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This resource is full of guided student activities developing their reading skills for GCSE English Language. The extract is from Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and the well-known chapter of Gatsby extravagant parties. Students must use the extract to answer exam-style question 2 and question 3. Beforehand, they must list 4 things, find definitions and synonyms, watch a video and pick out certain scenes, feature spot, mind-map structural features; all tasks which lead up to answering question 2 and question 3. Enjoy! T.

For GCSE English Language (AQA): Paper 1, Question 5. By entering the fantasy realm in this creative writing workbook, students will develop their imagination through making and creating a dragon. The resource supports character development, identifying language features, making inferences, improving vocabulary, describing using the five senses and other targeted activities related to dragons. The resource includes an extract from J R R Tolkien’s The Hobbit (Smaug’s lair) and exam-style questions. The end activity is a creative writing piece based on an image of a dragon. Learners can choose to describe the image or write the climax of a story titled ‘Peril’. The resources has been used on post 16-19 and adult learners. It is 9 pages long and could last the entirety of a 3-hour lesson. Enjoy! T.

This resource is a GCSE English Paper 1 walkthrough for the November 2020 exam (The Silk Factory). Included is a PowerPoint of the walkthrough, using the mark scheme and responses. The question paper, sources and mark scheme is available from AQA. At the beginning of the PowerPoint there are two activities on language features.

For GCSE English Language (AQA): Paper 1 Revision. This revision workbook (or the six steps to success) is a walkthrough that supports learners in revising for Paper 1 content, mainly Section A. The resource develops the necessary skills to support the learner in responding to exam questions. For example, learners will revise key terminology, make inferences, identify language and structural features, and are required to respond to activities to develop critical and creative thinking, Extracts from Peter Benchley’s ‘Jaws’ (for structure) and George R R Martin’s ‘Game of Thrones’ (adapted as a past paper) are included to engage learners. I have also adapted resources from ‘CGP GCSE AQA English Language: Complete Revision & Practice’. Enjoy! T.

This resource includes various activities based around the concept of dark tourism. This includes extracts around dark tourism for Auschwitz and 9/11. These activities focus on Question 3 and 4 of Paper 2. They include: finding definitions, summarising, feature spotting, inferring, finding quotes and answering exam-style questions. Enjoy! T.

This is a bundle of three comparing texts activities that can be used for Pearson Functional Skills English, particularly for the more challenging questions of the Level 2 Reading Exam, that is, Question 10 (identifying language features) and Question 13 (comparing texts). Although Level 1s can also benefit from these activities if adapted to suit Question 15 of the Level 1 Reading Exam. If adapted they can be used to support GCSE English Language (AQA) learners for Paper 2, Question 2 (the summary question). Topics include: dogs, vaping, hobbies and university (new!) Enjoy! T.

For GCSE English Language AQA, the following resources support the content of Paper 2 using the theme of ‘being held against your will’ through a slavery nonfiction text (‘Twelve Years a Slave’) and a hostage nonfiction text (‘An Evil Cradling’). This lesson lasts around 6 hours. The slavery text is challenging therefore I suggest prior reading and annotation before beginning the lesson which may support the group. The texts work alongside a booklet that guides learners through Paper 2. I have attached some support activities alongside the booklet to help with differentiation. Enjoy! T.

This colourful PowerPoint focuses on the language analysis question of Paper 1 on the AQA 8700 spec. It includes information retrieval, a Q1, videos, exemplars, chunking, scaffolding, visuals, a Q2, and an extension of creative writing at the end. Alongside the PowerPoint, I have included an extended extract from the chapter. The extract is from the part of the book where Sam and Frodo are climbing Mount Doom where they must destroy the one ring.

This workbook was designed to meet the criteria of Unit 32 - Job Search Skills. The workbook is self-explanatory and guides learners through the process of job searching, creating a personal career plan and understanding the process of appraisals. This workbook is worth 1 credit towards the qualification with a recommended 6 hours worth of guided learning hours. #TIP Alongside the workbook, I use resources and templates from Indeed and Reed to support the teaching of the career plan and appraisals. *Note: I have also created workbooks for Unit 1 - Understanding Mindset and Unit 13 - Presenting Yourself. *

Print these language features posters (on A3, A4 or on card) to make an excellent classroom display for English language and/or literature. The posters include: a language feature / method a song lyric with the feature included a definition of the language feature an appropriate visual representation of song lyrics / method. Language features: Metaphor, simile, hyperbole, semantic field, personification, pathetic fallacy, onomatopoeia, assonance, alliteration, statistics, juxtaposition, oxymoron, anthropomorphism, emotive language, repetition and rhetorical question. Enjoy, T.

These two workbooks have been created for the NCFE Employability Skills (Level 2) qualification for my Restart to Education and/or Employment course. Workbooks Unit 1_Understanding Mindset (2 credits) and Unit 13_Presenting Yourself (2 credits) are included here. Each activity is guided for learners to complete and the assessments are fit for purpose (i.e., they meet the requirements of the specification). I have adapted and jazzed up the NCFE preexisting material for Unit 1_Understanding Mindset, so I have included this in the sale price. Enjoy! T.

This resource includes the scheme of work overview (2024-2025) for Higher Project Qualification (HPQ) with Pearson. This course booklet presents the information around the course HPQ (Level 2) that I have lead for the last 3 years. It includes an overview of what students need to submit, useful links to aid research, a Harvard Referencing Guide they can refer to, and a submission checklist complete with a student declaration. The overview of submission points is dated for the academic year 2024-2025, but can be adapted for future years. Enjoy! T.