A great revision pack on all the writing tasks in the qual (inc. creative writing). There are two grade 9 examples of all tasks. The formats included are the following:
Letters
Speeches
Reviews
Reports
Articles
Leaflets
Narrative piece (short story)
I made this for my students when I wanted them to revise prior units even when moving onto a new topic. Each of these starters are 5-10 mins long. They get a slide with an exam language question, sample quotes and a PEE sentence starter. They have 2 mins to write their PEE.
The students seem to like it as it’s fun and competitive. Great for peer assessment too. It’s worked really well for me.
A 132-slide PowerPoint on how to get a grade 9 on the GCSE English Language based on the Nov 2018 reading exam paper. The resource also includes specific slides focusing on grade 9 examples on Q1-Q6 as well as all extracts. There is a also an excellent examiner podcast that really benefits the students. PowerPoint as a whole as well as 5 specific PPs for each question. The resource includes the following:
Model answer
Answer structure
Exemplar answers
Language analysis
Group activities
Examiner insight
Modern, fun and dynamic images to help analyse the text.
An 'outstanding' lesson on Figurative Language. The following is included:
Fun metaphor or simile Catchphrase starter
Sarah Close music activity (great song for teens!)
Jigsaw learning task
Group activities
Celeb writing activity
Bad similes fun task
Two separate PowerPoints on how to get a grade 5-9 on Q2 of the GCSE English Language exam based on the June 2019 reading exam paper. I have also included a PowerPoint looking at an extract from Touching the Void for Q2. The resource includes the following:
Model answers
Answer structure
Language analysis
Group activities
Examiner insight
Modern, fun and dynamic images to help analyse the text.
A comprehensive revision PowerPoint on every text in the paper 2 writing exam. I have also included grade 9 examples of all the tasks on separate Microsoft Word pages. The following topics are covered:
Letters
Reviews
Articles
Reports
Leaflets
Speeches
Sentence Starters
SPAG
Writing devices
Layout
Tone
12 different PowerPoints on writing A* grade PEEs (+zoom in + context) on Of Mice and Men. Each PowerPoint comes with an excellent lecturer podcast. The following topics each have their own PowerPoint and podcast on writing A* PEEs:
The colour red
Crooks
A different side to Curley's wife
Dreams
Steinbeck's use of light
Loneliness
Curley's wife's relationship with Curley
Curley's wife lack of name
Personification
Rumour
Women being treated like sex objects
1930s USA
A great Powerpoint outlining the questions in component 1 into the following areas:
how many marks?
how points should you make?
how many quotes should you use?
what are the marks given for?
what do you need to avoid?
Very clear, concise and helpful for the students.
A PowerPoint and resources on how to get 10/10 on the last question in the exam i.e. the EVALUATION question.
This is based on the June 2017 exam paper on Ruby and the fire. This is modern, informative and interactive lesson which the students really enjoy.
A PowerPoint lesson looking at the theme of narrative writing. The following points are covered:
Personal Narrative
Fictional Narrative
Point of View
Character
Setting
Conflict (Man vs…self / man / nature / society / technology / supernatural)
Plot - using Disney’s Mulan as an example.
Theme
A lesson on the language question (HOW…) in paper 2. It’s based on the Summer 2018 exam which looked at two articles on volcanoes. The resource includes the following:
Model answer
Language analysis
Group activities
Examiner insight
Modern, fun and dynamic images to help analyse the text.
Connotation advice
Answer structure
Exemplar work
Exam paper and mark scheme link
A 25-page revision pack with model exam questions and extracts from Normal People. Example answers included. For the GCSE English Language paper 1 reading fiction exam.
A 23-slide PowerPoint on topic sentences. The resource includes the following:
explanation
good and bad exercises
student exercises
closing sentence explanation
An in-depth and interactive PowerPoint for the writing exam. The following topics are covered:
Letters
Speeches
Emails
Leaflets
Reports
Articles
Homophones
There / They’re / Their
Apostrophes
Common misspellings
Language features
An in-depth revision pack covering all the EDUQAS exams. I have included two versions. One is a Word document and the other is a PDF with annotations/comments from an EDUQAS examiner and teacher. The pack is split into four sections:
a) Paper 1 Reading exam - fiction
b) Paper 1 Writing exam - short story
c) Paper 2 Reading exam - non-fiction
d) Paper 2 Writing exam - transactional tasks e.g. letter, speech, report, review etc.
I have included model answers for the EDUQAS GCSE English Language paper 2 writing. For each one I have provided grade 9 answers for your students’ revision. Very clear and informative.
The following are covered:
LETTERS
SPEECHES
REVIEWS
ARTICLES
LEAFLETS
REPORTS
A great revision PowerPoint on all the writing tasks on the unit 2 non-fiction exam. Structures and grade 9 answers included on each one. The formats included are the following:
- Letters
- Speeches
- Reviews
- Reports
- Articles
- Leaflets