I'm an experienced English teacher, senior leader and examiner with a wealth of experience teaching English across all key stages. Having examined for AQA and WJEC, I have a precise knowledge of how to support students so they can make maximum progress in their learning.
I'm an experienced English teacher, senior leader and examiner with a wealth of experience teaching English across all key stages. Having examined for AQA and WJEC, I have a precise knowledge of how to support students so they can make maximum progress in their learning.
A great revision sheet that includes three model answers for an exam question on Scrooge. The students have a differentiated task linked to asnwers, with the opportunity of then writing their own response.
A free Macbeth model answer that uses a differentiated task to get students to assess it. This can be used for revision or before students do a mock exam to get them to consider how to deveop their ideas.
The focus of the question is ‘how Macbeth’s hallucinations and visions are important’ in the extract and across the play.
If you need more paper 1 practice, but are running out of papers, then here is one I have created for your yr 11s to develop their exam responses.
It includes all four questions for reading and both writing tasks for Q5 for AQA. It could easily be adapted for different specifications.
I hope you find this useful :)
A fully differentiated set of lessons that has the LOs running on every slide. The lessons use bronze, silver and gold tasks to challenge all learners and gives opportunities for students to develop their transactional writing skills, much needed for the Language examination for every exam board.
The character that teachers forget to focus on in detail! An important set of lessons all focused on the influence Macduff has on the play. They are fully differentiated and will focus students on exam skills.
Fully differentiated (with Bronze, Silver, Gold) narrative writing frame designed to focus GCSE students for all exam boards on the key structure of the creative writing question. Students need to fill in the frame before then writing their own narrative. A fantastic resource that can support students who struggle to write an extended narrative that has a clear focus characterisation and plot.
A model answer that allows students to see the importance of the supernatural in the play.
It has a differentiated task, bronze, silver, gold and includes a challenge activity using PYT (push your thinking) to stretch the most able.
A fully differentiated and focused lesson on the theme of men and women in the play 'An Inspector Calls.' The lesson includes, bell task, interactive starter, main and plenary.
A fully differentiated lesson for the theme of violence that links to the AQA GCSE Literature examination. The extract and question are included at the back of the PPT.
Includes - bell task,
Starter
Main 1
Reflection point
Main 2
Plenary
This is a detailed A3 revision grid that has information on all 15 poems from the love and relationship cluster for AQA. It includes points on the theme of love/relationships, five key quotes for each poem, comments on the form/structure and points on context for each one.
Use this as a revision tool so that students have a secure understanding on the main ideas linked to each one.
An A3 revision worksheet that includes tips for the different writing styles for AQA English paper 2. Use this for year 11 for revision before their exam. There are 25 questions that the students can plan for and then write out under timed conditions.
An answer for the whole play for the importance of the character of Macduff.
This has an activity attached, which is differentiated using bronze, silver, gold and a challenge task to push the most able. I have used this in class for an activity, and have also given it out as a homework task.
A Grade 8+ Model answer for the character of Mrs Birling.
To achieve a high mark in the exam, students need to create a convincing, perceptive argument about the character where they can thread a critical stance through their response.
The thread through this response is - could we pity Mrs Birling for her bourgeoisie, supercilious attitude instead of the initial dislike we have for her.
After reading the model answer and assessing it using a bronze, silver gold differentiated task, students need to plan their own response and add in the higher level terminology included: hubris, allegorical, supercilious, proletariat and bourgeoisie.
A simple and straightforward grid to fill in that focuses on why the characters are important, key quotes/subject terminology and then five key themes. A great way to revise the key concepts for the examination.
An easy worksheet for students to use to scaffold their revision on the play Macbeth. It is differentiated using bronze, silver gold to help challenge students.
A fully differentiated lesson for the unseen poems used for the EDUQAS WJEC examination in 2015. This is a fantastic lesson to get students to consider how to compare two poems and what they should consider.
An easy worksheet for students to use to scaffold their revision on the play Macbeth. It is differentiated using bronze, silver gold to help challenge students.
A revision sheet that helps students analyse key quotations within four core themes in the play: social responsibility, class, gender and age. The students need to use two layers of meaning, make links to Edwardian context, and identify and comment on writer’s methods. There is an extension task - students need to comment conceptually on Priestley’s intentions. I get students to annotate around the quotes.
