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-... 🔍❄️

Notes I put together for a short CPD session on the presentation of student work www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/tl-note... 📝

A series of storyboard images for A Christmas Carol www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/storybo... ❄️

Notes on the main characters from An Inspector Calls either for when students begin reading the play or for when they revise it www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/notes-o... 🔍

A similar resource to the one before, but this time for GCSE English Language Paper 2 www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/gcse-en... A past paper with guidance for students in Year 11 to follow 📝

Essay Plan on the theme of social responsibility in An Inspector Calls www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/essay-p... 🔍

NEW BLOG: Oracy - The Infamous 'I don't know'. #engchat #engchatuk learningfrommymistakesenglish.blogspot.com/2025/03/orac...

A past exam paper for GCSE English Language Paper 1 (AQA) that includes guidance for each task www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/gcse-en... 📖

Notes and tasks on the Inspector’s final speech in An Inspector Calls www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/notes-o... 🔍

Six statements for discussion on An Inspector Calls that cover aspects of the play that students typically struggle with or form misconceptions about www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/stateme... 🔍

Post-Ofsted Parkrun PB ✌️

Notes on imagery in Act One of An Inspector Calls www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/imagery... 🔍

Three mini mock papers for GCSE English Language Paper 2 (AQA) www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/gcse-en... 📰 🖊️

A set of review sheets for each act of An Inspector Calls www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/act-by-... 🔎

NEW for AQA Lang P1: for use with ‘The Silent Patient’. A set of PPT slides Q by Q with models and scaffolds, like so 👇 Help yourself 😊 #teamenglish www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/syara...

I’m so excited for this! FREE CPD for anyone who wants to hear about approaches to writing!

T&L notes on checking for understanding, including extracts from The Hidden Lives of Learners www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/tl-note... 🧠

An essay plan that focuses on how the character of Arthur Birling is presented in Act One of An Inspector Calls www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/essay-p... 🔍

I’ve updated the Writing Revolution sentence structure pages to include one on An Inspector Calls www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/writing... 🔍

Opening stage directions explainer for An Inspector Calls www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/opening... 🔍

Some wider reading to support the study of the poem War Photographer, by Carol Ann Duffy douglaswise.co.uk/blog/wider-r... Taken from chapter six of Meditations for Mortals, by Oliver Burkeman. Extract below ⤵️

A rundown of the six most downloaded resources from the site this year www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/six-mos... 📚

I’ve updated the collection of past exam paper booklets to include Jekyll and Hyde www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/aqa-eng... 🌓

A past GCSE English Language Paper 2 (AQA) and some guidelines for students to follow as they complete each task douglaswise.co.uk/blog/gcse-en... 📰

Eye-witness accounts from the late C16th on life in London and the experience of visiting the theatre that guide students towards producing a piece of creative writing www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/a-visit... 🎭

Love this passage on Shakespeare from Ian Mortimer in The Time Traveller’s Guide to Elizabethan England 🎭

Quick-to-complete end of term review tasks for A Christmas Carol www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/end-of-... ❄️ 🎄

Simple worksheet to help students reflect on the characterisation of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/charact... 👑 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

An essay task and plan on how Dickens uses the Cratchit family to show the struggles of the poor www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/a-chris... ❄️ 🎄

I’ve updated the GCSE English Literature reference pages to include Romeo and Juliet www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/gcse-en... ❤️ 💔