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Five star rated and 'TES Recommended' authors, we are two Heads of English who are passionate about using and developing quality, engaging resources. We recognise the need for resources that are 'ready to go' and that don't require a huge amount of 'polishing' before they can be used. Every resource that we publish is quality assured and, most importantly, has been tried and tested by us in the classroom! We hope you find our resources useful and we welcome any feedback.
A set of nine ‘5 Minute Writing Challenges’ that can be used as a quick starter to prepare students for GCSE English Language Paper 1, Section B.
I have found these particularly useful to ensure students are constantly recapping and going over the key skills needed for the different sections of the exam.
A quick and easy GCSE writing skills revision lesson which prompts students to describe a park at night.
The lesson focuses on students revising how to apply different sentence structures and ambitious vocabulary whilst also focusing on a developing a clear structure which they could apply to any exam prompt.
A planning grid to use with students to develop the skills needed to analyse unseen non-fiction extracts for Paper 2, Section A of the English Language exam.
AQA state that students should be taught to read and analyse the whole text independently to prepare them for the exam. I found that using a similar planning grid for Paper 1, Section A really helped to give students a route into the text.
Inspired by the brilliant MITSL poetry analysis grid I found on the internet a few years ago.
More Paper 2, Section A resources to follow soon!
A simple and effective guide to marking for literacy. Can be used for any subject and helps to ensure timely and consistent feedback for staff and students.
A quick and easy GCSE writing skills revision lesson that links to the revision of a key scene and character from ‘Romeo and Juliet’ to consolidate students’ understanding of the play.
The lesson focuses on students revising how to apply different sentence structures and ambitious vocabulary whilst also getting them to reread and sequence an extract from ‘Romeo and Juliet’.
12 detailed and engaging slides. Extension and intervention opportunities included.
A quick and easy GCSE writing skills revision lesson that links to the revision of a key scene and character from 'Romeo and Juliet' to consolidate students' understanding of the play.
The lesson focuses on students revising how to apply different sentence structures and ambitious vocabulary whilst also getting them to reread and sequence an extract from Act 1, Scene 1 of 'Romeo and Juliet'.
12 detailed and engaging slides. Extension and intervention opportunities included.
Ready to go and easy to use!
This bundle really does contain everything that you need to fully resource the new AQA English Language specification (first exams in 2017).
Including some of our best selling, five star resources:
A two year long term plan mapping out both the Lang and Lit courses,
An Excel tracking spreadsheet to monitor students' progress and convert raw AQA marks into a 1-9 grade,
Assessment and marking sheets for each section of the exam,
Planning and overview slides for each section of the exam which could also be printed out and displayed as posters.
This bundle also includes comprehensive PowerPoint lesson presentations for each section of the exam with over 400 slides of high quality, engaging material to use with students. Lesson by lesson schemes of work also included for Paper 1 Section A and Paper 2 Section A.
Each lesson is ready to go and fully resourced to save planning time.
Feedback is gratefully appreciated!
Question 4 resources now included and also available to download for free here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/aqa-english-language-paper-1-section-a-question-4-revision-11504003
A short video to introduce the story of 'An Inspector Calls' could be used to introduce or recap the play.
Video contains key quotations and images that link to the play.
An extension task could be for students to consider the relevance of the song used.
A quick and easy GCSE writing skills revision lesson that links to the revision of a key scene and character from ‘Romeo and Juliet’ to consolidate students’ understanding of the play.
The lesson focuses on students revising how to apply different sentence structures and ambitious vocabulary whilst also getting them to reread and sequence an extract from ‘Romeo and Juliet’.
12 detailed and engaging slides. Extension and intervention opportunities included.
A quick and easy GCSE writing skills revision lesson which prompts students to describe a journey.
The lesson focuses on students revising how to apply different sentence structures and ambitious vocabulary whilst also focusing on a developing a clear structure which they could apply to any exam prompt.
A topical and engaging assembly looking at how female writers have changed the world. The assembly looks at the gender inequality between men and women that persists in all areas of life before going on to examine a selection of female writers who broke free from the constraints of their society.
Could be used as a World Book Day assembly or simply as an assembly to highlight the importance of reading.
A 15 slide presentation that I used to deliver an assembly linked to National Poetry Day in 2014. I've also uploaded the videos I used during the assembly.
A free taster lesson analysing an extract from 'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas' to prepare students for GCSE AQA English Language, Paper 1 Section A.
This 16 slide lesson takes students through an approach to reading and analysing an extract building up to answer a 4 mark question 1 from the exam paper.
Clear learning objectives and links made to the exam paper. A range of independent and collaborative activities that can be adapted to suit the needs of your students.
If you like this lesson please take a look at the full set of resources for this extract here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/aqa-gcse-english-language-paper-1-section-a-lessons-11700071
A 26 slide presentation preparing students for the Paper 1, Section A of the AQA GCSE English Language exam.
The lesson is focused on preparing students for question 2.
Model answers provided and opportunities for peer and self assessment throughout.
Clear reference made to the markscheme and assessment objectives throughout the presentation.
A lesson revising the skills and strategies needed to successfully analyse an unseen poem.
The lesson uses the wonderfully moving poem ‘This is the Place’.
Wide variety of engaging and thought provoking activities used to generate interest and discussion.
