An extended selection of Q5 tasks to get students writing to argue and/or persuade. Very useful for class debates, developing essay writing skills and exam prep.
A 6 week scheme of work to take students through some of the main characters and themes of Great Expectations.
Full lesson powerpoints and lots of worksheets/activities.
This is a set of six practice papers for the AQA GCSE Language Paper 2 with questions 1 through to 5.
They come complete with feedback lessons so that you can get students to self/peer assess their work.
A set of 3 English Language Paper 1 practice papers and feedback lessons. Can be used as individual questions or mini mocks for students.
Feedback lessons allow them to peer assess questions, or they can be used to respond to teacher marking.
A resource providing key quotes from Macbeth to be distributed to students. Can be used for them to learn, colour code relating to theme or to help with extended writing.
This is a comprehensive set of seven English Language Paper 1 style exam papers covering all five questions on the paper.
The papers use a range of texts and work well as a revision booklet, individual lesson exam practice or a homework bundle.
A set of lessons and resources for teaching Language Paper 1. Can be used as an introduction or consolidation/revision before exams.
Step by step working through of each question on the paper with activities to support.
A text based activity that asks students to identify the different types of sentences in an extract. Key for annotation provided and can work to consolidate understanding of sentences types or as a creative writing exercise to see how sentence structures work together to create effects.
A lesson (graded as outstanding for an observation) on analysing sentence structures. Aimed at high ability groups but easily differentiated for lower down the attainment scale.
A set of lessons approaching AQA Language Paper 2. Complete with activities and enough to introduce the topic soundly or makes for excellent revision before exams.
Also works well at KS3 to introduce students to the style of questions/texts.
A lesson based on using different sentences and language devices to produce a piece of creative writing from Juliet's p.o.v.
The worksheet can be used as a starter or homework task, depending on group ability.
A set of lessons covering 6 weeks that focuses on non-fiction. Geared towards the AQA Language Paper 2 specification but covers skills of inference, analysis, summary and comparison.
This is a useful revision resource for students. It includes a detailed overview of each character in the play and their role/purpose.
There is also a wealth of quotes for each character, and theme.
A set of lessons and practice papers for AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2.
The lessons can work as revision or introduction and cover at least 4-6 weeks' worth of lesson time, depending on class ability.
There is a set of practice papers for each with ready made feedback lessons using the mark scheme.
A collection of Literacy posters focusing on parts of speech, punctuation, poetic techniques and other key terminology.
Brightly coloured, easy to read and clear they brighten up any classroom and make an excellent resource for students to use to help their own understanding.