their writing. A final slide with ten opening lines provide a final opportunity for creative writing and a set of work that could be set as homework.
This is the second series of creative writing prompts available. The first series is available:
Creative Writing Fiction Prompts Powerpoint and Worksheets
OCR English Language and Literature A Level resources for 1 hour and 30 minutes of teaching Desert Island Discs with Liz Carr transcript from Non-Fiction Anthology. Suggested answers and paired texts included.
A range of activities for Desert Island Discs transcript with Liz Carr which will be examined from the Summer 2026 OCR English Language and Literature A-Level.
The pack includes:
• A two page student worksheet with a selection of activities and questions.
• A teacher’s suggested answers version of the worksheet.
• A 28 slide activity PowerPoint reflecting all activities on the worksheet. Includes activities for the paired text.
• A paired text that can used as a comparative activity or timed writing or homework with Desert Island Discs transcript.
• A ten question PowerPoint comprehension quiz that can be shown via a whiteboard projector and students can mark their own answers.
• A lesson plan guide with the task split into three 30 minute sections. Work can, of course, be extended for longer sessions or 30 minute sessions can be put together for an hour lesson.
This resource encourages close reading, critical writing, discussion and retention of important ideas and quotations from Desert Island Discs transcript which is a compulsory text for OCR’s EMC English Language and Literature A Level. Students can be set the work independently or the work can be presented in a more collaborative class atmosphere.
The text is available in the OCR English Language and Literature Non-Fiction Anthology. Digital and print copies are provided by the OCR examining board for the teaching of this resource on the English Language and Literature A-Level.
All the images and texts used in the pack are available for commercial use. Please note, this resource does not reproduce the OCR examination questions as examination questions are the copyright of OCR.
Other OCR Anthology Worksheet and PowerPoint Resources Available:
Luke Healy Americana Graphic Non-Fiction
Off Menu Podcast with Motsi Mabuse
John Locke Essay on Education
Feel Good Review
Lady Ann Fanshawe
Roxane Gay’s Speech
Art Lab Educational Show
Anthology Bundle (Feel Good, Luke Healy, John Locke and Podcast)
OCR English Language and Literature A Level resources for 1 hour and 30 minutes of teaching Roxane Gay’s speech from the Non-Fiction Anthology. Suggested answers and paired texts included.
A range of activities for Roxane Gay speech which will be examined from the Summer 2026 OCR English Language and Literature A-Level.
The pack includes:
• A two page student worksheet with a selection of activities and questions.
• A teacher’s suggested answers version of the worksheet.
• A 26 slide activity PowerPoint reflecting all activities on the worksheet. Includes activities for the paired text.
• A paired text that can used as a comparative activity or timed writing or homework to be used with Roxane Gay’s speech.
• A ten question PowerPoint comprehension quiz that can be shown via a whiteboard projector and students can mark their own answers.
• A lesson plan guide with the task split into three 30 minute sections. Work can, of course, be extended for longer sessions or 30 minute sessions can be put together for an hour lesson.
Please note: The starter activity involves two questions about voice and trauma. Have a look at the questions before you deliver the material to ensure it is appropriate in relation to your students. If you feel that the starter question on trauma might be too much for some of your students, you can easily delete the question from the worksheet as it is a Word document and the PowerPoint. The first question about finding your voice can be used alone.
This resource encourages close reading, critical writing, discussion and retention of important ideas and quotations from Roxane Gay’s speech which is a compulsory text for OCR’s EMC English Language and Literature A Level. Students can be set the work independently or the work can be presented in a more collaborative class atmosphere.
The text is available in the OCR English Language and Literature Non-Fiction Anthology. Digital and print copies are provided by the OCR examining board for the teaching of this resource on the English Language and Literature A-Level.
All the images and texts used in the pack are available for commercial use. Please note, this resource does not reproduce the OCR examination questions as examination questions are the copyright of OCR.
Other OCR Anthology Worksheet and PowerPoint Resources Available:
Luke Healy Americana Graphic Non-Fiction
Off Menu Podcast with Motsi Mabuse
John Locke Essay on Education
Feel Good Review
Lady Ann Fanshawe
Anthology Bundle (Feel Good, Luke Healy, John Locke and Podcast)
OCR English Language and Literature A Level resources for 1 hour and 30 minutes of teaching Art Lab YouTube script with Emily Graslie script from Non-Fiction Anthology. Suggested answers and paired texts included.
A range of activities for the Art Lab YouTube script which will be examined from the Summer 2026 OCR English Language and Literature A-Level.
The pack includes:
• A two page student worksheet with a selection of activities and questions.
• A teacher’s suggested answers version of the worksheet.
• A 39 slide activity PowerPoint reflecting all activities on the worksheet. Includes activities for the paired text.
• A paired text that can used as a comparative activity or timed writing or homework with the Art Lab YouTube script.
• A ten question PowerPoint comprehension quiz that can be shown via a whiteboard projector and students can mark their own answers.
• A lesson plan guide with the task split into three 30 minute sections. Work can, of course, be extended for longer sessions or 30 minute sessions can be put together for an hour lesson.
This resource encourages close reading, critical writing, discussion and retention of important ideas and quotations from the Art Lab YouTube script which is a compulsory text for OCR’s EMC English Language and Literature A Level. Students can be set the work independently or the work can be presented in a more collaborative class atmosphere.
The text is available in the OCR English Language and Literature Non-Fiction Anthology. Digital and print copies are provided by the OCR examining board for the teaching of this resource on the English Language and Literature A-Level.
All the images and texts used in the pack are available for commercial use. Please note, this resource does not reproduce the OCR examination questions as examination questions are the copyright of OCR.
Other OCR Anthology Worksheet and PowerPoint Resources Available:
Luke Healy Americana Graphic Non-Fiction
Off Menu Podcast with Motsi Mabuse
John Locke Essay on Education
Feel Good Review
Lady Ann Fanshawe
Roxane Gay’s Speech
Anthology Bundle (Feel Good, Luke Healy, John Locke and Podcast)
OCR English Language and Literature A Level resources for 1 hour and 30 minutes of teaching Lady Ann Fanshawe’s letter to her son from Non-Fiction Anthology. Suggested answers and paired texts included.
A range of activities for Lady Ann Fanshawe letter which will be examined from the Summer 2026 OCR English Language and Literature A-Level.
The pack includes:
• A two page student worksheet with a selection of activities and questions.
• A teacher’s suggested answers version of the worksheet.
• A 28 slide activity PowerPoint reflecting all activities on the worksheet. Includes activities for the paired text.
• A paired text that can used as a comparative activity or timed writing or homework with Lady Ann Fanshawe’s letter.
• A ten question PowerPoint comprehension quiz that can be shown on a whiteboard and students can mark their own answers.
• A lesson plan guide with the task split into three 30 minute sections. Work can, of course, be extended for longer sessions or 30 minute sessions can be put together for an hour lesson.
This resource encourages close reading, critical writing, discussion and retention of important ideas and quotations from Lady Ann Fanshawe’s letter which is a compulsory text for OCR’s EMC English Language and Literature A Level. Students can be set the work independently or the work can be presented in a more collaborative class atmosphere.
The text is available in the OCR English Language and Literature Non-Fiction Anthology. Digital and print copies are provided by the OCR examining board for the teaching of this resource on the English Language and Literature A-Level.
All the images and texts used in the pack are available for commercial use. Please note, this resource does not reproduce the OCR examination questions as examination questions are the copyright of OCR.
Other OCR Anthology Worksheet and PowerPoint Resources Available:
Luke Healy Americana Graphic Non-Fiction
Off Menu Podcast with Motsi Mabuse
John Locke Essay on Education
Feel Good Review
Anthology Bundle (Feel Good, Luke Healy and Podcast)