This Powerpoint goes through question by question the Reading section of the Eduqas GCSE English Language Component 2 practice paper using review texts on Kendrick Lamar and Charles Dickens. It includes how to plan and write answers, model paragraphs and examples.
A Powerpoint to help introduce the new CSP for 2020 on the music video for ‘Ghost Town’ by The Specials. Includes contextual information, blog tasks to consider details of media language and representation and links to articles to provide further historical and social contextual understanding.
A Paper 1 Section A 20 mark question with ideas on how to plan and model to help students answer this question or to use after students have attempted the question independently as a feedback lesson.
A very detailed 46 slide Powerpoint covering main teaching ideas for the context, history, industry and audience frameworks for AQA’a new radio CSP for exams in 2022 and 2023- BBC’s Newsbeat. Updated in 202 with new BBC licence fee and other up to date information.
Plus worksheet for students to record details of 3 specific Newsbeat broadcasts
Two detailed Powerpoints for revision of the Simon Stephens’ drama text ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time’ for Eduqas GCSE English Literature - covering themes, characters, author’s devices and specific exam technique advice for the Eduqas exam
A Powerpoint to revise key aspects of ‘A Wife in London’ and ‘The Manhunt’ and to consider how to compare the poems. It does presuppose prior teaching of each poem individually. Would work well as revision of poems prior to GCSE exam or mock.
A PowerPoint ideal for a one off ‘taster’ or induction lesson for Year 11 students embarking on A level Literature next year. It considers what is meant by ideology and how this might influence the production and reception of texts.
Students apply feminist and Marxist theory to the English folk tale ‘Cap O’ Rushes.’
A Powerpoint on the extracts from Chaucer in the AQA Tragedy Anthology focusing on context, elements of tragedy, analysis of language, structure and form.
An introductory project to be used as homework or ICT/research project in school to allow students to gain an understanding of the context of the 5 Romantic poems in the Eduqas Poetry Anthology for GCSE English Literature: ‘London’ - William Blake; ‘She Walks in Beauty’ - Byron; ‘To Autumn’ - John Keats; Excerpt from ‘The Prelude’ - William Wordsworth and ‘Ozymandias’ - Percy Shelley.
A short answer test ideal for Year 12 to test knowledge and understanding of key terminology in the Lexis and Semantics framework. Powerpoint with answers for self or peer assessment.
Powerpoint with 46 questions on the play ‘Blood Brothers’ to help students recall specific textual details; quotations and to revise the plot and chronology thoroughly.
All answers also provided on subsequent Powerpoint slides so students can self or peer assess.
Suitable for all GCSE exam boards
Provides examples to analyse and overview of German Expressionism in cinema. Contextual information necessary to see intertextuality and influence on ‘Ghost Town’ music video.
A Powerpoint for A level Literature students following independent reading and research on aspects of feminism and feminist literary theory and criticism. Students are directed to:
recall information
apply theory
debate and discuss.