This is a pack of 5 sample papers I have made for the new (9-1) AQA English Language GCSE Paper 1. Each paper comes with a mark scheme.
I've uploaded them as Word documents so that you can adapt or edit as you see fit. Hopefully the formatting doesn't go wonky - Word can be a bit dodgy in this regard…
Please let me know what you think if you use these. :)
A pack of sample papers for AQA Language Paper 2, with accompanying mark schemes.
Could be used as practice papers or you could take the extracts out and use them to teach the skills for the exam. I've tried to include extracts on a range of topics that are interesting and engaging.
Please do let me know what you think if you use these. Thanks :)
I designed this PowerPoint to print off as a guide for low ability students. It's for revision purposes so includes an overview of the expectations of the exam, how to respond to the tasks and some sample answers. The Q5 guidance focuses on how to answer creatively rather than SPaG.
Please note the timings I've placed on here are for students with extra time, so you may need to adapt this for use with other students.
This is a full set of resources that can be used for teaching Romantic Poetry on the new Edexcel A Level Literature spec. It covers Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Keats and Emily Bronte. A little contextual information is covered for each poet, followed by exploration of each of the poems in the collection. There are also resources on the unit itself, an overview of Romanticism and some revision activities.
There is one PowerPoint per poet, but these can be split into numerous lessons. I used this in one-to-one tuition so you may want to adapt the activities to make them more suitable for group work.
It's a mixture of my own stuff plus lots of bits and pieces that I sourced on here plus other places online. Hope it's useful. :)
The poems covered are as follows:
William Blake: Holy Thursday (Innocence and Experience), The Sick Rose, The Tyger, London
William Wordsworth: Lines Written in Early Spring, Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, Ode: Intimations of Immortality
Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Lord Byron: Lines Inscribed Upon a Cup Formed from a Skull, Fare Thee Well, So We'll Go No More A Roving, On This Day I Complete My Thirty-Sixth Year
Percy Bysshe Shelley: 'The cold earth slept below', Stanzas Written in Dejection, near Naples, Ode to the West Wind, The Question
John Keats: Ode to a Nightingale, Ode on a Grecian Urn, To Autumn, Ode on Melancholy, Sonnet on the Sea
Emily Bronte: To a Wreath of Snow, R. Alcona to J. Brenzaida, Julian M. and A. G. Rochelle, Last Lines
This is a fairly straight-forward walk-through lesson for Language Paper 2, Section A only.
It uses extracts from 'I Am Malala' and 'Cider With Rosie' and goes through approaches to each of the seven reading tasks.
The extracts could also be used as an assessment or practice paper.
Two lessons exploring the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet. The first lesson is focused on analysing language, while the second takes a more creative approach (we are practising skills for English Language Paper 2 alongside our study of Romeo and Juliet).
This was designed for a low ability Year 10 group.
In the first lesson, the help sheet is on one of the PPT slides and needs printing. Students differentiate themselves by their choice of task (though I sometimes guide them towards a suitable choice if they need support/challenge).
These lessons were designed for the first half of a unit of work on Holes. There are fifteen lessons with resources, mostly focusing on creative writing but with a little analysis too.
The first lesson is a Notebook file but all others are PowerPoints.
I did this with a low ability Year 7 group. The lesson focuses on exploring the language of the poem and the positive/negative connotations of different words.
A mixture of my own stuff and some things adapted from TES.
I put this lesson together using a few different resources that I found on TES, plus some of my own stuff.
It focuses on analysing the language of Romeo and Juliet's first meeting.
This lesson was designed for a low ability Year 10 class.
A set of four sample papers for the reading questions on English Language Paper 1 (Edexcel).
These could be used as practice exam papers, or you could take out the extracts and use them to work on the key language skills.
The extracts are taken from the following 19th century texts: Great Expectations, Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, Dracula.
Hope it's useful. :)
Note: these print best if you select 'two to a page', i.e. they print at half size so that each extract and its accompanying questions fits on one side of A4.
This lesson focuses on the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. It includes some analysis of language, structure and an exploration of how Shakespeare creates tension.
This lesson was for a Year 8 unit on 'the other' in Shakespeare. It explores Lady Macbeth in Act 1 Scene 5.
Differentiation:
Group A - more challenging
Group B - middle ability
Group C - lower ability
Images sourced from Google.
A lesson focusing on the opening of Act 5 Scene 1, looking in particular at how the theme of fate is presented. Includes contextual information/quiz on Elizabethan beliefs about predestination.
A mixture of my own resources and some bits adapted from other stuff found on TES.
I designed this PowerPoint to print off as a guide for low ability students. It's for revision purposes so includes an overview of the expectations of the exam, how to respond to the tasks and some sample answers. The Q5 guidance focuses on how to answer creatively rather than SPaG.
Please note the timings I've placed on here are for students with extra time, so you may need to adapt this for use with other students.
A scheme of work designed for low to mid-ability Year 7, covering the Miller, Wife of Bath and Pardoner. It mostly focuses on the portraits of these characters, but also briefly looks at the Pardoner's tale.
Some of this is adapted from stuff I've found on TES and elsewhere.
Hope it's useful. :)
An introduction to Lady Macbeth, Shylock and Richard III. This was the opening lesson in a unit on the 'other' in Shakespeare, where we explored three key villains and looked at their villainous qualities as well as parts of their characters that make us sympathise towards them.
You may want to split it into two lessons to give students plenty of time to discuss and develop their ideas.
The students responded really well to this lesson, which invites them to explore their first impressions of the characters based on pieces of evidence that are revealed to them slowly throughout the lesson. Great for sparking their interest and encouraging discussion and collaboration.
Important: see notes below slides in the PPT for advice on how to deliver the lesson.
To differentiate: place students in groups by ability. The support sheet could be given only to groups who need it. Higher ability groups could be told that they must create a defence for Richard III at the end - he's the most difficult character to sympathise with!
Created collaboratively by C Tyler and S Lindsay - Hayes School, Bromley
I did this lesson with a top set Year 8 group. Students explore the context of women in Shakespeare's time in an active and competitive way, before applying their findings to an analysis of Lady Macbeth in Act 1 Scene 7.
This resource includes:
- The powerpoint with instructions for the lesson
- Contextual information to stick up around the room
- Blank fact files for students to complete in groups
- An extract from Act 1 Scene 7
Images sourced from Google.
Worksheets/resources for introducing Keats' 'La Belle Dame Sans Merci'. I pulled this together using a few other online resources and stuff found on TES. Hope it's useful. :)
A set of resources to use as revision tools for Animal Farm.
This pack contains:
- An overview of key themes and the exam (AQA)
- Guide for approaching the exam question and structuring an essay
- Key quotations
- Symbols and motifs (or 'how to get marks for AO2 even when you can't remember a quotation'!)
- Flashcards with key characters/ideas/themes
Three sample papers for the Eduqas A Level unseen texts exam. This could be used for mocks, class practice, revision, or the extracts could be taken out and used as practice for other specifications.
