This is the final part of a 5 week unit of work preparing students for their AQA Paper 2 English Language exam. A PowerPoint guiding teachers (and students) through all the activities is included as are all the handouts referred to. In this week students develop their skills for Qu 5. The lessons include: Planning an article for a newspaper exploring the issue of homelessness; Additional assessment questions linking to earlier papers in the unit. An overview of the whole Unit of Work is included in the Week 1 resources which is available as a free resource. Other weeks can be purchased separately or are available as a bundle.

This is a PowerPoint presentation which guides students through the exam requirements for answering questions 1 to 4 of the Paper 1 Language exam. There are prompt questions, annotated extracts and sample answers provided. Uses an extract from The Life of Pi. Student question and answer booklet also included.

This is a worksheet to be used for students studying An Inspector Calls. The worksheet has a number of key quotations all to do with the theme of power. Students need to identify which character spoke each line. There is then an accompanying worksheet for students to make notes about the theme of power and how each character represents the theme. Answer sheet included.

This PowerPoint presentation guides students through a practice paper for questions 1 to 4 of the Paper 2 Language examination. It explores writers' views and perspectives regarding being on a sinking ship. Source A is How to Survive a sinking ship, Source B is an eye witness account of a shipwreck. Presentation includes all answers. Student question booklet also included.

This is a whole scheme of work for students reading Michael Morpurgo's Private Peaceful. There is a PowerPoint presentation to support with Learning Objectives for each lesson and details of tasks. The overview to the scheme gives details of the activities and is differentiated into 3 ability bands. All student worksheets are included. Suitable for Key Stage 3.

Part 3 of a six week scheme of work to accompany students' first reading of Stevenson's novella in preparation for their AQA English Literature examination. There is a PowerPoint presentation for each week with details of all activities as well as accompanying resources. Resources include worksheets, handouts and quizzes. An overview of the whole scheme is included in Week 1, which can be downloaded for free. Additional weeks and accompanying resources can be purchased separately.

Part 5 of a six week scheme of work to accompany students' first reading of Stevenson's novella in preparation for their AQA English Literature examination. There is a PowerPoint presentation for each week with details of all activities as well as accompanying resources. Resources include worksheets, handouts and quizzes. An overview of the whole scheme is included in Week 1, which can be downloaded for free. Additional weeks and accompanying resources can be purchased separately.

Part 6 of a six week scheme of work to accompany students' first reading of Stevenson's novella in preparation for their AQA English Literature examination. There is a PowerPoint presentation for each week with details of all activities as well as accompanying resources. Resources include worksheets, handouts and quizzes. An overview of the whole scheme is included in Week 1, which can be downloaded for free. Additional weeks and accompanying resources can be purchased separately.

Part 4 of a six week scheme of work to accompany students' first reading of Stevenson's novella in preparation for their AQA English Literature examination. There is a PowerPoint presentation for each week with details of all activities as well as accompanying resources. Resources include worksheets, handouts and quizzes. An overview of the whole scheme is included in Week 1, which can be downloaded for free. Additional weeks and accompanying resources can be purchased separately.

Part 2 of a six week scheme of work to accompany students' first reading of Stevenson's novella in preparation for their AQA English Literature examination. There is a PowerPoint presentation for each week with details of all activities as well as accompanying resources. Resources include worksheets, handouts and quizzes. An overview of the whole scheme is included in Week 1, which can be downloaded for free. Additional weeks and accompanying resources can be purchased separately.

This is part 2 of a 5 week unit of work preparing students for their AQA Paper 2 English Language exam. A PowerPoint guiding teachers (and students) through all the activities is included as are all the handouts of extracts referred to. In this week students are introduced to the requirements for questions 3 and 4. The lessons include: Development of Question 3 skills using extracts from 'The Girl of the Period', 'A Visit to Newgate Prison' and Florence Nightingale's Diary; Further development of Question 3 skills using George Graham Vest's speech; Development of Question 4 skills using extracts from 'Guns in the Distance' and 'A Soldier's Declaration'. An overview of the whole Unit of Work is included in the Week 1 resources which is available as a free resource. Other weeks can be purchased separately or are available as a bundle.

This is part 4 of a 5 week unit of work preparing students for their AQA Paper 2 English Language exam. A PowerPoint guiding teachers (and students) through all the activities is included as are all the handouts of extracts referred to. In this week students recap on the skills required for Qus 1 to 4 and are introduced to the requirements for question 5. The lessons include: Assessment of Qus 1 to 4 using a sample paper that explores attitudes to life and death; Guided question by question response and mark schemes; Introduction to Qu 5 skills; A series of timed activities where students respond to example questions by using a range of different strategies. An overview of the whole Unit of Work is included in the Week 1 resources which is available as a free resource. Other weeks can be purchased separately or are available as a bundle.

This is part 3 of a 5 week unit of work preparing students for their AQA Paper 2 English Language exam. A PowerPoint guiding teachers (and students) through all the activities is included as are all the handouts of extracts referred to. In this week students revisit all the skills required for questions 1 to 4. The lessons include: Further development of Question 4 skills using extracts from 'Henry Mayhew visits a prison' and 'Alex Cavendish goes back to prison'; An alternative Qu4 assessment exploring childhood; Assessment of Qus 1 to 4 using Bill Bryson's travel book and Dickens' travelogue; Question by question guidance for this assessment. An overview of the whole Unit of Work is included in the Week 1 resources which is available as a free resource. Other weeks can be purchased separately or are available as a bundle.

Part 5 of a whole school Literacy scheme, designed to be taught through one 15 minute session per week by non-specialists. Suitable for all Key Stage 3 students. Includes definitions, examples and answers to all the activities; fortnightly spelling tests and additional challenge activities. Weeks 27 to 32 cover: Simile and metaphor; Figurative language; Idioms; Homophones (your and you're); Paragraphs and Consolidation tasks.

Part 6 of a whole school Literacy scheme, designed to be taught through one 15 minute session per week by non-specialists. Suitable for all Key Stage 3 students. Includes definitions, examples and answers to all the activities; fortnightly spelling tests and additional challenge activities. Weeks 33 to 38 cover: Spelling strategies; Synonyms; Antonyms; Homophones; Comparatives and superlatives and Consolidation tasks.

PowerPoint presentation to support teaching students how to link the poems together in response to themed questions. Teaches students how to structure an exam answer. Each slide then serves as a revision guide for two poems - notes on form and structure; language and feelings and attitudes. Student handouts also included. Poems and themes are: Reality of conflict (Bayonet Charge and Exposure); Negative feelings (London and Checking Out Me History; Effects of conflict (Poppies and War Photographer); Power of nature (The Prelude and Storm on the Island); Memories (Remains and Kamikaze); Power of humans (My Last Duchess and Tissue).

A PowerPoint presentation and accompanying extracts to support students in preparing for the comparison question for the Paper 2 examination. Students look at how to compare different extracts and then annotate their copies. Focuses on comparing how writers' perspectives of war are presented using A Soldier's Declaration and Guns in the Distance. Also explores the different experiences of prison using Henry Mayhew visits a prison and Alex Cavendish goes back to prison. There is a final assessment comparing different views of childhood using Why we shouldn't wrap our children in cotton wool and London Labour and the Labour Poor.

A PowerPoint presentation and accompanying extracts to support students in preparing for the language question for the Paper 2 examination. Students revise language features and then annotate the extracts. Extracts are The Girl of the Period, A visit to Newgate Prison and Florence Nightingale's Diary. They should learn the skills to develop a top level answer. A final assessment is based on an extract from George Graham Vest's speech to the jury.