I hope this is useful for your students in prep for their summer exams. All the questions and the extract are brand new, and the questions for part B link to the extract as they should in the real exam. I have reduced the price as this does not yet include model answers, however I will be producing these shortly and will increase the price when these are added. Any questions, please let me know. Solidarity with all teachers at this challenging time!

Contains a wealth of resources, exam papers and lessons. Covers a full six/seven week introduction to Non-fiction and is aimed at the GCSE Reading AO's. Has been used to great success in my own classes.

I used a guillotine to split up the SPEED chain in order to encourage students to think about crafting better paragraphs. They then used treasury tags to connect them. I based my answer on the 2019 Othello extract for Spec B - tragedy although it could be used to model any extract-based answer. I then gave out the essay split into paragraphs. You may wish to alter for the ability of your students as this is highest Band 5 level. Once they had decided on the order of the essay they stuck it onto A3 and colour coded each AO. I hope you find this lesson useful.

These are straightforward to mark with any past Paper 1 or 2 mark scheme for AQA, however if you would like me to write you a bespoke mark scheme (perhaps if teaching for first time) or even some model answers at specific grades please feel free to email me at lsirr1986@gmail.com I am also happy to make resources and model answers on request on any A Level Language, Literature or Lit/Lang combined module as I teach all three and examine also. I would like to be able to support other teachers to deliver high quality materials at this challenging time.

I hope you find these useful and they are easy to mark with any existing AQA mark scheme for Paper 1 however if you would like me to write you a bespoke mark scheme (perhaps if teaching for first time) or even some model answers at specific grades please feel free to email me at lsirr1986@gmail.com I am also happy to make resources and model answers on request on any A Level Language, Literature or Lit/Lang combined module as I teach all three and examine also. I would like to be able to support other teachers to deliver high quality materials at this challenging time.

Resource which shows firstly how to model annotation and then an example answer which covers how to structure an answer to Q3. This is on the Zola Budd/Mary Decker Edexcel Paper 2 for English Language, June 2020 (Edxecel) You could use this in a number of ways, cut and mix up the sentences to show how to build up paragraphs, as sentence starters or simply as a model answer to stick in books after the students have had a go.

Two non-fiction resources and a full step by step guide on each question and precise guidance on times and approaches. Features “Angela’s Ashes” extract by Frank McCourt compared with a linked modern article on the impact of poverty. A handy template learning journey that you can adapt for any two texts. I photocopy the learning journey in colour on A3 with the two A4 sources side by side on the reverse. It normally takes 3/4 lessons the first time round and then you can get faster and faster. Could also very easily be adapted for AQA or other exam boards. Has been used really successfully with a range of students. I also have a number of other learning journeys such as this for NF which will be coming soon! PLEASE NOTE - I NO LONGER HAVE A COPY OF THE EXAMPLE ANSWER THAT I USED TO USE AS PART OF THIS LESSON (AS MENTIONED IN THE COMMENTS HENCE I HAVE TAKEN THAT SLIDE OUT AND REDUCED THE PRICE - YOU COULD EASILY WRITE ONE UP OF YOUR OWN AND INCLUDE THIS TASK TOO)

I sat a full timed paper (I am a lead examiner) for the specimen paper for Edexcel which I attach here - it was done in timed conditions, unseen. You could use this as example answers once the students have sat a paper or cut them up for students to analyse more closely. I hope it is useful for you! If you would like any more like this creating for any paper of your choice please don’t hesitate to pop a request in the comments. Can do lit, lang or combined up to A Level. :-)

A short presentation with links to useful sites and videos with a full mark exemplar to an AQA Paper 1, Part A question which shows how to discuss Seneca. Good for high ability students or as flipped learning. Any queries, please don’t hesitate to ask, or if there is something you would like making bespoke for you, please let me know.

A really useful mini-knowledge organiser in bookmark form; students find this incredibly useful to work from. Adaptable as to what you have covered. Includes contextual information on the reverse and how to write a response to an extract on the front. Act 1 - full exam question from Act 1, scene ii Model answer (full marks) based on the extract to demonstrate how to achieve the AOs and how to write academic paragraphs in response to an extract.

I have created two lessons or one full WTM if you just use the second half of the presentation. The theme is on the danger of the sea and fits the pre-release info foe 2022. I have used this with a mixed and high ability group and both found it useful. I would recommend wither writing your own examples for the slides following the questions (just a starter para) as we all have our own style or using a web cam (mine is like the one in the images) to show different students’ work after each writing bit to live model marking.

Could be used as a model for a full-mark Pearson iGCSE coursework, or an A Level analysis coursework for another exam board. I would use this as a live walkthrough of of how to structure the essay, or take one paragraph and really closely break it down as to how it has been composed. I hope this helps anyone who is in need of a stretch and challenge exemplar; it could easily be adapted for a different group/ability. This is marked out of AO1, AO2 and AO4 with 10 marks for each component.

A self contained lesson (PPT/short video) and worksheet on “The Woman in Black” for 20th century prose. Would be good to use with younger year groups who are reading the novel (to transition to GCSE skills) or is suitable for KS4 classes too.

I made this as a lecture but it also has step by step activities for any comparison of non-fiction.

Full Paper 1: Section B English Language Edexel Dracula (adaptable for AQA) with exemplar - full mark exemplar scanned in for Q3 and Q4 Walkthrough learning journey of each section of the exam.

Fiction reading resources and example answer on Paper 1: Reading. Based around DH Lawrence's The Rainbow. This is for our Year 9's to be introduced to the section (Edexcel) but very easily adapted for AQA as it is not strictly 19th Century. Any questions please ask.

2x full mock exam papers (Paper 1) for A2 Exam Full mark exemplar (scanned) for Section A and C - Paris Anthology, Handmaid's Tale and Browning.

Booklet designed for use in preparation for the Edexcel GCSE new spec. Easily adaptable to AQA as the questions are almost exactly the same.

I made this to use with a KS4 group during a taster lesson. There was naturally a lot of explanation and discussion but there are a few easy little tasks they can also do. Hope it's useful for someone. I printed the slides with pictures on them off as big handouts for note-making purposes.

For AQA Spec B, Route A - all six past questions for Part C (the two text question) together as well as 21 new questions which are excellent for rapid planning, homeworks etc. You could set one a fortnight for the entire year!