12,329 pages of resources
Welcome to Teachit's library of English teaching resources
Got five minutes to spare? Here are five things you could do with them!
1. Dip into a staffroom hot topic
A Level Lit specifications – opinions needed
Starting the new GCSE specs
IGCSE instead of new GCSEs?
Essay writing – dos and don'ts
2. Read a Teachit newsletter
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Half termly, themed, practical tips and advice
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The Sputnik Sentinel
Language news, resource recommendations, events listings and a run-down of the latest blogposts for Teachit Language members
3. Look at some lovely new resources
(Members – pop some of them into My Teachit for when you have more than five minutes!)
Key stage 3 > Latest additions 
Metaphors and similes in The Kite Rider | Twilight – Reader's guide | Adding drama & Taking the mick! – two resources for Romeo and Juliet | Exploring characters in The Ant Colony
Key stage 4 > Latest additions 
Climate change speaking and listening task | It will turn your blood! – The Withered Arm | A framework for media analysis | Shocking times – Frankenstein | Revision questions for 'Cold Knap Lake' | Adding drama & Taking the mick! – two resources for Romeo and Juliet
Key stage 5 > Latest additions 
Identity crisis – Enduring Love | Questions on Julius Caesar | A potted history of the English language | A framework for media analysis | A homework task on 'Greater Love' | Shocking times – Frankenstein | Fine amour – creating a love poem | Adverbial phrases | A collection of resources for Dracula
4. Find favourite resources for film
Key Stage 3 – Introducing Shrek | Truman Show scheme of work | Studying the Holes film trailer
Key Stage 4 – Jaws lesson pack | Fifteen minute Henry V | Useful generic blank storyboard | Blank storyboard sheet
Key Stage 5 – Approaches to the final scene (King Lear) | Elizabeth's prejudice | Chapter 5 essay guide (Small Island) | Pastoral poems
Media Studies – Explore Twilight | Pitch the play (Free!) | Chapter 23 storyboarding task (My Swordhand is Singing) | Compare two film versions of Romeo and Juliet | Film Noir: a scheme of work
Drama and Theatre Studies – Bentley and Craig | Speaking and listening assignment: radio broadcast (Let Him Have It!) | Introduction to drama – a scheme of work | A Drama scheme of work | Three ghosts visit Macbeth
5. HoD or 2 i/c? Take time out
Spring term, climate chaos, exams looming, curriculum change ... it's enough to rattle the hardiest of subject leaders' nerves. How about a restorative visit to the Subject Leaders' Sanctuary? Created as a haven for Heads of English and 2 i/cs, the Sanctuary is packed with hand-picked resources for you and your department and advice/empathy from others in the job.
Visit the Subject Leaders' Sanctuary