This complete resource contains 4-5 lessons worth of preparation work, preparing a narrative that students should be able to adapt/tweak in an exam to fit with unseen titles. The activities included are as follows: - opportunity to create a class success criteria for writing an excellent narrative; - a choice of two different ways of planning their narrative; - a variety of punctuation starters: semi-colons, colons, dashes, brackets and ellipses; - sentence structure (examples of the three types of sentence) and an activity to make students consider how to vary the starts of their sentences; - some peer marking, with specific things to identify; - for weaker students there is a 'checklist' of different elements of writing to include in each of their sections of narrative; - a drama starter activity, before they write their 'main' section of the narrative; - writing time; - mark-scheme & banding at the end of the PPT. There is a 'said is dead' slide, alternatives for replacing 'said' when using direct speech. This could be printed and used as a table-top help card or printed and stuck into exercise books for reference. I've created a 'WOW words' slide that could be used as a group starter activity or completed for homework. In addition to this, there are a couple of slides at the start, which I have used with my students. We revisited their previous narrative, written in exam conditions in a mock. The aim was to show them how by preparing a narrative, they should be able to tweak it and adapt them to suit the unseen titles they'll face in their real exam. These slides may be useful to you when you come to revisit their mock attempt (if not, you can delete!). I've also added a couple of suggestions in the 'notes' section on the PPT slides. I've used it with a Y10 set on the new specification, they seemed to enjoy it and produced encouraging work!

This resource contains work for a whole lesson (or two) based on writing a letter of complaint- aimed at KS4 students. Activities include: - reminder of assessment objectives (new spec) and mark schemes; - starter/entry activity (you'll need to source the news clip of Jeremy Corbyn on the train - available on youtube) - Labelling activity for how to format a letter; - Mind-mapping /discussion of issues that may lead to a complaint being made to structure their own writing; - Model paragraphs - with a heavy focus on the SPaG element; -Peer and self-assessment grids. - An additional task has been included at the end for either homework, revision or a in-class timed response that could be peer or teacher-marked. This is tailored to the WJEC/Eduqas mark scheme, assessment objectives could easily be replaced to suit your exam board.

This resource contains work for a whole lesson (or two) based on writing a report - aimed at KS4 students. Activities include: - reminder of assessment objectives (new spec) and mark schemes; - Discussion of reports, their purpose and who writes/reads them; - Labelling activity for how to format a report; - Correctional exercise (starter) for improving punctuation and formality of sentences; - Mind-mapping class ideas to structure their own writing; - Model paragraphs; -Peer and self-assessment grids. - An additional task has been included at the end for either homework, revision or a in-class timed response that could be peer or teacher-marked. This is tailored to the WJEC/Eduqas mark scheme, assessment objectives could easily be replaced to suit your exam board.

A quick starter activity for a lesson on a transition day to find out a little information about new students. There's a push on extra-curricular in our school for next year, so that why there's a space for what clubs they attend at primary school and what new opportunities they'd like at high school. This is our way of finding out, so we can plan ahead! Editable for your own needs.

This 29 slide PPT contains approximately 4-5 hours worth of lessons (depending on your class and their pace) analysing ‘Living Space’ by Imtiaz Dharker. This resource is specifically tailored to the new WJEC/Eduqas Anthology for teaching from September 2015, although it would be suitable for analysis for other exam boards. It covers first impressions, opportunities for detailed language/poetic technique analysis, discussion and analysis about tone, structure, themes and context. Homework and revision opportunities are also built in. Some activities are for individual completion, some pair and group work and a timed essay response towards the end. If you purchase this complete resource, please take the time to leave feedback! Thank you.

This resource contains enough content for at least 2 lessons, depending on the speed of your learners. There are opportunities for paired and independent work; peer assessment against the (included) criteria and model paragraphs demonstrating excellent paragraphs, that include a range of technical aspects. It has also been updated with the mark scheme for the new Eduqas specification (teaching from 2017).

This 26 slide PPT contains approximately 4 hours worth of lessons (depending on your class and their pace) analysing ‘London' by William Blake. This resource is specifically tailored to the new WJEC/Eduqas Anthology for teaching from September 2015, although it would be suitable for analysis for other exam boards, especially for the ‘unseen’ element of the exam. It covers first impressions, opportunities for detailed language/poetic technique analysis, discussion and analysis about tone, structure, themes and context. Homework and revision opportunities are also built in. One of the activities on structure, makes comparisons between this poem and 'Living Space' by Imtiaz Dharker. (The resource for Living Space can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/mini-poetry-scheme-living-space-by-imtiaz-dharker-wjec-eduqas-11084407) Each activity is linked to the AO’s (of which there is a student-friendly version) and there is a set of grade criteria/banding towards the end of the PPT, for peer/self-assessment. Some activities are for individual completion, some pair and group work and an opportunity to respond to an exam question at the end, with some hints about how to structure a response. Check out my other resources for use with the Eduqas Poetry Anthology. All images hold the Creative Commons License and have been attributed.

UPDATED with edits mentioned in the review below This resource contains work for a whole lesson (or two) based on writing an informal letter - aimed at KS4 students. Activities include: - reminder of assessment objectives (new spec) and mark schemes; - Discussion of informal letters, their purpose and who writes/reads them; - Mind-mapping class ideas to structure their own writing; - Model paragraphs - with discussion prompts for how to improve them; -Peer and self-assessment grids. - An additional task has been included at the end for either homework, revision or a in-class timed response that could be peer or teacher-marked. This is tailored to the WJEC/Eduqas mark scheme, assessment objectives could easily be replaced to suit your exam board.

A lesson on how to prepare for writing a formal letter. Exam task included. Used for KS4 exam preparation, this could also be adapted for KS3. You will need to source a poor example of a letter to use for one of the activities: I used some exemplar material from the exam board for this purpose. Please leave feedback if you find it useful.

Used to prepare KS4 classes for exam style tasks. There are tasks, options for paired planning and individual writing - model answers also included. Please leave feedback if you find it useful.

This 34 slide PowerPoint contains approximately 4-5 hours worth of lessons (depending on your class and their pace), analysing ‘Mametz Wood’ by Owen Sheers. This resource is specifically tailored to the new WJEC/Eduqas Anthology for teaching from September 2015, although it would be suitable for analysis for other exam boards. It covers first impressions, opportunities for detailed language/poetic technique analysis, discussion and analysis about tone, structure, themes and context. Homework and revision opportunities are also built in. An exam style question is included. Some activities are for individual completion, some pair and group work and a whole class debate towards the end. If you purchase this complete resource, please take the time to leave feedback! Thank you.

This resource is for use when preparing students for the English Literature Component 1, Section A (extract question) section of the exam. The section for analysis is from Act 1, Scene 2; the question asks students to demonstrate what they learn about the way Paris and Capulet speak and behave. The resource includes: - starter activity (re-read scene); - assessment objectives and a breakdown of how to achieve them; - question and how to approach answering it; -for the most able in the group, a discussion/annotation activity; -PEA grids filled out with some quotations (editable to suit your needs/differentiation); -how to write up an extract question response; -opportunities for getting to grips with the AO's through peer marking; -exam tips and hints; -model paragraph. Other Romeo and Juliet extract preparation resources are available in my shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/cate_h Happy exam prep!

This resource is for use when preparing students for the English Literature Component 1, Section A (extract question) section of the exam. The section for analysis is from Act 1, Scene 5; the question asks students to demonstrate what they learn about the way Tybalt speaks and behaves in lines 53 - 67. The resource includes: - starter activity - Tybalt revision (recall activity - key quotes/scenes); - revision reminder (starter consolidation and general revision); - assessment objectives and a breakdown of how to achieve them; - question and how to approach answering it; -for the most able in the group, a discussion/annotation activity; -PEA grids filled out with some quotations (editable to suit your needs/differentiation); -how to write up an extract question response; -opportunities for getting to grips with the AO's through peer marking; -exam tips and hints; -model paragraph. Other Romeo and Juliet extract preparation resources are available in my shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/cate_h Happy exam prep!

This resource is for use when preparing students for the English Literature Component 1, Section A (extract question) section of the exam. The section for analysis is from Act 1, Scene 1; the question asks students to demonstrate what they learn about Romeo in these lines through the way he speaks and behaves. The resource includes: - starter activity - acting out the specified lines; - assessment objectives and a breakdown of how to achieve them; - question and how to approach answering it; -PEA grids filled out with some quotations (editable to suit your needs/differentiation); -how to write up an extract question response; -opportunities for getting to grips with the AO's through peer marking; -exam tips and hints; -model paragraph. Other Romeo and Juliet extract preparation resources are available in my shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/cate_h Happy exam prep!

This 30+ slide PPT contains approximately 4-5 hours worth of lessons (depending on your class and their pace) analysing ‘Ozymandias' by Shelley. This resource is specifically tailored to the new WJEC/Eduqas Anthology for teaching from September 2015, although it would be suitable for analysis for other exam boards, especially for the ‘unseen’ element of the exam. It covers first impressions, opportunities for detailed language/poetic technique analysis, discussion and analysis about tone, structure, themes and context. Homework and revision opportunities are also built in. One of the activities on structure, makes comparisons between this poem and 'Hawk Roosting' by Ted Hughes. Each activity is linked to the AO’s (of which there is a student-friendly version) and there is a set of grade criteria/banding towards the end of the PPT, for peer/self-assessment. Some activities are for individual completion, some pair and group work and an opportunity to respond to an exam question at the end, with some hints about how to structure a response. Check out my other resources for use with the Eduqas Poetry Anthology. All images hold the Creative Commons License and have been attributed.

This resource is for use when preparing students for the English Literature Component 1, Section A (extract question) section of the exam. I have used this with my Y10 set 2 (of 6) and it covered 3 lessons. This may vary depending on your class and their pace. The section for analysis is from Act 2, Scene 5 (lines 21 -77) and the question asks students to explore the way Juliet and the Nurse speak and behave in these lines. The resource includes: - starter activity - drama based - acting out the specified lines; - assessment objectives and a breakdown of how to achieve them; - question and how to approach answering it; -PEA grids filled out with some quotations (editable to suit your needs/differentiation); -how to write up an extract question response; -opportunities for getting to grips with the AO's through peer marking; -tips and hints; -model paragraph. I hope it's useful to you. I'll be adding more of this type of resource as I've used them. Find similar resources and more suited to the new Eduqas syllabus in my shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/cate_h If you choose to download, I'd appreciate your feedback.

Aimed at KS3 (equally could be used for revision for KS4), this complete resource includes the following: - identifying the formality of different text types - discussion of how language choices are determined heavily by audience and purpose - correction exercise, identifying why the example letter is a poor example - discussion of what features a successful formal letter will include - paired response to the task: 'A local skate park is being closed down due to financial reasons. Write a letter to the local council, giving your opinions.' - peer feedback against a checklist - a choice of 3 assessment tasks - lots of support materials: punctuation starters/settlers, checklists of technical elements to include in each of their paragraphs, revision of how to format a formal letter, revision of the different sentence types, challenge cards for differentiation (writing using a different persona). - teacher notes at the beginning and ideas of how activities can be used in the notes sections. All images are for use with the Creative Commons Licence and have been attributed.

This resource contains work for a whole lesson (or two) based on writing an article - aimed at KS4 students. Activities include: - reminder of assessment objectives (new spec) and mark schemes; - Discussion of articles, their purpose and who writes/reads them; - Mind-mapping class ideas to structure their own writing; - Model paragraphs - with discussion prompt for how to improve them; -Peer and self-assessment grids. - An additional task has been included at the end for either homework, revision or a in-class timed response that could be peer or teacher-marked. This is tailored to the WJEC/Eduqas mark scheme, assessment objectives could easily be replaced to suit your exam board.