-A sixteen lesson scheme of work on thirteen Christina Rossetti poems.
-Contains regular retention quizzes, contextual information, critics, model paragraphs, target sheets and copies of the poems.
-Originally made for the OCR exam board
AQA GCSE English language paper 2 question 5 - persuasive writing unit of work (speech and article)
-8 lessons designed to help students learn how to write clearly and confidently in a persuasive style.
-Helps students use… Ambitious punctuation, a variety of persuasive techniques, two possible writing structures for introductions, main topic paragraphs and final paragraphs that can be used no matter the form of their writing.
-Helps students understand the differences in layout between an article, speech, letter and leaflet.
-Has a success criteria to support students achieveing grade 7-9.
-Has a revision resource attached which condenses the information in the lessons to 2 sheets.
-Has a further planning task with different topics for students to practise planning and writing independently.
AQA GCSE English language 1 - question 5 descriptive writing - 47 slides aimed at 7-9 grade students
-Can be taught as a series of lessons.
-Moves from advice on how to plan in detail based upon the setting, how to use a semantic field so students are writing with purpose, how to write using multiple clauses for effect, how to write character descriptions using show not tell, rather than just complex sentences, success criterias for enabling grades 7-9, how to structure using cyclical structure, juxtaposition, character description etc, has examples of grade 9 descriptive writing.
-Has multiple clear planning and writing tasks.
-An entire scheme of work (17 lessons) on ‘A Doll’s House’ by Henrik Ibsen.
-There are also comparisons to Rossetti’s poetry for OCR Literature paper 1.
-Formative and Summative assessments included with assessment preparation lessons and some target banks for student responses.
-Recap tasks
-Quote analysis
-Model paragraphs
-Paragraph structures/sentence starter ideas
-Critical references
-Contextual information in the first 2 lessons
-Reference to assessment objectives: AO1, AO3, AO4 and AO5.
AQA ‘A Christmas Carol’ full unit of work: GCSE English Literature-high ability-17 lessons.
-Regular recap quizzes
-Comprehension quizzes for each Stave
-Key quotes and analysis
-Exam questions and target banks for marking
-Grade 7-9 model examples
-Sentence starter ideas to aim for grades 7-9
OCR A level English Lit - Frankenstein full unit of work. 23 lessons. Links to ‘the Bloody Chamber’
-23 complete lessons for Walton’s letters and each chapter within the novel.
-Recall activities on context, key quotes, Gothic moments and critic’s opinions.
-Comprehension and analytical questions throughout on the plot of the chapters.
-Key terminology
-In depth quote analysis tasks with support for students.
-Model essays/paragraphs aiming for grades A-A*.
-Comparison tasks to Carter’s ‘The Bloody Chamber’ stories. (For OCR/AQA)
OCR A level English Literature: A Doll’s House revision booklet
A revision booklet, for students, that contains
-Context
-Facts about the play
-In depth summary of the play
-Key themes of the play
-Key character analysis and quotations
Tailored mainly to the OCR exam board.
18 lessons on 14 poems.
-Song: when I am dead my dearest
-Remember
-Goblin Market
-No Thank You, John
-Maude Clare
-From the Antique
-Twice
-In the Round Tower at Jhansi
-Soeur Louise
-Good Friday
-Winter: my secret
-Echo
-Shut Out
-A birthday
Also included - essay questions with model paragraphs and marking target sheets to save on time marking and lots of recall activities for context, key quotes and critics.
A full scheme of work helping students with their understanding of ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ as a whole-class coursework text.
-11 lessons, one for each scene. 11 help sheets for analysis of key parts of the scenes.
Each lesson contains analysis/comprehension questions.
Key symbols/props/plastic theatre examples
Opportunities for close analysis and discussions
Made for OCR exam board but can be adapted very easily for others.
GCSE AQA Language paper 2 unit of work - ‘Touching the Void’ and ‘I fell through Arctic ice’
Source A = Touching the Void
Source B = I fell through Arctic ice
A full unit of work with 7 lessons.
Each lesson has…
-Learning objectives
-Step by step understanding of the question
-Model examples
-Sentence starters
-Advice from the exam board
-Key terminology explained to help boost inference, such as ‘semantic field’
AQA English Language paper 2 question 5 - persuasive planning and writing mat for students
-A planning and writing mat that explains the different types of writing students may need to write for this question.
-How to plan
-How to write a strong response
-How to use ambitious punctuation and different sentence types
1 A4 piece of paper.
A comprehensive revision resource for AQA English Literature GCSE
Macbeth, A Christmas Carol, An Inspector Calls, Power and conflict poetry and unseen poetry.
Each text has…
-key themes
-key context
-adjectives to describe each key character in the texts
-15-20 key quotations pre-analyzed for students
-example essays for each text and sentence starters
AQA English Language A level - Child Language Acquisition full unit of work - Spoken language
14 lessons
Learning objectives for each lesson.
Lessons are titled as follows:
Lesson 1 - first words
Lesson 2 - phonology
Lesson 3 - exam question lesson
Lesson 4 - feral children and critical periods
Lesson 5 - development of meaning
Lesson 6 and 7 - theorists of language acquisition
Lesson 8 - exam question lesson
Lesson 9 and 10 - grammar and syntax
Lesson 11 - exam question lesson
Lesson 12 - pragmatics, language and play
Lesson 13 - child directed speech
Lesson 14 - further independent knowledge
Lessons contain knowledge based tasks, key terminology, theorists, model examples, help sheets provided, recall activities.
A full 8 lesson scheme of work on English language paper 2’s reading section.
Sources are based upon prison experiences.
Lessons include model paragraphs and marking targets for teacher marking or self-assessment.
GCSE English Literature - AQA ‘A Christmas Carol’ full unit of work - 17 lessons.
Recall activities
Comprehension questions on plot moments
Key quotes recap and analysis throughout with support for students
Essay questions and model paragraphs
Exploration of each character
Contextual information
GCSE English Lit - Macbeth & An Inspector Calls: recall game - guess quotes from the pictures. Answers are also attached.
-15 pictures and quotes from Macbeth
-18 pictures and quotes from An Inspector Calls
Fun revision, recall activity. Can be used at the end of the units of work or after each scene/act.
Could also be used as displays around the classroom/school to link quotes to images for recall.
AQA Descriptive writing. Aiming for grade 7+. Includes targets/tips, 6+ model examples & help sheet.
-First slide lists the key details needed to separate Grade 7+ examples from others.
-Each question 5 image prompt has a model example linked to it.
-The final slide is a help sheet with adjectives and imagery examples