Fed up with students who talk over you and ignore instructions?Drained and worn out by disruption, disobedience, and defiance?Does the thought of facing some groups fill you with utter dread?Drawing on 20+ years experience in special education and mainstream settings, teacher-trainer Rob Plevin explains a proven, step-by-step plan for successfully managing the most challenging individuals and groups in today’s toughest classrooms. Packed with powerful, fast-acting techniques – including a novel routine to get any class quiet in 15 seconds or less – this book helps teachers across all age groups connect and succeed with hard-to-reach, reluctant learners.You’ll discover:The simple six-step plan to minimise & deal with classroom behaviour problemsHow to gain trust & respect from tough, hard-to-reach studentsHow to put an end to power struggles & confrontationHow to have students follow your instructions… with no need to repeat yourselfThe crucial importance of consistency (and how to achieve it)Quick and easy ways to raise engagement and enjoyment in your lessonsThe ‘Clean Slate’ – a step by step method you can use to ‘start over’ with that particularly difficult group of students who won’t do anything you say.Take Control of the Noisy Class provides hundreds of practical ideas and interventions to end your classroom management struggles & create a thoroughly enjoyable lesson climate for all concerned. Read more

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Want an easy way to get a great English Literature GCSE grade for your ‘Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’ unit? Then this is the guide for you! No waffle, no going off the point, just great revision essays, key points and essay plans. The guide serves as a clear and concise revision tool, as it covers the key subject matter that you would have studied in lessons. Key content: Dr Jekyll: Key Points - Revision Essay – Essay Plan, Mr Hyde: Key Points - Revision Essay – Essay Plan, Mr Utterson: Key Points - Revision Essay – Essay Plan, Supporting Characters: Key Points - Revision Essay – Essay Plan, Language: Key Points - Revision Essay – Essay Plan, Structure: Key Points - Revision Essay – Essay Plan, Themes: Key Points - Revision Essay – Essay Plan, Setting and Genre: Key Points - Revision Essay – Essay Plan, Historical Context: Key Points - Revision Essay – Essay Plan. Read more

There's no better guide to boosting your GCSE by two or three grades. Find out how to write about Shakespeare, the 19th Century novel, your 20th Century play or novel and, of course, your poetry. I show you how to write about the author's purpose, the writer's ideas, the effect on the reader, the context of the time so that grade 6 seems very achievable. Then you'll learn how develop your ideas, how to embed quotations, write about more than one interpretation, use the right subject terminology, write a thesis, construct an argument and conceptualised response. You'll see these grade 7, 8 and 9 skills time and time again, in essay after essay, with examiner commentary to help you see how to do this for yourself. You'll learn a huge amount of context and see exactly how to use it to dramatically improve your grade. You'll see how to write using PEE paragraphs, and then how to move beyond that. You'll learn how to plan an essay, how to revise, how to remember quotations, how to pick the right quotations and how to embed them in your essays. You'll understand much more than you are taught in lessons because, as viewers of my channel will tell you, it really is possible for average students to gain top grades. Literature is mostly knowing stuff, and so I teach you the stuff worth knowing. You'll find essays on Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest, The Merchant of Venice, A Christmas Carol, Great Expectations, The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde, An Inspector Calls, The Strange Case of the Dog in the Night Time, Lord of the Flies, poems from the Power and Conflict Cluster, Poems from Love and Relationships, the unseen poem and finally, the unseen comparison. Each one is explained, so you can see exactly how to get the grade you want. Read more

Unlock the potential of your school with Digital Strategy for Schools – A Simple Guide, the essential handbook for education leaders navigating the challenges of the digital age. Written by Brendan O’Keeffe, an experienced educator and digital strategist, this guide simplifies the complexities of creating a robust digital strategy that enhances learning, boosts efficiency, and ensures compliance.Inspection Confidence: Feel prepared for inspections with practical tools and templates that demonstrate proactive digital planning, oversight, and accountability.Practical Frameworks: From foundational audits to milestone reviews, this guide offers step-by-step processes to streamline your school’s digital transformation.Proven Strategies: Backed by real-world success, the methods outlined have been deployed across multiple schools with measurable results.Comprehensive Coverage: Master infrastructure optimization, staff digital literacy, compliance requirements, and curriculum innovation.Leadership-Centric Approach: Designed for senior teams, IT leaders, and educators to align digital initiatives with educational goals.Ready-to-Use Templates: Save time and effort with templates for audits, oversight models, and digital strategy plans.Whether you’re modernizing outdated systems, embedding digital confidence among staff, or preparing for inspections, this guide empowers you to lead with clarity and purpose. Embrace the future of education with actionable steps and a strategy you can trust.Perfect for: School leaders, IT directors, and anyone passionate about making digital systems work smarter for education. Read more

Maths Is Not A Mystery is a GCSE revision course that aims to demystify maths by offering down to earth explanations, common sense links to the real world and a series of practice questions with answers. Solving Equations 2 will show you how to solve equations with unknowns on both sides, where the question also contains brackets or fractions. The various procedures are fully explained and there are practice questions at the end of the book to help you gain confidence. Read more

Need effective strategies you can use to adapt your teaching for different learners?Do you want a range of techniques you can use to meet the needs of all learners? Are you looking for quick and simple tools that help you to build your classroom practice?This book doesn't offer a detailed, in-depth guide to scaffolding and modelling. It doesn't take a deep dive into research, academic literature and the history of pedagogy.This is a book written by a teacher, for teachers. Fifty ideas are presented in short, bite-size chunks. Easy to read, easy to digest and easy to implement.It won't take you long to read the book. It's small enough to keep on your desk or in your drawer. It's a reference you can keep coming back to. One that will always give you a proven strategy or a proven technique you can use to engage learners, support learning, and help maximise engagement.30 strategies and techniques for scaffolding20 strategies and techniques for modellingPractical examplesIdeas that are quick and easy to implementRelevant for primary and secondaryStart adapting your lessons for all learners by getting your hands on your copy of 50 Quick Ways to Use Scaffolding and Modelling today. Read more

Students hate poetry. They get presented with an unseen poem and they say, 'help, what am I supposed to write about? Why do we have to study this?'This guide is not going to persuade you to love poetry. But it is going to show you how easy it is to answer this question. And, obviously, how easy it is to get top grades.This is my mission:I want to help students and teachers get grades 7, 8 and 9, no matter what their starting points or circumstances.Although AQA are obviously failing in their mission, they are doing this for what they believe are moral reasons. They believe that giving out answers to past questions will mean that students can copy them and use them in their mock exams.They believe this will undermine the integrity of the assessment system.I’ll let you judge that for what it is worth.I am going to give 29 graded answers from grade 4 to grade 9.You will see why the examiner gave it their mark.You will understand what I think you should learn from each answer, and how to force the examiner to give you higher marks.I would like to take this opportunity to thank AQA for creating a market for my work. AQA, you are letting your students down. Thank you for allowing me to help them to get top grades, because you don’t want to. Read more

There are 4 questions you probably have about the GCSE Macbeth questions:What do I need to know to get the grade I want?How do I structure my answer to get that grade?How can I get a higher grade?What does a grade 9 answer look like?If so, this is exactly the guide you want.The answer to those questions also changes if you want to get higher than a grade 7.I hope you will also have another question:I find it hard to see what you mean when you explain it. Can you just show me?That’s where the real magic happens. By seeing actual essays – not just sample paragraphs, but full answers – at every single grade, you will understand exactly how to improve your writing.You will understand exactly what will get you the grade you want, because each essay has been marked by a senior examiner, with their comments. And, then you get my expert comments, telling you what you should learn from each essay that will make your grade easy to achieve.Top grades made easy. That's what this guide is for.Haven't I already written the Ultimate Guide to Macbeth? Why am I publishing another guide? Because this one shows exactly how to write GCSE essays which score top marks. And I show you as quickly as possible. Because, let's face it, not many students are going to love Macbeth as much as I do.Most students just want the grade. This is how you get it. Quickly. Read more

Suitable for use across all specifications, this study edition includes the full text, divided into manageable sections with short ‘getting the reading done’ activities suitable for class work, or to support students reading the text individually. More extensive before and after reading resources provide material for studying the text in class. These cover key ideas in the text, make connections between the text and its context and include a helpful section on exam preparation and revision. Read more

Level: KS3Subject: HistoryRepeated practice is proven to be more effective than repeated study – that’s why this Collins KS3 History revision guide is guaranteed to help students achieve their best results! With clear and accessible explanations of all the KS3 History content, this revision guide provides clear, concise study notes plus five practice opportunities for each topic. Quick tests and practice questions are included at the end of every topic to check understanding. Plus, at the end of the book there are plenty of topic review questions and mixed practice questions. There’s also a free download of Q&A flashcards online at collins.co.uk/pages/key-stage-3-flashcards-and-audio. Looking for more study resources for Key Stage 3? Try our KS3 History All-in-One Revision and Practice (9780007562893).This e-book is replica of the print title. It is possible some sections of the print book can be written in – please bear in mind that you will need a pen and notebook in order to complete these sections. Read more

Each pack includes access to a FREE online edition of the REVISE AQA GCSE (9-1) English Language Revision Guide and contains:100 Revision Cards and three organising dividers (with a handy 'how to use' guide) Multiple choice questions and answers Worked examples Topic summaries and key facts to remember Read more

Exam Board: AQAAcademic Level: GCSESubject: History: Conflict and tension in Asia, 1950-1975First teaching: September 2016First Exams: Summer 2018Designed for hassle-free, independent study and priced to meet both your and your students' budgets, this combined Revision Guide and Workbook is the smart choice for those revising for AQA GCSE (9-1) History and includes:A FREE online edition One-topic-per-page format 'Now Try This' practice questions on topic pages Exam skills pages including Worked examples with exemplar answers Exam-style practice pages with practice questions in the style of the exams Guided support and hints providing additional scaffolding, to help avoid common pitfalls Full set of practice papers written to match the specification exactly Read more

Exam Board: EdexcelLevel & Subject: GCSE HistoryFirst teaching: September 2016 First exams: June 2018REVISE Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History: Medicine in Britain Revision Cards are perfect for students who want to turbocharge their revision time! Each pack includes access to a FREE online edition of the REVISE Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History: Early Medicine in Britain Revision Guide and contains:30 Revision Cards and three organising dividers (with a handy 'how to use' guide) Multiple choice questions and answers Worked examples Topic summaries and key facts to rememberPackaging may vary Read more

This book will provide you with 12 crystal clear and accurate examples of 'A' star (Grade 9) AQA GCSE English Literature 'A Christmas Carol' answers.I teach both GCSEs and A levels and I am a qualified and experienced teacher and tutor of over 20 years standing. I teach, write academic resources for the Times Educational supplement and provide independent tuition in Central and West London.Featuring 12 'A Christmas Carol' essays:1) Starting with this extract, how does Dickens present Scrooge as an outsider to society?• how Dickens presents Scrooge in this extract • how Dickens presents Scrooge as an outsider to society in the novel as a whole.2) Starting with this extract, how does Dickens present Scrooge’s nephew Fred?• how Dickens presents Fred in this extract • how Dickens presents Fred in the novel as a whole.3) Starting with this extract, explore how Dickens uses the ghosts to help Scrooge change his attitudes and behaviour.• how Dickens uses Marley’s Ghost in this extract • how Dickens uses the ghosts to help Scrooge change his attitudes and behaviour in the novel as a whole.4) Starting with this extract, how does Dickens present The Ghost of Christmas Past in A Christmas Carol?• how Dickens presents The Ghost of Christmas Past in this extract • how Dickens presents The Ghost of Christmas Past in the novel as a whole.5) Starting with this extract, how does Dickens present the Ghost of Christmas Present in A Christmas Carol?• how Dickens presents the Ghost of Christmas Present in this extract • how Dickens presents the Ghost of Christmas Present in the novel as a whole.6) Starting with this extract, how does Dickens present Tiny Tim in A Christmas Carol?• how Dickens presents Tiny Tim in this extract • how Dickens presents Tiny Tim in the novel as a whole.7) Starting with this extract, explore how Dickens uses the Cratchit family to show the struggles of the poor.• how Dickens presents the Cratchit family in this extract • how Dickens uses the Cratchit family to show the struggles of the poor in the novel as a whole.8) Starting with this extract, how does Dickens present the themes of poverty and social injustice in A Christmas Carol?• how Dickens presents the themes of poverty and social injustice in this extract • how Dickens presents the themes of poverty and social injustice in the novel as a whole.9) Starting with this extract, how does Dickens present Bob Cratchit in A Christmas Carol?• how Dickens presents Bob Cratchit in this extract • how Dickens presents Bob Cratchit in the novel as a whole.10) Starting with this extract, explore how Dickens presents Scrooge’s fears in A Christmas Carol.• how Dickens presents what Scrooge is frightened of in this extract • how Dickens presents Scrooge’s fears in the novel as a whole.11) Starting with this extract, how does Dickens present the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come in A Christmas Carol?• how Dickens presents the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come in this extract • how Dickens presents the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come in the novel as a whole.12) Starting with this extract, how does Dickens show the transformation of Scrooge’s character in A Christmas Carol?• how Dickens shows Scrooge’s transformation in this extract • how Dickens shows Scrooge’s transformation from the beginning of the novella.I have created and moderated the answers with my Quality Control System™. The Quality Control System™ includes a summary of the Examination Papers, how to approach the Assessment Objectives in each examination and the correct Timings (minute/s per mark) and Word Count (per mark) for each question.I am a teacher/tutor whose students have received A’s and A stars in AQA English Literature examinations for many years following the methods and model answers outlined in this book. Read more

Exam board: AQA & Edexcel (A Level) , WJEC & Eduqas (GCSE)Level & Subject: A Level, GCSE 9-1 English LiteratureFirst teaching: September 2015First examination: June 2017This edition of Othello is perfect for A-level and GCSE 9-1 students, with the complete play in an accessible format, on-page notes, introduction setting the context, timeline, character and theme indexes.Affordable high quality complete play for OthelloDemystify vocabulary with notes on the page and concise commentarySet the scene with perfectly pitched introductions that introduce key contexts, concerns and stylistic features, and examine different performances and interpretationsRecall plot summaries at the beginning of each sceneSupport GCSE and A Level revision and essay writing with theme and character indexesHelp with social, historical and literary context with the bespoke timeline of Shakespeare’s life and times Read more

He put the glass to his lips, and drank at one gulp. A cry followed; he reeled, staggered, clutched at the table and held on, staring with injected eyes, gasping with open mouth; and as I looked there came, I thought, a change…A series of brutal incidents – a murder, the trampling of a child – leads lawyer Mr Utterson to try to find out more about the repulsive perpetrator Mr Hyde. More importantly, he begins to question how Hyde is connected to Utterson’s old friend, the respectable Dr Jekyll.Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1886 novel, with its concern with doubles and the ‘dual nature of man’, takes the reader into the darker regions of late Victorian London, as Utterson begins to unravel the mystery and confront the horror of Hyde’s true identity.This Collins Classroom Classics edition includes an introduction and glossary to support students, written by an experienced teacher. Read more

This book will provide you with 12 crystal clear and accurate examples of 'A' star (Grade 9) AQA GCSE English Literature 'An Inspector Calls' answers.I teach both GCSEs and A levels and I am a qualified and experienced teacher and tutor of over 20 years standing. I teach, write academic resources for the Times Educational supplement and provide independent tuition in central and west London.Featuring 12 An Inspector Calls Essays:1) How does Priestley present the character of Mr Birling in An Inspector Calls?Write about: • how Mr Birling responds to his family and to the Inspector • how Priestley presents Mr Birling by the ways he writes.2) How does Priestley present some of the differences between the older and younger generations in An Inspector Calls?Write about • how the different generations respond to events and to each other • how Priestley presents the different generations in the play.3) How does Priestley present the character of Gerald in An Inspector Calls?Write about: • how Gerald responds to the Birling family and to the Inspector • how Priestley presents Gerald by the ways he writes.4) How does Priestley explore the theme of gender in An Inspector Calls?Write about: • the ideas presented about the theme of gender in An Inspector Calls • how Priestley presents these ideas about the theme of gender by the ways he writes.5) How does Priestley present the character of Mrs Birling in An Inspector Calls?Write about: • how Mrs Birling responds to her family and to the Inspector • how Priestley presents Mrs Birling by the ways he writes.6) How does Priestley use the character of the Inspector to suggest ways that society could be improved?Write about: • what society is shown to be like in the play and how it might be improved • how Priestley presents society through what the Inspector says and does.7) How and why does Sheila change in An Inspector Calls?Write about: • how Sheila responds to her family and to the Inspector • how Priestley presents Sheila by the ways he writes.8) How does Priestley explore responsibility in An Inspector Calls?Write about: • the ideas about responsibility in An Inspector Calls • how Priestley presents these ideas by the ways he writes.9) How far does Priestley present Eric as a character who changes his attitudes towards himself and others during the play?Write about: • what Eric says and does throughout the play • how far Priestley presents Eric as a character who changes his attitudes.10) How does Priestley explore the importance of social class in An Inspector Calls?Write about: • some ideas about social class in the play • how Priestley presents the importance of social class.11) How does Priestley present the character of the Inspector in An Inspector Calls?Write about: • how the Inspector responds to the other characters of the play • how Priestley presents the Inspector by the ways he writes.12) How does Priestley present the character of Eva Smith in An Inspector Calls?Write about: • how Eva Smith interacts with the Birling family and with Gerald • how Priestley presents Eva Smith by the ways he writes.This book will provide you with crystal clear and accurate examples of 12 full mark 'A' star grade An Inspector Calls examination answers from the current syllabus that I have created with my Quality Control System™ and moderated. The Quality Control System™ includes a summary of the Examination Papers, how to approach the Assessment Objectives in each examination and the correct Timings (minute/s per mark) and Word Count (per mark) for each question.This book is not endorsed by or affiliated with AQA. I am simply a teacher/tutor whose students have received A’s and A stars in AQA English Literature examinations for many years following the methods and model answers outlined in this book. Read more

Exam Board: AQALevel: GCSE Grade 9-1Subject: English Literature Don’t let being short of time or inspiration stop you studying and revising.This AQA GCSE Rapid Revision guide to Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol has been expertly written and designed to provide everything you need to succeed, in no time at all.Cleverly structured and easy to use, this nifty guide is packed with all the content, quotations and questions you need to study, practise and revise effectively and efficiently. And with quick quizzes, memorable ideas maps and model answers you’ll be able to remember and recall what you’ve learned with ease.Whether you’re after some fast and focused help with studying the text, or counting down to an exam, Rapid Revision for A Christmas Carol is the quick and powerful way to race ahead to great results. Read more

Dominic Salles has been practising teaching English for well over 20,000 hours (more than the 10,000 required for mastery) and this book is bursting with proven ideas which will dramatically improve your students’ grades and your work life balance. He’s used many of these techniques in his YouTube channel, Mr Salles Teaches English, where 27% of viewers improve by at least 3 grades. He became obsessed with research in 2009, and has over 10,000 hours applying this to English teams and the whole school. In 2019, on average every student in year 11 improved by 5 GCSE grades across all their subjects in just one year. You can do it too. The secrets to your success are waiting for you in these pages:A teaching sequence which always accelerates progress.How to teach writing description, narrative, persuasion, poetry, essays so all students improve.How to help all students understand literature at grades 7 – 9.How to teach units more quickly, yet with twice the depth and impact.Instantly give feedback so students improve every day.Create a knowledge retrieval curriculum in lessons and homework.How to teach cultural capital, vocabulary, spelling and reading, so students thrive well beyond their exams.Learn the 8 classroom techniques which will transform how your students learn.Learn how to plan a brilliant, knowledge rich curriculum, perfectly sequenced so your students remember more.Next, improve every teacher in the English team without ever having to do a lesson observation.Most precious of all – everything you learn will also save you time. Read more