To be used in conjunction with CCEA GCSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: Reading To Access Non-Fiction Texts. This is a sample Jeremy Clarkson activity in the style of the new exam and could be used as a mock. Hope this is useful for you.

CCEA GCSE English Literature: Poetry Anthology: Identity Teaching Notes

CCEA GCSE English Literature: Poetry: Identity Anthology - teaching notes

A collection of sample questions you may want to use with your GCSE students for the CCEA GCSE English Language: Writing for Purpose and Audience Unit. Some of these are old Functional Writing questions, from the new SAM and some of my own ideas. Hopefully you find this useful.

show students Fred and George YouTube clip (interrupting OWL examinations) then ask students to write letter of complaint as the Head Master

CCEA GCSE ENGLISH Language: Unit 4 (Paper 2) Section A: Personal or Creative Writing Here is a sample creative piece in response to one of the mock papers made (and available for download on TES). It is quite dry and whilst the plot line is probably standard enough, it doesn’t really pitch it to the correct audience stipulated in the mock question. The characters are quite static and need to be developed more, and the piece is too short. However, I thought students could use it to see the importance of reading the question carefully and consciously trying to engage the target audience you’ve been assigned. My plan would be that after they in pairs discussed the work, filled in the checklist and gave some feedback on what was good/bad, that we could discuss the stimulus picture and brainstorm some potential plotlines. A lot of them might be inspired to do a Pretty Little Liars style thing where the main character perhaps gets texts from a mysterious unknown person, or perhaps go down a bullying route?

A collaborative essay that arose out of a class discussion with my Y12. The students analysed Katy Perry's 'Roar' as a piece of Unseen Poetry.

This is a compilation of a few KS3 resources I have made to help students tackle the presentational aspect of media texts. It has been made with a view to preparing KS3 students for the new CCEA GCSE: Reading to access media texts. It focuses on Camera Angles, Shot Types and Camera Movements. It could be used for a Media class, reading film, Film Studies or indeed for the GCSE CCEA spec. Hopefully you find this useful! :)

A topical 'writing for purpose and audience' task which considers Hollywood and other high profile abuse of power scandals.

This a self-assessment form for students to fill in, based on The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. However, it can easily be adapted to suit other written tasks. It is for KS3 students and the aim is that they read the feedback comments / annotation on their work and tick accordingly. They then review how many Yes/No ticks they have and set themselves a target based on what they have identified as their weaknesses.

A sample response for Bourne and Casino Royale DVD covers for the CCEA GCSE Paper 1 Section B Past Paper Question

Used to teach AS Level students. Made for the old CCEA Specification but could be used as unseen poetry analysis. Hope this helps!

Notes for Frost's After Apple Picking

CCEA 2017 Task and research / articles for students to help prepare them

KS3 Year 8 Intro to Shakespeare - Context

I don't own this resource but thought it would be of use to a few people if I uploaded it!

A Tension Graph activity and summary of KEY tension points in An Inspector Calls

Used with a low ability Year 9 Class in conjunction with a Fantasy Landscapes Unit. Asks the student to identify verbs, adjectives and adverbs and explain what impact they have.

Two variations of a poetic terms worksheet to help students with poetry. (Low ability and higher ability class) Students read the description and try to match the definition to the correct poetic term.

CCEA GCSE Literature: Study of Poetry: Love and Death Anthology. Compilation of the poems, their lists, AOs, sample intro and a useful compare and contrast grid, along with a list of potential questions. Hope this helps.