Several starter activity puzzles for use with Philip Pullman's adaptation of 'Frankenstein.' Designed for use by pupils at Key Stage 3.

Designed for less able students at Key Stage 3 or 4, this is a practice exam paper for the NEW AQA English Language Paper 1A: Reading 20th C Fiction texts. I have adapted an extract taken from Conan-Doyle's "Hound of the Baskervilles" (1902), simplifying some of the vocab and sentencing to make the text a little more accessible for students whose reading age might be lower than their chronological age. I've also designed and uploaded a series of SMART Notebook slides for whole-class interactive teaching of the workbook, Q by Q. The format of the paper is as follows: Q1 - the same Q2 - cloze exercise focusing on how the writer uses language to describe the fog Q3a - sequence a series of statements to show understanding of narrative events / structure Q3b - cloze activity, modelling Q3 response, for pupils to complete. I know that the new GCSE paper is untiered and students will not be given this level of support in the exam. However, it is intended to provide an appropriate point of access and opportunities for students whose literacy is a barrier to learning to practise the reading response skills demanded by this exam - and to support the teachers who have to deliver it! I hope that it is of some use to you. I have produced other resources like this one, using extracts from Frankenstein, The Hobbit, Skellig, War of the Worlds, A Christmas Carol, The Monkey's Paw, Dracula, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Pearl, The Machine Gunners, Buddy and Z for Zachariah. I've also uploaded loads of typical specimen exam papers for the new AQA 9 to 1 Language Paper 1 and 2s to my shop, all available FREE of charge, accompanied by SMART Notebook slides for teaching the exam paper Q by Q. Please leave a review and help yourself! Matt :)

A set of ten editable PPT slides for use with revision or consolidation of Dickens’ novella, “A Christmas Carol.” Each slide features a quotation integral to one of the novella’s main themes or characters and each contain four tasks: identifying a writer’s methods; linking the quotation to the novella’s social, cultural or historical contexts, contrast (or connect) to elsewhere in the novella; and synthesising details taken from the quotation for more sophisticated textual analysis. Feel free to tweak them, or add your own. There are sets for Macbeth and An Inspector Calls, too, if you like the format! Hope they are useful.

Designed for use with less able students, this post-reading quiz based on the Oxford Playscript version of Stoker's classic, adapted by David Calcutt - complete with appropriate images - is suitable also for younger students, at KS3. Questions are designed to test pupils' knowledge and understanding of characters, events and plot details. Pupils can work independently, in pairs or trios, depending on their ability. Enjoy! :)

A handy little bookmark, designed to be folded and sized so that 3, once folded, fit comfortably inside one A4 sized laminating pouch. The bookmark reminds students how to tackle each of the four Reading Qs on AQA English Language Papers 1 and 2. I hope that you find this useful. Please leave a review.

A mocked up EXTENDED exam paper for students taking the 0522 UK, for examination 2016 onwards.

A mocked up practice exam paper for use with Cambridge IGCSE (0522 UK) for examination 2016 onwards.