Model answers for AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1 June 2018 with tips and notes, based on the examiner’s report, providing knowledge of how students can do consistently meet the mark scheme at a high level when dealing with an unseen text. Questions 1-4 only for the edited extract of Joanne Harris’ short story from ‘Jigs and Reels’, known as Mr. Fisher.

Model answers for OCR GCSE English Language Paper 2 November 2017 with tips and notes, based on the examiner’s report, providing knowledge of how students can consistently meet the mark scheme at a high level when dealing with an unseen text. Questions 1-4 only for the extracts from ‘Trafalgar: An Eyewitness History’ and ‘Band of Sisters’ by Kirsten Holmstedt

Model answers for Edexcel GCSE English Language Paper 1 from June 2017 (The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins). Three model answers each for questions 3 and 4 for the purpose of showing what a full mark answers looks like as well as one and two levels below, roughly equivalent to a level 9, 7 and 5. Written to meet the mark scheme as well as examiner’s report for that year. Notes are included to show where and how requirements are met. Intended as an adaptable teacher’s tool to aid demonstration of models for the Language fiction exam. Please provide feedback on how you’ve used resource and anything that could be added to make more useful.

Model answers for AQA GCSE English Language Paper 2 November 2017 with tips and notes, based on the examiner’s report, providing knowledge of how students can consistently meet the mark scheme at a high level when dealing with an unseen texts. Questions 1-4 only for extracts from ‘The Other Side of the Dale’ and ‘The Ragged School’.

Model answers for AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1 from June 2017 (The Tiredness of Roasbel by Katherine Mansfield). Three model answers each for questions 2,3 and 4 for the purpose of showing what a full mark answers looks like as well as one and two levels below, roughly equivalent to a level 9, 7 and 5. Written to meet the mark scheme as well as examiner’s report for that year. Notes are included to show where and how requirements are met. Intended as an adaptable teacher’s tool to aid demonstration of models for the Language fiction exam.

Model answers for AQA GCSE English Language Paper 2 from November 2019 Three model answers each for questions 2, 3 and 4 for the purpose of showing what a good answer at each level looks like, roughly equivalent to a level 9, 7 and 5. Notes are included to show where and how the different bands of the mark scheme were met. Intended to be used for teachers and students to see how to improve. For example, a level 5 answer will be useful for a student currently working at level 3 or level 4. Questions 1-4 only for extracts from ‘Shooting an Elephant’ and ‘Wild Animals in Captivity’. Please provide feedback on how you’ve used the resource and anything that could be added to make it more useful.

Clearly presents a way to tackle the difficulties of evaluation question on the English Language GCSE paper for all exam boards (both 1 & 2/fiction & non-fiction). Goes through ‘what is evaluation?’, what to write about and how to structure a response. Overall, designed to increase understanding and confidence for teachers and students. Contains an exemplar but no activities or texts to practise on, but rather to support other work.

Model answers, with guidance, for OCR English Language Paper 1 specimen assessment material (Frederick Douglass and President Obama on Nelson Mandela. Provides exemplars for questions 1-4 with guidance showing how to interpret the marks scheme into something that students can replicate.

Model answers for Edexcel GCSE English Language Paper 2 from June 2017 (Grey is the Colour of Hope by Irina Ratushinskaya and Don’t dread downsizing! By Libby Purves). Three model answers each for questions 3, 6, 7a and 7b for the purpose of showing what a full mark answers looks like as well as one and two levels below, roughly equivalent to a level 9, 7 and 5. Written to meet the mark scheme as well as examiner’s report for that year. Notes are included to show where and how requirements are met. Intended as an adaptable teacher’s tool to aid demonstration of models for the Language non-fiction exam. Please provide feedback on how you’ve used resource and anything that could be added to make more useful.

Model answers for OCR GCSE English Language Paper 1 June 2018 with tips and notes, based on the examiner’s report, providing knowledge of how students can consistently meet the mark scheme at a high level when dealing with an unseen text. Questions 1-4 only for the extracts from Henry David Thoreau’s ‘Walden, or Life in the Woods’ and ‘Journey to the Ants’ by Bert Holldobler and Edward O. Wilson

Model answers for AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1 November 2017 with tips and notes, based on the examiner’s report, providing knowledge of how students can consistently meet the mark scheme at a high level when dealing with an unseen text. Questions 1-4 only for the opening of Kate Mosse’s novel ‘Labyrinth’.

Model answers for questions 1-4 written to meet AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1 requirements, responding to Specimen Material 3 - Claire Dean's 'Glass, Brick and Dust'. Adapt as needed.

Model answers for AQA GCSE English Language Paper 2 June 2018 with tips and notes, based on the examiner’s report, providing knowledge of how students can consistently meet the mark scheme at a high level when dealing with an unseen texts. Questions 1-4 only for extracts from ‘Morning Glass’ and ‘The Hawaiian Archipelago’.

All questions in the style of OCR GCSE English Language Paper 2. Texts include Prince Charles biography and Louisa May Alcott's 'Old Fashioned Girl' on the theme of being a newcomer.

A detailed explanation of how to write a PEE paragraph for language exams. Particularly helpful for low ability to ensure clarity while hitting higher band requirements for the shorter GCSE questions. Includes models.

Model answers for OCR GCSE English Language Paper 2 June 2018 with tips and notes, based on the examiner’s report, providing knowledge of how students can consistently meet the mark scheme at a high level when dealing with an unseen text. Questions 1-4 only for the extracts from Laurie Lee’s ‘A Moment of War’ and Wayson Choy’s ‘All That Matters’

Practice paper for OCR English Language GCSE new specification. This is for Paper 1, non-fiction, and contains all questions and is modelled after the exam board. Sources are an article by Charles Dickens and another from The Guardian on the subject of school and childhood achievement.

Model answers for OCR GCSE English Language Paper 2 from November 2018 (Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier and The Woman in Black by Susan Hill). Two model answers each for Question 2 and three for Questions 3 and 4 for the purpose of showing what a full mark answer looks like, as well as one and two levels below, roughly equivalent to a level 9, 7 and 5. Notes are included to show where and how the mark scheme was met. Intended to be used for teachers and students to see how to improve. For example, a level 5 answer will be useful for a student currently working at level 3 or level 4. Please provide feedback on how you’ve used the resource and anything that could be added to make it more useful.

A model version of revision notes for ‘An Inpsector Calls’ to show how to build wide ranging as well as specific knowledge of how the characters are presented to meet the mark scheme’s requirements. A table for students to complete in the style of the model is also included.

A revision table for students to complete including a column to complete about how and why a writer would use it. This is intended for students to remember and prepare this part of their explanation to show understanding of the writer’s work, in particular for the language exams.