A lesson centered around the opening of Casino Royal aimed at KS3 building skills for the new AQA language paper. Uses a variety of activities and stimuli to evoke discussion, generate ideas and encourage students to engage with challenging texts. Uses q4 style questions to ellicit opinions and engagement with exciting texts See my other uploads for more lessons from this scheme of work

A KS3 lesson that focuses on skills required for the new AQA language papers including; vocab, comprehension and grammar. Can be spread over 2-3 lessons using film extracts, quotes from John le Carre's novels, articles and images to evoke conversation and work, fully differentiated with extension tasks.

An extract and set of questions based around AQA's lang paper one structure. Uses elements of the opening of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

A lesson for lower ability KS3 looking at the character of Dracula and his actions in the first section of the play

A lesson aimed at lower ability KS3 guiding them through reading Dracula and beginning to analyse the character of Renfield

This is a fully differentiated and scaffolded lesson that guides students through the understanding of the theme of loneliness within the novella, and how Steinbeck begins to show it through characterisation and language. Ideal for KS3 builing their analytical skills ready for gcse content.

a word search for key words in dracula and the gothic genre

aimed at lower ability Y7s

A few lessons based on William Blake's Little boy lost and Little boy found poems. Comparison tasks based on new AQA GCSE scheme

A lesson based on Emily Bronte's Hope is a thing with Feathers

A lesson and some resources to support the answering of Q3

A series of questions based on the new AQA specification for language paper one; using A Christmas Carol as the extract - brilliant for Lit and Lang integration!

AQA Language Paper One Section B writing to describe mock paper using the exemplar wording and mark distribution

A selection of resources and lessons to support the answering of section B of the new AQA Specification. Writing to describe and narrate. Includes practice papers created using the AQA wording and mark distribution

A scheme of work designed to support the teaching of language paper one on the new AQA specification. This is aimed predominantly at lower ability groups in order to help them become familiar with the question styles of Language paper 1. Includes explicit references to the AQA AOs as well as opportunities for collaborative work to promote resilience. For lower ability groups there is a writing frame to help structure Q4 responses and activities to support close analysis of words, phrases and language features. Also has assessment on a different HP extract to assess learning once completed Includes film clips and a section B writing to describe question.

A series of lessons guiding students through language paper one using Enduring Love as the extract. Features the use of the AQA mark scheme to support writing and familiarization with the specification and AOs Also has a writing to describe activity as question 5.

A lesson guiding students through how to approach the new AQA GCSE Language paper one sections A&B using the opening of Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar. Includes a contextual activity encouraging students to use their inference skills and a linked section B writing to describe/narrate activity.

A couple of lessons with reading time included taking students through the concept of hierarchy. Includes homework task KS3 higher ability

An activity with animal farm front covers getting students to analyse the meanings of each