This lesson guides pupils through writing a response to an extract question based on Macbeth. This is designed for Literature Component 1A from the EDUQAS specification. This is based upon an extract from Macbeth, but could be adjusted to which ever play your class has studied. This walk through is ideal for a high ability group and encourages familiarity with the AOs.

This is a set of two lessons getting pupils to plan, write and improve their own lively article. I use this set of lessons as a revision of the form to keep the conventions fresh in pupil's minds. I planned these lessons in line with the EDUQAS Language paper 2 tasks, but there would be no significant adjustments required for any other exam board. No additional resources are required for these lessons, but you will need to mark the work that they produce between lesson one and lesson two. For the DIRT lesson to work with the presentation, pupils need a comment, a question, a target and accuracy marking.

This is a selection of task which could be used for a whole lesson, following a piece of extended writing. This is ideal as cover work, or the peer assessment tasks can be used as a starter and DIRT tasks as a homework. These activities are ideal for a middle ability KS4 group, but could also be used with KS3. Very little preparation is needed, just printouts of the worksheet. This could also be laminated for future use.

This resources provides 7 sample transactional writing questions in the style of the EDUQAS GCSE specification. They have not been taken from the specimen materials, so is ideal if you are looking for last minute practice questions that you have not already covered. I have also included the appropriate mark scheme for the task. These tasks could be used within a lesson, set as cover work, or revision homework.

This short quiz is ideal as a starter or introduction to a new Shakespeare topic. It encourages pupils to accept that they may not understand every word of the language and encourages them to adopt a growth mindset. The quotations have been taken from A Midsummer Night's Dream, but it could be used as a starter to any play. This activity can be used with either KS3 or KS4, but with a KS4 class extension or follow up questions can be used to identify 'how' they reached their conclusion.

This lesson, covers the conventions of leaflet writing and includes a leaflet writing task. This is ideal for middle to high ability KS4, but could be easily differentiated to suit your group. The lesson is ready to use and requires no additional resources. The peer and self assessment tasks are based on the requirements of Component 2B of the EDUQAS Language exam, but could be tweaked to suit your exam board.

This lesson, covers the conventions of speech writing and includes a speech writing task. This is ideal for middle to high ability KS4, but could be easily differentiated to suit your group. The lesson is ready to use and requires no additional resources. The peer and self assessment tasks are based on the requirements of Component 2B of the EDUQAS Language exam, but could be tweaked to suit your exam board.

This resources provides a convention guide for report writing and an exam style question with writing guide based on the EDUQAS GCSE specification. These tasks could be used within a lesson, set as cover work, or homework. The sheet includes the mark scheme for band 5 to enable pupils to self assess their answers.

This resources provides a convention guide for writing a lively article and an exam style question, with writing guide, based on the EDUQAS GCSE specification. These tasks could be used within a lesson, set as cover work, or homework. The sheet includes the mark scheme for band 5 to enable pupils to self assess their answers.

This is a lesson to develop formal letter writing skills, using a clip from the TV show 'Holidays From Hell' as a starting point. This is ideal for a low ability KS4 class, or could be used with KS3. The powerpoint guides pupils through each stage of writing the letter, but could be easily differentiated for your group. Slides are plainly presented, so can be adapted to suit your usual style.

This is a sequence of two lessons, covering the conventions of review writing and including a review writing task. This is ideal for middle to high ability KS4, but could be easily differentiated to suit your group. The lessons are ready to use; you just need to choose an appropriate example of a review that would engage your group. There are suggestions of review websites included on the powerpoint. The success criteria are based on Component 2B of the EDUQAS Language exam, but could be tweaked to suit your exam board.

This is a selection of tasks for revision of Jekyll and Hyde in preparation for Component 2A of the EDUQAS GCSE specification. These tasks could be used within a lesson, or could be set as cover work, or homework. The sheet includes the mark scheme for bands 3, 4 and 5 to enable pupils to self assess their answers.

A lesson focused on transactional writing. The question has been designed in line with component 2B of the English language exam from EDUQAS, but could be adapted to any exam board. Slides are plainly presented, so can be differentiated and adapted to suit your usual style

This resources provides a convention guide for leaflet writing and an exam style question with writing guide based on the EDUQAS GCSE specification. These tasks could be used within a lesson, set as cover work, or homework. The sheet includes the mark scheme for band 5 to enable pupils to self assess their answers.

This is a whole lesson which guides pupils to write their own poem about Christmas, using the outline and focus technique. This is ideal for KS3 pupils of all abilities, as it can be differentiated by adding a word bank or sentence starters. The success criteria encourage pupils to craft and improve their writing, to build resilience. This lessons requires no preparation and is ideal as an end of term lesson.

This resources provides a convention guide for review writing and an exam style question with writing guide based on the EDUQAS GCSE specification. These tasks could be used within a lesson, set as cover work, or homework. The sheet includes the mark scheme for band 5 to enable pupils to self assess their answers.

This lesson, covers the conventions of report writing and including a report writing task. This is ideal for middle to high ability KS4, but could be easily differentiated to suit your group. The lesson is ready to use and requires no additional resources. The peer and self assessment tasks are based on the requirements of Component 2B of the EDUQAS Language exam, but could be tweaked to suit your exam board.

This resources provides a convention guide for speech writing and an exam style question with writing guide based on the EDUQAS GCSE specification. These tasks could be used within a lesson, set as cover work, or homework. The sheet includes the mark scheme for band 5 to enable pupils to self assess their answers.

This quick quiz is ideal as an introduction to the study of Shakespeare and is suitable for KS3 or KS4. Pupils are encouraged to guess whether words were invented by Shakespeare, or if they are modern 'fakespeare'. I have selected words that are still widely used to demonstrate how the study of Shakespeare is still relevant.