An article about the ‘Critics’ Club’ with a summarise and explain question, then a choice of three writing tasks. Suits candidates aiming for A-A*. Accompanying PPT to help.

I created this mock examination based on WJEC GCSE Literature syllabus for a MAT Year 10 group. The unit includes the mock, and then two PPTs which give an ideal template for giving whole class feedback afterwards, and two student sample paragraphs to ‘close the gap’ on their use of AO2. I have also included an annotated version of the extract for going through with the class after the mock, and a student’s 10/10 extract response.

Two articles, one about getting people interested in National Parks, the other a teacher’s blog post about an outdoor pursuits school trip. There are a range of GCSE style questions, including find and locate information, verbal reasoning, explain, how and comparison. Accompanying Powerpoint with one model answer ‘explain’ and a table to help students prepare for the comparison. Peer/self assessment with GCSE style marking criteria.

This is a set of resources for teaching Jane Austen’s ‘Pride and Prejudice’ for English Literature GCSE. I teach WJEC specification. The students are preparing for an exam with an extract task and an essay which has to refer to context. This bundle includes a starter PPT for introducing the novel and basic context (What’s a girl to do?), looking at what life was like for girls in Austen’s day, and outlining the main characters and starting Chapter 1. See https://sophietoovey.podbean.com/e/what-was-life-like-for-girls-in-jane-austen-s-time/ for an accompanying podcast. There is a PPT for introducing Collins and Wickham in Chapter 15, and then another PPT to introduce essay writing, with a model essay on the theme of marriage and an essay plan for a question about how the novel shows ‘the plight of women’. See https://sophietoovey.podbean.com/e/the-plight-of-women-in-austens-pride-prejudice/ for an accompanying podcast. There are PPTs for looking at Elizabeth’s visit to Hunsford, including an extract task on Darcy’s proposal in Chapter 34, and her visit to Pemberley. There is a PPT about Lydia’s elopement to help students understand what Lydia has done wrong. See https://sophietoovey.podbean.com/e/what-s-wrong-with-lydia-and-wickham-in-pride-and-prejudice/ for an accompanying podcast. Finally, I’ve also included a PPT with DIRT tasks for after a mock exam, although you could use them in any context eg. turning an A grade paragraph into an A*.

This is a bundle of resources created for a GCSE English Language class. The topic is sport and has a particular focus on women in sport. There are two articles to use for synthesis practice (Jasmin Paris and the Montane spine race and Female sports stars should earn the same) with an accompanying PPT. There is a writing stimulus with an article about JD sports sexism row, with a writing task of a ‘lively article’. There are GCSE style questions and two contrasting texts which discuss the upcoming Olympics in Tokyo 2020, for comparison work. And there is a mock-style paper about women in sport with two texts, some practise questions, and an accompanying mark scheme.

PPTs to work through the whole of Elizabeth Gaskell’s North and South, looking at summarising the events in chapters, selected extracts for analysis, essay questions, critics and historical context.