A Year 9 into Year 10 Transition Booklet to prepare Year 9 students for English Language Paper 1. There is lots of advice, skills practise, differentiated tasks, reading for pleasure, and a practice paper at the end.
OCR English Literature Paper 2 Dystopian Fiction overview lesson on THT, includes:
Theme
Background Plot
Narrative Structure
Language
Sociopolitical context
Literary context and links to other dystopian texts
This should be used as a recap lesson or in conjunction with revision/exam practice.
Detailed Lessons on How to Approach the OCR A Level Literature Exams, includes:
Hamlet
Dystopia (The Handmaid’s Tale)
Ibsen and Rossetti
Detailed early modern context lesson
Resources include extracts and model responses
Scaffolded lesson with resources
Easy to differentiate
Do Now
Articles and video
Greta Thunberg UN Speech video and transcript for analysis
Planning sheet
Adaptable to other exam boards
Simple essay writing resource for Macbeth on the AQA GCSE syllabus, includes:
assessment objectives
mark scheme
timing and planning
introduction and thesis statement
essay questions with model student responses
practice questions
applicable to More and Most Able but can be adapted
Word and PDF included
Very detailed lesson for the coursework question: How does Priestley present the Inspector in An Inspector Calls? but this can be adapted to many different questions. You could probably get two-three lessons from this, depending.
It includes:
Coursework overview and guidelines
AOs
Mark scheme
Quiz with answers
Historical context
Form and structure
Language analysis slides
Theme
Key quotes
Scaffolded essay plan
Slides on ‘lesser’ characters
Easily adaptable
Lesson focusing on tips on how to approach OCR English Literature A Level Paper 2 Question 5: language analysis, including:
2019&2022 grade boundaries compared
Mark scheme
Dystopian reading list
Dystopian conventions
Typical Question 5 based on an extract from Nineteen Eighty-Four THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF OLIGARCHICAL COLLECTIVISM
Consolidation questions
Easily adaptable
Simple, straightforward revision guide for AQA English Language Papers 1 and 2 focusing on how to use the language of the mark schemes to your advantage. Includes Question 5s. Can be used in tandem with any paper.
Detailed lesson on AQA GCSE Literature Paper 2 on how to approach a theme question. It includes:
Exam questions
Mark Scheme in a nutshell
Theme with a focus on collective responsibility
Excerpt from the play
General essay tips
Example responses
Examiner’s commentary
Tips for signposting the examiner
Writing a thesis statement
This can be easily adapted to your class or to other exam boards, hence no AOs on slides
Very detailed AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 1 lesson and resources recapping knowledge of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, includes:
Basic plot of story for visual learners
Detailed chapter summaries
Chapter list and some contextual overview
Quiz with answers
Key vocabulary
Exam technique
Mark Scheme
Annotated exam extract (atmosphere of suspicion)
Success Criteria
Detailed plan
Model introduction and thesis statement
Colour-coded model paragraph
Easily adaptable
Two scaffolded and easily differentiatable lessons, and resources, for the AQA syllabus - can easily be adapted to other exam boards
Points of discussion
Do Nows
Broadsheet versus tabloid perspectives
Shocking facts
Detailed, scaffolded lessons on how we interact with our world: social media, climate change, politeness
Tabloid and Broadsheet articles, video and transcript of speech for analysis of rhetorical devices
Do Now Starters
Lots of engaging tasks
Mark scheme
SPaG pointers
Planning
Worst possible introduction tasks
Adaptable to other exam boards
Ideal for exam revision
Detailed lesson on Hamlet & Ibsen/Rossetti question for the OCR Drama and Poetry Pre-1900 paper, including:
Summer 2022 grade boundaries
Mark scheme
Candidate responses
Examiner’s comments
Literary and socioeconomic context
Run through of whole of English Language Paper 2 [AQA] as a guide for classroom teaching/in-class revision. Includes mark schemes and reading techniques.
A GCSE Year 9 into 10 Transition Booklet including vital information and a range of differentiated tasks for the step up to GCSE English Language, and a complete English Language Paper 1 scheme based on Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men - both sections of the paper are explored in detail with differentiated tasks and resources. This is ideal for teaching at the beginning of Year 10.
Lesson providing a general overview of the play includes:
Annotated mark scheme and simplified mark scheme
Question extract on the theme of Guilt
Detailed historical context- Great Chain of Being, Divine Right of Kings, Gunpowder Plot, Witchcraft
Key Vocabulary
Main and secondary characters - each one explained in snapshot
Plot summary and detailed plot resource
Pre-annotated exam question on the Sergeant’s speech from 1.2 (annotations can be deleted)
Actual student response on the exam question (resource too)
Should be used to recap in Year 11
Detailed lesson on AQA GCSE Literature Paper 2 Exam Essay Structure and lesser Characters in the play. It includes:
General essay tips
Mark Scheme
General historical context
Key Vocabulary
Analyses of Gerald, Edna, Joe Meggarty and Eva Smith
Exam question with colour-coded introduction and thesis statement
Model exemplar response
General plan
This can be easily adapted to your class or to other exam boards, hence no AOs on slides
Detailed lesson on AQA GCSE Literature Paper 2 Exam Essay Structure and lesser Characters in the play. It includes:
General essay tips
Mark Scheme
Exam questions + exam questions resource with 14 questions
Eric model essay resource as a guide
Example paragraph
Examiner’s commentary
Step-by-step approach to an exam question on gender
Analyses of quotes with bullet-point guidance
General historical context on gender
Essay plan including building a clear thesis statement
This can be easily adapted to your class or to other exam boards, hence no AOs on slides
Very detailed lesson on the fundamentals of building AQA English Literature Paper 1 essays focusing on Macbeth and J&H. Includes:
Contextual overview for both texts
Key Vocabulary
Mark Scheme
Annotated exam extracts
Colour-coded introductions with thesis statements
Student exemplar responses
Very detailed lesson on exam essay structure for AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 1 focusing on Macbeth, Jekyll and Hyde, and An Inspector Calls. It includes:
Exam technique
Contextual overview for all three texts
Key Vocabulary
Mark Scheme
Annotated exam extracts (MacB /J&H)
Colour-coded introductions with thesis statements
Student exemplar responses (graded)