53 slide PowerPoint with a bonus 17 min video on writing an amazing article for the paper 2 writing non-fiction exam. The exam question this resource looks at is, 'The school/college magazine is inviting students to submit articles entitled, ‘My Perfect Day.’
Model answers
Model paragraph
Past exemplar work with Examiners’ annotations
Language features
Basic SPAG
Advanced SPAG
run-on sentences / comma splices
introductions
anecdotal writing
A 90-slide Powerpoint with video, and worksheets. The resource is split into basic errors and advanced SPAG.
run-on sentences explanations and activities
comma splices explanations and activities
apostrophes explanations and activities
homophones explanations and activities
capital letters explanations and activities
common errors explained
brackets explanations and activities
semi-colon explanations and activities
using two adjectives as a sentence starter explanations and activities
50 questions. One question = one mark. Instructions for students below. Answers provided.
Questions and Answers
You have 45 minutes to complete this test. There are different types of question for you to answer in different ways. The space for your answer shows you what type of answer is needed. Write your answer in the space provided.
Multiple-Choice Answers
For some questions, you do not need to do any writing. Read the instructions carefully so that you know how to answer each question.
Short Answers
Some questions are followed by a line or a box. This shows that you need to write a word, a few words or a sentence.
You should work through the booklet until you are asked to stop. Work as quickly & as carefully as you can. If you finish before the end, go back and check your work.
You have 45 minutes to answer the questions in this booklet.
A lesson looking at the figurative language used in the Adele song, ‘Rolling in The Deep.’ I have used the video from ‘An Audience with Adele.’ There is also another fig lang starter included.
Run-on sentences is one the most common errors students make in their writing. This lesson will focuses on how to correct them. The students will learn ways to help properly write two complete sentences (independent clauses) in one sentence by using the correct punctuation and conjunctions. PowerPoint & worksheet (with answers) included.
I made this PowerPoint based on an old pronunciation guide I found written by the BBC. It’s a guide to elements of pronunciation in the English Language that are the subject of debate. It was used by the BBC to teach newsreaders how to speak! It is very informative and will raise some laughs in the classroom. My students loved it.
A 70-slide PowerPoint on how to get a grade 5-9 on the GCSE English Language based on the June 2019 reading exam paper. The resource also includes specific slides focusing on grade 5-9 examples on Q1-Q6 . The resource includes the following:
Model answers
Answer structure
Language analysis
Group activities
Examiner insight
Modern, fun and dynamic images to help analyse the text.
The students love this! Could be used as a starter or plenary on social media / being a teen etc. There are 15 questions and answers included. Some example questions are below.
WHICH CELEBRITY HAS UPLOADED THE MOST SELFIES?
WHAT % OF ALL INTERNET USERS HAVE AN IG ACCOUNT?
WHAT % OF IG USERS ARE FEMALES?
THE MOST ‘LIKED’ PHOTO ON IG GAINED 11 MILLION ‘LIKES’. WHAT WAS THE PHOTO?
A worksheet I made with four separate activites all one handy page. Comes with answers as a Word page of PDF. The following are covered:
-Capital letters
Apostrophes
There / Their / They’re
Your / You’re
A worksheet I made with four separate activites all one handy page. Comes with answers as a Word page of PDF. The following are covered:
-Capital letters
Apostrophes
There / Their / They’re
Your / You’re
A 92-slide PowerPoint and resources on how to get grade 5-7 on the all the questions in the exam. This is based on the June 2018 exam paper. This is modern, informative and interactive lesson which the students really enjoy. Exemplar material and model answer included. I have included pdf version of grade 5-6 marked work. Exam paper available online.
The students love this idiom activity! Fun activity on ten international idioms where the students discuss what they mean! Great images used which spark real debate!
The students love this idiom activity based on the TV game show ‘Catchphrase.’ The students have to guess the idiom catchphrase and then explain what it means. They have 22 to complete! There is also a fun activity on ten international idioms where the students discuss what they mean.
The students love this! This 50-item quiz about commonly misspelled English words may sharpen the students’ minds and boost their knowledge about correct spelling of words.