A series of lessons on AQA Language Paper 1 Section A. The PPT contains 38 slides that take students through questions 1-4 using an extract from The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. The activities in the lessons include: Exam worded questions Modelled annotation AO breakdowns Modelled paragraphs for each question Peer Assessment- with guided criteria Questioning Planning Grid Timings for each question Planned for high/middle abilty year 10/11 group but easily differentiated for your needs.

2 weeks of lessons to introduce English Language Paper 2 Section A- Writer’s viewpoints and perspectives. The texts are taken from AQA Paper 2 resource booklet (available on AQA website) and are on the theme of conflict: As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning by Laurie Lee I see my wife coming off the field of battle by Tim Dowling The lessons introduce students to the skills and AO’s required for each question and provide students with a clear structure to answer each question. There are also model answers for students to mark and match against the mark scheme. As I am using this with my year 11 students I have interleaved Literature skills by using the poems from the Conflict cluster as starter tasks. The aim of this is to aid students’ revision of the poems but also refresh language analysis skills. The poems link to the themes of the non-fiction texts selected. The aim is for students to spend 5 minutes at the beginning of each lesson revising the poetry skills which can then be applied to the rest of the lesson. These could also be used as ‘unseen’ poetry revision for those that have studied the ‘Romantic’ cluster. Activities aim to build a routine with students that they can apply to their exam. Approaching different texts by following the same steps is important. Activities are aimed to be kept to close timings where indicated to help students build their time management skills for the exam. Additional lesson information is available in the notes sections of some slides. More resources for this paper to follow shortly.

Designed for the initial teaching of the 2015 poems from the AQA Poems Past and Present Anthology- Love and Relationships cluster. There is PowerPoint for each poem in the cluster and each lesson contains: a starter activity, context/biographical overview of the poet, and an introduction/initial impressions activity. The aim of these lessons is for students to begin to understand and annotate the poems in their anthologies. Each lesson also includes a poetry SMILE analysis mat for students to use to scaffold their independent analysis and a PEEL writing activity to reflect on their understanding.

A lesson that introduces the new specification AQA English language Paper 1. The lesson focuses on an extract from The Return of Sherlock Holmes. Students consider what AQA means by structure and then begin to apply their knowledge to the text. The lesson is structured so that students annotate the text as they work and begin to plan a response and then create a model answer as a class. There is then an opportunity for students to apply their learning and write a Q3 response following a clear paragraphing structure.

A lesson that introduces the new specification AQA English language Paper 1. The lesson focuses on an extract from The Return of Sherlock Holmes. Students revise their knowledge of word classes and then consider how the extract describes the narrator’s feelings. There are class models and an example paragraph as well as prompts to help students locate appropriate quotations to support their analysis.

4 (double) lessons to develop skills for English Language Paper 2 Section A- Writer’s viewpoints and perspectives. One text is taken from AQA Paper 2 resource booklet (available on AQA website) and is on the theme of hostile environments: Let’s talk about the climb up Everest, one step at a time interview with Sir Edmund Hilary An extract from the second text is included: On Sledge and Horseback to Outcast Siberian Lepers by Kate Marsden The lessons develop the skills and AO’s required for each question and provide students with a clear structure to answer each question. There are also model answers for students to mark and match against the mark scheme. Activities aim to build a routine with students that they can apply to their exam. Approaching different texts by following the same steps is important. Activities are aimed to be kept to close timings where indicated to help students build their time management skills for the exam. Additional lesson information is available in the notes sections of some slides. As I am using this with my year 11 students I have interleaved Literature skills by using the poems from the Conflict cluster as starter tasks. The aim of this is to aid students’ revision of the poems but also refresh language analysis skills. The poems link to the themes of the non-fiction texts selected. The aim is for students to spend 5 minutes at the beginning of each lesson revising the poetry skills which can then be applied to the rest of the lesson. These could also be used as ‘unseen’ poetry revision for those that have studied the ‘Romantic’ cluster.

A lesson that explores the poem Poppies by Jane Weir. The learning journey is linked to the AQA assessment objectives and develops students’ analytical skills. The lesson comprises of: Starter activity linked to the idea of war Links to video clips to enhance understanding A first impression grid for students to use Consideration of viewpoints activity Modelled annotations with questions to scaffold annotation Contextual information A sample essay question with success criteria linked to AO’s A model paragraph A making links grid This lesson is planned for a year 10 middle/high ability group and can be easily differentiated to suit the personalised needs of your students. Yellow lightbulbs on slides mark out stretch and challenge questions that have been included. 18 slides. All additional resources are embedded within the PPT.

A full scheme of work aimed at KS3 middle ability students. The lessons focus on chapters from the novel as well as including a summative assessment. The scheme also includes articles that link to the context of the novel. Each lesson has clear learning objectives using the must, should, could process. The aim of the module is to build reading and analytical skills required for GCSE study.

These lessons are aimed at year 10 students who are studying for AQA Paper 1. They can also be used/adapted to suit other year groups to develop creative writing skills. This is a full module of lessons that lead up to the students completing a mock AQA paper. The lessons explore and develop the skills students learned in Section A and begin to apply these techniques in their own descriptive/narrative writing piece. The lessons are based on the skills required as detailed in the AQA mark scheme. The lessons have a mixture of individual, paired and group work tasks. Model answers are included in multiple lessons so that students can clearly see what they are expected to be able to write by the end of the module. Differentiated extracts are also used so you can adapt the activities to suit your group’s ability. Most lessons are planned for a double session (2 hours) so can be split to create separate lessons if required. Lesson 1: Introduction to the module and a focus on developing ambitious vocabulary. Lesson 2: Setting- Crafting figurative language devices to zoom in on detail. Lesson 3: Sentence Structure- Reviewing the different types of sentences and applying them artfully to create effects. Lesson 4: Structure- Exploring how to create a narrative journey in a text. Lesson 5: Creating Tone/Atmosphere- Exploration of how subtly changing vocabulary choices can create specific tone/atmosphere in descriptive writing. Lesson 6: Narrative Structure- Explore the structure of a narrative looking at ‘story mountain’ and how it can be applied to writing. Lesson 7: Opening- Identify techniques in a range of extracts and consider what makes an effective opening to a narrative and how to hook the reader. Lesson 8: Tense- Group work tasks where students look at model answers and then experiment with changing tenses in their own work. Most lessons were planned as double lessons (2 hours) so can easily be split to form two 1 hour lessons. Additional information for some tasks and challenge questions are written in the notes section of the PPTs. Please note that some images and extracts have been removed due to copyright. Where possible I have tried to list what these items were either on the slide or in the notes section to enable you to try and locate if desired.

A lesson that introduces the new specification AQA English language Paper 1. The lesson focuses on an extract from The Return of Sherlock Holmes. Students practise their scanning skills and then apply this to the four mark question. They also focus on the difference between implicit and explicit meaning. This is also an opportunity to introduce students to the genre conventions of different texts. The aim is to ensure that students have a toolkit of devices that they will look for dependent on the genre of the unseen text that they are presented with in the exam. This lesson covers the conventions of the crime genre.

These lessons are intended to accompany a class reading of each chapter of the novel and develop skills needed for the new specification AQA Literature examination. Some lessons focus on a more detailed exploration of the chapter which encourages students to perform detailed analysis of character, plot and theme. Other lessons are tailored to giving students the time to read the novel either as a class or as individuals with accompanying activities for students to complete as they read. There is a full scheme that is available to buy in the shop section which has a focus on the presentation of conflict within the novel and contains two formative assessment points and a final summative assessment. There are links in the notes section of the PPTs to an audiobook of the novel that is available on youtube and has specific times for each chapter listed in the comments section: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qY-X3PU1WFs.

These lessons are intended to accompany a class reading of each chapter of the novel and develop skills needed for the new specification AQA Literature examination. Some lessons focus on a more detailed exploration of the chapter which encourages students to perform detailed analysis of character, plot and theme. Other lessons are tailored to giving students the time to read the novel either as a class or as individuals with accompanying activities for students to complete as they read. There is a full scheme that is available to buy in the shop section which has a focus on the presentation of conflict within the novel and contains two formative assessment points and a final summative assessment. There are links in the notes section of the PPTs to an audiobook of the novel that is available on youtube and has specific times for each chapter listed in the comments section: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qY-X3PU1WFs.

A KS3 plan of how to teach, plan and track literacy across the key stage. Each plan tracks the language and grammar skills that students will need for the new English Language and Literature specifications GCSE examinations from 2015. Each document depicts a language, a punctuation and a sentence skill that students will focus on each half term. It also has a clear rationale of how each skills links to the assessment objectives from the exam. It is intended to help staff to target specific skills each half term. There is also a section that details suggested reading activities to be used with class novels. Each activity is linked to Bloom’s taxonomy as well as the AO’s and are different for each key stage. The year 9 document also suggests how questions can be phrased to link to the new English Language (unseen literature) paper 1. The scheme is intended to be used by a department to aid building literacy into existing schemes of work or to help structure stand alone library/literacy lessons.

A lesson to introduce the poem and encourage an independent approach to analysis. The poem is from the New Spec AQA English Literature Anthology- Love and Relationships Cluster.

A lesson designed for KS3 as an introduction to poetry. The lesson explores the imagery and themes presented in the poem and aims to enhance their love of poetry.

A lesson designed for KS3 as an introduction to poetry. The lesson explores the imagery and themes presented in the poem and aims to enhance their love of poetry.

A lesson that explores the themes, context and characters of the scene from Romeo and Juliet. Students are provided with a clear learning journey that is linked to blooms skills and the assessment objectives from the new spec AQA. The lesson follows a clear structure where students are introduced to the main idea, the theme/character analysis is developed and students then have the opportunity to apply their own skills independently. Learning objectives and activities are clearly differentiated using RAG and stretch and challenge opportunities are in the form of 'Shakespeare Challenge' questions to help encourage students to extend their ideas. This lesson is aimed at KS4 but could be adapted for use with KS3 students. Planned as a double (2 hour lesson) but could easily be split into two separate 1 hour lessons.

A lesson that explores the themes, context and characters of the scene from Romeo and Juliet. Students are provided with a clear learning journey that is linked to blooms skills and the assessment objectives from the new spec AQA. The lesson follows a clear structure where students are introduced to the main idea, the theme/character analysis is developed and students then have the opportunity to apply their own skills independently. Learning objectives and activities are clearly differentiated using RAG and stretch and challenge opportunities are in the form of 'Shakespeare Challenge' questions to help encourage students to extend their ideas. This lesson is aimed at KS4 but could be adapted for use with KS3 students. Planned as a double (2 hour lesson) but could easily be split into two separate 1 hour lessons.

A lesson that explores the themes, context and characters of the scene from Romeo and Juliet. Students are provided with a clear learning journey that is linked to blooms skills and the assessment objectives from the new spec AQA. The lesson follows a clear structure where students are introduced to the main idea, the theme/character analysis is developed and students then have the opportunity to apply their own skills independently. Learning objectives and activities are clearly differentiated using RAG and stretch and challenge opportunities are in the form of 'Shakespeare Challenge' questions to help encourage students to extend their ideas. This lesson is aimed at KS4 but could be adapted for use with KS3 students. Planned as a double (2 hour lesson) but could easily be split into two separate 1 hour lessons.