This is a full lesson (36 slides) that includes a range of revision activities, starter, activities and plenary to prepare students for their paper 1 creative writing section focusing on storm writing. Starts with a Wordle activity to focus the lesson around the importance of revision. What is the point of punctuation? Students will see the impact and effect of punctuation and what happens when you don’t use it. Grade 9 opening hook paragraph teaching them the importance of writing for impact. Revision table getting students to recall language technique definition and write sentences demonstrating that technique. This will follow on with a writing task where they can apply what they have just learnt. Plenary: Back to the board game. Lesson objectives include: -To respond and act on your written feedback from your assessment -To discuss top tips for question Q5 -To build up and develop ideas for a glossary of terms to help you with creative writing AFORESTRIP techniques as a means for a revision tool -To create an effective hook opening. -To apply techniques in your creative writing -Discuss what is the point of punctuation? -Analyse the impact and effect of applying techniques and punctuation

A 46 slide interactive lesson focusing on GCSE English Language (AQA) Paper 2 Comparing writers’ viewpoints and perspectives looking at both the reading and writing section looking at natural disasters. Achieve a grade 9! The lesson will focus on Laurie Lee’s The village that lost its children (Aberfan) and a text looking at a London earthquake. Lesson is in depth and covers questions 1 to 4 in the reading section, breaking down each question, analysing inference and naming techniques to build up a plan for students to answer questions. There is also a grade 9 piece of writing that links to Q5 where students have to highlight the techniques and discuss it’s effectiveness. Students will be asked to complete their own piece of writing having been given some top tips on how to achieve grades 7,8,9. Resources, powerpoint and model answers included. Also links in British values for a discussion and includes a 12 minute clip from The Crown covering the Aberfan disaster. The lesson will cover Q1 List 4 things, q2 summarise the differences, Q3 language analysis and exploding inference, Q4 comparing writers’ viewpoints and perspectives, and Q5 expressing viewpoints. Students will be asked to self assess themselves on the reading and writing section. Lesson objectives: -To complete Q1-Q4 in the reading section and Q5 in the writing section (teach, discuss, answer) focusing on individualised higher grade answers -To discuss ideas and develop and extend interpretations/comparisons and link in British Values -To organise and perfect PEE paragraphs -To develop vocabulary and inference to achieve a grade 9 in both reading and writing -To recognise the importance of applying features of AFORESTRIP and SPAG in Q5 writing to express viewpoints and perspectives -Read and highlight techniques from a grade 9 piece of writing -Write and express viewpoints and perspectives using sophisticated techniques and crafting -Self-evaluate our confidence with the reading questions and the writing question

AQA GCSE English Languagepaper 1 Creative Reading & Writing Assessment questions only 1-5 Source A: 21st Century prose fiction The Midnight Library by Matt Haig, published in 2020.

AQA GCSE English Language Paper 2 Surfing & Sport Compare writers’ viewpoints breakdown of full assessment questions Q1-5 Achieve a grade 9! Each question is broken down, giving tips on how to answer the question, to build vocabulary and explode and develop inference and interpretations. A grade 9 model answer is given after every question (Q1-Q4 reading) and a grade 9 piece of writing (Q5), that students will highlight and discuss. Word banks are developed and ideas for planning discussed. This is a full lesson that covers 44 slides, starter tasks, assessment questions, recall, review, self-assess. Starts with the focus on equality and diversity to develop discussion and to share different viewpoints and perspectives. An additional Q5 writing tasks based around sport and exercise/healthy living to develop independent study. -Respond and discuss a statement based around equality and diversity -Recall paper 2 reading roadmap questions, timings and weightings -Summarise the differences applying inference -Develop inference for language analysis -Identify and compare viewpoints from two texts -Annotate and evaluate a piece of grade 9 writing -Complete a piece of writing expressing your viewpoints and perspectives -Discuss top tips for writing -Explain and justify our POV on the statement “All sport should be fun, fair and open to everyone. These days, sport seems to be more about money, corruption and winning at any cost.” -Plan and complete additional pieces of writing expressing your viewpoints

AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1 Jamaica Inn Creative reading & writing Q1-5 Grade 9 Du Maurier Full lesson on Paper 1 Jamaica Inn by Daphne Du Maurier looking at an AQA style assessment exam paper with grade 9 model answers for the reading and writing sections (questions 1 to 5). Achieve a grade 9 jam packed with plenaries, AfL, TLA activities and tasks. 56 slides of a breakdown of the reading and writing sections, with grade 9 model answers and top tips to achieve a grade 9. Lesson focuses on exploding and developing inference. Starter task, do now task, discussion activities, build up tasks highlighting and analysing text to draw out inference, review and self assessment looking at EBI and WWW with a self assessment exit card activity. Lesson objectives: -Solve The 1% Club English puzzle -Match language techniques to solve Catchphrase puzzle -Choose true or false statements for Paper 1 by recalling prior knowledge -Analyse a section from Jamaica Inn by Daphne Du Maurier for Paper 1 -Identify and discuss the difference between language and structural techniques -Focus specifically on questions 2 to 4 in terms of developing detail and inference -Explode and develop interpretations for Q2 language analysis -Construct a flow chart for Q3 structure applying in structure cards -Develop and explain interpretation and impressions in Q4 -What colours can forshadow and symbolise -Review grade 9 model answers for Q1-4 looking at exploding inference using PEEL -Create and develop a word bank and plan in preparation for the Q5 writing task -Read and review a piece of grade 9 descriptive writing -Complete the Q5 writing task applying AFORESTRIP and punctuation variety -Review your writing task, highlighting techniques -Complete self-assessment exit card

This is a full lesson looking at the opening of Ian McEwan’s Enduring Love (extract included) for paper 1 Creative reading and writing. 39 slides looking at top tips for answering each question Q1 to Q4 from the reading section and build up writing tips for a successful piece of writing looking at content and technical accuracy. The powerpoint is crammed with tips to develop a range of sophisticated vocabulary and exploding inference. Colour coded grade 9 PEE structured answers and ideas to stratch and develop inference. Starter activity- what is the difference between language and structural techniques? Lesson objectives -Analyse the beginning section from Enduring Love for Paper 1 -Identify and discuss the difference between language and structural techniques -Focus specifically on questions 2 to 4 in terms of developing detail and inference -Explode and develop interpretations for Q2 language analysis -Construct a flow chart for Q3 structure -Develop and explain interpretation and impressions in Q4 -Review grade 9 model answers for Q1-4 looking at exploding inference using PEE -Create a word bank and plan in preparation for the Q5 writing task -Tips for descriptive and narrative writing, what to include for a grade 9. -Complete the Q5 writing task applying AFORESTRIP and punctuation variety -Review your writing task (self assess), highlighting techniques before submission

18 individual writing prompts, 9 description and 9 narrative writing prompt strips that can be cut out and stuck in books as a means of a writing checklist, which students can tick of the different boxes for language techniques and technical accuracy. Each strip has a different coloured image that coincides the AQA Paper 1 Q5 creative writing task.

GCSE AQA English Language Paper 1 Creative writing 2 pieces of grade 9 writing examples including a description & short story based on a image of an abandoned room and a story that begins with the sentence: “Suddenly, I heard it. It was coming from the other side of the passage.” Tasks include: -read and highlight language techniques and punctuation -modifying sentences -developing sophisticated synonyms -technique bubbles -planning Also includes build up activities to build up ideas for their own writing task.

AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1 Creative reading & writing looking at Isabel Allende extract City of the Beasts focusing on Q1-5 with activities to build up to a grade 9 with grade 9 model answers for each of the assessment paper. A full powerpoint of slides 58 slides crammed full of activities, starter, assessment questions, plenary with a focus on exploding inference and really drawing down each sentence and looking at multiple techniques and connotations. Links to Greek mythology and colour symbolism. Gives a bank of grade 9 examples of techniques and model answers. Lesson objectives: -Demonstrate and create a range of sentence starters focusing on an image. -Discuss juxtapositions of conflict and power. -Analyse the beginning section from City of the Beasts for Paper 1 -Identify and discuss the difference between language and structural techniques -Focus specifically on questions 2 to 4 in terms of developing detail and -inference -Explode and develop interpretations for Q2 language analysis -Construct a flow chart for Q3 structure -Develop and explain interpretation and impressions in Q4 -Review grade 9 model answers for Q1-4 looking at exploding inference using -PEEL -Create a word bank and plan in preparation for the Q5 writing task -Discuss and link Greek mythology in terms of God of Thunder, Sea and War. -Build and develop grade 9 personification for storm writing -Discuss what is the point of punctuation and apply punctuation to an unpunctuated paragraph. -Review a grade 9 piece of writing on a storm/stormy sea. This will include a grade 9 description titled The War. -Construct a glossary of terms for language techniques that will link to the writing question. -Complete the Q5 writing task applying AFORESTRIP and punctuation variety -Review your writing task, highlighting techniques

AQA GCSE English language full lesson focusing on Paper 1 creative reading & writing looking at Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. Achieve a grade 9! -49 slides, looking at the breakdown of questions 1 to 4 with grade 9 model answers, top tips for answering each question, build up work and planning, opportunities to share ideas and develop inference along the way. Gone Girl exam questions attached, model reading and writing tasks, video links. Reading questions 1-4 & writing question 5 Model answers & answer breakdown to achieve a grade 9 with a grade 9 piece of writing that is analysed and discussed as a means of planning and plotting structural devices on a narrative graph. The lesson is split into 2 parts, the reading questions and the writing section. Allowing opportunities to really delve into detail and help support students achieve the best grade. The lesson has a starter tasks, assessment questions, reflection opportunities and looks at proofreading and editing work to ensure that they achieve a grade 9. Q1-4 READING • Analyse the beginning section from Gone Girl for Paper 1 • Identify and discuss the difference between language and structural techniques • Focus specifically on questions 2 to 4 in terms of developing detail and inference • Explode and develop interpretations for Q2 language analysis • Construct a flow chart for Q3 structure • Develop and explain interpretation and impressions in Q4 • Review grade 9 model answers for Q1-4 looking at exploding inference using PEE Q5 WRITING • Discuss what is a narrative? How to write to create suspense and engage the reader • Explain why a plot is important. • Apply a narrative hook within your writing • Create a word bank and plan in preparation for the Q5 writing task • Complete the Q5 writing task applying AFORESTRIP and punctuation variety • Review a piece of creative writing on the same topic • Proofread and edit your writing task, highlighting techniques Reflect on your current progress

AQA GCSE English Lang Paper 2: Hot-air balloon rides Grade 9 Full paper breakdown. Bhutan London Compare writers viewpoints Full lesson on the Hot-air balloon rides over Bhutan and London, looking at the differences between the two places and comparing writers’ opinions. 48 slides full of AfL activities: starter activity, assessment activities, plenary, activities allow for stretch and challenge, speaking and listening opportunities to express opinions and viewpoints with discussion points – AQA Paper 2, full paper Q1-5 activities & answers: Achieve a grade 9! Looking at the two sources: -Floating over Bhutan by Martin Fletcher -Hot air balloon ride over London by Henry Mayhew Lesson objectives: -To familiarise ourselves with unseen texts Floating over Bhutan and Hot air balloon ride over London. -Identify the differences from two images and infer meaning -Build up ambitious and sophisticated vocabulary -Summarise the differences between two texts linking ideas -Develop language techniques and explode inference -Compare viewpoints and perspectives -Discuss the format and content of a letter -Review and highlight techniques from a model writing task -Express our own viewpoints and perspectives -Review your own piece of writing and highlight techniques Grade 9 model responses to questions 1-4 from the reading section and a grade 9 Q5 model writing answer. This lesson focuses on developing inference and expressing viewpoints and perspectives looking at comparing a modern C21st text and a C19th text.

A full lesson of 24 slides and resources looking at Roald Dahl’s Boy extract on sweets and linking it to a piece of descriptive writing describing a sweet shop. This lesson gives tips on how to achieve a grade 9 looking at building word banks and technique banks so that they can feel confident attempting their assessment tasks. This lesson focuses specifically on language analysis and build up tasks, planning ideas and the descriptive writing task based around creative reading Q2 language analysis on Roald Dahl’s ‘Boy’ and creative writing Q5 describe a sweet shop using a taste test activity to get students to really focus on their senses to describe taste, touch, smells, sights, noises. -To focus and reflect on past memories of sweets -Read and analyse a piece of fiction text (Roald Dahl’s ‘Boy’) relating to sweets to give use as inspiration for a piece of creative writing -Identify and name language techniques -Write a developed response to Q2 language analysis -Develop a sophisticated word bank -Generate and discuss descriptive ideas -Express our own viewpoints and perspectives -To create and develop a piece of creative writing describing a sweet shop -Self review activity -To recall learning from the lesson in a A-Z activity

This 35 slide complete lesson focuses on the 2022 movie Hocus Pocus 2 looking at language analysis style questions and responses, colour symbolism in Hocus Pocus 2, creative writing build up tasks and planning tasks and an example of a grade 9 piece of creative writing that all link to the movie and halloween. Explore the Sanderson Sisters looking at Winnie, Sarah and Mary links to paper 1 AQA style assessment This lesson focuses on the horror genre and incorporates do now task, starter activity, colour symbolism, Q2 language analysis questions, creative writing top tips and build up tasks to create a sophisticated piece of writing, grade 9 example writing and Q2 language analysis checklist and Q5 writing self assess checklist. -comment on the effect of colour symbolism on the three witches -explode inference looking at language analysis -develop a word bank full of language techniques -highlight and comment on the effect of language -explode and blow up inference and connotations -Focus and zoom in on details when writing creatively -build up sophisticated synonyms and ambitious vocabulary -complete a writing plan -complete a piece of horror creative writing -self-assess checklist

GCSE English Language Paper 1 Creative writing. This includes 2 pieces of grade 9 writing examples including a description and a short story based on an image of a mountain scene (Everest) and a story with the title ‘The Challenge’. Tasks include: -read and highlight the language techniques and punctuation in the two grade 9 pieces of creative writing -modifying sentences -developing sophisticated synonyms -planning -complete writing tasks Includes build up activities to build up ideas to create their own piece of creative writing.

Full lesson on Paper 1 Matilda by Roald Dahl looking at AQA style assessment, covering all paper 1 questions Q1-Q5 45 slides of a breakdown of the reading and writing sections, with grade 9 model answers and top tips to achieve a grade 9. Lesson focuses on exploding and developing inference. This also includes a grade 9 written response to the Q5 writing task and grade 9 reponses to the reading section Q1-4. PEEL language writing frame included too. This lesson focuses on the juxtaposition of villians and heroes, dominant and submissive, powerful and powerless, strong and fragile… The lesson objectives include: • Deliberate about what is the common link between the images/characters • Discuss what is the difference between connotation and denotation • Consider the character of Miss Trunchbull • Analyse Roald Dahl’s Matilda looking at Paper 1 assessment questions for the reading and writing section • Identify and discuss the difference between language and structural techniques • Focus specifically on questions 2 to 4 in terms of developing detail and inference • Explode and develop interpretations for Q2 language analysis • Explain structural techniques and their effect on the reader • Create a flow chart for Q3 structure • Develop and explain interpretation and impressions in Q4 • Review grade 9 model answers for Q1-4 looking at exploding inference using PEEL • Create a word bank and plan in preparation for the Q5 writing task • Review a grade 9 piece of writing and categorise the techniques used. • Complete the Q5 writing task applying AFORESTRIP and punctuation variety • Review your writing task, highlighting techniques • Create the longest and highest scoring Scrabble word

GCSE AQA English Language Paper 1 Creative writing 2 pieces of grade 9 writing examples including a description & short story based on an image of a disaster and a story that begins with the sentence: “It was a disaster. I didn’t know what to do.” Tasks include: -read and highlight language techniques and punctuation -modifying sentences -developing sophisticated synonyms -technique bubbles -planning Also includes build up activities to build up ideas for their own writing task on the theme of disaster.

AQA GCSE English Lang Paper 1 A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens Creative reading & writing Q1-5 Grade 9 responses Full lesson on Paper 1 A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens looking at the AQA full paper 1 style questions. 40 slides of a breakdown of the reading and writing sections, with grade 9 model answers and top tips to achieve a grade 9. Lesson focuses on exploding and developing inference. Each activity is broken down with tips and build up activities. The lesson will include activities on: -discussion centred around Christmas, what is important? -developing vocabulary and synonyms -colour symbolism in A Christmas Carol black and white -red and blue colour symbolism -Q2,Q3,Q4 activities and breakdown with grade 9 model answer -writing frames for Q2 language analysis -Q3 definition of structural devices -Q3 flow chart, start, middle, end -planning frames answer checklists for Q2, Q3, Q4 -writing checklist to maximise marks for content and technical accuracy -self assessment activity -Scrabble review activity Lesson objectives -Discuss the importance of Christmas. -Match colour symbolism with themes in A Christmas Carol -Consider the character of Scrooge -Analyse the beginning section from A Christmas Carol looking at Paper 1 assessment questions for the reading and writing section -Identify and discuss the difference between language and structural techniques -Focus specifically on questions 2 to 4 in terms of developing detail and inference -Explode and develop interpretations for Q2 language analysis -Explain structural techniques and their effect on the reader -Create a flow chart for Q3 structure -Develop and explain interpretation and impressions in Q4 -Review grade 9 model answers for Q1-4 looking at exploding inference using PEEL -Create a word bank and plan in preparation for the Q5 writing task -Complete the Q5 writing task applying AFORESTRIP and punctuation variety -Review your writing task, highlighting techniques -Create the longest and highest scoring Scrabble word

Busy train station descriptive writing activities, language analysis revision exam practice Creative writing busy train station descriptive activities Two detailed paragraphs filled with language techniques to conveys the busy train station . Students will be asked to: -Highlight the language techniques -Name the language techniques -What connotations do they have. Language analysis question -How does the writer use language to describe the sunset in the city? Punctuation -Add more complex punctuation in the paragraphs Great as a revision aid for creative writing.

Creative writing city sunset descriptive activities Two detailed paragraphs filled with language techniques to conveys the beauty of the city’s sunset . Students will be asked to: -Highlight the language techniques -Name the language techniques -What connotations do they have. Language analysis question -How does the writer use language to describe the sunset in the city? Great as a revision aid for creative writing.

Creative writing Storm descriptive activities Two detailed paragraphs filled with language techniques to conveys the storm’s destructive power. Students will be asked to: -Highlight the language techniques -Name the language techniques -What connotations do they have. Language analysis question -How does the writer use language to describe the storm? Great as a revision aid for creative writing.