Resources
Useful resources to support learning in English
These resources are useful for students to help consolidate knowledge learnt in lessons and to aid revision:
KEY STAGE 3
Sora App
Sora is an award-winning digital reading app that empowers students to discover age-appropriate ebooks, audiobooks and more from their school library. Students can log in with their Guilsborough Academy email address.
Explore the Sora App by clicking here.
Educake
Educake provides online homework and revision for a range of secondary subjects. It’s based on a bank of thousands of specification-mapped questions. They’re automatically marked and have been written by teachers and specialist subject editors. Students are given a username by the school. As well as completing homework quizzes, students can choose to quiz themselves for additional learning.
Explore Educake by clicking here.
Writing Intervention Booklet
Beyond English have created a Writing Intervention Booklet for Key Stage 3, if you want to support your child with additional practice of key writing skills at home. There is a workbook for students, and an answer book to help them self-assess their work.
Explore the Writing Intervention Booklet by clicking here.
Explore the Writing Intervention Answer Booklet by clicking here.
KEY STAGE 4
Set texts
At the start of Year 10, we offer parents the opportunity to purchase the set texts for AQA GCSE English Literature along with CGP revision guides as a reduced-price bundle on ParentPay. If parents wish to purchase copies of texts themselves, they are listed and can be accessed below:
- Macbeth by William Shakespeare – CGP edition
- A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens – CGP edition
- An Inspector Calls by J. B. Priestley – Firestone Books edition
Although we have chosen annotation-friendly editions, for students with dyslexia, we can recommend the dyslexia-friendly editions of the texts above offered by Firestone books.
MASSOLIT
MASSOLIT works with university academics to produce short video lectures on key areas of Literature for GCSE. Students can quiz themselves after watching a mini-lecture on the website, and it is an excellent opportunity for stretch and challenge at GCSE. Students can log in with their Guilsborough Academy email address.
Explore MASSOLIT by clicking here.
KS4 Revision Team
Students at Key Stage Four can log into the KS4 Revision Team, via their school log in on Microsoft Teams. On English channel, students can access a range of revision resources and mock exam questions to support their revision practice at home.
Explore the KS4 Revision Team by clicking here.
The following crib sheet can be downloaded for students to locate revision resources for the whole of the English Literature and Language GCSE course:
LitCharts
An online resource which offers summaries, annotations and in-depth analysis of a whole spectrum of Literature texts. A great starting point when studying a new text.
Explore LitCharts by clicking here. Students can access a whole-school log in that is shared with Key Stage 4 and 5.
Mr Bruff
An English teacher turned Youtuber – Mr Bruff has created innumerate videos on Language and Literature to support students’ independent analysis and understanding.
Explore Mr Bruff by clicking here.
Educake
Educake provides online homework and revision for the English GCSE Course. They’re automatically marked and have been written by teachers and specialist subject editors. Students are given a username by the school. As well as completing homework quizzes, students can choose to quiz themselves for revision.
