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Five star rated and 'TES Recommended' authors, we are two Heads of English who are passionate about using and developing quality, engaging resources. We recognise the need for resources that are 'ready to go' and that don't require a huge amount of 'polishing' before they can be used. Every resource that we publish is quality assured and, most importantly, has been tried and tested by us in the classroom! We hope you find our resources useful and we welcome any feedback.
A 28 slide, two lesson presentation covering the poem ‘London’ in detail. Annotations for the entire poem as well as example analytical paragraphs. The lessons feature a range of individual and collaborative tasks to develop students’ understanding of the poem.
A 35 slide 3 lesson presentation taking students through the November 2017 Paper 1, Section A exam paper.
The exam paper is available on eAQA and the extract is taken from ‘Labyrinth’ by Kate Mosse.
The presentation includes clear learning objectives for each lesson, a number of learning activities and opportunities for self and peer assessment.
Clear guidance is given for each question and model answers are also provided. Differentiation to extend and support students is also incorporated into the lesson presentation.
Clear links are made to the markscheme and assessment objectives throughout.
Could be used to walk students through the paper as they complete it or as a follow up and feedback lesson once students have completed the paper.
A fantastic bundle of high quality, focused lessons exploring 14 key moments from the text. Each lesson follows a consistent format and structure in order to embed new knowledge.
Each lesson has a recall task, key vocabulary, analysis of the scene, opportunities for analytical writing, a model response and self assessment slide.
Marley’s Ghost
Scrooge and Fred Stave One
Scrooge and the Charity Collectors Stave One
Scrooge and Bob Stave One
The First Spirit Stave Two
Fezziwig’s Ball Stave Two
Belle and Scrooge Stave Two
The Second Spirit Stave Three
The Cratchit Family Stave Three
Ignorance and Want Stave Three
The Third Spirit Stave Four
The Death of Tiny Tim Stave Four
Scrooge’s Grave Stave Four
Scrooge in Stave Five
PLUS A printable extract booklet
Three full lesson presentations, plus exam papers and a lesson plan walking students through the Paper 2, Section A exam for AQA: "Writers' Viewpoints and Perspectives".
Each presentation contains: clear learning objectives, learning start and review activities, model answers, activities and support sheets for each question.
Planning slides also included for teachers to use and adapt for their own texts.
AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A Revision - Detailed Focus on Question 4
A series of six revision ‘masterclass’ lessons designed to improve students’ responses to question 4 on Paper 1. Students often struggle with this part of the paper so I have created this resource specifically to build students’ confidence in tackling this question.
Each lesson includes learning objectives, a starter and review activity, model answers and opportunities for students to self/peer assess and reflect upon their own progress.
I have also created a full exam paper for each of the texts so that students can also practise completing questions 1 - 3.
Included in the resource:
89 slide presentation
74 page student revision and workbook
Question 4 knowledge organiser/revision mat
Question 4 writing bookmark
Markscheme and indicative content for the texts
Texts included:
‘Of Mice and Men’, ‘A Monster Calls’, ‘The Graveyard Book’, ‘Rebecca’, ‘The Great Gatsby’, ‘The Goldfinch’
Feedback greatly appreciated - please leave a review!
An engaging creative writing lesson based around the theme of gothic horror. The lesson includes a number of activities to develop students' vocabulary and use of more complex sentence structures.
Over 100 slides comprised of 8 lessons focusing on descriptive and narrative writing techniques to prepare students for Paper 1, Section B of the new AQA GCSE English Language exam. Each lesson is fully resourced with clear links made to the new exam criteria.
High quality and visually engaging throughout, each lesson contains elements of independent and collaborative work. Extension and intervention support tasks also included.
Lesson 1: Narrative conventions and structure
Lesson 2: Effective openings
Lesson 3: Setting
Lesson 4: Dialogue
Lesson 5: Character
Lesson 6: Ambitious vocabulary and figurative language techniques
Lesson 7: Structure
Lesson 8: Structure
A high quality, focused lesson exploring the significance of the Cratchit family in Stave Three. The lesson follows a clear format and structure in order to embed new knowledge and consolidate student understanding.
Each lesson has a recall task, key vocabulary, analysis of the scene, opportunities for analytical writing, a model response and self assessment slide.
You can buy this lesson as part of a bundle of fourteen lessons here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-gcse-revision-pack-12415380
A 33 slide lesson presentation taking students through Paper 2 Section A of the June 2018 paper.
The presentation walks students through each question on Section A and provides opportunity for self assessment and reflection.
Model answers and a generic mark scheme for each question provided.
I have not uploaded the sources due to copyright restrictions but they are available to download from the AQA GCSE English Language page under ‘assessment resources’.
This would be an excellent resource to teach or revise the skills for Paper 2 Section A or to use after students have completed a mock using the 2018 paper to walk them through the strengths and weaknesses of their response.
A high quality, focused lesson exploring the significance of Marley’s ghost. The lesson follows a clear format and structure in order to embed new knowledge and consolidate student understanding.
Each lesson has a recall task, key vocabulary, analysis of the scene, opportunities for analytical writing, a model response and self assessment slide.
You can buy this lesson as part of a bundle of fourteen lessons here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-gcse-revision-pack-12415380
A lesson focused on improving students' vocabulary and sentence structures culminating in students writing a description of a circus. Students will read a short extract from 'The Night Circus' to stimulate discussion. A mixture of independent and collaborative activities designed to demonstrate progress throughout the lesson. Links to AO6 in the new GCSE assessment criteria.
My students have struggled to get to grips with the structure question (question 3) on the new Paper 1, Section A exam for AQA. I recently attended an AQA support meeting and planned this lesson to incorporate some of the exam board's messages with regards to teaching the structure question. My students produced mucher better responses to question 3 after I went through this lesson with them.
The lesson is focused on the opening of '1984' and includes 15 slides plus a copy of the extract to use with students.
Includes:
Sample 8 mark answer
Planning grid for students
Clear and explicit links to the AQA markscheme
Key terminology and suggested phrases
Hope it helps!
Six engaging narrative writing lessons using a diverse range of world literature extracts as prompts.
Extracts from:
‘The Patience Stone’
‘Farewell to the Sea’
‘First They Killed My Father’
103 slides plus an extract booklet.
Each lesson contains clear learning objectives, success criteria, modeled answers, opportunities for peer and self assessment.
A key aim of the lessons is to introduce and embed new vocabulary.
Five full lessons focused on the new 2015 AQA Paper, 1 Section A exam: 'Explorations in Creative Reading'.
The lessons focus on teaching students the skills needed to analyse an unseen prose extract. Lessons provide detailed guidance as to how to approach the four question types and include exemplar responses.
Lesson 1- 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' with a focus on question 3 and 4.
Lesson 2 - 'The Night' with a focus on question 4.
Lesson 3 - 'Of Mice and Men' with a focus on question 2.
Lesson 4 - 'The Great Gatsby' with a focus on question 1 and question 3.
Lesson 5 - feedback lesson on 'The Brighton Rock' specimen paper from AQA.
Each lesson has clear learning objectives, link to the AQA assessment objectives and markschemes and include a range of engaging independent and collaborative activities for students.
A 31 slide lesson presentation taking students through a sample paper for the GCSE AQA English Language, Paper 2, Section A exam.
The presentation includes clear learning objectives, a starter and review activity and opportunities for self and peer assessment.
Clear guidance is given for each question and model answers are also provided. Differentiation to extend and support students is also incorporated into the lesson presentation.
Clear links are made to the markscheme and assessment objectives throughout.
Could be used to walk students through the paper or as a follow up and feedback lesson once students have completed the paper.
Lesson plan included.
Sample exam paper also included.
A detailed knowledge organiser/revision mat for AQA GCSE English Language, Paper 1, Question 4. This question is worth 20 marks and requires students to evaluate a statement in relation to a text. This resource can be used to support students as they write their answers or distributed as a revision resource.
A 20 slide presentation guiding students through the process of responding to question 4 in Paper 1, Section A of the new AQA GCSE English Language exam.
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An anthology of 'unseen poems' to use for revision. The booklet is geared towards students sitting the AQA Certificate in English Literature but could easily be adapted. Teaches students to use the 'MITSL' approach to analyse poems.
