A 10 lesson unit comprising a 66 slide PowerPoint, 9 different worksheets (including transcripts) exploring the topic of Language and Gender and a summary terminology and theory sheet. Each lesson includes a starting discussion prompt which acts as a learning objective, detailed notes on the theories and concepts listed below, a worksheet (with the exception of lesson nine) and activities, and a homework task. The following theories and concepts are covered: The Deficit Approach – Robin Lakoff (1973 & 1975) The Dominance Approach - Don Zimmerman & Candace West (1975), Dale Spender (1980) and Pamela Fishman (1978) The Deficit Approach – Otto Jesperson (1922) Folklinguistics Criticism of Zimmerman and West - Geoff Beattie (1981) Gossip – Jane Pilkington (1992 and 1998) The Difference Approach – Deborah Tannen (1990) and Janet Holmes (1995) Criticism of Holmes and politeness – Sara Mills (2003) Women, Men and Language – Jennifer Coates (1993) Norwich Study – Peter Trudgill (1974) Gender Trouble – Judith Butler (1990) The Myth of Mars and Venus – Deborah Cameron (2008) The Gender Similarities Hypothesis – Janet Hyde (2005) Verbal Hygiene – Deborah Cameron (1995) The Whole Woman – Penelope Eckert (1990) Relational Aggression – Rosalind Wiseman (2002) Gossip - Deborah Jones (1980) Gossip – Holly Hom (2004) Gossip – Nigel Nicholson (2001) Powerless Language – William O’Barr and Bowman Atkins (1980) Gendered workplace language – Barbara Eakins and R. Gene Eakins (1976) Gendered workplace language – Carole Edelsky (1981) There are some references to AQA-style A Level specification questions, but you can adapt these if needs be. These can be found on slides 56-63. Lesson 9 is based on an AQA A Level question. The final lesson is a consolidation activity complete with guided revision cards. Alternatively, you could use an app such as Quizlet so that the students could produce digital revision resources. Check out my other English Language A Level resources! Language and Region Language and Power and Occupation Language and Global and World Englishes Language Change Language and Technology Language and Ethnicity Language and Social Groups Language Discourses Language Discourses Opinion Writing Language Investigation AQA Paper 2 Revision

A 10 lesson unit comprising a 70 slide PowerPoint, 9 different worksheets (including texts for analysis) exploring the topic of Language Change and a summary terminology and theory sheet. Each lesson includes a starting discussion prompt which acts as a learning objective, detailed notes on the theories and concepts listed below, a worksheet (with the exception of lesson nine) and activities, and a homework task. The following theories and concepts are covered: Lexical, Semantic, Phonological, Grammatical and Orthographical processes David Crystal – A Sea of Language Change and tidal metaphor (1999) Diachronic and Synchronic Linguistic Change Origins of Old English and Middle English Descriptivism and Prescriptivism Samuel Johnson – Dictionary of the English Language (1755) Robert Lowth – A Short Introduction to English Grammar (1762) Jonathan Swift - ‘A Proposal for Correcting, Improving and Ascertaining the English Tongue’ (1712) John Walker – A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary (1791) Otto Jespersen – Great Vowel Shift (1909) William Caxton – Printing Press (1476) John McWhorter – Textspeak (2013) Jean Aitchison – Language Change Progress or Decay? (2012) Vocal Fry and Uptalk Martin Janssen – Lexical gaps (2012) Functional view/theory Linguistic determinism and the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis Charles Hockett - Random Fluctuation Theory (1958) Peter Trudgill – Language Myths (1990) John Humphrys – Prescriptivist grammatical change Lynne Truss – Eats, Shoots and Leaves (2003) Jean Aitchison – A Web of Worries (1996) Guy Deutscher – The Unfolding of Language (2006) James Milroy and Lesley Milroy – Complaint tradition (1985) Robert Lane Greene – You Are What You Speak (2011) There are some references to AQA-style A Level specification questions, but you can adapt these if needs be. These can be found on slides 59-67. Lesson 9 is based on an AQA A Level question. The final lesson is a consolidation activity complete with guided revision cards. Alternatively, you could use an app such as Quizlet so that the students could produce digital revision resources. Check out my other English Language A Level resources! Language and Gender Language and Region Language and Power and Occupation Language and Global and World Englishes Language and Technology Language and Ethnicity Language and Social Groups Language Discourses Child Language Acquisition Speaking

AQA English Language Paper 2 resource that has recently been revamped, that helps students approach Section A and questions Q1 - Q4 with engaging activities, differentiated tasks, modelled examples and different ways of understanding and opening up the demands of each question. A fully resourced lesson to aid GCSE students in their preparations for AQA English Language Paper 2: Writers’ Viewpoints and Perspectives. Updated for the 2026 papers. Query or question? Get in touch at info@englishgcse.co.uk Check out our English Shop for loads more free and inexpensive KS3, KS4, KS5, Literacy and whole school resources. AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 Knowledge Organisers AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A package AQA English Language Paper 1 Sections A and B package AQA English Language Paper 1 package AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 package AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5 package AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A package AQA English Language and English Literature revision package An Inspector Calls whole scheme package An Inspector Calls revision package Macbeth whole scheme package Macbeth revision package A Christmas Carol whole scheme package A Christmas Carol revision package Jekyll and Hyde whole scheme package Jekyll and Hyde revision package Romeo and Juliet whole scheme package Power and Conflict poetry comparing poems package Power and Conflict poetry whole scheme package Love and Relationships poetry whole scheme package Unseen Poetry whole scheme package

An assembly to support work during the European Day of Languages in September. This highly dynamic presentation has an assembly plus a range of ideas and resources for follow-up form time activities. This beautifully-designed and editable 25-slide Powerpoint presentation creatively presents information on this event and can be showcased to any age group and includes specific pages for primary or secondary students. It includes images, dynamic transitions, informative text, video and links for extension work in form time – including extra video and classroom activities. Slide 1: What is the European Day of Languages. Includes video. Slide 2: Why does this matter to us all? Slide 3: The benefits of learning a language. Includes short video. Slide 4: The benefits of learning a language. Includes long video. Slide 5: Why diversity of language matters. Slide 6: Examples of different ways of saying Hello in Europe. Includes sound files. Slide 7: Celebrity linguists. Slide 8: International tongue twisters. Includes sound files. Slide 9: What careers can languages take you into? Includes teacher script. Slide 10: It starts with small steps and it starts with you… Slide 11: Closing Thoughts Slide 12: Follow-up form time activities title screen Slide 13: Links to official EU resources for follow-up. Slide 14: Form time activities: Colouring activity Slide 15: Form time activities: European Languages Wordsearch Slide 16: Form time activities: Write a Languages poem activity Slides 17-22: Form time activities: Languages quiz – with answers Slides 23-25: Other form time ideas to support Language Day awareness in schools As reviewers have stated for previous resources shared: “I sat down to plan my assembly for next week and found this resource, and it’s perfect. The best £2 spent. Thank you. I can teach this straight from the slides.” “Just buy it!” “Your resources have been life savers!” “Well worth the money and really saved my life” “I just wanted to say that as a non-specialist these resources are worth every single penny! Thank you so much for making and sharing them.” “Blown away by this! Can’t thank you enough!” “They have saved me a huge amount of time and the detail that goes into your work is second to none. You put others to shame who charge twice as much for very little. Can’t thank you enough.” “Your new spec resources are saving me hours & hours of work! Thanks, they are really good.” “These resources are so useful - I cannot tell you how much time they have save me - very clear to follow and easy to adapt for revision material — well worth the money”

A whole lesson on figurative language techniques- metaphor, simile, adjectives, personification, pathetic fallacy, onomatopoeia and sensory description. This resource includes a clear and colourful 30 slide Powerpoint, ready to print worksheets, a quiz and a class game. After a brief introduction, students are encouraged to identify the techniques used in a short extract and comment on the effect. There is also a worksheet with an examples/definitions matching activity and students write their own examples using the devices studied in the lesson. Finally there is an interactive class game, where students work in a pair or a team. After looking at an image prompt, students then take it in turns to craft a description using one of the techniques for a certain amount of points. Suitable for KS3 creative writing lessons or as an introduction to AQA Paper 1 Q5 descriptive writing for KS4.

12 language feature cards - can be used as a display or as a classroom resource. Each card contains: The name of the language feature A short definition An example An image

Revise AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5 or Section B with this mammoth 34 slide revision and exam practice pack! Contains: Revision guide for students Resources that could be used for revision lessons for teachers Modelled examples of both descriptive writing and narrative writing Step-by-step guides to writing both descriptive writing and narrative writing Self-reflection sheets for students to reflect on their own writing The perfect exam practice questions and revision pack for AQA English Language Question 5, but easily adaptable for other exam boards such as Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, Eduqas and so on. UPDATED FOR THE 2026 EXAMS Query or question? Get in touch at info@englishgcse.co.uk Check out our English Shop for loads more free and inexpensive KS3, KS4, KS5, Literacy and whole school resources. AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 Knowledge Organisers AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A package AQA English Language Paper 1 Sections A and B package AQA English Language Paper 1 package AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 package AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5 package AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A package AQA English Language and English Literature revision package An Inspector Calls whole scheme package An Inspector Calls revision package Macbeth whole scheme package Macbeth revision package A Christmas Carol whole scheme package A Christmas Carol revision package Jekyll and Hyde whole scheme package Jekyll and Hyde revision package Romeo and Juliet whole scheme package Power and Conflict poetry comparing poems package Power and Conflict poetry whole scheme package Love and Relationships poetry whole scheme package Unseen Poetry whole scheme package

Revise AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 or Section B with this mammoth 46 slide revision and exam practice pack! Contains: Revision guide for students OR resources that could be used for revision lessons for teachers Modelled examples included that cover writing to argue and writing to explain, as well as letters and magazine articles Step-by-step guides to writing for all purposes, audience and forms or types Self-reflection sheets for students to reflect on their own writing The perfect exam practice questions and revision pack for AQA English Language PaQuestion 5, but easily adaptable for other exam boards such as Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, Eduqas and so on. Updated for the 2026 papers. Query or question? Get in touch at info@englishgcse.co.uk Check out our English Shop for loads more free and inexpensive KS3, KS4, KS5, Literacy and whole school resources. AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 Knowledge Organisers AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A package AQA English Language Paper 1 Sections A and B package AQA English Language Paper 1 package AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 package AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5 package AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A package AQA English Language and English Literature revision package An Inspector Calls whole scheme package An Inspector Calls revision package Macbeth whole scheme package Macbeth revision package A Christmas Carol whole scheme package A Christmas Carol revision package Jekyll and Hyde whole scheme package Jekyll and Hyde revision package Romeo and Juliet whole scheme package Power and Conflict poetry comparing poems package Power and Conflict poetry whole scheme package Love and Relationships poetry whole scheme package Unseen Poetry whole scheme package

AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A walkthrough pack for the June 2024 paper. Includes: Model answers for Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4. Analysis and breakdown of all questions and answers provided Success criteria Exam walkthrough tasks Timings Exam tips and advice **Please note that the extracts from the paper and the paper itself are NOT not included in the pack due to copyright restrictions, but will be available to download via the secure e-AQA website or through other sources. **We cannot provide copies of these extracts or the exam papers on request due to copyright restrictions. If you are having access issues to the resources then please don’t leave a review, it’s not the author’s fault! Just email us at info@englishgcse.co.uk and we can help :) UPDATED FOR THE 2026 QUESTIONS. Check out our English Shop for loads more free and inexpensive KS3, KS4, KS5, Literacy and whole school resources. AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 Knowledge Organisers AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A package AQA English Language Paper 1 Sections A and B package AQA English Language Paper 1 package AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 package AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5 package AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A package AQA English Language and English Literature revision package An Inspector Calls whole scheme package An Inspector Calls revision package Macbeth whole scheme package Macbeth revision package A Christmas Carol whole scheme package A Christmas Carol revision package Jekyll and Hyde whole scheme package Jekyll and Hyde revision package Romeo and Juliet whole scheme package Power and Conflict poetry comparing poems package Power and Conflict poetry whole scheme package Love and Relationships poetry whole scheme package Unseen Poetry whole scheme package

AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A walkthrough pack for the May/summer 2025 paper. Includes: Model answers for Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4. Analysis and breakdown of all tasks and answers provided Success criteria Exam walkthrough tasks Timings Exam tips and advice Leave a review, email me at info@englishgcse.co.uk and I will send you another walkthrough for free. UPDATED FOR THE 2026 QUESTIONS **PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS RESOURCE DOES NOT CONTAIN THE EXAM PAPER or THE EXTRACT. The 2025 paper is a secure material that can only be accessed via the AQA website and therefore it is NOT included in this teaching aid. You will need your own copy of the exam paper and extract to use this resource. Questions will be added once the paper becomes public material. **

AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A walkthrough pack for the November 2025 paper. Includes two versions: one with 2025-style tasks and one with the new 2026-style tasks. Includes: Model answers for Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4. Analysis and breakdown of all tasks and answers provided Success criteria Exam walkthrough tasks Timings Exam tips and advice Leave a review, email me at info@englishgcse.co.uk and I will send you another walkthrough for free. UPDATED FOR THE 2026 QUESTIONS **PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS RESOURCE DOES NOT CONTAIN THE EXAM PAPER or THE EXTRACT. The 2025 paper is a secure material that can only be accessed via the AQA website and therefore it is NOT included in this teaching aid. You will need your own copy of the exam paper and extract to use this resource. Questions will be added once the paper becomes public material. **

AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A walkthrough pack for the June 2025 paper. Includes: Model answers for Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4. Analysis and breakdown of all questions and answers provided Success criteria Exam walkthrough tasks Timings Exam tips and advice Please note that the extracts from the paper and the paper itself are NOT not included in the pack due to copyright restrictions, but will be available to download via the secure e-AQA website or through other sources. You will need access to the secure materials to be able to use this resource - it is designed for teachers as a teaching aid INCLUDES AN UPDATED VERSION FOR THE 2026 QUESTIONS. Leave a review and we will email you the Paper 1 walkthrough for free. Just get in touch at info@englishgcse.co.uk once you’ve left your review. We cannot provide copies of these extracts or the exam papers on request due to copyright restrictions. Please note the exam questions are not included in the resource as the paper is still a secure material. You will need access to the paper to be able to use the resource. If you are having access issues to the resources then please don’t leave a review, it’s not the author’s fault! Just email us at info@englishgcse.co.uk and we can help :)

A complete support guide for AQA GCSE English language. Designed to scaffold students in a highly structured and formulaic way, to a Grade 4 or 5 pass at GCSE. It demystifies questions, provides techniques, writing templates and model answers. Invaluable for lower ability, EAL or re-sit students. Or for those that struggle with written responses in general.

AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A walkthrough pack for the June 2023 paper. Includes: Model answers for Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4. Analysis and breakdown of all questions and answers provided Success criteria Exam walkthrough tasks Timings Exam tips and advice Please note that the extract from Life of Pi by Yann Martel is not included in the pack due to copyright restrictions, but will shortly be available to download via the AQA website. UPDATED FOR THE 2026 QUESTIONS. Leave a review, get another resource sent to you for free. Email info@englishgcse.co.uk after you have left your review! Check out our English Shop for loads more free and inexpensive KS3, KS4, KS5, Literacy and whole school resources. AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 Knowledge Organisers AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A package AQA English Language Paper 1 Sections A and B package AQA English Language Paper 1 package AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 package AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5 package AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A package AQA English Language and English Literature revision package An Inspector Calls whole scheme package An Inspector Calls revision package Macbeth whole scheme package Macbeth revision package A Christmas Carol whole scheme package A Christmas Carol revision package Jekyll and Hyde whole scheme package Jekyll and Hyde revision package Romeo and Juliet whole scheme package Power and Conflict poetry comparing poems package Power and Conflict poetry whole scheme package Love and Relationships poetry whole scheme package Unseen Poetry whole scheme package

An 11 page resource designed to support students in analysing language and structure for Question 4 of the Edexcel IGCSE English Language Exam. It provides a structured approach for recording key ideas, making it ideal for both ongoing study and revision. **Templates included: ** From The Danger of a Single Story From A Passage to Africa From The Explorer’s Daughter, Kari Herbert Explorers or boys messing about? Either way, taxpayer gets rescue bill, From Between a Rock and a Hard Place, Young and dyslexic? You’ve got it going on From A Game of Polo with a Headless Goat From Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A Journey into Bhutan From H is for Hawk From Chinese Cinderella How to Use This Resource: During Analysis of texts: Use the templates as students work through each Anthology text, enabling them to organise and record their insights systematically. For Revision: Provide this resource as a review tool for students to revisit their notes and refine their understanding of key language and structure techniques.

Word Document with some possible Greetings that can be used for EDL Day; Spanish, French, German and other Languages

Hi This workbook contains 13 activities that are tailored to Edexcel and AQA, but mainly Edexcel. The transactional writing activities can be used for most specs. Inside is: SPaG activities Spider Diagram/Story planner Non Fiction Fiction MOCKS Comparison 7a and 7b Speeches Articles Text Book Letters Please review/share :)

alevel englishlanguage ocr aqa Discourse, Pragmatics, Grammar, Lexis, Semantics and Phonology. Key terminology and links to contextual factors. Ideal for lesson or revision.

Updated powerpoint to promote take up of languages at KS4 - useful for options assemblies