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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.
15 slides to revise the AQA Power and Conflict poetry anthology. Each slide asks students to consider the how the title of the poem links to the last line. Great for a quick 5 minute burst of poetry revision at the beginning or end of the lesson.
A quick and easy GCSE writing skills revision lesson that links to the revision of a key scene and character from 'Romeo and Juliet' to consolidate students' understanding of the play.
The lesson focuses on students revising how to apply different sentence structures and ambitious vocabulary whilst also getting them to reread and sequence an extract from Act 1, Scene 1 of 'Romeo and Juliet'.
12 detailed and engaging slides. Extension and intervention opportunities included.
Ready to go and easy to use!
A lesson outlining the moral journey of Scrooge across the course of the novella.
15 slides including key quotations for each Stave, model analysis and a range of opportunities for analysis and discussion.
Works well as a revision lesson leading into an exam or as a standalone lesson to introduce the character of Scrooge.
I have used this lesson with both higher and lower ability students who found it accessible and a useful way to revise the key character of Scrooge.
A high quality, focused lesson exploring the significance of the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come in Stave Four. 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:
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A high quality, focused lesson exploring the significance of Scrooge’s grave in Stave Four. 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:
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This bundle really does contain everything that you need to fully resource the new AQA English Language specification (first exams in 2017).
Including some of our best selling, five star resources:
A two year long term plan mapping out both the Lang and Lit courses,
An Excel tracking spreadsheet to monitor students' progress and convert raw AQA marks into a 1-9 grade,
Assessment and marking sheets for each section of the exam,
Planning and overview slides for each section of the exam which could also be printed out and displayed as posters.
This bundle also includes comprehensive PowerPoint lesson presentations for each section of the exam with over 400 slides of high quality, engaging material to use with students. Lesson by lesson schemes of work also included for Paper 1 Section A and Paper 2 Section A.
Each lesson is ready to go and fully resourced to save planning time.
Feedback is gratefully appreciated!
Question 4 resources now included and also available to download for free here:
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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!
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.
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.
16 slides that can be dropped into any lesson presentation on Paper 1, Section A: approaches to unseen fiction.
Presentation includes:
A slide for each question explaining the key aspects and requirements for each question.
Peer/self assessment slides for each question.
Paper 1, Section A glossary.
'First Responses' template to use when tackling an unseen extract.
Two slides looking in more detail at how to approach structure for question 3.
A double sided A3 revision sheet to help prepare students for the final exam.
A 20 slide lesson designed to consolidate students' understanding of how to approach and analyse an unseen poem. The lesson focuses on the poem 'Children in Wartime' and contains a number of engaging activities to stimulate students' responses to the text. There is also a clear focus on how the writer uses structure to convey meaning. The lesson can be used with any GCSE Specification.
10 fully resourced lessons to prepare students for the AQA English Language Paper 2, Section A exam: 'Writer's Viewpoints and Perspectives'.
This resource bundle includes:
Two powerpoint presentations totalling 142 slides.
A full lesson by lesson scheme of work including clear learning objectives and outlining assessment opportunities.
Eight different extracts to use with students from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries.
Each lesson is clearly structured with learning objectives, learning start activities, learning review activities and opportunities for students to demonstrate and assess their learning in a number of ways.
The lessons aim to develop a common approach for tackling each question to build students' confidence. There are a number of opportunities for students to tackle the different question types and the presentations provide clear steps and guidance to support students during the assessment process.
Model answers and assessment sheets also included.
Extracts included:
'American Sniper', Chris Kyle
'The Charge of the Light Brigade', William Howard Russell
'Letter to My Mother', Wilfred Owen
'A Beautiful Job', Gunner William Towers (WW1)
'The Death of Lord Nelson', William Beatty
'We Shall Fight Them on the Beaches', Winston Churchill
'Surrender Speech', Chief Joseph (taken from the AQA Reading Support Booklet)
'The Gettysburg Address', Abraham Lincoln
In addition to this, the presentations also include some optional Paper 2, Section B questions that link to the extracts and aim to develop students' nonfiction writing skills.
The lessons and extracts are focused around the theme of war so they can be linked with the 'Power and Conflict' AQA poetry anthology to develop students' contextual understanding for the English Literature exam.
Any feedback on the resource would be greatly appreciated!
10 lessons aimed at mid to low ability KS4 students covering the skills needed for questions 1-3 on the AQA Paper 1 exam. These lessons would also work well as a transition scheme for Year 9.
An additional revision lesson covering all 4 questions is also included in the bundle.
Each lesson is fully resourced with engaging, high quality materials.
Extracts used from 'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas' and 'Propping up the Line'.
If you liked this bundle please see our additional 5 star rated resources for Paper 1, Section A in our shop.
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 the relationship between Fred and Scrooge. 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:
/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-gcse-revision-pack-12415380
A high quality, focused lesson exploring the significance of Scrooge and Bob’s relationship in Stave One. 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:
/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-gcse-revision-pack-12415380
A high quality, focused lesson exploring the significance of the Ghost of Christmas Past in Stave Two. 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 thirteen lessons here:
/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-gcse-revision-pack-12415380
A revision lesson focusing on the journey of Eric throughout the play ‘An Inspector Calls’.
The presentation includes key quotations for each act as well as exemplar paragraphs.
Also included is a full exemplar essay - Grade 9 standard.
A 32 slide lesson presentation taking students through Paper 2 Section A of the November 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 eAQA Secure Key Materials website: https://www.aqa.org.uk/contact-us/secure-services/eaqa
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 November 2018 paper to walk them through the strengths and weaknesses of their response.
