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Example controlled descriptive pieces. Aimed at WJEC/Eduqas GCSE, but would work for other specifications.

Lesson starter quiz to introduce Shakespeare’s stories.

Fun starter for introduction dystopian fiction. Fact or fiction worksheet. Students must guess which are real news stories and which are dystopian fiction.

A set of short summary slides for key media studies theories: Audience Theories- Jenkins, Hall, Gerbner, Bandura, Shirky, Hesmondhalgh, Two-step flow, hypodermic needle, Uses & gratifications, Livingston & Lunt, Curran & Seaton, Language Theories- Strauss, Barthes, Todorov, Propp, Neale Representation Theories- Hall, hooks, Mulvey, Butler, Gauntlett, Gilroy, Van Zoonen Postmodern Theories-Postmodern elements, Baudrillard, Lyotard, Jameson. Ecology Theories- McLuhan, Postman, Ong Can be printed double sided to use as flashcards for student revision. Accessible to a range of students with questions to apply to set texts and case studies to encourage student application of theories too.

A collection of 17 quick quizzes for Macbeth to aid recall of quotations. Grouped by image , act and theme. *If you like the image for this resource, you’ll probably like it too!

A grade 6 example answer on ‘Hawk Roosting’ and ‘To Autumn’. Students can annotate with success criteria and use as a model for future responses.

A Trump inspired short dystopian story. Useful example for preparing students for narrative writing in controlled time frames. Estimated grade 8.

Suitable for upper KS3 or CIE iGCSE preparation. A booklet of key passages from the novel with vocabulary and analysis questions for students to work through. Designed to be used in a flipped learning style as preparation for discussion in lessons, but could be used as revision homeworks or class activities too.

A bundle of ‘A Christmas Carol’ example responses and extract questions. Designed for WJEC/Eduqas exam, but useful for teaching key passages of the novel.

A copy of the text for students to annotate, with simple retrieval tasks and questions as well as a few relevant articles about historical and cultural context. Designed for Cambridge IGCSE Literature drama unit.

A teacher made example paper for the new CIE 0500 First Language English Reading Paper 2020. Uses three articles on tigers in India and Nepal. Questions and text choices closely based on the CIE specimen. Would be useful as a mock exam or practice paper for students. Mark scheme included.

Success criteria, examples and explanations to aid students in preparing for their response to an article coursework for IGCSE English language 0500.

Useful posters for introducing the IGCSE First Language English Paper for the new 2020/2021 specification. Includes tips on how to answer each question. Works well stuck into books for students to refer back to or printed as classroom posters.

Simple, controlled narratives as examples for GCSE narrative writing. Aimed at WJEC/Eduqas, but could be used for any GCSE specification narrative tasks.

Useful example essays to stretch more able students. Clear overview ppts for lessons on the genre of comedy and on the performance history of the play.

A simple breakdown of questions to ask in an unseen poetry exam, as a handy flashcard. Aimed at WJEC Eduqas, but easily transferable.

A selection of writing tasks related to the novel with prompts. Eg) Write a boxing commentary of Lennie and Curley’s fight, using the boxing vocabulary listed below. Can be used as a homework booklet or as lesson resources.

A short presentation talking students through how to reference in their NEA.

Our co-constructed marking/feedback policy for English. Lots of ideas borrowed from research and great schools (all referenced). A good starting point for developing your own policy or for NQTs to think about good feedback.

The journal we use to structure our professional learning community groups in case it’s useful as a starting point for anyone else.