AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1 Walking-Talking Mock + PPT 2026/27

AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1 Walking-Talking Mock 2026/27: fiction reading and creative writing practice with slides, timings and answers.

A complete walking-talking mock for AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1, updated for the question changes first examined from summer 2026, with relevant AQA summer 2027 accessibility and layout changes reflected.

The teacher leads the class through a full 80-mark Paper 1 in real time. Before each question, a short scripted walk-through models what the question asks, how to plan and how long to spend. Students then write their own answers under timed conditions.

Designed for Year 10 and Year 11, this print-and-go resource is ideal for mock preparation, building exam habits before an independent mock, intervention and revision lessons.

The resource includes:

• 19-page teacher and student booklet (Word and PDF)

• Two 22-slide PowerPoints: a fully editable version and a fixed-layout version

• Original source text: The Marsh Light (21st-century literary fiction, 43 numbered lines)

• Teacher guide: how to run a walking-talking mock

• Timing plan: 105 minutes of student time plus 17 minutes of walk-throughs

• Walk-through scripts for every question

• Question 1: four multiple-choice questions (2026 format)

• Question 2: language analysis (8 marks)

• Question 3: structure, with one named effect (2026 format)

• Question 4: evaluating a statement, agree and/or disagree (2026 format)

• Question 5: description from the imagination, or the opening of a story (2026 format)

Model annotation, model paragraph and model plan, all on text or prompts outside the questions, so no answers are given away

Five-box Question 5 planning frame

Student self-review page

Answers, indicative content and classroom marking guidance for all five questions

Adaptations for students with extra time and lower-attaining groups

Suitable for:

• AQA GCSE English Language 8700

• Paper 1 revision

• Year 10 and Year 11

• KS4 English

• Mock examinations

• Intervention

• Revision lessons

• Specification focus: AQA GCSE English Language 8700, Paper 1

• Pages: 19, plus 22 slides

• Key Stage: KS4

• Age range: 14–16

• Includes: Teacher guide, student paper, PowerPoint, original source, answers and marking guidance

• Last updated: October 2026

The source text, questions, walk-through scripts, models and marking guidance were independently written for Scott’s Classroom.

No AQA source text, past-paper or specimen question, or AQA mark scheme is reproduced.

The marking guidance is classroom guidance based on the AQA assessment objectives and does not replace AQA’s official mark scheme.

This is an independently produced resource and is not approved, endorsed, sponsored by or affiliated with AQA.

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