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need for hours of planning and help learners to achieve their potential in English and English Literature.
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Thank you for visiting my shop. My aim is to provide high quality teaching resources that reduce the
need for hours of planning and help learners to achieve their potential in English and English Literature.
Please feel free to email me at sdenglish18@gmail.com with any queries, requests or comments.
An introduction to simple, compound and complex sentences with activities at the end. Suitable for KS2 or lower KS3 groups.
Update:
I have created an alternative to this lesson, found here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/lower-ability-ks3-sentence-types-12057647
A PowerPoint that covers leaflet writing for GCSE. It is aimed at middle-ability learners working towards an extended response to a task such as ‘Write the text of a leaflet for…’
The lesson covers
the purpose and structure of a leaflet
Persuasive language features (FOREST)
Modal and imperative verbs.
Leaflets with a multi purpose.
There is an extended writing task at the end where learners have to work out the purpose and audience for themselves.
These files were last saved in Office 2016.
An alternative to this lesson is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/leaflet-writing-for-gcse-public-transport-safety-12002132
A two-page guide to writing a discursive essay. The topics covered are:
The purpose and content of the introduction
The role of topic sentences
Different forms of evidence
Concluding sentences
The use of counterargument
The content and purpose of the conclusion
This revision sheet is suitable for upper-ability learners at GCSE.
This lesson enables learners to explore ‘Kamikaze’ by Beatrice Garland. It includes:
Lesson Starter (see cover image)
An image of the sinking US Arizona with the question, ‘When do you think this photograph was taken’? Learners discuss and then feedback.
A context sheet contained a simplified explanation of the Pearl Harbour attack and the rise of Kamikaze pilots. There is a corresponding worksheet for this.
A link to a BBC interview with a surviving Kamikaze pilot with three questions to answer.
A sheet of questions to prompt annotation of the poem.
The lesson is aimed at lower ability learners whose primary goal is understanding.
A lesson ‘Storm on the Island’ for lower ability learners. It includes:
Do Now task: learners examine an image of storm in a coastal area, identifying how it represents power and conflict.
Context sheet with corresponding tasks
Quotation hunt
Comparison with Exposure in terms of 1) power and 2) conflict
Review
This bundle comprises of all five annotated staves of ‘A Christmas Carol’.
Buying as a bundle effectively means that Stave Five is free.
If you purchase these resources, please ensure that you open them in a PDF reader. Opening them in a browser tends to distort the appearance. I also find that a magnification of over 150% makes viewing the comment boxes easier.
As with the individual staves, I’d like to think that there are no typos but should you come across one, you can choose a resource up to the value of £5 for free.
This is the full text of Stave Two, annotated as a PDF file. The annotations are not always as dense as you see in the cover image but I’ve aimed for a higher level of detail. This may benefit anyone with a top set group or a learner who may need to read the text independently of the rest of the class.
If you purchase this resource, ensure that you open it in a PDF reader. Opening it in a browser tends to distort the appearance. I also find that a magnification of over 150% makes viewing the comment boxes easier.
You will also notice that halfway through Page 6, the comments boxes change in appearance. This reflects updates in the software and not a personal preference on my part.
I’d like to think there are no typos in the file but should you find one, please contact me using my shop’s email found on the store front. If you do come across a genuine error you can select another resource under the value of £5 for free.
These files may be updated periodically, so please check the resource listing to ensure that you have the most up-to-date file.
Following on from this introduction to speech writing…
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-introduction-to-speech-writing-for-ks3-12049010
This is a speech-writing lesson based on the issue of social media. It includes:
Starter/Do Now task - learners examine a range of images and suggest what they all have in common (the answer is they represent the dangers of social media in some way)
Feedback slide
Social media dangers true or false with teacher answers.
Feedback slide
Paired discussion: is social media good for our society?
Key points in the social media debate with mind-mapping activity
Sample GCSE question (AQA style) with speech planning sheet task
Writing time
Peer assessment and review
This lesson is aimed at lower-middle ability learners and should take about two hours.
Information/statistics correct as of 30/3/19
Aimed at middle-upper ability GCSE groups, this PowerPoint teaches the layout and language of a formal letter. It is oriented towards AQA 8700/2/Question 5 but could be adapted for other boards.
In order, the PowerPoint contents are:
A multiple-choice entry task
AQA advice on features of format
A sample AQA-style question. Students identify PAF and reflect on the importance of being mindful of PAF in relation to Question 5. Extension task included.
The layout of a formal letter, which students copy. Extension questions included.
Notes regarding the formal greeting and formal sign-off
A re-cap on the features of formal and informal language. Students cut the features out, organise them under two headings and stick them into their books.
An example response to the given question. Students read and identify different features (differentiated)
An opportunity for independent writing, with success criteria provided.
Peer assessment and self-reflection.
These files were last saved in Office 2010.
This is a ‘crash course’ in Act Five aimed at lower ability learners who need to get through the text quite quickly. It includes:
An overview of Act 5 (see cover image) with tasks.
Scene summaries for Scenes 1, 5 and 8.
A storyboard for learners to fill in for Scenes 1 and 8. On a basic level, they can use the scene summaries to create captions for each scene, although you can increase the challenge by removing the quotations as well.
An activity which encourages learners to contrast the presentation of Lady Macbeth in Acts 1-3 with the sleepwalking scene.
A focus on Macbeth’s ‘Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow’ speech. Learners number the images according to when they appear in the speech.
These resources were created for low-ability learners who only had a limited amount of time in which to approach Act 5. However, you could use these as starters or revision tasks for more able learners.
This assessment tracker uses the 2023 grade boundaries for AQA 8702 Paper 1 and 2 (English Literature).
It will generate a grade for individual sections, each paper and the overall course.
Please email me using the address on my store front if you would like any adjustments made to your tracker, e.g. additional columns. A small charge may be incurred depending on how long the work will take. However, simply amendments will be made for free.
Please do not send any pupil data when requesting adjustments.
Translated mark schemes for AQA Language 8700, papers 1 and 2.
They are intended to demonstrate the standard at each level (of the mark scheme) and provide more pupil-friendly criteria for self and peer assessment.
The example responses are based on the following texts:
Paper 1, Question 2: Jekyll and Hyde
Paper 1, Question 3: The Black Cat (Poe)
Paper 1, Question 4: The Black Cat (Poe)
Paper 1, Question 5: Write the opening of a story entitled ‘The End’.
Paper 2, Questions 1-4: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/aqa-8700-paper-2-homelessness-texts-11997752
Paper 2, Question 5: an article on the subject of social media.
A lesson on Browning's 'My Last Duchess' aimed at lower ability learners. It includes:
Do Now Task: Learners read four context-related questions and say to what extent they agree and why.
Feedback slide
A conxtext sheet with accompanying true or false activity (answers included)
A summary of the poem + storyboarding activity
Link to YouTube video of the poem being performed
The poem broken down into eleven slides with suggested translation and annotations
Comparison with Ozymandias table to complete
Learning Review
These resources were created for lower ability KS4 groups looking to study ‘Macbeth’ over the course of around five weeks.
For each act, there is a PPT with the full text translated into modern English. There is also a range of worksheets to develop understanding.
Act One also contains simplified contextual notes with a corresponding worksheet.
This assessment tracker uses the 2023 grade boundaries for AQA 8700 Paper 1 and 2 (English Language).
It will generate a grade for Sections A and B of both papers and arrive at an overall grade for each paper and the whole course.
Please email me using the address on my store front if you would like any adjustments made to your tracker, e.g. additional columns. A small charge may be incurred depending on how long the work will take. However, simply amendments will be made for free.
Please do not send any pupil data when requesting adjustments.
This is a lesson on ‘Ozymandias’ in the Power and Conflict Anthology. It is aimed at lower ability learners and includes:
Do Now Task: Learners look at a photo of an Egyptian pharaoh and respond to three questions
Feedback slide
Learners read a sheet detailing the poem’s contextual background and use it to complete a mind map
Suggested annotations for lower ability learners
An essay on how the poem reflects Shelley’s feelings about power
Comparison with ‘The Prelude’ table to complete
Review
Estimated completion time: 1.5 hours
An extended lesson on writing the text of a persuasive speech, aimed at middle-upper ability GCSE groups. The lesson covers:
The purpose of a speech
AFOREST techniques inc. a cut-up, match and stick activity
Links to example speeches (differentiated for ability)
A speech-writing task (differentiated for ability)
I would set aside about 2 hours for these activities in total, with approximately 45 minutes dedicated to independent writing.
This lesson is not tailored towards any particular board but provides learners with an understanding of what is required when writing a persuasive speech.
These files were last saved in Office 2016.
A knowledge organiser for AQA Paper 1, Question 4 (the evaluation question).
It is based on a past paper, so please take this into account if you are using it for a mock.
The WAGOLLs on the reverse side demonstrate Levels 3, 5 and 7.
Full colour and black and white copies included.