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With over 10 years experience working with a range of schools and Trusts across the UK, a range of resources are available to a very high standard. An examiner for 3 main exam boards, resources are updated yearly to incorporate new exam feedback and material.

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With over 10 years experience working with a range of schools and Trusts across the UK, a range of resources are available to a very high standard. An examiner for 3 main exam boards, resources are updated yearly to incorporate new exam feedback and material.
GCSE Non Fiction- Homelessness
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GCSE Non Fiction- Homelessness

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4 full hour lessons addressing the non fiction component of the GCSE. Resources included and a range of clips and transactional writing tasks to engage all learners, focusing on all questions of the exam paper; Component 2. Would be suitable for any exam board with slight alterations of question wording.
AQA Language: Transaction Writing Revision Booklet
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AQA Language: Transaction Writing Revision Booklet

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A 14 page document suitable for KS3-4 detailing an easy step-by-step approach to the transaction writing section of the Paper 2 GCSE. AQA planned but could also suit other GCSE boards easily. Works through example questions, planning strategies, hook and cyclical structure and modelled example with an easy self assessment sheet for students to follow.
KS3 Homework Booklet- Tribes
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KS3 Homework Booklet- Tribes

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Based around the text Tribes, there are a range of 30+ tasks that address GCSE style comprehension and analysis skills using key extracts from the novel.
CPD: Supporting struggling writers
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CPD: Supporting struggling writers

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An engaging and useful CPD session that has enough content to last 2-3 hours. Activities, discussion, mark scheme moderation, prescribed approaches for both language and literature AND for all ability groups, leaving teachers feeling much more confident about how to teach those students who struggle to start or struggle to write the amount needed in some of our detailed exam questions. Includes a teacher resource booklet, mark schemes, exam papers and resources for discussion.
CPD: How to teach the language and structure questions!
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CPD: How to teach the language and structure questions!

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An engaging 2-3 hour CPD session that could be spread over a few sessions addressing how important language and structure is, as well as how to teach this effectively. Many links made across Language and Literature to enable staff to feel more confident in their teaching. Using prescribed approaches, example answers, activities to try together as a team and many, many discussion points and references. Includes a range of exam papers and resources to use within your session.
GCSE Language- Non fiction booklet of resources
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GCSE Language- Non fiction booklet of resources

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12 non fiction resources matched into categories, ready to compare for the 19th/21st century element of the GCSE exam. Would be suitable for any exam board as questions could easily be adapted to suit. All resources could be accessible to any age with glossaries provided. Each extract is a page long so typical of exam source material.
GCSE Language preparation- The Impossible stimulus
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GCSE Language preparation- The Impossible stimulus

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2/3 lessons (30+ slides) addressing all elements of the GCSE, focusing on the EDUQAS specification with extracts to analyse with questions ready to use and suited to mark scheme, followed by creative writing practise using image, video and title stimulus to suit any learner. Could be used from Year 9 upwards as GCSE preparation. Could also be adapted to suit any exam board.
CPD: How to teach poetry and prose effectively!
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CPD: How to teach poetry and prose effectively!

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This is a 2-3 hour CPD session discussing different theories to the poetry and prose questions at GCSE level. The discussion and resources would suit any exma board that you have chosen however, would also lead to interesting discussions about KS3 teaching and planning. Video links, exam responses, prescribed approaches and theory all resourced and active participation encouraged within the slides.
Building Character using a stimulus
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Building Character using a stimulus

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Two full lessons focusing on character and their backstory. Using the stimulus of the Simon Armitage poem ‘Out of the Blue’ and the famous icon of the ‘falling man’ from 9/11, pupils are asked to develop character profiles and descriptions from a range of perspectives.
EDUQAS GCSE Poetry Anthology
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EDUQAS GCSE Poetry Anthology

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16 full lessons addressing every poem in the EDUQAS anthology. There are 18 poems however two lessons focus on comparing rather than simply addressing one so all 18 poems are covered. A detailed range of tasks including basic comprehension, contextual detail, research tasks, annotating of the poem, modelled examples, essay questions and homework tasks.
AQA A level English Language Revision
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AQA A level English Language Revision

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A range of 10+ lessons for AQA A level Language revision covering all topics for Paper 1 and 2; Child language acquisition, meaning and representations, language change, opinion articles, comparison questions… the lot! Lots of example texts, sentence starters, model responses and lessons to practise annotating extracts, analysing, focusing on the mark scheme and developing interpretations.
GCSE Transactional Writing revision
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GCSE Transactional Writing revision

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50+ slides addressing each element of transactional writing; inform, explain, describe, persuade, argue and advise. Also focuses on different formats of writing such as report writing, articles, letters and much more. Perfect for KS3 as an introduction or KS4 as a revision tool!
Language and Power- A level
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Language and Power- A level

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A full scheme of lessons; resources, adverts, theoretical reading, assessment questions and modelled examples. Easily 5-10 lessons depending on homework tasks and lesson time dedicated to assessment etc. Suitable for any exam board.
EDEXCEL Conflict poetry revision
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EDEXCEL Conflict poetry revision

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A range of 4+ lessons with resources on Conflict poetry suitable for the EDEXCEL exam board but many poems are also on the AQA specification. Focusing on language analysis, revision techniques, planning and modelled examples.
Romantics Poetry
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Romantics Poetry

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FULL unit of lessons, powerpoints and a SOW to support. Would be suitable for KS3 or an introduction to the GCSE at KS4.
GCSE Skills Booklet!
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GCSE Skills Booklet!

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Perfect as a homework task, cover work booklet or revision tool for KS4. A range of literacy skills addressed focusing on punctuation, vocabulary and sentence types. Also focuses on descriptive writing using images as a stimulus and improving/developing pieces of descriptive writing.
Creative Writing: Writing about an important place
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Creative Writing: Writing about an important place

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Full unit of lessons focusing on creative writing with the topic aimed at important places that have been memorable. The focus is aimed at the AQA image stimulus and preparing pupils for this visual description and how to build imagery and engagement.