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As you may have heard, AQA’s Paper 1 Question 1 is changing. From 2026 it will no longer be “list four things” but instead it will consist of four multiple choice questions. These are ten “Do Now” activities for your class, which mirror the layout of the questions. This is a sample. If you like it, please consider purchasing another ten here: /teaching-resource/-13210058 The sheet has two extra questions – I felt that four was not quite enough for a “Do Now” and there was space! Feel free to delete those if you do not want your class to do all six. I have tried to make the texts varied and interesting. They are all out of copyright or in the public domain, so there is no need to worry about issues around using them. As such, the majority are 19th and early twentieth centuries. However, I have been careful not to use texts that contain language which is overly old-fashioned! My students have enjoyed doing these (I have not included the ones that haven’t gone down as well). This covers AO1: identify and interpret explicit and implicit information and ideas

This pack of EASTER picture questions is designed for AQA GCSE English Language 9-1. They simulate Paper 1 Question 5 where students are given a picture and are presented with two options (it’s hard, almost to call them questions!). The tasks can be for a descriptive or a narrative response (although both tasks can be descriptive or narrative and this pack reflects that). I hope that you will be able to use this pack to help you increase the story-telling powers of your learners as well as their descriptive prowess! The pack gives teachers the opportunity to have a selection of ready-made questions for Paper 1 Question 5. These can be used to ensure that there are always writing tasks at hand. They might be used to stimulate class or small group discussion or can be used as interchangeable exercises to be done during a session. I hope that there is a sufficient variety of Eastery images in this pack to pique the interest of even the most reluctant of writers. By giving your learners a choice of task (while the assessment objectives - A05 and A06 remain the same) these sample questions might help to ensure both differentiation and an element of choice. There are also a few slightly naughty suggestions… What will “that boy” make of a story to be titled “Psycho Bunny”, I wonder! Each is formatted to include the question on a single A4 sheet. The originals are also included on their own if you would like to use them without the question stimulus. The back of each has a short explanation of why the subject of the picture is considered important at Easter. Among the usual suspects are lambs, chicks and of course bunnies - with events and activities also pictured such as egg hunts, morris dancing and fairs. Plus if it’s easier for you - PDFs are also included of both files. If you are not using AQA for the exam, these are also very easily adaptable. Not only that, they would probably also be very useful if you are covering a class - the skills that students develop with these questions are vital for success in GCSE English as this question alone represents 25% of the entire exam. All of the wonderful pictures have been ethically sourced and are available under a Creative Commons license which means you do not have to worry about copyright with them at all. Each originator is credited by use of a link to the original.