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Everything a pupil could need to produce an excellent story at GCSE. Stories for analysis, skills, practice questions and the current GCSE titles (KS3/KS4)

An A* example for each GCSE writing style (besides leaflets - I used a professional example here). Useful for annotation and revision.

10 visual prompts for narrative/story writing. Great for a one-off lesson or cover work. (KS2/KS3/KS4)

A planning sheet for story writing (KS3) or narrative GCSE (KS4). The sheet is double sided and encourages pupils to think about the two sides of successful narrative writing: being descriptive and creating an interesting plot. Stress the importance of both to your pupils for improved performance.

A worksheet to revise the ghosts in A Christmas Carol. Analyse the description, explore key quotations and explain the relationship between Scrooge and the ghost (KS4)

A festive lesson involving creating complex sentences and writing about a favourite Christmas memory (KS2/KS3/KS4)

A simple creative writing task that allows pupils to analyse writing skills and then create their own story based on the title 'The Accident&' (KS2/KS3/KS4).

A workbook for Romeo & Juliet (KS3). A series of extracts and reading & writing activities to complete. I watch the Baz Lurhmann version alongside this workbook and contrast it with the Zeffirelli version.

A worksheet to give pupils information about the context of Shakespeare's theatre and Elizabethan times. Questions and creative writing tasks (KS3)

A revision PowerPoint for Lady Macbeth (GCSE).

A booklet of letters, speeches, articles and reviews for GCSE English Language. Contains writing advice, model answers and a range of questions. It could be used as a homework booklet or in class.

70 non-fiction writing prompts for KS3/KS4: letters (formal/informal), speeches, articles, leaflets/guides and a review included.

A plan for a 'lively&' magazine article, focusing on the onesie fashion trend (KS3/KS4)

A PowerPoint that highlights the areas for focus when writing a review of any type (KS3/KS4)

A lesson based on improving descriptive writing using fairy tale images (KS2/KS3)

A worksheet that explores the motif of fire in A Christmas Carol (KS3/KS4)

A timeline of key events in the Hunger Games film. Useful for navigating to important scenes for study (KS3/KS4)

10 visual prompts for non-fiction writing. Great for a one-off lesson or cover work. Suitable for all ages/abilities (KS2/KS3/KS4)

A PowerPoint to help GCSE pupils write an essay on Banquo.

An approach to essay writing that is designed for English literature essays but can easily be adapted for different subjects, abilities and assessments.