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A complete walking talking mock for AQA English language paper 1. Includes a student booklet containing model answers which encourage students to achieve thoughtful responses, exam tips and opportunity for students to practice annotation and structuring answers to the questions. This resource uses the November 18 AQA English language inserts. A power point is included to guide students through the mock including mark schemes.

Rather than differentiation, many schools are thinking more in terms of scaffolding in the current climate. The attached documents include: a ppt used for CPD a guidance document containing a range of strategies that can be used to scaffold work for children.

A Walking talking mock that uses the AQA examiner feedback from the summer exams to guide students through a process of planning and then writing answers to English language paper 2. Power point (86 slides) and student work booklet included. This resource focuses on helping students to: plan their responses to the questions structure shorter but more effective responses consider the order in which to answer the questions explore methods and their effect concisely improve responses through model answers develop their transactional writing plan and sgtructure effective persuasive writing explore rhetoric and what makes it effective Source material: extracts are on the topic of train travel as used in the summer 23 exams Model answers included.

A presentation used for staff CPD around strategies for increasing the ratio. Active engagement versus thinking. The presentation is rooted in educational research from Doug Lemov and Tom Sherrington. The presentation: sets out expectations of all students in our classrooms explains the ratio spectrum with examples of actions that would place students in varying positions on the ratio graph emphasises the importance of ‘no opt out’ with strategies for ensuring this explores the concept of active observation and how it an be used to increase the ratio explores how the ratio can be increased through writing, questioning and discussion simultaneously - in detail considers the difference between formative and summative writing incorporates a section where the CPD leader models a process for increasing the ratio through writing, questioning and discussion using the teachers as students - participants consider the question “What makes a good lesson?”

A CPD presentation that introduces the strategies of: presenting new information in small steps modelling scaffolding This presentation is aimed at re-introducing teachers to these important elements of Rosenshine’s principles of instruction and includes some examples of how this may look in the classroom.

Two fully differentiated (by colour) lessons that cover chapter 6 of Jekyll and Hyde and meet the requirements of the new GCSE 9-1 specification. All lessons are fully differentiated by colour Purple = lower ability Blue = middle ability Yellow = higher ability Red = most able Interleaving: secrecy and entrapment in the novella and in other texts

Ideal for year 7 or year 8. Five lessons to develop the AQA new specification paper 2 skills for question 3 using the AQA KS3 papers. Also ideal for low ability KS4 - language analysis practice (paper 2 question 3) Resources provide opportunity to: - explore non fiction texts - select and retrieve explicit information - identify example of a writer's language - explain the effect of writer's language - use writing frames to structure a response - peer and self assess - explore the context of Luther King's speech Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher Texts included: - Martin Luther King speech - 19th century extract from The watercress girl - Modern non fiction text - Living dolls - Modern and 19th century text about street music

Resources to support the development of Accelerated Reader programme and DEAR sessions which are dedicated to reading. (DEAR) In my school students read for 20 minutes daily. Resource bundle includes: - a presentation for staff on Accelerated reader including purpose and benefits - including educational research regarding the importance of reading - a presentation for students on Accelerated reader and DEAR - templates for book and library passes - example book marks - an example student planner page to log reading - a presentation on reading engagement strategies

2 fully differentiated (by colour) lessons to support the teaching of 19th century extracts taken from Jane Eyre and Nicholas Nickleby. The focus of these lessons is school life and students will consider the presentation of school in the 19th century and compare this to school life in the 21st century. Opportunities to compare the two 19th century texts. Extracts are taken from the AQA new specification 9-1, 19th century texts booklet and is included in this resource pack. Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow = higher ability

A Walking talking mock that uses the AQA examiner feedback from summer 2023 to guide students through a process of planning and then writing answers/essays to the Unseen poetry questions. Power point and student work booklet included. This resource focuses on helping students to: understand the unseen poems quickly plan their response create thesis statements Exam questions used in this resource: Autumn poem Model answers included.

Resource to support exam revision for new specification AQA Power and conflict. Resource guides students through comparing Kamikaze and Poppies Included: - mark scheme wording to help students - a sample comparison paragraph - tasks to help students identify similarities and differences

A differentiated (by colour) lesson to support the teaching of comparison between Storm on the Island and Exposure from the AQA power and conflict anthology. Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher

This presentation was used at conferences to explore the concept of work scrutiny in schools. The presentation: explores the what, how and why of work scrutiny addresses the problems with work scrutiny provides examples and non examples is rooted in relevant research explores how work scrutiny can become much more impactful in schools / departments takes Ofsted into account and their implementation of work scrutiny as part of a deep dive compares work scrutiny with a book look provides potential templates that could be used to make the process of work scrutiny much more impactful

A walking talk mock (power point presentation and student work booklet) to build skills for AQA English language paper 2 question 5. The resource: explores the mark scheme explores examiner feedback explores stronger and weaker answers provides exemplar student answers with annotations explores ethos, logos, pathos as a method for persuasion provides an effective sample structure provides a step by step approach to creating an impactful response

A complete walking talking mock for AQA English language paper 2. Includes a student booklet containing model answers which encourage students to achieve thoughtful responses, exam tips and opportunity for students to practice annotation and structuring answers to the questions. This resource uses the November 18 AQA English language inserts. A power point is included to guide students through the mock including mark schemes.

100+ slides that guide students through how to tackle language paper 1 question by question. Includes: tips and guidance for each question model answers that achieve marks across the mark scheme Do now activities Activities to help students with descriptive and narrative writing These resources use the 2017 paper where the extract is taken from Labyrinth by Kate Mosse.

A Walking talking mock that uses the AQA examiner feedback from summer 2023 to guide students through a process of planning and then writing answers/essays to the ‘An Inspector Calls’ question. Power point (40 slides) and student work booklet included. This resource focuses on helping students to: plan their response consider the text chronologically embed context rather than bolt it on at the end consider how themes can be context rather than just Historical events create thesis statements consider the texts as a construct Exam questions used in this resource: Selfishness & Sheila as a character who learns lessons Model answers included.

A Walking talking mock that uses the AQA examiner feedback from summer 2023 to guide students through a process of planning and then writing answers/essays to the ‘Macbeth’ question. Power point (37 slides) and student work booklet included. This resource focuses on helping students to: • plan their response • consider the text chronologically • embed context rather than bolt it on at the end • consider how themes can be context rather than just Historical events • create thesis statements • consider the texts as a construct Exam questions used in this resource: Macbeth’s violence Model answers included. Additional exam question used: Macbeth and Banquo’s attitude towards the super natural.

A walking talking mock that uses the 2023 paper and inserts about train journeys. Power point presentation and student work booklet included that: guides students through strategies for answering each of the questions in section A in order to secure at least a grade 5 provides students with level 2 responses and guides them through how to create level 3 and 4 answers supports students in how to read the sources effectively supports students in making inferences and considering the big ideas to help with structuring academic responses advises students to read the questions first