iGCSE English Language – A Passage to Africa Guided Annotation This accessible and exam-focused resource supports students studying “A Passage to Africa” by George Alagiah, a key non-fiction text from the iGCSE English Language anthology. It includes guided annotations that help students meet key assessment objectives with confidence: AO1 – Supports students in selecting and interpreting relevant information, ideas, and perspectives from the text, AO2 – Helps students understand and analyse how Alagiah uses language and structural devices to convey meaning and achieve his purpose. This resource features targeted scaffolding, making it ideal for differentiation across a range of abilities. It also includes challenge questions designed to develop perceptive thinking, encouraging students to think critically and deepen their analysis. Whether you’re guiding students through first encounters with the text or reviewing it ahead of exams, this resource builds the key analytical skills required for iGCSE success. Perfect for revision for upcoming exams! FREE: Try our free guided annotation for, ‘The Danger of a Single Story’ first to see if you like this style of resource: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13249368 OR, try our FREE iGCSE Revision Workbook for ‘The Danger of a Single Story’. Includes more substantial guided annotations, close word analysis, PETAL paragraph guidance and example: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13209350

Fully annotated score for Toto’s Africa. Perfect for EDUQAS GCSE Music. Use as a teaching aid or revision resource. *Please note: This is resource contains a hand annotated score for Africa only. * This resource can be purchased alongside exam questions for both Africa and Badinerie in the full EDUQAS GCSE Music exam pack. Find the annotated score for Africa AND Badinerie in the Teacher’s Answer Book. Get the full pack here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/gcse-music-exam-question-booklet-13194540 Enjoyed this resource? Your feedback helps to improve and create new materials. Thank you for taking the time to leave a review!

**EDUQAS GCSE MUSIC - AFRICA BY TOTO LESSON 1 - STRUCTURE 20-page PPT and accompaniying PDF workbook. First in a series of six lessons designed to cover every aspect of the set work, Africa by Toto. Lesson 1 focusses on structure, getting students to listen closely to the song, to deduce the different sections, and looks at grouping the sections together by key. Riff A is broken down into different parts with a practical exercise, and there are comparison exercises between the Verse and Chorus, looking at different musical elements. There is a 10-mark exam-style question at the end, to consolidate the learning. Please see my TES shop for other resources designed to support the Eduqas GCSE course.

EDUQAS GCSE MUSIC - AFRICA BY TOTO LESSON 3 - HARMONY AND TONALITY 26-page PPT and accompanying PDF workbook. Third in a series of six lessons designed to cover every aspect of the set work, Africa by Toto. Lesson 3 focusses on Harmony and Tonality, looking at the chord sequences of the Verses, Choruses, comparing and contrasting them. There is discussion of slash chords, and extended harmony, and clear examples are given, alongside numerous mini-tests. There is a 10-mark exam-style question at the end, to consolidate the learning. Please see my TES shop for other resources designed to support the Eduqas GCSE course.

Africa by Toto - Revision Guide 7-page revision guide Eight questions, to consolidate students’ knowledge All the key points about this set-work, summarised on one 7-page revision guide. No superfluous information - just the stuff the students need to know for the exam! Formatted in the style of a student’s revision booklet, with sticky notes, to encourage familiarity and engagement. Each page covers a new section of the song: Intro Verse 1 Chorus 1 & 2 Verse 2 Instrumental Solo Chorus 3 (&4) Outro Each page has musical examples, and clear labelling to ensure that students are ready to answer any question on this set work. Following this, there are seven 6-mark questions (ie half the marks in the exam), one for each section and one 8-mark General Knowledge at the end, totalling 50 marks. The bundle includes the full document, plus the three sections (revision, tests, mark scheme) separately, in case you want to set it remotely. Please have a look at my shop for a wide variety of resources to support the Eduqas GCSE Music course. www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/NPTJ

Fully resourced lesson. Learning Objectives. To understand the pattern of climate zones and biomes across Africa. To understand some of the features of the savanna biome in Africa. Lots of activities to complete: Students add the biomes to their map of Africa and then answer questions about countries that have these biomes in Africa. Students then complete a climate chart and use the other two on the sheet to work out which biome it belongs to. Students then use the deskmat to complete a mini case study of the savanna biome.

Revision lesson on Unit 1 of the Edexcel South Africa, 1948–94: from apartheid state to ‘rainbow nation’ topic

Edexcel IGCSE English Language Paper 1, question 4. Analysis of language in a non-fiction text from the Edexcel Anthology: A Passage to Africa by George Alagiah. This workbook leads pupils to understand and analyse the use of language in the text in preparation for question 4 of Paper 1. The workbook can be used as a basis for teacher-led lessons, as a revision tool, or as a self-study booklet for pupils who have missed lessons on the text through absence or a late start to the course. This 12 page Word document resource contains the following sections: Background and Context: information on author and genre of the writing Summary of the text: an outline of the main content of the text Get Started: a brief pre-reading activity Read the text: instructions for pupils studying independently Understand key vocabulary: glossary, particularly for EAL pupils Analyse the language and structure of the text: questions on language/ meaning Consolidate your understanding: activity on language/ structure Answer a practice exam question: title with ten sentence starters provided Suggested answers: detailed answers for sections 1-7 Simplifed mark scheme for pupils working independently to self-assess their response to section 8 For a more detailed preview of this resource, see the FREE resource on The Danger of a Single Story which is in identical format.

A guided reading worksheet which explores why many African countries have experienced slow development - links to the Slave Trade and colonisation.

EDUQAS GCSE MUSIC - AFRICA BY TOTO LESSON 4 - MELODY 38-page PPT and accompanying PDF workbook. Fourth in a series of five lessons designed to cover every aspect of the set work, Africa by Toto. Lesson 4 focusses on the melody of the Verses, Choruses, Riff B, Synth Solo, Electric Guitar, and the use of backing vocals. Clear examples are given, alongside numerous mini-tests, and 1-point questions. There is a 10-mark exam-style question at the end, to consolidate the learning. Please see my TES shop for other resources designed to support the Eduqas GCSE course.

This lesson is designed to last for 50-60 minutes and is resourced with videos, extension questioning, deep thinking and uses graphs/images to aid learning. This lesson follows the Oxford KS3 curriculum and looks at colonisation and how it has impacted Africa even today. Students will learn that Africa is a rich continent in terms of resources but how its history and even present day politics are limiting Africa’s potential. This lesson includes a starter, lesson objective, plenary and various student led activities. If you liked this resource please check out my other resources at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SimpleGeography

GCSE Eduqas GCSE Music Set Works from 2021. J.S. Bach Badinerie - Full Score Analysis breakdown video with analysed score (pdf) J.S. Bach Badinerie - Part B analysis of the chord progressions using an acronym. Toto Africa - Full Score Analysis breakdown video with analysed score (pdf)

The most thorough and detailed analysis of Africa by Toto available, the only analysis written in connection with the Full Score, enabling both teacher and student to understand the song fully. It has been written in an engaging and approachable manner, with full, detailed explanations of the song’s harmony, structure and individual instruments’ roles, using musical examples not available anywhere else. This is the only analysis you will need in order to get inside one of the greatest songs ever written. This analysis references the full score, transcribed by Patrick Johns, available on Sheet Music Plus. (For copyright reasons, it can’t be sold on TES).

A pack of TEN sample listening assessments, formatted in the manner of Eduqas, complete with mark scheme, timings, and YouTube links. Please visit my TES shop for many more resources connected with Africa by Toto, and the Eduqas GCSE course. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/NPTJ

Check out my Buy Me A Coffee page, and save some pennies on this resource. Link in main menu of my shop. Run out of past papers? Me too, so I made one. Hope it saves you some time. A complete question 7 for the Eduqas GCSE Music paper, focussing on the study piece - Africa by Toto. Comprising 8 questions and totalling 12 marks, this resource can be slotted into legacy Eduqas papers to allow your students the chance to complete another mock paper, or used as a standlone resource. The resource also includes mark scheme and high quality audio excerpt. The paper is expertly modelled on Eduqas exam papers. Please see my other resources including Badinerie and Africa questions (set 1) and a complete Eduqas GCSE Music paper, ideal for exam practice or mock / data capture. More resources coming soon including melodic dictation workbooks.

EDUQAS GCSE MUSIC - AFRICA BY TOTO LESSON 2 - INSTRUMENTATION AND RHYTHM 34-page PPT and accompanying PDF workbook. Second in a series of six lessons designed to cover every aspect of the set work, Africa by Toto. Lesson 2 focusses on Instrumentation and Rhythm, looking at the usual, and more unusual instruments used in the song, such as recorder, marimba and gong. Clear examples and videos of each are given. The numerous rhythms features are presented clearly, with practical exercises to help students understand cross-rhythms and syncopation. There is a 10-mark exam-style question at the end, to consolidate the learning. Please see my TES shop for other resources designed to support the Eduqas GCSE course.

A series of activities to explore the passage of A Passage to Africa as studied in Edexcel IGCSE English Language A.

A powerpoint to help develop an understanding of other cultures and countries. Links in nicely with Handa's Surprise. Can be used to discuss where they live, clothes they wear, where they play, animals, transport. Discuss similarities and differences between our own home/community.

A quiz for the topic of Africa. Ideal for Years 7 to 9. Previously used for around 20 minutes in a 1hr lesson. Completely FREE. This quiz recaps the learning from the first five lessons of the series: 1. Where is Africa? 2. Perceptions of Africa. 3. The Colonisation of Africa. 4. Population densities of Africa. 5. Physical feature of Africa. The final couple of questions are about biomes. If you have studied biomes then you can keep the questions in, if not then remove them and make the quiz out of 20/21 rather than 25. Use however you wish and enjoy!

Images to illustrate the diversity of the continent, and to track the course of various rivers. Could be writing starters.