Simple marksheet for GCSE English Language Paper 1 www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/simple-... 📝

Simple marksheet for GCSE English Language Paper 2 www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/simple-... 📝

Notes on the AQA Power and Conflict poems www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/aqa-pow... 💥

Review tasks for four of the GCSE English Literature texts www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/english... 📝

Six exam tasks for An Inspector Calls (AQA) and guidance on the sorts of points to put forward www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/6-exam-... 🔍

A short guide for students on the unseen poetry element of the English Literature exam www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/unseen-... 🖋️

A summary of general advice from Chief Examiner reports on GCSE English Literature www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/chief-e... 📄

A summary of advice from Chief Examiner reports on GCSE English Language www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/chief-e... 📄

10 x GCSE English Language Paper 2 Q5 tasks www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/10-engl... 🖋️

A list of techniques that students can use in their transactional writing. Designed to be stuck into books for reference www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/transac... 📝

A simple slide deck with a series of quotations from An Inspector Calls www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/quotati... 🔍

A feedback sheet on the presentation of the relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/feedbac... 👑

A simple slide deck with a series of quotations from the AQA Power and Conflict poems. Words are missing from each, so the idea is that students identify them and then discuss the significance of the quotations themselves www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/quotati... 💥

A document with popular idioms (grouped according to sport, colour, theatre and the weather) to help students add style to their writing, plus some simple test slides www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/idioms-... 🖋️

Four short dystopian fiction extracts with tasks to help students explore them www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/four-dy... 🏙️

A worksheet to support students make connections in A Christmas Carol www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/making-... ❄️

A worksheet to support students make connections in Macbeth www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/making-... 👑

A simple one: links to online versions of the popular GCSE English Literature texts www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/links-t... 📕📗📘

10 x gothic paintings to help the study of gothic literature www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/gothic-... 👻

A fill-in the gaps slide deck for Macbeth www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/quotati... 👑

A simple slide deck with a series of quotations on A Christmas Carol. One word is missing for each, so the idea is that students identify them and then discuss the significance of the quotation itself www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/quotati... ❄️

Women writers of WW1: three poets and four poems ⤵️ www.douglaswise.co.uk/.../women-wr.... Many Sisters to Many Brothers, by Rose Macaulay Munition Wages, by Ida Bedford The Shadow, by Rose Macaulay The Sisters Buried at Lemnos, by Vera Brittain

10 x quotations from Macbeth explained using the What-How-Why model of analysis. Designed for students as the basis for revision or writing practice www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/macbeth... 👑

Quick test on A Christmas Carol www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/quick-t... ❄️

Mock exam overview sheets for English Language P1 (below) and English Literature P1 www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/mock-ex... All they do is provide brief reminders of how to approach the questions plus a few other things to keep in mind ✍️

A booklet of short extracts and tasks that are designed to help students think about how characters are developed www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/develop... 📚

Crafting sentences on Macbeth www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/craftin... ⚔️

A set of tasks to help students craft single sentences on A Christmas Carol www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/craftin... ❄️

A second booklet of modern fiction extracts for students to explore www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/literar... 📚

Small one: a set of notes on imagery in A Christmas Carol www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/notes-o... ❄️

Six short, modern fiction extracts for students to read, explore and enjoy www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/literar... The final task in each set is a creative writing challenge 📚

10 x Q5 tasks for GCSE English Language Paper 1 www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/10-x-en... 🖋️

A list of scene-by-scene timings for the BBC Spotlight On version of Macbeth with David Tennant www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/david-t... ⚔️ 👑

Nothing flashy: a couple of reworked GCSE English Language papers (AQA) that include the 2026 changes www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/reworke... 🖋️

Great interview with Héctor Bellerín about the power of reading www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j... 📚

Simple proofreading checklist www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/proofre... ✅

Careers poster for GCSE English www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/careers... ✒️

Bit of niche one: all the AQA Power and Conflict poems typed onto an editable Word document www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/aqa-pow... 💥🪖

An editable month-by-month calendar for the 2025-26 academic year with events, celebrations and awareness days that are likely to be relevant to those with roles connected to PSHE and Personal Development www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/events-... 🗓️

Sunday reading

A task sheet based on the 2024 commencement address by Roger Federer at Dartmouth College www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/roger-f... A really well constructed speech that conveys all the right messages 💬

A few new bits: an essay to uprade for AIC and one for ACC, plus some quick compehension questions on Blood Brothers... 🔍 douglaswise.co.uk/blog/an-insp... ❄ douglaswise.co.uk/blog/a-chris... 🩸 douglaswise.co.uk/blog/blood-b...

13 resources for GCSE English revision www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/gcse-en... 🧠 ✍️

New Parkrun course and a new PB this morning ✌️

Random task generator for An Inspector Calls www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/random-... There are 59 tasks in total, each of which should only take students a few minutes to respond to (e.g. on mini-whiteboards) 🔍

If you’re after a really good Easter read, add Caledonian Road to your list. Similar to Middle England, by Jonathan Coe, and just as sharp 📖

Extracts from An Inspector Calls with tasks www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/extract... There are 8⃣ in total. I’ve tried to avoid passages from the play that are likely to be well-known or that students will already have fully explored 🔍

A list of links to BBC Bitesize podcasts on the GCSE English Literature texts. I put it together for my Year 11 wards to supplement their other revision activities over the Easter break www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/gcse-en... 🖋️

*New post* In case you’re not on the other platform and missed it, here’s my latest post from over the weekend on school leadership. Still exploring my thinking. @bennewmark.bsky.social @mrsspalding.bsky.social @isaacmoore7.bsky.social birminghamteacher.wordpress.com/2025/03/30/e...

A couple of bits: review tasks for An Inspector Calls www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/review-... and A Christmas Carol www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/review-... 🔍❄️