Explore Eric Birling’s pivotal role in ‘An Inspector Calls’ with this comprehensive and engaging resource bundle, perfect for GCSE English Literature students with dyslexia or other additional needs!
This unit provides a deep dive into Eric Birling’s character development and his crucial connection to the play’s central themes of social responsibility and class. Designed with a focus on active learning and accessibility, it includes a unique spelling activity tailored for visual learners, detailed textual analysis, and a structured essay writing framework.
Included:
**Interactive Spelling Activity: Eric’s Key Vocabulary **
“Spelling: Visual Tracking” for key vocabulary describing Eric’s character.
Focuses on words like “irresponsible,” “entitled,” “exploitative,” “coercive,” “remorseful,” “perceptive,” “rebellious,” and “confrontational”.
Students fill in missing vowels in sequence, reinforcing visual memory - particularly beneficial for dyslexic learners.
**Eric and Eva’s Relationship: Storyboard Analysis & Summary **
Visually engaging storyboard sequence depicting Eric and Eva/Daisy Renton’s first meeting.
Includes “Sentence Starters to Describe Eric and Eva’s Relationship”, guiding students to summarise the panels and analyse the power dynamics and changing mood of their initial interactions.
**Eric and Social Responsibility: Extract Analysis & Essay Writing Framework **
Features three key extracts from the play focusing on Eric’s confession, his theft, and his evolving understanding of social responsibility.
Includes a structured P-E-E-L (Point, Evidence, Explanation, Link) essay framework, guiding students to analyse how Priestley uses Eric to explore the “lack of social responsibility the upper classes had towards the working classes”.
These GCSE, English Language Assessment Tools helps screen students for their ability in Reading & Writing (Fiction). Designed for teachers and educators, the comprehensive and easy to use resources provide a clear overview of student ability, highlighting areas of strength and identifying where further support is needed. They are ideal to use at the start, middle or end of the academic year, providing useful data.
GCSE, English Language, Reading Assessment Tool (Fiction): This tool is designed to provide a thorough overview of a student’s reading comprehension in fiction. It assesses four key areas, each with a clear marking rubric to help you pinpoint specific strengths and weaknesses in text retrieval, vocabulary and effect, use of topic sentences in a reading response and language/structural devices.
The reading assessment includes an extract from “SPACE STATION 1” by Frank Long, followed by a series of comprehension questions, vocabulary tasks, and questions on topic sentences and literary devices. An answer key is provided for easy marking.
GCSE, English Language, Writing Assessment Tool (Fiction)
This tool offers a comprehensive evaluation of a student’s narrative writing abilities. It uses a picture prompt to elicit creative responses and assesses students across four crucial areas:
Grammar and Punctuation
Descriptive Language
Spelling
Text Structure
Each assessment provides a total mark, allowing you to quickly identify areas of strength and weakness for each student divided into: Concern/Some Work Required and Area of Strength.
These tools are invaluable for tracking progress, informing teaching strategies, and preparing students for their GCSE English Language examinations.
Use this assessment tool to establish a baseline and track the progress of EAL / ESL Learners with this Comprehensive Assessment Pack. Are you looking for a robust and reliable way to assess newly arrived English as an Additional Language (EAL) students in your setting? This meticulously designed EAL Assessment Pack, aligned with the widely recognized Proficiency in English (PiE) scale, provides everything you need to accurately assess proficiency across all key language skills.
This all-in-one resource covers the four core language skills:
Writing Assessment
Alphabet Recognition & Formation: A clear task to assess a student’s ability to write the alphabet in lowercase.
Vocabulary from Picture: An engaging activity where students list visible items from a detailed street scene.
Sentence Construction: Tasks for writing general sentences about a picture and sentences using specific openers.
Storyboard Recount: A visual sequence of six panels prompts students to write a coherent narrative, assessing their ability to recount events logically.
Reading Assessment
Alphabet Reading: Assess recognition of lowercase letters.
Graded Single Word Reading: From CVC words to more challenging multi-syllable words, this activity assesses decoding and recognition.
Fluency & Comprehension: A classic fable, “The Lion and the Mouse,” is provided for reading aloud, followed by differentiated comprehension questions ranging from simple recall to extended inference and opinion.
Speaking & Listening Assessment
Differentiated Questions: A carefully structured set of 15 questions, progressing from basic personal information (e.g., “What is your name?”) to more challenging hypothetical and reasoning questions (e.g., “Imagine you could travel anywhere…”). These questions are designed to encourage communication and investigate proficiency across tiers.
Why Choose the EAL / ESL Assessment Pack?
PiE Scale Alignment: Directly linked to the UK’s influential Proficiency in English (PiE) scale (Bands A-E).
Comprehensive Coverage: Assesses writing, speaking, listening, and reading elements in one convenient pack.
Graded Activities: Tasks are designed to progressively challenge students, suitable for various proficiency levels from “New to English” to “Developing Competence” and beyond.
Clear Mark Schemes & Rubrics: Includes detailed mark schemes for each section and a final comprehensive rubric to interpret overall scores against PiE bands.
Formative & Summative Use: Ideal for informing teaching and providing targeted support, as well as tracking progress.
Empower your EAL learners on their journey with accurate and insightful assessment!
Elevate your pupils’ writing and secure those vital SPaG marks with this comprehensive resource pack, specifically designed for Year 5 and 6 students preparing for their SATs. It is also useful for students with additional needs in secondary school.
This ready-to-use collection focuses on a crucial element of grammar and descriptive writing: prepositions and prepositional phrases. Mastering these not only boosts SPaG scores but also enriches narrative writing, allowing pupils to craft vivid, engaging, and grammatically precise sentences - essential skills for the KS2 writing assessment.
The unit includes:
Prepositional Opener Exercises - A diverse range of activities that will enable students to confidently identify, use, and even open sentences with prepositional phrases. Exercises include linking phrases, matching, unjumbling sentences, and creative picture prompts to encourage application.
Prepositions in Narrative : A Storyteller’s Guide - This guide empowers young writers to harness the power of prepositions to set scenes, add descriptive detail, and vary sentence structure. It provides clear explanations, examples, and engaging exercises, including completing stories and crafting original narrative starters using prepositional phrases.
Key Benefits for Your Pupils -
Targeted SPaG Improvement: Directly addresses the grammatical understanding of prepositions required for the KS2 SPaG test.
Enhanced Writing Fluency & Detail: Teaches students how to use prepositions to add depth, clarity, and sophistication to their narratives, moving beyond simple sentences.
Varied Sentence Structures: Equips pupils with the tools to start sentences in different ways, improving their writing style and meeting national curriculum expectations for varied openers.
SATs Ready: Builds confidence in applying grammatical knowledge within both SPaG assessments and extended writing tasks.
Unlock your students’ potential in non-fiction writing with this comprehensive resource designed specifically for Eduqas/WJEC GCSE English Language Component Two. There is a reading booklet and a writing booklet based on the exam paper for these assessments, along with marking rubrics and model answers.
The reading section contains exam paper texts and questions, emphasizing reading comprehension and analysis. Students will engage with two texts centered around fossil discoveries, set in different time periods and contexts. Through this exploration, they will enhance their ability to extract key information, understand writers’ intentions, and analyze how language, tone, and structure shape meaning.
Text A features a determined female fossil hunter in 1883, who embarks on a professional expedition to Lyme Regis. Text B, on the other hand, presents a modern-day adventure where a group of friends set out for a lighthearted day of fossil hunting.
The unit includes a marking rubric and model responses to help students understand how to respond effectively to these texts.
The writing task is tailored to improve communication, organisation, and effective language use and helps students master key skills such as vocabulary, sentence structure, and paragraphing through engaging tasks.
The resource includes two key writing tasks:
Writing an article on maintaining a balanced lifestyle during exams.
Delivering a talk encouraging classmates to participate in community volunteering.
Both tasks encourage students to consider purpose and audience while providing opportunities to showcase their creativity and critical thinking. With detailed model responses and a self-assessment marking rubric, this resource offers clear guidance on how to approach these exam questions.
Ideal for classroom use or independent study, the pack is an essential tool for improving students’ writing abilities and reading comprehension, helping them develop confidence and clarity in Component Two.
This GCSE English Literature resource offers a comprehensive analysis of the theme of transformation in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens and includes an AQA practice exam question which focuses on the theme of isolation, along with a model answer.
Practice Question and Extract: The extract is taken from Stave where Scrooge is visited by the Ghost of Christmas Present. It portrays the symbolic transformation of Scrooge through the description of his room and situation.
Model Answer: A detailed response to the exam question, discussing Scrooge’s transformation both in the extract and throughout the novel. This includes:
Analysis of the extract’s language, highlighting Scrooge’s emotional transformation.
Exploration of transformation in the broader context of the novel, emphasizing how setting symbolises transformation.
A conclusion that connects transformation with Victorian social values and the importance of community.
Indicative Content: Provides teachers with clear criteria to assess student responses.
Along with this resource, a picture sequence vocabulary activity is also provided. This can be used to help students reflect on key thematic words and ideas.
This resource is designed to show students how to respond to an AQA, English Literature question and familiarising them with the theme of transformation.
AQA Paper 1 (Creative Reading and Writing) - Flicker of Hope
This unit helps prepare for the GCSE (AQA) Paper 1 and provides opportunity to focus on successful responses.
It contains:
A Practice Paper: Focuses on analyising a fiction text, with questions designed to assess reading comprehension, language analysis, and structure. There is also a picture based writing section as well as a story prompt.
Answer Guidance : Detailed guidance including some model responses. Based on AQA Assessment Objectives
Literary Devices Quiz: A useful multiple choice quiz to support learning of the key literary devices.
The practice paper and quiz are invaluable in preparing students for Paper One of the AQA, English Language Exam!
This resource offers comprehensive guidance for students tackling GCSE AQA English Language Paper 2. It contains a practice paper on the theme of cycling and consists of two main component.
AQA Paper 2 Guidance:
This section provides step-by-step strategies for answering each question in Section A, focusing on reading comprehension and comparison of non-fiction texts. It includes specific advice on how to approach true/false statements (Q1), summarizing similarities between texts (Q2), analyzing language use (Q3), and comparing attitudes in two texts (Q4).
For Section B, students are guided through writing tasks, with a model response for argumentative writing. Tips are provided on structuring arguments, using persuasive language, and integrating rhetorical devices.
Mastering Subject-Specific Vocabulary and Language for Non-Fiction Writing:
This guide emphasizes the importance of using precise, subject-specific vocabulary to enhance the quality of writing in non-fiction tasks. It offers practical advice on blending technical terms with everyday language and employing rhetorical devices effectively. The guide includes examples of advanced sentence structures and how to adapt tone based on the writing task (letter, report, article, etc.).
By mastering these skills, students will learn how to craft clear, persuasive, and authoritative non-fiction writing, meeting the criteria for higher marks on the AQA exam.
This resource equips students with essential tools for excelling in reading and writing non-fiction, covering both analysis and the crafting of sophisticated responses.
The Practice Paper for GCSE English Language ,Paper Two offers comprehensive support for teachers following the AQA curriculum. Here’s an overview of its content and its usefulness in supporting students in understanding how to respond to the different questions:
Reading Section: The paper contains two rich, contrasting texts on pollution -one set in the 1990s and the other in the 1880s. Students are tasked with summarizing differences, analyzing language, and comparing perspectives across both texts. This structure mirrors AQA exam questions, enhancing students’ exam readiness.
Writing Section: The second part requires students to compose a letter or an article about pollution, allowing them to practice persuasive writing and structuring arguments effectively.
Marking Support: Teachers can use the provided mark scheme to evaluate responses across reading and writing tasks, using AQA’s assessment objectives Additionally, the model answers act as exemplars, illustrating what successful responses should look like. These provide an opportunity to look closely at the language features and the structure of successful reading responses.
As an extension, students can also use a descriptive writing prompt to use descriptive vocabulary and varied sentence structures to write about a littered beach.
This paper will be invaluable for AQA teachers, offering realistic practice and clear guidance aligned with curriculum expectations.
This comprehensive guide is designed to help GCSE students excel in both the reading and descriptive writing sections of the AQA English Language Paper 1. It provides clear, practical strategies for approaching each type of question, with step-by-step advice and model responses tailored to exam requirements. This guide will help students build confidence in their reading and writing skills needed for AQA, Paper One, offering structured guidance and practical tools for exam success.
Key Features
Reading Section:
Extract and Practice Questions: The extract is taken from a mystery novel. Typical AQA questions are provided to assess comprehension.
In-Depth Question Guidance: Detailed advice on how to respond to each question type, from basic information retrieval to deeper analysis and evaluation.
Model Answers: Example responses to show students how to structure answers, use subject-specific vocabulary, and apply evaluative language.
Exam Skills: Strategies to help students identify key information, understand how to interpret language and structure, and analyze the writer’s techniques effectively.
Descriptive Writing Section:
Model Descriptive Texts: High-quality example paragraphs that demonstrate effective use of descriptive techniques and language choices.
Assessment Objectives: Explains how the model answers meet the Assessment Objectives for AQA/
Additional Resource
An article on how to respond to the structure question - question 3.
Perfect For:
Teachers seeking comprehensive resources for teaching both reading and descriptive writing skills
Students aiming to improve their understanding of reading comprehension and creative writing techniques
Tutors looking to support students with exam preparation for AQA English Language Paper 1
This comprehensive guide is designed to help GCSE students excel in both the reading and descriptive writing sections of the AQA English Language Paper 1. It provides clear, practical strategies for approaching each type of question, with step-by-step advice and model responses tailored to exam requirements.
Reading Section:
Extract and Practice Questions: The extract is taken from a historical novel set in the early 1900s… Typical AQA questions are provided to assess comprehension.
In-Depth Question Guidance: Detailed advice on how to respond to each question type, from basic information retrieval to deeper analysis and evaluation.
Model Answers: Example responses to show students how to structure answers, use subject-specific vocabulary, and apply evaluative language.
Exam Skills: Strategies to help students identify key information, understand how to interpret language and structure, and analyze the writer’s techniques effectively.
Descriptive Writing Section:
Practice questions: A picture prompt and story writing task is provided.
Exam-Specific Tips: Tailored advice for AQA Paper 1, focusing on breaking down the task, using strong topic sentences, and structuring responses to maximize marks.
Model Descriptive Paragraphs: High-quality example paragraphs that demonstrate effective use of descriptive techniques and language choices.
Self-Assessment Checklist: A checklist to help students review and refine their work, ensuring they meet exam criteria for high marks.
An additional extension activity is provided in which a student writes an email to explain how to succeed in Question 4.
Perfect For:
Teachers seeking comprehensive resources for teaching both reading and descriptive writing skills
Students aiming to improve their understanding of reading comprehension and creative writing techniques
Tutors looking to support students with exam preparation for AQA English Language Paper 1
This guide will help students build confidence in their reading and writing skills, offering structured guidance and practical tools for exam success.
The Practice Paper for GCSE English Language ,Paper Two offers comprehensive support for teachers following the AQA curriculum. Here’s an overview of its content and its usefulness in supporting students in understanding how to respond to the different questions:
Reading Section: The paper contains two rich, contrasting texts on gardening -one set in 2020 and the other in 1873. Students are tasked with summarizing differences, analyzing language, and comparing perspectives across both texts. This structure mirrors AQA exam questions, enhancing students’ exam readiness.
Writing Section: The second part requires students to compose an article about gardening, allowing them to practice persuasive writing and structuring arguments effectively.
Guidance: Teachers can use the provided guidance to evaluate responses across reading and writing tasks, using AQA’s assessment objectives Additionally, the model answers act as exemplars, illustrating what successful responses should look like. These provide an opportunity for students to look closely at the language features and the structure of successful reading responses.
Supplementary Quiz - An extension quiz is provided to assess understanding of language devices.
This paper will be invaluable for AQA teachers, offering realistic practice and clear guidance aligned with curriculum expectations.
This comprehensive guide is designed to help GCSE students excel in both the reading and descriptive writing sections of the AQA English Language Paper 1. It provides clear, practical strategies for approaching each type of question, with step-by-step advice and model responses tailored to exam requirements.
Key Features
Reading Section:
Extract and Practice Questions: The extract is taken from a mystery novel about a family who experience strange events at their cottage . Typical AQA questions are provided to assess comprehension.
In-Depth Question Guidance: Detailed advice on how to respond to each question type, from basic information retrieval to deeper analysis and evaluation.
Language Examples: Some examples are provided to show students how to structure answers in reading, use subject-specific vocabulary, and apply evaluative language.
Exam Skills: Strategies to help students identify key information, understand how to interpret language and structure, and analyze the writer’s techniques effectively.
Descriptive Writing Section:
Sensory and Figurative Language: Practical examples and exercises to help students develop their use of sensory details and figurative language, such as similes and metaphors, to create vivid, atmospheric descriptions.
Exam-Specific Tips: Tailored advice for AQA Paper 1, focusing on breaking down the task.
Model Descriptive Responses: High-quality examples that demonstrate effective use of descriptive techniques and language choices.
Perfect For:
Teachers seeking comprehensive resources for teaching both reading and descriptive writing skills
Students aiming to improve their understanding of reading comprehension and creative writing techniques
Tutors looking to support students with exam preparation for AQA English Language Paper 1
This guide will help students build confidence in their reading and writing skills, offering structured guidance and practical tools for exam success.
The Practice Paper for GCSE English Language ,Paper Two (Foraging) offers comprehensive support for teachers following the AQA curriculum.
Here’s an overview of its content and its usefulness in supporting students in understanding how to respond to the different questions:
Reading Section The paper contains two rich, contrasting texts on foraging — one contemporary and the other in the 1880s. Students are tasked with summarizing differences, analyzing language, and comparing perspectives across both texts. This structure mirrors AQA exam questions, enhancing students’ exam readiness.
*Writing Section: *The second part requires students to compose an argumentative essay on sustainability, allowing them to practice argumentative writing and structuring arguments effectively.
Marking Support: The model answers act as exemplars, illustrating what successful responses should look like. These provide an opportunity to look closely at the language features and the structure of successful reading responses.There is also a guidance section which teachers can share with students.
For students with additional difficulties, a Key Vocabulary booklet is provided with targeted words taken from the Sources. Students are encouraged to use colours for separate syllables to aid memory.
This paper will be invaluable for AQA teachers, offering realistic practice and clear guidance aligned with curriculum expectations.
The Practice Paper for GCSE, English Language - AQA ,Paper Two (The Amazon) offers comprehensive support for teachers following the AQA curriculum. Here’s an overview of its content and its usefulness in supporting students in understanding how to respond to the different questions:
Reading Section: The paper contains two rich, contrasting texts on exploring The Amazon - one from the 1950s and the other from the 1850s. Students are tasked with summarizing differences, analyzing language, and comparing perspectives across both texts. This structure mirrors AQA exam questions, enhancing students’ exam readiness.
Writing Section: The second part requires students to compose an argumentative essay, allowing them to practice argumentative writing and structuring arguments effectively.
Marking Support: The model answers act as exemplars, illustrating what successful responses should look like. These provide an opportunity to look closely at the language features and the structure of successful reading responses.There is also a guidance section which teachers can share with students to improve writing.
For students with additional difficulties, a Woodland Fact Sheet booklet is provided to help prepare for the writing question.
This paper will be invaluable for AQA teachers, offering realistic practice and clear guidance aligned with curriculum expectations.
The Practice Paper for GCSE English Language ,Paper Two (The Channel Crossing) offers comprehensive support for teachers following the AQA curriculum.
Here’s an overview of its content and its usefulness in supporting students in understanding how to respond to the different questions:
Reading Section: The paper contains two rich, contrasting texts on The Channel Crossing - one contemporary and the other from the 1890s. Students are tasked with summarizing differences, analyzing language, and comparing perspectives across both texts. This structure mirrors AQA exam questions, enhancing students’ exam readiness.
Writing Section: The second part requires students to compose an argumentative essay about travelling by train or ferry, allowing them to practice argumentative writing and structuring arguments effectively.
Marking Support: The model answers act as exemplars, illustrating what successful responses should look like. These provide an opportunity to look closely at the language features and the structure of successful reading responses.There is also a guidance section which teachers can share with students for writing.
For students with additional difficulties, an engaging, short play about writing an argument is provided to help prepare for the writing question.
This paper will be invaluable for AQA teachers, offering realistic practice and clear guidance aligned with curriculum expectations.
This resource is designed to support teachers preparing students for the AQA, GCSE, English Literature exam, specifically focusing on the opening of Romeo and Juliet, Act 3, Scene 2. The resource offers comprehensive tools to help students analyse key themes, such as despair, tragedy and love, while providing structured guidance to tackle extract-based questions.
The Unit Contains:
Two Practice Question Prompt: These questions focus on the theme of conflict in the play.
Model Answer: One model answer is provided to show the structure of a successful response.
PEEL-based Plan: A step-by-step guide that helps students structure their responses to extract questions, incorporating close textual analysis and linking themes from the extract to the play as a whole.
Additional Resources to Support Lower Ability
Novel-Style Rewrite of Act 3, Scene 2: To make Shakespeare’s language more accessible, the opening of this pivotal scene has been re-imagined as a prose narrative. This helps students grasp the underlying emotions, character motivations, and tension in the scene.
Glossary of difficult vocabulary: A detailed breakdown of challenging terms from the extract, allowing students to fully understand Shakespeare’s language.
Why Use This Resource?
Accessibility: The novel-style rewrite and glossary make the text approachable for students of varying abilities, particularly those who may struggle with Shakespearean language.
Exam-focused: The model essays and PEEL structure help students develop exam-ready responses, teaching them to analyze language, character, and theme systematically.
This resource will equip your students with the tools to confidently engage with Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet in preparation for the AQA, GCSE exam.
Aimed for GCSE, (AQA) English Language teachers, this resource is ideal to teach the different elements of Paper One. It includes model responses to the practice questions which will help students understand what is required of them and provides a useful resource for examination preparation!
The practice paper, reading material is a detailed, engaging extract taken from a novel about mountaineering. It allows students to practice skills such as understanding characters, setting, and emotions while responding to AQA-style questions. The paper contains typical Section A questions. focusing on reading comprehension and analysis, with questions addressing language techniques, structure, and character evaluation.
Section B provides creative writing prompts, encouraging students to either describe a mountaineering scene - picture prompt - or write a story about a mountain rescue.
Model answers are included to give students examples of high-quality responses, guiding them on how to structure answers and use evidence effectively. Students will be able to see the type of language they need to use to respond to the text. These are followed by reference to how the model responses meet the assessment criteria.
An additional resource on using similes in creative writing is provided. This includes a detailed explanation, examples and an exercise. It is useful for an extension activity to help students develop their writing.
The following GCSE, English Literature guide includes a practice GCSE question, extract taken from Chapter 3: Dr Jekyll was Quite at Ease, a plan, a model essay and an independent writing task.
The detailed essay is effective in helping students think about the elements that make an engaging response. This is followed by a PEEL plan, demonstrating the features of the essay based on the AQA, Assessment Criteria.
There is an independent, writing question with an extract from Chapter 1. This will allow students to practise the essay writing skills they have learnt.
To familiarise students with the content of Chapter 3, a play version and comprehension is provided. This can be used as an extension exercise to help understand this crucial part of the novel.
Finally, an imaginary interview with Robert Louis Stevenson is included in which the author discusses the idea of duality. This will help students understand this tricky concept.
These resources will support students in meeting the demands of the English Literature curriculum!
These resources are tailored to support teachers preparing students for the AQA, GCSE English Language exam, with a particular focus on Paper 1. They are suitable for students with additional needs such as dyslexia and autism because they include scaffolds to write their response. This is an effective way to prepare students to write answers independently.
As well as a practice paper, the unit provides writing scaffolds, model paragraphs and structured responses, to help students develop their skills in analyzing texts and constructing well-developed answers.
The materials guide students through understanding how writers use language, structure, and setting to create meaning, with specific emphasis on psychological fiction.
Additionally, for the writing section the resources offer detailed sentence frames and writing prompts, making them suitable for students who may benefit from extra support in breaking down tasks and building confidence in their writing.
The package includes sample responses to key exam questions using the scaffolds. These resources are perfect for helping students with additional needs master the skills required for creative reading and writing in the AQA curriculum
