Ideal resource for GCSE English language and literature revision- A5 grid of language and structure devices

Ideal to use as part of any AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1-based SOW/ Year 11 revision lesson. Fully-resourced lesson. Especially stretching and challenging for students aiming for grades 7-9! What’s included? LO: To critically engage with an extract from ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ by applying the mark scheme and exploring the source (AO1, AO2, AO3). ‘Do Now’ interleaving literature recall task (Macbeth, ACC, AIC, P&C) Mini creative writing (Q5) progress check task with a focus on strutural techniques + self-assessment Q1-style comprehension task Q4-style evaluation task with scaffolded support to form complete answers

Ideal to use as part of any AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1-based SOW/ Year 11 revision lesson. Especially stretching and challenging for students aiming for grades 7-9! Revision of structural techniques Space to collate a vocabulary bank/ cliches to avoid/ magpied phrases/ ways to start a sentence 4 x image stimuli and space to write opening of a description OR narrative

Intended for AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 2 Unseen Poetry revision but can be used/ adaptive for all exam boards. Double-sided A3 comparative analysis worksheet on Carol Ann Duffy’s ‘Valentine’ and John Cooper-Clarke’s ‘I Wanna Be Yours’. Learning objectives displayed Literacy- vocabulary booster Space for annotations Success criteria list to support note-taking/ annotations Space to explore connotations of the title + a key quotation Prompts for structural analysis Space for analytical writing practice

Ideal to use as part of any AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1-based SOW/ Year 11 revision lesson. Fully-resourced lesson. Especially stretching and challenging for students aiming for grades 7-9! What’s included? LO: To critically engage with an extract from ‘Lord of the Flies’ by applying the mark scheme and exploring the source (AO1, AO2, AO3). ‘Do Now’ interleaving literature recall task (Macbeth, ACC, AIC, P&C) Q1-style comprehension task Q4-style evaluation task with scaffolded support to form complete answers Mini creative writing (Q5) progress check task with a focus on strutural techniques + self-assessment

Intended for AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 2 Unseen Poetry revision but can be used/ adaptive for all exam boards. Double-sided A3 analysis worksheet on Jessie Pope’s ‘Who’s for the Game’. Learning objectives displayed Knowledge retrieval- poetic techniques Space for annotations Success criteria list to support note-taking/ annotations Space to explore connotations of the title + a key quotation Prompts for structural analysis Space for analytical writing practice

4 X dual coding revision grids for students to link their own quotations from key set texts with the provided images/ symbols. 1 x Macbeth 1 x A Christmas Carol 1 x An Inspector Calls 1 x Power & Conflict Poetry Ideal for quotation recall, interleaved practice and as ‘do now’ activities!

Intended for AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 2 Unseen Poetry revision but can be used/ adapted for all exam boards. Double-sided A3 analysis worksheet on Christina Rossetti’s ‘In the Bleak Midwinter’. Learning objectives displayed Space for annotations Success criteria list to support note-taking/ annotations Space to explore connotations of the title + a key quotation Prompts for structural analysis Space for analytical writing practice

Intended for AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 2 Unseen Poetry revision but can be used/ adapted for all exam boards. Double-sided A3 comparative analysis worksheet on Owen Sheers’ ‘On Going’ and Seamus Heaney’s ‘Clearances’. Learning objectives displayed Space for annotations Success criteria list to support note-taking/ annotations Space to explore connotations of the title + a key quotation Prompts for structural analysis Space for analytical writing practice

Ideal for AQA GCSE ‘Lit P1: Macbeth’ SOWs. Complete set of knowledge organisers. Context + themes Plot + characters Writing an essay + tier 3 vocabulary Tier 2 vocabulary

Rhetoric analysis activity ideal for a KS3/ KS4 homework task for a non-fiction unit/ AQA Language Paper 2 revision with full instructions, paragraph structures, success criteria and WAGOLL modelled example. This project focuses on Martin Luther King Jr’s infamous ‘I Have A Dream’ speech. Resource tasks: Read the speech. Highlight and annotate any persuasive techniques on the sheet. Select one quotation from the speech and write a short analytical paragraph to answer the question: How does Martin Luther King Jr. use rhetoric to gain support from his audience? There are structures and a modelled example on the sheet to follow.

Intended for AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 2 Unseen Poetry revision but can be used/ adapted for all exam boards. Double-sided A3 comparative analysis worksheet on Seamus Heaney’s ‘Blackberry Picking’ and Henry Vaughan’s ‘The Retreat’. Learning objectives displayed Space for annotations Success criteria list to support note-taking/ annotations Space to explore connotations of the title + a key quotation Prompts for structural analysis Space for analytical writing practice

Analysis and persuasive writing activities ideal for a KS3/ KS4 homework task for a non-fiction unit/ AQA Language Paper 2 revision with full instructions, paragraph structures, success criteria and WAGOLL modelled examples. This project focuses on Michael Sheen’s persuasive speech in support of the Welsh football team in the 2022 World Cup. Resource tasks: Read the speech. Highlight and annotate any persuasive techniques on the sheet. Select one quotation from the speech and write a short analytical paragraph to answer the question: How does Michael Sheen use language to persuade and motivate his national team? There are structures and a modelled example on the sheet to follow. Write a short persuasive speech to rally support for a team for the 2022 World Cup from a country of your choice.

Ideal for Christmas homework projects A menu of 15 tasks for students to select from, focussing on research, informative writing, narrative writing, persuasive writing and vocabulary.

Ideal resource for GCSE Media Studies Christmas/ Winter homework projects Research into Christmas advertising Exam-style questions on advertising conventions, advert narrative structures and features, and the influence of social/historical/cultural contexts

Intended for AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 2 Unseen Poetry revision but can be used/ adaptive for all exam boards. Double-sided A3 comparative analysis worksheet on Brian Bilston’s ‘The Caveman’s Lament’ and ‘You’re the One’ (Anon). Learning objectives displayed Space for annotations Success criteria list to support note-taking/ annotations Space to explore connotations of the title + a key quotation Prompts for structural analysis WAGOLL example of analytical paragraph Space for analytical writing practice

Intended for AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 2 Unseen Poetry revision but can be used/ adaptive for all exam boards. Double-sided A3 comparative analysis worksheet on W.H. Auden’s ‘Epitaph on a Tyrant’ and Phillis Wheatley’s ‘To the King’s Most Excellent Majesty’. Learning objectives displayed Space for annotations Success criteria list to support note-taking/ annotations Space to explore connotations of the title + a key quotation Prompts for structural analysis WAGOLL example of analytical paragraph Space for analytical writing practice

Intended for AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 2 Unseen Poetry revision but can be used/ adapted for all exam boards. Double-sided A3 analysis worksheet on Joseph Coelho’s ‘February’. Learning objectives displayed Space for annotations Success criteria list to support note-taking/ annotations Space to explore connotations of the title + a key quotation Prompts for structural analysis Space for analytical writing practice

Intended for AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 2 Unseen Poetry revision but can be used/ adapted for all exam boards. Double-sided A3 comparative analysis worksheet on W.H. Auden’s ‘Funeral Blues’ and Robert Frost’s ‘Nothing Gold Can Stay’. Learning objectives displayed Space for annotations Success criteria list to support note-taking/ annotations Space to explore connotations of the title + a key quotation Prompts for structural analysis WAGOLL example of analytical paragraph Space for analytical writing practice

Intended for AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 2 Unseen Poetry revision but can be used/ adapted for all exam boards. Double-sided A3 comparative analysis worksheet on Robert Frost’s ‘The Road Not Taken’ and William Ernest Henley’s ‘Invictus’. Learning objectives displayed Vocabulary builders Space for annotations Success criteria list to support note-taking/ annotations Space to explore connotations of the title + a key quotation Prompts for structural analysis Space for analytical writing practice