This lesson was created to scaffold question 2 of the iGCSE paper (for bottom set), it teaches students how to approach a question, informs them on formality, they write a response to a question (sentence starters provided) and peer assess their work. They then acknowledge their targets by completing the corresponding task.

This is a feedback mark sheet which I used to give students feedback on their written adverts for the SPCA. It includes a quick tick-list with assessment and SPaG focused targets and is in student-friendly language. It makes marking so much quicker and can be easily adapted to suit your assessment. It also has the KS3 writing grid with levels 1-5

This is a feedback mark sheet which I used to give students feedback on their persuasive speeches against racism (based the character of Crooks). It includes a quick tick-list with assessment and SPaG focused targets and is in student-friendly language. It makes marking so much quicker.

This is a feedback mark sheet which I used to give students feedback on their tension analysis assessments of Blood Brothers. It includes a quick tick-list with assessment and SPaG focused targets and is in student-friendly language. It makes marking so much quicker and can be easily adapted to suit your assessment.

This is a feedback mark sheet which I used to give students feedback on their Romeo and Juliet plot summary assessments. It includes a quick tick-list with assessment and SPaG focused targets and is in student-friendly language. It makes marking so much quicker. I have also used the iGCSE mark scheme for Question 3 which is focused on the skill of writing a summary.

This is a feedback mark sheet which I used to give students feedback on their newspaper article assessments. It includes a quick tick-list with assessment and SPaG focused targets and is in student-friendly language. It makes marking so much quicker and can be easily adapted to suit your assessment.

This is a feedback mark sheet which I used to give students feedback on their Mickey and Edward comparison assessments (based on act 1). It includes a quick tick-list with assessment and SPaG focused targets and is in student-friendly language. It makes marking so much quicker and can be easily adapted to suit your assessment.

This lesson is based on act 1, scene 3 of Macbeth. It involves students completing scaffolded questions on an extract from the scene. Students then write an analytical response focusing on Banquo's/Macbeth's reaction to the witches. It includes a guide to writing a PEAL paragraph and sentence starters.

This lesson gives an overview for each question in the AQA English Language paper 1 exam. It then focuses on the skills needed for question 2. It provides steps to approaching the question, an example and a peer assessment checklist for students. I used an old IGCSE reading passage and created a question 2 style question for students to respond to.

This lesson introduces students to the speaking and listening GCSE endorsement. It includes the mark scheme, an example speech and suggested topics for students. It can be adapted but was used to introduce the Speaking and Listening Scheme of work for year 11s.

This lesson was taught to a middle ability year 8 class who have been studying the play Dracula. It's based on act 2 of Dracula when their are reports of a severe storm in Whitby. The class spent a lesson planning their newspaper article (worksheet attached) and a lesson writing it. It includes a starter task which involves students decoding the conventions of a newspaper article, an example article, a newspaper template (attached) and a success criteria of what to include. There is also some key words for writing using a newspaper style.