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There are three extracts here from three Roald Dahl books (Matilda, James and the Giant Peach, and Danny the Champion). This is followed by five reading tasks and five writing tasks. This was originally set as cover work and can be completed independently, and is at least three lessons of work. It was created for KS3 but would still be appropriate at KS4 as it uses AQA Lanuguage Paper style tasks. Furthermore, students would not have needed to study Roald Dahl in order to complete this work. The tasks are: Reading the extracts provided Simple list four things tasks (information retrieval) A grid asking getting students to consider the start, middle and end of the extract (structure analysis) A task looking at narrative perspective asking students to find evidence of how the narrator communicates with the reader. An opinion task which gives students statements on each source which they have to explain whether they agree or not (evaluation). The writing tasks are varied between writing the opening of their own story with a simal narrator, a story from the POV of an insect, a story from a teacher’s perspective etc. A simple and easy stand-alone resource. The sheet is a back to back sheet of A4 which can be folded into a mini A5 booklet for students to store easily in exercise books- it also requires minimal photocopying!

There are three sources here which are all opinion articles on the relationship between teenagers and social media. This is followed by four reading tasks and three writing tasks. This was designed as cover work and can be completed independently, and is at least three lessons of work. It was created for year 8 but is appropriate across Key Stage 3. Furthermore, students would not have needed to study viewpoint writing in order to complete this work. The tasks are: Simple list four statistics/anecdotes/opinions tasks (information retrieval) A grid asking students to explain similarities and differences (comparison) A task asking students to simplify the viewpoint and retrieve quotations (summary) An opinion task which gets students to explain which article is the most effective in persuading the reader (analysis) The writing tasks are varied between using one of the articles style/structure to give their viewpoint on a new topic, a separate viewpoint writing task, writing the opposite of the article’s viewpoint. A simple stand-alone resource requiring nothing but printing. The sheet is a back to back sheet of A4 which can be folded into a mini A5 booklet for students to store in exercise books.

An 8 page booklet which guides students through four autobiographies and encourages comparison and inference. The word document and .pdf are both included in the purchase. This was originally created for Y7 but would be suitable across KS3. The booklet includes: Front page looking at the root of auto, bio and graph. A page with word clouds of each extract to encourage inference A space for students to enter prior knowledge of each celebrity An extract from autobiographies of Cathy Freeman, Anne Frank, Victoria Beckham and Roald Dahl. Some pages include spaces for students to record words from each word class. A comparison grids for students to pick out similarities and differences from all four extracts.

There are three extracts here from three Charles Dickens novels (*Oliver Twist, *). This is followed by five reading tasks and six writing tasks. This was originally set as cover work and can be completed independently, and is at least three lessons of work. It was created for KS3 but would still be appropriate at KS4 as it uses AQA Lanuguage Paper style tasks. Furthermore, students would not have needed to study Charles Dickens in order to complete this work. The tasks are: Reading the extracts provided Simple list four things tasks (information retrieval) A grid asking getting students to pick out information and make suggestions about the speech, appearance and behaviour of the upper class people. Students are asked to write a paragraph about the presentation of the poor characters in each extract. A task where students must use the extracts to explain what they think Dickens’ view was of the poor and how they were treated. The writing tasks are varied between non-fiction tasks asking students to write artiles on the homeless, a speech on their attitude to education, a description of a rich house etc. A simple and easy stand-alone resource. The sheet is a back to back sheet of A4 which can be folded into a mini A5 booklet for students to store easily in exercise books- it also requires minimal photocopying!

This 12 page booklet was used for a 6 week unit examining London in the Victorian era. It was originally aimed at year 9 following the study of ‘Of Mice and Men’. Both the .pdf and the editable .doc format are included. It begins with a front page asking students about their prior knowledge of London now and in Blake/Dickens’ time. This is followed with a A3 size page offering the poem ‘London’ by Blake, a vocabulary grid, and some simple imagery tasks. There are then a series of non fiction 19th century texts covering a range of aspects in Victorian London. Many are from Dickens’ Sketches by Boz These 8 extracts cover: London in the morning London ‘Gin-shops’ Street children and their jobs How to walk in London A pick-pocket crime How disease spreads A night in a workhouse Newgate prison This could potentially be used as a contextual resource for Charles Dickens at KS4, or the extracts could be used for paper 2 revision for the 19th century text.

A mock exam for AQA English Language GCSE - Paper 1. It is to the exact specification of the full paper. Included in the purchase is: The extract (with line numbers, on one page) A shortened version of the questions - all five on one page (see image). A full, AQA style, exam booklet. This contains all of the questions with the correct layout (as per the AQA exam) and the correct number of pages. A ** detailed 3 page document which provides indicative content, offering example answers for each level of a response** for questions 1-4 The extract is taken from a book published in 2003, ‘Eagle Strike’ Please note this paper is also available for £2.50 without the indicative content.

This is an 8 page booklet provided for students to have access to a range of poetry and to compile key terminology as they study the poetry. The unit of work focused on poetry that has a viewpoint, allowing students to consider how poets create tone and the idea of writer’s purpose and intentions. This was created as a unit for the whole of year 7 so the poems are aimed at a range of abilities (lots of former GCSE poems are included) therefore it would be suitable throughout KS3. Both the .pdf and the word document (editable but without fonts) are included here. The booklet is comprised of: Front page with basic grammar terminology glossary. A page of basic poetry terminology. ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’ ‘Blessing’ ‘Flag’ ‘We Refugees’ ‘Not My Business’ ‘Two Scavengers in a Truck, Two Beautiful People in a Mercedes’ ‘The Chimney Sweeper’ This could also be used as an unseen poetry booklet with KS4, with the right questions added.

A mock exam for AQA English Language GCSE - Paper 2. It is to the exact specification of the full paper. Included in the purchase is: The extract (with line numbers, on one A3 page) A shortened version of the questions - all five on one page (see image). A full, AQA style, exam booklet. This contains all of the questions with the correct layout (as per the AQA exam) and the correct number of pages. A detailed 3 page document which provides indicative content, offering example answers for each level of a response for questions 1-4. The 19th Century extract is from London by Day and Night written in 1852 The modern extract is from The Guardian, 2002

A mock exam for AQA English Language GCSE - Paper 1. It is to the exact specification of the full paper. Included in the purchase is: The extract (with line numbers, on one page) A shortened version of the questions - all five on one page (see image). A full, AQA style, exam booklet. This contains all of the questions with the correct layout (as per the AQA exam) and the correct number of pages. A detailed 3 page document which provides indicative content, offering example answers for each level of a response for questions 1-4 The extract is taken from a book published in 2015, ‘Fire Colour One’ Please note this paper is also available for £2.50 without the indicative content.

You are purchasing an 8 page booklet with extracts and activities to create a unit of work. Both the pdf. and word document (editable but without fonts) are included. This was originally created as a unit of work for year 9 structured around the viewpoint writing task in the AQA Language paper 2 question 5, therefore also making it suitable to be a KS4 resource. It offers a range of articles/speeches based on gender issues to inform students of the topic and how to write a successful opinion article. The booklet is comprised of the following: A front page which asks students to consider gender stereotypes. A page to allow students to mind-map persuasive techniques. Suggested paragraph types and a space to add modern gender issues. A range of extracts including topics such as boys being meaner than girls, a transcript of Emma Watson’s HeforShe speech, protecting young children from gender stereotypes, and ideas about gender equality in the workplace.

This resource has been produced to be aimed at students studying AQA English Language. It contains a booklet (pdf and editable word .doc) of 8 pages, along with a (minimum) 5 lesson PowerPoint of 36 slides. The booklet includes: A front page with strategies for accessing 19th century non-fiction and an exam overview Two sources (19th century and modern) with letters on the topic of marriage. The 19th century source has 5 tasks which develop the skills needed for the exam. The modern source has exam style questions. Two sources (19th century and modern) on the topic of Charles Dickens. Again the first text has tasks and there are a range of exam style questions for both sources. Two sources (19th century and modern) on the topic of London fog. This has a full section A set of questions. A back page with space for a common 19th century vocabulary glossary. There are some common terms already there, and students are encouraged to add words as they work through the booklet. The lessons include: 5 retrieval questions to start each lesson. They are linked to ‘A Christmas Carol’ and the ‘Power and Conflict’ cluster, but are fully editable so can be changed to suit your texts. The first lesson begins with explaining the strategies and then getting students to read the text and respond to the tasks. The second lesson looks at the differences between Q2 and Q4 and then plan an answer to each. The third lesson gets students responding to these questions, offering model answers and clear success criteria The next lesson encourages students to read the texts and respond to questions quicker, with in built timers used to manage students’ time. The final lesson gets students to attempt part of all the questions, with timers encouraging speed.

A mock exam for AQA English Language GCSE - Paper 2. It is to the exact specification of the full paper. Included in the purchase is: The two sources (with line numbers, on one page) A shortened version of the questions - all five on one page (see image). A full, AQA style, exam booklet. This contains all of the questions with the correct layout (as per the AQA exam) and the correct number of pages. The extracts are: An 1835 article from The Evening Chronicle by Charles Dickens. The opening extract from Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson (1995).

30 tweets from celebrity with spelling and grammar errors - a fun starter/ tutor time activity.

Please note this mock paper is now available with indicative content for £3.50 here: Eagle Strike + Markscheme A mock exam for AQA English Language GCSE - Paper 1. It is to the exact specification of the full paper. Included in the purchase is: The extract (with line numbers, on one page) A shortened version of the questions - all five on one page (see image). A full, AQA style, exam booklet. This contains all of the questions with the correct layout (as per the AQA exam) and the correct number of pages. The extract is taken from a book published in 2003, ‘Eagle Strike’. Please note: this paper is also available as part of a bundle with 2 other papers with a discount.

Simple icons to match quotations from An Inspector Calls (17) Macbeth (17) A Christmas Carol (18) Power and Conflict AQA cluster (45 -3 per poem)

I’ve put this together for a low ability year 10 group. They have done an overview of ACC and whilst most teachers get students to read it over the summer, I have decided to adapt an abridged version, and then get students to complete checkpoint activities after each reduced chapter.