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This resource supports GCSE (AQA), English Language students in answering Q5 of Paper 1. It provides a picture prompt, a model answer and questions to deepen understanding of the successful features. An additional spelling activity is provided to help write about a related picture prompt. Students are required to copy the syllables of words in different colours and locate examples of key words in a visual tracking sheet. The topic of the picture is a market scene. Students have to use imagery and interesting sentence structures to create a description. The resource is ideal for students who struggle with descriptive writing and supports students with additional needs.

The unit contains a reading, practice paper and a picture prompt for the writing section. The reading extract is taken from an early twentieth century novel , set in rural Wales. It focuses on a wild, nature loving woman. Along with typical exam questions, there are a set of notes that can be used with students to help them understand how to deepen their responses. The writing section includes a rural image accompanied by a model answer. This can be used to analyse its successful features. The unit is a successful and effective resource to prepare students for Paper One (AQA).

Using the GCSE (AQA) - Paper One examination format, this reading practice paper contains an extract, questions and model answers. The extract is taken from the opening of a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, “This Side of Paradise”. It is an unusual opening due to the withholding of key information. This is followed by four questions, typical of the AQA exam paper. To support students, writing scaffolds are provided to help answer Questions 3 and 4. This is ideal for students who struggle to structure their ideas. Model answers are also included. A further booklet is provided which outlines the key structural devices.

This GCSE, English Language, Writing Unit is aimed at able students with additional needs such as Dyslexia, Autism and ADHD. It contains a persuasive/argumentative writing task, writing scaffold and model answer. A keyword spelling booklet is also included. The writing prompt is about whether the obsession with new technology is harmful. Students structure their ideas using a writing frame divided into six paragraphs. This helps them understand how to organise their ideas and develop a paragraph. Using a colour code technique and visual tracking activity, the keyword booklet provides a list of vocabulary used in the persuasive genre, such as beneficial, detrimental and unethical. The unit is effective in supporting students who have verbal ability, but struggle with reading and writing.

This GCSE, Eduqas, English Literature poetry resource provides a writing scaffold and model essay to compare Mametz Wood and Dulce Et Decorum Est. A writing scaffold is presented in the form of structured questions. These answers can be used to write an essay. Key quotations are included along with answers. A model essay is also provided so that students can discuss the features of a successful essay. The unit has shown to be effective in helping students learn how to structure their response.

The resource contains two extracts, one Victorian and one modern, on the topic of designing a room. Typical AQA, Paper Two questions are provided. Model answers are included for both the reading and writing sections. The writing, model answer section for writing uses questions to guide the student through the different stages of the essay. They act as a writing scaffold and help students structure their ideas. In the reading section, the model answers convey the analytical style needed to perform well on the exam. The unit can be used as a teaching unit for Paper 2, or as part of a revision class.

This WJEC, Unit 2, Practice Paper contains extracts, a practice paper exam, model answers and a list of key words used in the extracts with accompanying activities. The extracts (A to E) focus on the fast food industry and are typical of those used in the WJEC exam. These are accompanied with a question paper and model answers/indicative content. For students with additional needs such as dyslexia, a list of keywords is provided. Students have to copy each syllable in a different colour to aid memory. A spelling assessment is also included. The unit is a useful teaching aid for Unit 2 and will support dyslexic students!

Using language rich activities, this Functional Skills (Level 2), writing unit contains a model answer with vocabulary and sentence activities. It contains an additional booklet to improve keyword reading fluency. The unit begins with a discussion about the disadvantages of having a fast food restaurant opened in the local area. Students then explore the vocabulary and sentences used in the model answer. There are two follow up writing tasks with a plan provided. The unit ends with a supplementary sentence ordering activity. The second booklet contains a syllable, colour code task and a spelling assessment. This will help students read the model text accurately. The unit is focused on improving basic skills of grammar and spelling in the context of a writing task.

This unit is aimed to improve performance on the GCSE (AQA), English Language, Paper Two: Writing section. It contains a model response to the question, “A report recently found that teenage boys are concerned that their muscles are too small. It is a sign that young people are too obsessed with their body image.” How far do you support this statement? To prepare students to understand the successful features of this model piece of writing, students will learn the vocabulary (along with their meaning/spelling) and sentence structures used in the response. After reading the model essay, there are some comprehension questions to help understand it. Finally, there is an independent writing task to see if they have learnt to structure and write a persuasive text. An additional booklet is included with sentence openers to use at different stages of a persuasive or argumentative essay. Students practice using these based on different prompts.

Using model responses and guidance, this English Language, GCSE (AQA), Paper Two unit consists of two non-fiction extracts, model answer guidance and a writing section. The reading extracts are based on a visit to Brazil. The Victorian text is taken from a diary from Charles Darwin and the modern one is taken from a travel account. Questions are provided, along with answers to the extended reading response questions. A separate writing section includes a question prompt about technology, a model response and a list of speaking and listening questions. A plan is also included. The unit is successful in helping students improve their Paper Two response.

Using comprehension questions, a writing frame and a model essay, this GCSE (AQA), English Literature resource focuses on two poems from the Power and Conflict Anthology. The unit begins with a series of comprehension questions structured into a literal, inferential and analytical understanding of My Last Duchess. This followed by an activity in which students choose adjectives to describe The Duke. The section on Ozymandias contains a True/False statement activity to check understanding of the poem. Answers to the activities are provided. A question is included, typical of the AQA, English Literature exam. A writing frame helps students structure their response. A model essay based on this writing frame is included. The unit provides an effective framework, so that students can learn how to write a coherent essay on two poems from the anthology.

This GCSE, English Language, Paper Two (AQA) resource prepares students for the reading and writing sections. It contains a reading, practice paper and a non-fiction writing unit. The reading, practice paper contains a Victorian essay about a visit to a church and a modern travel article on a similar theme. Typical exam questions are included for students to practice. There is an in depth, indicative content section to show students how to structure their response and the information they should have included. The writing unit is aimed at students who struggle to express their ideas. A model answer about whether living in the countryside or city is better. Based on this model text, there are sentence, vocabulary and paragraph activities. The unit has been effective in helping students improve their non-fiction writing. This unit is an ideal resource to prepare students for Paper Two!

This Functional Skills, Level 2, Writing Unit focuses on improving the use of sentence structure, vocabulary and paragraphs by using a model text. It focuses on writing an article to encourage people to visit their town or city. Each section demonstrates the use of appropriate sentence types, vocabulary or punctuation. There are photocopiable sentence activities in which the students has to put the sentence in the correct order. It also provides a sentence fragment matching activity. The Vocabulary Section involves reading the words and definitions and finding the target words in a tracker. Students then read the model text based on reviewing the positive aspects of Birmingham. The unit is an effective way to help students improve the structure of their writing and helps them use appropriate vocabulary and grammar.

Ideal for students who find structuring their ideas difficult, this GCSE, English Language (AQA), Practice Paper One contains writing frames for students to use. The extract is taken from The Crux by Charlotte Gilman, an early 20th Century novelist and short story writer. This is followed by typical, AQA, Paper One questions. After each of the reading response questions, a writing frame is included to help students formulate their ideas. Indicative content is given to identify successful features of the answers. The writing section contains a picture prompt and a story prompt. An adjective list is provided to help students include ambitious vocabulary. A model opening to the story prompt is also provided. An additional booklet outlines the features of psychological narrative - one of the main genre types assessed in Paper One. It has key extracts and comprehension questions to help students reflect on the different aspects of psychological narrative.

WIth model answers and guidance, this Eduqas, GCSE, English Language, Practice Paper (Component One) offers invaluable support for students. The extract is taken from a short story by DH Lawrence, ‘England, My England’. It contains five questions to assess understanding - the question section follows the same format as Component One. Model Answers for both the writing and reading section are included. These support students by demonstrating the structure and content required for each question. This unit is an effective way to help students understand how to answer the reading and writing section and succeed in responding to the Reading and Writing Sections!

WIth model answers and guidance, this AQA, GCSE, English Language, Practice Paper One offers invaluable support for students, including those with dyslexia. The extract is taken from a short story by DH Lawrence, ‘England, My England’. It contains four questions to assess understanding - the question section follows the same format as Paper One. Model Answers for both the writing and reading section are included. An additional resource to support dyslexic students is also provided. It contains visual activities based on keywords and phrases from the extract. A definition, activity is included as well. This unit is an effective way to help students understand how to answer the reading and writing section.

Focusing on GCSE (AQA), Paper 1 - Question 3, this unit provides texts, question prompts, model answer activities and a writing frame. It is suitable for English Language students who struggle to structure their ideas. Booklet One includes a text from The Garden Party by Katherine Mansfield. It contains a framework to analyse the structure question and model paragraphs. Booklet Two includes the opening from another short story, The Daughters of the Late Colonel. A writing frame is provided to structure a response. A list of suggested phrases is included to use in Question 3 responses. This unit provides useful guidance for a question many students struggle to understand because of its focus on structural devices.

This free An Inspector Calls, GCSE resource includes a writing frame based on the essay question ‘How does JB Priestly present the theme of responsibility in the play?’. It supports students who struggle to structure their ideas by using a structure in which to express their ideas.