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Examiner created, trialled before posting and always update with any changes. Paid reviews rewarded with any resource under £5 free-heavily animate PPTs with step-by-step/click-by-click organisation and if there's anything I can make more visually enticing - I will. Download some of my free resources to see the quality, as I put the time and effort in to ensure free and paid resources are worthwhile. Requests, fixes or complaints: leckyletters@gmail.com using 'TES Shop' in the subject bar.

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Examiner created, trialled before posting and always update with any changes. Paid reviews rewarded with any resource under £5 free-heavily animate PPTs with step-by-step/click-by-click organisation and if there's anything I can make more visually enticing - I will. Download some of my free resources to see the quality, as I put the time and effort in to ensure free and paid resources are worthwhile. Requests, fixes or complaints: leckyletters@gmail.com using 'TES Shop' in the subject bar.
AQA 8700/1 GCSE English Language - Paper 1 Full Set - 'Unsullied'
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AQA 8700/1 GCSE English Language - Paper 1 Full Set - 'Unsullied'

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Cover image from www.flickr.com - Free for commercial purposes… The scene for analysis is Season 3 Episode 4: ‘And Now His Watch ish Ended’ GOT is available on HBO and HBO NOW © Covers all questions and tries to move away from mainstream PEE paragraph structure. Triangulating and embedding evidence is encouraged but the slides can easily be switched back if you choose. This could be spread out across a couple of weeks of 3hr sessions because it’s 45 slides long and has revision slides for basic terminology. It covers every Paper 1 question, linking directly to the original exam-style paper included - to which the presentation refers constantly, throughout. Practice skills for: AO1 - Identify Explicit Information AO2 - Explain, analyse and comment on a writer’s use of language. AO2 - Explain, analyse and comment on a writer’s use of Structure. AO4 - Evaluate critically, another person’s opinion of a text. AO5 - Creative & Descriptive Writing. It is aimed at 16+ due to the violence of the war scene and it might also be too much for lower level learners. If you have, however, ventured into descriptions from historical wars - check it out. It is very engaging with a visual interpretation to show before reading the text. It’s also laden with step-by-step animation. Each click leads you to the next logical point. Went through this today and was very easy to use…
AQA 8700 GCSE English Language - Analysis Basics AO2
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AQA 8700 GCSE English Language - Analysis Basics AO2

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GCSE English Language basics session. Looking at connotations and denotations in preparation for language analysis. It looks at: Synonymy Antonymy Denotations Connotations Single Word Analysis Touches on the explanation of figurative features. QUITE DETAILED & FULLY ANIMATED!
AQA 8700 GCSE English Language - AO6 Fantasy Fiction SPaG Workbook & ppt
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AQA 8700 GCSE English Language - AO6 Fantasy Fiction SPaG Workbook & ppt

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Extracts from famous fiction included with modifications for Punctuation Practice! There’s also some spelling and grammar! Included, also, is a 26-slide ppt presentation with animated answers throughout. Look at: The Red Wedding in George R. R. Martin’s A Storm Of Swords. An extract from Bilbo’s party - J. R. R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring And one, also, from Lev Grossman’s The Magicians. Good for use with my SPaG session for GCSE AO6 - halloween theme. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/aqa-8700-1-ao6-technical-accuracy-in-depth-overview-halloween-spag-12181966 With a full contents page, students can navigate themselves through the session or take this home for homework. Covering all major punctuation marks, some tenses tasks, plural practice as well as homophones and homographs. I have a free version of this in my shop - which is aimed at lower-level students and is quite close to the original from which it is derived.
AQA 8700 GCSE English Language - 6 Colourful Micro Mocks - Papers 1 & 2
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AQA 8700 GCSE English Language - 6 Colourful Micro Mocks - Papers 1 & 2

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I have a sample pair of these in my shop for a clear preview. The texts are pretty small on the paper 2 ones but people have generally found them okay to read. I’ve added a larger version of the Hair Paper 2 Micro Mock - just in case. These Micro mocks are editable and if you want to reword/change questions then Word documents are also available - after purchase via email. Just send a request to leckyletters@gmail.com with a screenshot of your receipt.
AQA 8700/1 GCSE English Language 80 Revision Card Pack
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AQA 8700/1 GCSE English Language 80 Revision Card Pack

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This is a colourful collection of text extracts and exam-style questions for Paper 1 - Creative Reading & Writing. 4 sets of 4 on A3 for the reading questions - 16 micro mocks = 64 questions in total + 16 mini extracts. This one also comes in a rainbow pack which removes the opportunity for a challenging jigsaw activity because each line is a unique colour/shade. 2 sets of 4 on A4 for Q5 - 8 images and 2x cards for each - one based on description, the other: narration. Best to be printed and laminated so that they can be reused without the risk of wear and tear. Each set for Section A - has a unique colour so they can be double-sided and kept like a pack. Just print pink/green & blue/yellow - printing from the word doc. They look great as in the photograph preview image but, printing them off single-sided means having the ability to use 4 sets at once, with four small groups and we now have a few sets in a drop-in room so students can just choose some to revise with. The set with four blocked colours also make a good jigsaw puzzle, as all texts have matching questions, to start a revision session. Students need to match the questions with each text - basic comprehension Can be used in workshops or given to students to take home and use for revision/practice. Paper 2 now in my shop! =-)
AQA 8700 GCSE English Language - Halloween SPaG AO6
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AQA 8700 GCSE English Language - Halloween SPaG AO6

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All images from pixabay.com - where all images are free, no questions asked…even for commercial purposes! Spook your students! Covering Technical Accuracy for AQA 8700 but can also be used for FS English L1/2. Includes a multitude of tasks and activities and doesn’t really need a handout. Fully animated with step-by-step/click-by-click animations so it is easy to see and easy to follow… Includes: Spelling Strategies Reminder Vocabulary Boosting Grammatical Structures Punctuation. Complimented by my free SPaG Worksheet collection!
AQA 8700/1 GCSE English Language - AO2 - Language & Structure - Hocus Pocus Edition
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AQA 8700/1 GCSE English Language - AO2 - Language & Structure - Hocus Pocus Edition

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This 2-3hr HALLOWEEN-themed session has basic terms revision for Language & Structure, exemplar comments, mark schemes, guided tasks covering both questions and is animated with step-by-step/click-by-click animation. Features texts and embedded mini clips from Disney’s Hocus Pocus and the sequel & Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas - no internet connection required! There are timers on independent tasks and a matching, colour-coded handout with anything needed to complete tasks. Homework slide with a short task linking to AO4 but can easily be deleted and/or replaced for your own scheme. It can also be split into two sessions for both parts of AO2.
A Level English Language - A Brief History of English with Embedded videos
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A Level English Language - A Brief History of English with Embedded videos

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Updated - Animations had been stripped…they’re now back… Take your AS/A level Eng Lang students through the ages via this quite detailed 2-3hr session. Visually pleasing and videos, embedded for ease of use, are also placed into an old TV Set template. It adds a bit of charm to it but is just a gimmick. My students made notes from slides but all images are of good enough quality to print if you right click them and save as image. I used some of them to make a display with students but they created a giant timeline on a wall with craft materials. Any feedback will be welcomed as it was my first year and some of my students did well so it would be good to improve and update.
AQA 8700/1 GCSE English Language - Revision Workbook Structure
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AQA 8700/1 GCSE English Language - Revision Workbook Structure

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Now with accompanying PPT file! For GCSE English Language Students to practise their skills of making inferences. There is a structural focus relating to Paper 1 - Question 3. It goes over the main elements of the question and has a number of tasks which relate to varied elements of narrative structure.
AQA 8700/1 GCSE English Language - "Unsullied" - Mock Paper 1
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AQA 8700/1 GCSE English Language - "Unsullied" - Mock Paper 1

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I put this together because I saw one on here and then got a real excitement for it and made a full walkthrough presentation with example answers for every question. I hope you find the Paper itself useful as an extra - we know these papers are still rare so I made it as close to a real one, structurally, as I could. Check out my FULL PAPER 1 Walkthrough for this paper! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/aqa-new-spec-gcse-english-language-paper-1-game-of-thrones-unsullied-full-intro-revise-pack-12128418
AQA 8700 GCSE English Language - AO2 The Pearl - Synthesising Connotations
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AQA 8700 GCSE English Language - AO2 The Pearl - Synthesising Connotations

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A short session based on the text extract from Summer 2022. This is a simple session encouraging the synthesis of connotations and is designed to be paperless. It’s fully animated and has a short summary video at the start. Key word analysis is a feature and there’s a demo answer + 2 extra questions. There are a number of book covers, set as small images in the centre of white pages. I printed these laminated and passed them round/got the students into groups with drywipe pens. They can be used in a few ways.
AQA 8700/1 GCSE English Language - Evaluation Practice (Bonfire Night)
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AQA 8700/1 GCSE English Language - Evaluation Practice (Bonfire Night)

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With a bonfire night theme and an extract from a text about a fire… This fully animated session is meant for a quick 1.5 hour Paper 1 - Question 4 practice. It defines the term: ‘critical evaluation’, goes over strategy for the question, breaks down the level 3 mark scheme (grades 4-5) and provides a timed question and example part-response to it, after their own attempt. The starter is evaluating an image on safety. 2 sided handout means students will have to take some notes if they haven’t already in previous sessions. Can be used to recap and practise or introduce the topic. Special Offer! Purchase a resource or bundle, leave a paid review and email a screenshot to me of your receipt with a request for ANY resource in my shop under £5 - FREE. Email: stormbornd@icloud.com
AQA 8700/1 GCSE English Language Paper 1 Question 3 Foreshadowing Structure
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AQA 8700/1 GCSE English Language Paper 1 Question 3 Foreshadowing Structure

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This uses a character from GOT books and a couple of other famous text examples, with animated annotations and analyses of foreshadowing. One is annotated and the final one is blank which also comes in A4 PDF. The penultimate task can be group annotations, pairs or individual and then finally provide the structure question to write an exam-style response for assessment purposes. Finally, there is a foreshadowing grid for extension, which is guided for less able students. This guidance can be removed for more able students.
AQA 8700 GCSE English Language - Paper 2- Question 1 True/False Session
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AQA 8700 GCSE English Language - Paper 2- Question 1 True/False Session

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This is well-animated and is sectioned off by LO slides which tick each off as they are covered. The main formative task is also put together with step-by-step highlighted quotations which follows a set of statements which are set up to imitate the exam page. After revisiting the terms ‘explicit’ & ‘implicit’ - it provides an overview of P2Q1. There are two activities at the end - one to practice independently and feedback and then a summative one to end the session. Hope you find it useful and any feedback would be greatly appreciated. =-)