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How to Use Figurative Language - Creative Writing Task - Language on Toast
Turn the boring task of making toast into an exciting narrative using this comic strip as a guide with helpful picture prompts and figurative language technique challenges. Perfect for Creative Writing practise.

AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 2 - Sources, Question and Planning Sheet
Here are two sources (one 19th century, one 21st century) for summary and comparison. There is a planning table available to plan two comparisons with the aim of writing two paragraphs based on the structure available. Perfect for GCSE English Language students studying to answer Paper 2 Question 2 for AQA.

Language Analysis - Non-Fiction - GCSE English Language - A Little Chat About Tea
Learn how to efficiently and effectively analyse language in a non-fiction text with this whimsical 19th century article about tea. Worksheet complete with response planning grid and analysis structure.

How to Compare Writer's Viewpoints - Technology Debate - GCSE English Language
This engaging worksheet helps students develop comparison skills for AQA English Language Paper 2, Question 4. Featuring two contrasting perspectives on technological progress—one from a 2025 tech enthusiast and the other from a 19th-century industrial gentleman—students analyse how each writer presents their viewpoint. The worksheet encourages critical thinking and examination of techniques, preparing students to effectively compare attitudes in unseen texts.

English Language GCSE Transactional and Persuasive Writing Tasks
This engaging and imaginative worksheet provides three writing tasks designed to help students refine their persuasive writing skills for AQA GCSE English Language Paper 2. Each task immerses students in a unique scenario, encouraging creativity while reinforcing key techniques such as rhetorical devices, argument structure, and audience awareness.
What’s Included?
Students will tackle three distinct challenges:
✔ Newspaper Article – The Dangers of AI: Write an opinion piece evaluating AI’s impact on jobs, creativity, and misinformation.
✔ Formal Letter – Opposing a Ridiculous Law: Persuade MP Sir Percival Wiggleworth to abandon his Mandatory Hats and Gloves Act.
✔ Speech – Advocating for Libraries on an Alien Planet: Convince the Intergalactic Assembly of Zyphorion Prime that public libraries are essential for knowledge and innovation.
Why Use This Resource?
Encourages structured, persuasive writing across different formats (articles, letters, speeches).
Supports Paper 2 Section B exam preparation with engaging prompts.
Develops rhetorical techniques, counterarguments, and audience engagement skills.
Perfect for classroom use, homework, or revision sessions.
Help students master persuasive writing with this fun, thought-provoking resource!

Anna's Analysis Library - GCSE Language Analysis
Step into Anna’s Analysis Library, an engaging and interactive worksheet designed to help students identify, analyze, and apply figurative language techniques. Through a series of tasks, students match techniques to examples, investigate language in texts, and use Anna’s structured template to develop their own analysis. Perfect for GCSE learners, this resource builds confidence in literary analysis while making learning feel immersive and fun!

The Writer’s Workshop - GCSE Writing Toolkit
This engaging, car-themed worksheet transforms students into writing mechanics as they upgrade dull sentences through targeted tasks on vocabulary, sentence variety, and punctuation. Includes a final “MOT” challenge where students rewrite a lifeless passage into turbocharged prose. Perfect for KS4 writing workshops or revision lessons.

English Language Practice Paper 1 - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
This Paper 1-style practice resource is based on an engaging extract from Mark Twain’s A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, a witty and imaginative satire that places a 19th-century American in the world of King Arthur’s Britain.
The paper includes:
A carefully selected extract from Chapter 1, complete with context
Full Section A with AQA-style Questions 1–4
Optional Section B creative writing task inspired by the themes and setting
Teacher-friendly formatting and suggested mark scheme prompts
Ideal for honing skills in language, structure, and evaluation, this paper offers students an entertaining yet challenging passage, rich with tone, description, and narrative voice.
Perfect for KS4 English Language revision, mock exam practice, or as an engaging classroom activity with a historical twist!

GCSE English Language Paper 2 - Sample Paper - Women's Football
This resource is a complete GCSE English Language Paper 2-style sample paper based on two contrasting non-fiction texts about women’s football. The first is a fictional article written in the style of an early 20th-century newspaper, reflecting historical attitudes toward women in sport. The second is a modern sports article celebrating England’s victory in the UEFA Women’s Euro 2022.
Perfect for exam practice, classroom discussion, or homework, this paper helps students develop key skills in:
Reading comprehension and comparison
Language and structure analysis
Evaluating viewpoints and perspectives
Writing for purpose and audience
Includes:
Two engaging source texts
Section A: Reading questions (based on AQA-style format)
Section B: Writing task with a topical, thought-provoking prompt
Ideal for use with Year 10 and Year 11 students, especially those preparing for AQA GCSE English Language. The historical and contemporary themes also lend themselves well to cross-curricular links with History, PE, and PSHE.