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Language and Technology A Level Unit

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A 10 lesson unit comprising a 68 slide PowerPoint, 9 different worksheets (including texts for analysis) exploring the topic of Language and Technology and a summary terminology and theory sheet. Each lesson includes a starting discussion prompt which acts as a learning objective, detailed notes on the theories and concepts listed below, a worksheet (with the exception of lesson nine) and activities, and a homework task. The following theories and concepts are covered: Hiltz and Turoff – CMC (1978) Emmanuel Schegloff – Telephone conversation structure (1986) David Crystal – Textspeak (2004) Celia Klin – The role of full stops in text messages (2015) David Crystal – Netspeak (2004 and 2008) Eric Partridge – Dictionary of Abbreviations (1942) Crispin Thurlow – Sociolinguistic functions of text messages (2003) Tim Shortis – The Language of ICT (2000) John McWhorter – Fingered speech and texting (2013) Elizabeth Eisenstein – The Printing Press (1983) Jeff Jarvis – the positive impact of the internet on language (2023) Susan Herring – CMC and CMDA (2018) Christopher Werry – IRC and Netiquette (1996) Condon and Čech – E-mail discourse (2010) Amanda Roig-Marin – Cyber-neologism blends (2016) Evelyn Nien-Ming Ch’ien – The Democratization of English (2004) Hyejeong Ahn and Jieun Kiaer – Korean Pop Culture Words (2021) Philip Seargeant – The Emoji Revolution (2019) Michele Zappavigna and Lorenzo Logi – Emoji and Social Media Paralanguage (2024) danah boyd – It’s Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens (2004) Gretchen McCulloch – Because Internet (2022) There are some references to AQA-style A Level specification questions, but you can adapt these if needs be. These can be found on slides 57-65. Lesson 9 is based on an AQA A Level question. The final lesson is a consolidation activity complete with guided revision cards. Alternatively, you could use an app such as Quizlet so that the students could produce digital revision resources. Check out my other English Language A Level resources! Language and Gender Language and Region Language and Power and Occupation Language and Global and World Englishes Language Change Language and Ethnicity Language and Social Groups Language Discourses Language Discourses Opinion Writing Language Investigation AQA Paper 2 Revision
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Language and Gender A Level Unit

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A 10 lesson unit comprising a 66 slide PowerPoint, 9 different worksheets (including transcripts) exploring the topic of Language and Gender and a summary terminology and theory sheet. Each lesson includes a starting discussion prompt which acts as a learning objective, detailed notes on the theories and concepts listed below, a worksheet (with the exception of lesson nine) and activities, and a homework task. The following theories and concepts are covered: The Deficit Approach – Robin Lakoff (1973 & 1975) The Dominance Approach - Don Zimmerman & Candace West (1975), Dale Spender (1980) and Pamela Fishman (1978) The Deficit Approach – Otto Jesperson (1922) Folklinguistics Criticism of Zimmerman and West - Geoff Beattie (1981) Gossip – Jane Pilkington (1992 and 1998) The Difference Approach – Deborah Tannen (1990) and Janet Holmes (1995) Criticism of Holmes and politeness – Sara Mills (2003) Women, Men and Language – Jennifer Coates (1993) Norwich Study – Peter Trudgill (1974) Gender Trouble – Judith Butler (1990) The Myth of Mars and Venus – Deborah Cameron (2008) The Gender Similarities Hypothesis – Janet Hyde (2005) Verbal Hygiene – Deborah Cameron (1995) The Whole Woman – Penelope Eckert (1990) Relational Aggression – Rosalind Wiseman (2002) Gossip - Deborah Jones (1980) Gossip – Holly Hom (2004) Gossip – Nigel Nicholson (2001) Powerless Language – William O’Barr and Bowman Atkins (1980) Gendered workplace language – Barbara Eakins and R. Gene Eakins (1976) Gendered workplace language – Carole Edelsky (1981) There are some references to AQA-style A Level specification questions, but you can adapt these if needs be. These can be found on slides 56-63. Lesson 9 is based on an AQA A Level question. The final lesson is a consolidation activity complete with guided revision cards. Alternatively, you could use an app such as Quizlet so that the students could produce digital revision resources. Check out my other English Language A Level resources! Language and Region Language and Power and Occupation Language and Global and World Englishes Language Change Language and Technology Language and Ethnicity Language and Social Groups Language Discourses Language Discourses Opinion Writing Language Investigation AQA Paper 2 Revision
Language Change A Level Unit
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Language Change A Level Unit

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A 10 lesson unit comprising a 70 slide PowerPoint, 9 different worksheets (including texts for analysis) exploring the topic of Language Change and a summary terminology and theory sheet. Each lesson includes a starting discussion prompt which acts as a learning objective, detailed notes on the theories and concepts listed below, a worksheet (with the exception of lesson nine) and activities, and a homework task. The following theories and concepts are covered: Lexical, Semantic, Phonological, Grammatical and Orthographical processes David Crystal – A Sea of Language Change and tidal metaphor (1999) Diachronic and Synchronic Linguistic Change Origins of Old English and Middle English Descriptivism and Prescriptivism Samuel Johnson – Dictionary of the English Language (1755) Robert Lowth – A Short Introduction to English Grammar (1762) Jonathan Swift - ‘A Proposal for Correcting, Improving and Ascertaining the English Tongue’ (1712) John Walker – A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary (1791) Otto Jespersen – Great Vowel Shift (1909) William Caxton – Printing Press (1476) John McWhorter – Textspeak (2013) Jean Aitchison – Language Change Progress or Decay? (2012) Vocal Fry and Uptalk Martin Janssen – Lexical gaps (2012) Functional view/theory Linguistic determinism and the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis Charles Hockett - Random Fluctuation Theory (1958) Peter Trudgill – Language Myths (1990) John Humphrys – Prescriptivist grammatical change Lynne Truss – Eats, Shoots and Leaves (2003) Jean Aitchison – A Web of Worries (1996) Guy Deutscher – The Unfolding of Language (2006) James Milroy and Lesley Milroy – Complaint tradition (1985) Robert Lane Greene – You Are What You Speak (2011) There are some references to AQA-style A Level specification questions, but you can adapt these if needs be. These can be found on slides 59-67. Lesson 9 is based on an AQA A Level question. The final lesson is a consolidation activity complete with guided revision cards. Alternatively, you could use an app such as Quizlet so that the students could produce digital revision resources. Check out my other English Language A Level resources! Language and Gender Language and Region Language and Power and Occupation Language and Global and World Englishes Language and Technology Language and Ethnicity Language and Social Groups Language Discourses Child Language Acquisition Speaking
Language and Power and Occupation A Level Unit
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Language and Power and Occupation A Level Unit

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A 10 lesson unit comprising a 69 slide PowerPoint, 9 different worksheets (including a range of transcripts) exploring the topic of Language and Power and Occupation and a summary terminology and theory sheet. Each lesson includes a starting discussion prompt which acts as a learning objective, detailed notes on the theories and concepts listed below, a worksheet (with the exception of lesson nine) and activities, and a homework task. The following theories and concepts are covered: Shân Wareing – Types of Power, 1999 Pierre Bourdieu – Language and Symbolic Power, 1993 Norman Fairclough – Types of power, 1984 Erving Goffman – Face-work, 1967 Brown and Levinson – Politeness Theory, 1987 Howard Giles – Communication Accommodation Theory, 1973 Drew and Heritage - Institutional Talk and Inferential Frameworks, 1992 John Swales – Discourse Community, 1990 Sinclair and Coulthard – IRF Model and Teacher Talk, 1975 and 1992 Paul Grice – Cooperative Principle and Gricean Maxims, 1975 Almut Koester – Phatic Talk in the Workplace, 2004 Judith Baxter – Double-voiced discourse, 2014 Janet Holmes and Maria Stubbe - Power and Politeness in the Workplace, 2003 & 2015 There are some references to AQA-style A Level specification questions, but you can adapt these if needs be. These can be found on slides 58-66. Lesson 9 is based on an AQA A Level question. The final lesson is a consolidation activity complete with guided revision cards. Alternatively, you could use an app such as Quizlet so that the students could produce digital revision resources. Check out my other English Language A Level resources! Language and Gender Language and Region Language and Global and World Englishes Language Change Language and Technology Language and Ethnicity Language and Social Groups Language Discourses Analysing Spoken Language Child Language Acquisition - Speech Child Language Acquisition - Reading and Writing Language Discourses Opinion Writing Language Investigation AQA Paper 2 Revision
A Level English Language Taster Lesson
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A Level English Language Taster Lesson

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A taster lesson designed to introduce A Level English Language to Year 11 students which can also be used as an introductory lesson for Year 12 at the beginning of the course. Exploring the topic of Language Change, the resources are not tied to any specification and do not reference any assessment objectives (although these are implied). The following documents are included: A 13 slide PowerPoint introducing the topic of Language Change with references to decline and evolution and to Jean Aitchison’s metaphors for linguistic change (damp spoon, crumbling castle and infectious disease). The lesson includes a starter activity with a word definition matching exercise; a text comparison analysis; a taught discussion activity on the metaphors; a debate; and reflection questions. Opportunities for stretch and challenge are included. A handout with three texts from differing eras for analysis. A lesson plan with guidance for one or more lessons. Check out my other English Language resources: Language and Gender Language and Region Language and Power and Occupation Language and Global and World Englishes Language Change Language and Technology Language and Ethnicity Language and Social Groups Analysing Spoken Language Child Language Acquisition - Speech Child Language Acquisition - Reading and Writing Language Discourses - Section B, Question 3 Language Discourses - Section B, Question 4 Original Writing NEA Language Investigation AQA Paper 1 Revision AQA Paper 2 Revision Check out my other introductory A Level resources: Introduction to A Level English Literature Introduction to A Level English Language A Level English Literature Taster Lesson A Level English Language and Literature Taster Lesson
AQA NEA - Original Writing - A Level English Language Unit
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AQA NEA - Original Writing - A Level English Language Unit

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A 9 lesson unit comprising a 65 slide PowerPoint and 9 different worksheets exploring the Original Writing NEA for AQA English Language A Level. Each lesson includes a starting discussion prompt which acts as a learning objective, detailed guidance on the skills and ideas listed below, a worksheet and activities, worked questions and exemplar responses, and a homework task. The following skills are covered: Original writing – what is it? Genre, purpose and audience How to analyse a text based on its genre, purpose and audience Information texts and their linguistic features Persuasive texts and their linguistic features Storytelling texts and their linguistic features How to choose and annotate a style model How to plan and write the first draft of the original writing piece How to review and edit a second draft of the original writing piece How to plan and write the commentary Check out my other English Language resources: Language Investigation Language and Gender Language and Region Language and Power and Occupation Language and Global and World Englishes Language Change Language and Technology Language and Ethnicity Language and Social Groups Analysing Spoken Language Child Language Acquisition - Speech Child Language Acquisition - Reading and Writing Language Discourses - Section B, Question 3 Language Discourses - Opinion Writing - Section B Question 4 Language Levels AQA Paper 2 Revision
Language Discourses A Level Unit AQA Paper 2 Question 3
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Language Discourses A Level Unit AQA Paper 2 Question 3

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A 10 lesson unit comprising a 71 slide PowerPoint, 10 different worksheets (including texts for analysis) exploring the topic of Language Discourses and a summary terminology and theory sheet.The following are covered and taught as part of the unit: self-representation of the writer; positioning of the audience; evaluating and challenging discourses; applying different linguistic levels; context and genre; comparison. Each lesson includes a starting discussion prompt which acts as a learning objective, detailed notes on the theories and concepts listed below, a worksheet (with the exception of lesson nine) and activities, and a homework task. The following theories and concepts are covered: Definition of language discourses Descriptivism and prescriptivism Sticklerism – Robert Lane Greene (2011) Eats, Shoots & Leaves – Lynne Truss (2003) Declinism – Robert Lane Greene (2011) Crumbling Castle, Infectious Disease and Damp Spoon – Jean Aitchison (1996) Standard and Non-Standard English Complaint Tradition – James and Lesley Milroy (1987) Complaint Tradition – John McWhorter (2013) The Language Wars – Henry Hitchings (2011) Verbal Hygiene – Deborah Cameron (1995) David Crystal – A Sea of Language Change The final lesson is a consolidation activity complete with guided revision cards. Alternatively, you could use an app such as Quizlet so that the students could produce digital revision resources. Check out my other English Language resources: Language and Gender Language and Region Language and Power and Occupation Language and Global and World Englishes Language Change Language and Technology Language and Ethnicity Language and Social Groups Analysing Spoken Language Child Language Acquisition - Speech Child Language Acquisition - Reading and Writing Language Discourses - Question 4 Opinion Article Original Writing NEA Language Investigation AQA Paper 2 Revision
A Portable Paradise - AQA Poetry - two GCSE lessons
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A Portable Paradise - AQA Poetry - two GCSE lessons

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Two detailed lessons exploring 'A Portable Paradise’ by Roger Robinson from the Worlds and Lives Cluster in the AQA GCSE English Literature poetry anthology. The Powerpoint guides students through the poem in the first lesson with detailed annotation guidance, contextual information and detailed questions. The second lesson guides students through an analysis of the poem based on an exam-style question. The lessons will challenge, extend and engage students. Also suitable for students targeting very high grades. Lesson plan included!
Child Language Acquisition - Reading and Writing - A Level Unit
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Child Language Acquisition - Reading and Writing - A Level Unit

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A 10 lesson unit comprising a 70 slide PowerPoint and 10 different worksheets exploring the topic of child language acquisition (reading and writing) and a summary terminology and theory sheet. The first 2 lessons are about reading and the final 8 are about writing. This unit can be used for any exam board. Each lesson includes a starting discussion prompt which acts as a learning objective, detailed notes on the theories and terminology listed below, a worksheet containing examples of writing or a transcript (or revision cards for lesson 10), and a homework task. The following theories and terminology are covered: Early literacy – Shirley Brice Heath (1983) Stages of Reading Development – Jeanne Chall (1983) Features of reading schemes Language Acquisition Support System – Jerome Bruner (1983) Synthetic phonics Stages of writing development – Barry Kroll (1981) Emergent writing Stages of writing development – Kathy Barclay (1996) Emergent literacy – Marie Clay (1975) Initial literacy – Yetta Goodman (1985) Ascender/descender graphemes, cursive handwriting and different types of join The impact of touchscreen technology on children’s writing – Dunn and Sweeney (2018) Homophones, graphemes and digraphs Stages of spelling - Bear, Invernizzi, Templeton & Johnston (2004); Bear & Templeton (1998); Gentry (1977; 1982) Categories of spelling errors Functions of punctuation – David Crystal (1995) Learning About Punctuation – Nick Hall and Susan Robinson (1996) Playful punctuation – Andrew Burrell and Roger Beard (2022) Genre theory in children’s writing – J.R. Martin and Jean Rothery (1981) How genre is linked to schoolwork – Frances Christie (1987) Modes of children’s writing – James Britton (1982) Chronology in texts – Katherine Perera (1984) The final lesson is a consolidation activity complete with guided revision cards. Alternatively, you could use an app such as Quizlet so that the students could produce digital revision resources. Check out my other English Language resources: Language and Gender Language and Region Language and Power and Occupation Language and Global and World Englishes Language Change Language and Technology Language and Ethnicity Language and Social Groups Language Discourses Analysing Spoken Language Child Language Acquisition - Speech
Child Language Acquisition - Speaking - A Level Unit
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Child Language Acquisition - Speaking - A Level Unit

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A 10 lesson unit comprising a 74 slide PowerPoint and 10 different worksheets (8 include a transcript for analysis) exploring the topic of child language acquisition (speech) and a summary terminology and theory sheet. This unit can be used for any exam board. Each lesson includes a starting discussion prompt which acts as a learning objective, detailed notes on the theories and terminology listed below, a worksheet containing a transcript (or revision cards for lesson 10), and a homework task. The following theories and terminology are covered: Pre-verbal stages of CLA including reduplicated, variegated and jargon babbling Lexical and grammatical stages of CLA Nelson – Categories of first words (1973) Reduplication/ diminuitives/ addition/ substitution/ assimilation/ deletion/ consonant cluster reduction Gestalt expressions/ content and function words Noun bias –Bloom (2001) Language Acquisition Device (LAD) and Universal Grammar –Chomsky (1965) Virtuous errors/overextension/Underextension ‘Fis’ Phenomenon –Berko and Brown (1960) The Wug Test –Berko Gleason (1958) Pivot Schema –Braine (1973) Semantic Development –Brown (1973) The Acquisition of the System of Negation in Children’s Speech and Stages of Pronoun Acquisition –Bellugi (1967) Formation of questions –Brown (1968) Behaviourism –Skinner (1957) Social Learning Theory –Bandura (1977) A usage-based approach to learning language –Ibbotson (2009) Stages of Cognitive Development –Piaget (1936) Learning as a social process –Vygotsky (1930) Criticisms of Piaget’s Theory – Repacholi and Gopnik (1997) and Lewis and Ramsay (2004) Social Interactionism and LASS – Bruner (1983) Functions of Children’s Language – Halliday (1975) Functions of Children’s Language – Dore (1975) How a lack of social interactionism affects language learning – Pinker (1994) and Kuhl (2010) Child Directed Speech and its features The final lesson is a consolidation activity complete with guided revision cards. Alternatively, you could use an app such as Quizlet so that the students could produce digital revision resources. Check out my other English Language resources: Language and Gender Language and Region Language and Power and Occupation Language and Global and World Englishes Language Change Language and Technology Language Discourses Child Language Acquisition - Reading and Writing Language Investigation
Language and Ethnicity A Level Unit
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Language and Ethnicity A Level Unit

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A 10 lesson unit comprising a 68 slide PowerPoint, 9 different worksheets (including texts for analysis) exploring the topic of Language and Ethnicity and a summary terminology and theory sheet. Each lesson includes a starting discussion prompt which acts as a learning objective, detailed notes on the theories and concepts listed below, a worksheet (with the exception of lesson nine) and activities, and a homework task. The following theories and concepts are covered: Idiolect, dialect, sociolect and ethnolect Pidgins and creoles Multicultural London English – Cheshire andKerswill (2011) Multicultural British English – Drummond (2016) Black British English – Thompson (2022) Code switching – Haugen (1950s) Code mixing – Wardhaugh (1986) Types of Code Switching West Yorkshire Study - Ives (2014) White talk Black talk - Hewitt (1986) South London Study - Ives (2014) Code Switching - Holmes (2017) Language in a Black Community - Edwards (1986) The objectification of ‘Jafaican’ - Kerswill (2014) Ethnolects - Eckert (2008) Stylising the ‘roadman’ - Ilbury (2023) Style-shifting in Multicultural London English - Oxbury and De Leeuw (2020) Phonetic variation and change in the Cockney Diaspora - Cole and Evans (2020) Style Repertoire and Social Change in British Asian English – Sharma (2011) Style variation – Sharma and Rampton (2015) Aspects of identity in a second language – Drummond (2012) Language as a resistance identity – Pitts (2012) Black/white borders through linguistic stylization – Clark (2003) Style shifting and identity – Barrett (1994) Cultural appropriation in language – McWhorter (2021) Language and ethnicity and identity – Ogbu (1999) Linguistic Injustice – Baker-Bell (2020) There are some references to AQA-style A Level specification questions, but you can adapt these if needs be. These can be found on slides 57-65. Lesson 9 is based on an AQA A Level question. The final lesson is a consolidation activity complete with guided revision cards. Alternatively, you could use an app such as Quizlet so that the students could produce digital revision resources. Check out my other English Language A Level resources! Language and Gender Language and Region Language and Power and Occupation Language and Global and World Englishes Language Change Language and Technology Language and Social Groups Language Discourses Language Discourses Opinion Writing
Like an Heiress - AQA Poetry - two GCSE lessons
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Like an Heiress - AQA Poetry - two GCSE lessons

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Two detailed lessons exploring 'Like an Heiress’ by Grace Nichols from the Worlds and Lives Cluster in the AQA GCSE English Literature poetry anthology. The Powerpoint guides students through the poem in the first lesson with detailed annotation guidance, contextual information and detailed questions. The second lesson guides students through an analysis of the poem based on an exam-style question. The lessons will challenge, extend and engage students. Also suitable for students targeting very high grades. Lesson plan included!
Language and Social Groups A Level Unit
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Language and Social Groups A Level Unit

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A 10 lesson unit comprising a 67 slide PowerPoint, 9 different worksheets (including texts for analysis) exploring the topic of Language and Social Groups (with lots of work on Language and Age) and a summary terminology and theory sheet. Each lesson includes a starting discussion prompt which acts as a learning objective, detailed notes on the theories and concepts listed below, a worksheet (with the exception of lesson nine) and activities, and a homework task. The following theories and concepts are covered: Idiolect, dialect, sociolect and ethnolect Communication Accommodation Theory (Convergence, Divergence, Interpersonal & Intergroup Communication) – Giles (1971) Communities of Practice – Lave and Wenger (1991 and 1998) Social Network Theory Belfast Study – Milroy (1975) New York Study & Martha’s Vineyard Study – Labov (1966 and 1963) Follow up to Martha’s Vineyard Study – Blake and Josey (2003) Reading study and ‘Age and Generation-specific use of language’ – Cheshire (1982 and 2006) Emerging Adulthood in Sociolinguistics – Bigham (2012) Trends in Teenage Talk – Stenström, Andersen and Hasund (2002) Age in Sociolinguistics – Eckert (1997) Age identity in Japan and the US – Ota, Harwood, Williams and Takai (2000) Teenage Talk – Eckert (2003 and 1989) Teenage language in West Yorkshire – Ives Bolton Study – Moore (2010) Teenage Slang – de Klerk (1997) and Zimmerman (2009) Teenage Talk - Stenström (2014) The Language of British Teenagers - Martínez (2011) Use of tags – Berland (1997) ‘Like’ as a discourse maker – Odato (2013) Creative linguistic processes in teenage slang – Fajardo (2018) Elaborated and Restricted Code – Bernstein (1964 and 1971) Criticisms of Bernstein – Rosen and Labov (1972) and Ivinson (2017) Discourse Community – Swales (1990) There are some references to AQA-style A Level specification questions, but you can adapt these if needs be. These can be found on slides 56-64. Lesson 9 is based on an AQA A Level question. The final lesson is a consolidation activity complete with guided revision cards. Alternatively, you could use an app such as Quizlet so that the students could produce digital revision resources. Check out my other English Language A Level resources! Language and Gender Language and Region Language and Power and Occupation Language and Global and World Englishes Language Change Language and Technology Language and Ethnicity Language Discourses
A Level English Language and Literature Taster Lesson
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A Level English Language and Literature Taster Lesson

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A taster lesson designed to introduce A Level English Language and Literature to Year 11 students which can also be used as an introductory lesson for Year 12 at the beginning of the course. Exploring the topic of speech in drama, the resources are not tied to any specification and do not reference any assessment objectives (although these are implied). The following documents are included: A 9 slide PowerPoint introducing speech terminology (hesitations, fillers, deixis, prosodics, politeness, turn taking, idiom and pragmatics) and analysing speech in an extract from A Streetcar Named Desire. The lesson includes a starter activity with a speech analysis exercise; an extract analysis activity; whole class discussion; and reflection questions. Opportunities for stretch and challenge are included. A handout with guided analysis on an extract from Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire. A lesson plan with guidance for one or more lessons. Check out my other introductory A Level resources: Introduction to A Level English Language Introduction to A Level English Literature A Level English Language Taster Lesson A Level English Literature Taster Lesson
I Wandered Lonely as  a Cloud - New Eduqas Poetry Anthology - Two GCSE Lessons
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I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud - New Eduqas Poetry Anthology - Two GCSE Lessons

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From the new Eduqas poetry anthology (for 2025 with first examination in 2027), two detailed lessons exploring William Wordsworth’s ‘I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud’ from the Eduqas GCSE English Literature poetry anthology. The Powerpoint guides students through the poem in the first lesson with detailed annotation guidance, contextual information and detailed questions. The second lesson guides students through an analysis of the poem based on the two part exam-style question. The lessons will challenge, extend and engage students. Also suitable for students targeting very high grades. Lesson plan included!
Hurricane Hits England - Edexcel Poetry - two GCSE lessons
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Hurricane Hits England - Edexcel Poetry - two GCSE lessons

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Two detailed lessons exploring Grace Nichols’ ‘Hurricane Hits England’ from the Time and Place Cluster in the Edexcel GCSE English Literature poetry anthology. The Powerpoint guides students through the poem in the first lesson with thorough annotation guidance, contextual information and detailed questions. The second lesson guides students through an analysis of the poem based on an exam-style question. The lessons will challenge, extend and engage students. Also suitable for students targeting very high grades. Lesson plan included!
Language Discourses - Opinion Writing -  A Level Unit AQA Paper 2 Question 4
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Language Discourses - Opinion Writing - A Level Unit AQA Paper 2 Question 4

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A 9 lesson unit comprising a 74 slide PowerPoint and 10 different worksheets exploring the topic of the AQA Language Discourses opinion article (Paper 2, Section B, Question 4). Each lesson includes a starting discussion prompt which acts as a learning objective, detailed guidance on the skills and ideas listed below, a worksheet and activities, worked questions and exemplar responses, and a homework task. The following skills are covered: How to approach the question Developing an argument How to plan for and use theories, concepts and linguistic terminology Writing for a non-specialist audience Writing to position an audience or reader Consciously crafting an opinion piece using particular techniques Using relatable examples and anecdotes in the piece How to develop self-presentation as a writer using specific strategies Writing effective openings and endings How to evaluate and challenge viewpoints and arguments The final lesson includes a full exemplar response to a question. Check out my other English Language resources: Language and Gender Language and Region Language and Power and Occupation Language and Global and World Englishes Language Change Language and Technology Language and Ethnicity Language and Social Groups Analysing Spoken Language Child Language Acquisition - Speech Child Language Acquisition - Reading and Writing Language Discourses - Section B, Question 3 Original Writing NEA Language Investigation AQA Paper 2 Revision
AQA A Level English Language Paper 2 Essay Guidance
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AQA A Level English Language Paper 2 Essay Guidance

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This booklet contains essay structure suggestions and guidance for Paper 2 of AQA English Language A Level. Each page offers guidance as to how to approach each question in the paper - covers Section A (Language DIversity), and Section B, Questions 3 (Language Discourses) and 4 (Opinion Article). Check out my other English Language resources: AQA Paper 2 Revision Language and Gender Language and Region Language and Power and Occupation Language and Global and World Englishes Language Change Language and Technology Language and Ethnicity Language and Social Groups Language Discourses Child Language Acquisition - Speech Child Language Acquisition - Reading and Writing AQA Language Discourses - Paper 2 Question 3 AQA Language Discourses - Paper 2 Question 4 Language Levels Bundle Lexis and Semantics Grammar Phonetics, Phonology and Prosodics Pragmatics Discourse - Spoken Language Graphology
Eduqas Poetry Linking Revision Table for GCSE
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Eduqas Poetry Linking Revision Table for GCSE

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A grid template which allows students to make links between the 18 poems from the Eduqas poetry anthology for GCSE English Literature. Simply print off and copy in either A4 or A3! Can be used for word links or pictures. Check out my individual Eduqas anthology poem lesson PowerPoints here: /teaching-resource/eduqas-poetry-anthology-lesson-bundle-18-poems-and-36-lessons-13046922
Edexcel Literature Frankenstein and The Handmaid's Tale Question Planner and Revision  Resource
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Edexcel Literature Frankenstein and The Handmaid's Tale Question Planner and Revision Resource

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A five page guide to planning and revising for the Prose question in Edexcel English Literature Paper 2. Guides students through: How to approach a past question A list of past questions Contextual revision points Form and structural revision points A sample response An A/A* checklist for those who are aiming for the top grades Every year, my students consistently achieve very high grades in their A Level, so I hope you will find this useful!