A full assessment to determine which level a student is working at, with a reading and writing section. Mark scheme and grade boundaries.

Worksheet containing picture prompts and a checklist that can be used as an assessment for the book 'Holes'

It is exam season - Year 7 English test or classwork. A comprehension with a serving of Paul Jenning’s “Smart Ice Cream” adapted for a 1 hour test. The ending is missing! Reading Assessment Questions cover a range of comprehension skills and grammar focus. Encourages quoting from the text. Writing Assessment Three different tasks with style choices. The mark scheme is attached. A lovely engaging resource and ideal for end of year assessment.

Slides detailing each Assessment Objective in student friendly language. Could be used as classroom display or dropped into lesson powerpoints.

I’ve put together a generic assessment that you can use for the Sitcom Listening Nat 4 Assessment. I have used the first 10 minutes of Friends and How I Met Your Mother. Big Bang Theory would also work well!

At least 12 double lessons which include a range of fully differentiated activities including developing reading skills, creative writing, critical thinking and speaking and listening. I used this scheme with my Year 8 class who absolutely loved this novel and this play - as well as the novel. AQA exam style extended writing questions are embedded throughout, with a focus on character and language analysis throughout. Please enjoy!

This English language baseline assessment has been designed to work flexibly across both KS3 and KS4. I developed it for my own school in order decide upon the best qualification pathway to place our students on: GCSE English lanaguage or Step Up to English. I created the assessment grid to match the GCSE 9-1 course. Files included: English Language Baseline Assessment for KS3 and KS4. English Language Baseline Assessment Mark Scheme. Assessment Marking Grid. Lesson duration: 1 hour and 45 minutes. Why purchase me? I am being used successfully in a pupil referral unit as I am highly engaging. I have been broken down into accessible steps whilst maintaining a high level of challenge. I am especially useful for informing decisions regarding the placement of students onto suitable English qualification pathways. Suggested general guide to pathways: less than or equal to 1, consider Step Up to English Silver pathway in order to build graduated steps to achievement. greater than 1 but less than 2, consider Step Up to English Gold pathway in order to build graduated steps to achievement and prepare for the demands at GCSE level. greater than 2, consider direct entry onto the GCSE English Language pathway.

ESOL initial assessment aims to determine student’s level from Entry 1 to Level 2, it is compiled and adapted from a variety of sources, Excellence Gateway and New English File entry and units tests. ESOL Entry Levels diagnostic assessments contain the following sections: form filling, speaking and listening activity, reading and writing. Files included are: a word document which you can adapt to your needs. The listening exercise is adapted from Excellence Gateway public domain. The audio files are included. These resources rely on teacher’s experience to identify student’s level as emerging, consolidating and established. For detailed explanations on determining students language level, please, refer to the Core Curriculum.

Jake's Tower reading assessment. Ideal for KS3 students or lower ability KS4. Explores the themes of domestic violence. A great class read.

Extract for close language and structural analysis and model response. Made for a year 9 high ability set.

A lesson looking at how to approach the writing element of the Functional Skills level two English assessment. The lesson helps learners understand the importance of Topic, Audience and Purpose in their writing and the importance of this when starting an assessment. There is also a link to the follow-up lesson which includes model responses to help learners improve their writing. If you liked this lesson, then please check out my shop for more lessons and resources. Additionally, you can find more help and guidance on my YouTube page by searching Write-On-Resources.

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Unit of work that allows pupils to develop their skills in Reading, Writing, Listening and Talking. Focus of unit is on music and songs. Activities include: - Solo Talk - Personal Writing - Analysis of song lyrics - Listening Activities

This booklet contains a selection of key extracts from the play, with differentiated questions, writing frames, and guidance on how to complete a controlled assessment task. It was used to prepare students for a controlled assessment task which compares Lady Macbeth, Macbeth, and the speaker from 'The Laboratory&' (specifically the AQA Literature GCSE), and collates many of the activities we had completed in class. Leave any questions or suggestions in the &';comments' box below - this is my debut resouce upload! Nick

This resource has a handy A5 sized Vocabulary, Connectives, Openers, Punctuation (VCOP) self assement sheet. I use this with pupils after they have have completed a first draft of a piece of writing. They use highlighters matching the colours of the VCOP sheet to highlight their work, and see success as well as areas for development.

An easy template for students to complete when peer assessing work. The tick boxes are taken from non-negotiable for years 5/6 in English but could easily be altered to suit your activity.

Detailed Gothic assessment preparation lesson that focuses on an extract from a Wilkie Collins short story. The lesson helps students to analyse key quotes, make interpretations around the main characters and how they are presented, to evaluate the use of language features and to make notes on answering a GCSE style assessment task. The assessment is styled around an English Language Paper 1 Q4 critical evaluation question. Fantastic preparation for all students and fully differentiated throughout. Includes the assessment task and extract. Check out our English Shop for loads more free and inexpensive KS3, KS4, KS5, Literacy and whole school resources. .

These exams test students’ knowledge of some of the fundamentals of grammar. They can be used at the start of end of the year to test knowledge. The sheets are altered for each year at KS3, and there are answer sheets for teachers. Knowledge tested includes: Word classes Vocabulary Punctuation Simple, complex and compound sentences Fragments

KS3 English poetry assessment and preparation lesson exploring Two Scavengers In A Truck, Two Beautiful People In A Mercedes by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Designed for English KS3 students, we analyse the writer’s use of language in the poem, look at how to plan and write out an assessment essay and work together to write conclusions. Includes peer assessment opportunities, success criteria, detailed teacher notes and more. Includes differentiated activities, engaging activities and extensive teacher and student notes. Perfect GCSE English Literature preparation for KS3 English students and for unseen poetry, poetry anthology preparation and more. Check out our English Shop for loads more free and inexpensive KS3, KS4, KS5, Literacy and whole school resources. This lesson forms part of our KS3 Complete Pack. Find out more here. 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

This assessment is for KS3 students who have learned about similes, metaphors and have experience in writing P.E.E.(+E) paragraphs to demonstrate their understanding. The poem in the assessment is Maya Angelou’s ‘Caged Bird’. You can create your own point system.