Resources, worksheets, activities and lesson plans designed and produced by a qualified English teacher (MA, PGCE, BA) in the UK. Suitable for KS2, KS3, KS4 (GSCE) and KS5 (A level). Useful guidance and lessons for teachers and tutors as well as homeschoolers and independent learners!
Resources, worksheets, activities and lesson plans designed and produced by a qualified English teacher (MA, PGCE, BA) in the UK. Suitable for KS2, KS3, KS4 (GSCE) and KS5 (A level). Useful guidance and lessons for teachers and tutors as well as homeschoolers and independent learners!
A guidance booklet for practicing the creative writing element of the AQA GSCE English Language exam (Question 5 of Paper 1). Perfect for home and independent study, revision, homework or classroom use.
Page 1: full explanation of the question expectations
Page 2: recap and reminders of what to include
Page 3: planning and writing tips
Page 4: a full plan template
Page 5: Ring Method diagram, for use planning a descriptive writing peice
Page 6: Freytag’s Pyramid, for use planning a narrative writing peice
Page 7: Tips & tricks
Page 8: Help sheet on using advanced punctation
Page 9: Help sheet on varying sentence length
Page 10: Help sheet on finding inspiration for writing
Page 11: Creative writing peice check list
Page 12: Peer review & evaluation checklist sheet
Page 13: a selection of 3 Q5s extracted from real AQA exams
An in-depth and extensive guide to context for Frankenstein for KS3/GSCE/A -Level/+ students. 35 pages.
Features guidance on what is meant by ‘context’, the three different types of context, why context is important and how/how not to incorporate context in your writing. Covers relevant authorial autobiography and influences, features of the gothic genre, allusions to other works, the Year Without a Summer, the Industrial Revolution, Romanticism, Galvanism, religion and Biblical allusion, allusions to myth, hubris & more.
Presented as an information booklet and knowledge organiser, but with work and research tasks. Great for personal use or for lesson planning.
Designed for use with the AQA exam but useful for all boards and study programs.
Worksheets and guidance on how to answer Question 1 of Paper 2 from the AQA GSCE English Language exam.
Includes a full page recap on what language techniques to look for; 2 pages with extracts to practice analysing language; 2 pages of scaffolded writing-for-the-exam practice; 2 pages of model answers.
A timeline of all events as they happen throughout the week in Romeo and Juliet, beginning in the morning on Sunday and ending at early dawn on Friday. Each detail is plotted onto the timeline accurately with either exact times (eg. 9am, noon) or approximate times (eg. late evening, early afternoon).
Ideas for use in classroom:
as a display poster
cut out events and have students place them where they think they go on the timeline (whole class/group/pairs/individual)
quote finder activity - find and select quotes from the play which tell us when each event happens (for example: A1S1; Romeo: “Is the day so young?†Benvolio: “But new struck nineâ€.
A 5-page worksheet booklet focused on teaching/learning about how to identify the audience of a text.
Includes a starter task with multiple choice questions, some guidance on what kind of questions need to be asked to identify an audience (with an example), and a practice task where two small texts are considered for audience and compared. A section follows where students are tasked to write a short review of something with a particular audience in mind, and are then tasked to swap the audience.
Great for home-education, revision, homework and self-study as well as classroom use.
Identifying an audience is a key skill needed for GSCE English Language (and other studies involving writing and analysing non-fiction/persuasive/transactional writing).
Includes an answer sheet for the practice tasks.
A well-presented worksheet pack for teaching/learning about word choice, connotations and semantic fields. Includes 6 tasks and 2 pages of answers/teacher guidance.
Perfect for KS3 & GSCE.
A comprehensive and easily understandable worksheet pack designed to teach and practice understanding of simile and metaphor by identifying the tenor, vehicle, and ground of various similes and metaphors.
Simple metaphors and similes are explored by breaking them down into their component parts, with visual aids. The next section of the worksheet pack includes more complicated metaphors and similes within excerpts of literature. A writing frame is also included for writing up analysis of figurative language.
Great for KS3 & KS4 (GSCE). Explanatory and detailed for home study. Perfect resource to help expand and consolidate understanding of figurative language, especially with those who struggle - including teachers!
Knowledge organising sheet packs for each major character in Romeo & Juliet; summarising their appearances and actions in (deep and accurate!) detail; with space to add key quotes, notes and commentary on character progression.
Everything a student needs to remember about what each character says and does throughout the play is written up for you. Great resources to use for homework/home study or for use in the classroom while studying character progression.
(Total pages: 34)
Juliet: 7 pages
Romeo: 5 pages
Benvolio: 3 pages
Lord Capulet: 4 pages
Mercutio: 4 pages
Friar: 4 pages
Nurse: 5 pages
Tybalt: 2 pages
A 7-page knowledge quiz for Romeo & Juliet. Contains questions on context, language analysis, structure analysis and characterisation.
Comes with answers and suggested answers.
Questions can be split up into episodes or starter tasks for use in classrooms. Perfect for home study or homework.
A 57-page booklet with virtually all relevant and key quotes selected for the theme of love. Includes notes and context guidance, with space to add annotations.
An in-depth and extensive guide to context for Romeo & Juliet for KS3/GSCE/A -Level/+ students. 33 pages.
Features guidance on what is meant by ‘context’, the three different types of context, why context is important and how/how not to incorporate context in your writing. Covers relevant Elizabethan era historical knowledge, inspirations for Romeo and Juliet, Italian culture and stereotypes, Petrarchan poetry and Shakespeare’s use of Petrarchan language and allusions, duelling culture, masculinity & honour, 14th century politics, Capulet parental responsibility vs. social responsibility, allusions to myth and legend & more.
Presented as an information booklet and knowledge organiser, but with work and research tasks.
Designed for use with the AQA exam but useful for all boards and study programs.
A 10-page worksheet/task pack/knowledge organiser on understanding and analysing sound techniques: assonance, consonance, alliteration & sibilance.
Includes a page of answers and guidance for teachers/tutors on using the resource.
Can be separated into tasks, used for 1-3 lessons
Perfect for focused KS3 and GSCE English use; detailed and accurate; valuable for independent study and home-schooling.
Page 1: introduction to vowel & consonant sounds, and types of consonance
Page 2: the difference between assonance, consonance and alliteration explained with examples
Page 3: tasks to identify assonance, consonance and alliteration in lines from Shakespeare and other literature
Page 4: an explanation of sibilance with 3 identification practice tasks
Pages 5 – 9: a page each on 5 different effects of these sound techniques, with practice space for writing analytically
Page 10: homework page
Page 11: answers and teacher/tutor guidance
Worksheets and guidance on how to answer Question 1 of Paper 1 from the AQA GSCE English Language exam.
Includes a page with teacher/tutor guidance notes
A 1-page revision mat sheet for solidifying understanding of the difference between 4 sound techniques: Assonance, Consonance, Alliteration & Sibilance.
Perfect for KS3/GSCE teaching and revision
Includes answers on second page (for teacher/tutor use)
A quick guide on how to answer each reading section question (Qs 1-4, Paper 1 & 2) of the AQA GSCE English Language exam papers.
Each section includes a succinct explanation, quick advice and tips and tricks - so you and/or your students can make sense of what is expected.
Perfect for revision, display, planning aid and more.
An attractive and digestible 6-page worksheet pack covering how to identify, analyse and use sensory imagery – includes a page of answers and guidance for teachers/tutors on using the resource.
Perfect for focused KS3 and GSCE English use.
Detailed with guidance, making it valuable for independent study and home-schooling.
Versatile, and can be used as part of a lesson, series of lessons or homework.
Page 1: information on the 7 types of sensory imagery (visual, olfactory, tactile, gustatory, auditory, organic & kinaesthetic) with examples
Page 2: Task to identify the use of sensory imagery in small excerpts of literature
Page 3: Task to identify the use of sensory imagery in a novel opening
Page 4: Task to write up analysis of sensory imagery, with writing framework and tips
Page 5: Task to use sensory imagery in a paragraph of creative writing, with image prompt
Page 6: Sensory imagery word bank
Page 7: answers and guidance for teachers/tutors
Worksheet for practicing writing about mood, by: (task 1) exploring different words for emotions; (task 2) deciding as a group on the mood of different paintings; (task 3) figuring out the mood from extracts of Jekyll and Hyde.
Great for KS3 or KS4 language analysis
