Jo Heathcote

One photocopiable and editable teacher pack with 9 knowledge-rich projects to build skills, reading stamina and cultural understanding in Key Stage 3 English. Shortlisted for the Education Resources Awards 2021 Invigorate your KS3 English curriculum and create a firm foundation for GCSE 9–1 English with 9 projects over three years and ready-to-use teaching PowerPoints, lesson plans and student activity worksheets. Explore thematically linked extracts from nineteenth-century fiction, poetry and non-fiction and twenty-first-century non-fiction to build a springboard for GCSE 9-1 English and English LiteratureIlluminate and understand key contexts for GCSE 9-1 set texts such as growing up, crime and punishment, monsters and medicine, and child labourDevelop and interleave knowledge, skills and cultural capital to build a coherently planned curriculum that enriches students’ study in Key Stage 3 EnglishEasy to use and fit alongside your English department’s class readers, plays and anthologiesSave time with expertly planned and sequenced lessons with ready-made teaching PowerPoints, age-appropriate texts and student activity worksheetsPhotocopiable and editable files on the free download on collins.co.uk//ReimagineKS3English/download

Enrich your A level and IB Diploma English curriculum and spark ideas for coursework text choices with 24 brilliant texts from the eighteenth century to the present day Provide a stimulating choice of texts to help with ‘unseen’ text analysis, promote independent reading and prompt creative and recreative writing. Enhance students’ studies with the bank of inspiring fiction and non-fiction extracts and poems across different genres and forms, carefully selected by an expert panel of teachers and writers. Encourage personal reading and inspire text choices for coursework (NEA) with the brilliant range of challenging and thought-provoking texts Give all students a chance to shine, see themselves in the past and present, and find a point of connection in literature by exposing them to a wealth of voices and experiences Feel confident to deliver rewarding and engaging lessons using the teaching notes which include contextual information, discussion prompts, detailed language, structure and style points, creative and recreative response ideas, and suggestions to help students explore further Fully customisable, downloadable and photocopiable so you can teach flexibly and share across the department, whether you are teaching the A Level English Language, English Language and Literature, or English Literature specifications or the IB English A Diploma Programme

Curriculum with Soul is a dynamic guide for Secondary English leaders, revitalising curriculum planning and strategy across all key stages. It encourages the use of diverse texts and impactful assessments, offering practical examples and reflective points. This book empowers and challenges teachers to create an inspiring and joyful curriculum. Jo Heathcote draws on her passion for English and years of experience as a Head of Department, examiner, author, and consultant in schools, to make the case for reframing your thinking about the English curriculum and rekindling the spirit and passion in English classrooms. Jo's engaging and accessible style blends personal experience with sage advice. She champions a straightforward, manageable curriculum design that focuses on teaching essential content effectively without overwhelming students. The book shows how to build a logical progression of skills and knowledge to enrich students’ learning experiences, while also making the most of the freedom KS3 offers to select your own texts without constraints. Organised into succinct, accessible chapters with plenty of illustrated examples, this slim, portable guide allows you to easily revisit sections. It’s perfect for deepening your knowledge, engaging in reflective exercises throughout, and supporting and advancing your professional development.

Help build a challenging and rewarding English curriculum with imaginative ways of studying Shakespeare’s drama, stories and language for every year of KS3. Reinvigorate the study of Shakespeare at Key Stage 3 to lay strong foundations for GCSE 9-1 English Literature or IGCSE Literature in English. Increase support in curriculum planning and teaching of Shakespeare with high quality, tried and tested lessons Build confidence in language, vocabulary and context with key extracts from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Merchant of Venice and Romeo and Juliet, accompanied by ready-to-use teaching PowerPoints, lesson plans and student activity worksheets Inspire students with creative ways to study and perform Shakespeare’s drama to boost historical awareness and cultural capital Easy to use with coherently planned and sequenced development of core skills building towards a strong understanding of Shakespeare’s world and work Take an inclusive approach with support and help for students whose first language is not English Easy to weave into existing schemes of work with the flexible, customisable and supportive approach and Microsoft and Google compatible files

24 brilliant texts to enrich your GCSE English curriculum Finalist Education Resources Awards 2024 Weave more representative and inclusive contemporary texts and writers into Key Stage 4 with this new anthology compiled by an expert panel of writers and teachers. · Support the study of unseen texts at GCSE 9-1 with a rich choice of diverse and representative texts · Choose from 8 fiction extracts, 8 non-fiction extracts and 8 poems to inspire students and help develop their reading and writing skills · Knit into current schemes of work with strong thematic links to the most popular GCSE set texts and tasks that develop the key skills in the GCSE English assessment objectives · Feel confident to deliver rewarding and engaging lessons using the teaching guidance, context notes, language support and ready-made lesson plans and worksheets · Fully editable, downloadable and photocopiable so you can teach flexibly and share across the department · The perfect companion to Who We Are KS3 Anthology Teacher Pack 9780008474607

24 brilliant texts to enrich your KS3 English curriculum Finalist Education Resources Awards 2024 Weave more representative and inclusive contemporary texts and writers into Key Stage 3 with this new anthology compiled by an expert panel of writers and teachers. Enable all students see themselves in or find a point of connection with the texts they are reading from the start of secondary schoolChoose from a diverse range of poetry, fiction extracts and non-fiction, including speeches and spoken sources to inspire students and help develop their writing skillsFeel confident to deliver rewarding and engaging lessons using the teaching guidance, context notes, language support and ready-made activitiesFully editable, downloadable and photocopiable so you can teach flexibly and share across the department

Please note this title is suitable for any student studying: Exam Board: AQA Level: GCSE Subject: English Language First teaching: 2015 First exams: 2017 Matched to the requirements of the AQA GCSE English Language specification, this workbook provides a targeted approach to practising the key reading skills of language and structural analysis; evaluation and comparision. Focusing on how to achieve grade 5, this full-colour, write-in workbook takes students through the individual exam questions and provides extensive practice opportunities, sample student answers, revision tips and sample exam papers. Including opportunities for self-assessment and reviewing progress, students take control of their skills development through this motivational resource, written by an expert and experienced author team.

Whether you’re looking for a reliable way to get back on track, a super-speedy refresher, or if this is your first time studying William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, York Notes for GCSE AQA Rapid Revision Guide: Romeo and Juliet is brimming with everything you need to supercharge your success and race ahead to great results in all your assessments and exams. This Rapid Revision Guide is a fast and effective way to refresh your knowledge. Cleverly structured and very easy to use, this handy, portable catch-up guide will take you step-by-step through everything you need to know, remember and recall. In order to impress an examiner you are likely to need to demonstrate understanding of key contexts. This Rapid Revision guide will help you to revise what is learnt about the characters, themes, and language that Shakespeare uses, as well as focusing on key quotations. Exam focus sections appear frequently and provide practical answers to questions such as: How do I link context to the play? Quick quizzes, power paragraphs and try for yourself sections make this a speedy way to practise your skills. York Notes are the experts in English Literature, so if you’re looking for THE ultimate smart, fast and highly effective way to get ahead with Willam Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, then this handy guide is all you need.

Exam Board: AQA Level & Subject: GCSE English Language First teaching: September 2015 Next exams: November 2024 and June 2025 Help your students succeed in AQA GCSE (9–1) English Language, with resources to develop and practise the skills they need for every question in the Paper 1 and Paper 2 exams. Help students build and apply the key skills for each question with a carefully designed learning sequence, a step-by-step process for responding and plenty of opportunities to practise the question in focus. Assess progress and build confidence for the final exams with half-term progress tests, end-of-term mock exams and two further practice papers for revision. Show students how to improve their work, with annotated sample responses to exemplify Grade 5 achievement. Save time searching for texts with a fantastic selection of fiction and non-fiction extracts from the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Trusted support from Jo Heathcote, a GCSE English Language assessment expert and an experienced teacher of GCSE and A-level.

Exam Board: AQA Level & Subject: GCSE 9-1 English Language, GCSE 9-1 English Literature First teaching: September 2015 Next exams: June 2025 Develop your students’ skills in English Literature and English Language as you study The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. This Student Book offers English Literature lessons to help your classes explore the set text in depth. In parallel, English Language lessons give students the opportunity to respond to fiction and non-fiction extracts that will deepen their understanding of the play’s themes and contexts. This practical resource is designed for in-class study, as well as exam preparation. Give students a supportive route through the set text, with pre-reading, close reading and whole-text review chapters to help them understand the plot, characters, themes and contexts and analyse the writer’s methods. Build writing stamina with the longer exam-style tasks at the end of each chapter. Support all learners with clear plot summaries and a ‘Who’s who’ guide to the main characters. Prepare for examination success with a final chapter on the Literature exam, including exam-style questions, step-by-step guidance for writing an effective response, and sample answers at different levels. Practise all the AQA English Language Paper 1 and 2 question formats. Students will learn how to locate information, analyse language and structure, synthesise, critically evaluate and compare as they read texts about nineteenth-century London, Victorian ‘freak shows’, macabre scientific experiments and the ethics of artificial intelligence. They will also be given the opportunity to produce their own narrative, descriptive and argumentative writing.

The only way to feel fully prepared for your English Literature exam is to practise, practise, practise. This York Notes Practice Tests with Answers book makes it easy and will give you the vital experience you need to properly test your skills, build your confidence and feel exam-ready.

The only way to feel fully prepared for your English Literature exam is to practise, practise, practise. This York Notes Practice Tests with Answers book makes it easy and will give you the vital experience you need to properly test your skills, build your confidence and feel exam-ready.

Exam Board: AQA Level & Subject: GCSE 9-1 English Language First teaching: September 2015 Next exams: November 2023 and June 2024 Help post-16 students achieve Grade 5 with resources to develop and practise the skills for each question in the AQA GCSE English Language exams. Pick up and teach with this readymade course. Organised into 30 weeks and structured by exam question, the resources provide complete coverage of Paper 1 and Paper 2 as well as preparation for the Spoken Language endorsement. Help students to build and apply the key skills for each question with a carefully designed learning sequence, a step-by-step methodology for responding and plenty of opportunities to practise the question in focus. Everything you need to teach: the Teacher Guide includes medium-term plans to provide an overview of learning, clear and succinct lesson plans and worksheets to allow students to annotate and explore texts in depth. Readymade PowerPoints support front-of-class teaching while revision PowerPoints summarise what students need to remember for each exam question. Assessment-focused: a wealth of annotated sample answers and marking guidance are provided in the Teacher Guide for each of the half-term progress tests, end-of-term mock exams and the final practice papers in the Student Book to help you mark to standard and show your students how to improve. Tried and trusted support from Jo Heathcote and Sheila McCann, two experienced teachers and GCSE English Language assessment experts.

Exam Board: AQA Level & Subject: GCSE 9-1 English Language First teaching: September 2015 Next exams: November 2024 and June 2025 Help post-16 students achieve Grade 5 with resources to develop and practise the skills for each question in the AQA GCSE English Language exams. Pick up and teach with this readymade course. Organised into 30 weeks and structured by exam question, the Student Book provides complete coverage of Paper 1 and Paper 2 as well as preparation for the Spoken Language endorsement. Help students to build and apply the key skills for each question with a carefully designed learning sequence, a step-by-step methodology for responding and plenty of opportunities to practise the question in focus. Assess progress and build confidence for the summer exam with half-term progress tests, end-of-term mock exams and two further practice papers for revision. All are supported with marking guidance and a wealth of annotated sample responses in the Teacher Guide. Show students how to improve their work, with annotated sample responses to exemplify the Level 3 mark scheme criteria, and regular self- and peer-assessment activities. Save time searching for texts with a fantastic selection of fiction and non-fiction extracts from the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Engage 16–19 year old and adult learners with texts and topics chosen to interest students in post-16 contexts. Trusted support from Jo Heathcote, a GCSE English Language assessment expert and an experienced teacher of GCSE and A-level.

Find everything you need to achieve your full potential with York Notes for GCSE Study Guides, now updated for GCSE (9-1).

This updated edition is designed to support students in study and revision for the new GCSE (9-1) English Literature exams.

The Teacher Guide supports both Student Books with expert suggestions from leading professionals about how you could plan and teach the two GCSE courses. These practical, ready-made resources can be drawn on in your first years of teaching the specifications, and edited and adapted to the needs of your classes. Plan your course with expert support. Schemes of work suggest how English Language and English Literature GCSE could be taught in one year, two years or three years. Medium-term plans give an overview of the learning in each chapter, including a clear synopsis of the genres, forms and purposes, key linguistic and literary terminology and the Assessment Objectives covered. Help all your students make good progress with detailed, differentiated lesson plans, worksheets and PowerPoints in fully editable formats. Extra support and extra challenge features suggest how to make the Student Book content appropriate to all your learners. CPD videos from Jo Heathcote and Sarah Darragh offer advice on preparing to teach the new GCSEs, whether you are a Head of Department, an English teacher, or an NQT, including guidance on supporting successful transition from KS3 and how to help students cope with the most challenging aspects of the new specifications.

Exam Board: AQALevel & Subject: GCSE 9-1 English Language, GCSE 9-1 English LiteratureFirst teaching: September 2015Next exams: June 2024 AQA approved Teach AQA’s GCSEs in English Literature and English Language as one coherent course with Student Books that help students to build and apply the skills that underpin both qualifications. Offer your students the right level of challenge. The Advanced Student Book revisits the Assessment Objectives for English Language and English Literature from the Core Student Book at a more sophisticated level, offering extra challenge to more able students. Help all students make good progress. Each chapter follows the hierarchy of skills and knowledge in the mark schemes, so students have a clear sequence of learning. End-of-chapter ‘Apply your skills’ practice tasks, annotated answers and self-assessment guidance helps students understand how to improve their work. Get to grips with the new specifications with expert suggestions from leading professionals as to how you could plan and teach the course. Our practical, ready-made resources can be used in your first years of teaching the specifications, and edited and adapted to your requirements. Save time updating your English Language resources with our comprehensive selection of passages from nineteenth- to twenty-first century literature and literary nonfiction, perfect for building students’ confidence in tackling unseen texts.

Exam Board: AQALevel & Subject: GCSE English Language, GCSE English LiteratureFirst teaching: September 2015Next exams: June 2024 AQA approved Teach AQA’s GCSEs in English Literature and English Language as one coherent course with Student Books that help students to build and apply the skills that underpin both qualifications. Offer your students the right level of challenge. The Core Student Book provides an excellent foundation in the skills and knowledge required for both courses. Help all students make good progress. Each chapter follows the hierarchy of skills and knowledge in the mark schemes, so students have a clear sequence of learning. End-of-chapter ‘Apply your skills’ practice tasks, annotated answers and self-assessment guidance helps students understand how to improve their work. Get to grips with the new specifications with expert suggestions from leading professionals as to how you could plan and teach the course. Our practical, ready-made resources can be used in your first years of teaching the specifications, and edited and adapted to yourrequirements. Save time updating your English Language resources with our comprehensive selection of passages from nineteenth- to twenty-first century literature and literary non-fiction, perfect for building students’ confidence in tackling unseen texts. Engage all learners with a rich and exciting approach to English Literature that takes students step-by-step through the fundamentals of how to analyse, interpret and writecritically about literature to provide a starting point for your own in-depth exploration of your chosen set texts.