
Suitable for KS4 lessons, intervention, tutoring and revision
PowerPoint - 37 complete slides
This fully planned and comprehensive lesson teaches students everything they need to know to succeed in AQA Paper 1 Question 5, the 40-mark creative writing task. The resource explains the mark scheme in clear, student-friendly terms and models how to produce compelling, controlled, Grade 9 creative writing. It is packed with examples, sentence structures, technique banks, and writing frameworks that guide even the least confident writers to success.
This resource includes:
• An introduction to Question 5 and what the task looks like (page 3)
Paper one Question Five
• Key facts students must know, including timings, mark breakdown and choice of prompts (page 5)
• A step-by-step guide for approaching the question, including planning strategies (pages 6–7)
• A student-friendly decoding of the AO5 mark scheme: voice, purpose, vocabulary, structure and crafting (page 8)
• A simplified breakdown of the AO6 mark scheme: punctuation, sentence forms, spelling and accuracy (page 9)
• A full skillset section covering essential linguistic devices (pages 11–14)
• Clear definitions and examples of techniques
• A complete punctuation toolkit with definitions and examples for all marks required for Grade 9 (pages 15–17)
• Guidance on simple, compound and complex sentence forms with examples (page 18)
• High-level Grade 9 tips for openings, structural techniques, vocabulary control, “show don’t tell,” endings and SPaG (pages 21–26)
• A full creative writing checklist for students to use in the exam (page 28)
• A clear, accessible structure for writing a high-level narrative or descriptive response (page 30)
• A worked example paragraph, fully annotated, showing how to apply all techniques in context (page 31)
• Multiple practice tasks with images for students to apply skills immediately (pages 32–36)
Benefits for teachers:
• Completely ready to teach with no preparation required
• Ideal for introducing Question 5, revision lessons or intervention sessions
• Highly accessible layout suitable for all abilities
• Builds strong creative writing skills step-by-step
• Helps students understand and apply the mark scheme
• Supports both narrative and descriptive writing options
• Perfect for whole-class teaching, small groups or 1:1 tutoring
Learning outcomes:
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
• Understand how Question 5 is structured and assessed
• Use a wide range of ambitious linguistic devices and punctuation marks
• Plan and structure a narrative or description effectively
• Use Grade 9 openings, shifts, contrast and crafted techniques
• Apply varied sentence forms for effect
• Meet Level 4 criteria for both AO5 and AO6 in their writing
• Produce confident, controlled and engaging creative writing suitable for a top grade
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