A 19 lesson, fully resourced unit developing comparison skills at KS3 to develop the skills needed for AQA English Language Paper 2, Q4. The unit explores comparisons and high quality inference through a range of fiction and non-fiction texts.
A learning mat for staff and students summarising the AQA GCSE Literature mark scheme and a written version of the Chief Examiners video comments explaining the criteria for each band of the mark scheme.
SANTA HAS BEEN MURDERED!
Using the clues, students must use their inference and deduction skills to figure out who killed Santa in this collaborative, festive task.
A learning mat which focuses on the language used by students to analyse a Literature text. Ideal for GCSE and A Level students who need to improve their essay craft.
A detailed power point that summarises Priestley’s intentions and his ‘BIG ideas’ and key contextual factors. There is also a detailed summary of writer’s methods including form, narrative structure and language features.
A selection of learning mats designed to support students in their creative writing and the creation of non-fiction texts. The pack includes:
-Synonym Learning Mat (6 pages of ambitious alternatives to key words)
-Creative writing learning mat (focuses on devices and structural features that can be used in writing)
-Non-fiction learning mat (focuses on devices that can be used, structure and how to tailor writing for different forms)
-Sentence learning mat (advice on how sentence structure can be varied for impact)
-Punctuation learning mat (advice on how to use key pieces of punctuation)
-Pivotal openers (sentence/paragraph starters for creative and non-fiction writing)