A context sheet for the poem Poppies - to be used as display or resource within lessons. Suitable for AQA 9-1 Conflict Cluster. To download the full set, go to https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/poetry-context-sheets-11349297

A context sheet for the poem Remains - to be used as display or resource within lessons. Suitable for AQA 9-1 Conflict Cluster. To download the full set, go to https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/poetry-context-sheets-11349297

A context sheet for the poem War Photographer - to be used as display or resource within lessons. Suitable for AQA 9-1 Conflict Cluster. To download the full set, go to https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/poetry-context-sheets-11349297

A context sheet for the poem Bayonet Charge - to be used as display or resource within lessons. Suitable for AQA 9-1 Conflict Cluster.

A context sheet for the poem Exposure - to be used as display or resource within lessons. Suitable for AQA 9-1 Conflict Cluster.

A context sheet for the poem Charge of the Light Brigade - to be used as display or resource within lessons. Suitable for AQA 9-1 Conflict Cluster.

A revision resource for Armitage’s Remains. Designed as an aid to support students in remembering the structure and some key quotations.

2 non fiction extracts to support students in understanding contextual information about the living conditions in the WW1 trenches and feelings towards the British Government. Each text is accompanied with 9 questions to support comprehension. The text pair also includes English Language Paper 2 style questions: How does the writer use language to describe the suffering of the soldiers? (AO2) Use details from both sources to write a summary of what you understand about the similarities between the living conditions in the trenches. (AO1) Compare how the writers convey their attitudes towards life in the trenches. (AO3) Further questions encourage students to make links between the poem and the ideas raised within the extracts. Extracts for the other 14 poems will be available soon. Please purchase for version without watermark

Differentiated revision for AQA power and conflict cluster. Focusing on making links between poems.

Essay exploring comparisons between Ozymandias and London. Useful for AQA Anthology revision.

A useful planning sheet for GCSE students to use when putting their spoken language ideas together.

A learning mat to take students through Paper 1, Question 2 of the AQA English Language paper.This one is based on the sample materials released in August 2016, available on the secure website. This mat challenges students at all levels and is linked to the mark scheme.

A list of topics students can use when deciding what they might talk about for their GCSE spoken language exams.

A lesson using an extract from A Christmas Carol for students to analyse and evaluate language in the style of Paper 1 Question 4. This allows students of all abilities to access a very challenging text. This has been used with all abilities in year 11. The resource is aimed at AQA but could be used across exam boards. Resource includes: -Powerpoint that leads the lesson -The extract from A Christmas Carol (just the portion from the question) -A breakdown of quotations from the text with analysis and question prompts -Example answers (from levels 3-6/7) to show that the style of writing matters as much as the analysis.

A learning mat to take students through Paper 1, Question 2 of the AQA English Language paper. This is based on an extract from a text about a youth hostel. This mat challenges students at all levels and is linked to the mark scheme.

Differentiated activities to allow students to explore a poem and different approaches to understanding the plot, character and themes. Can be used as a lesson on its own or form part of a differentiated homework task. Would work for any exam board.

A customisable introductory lesson to AO1 (AQA Paper 2, Question 2). Students are asked to infer information about children in Victorian London and Modern London from pictures by John Leech and Banksy (links within the lesson). This is a good lesson for introducing students to the skill of summary and also directing them away from AO3 style answers. UPDATED: link within the Powerpoint for the Banksy picture is no longer working. Picture can be accessed here:

Revision crossword for key plot points (easy for low ability learners).

Four differentiated activities focusing on an extract from A Christmas Carol (“Are there no prisons?..”). Could be used as homework or as part of a lesson.

A revision grid for London by William Blake with exam length essays comparing London to Ozymandias or Checking Out Me History.