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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.

Based on two, typical Functional Skills, Level 2, writing questions, this unit provides support for students with dyslexia or other learning needs. It includes question prompts, writing frames and spelling activities. The first booklet is about career-based learning. It includes discussion prompts, a writing frame for the student to structure their article and a model response. An additional spelling booklet is included which uses colours to memorise the key words. There is a visual tracking activity to further aid visual memory. The second booklet is based on a question about fast food. Another writing frame and model is provided. There is also a spelling section. The resource is suitable for dyslexic students taking functional skills. Students have commented that it allows them to improve spelling and structure articles/emails in a successful way!

This GCSE, English language booklet is aimed to support students in understanding structural devices in narrative so they can answer Question 3 on Paper 1. It contains an extract from a well known author, Katherine Mansfield, followed by some comprehension questions to help focus on the use of different structural devices. A writing frame is included to help students structure a response to answer the question. Students can compare their response with a completed response. A further booklet on different structural devices is provided. This contains useful questions, examples and activities to aid understanding.

This GCSE, English Literature resource focuses on the relationship between The Friar and Juliet in Romeo and Juliet. It is presented in a dyslexia friendly way so that students with additional needs can access the complex language used in a model essay. The essay booklet is displayed in an easy to read format by using a small amount of text on each word and including a visual. It contains an introduction, three sections from different Acts and Scenes and a Conclusion. The language used in the essay meets the requirements for a successful, GCSE, English Literature essay. The Vocabulary Booklet includes twenty keywords taken from the model essay. There is a visual tracking exercise to familiarise the student with each word. This is followed by two colour-code activities. Students have to use different colours to write each syllable to aid visual memory. Finally, there is a list of questions to aid understanding of each word. The resource uses effective and innovative techniques to support able students with dyslexia or other additional needs.

This unit focuses on the skills needed to write a personal narrative for GCSE, English Language. This is a key component for exam boards such as WJEC/Eduqas and Edexcel. A task is provided along with two model answers. For the first task, students can study the model answers and familiarise themselves with the features of a Personal Narrative. A similar question is then included about a typical Saturday. It is suggested that students respond to this question independently and then compare their response to the model answer provided. An additional booklet is provided is designed to assist students in using the comma accurately in their GCSE, English Language exam. Punctuation is an important aspect of the writing, assessment criteria and it is crucial students write with accuracy. The examples given are taken from a personal narrative about a typical day. Picture prompts are included for students to practice using the comma in a variety of sentence types.

This unit focuses on the structure question in Paper One of the AQA, GCSE, English Language exam. A text from Franz Kafka’s ‘The Castle’ is provided, followed by a model answer to answer the question, “How is the text structured to interest the reader?” The model answer can be used to show students the successful features of a well written Question 3 response. A series of question prompts is included before reading another extract. These questions help students focus on the skills required to comment on structural techniques such as including inner monologue to slow the pace of the text, thus increasing tension. A further extract is provided for students to write a reading response about structural techniques. A list of suggested techniques to identify is provided to mark the student’s response. An information sheet about structural devices is also included in the pack.

This GCSE, English Language (Eduqas) resource contains a Component Two Practice Paper and detailed guidance/model paragraphs. The reading section contains two non-fiction extracts about crime in the inner cities. One is set in inner city Birmingham and the other Victorian London. The exam questions are similar to those found in the Eduqas exam paper. Analytical tables are provided to support students in including the relevant points to meet the assessment criteria. For the extended questions, model reading response paragraphs are provided. Answers to the factual recall questions are also included. The writing section contains two typical questions on the topic of bullying and peer pressure. Model introductions and the first paragraph are included. This will help students identify the successful features of a response. The unit provides an effective framework to teach the skills required to succeed in Component Two.

This GCSE (AQA), English Language, Paper One Unit contains a practice paper for reading and practice questions for writing. The practice paper booklet contains an extract from a short story called ‘Bliss’ by Katherine Mansfield. It provides tables and example paragraphs to help record the information needed to answer each of the questions. The tables scaffold the different elements of a successful reading response paragraph. The writing unit contains a writing questions about a memorable journey. It contains an illustrated model answer. Students can use this to identify the successful features of a short story. A picture prompt is also provided with a sensory plan. This unit provides an invaluable framework to help students succeed in this paper!

This GCSE (Eduqas), English Language, Component One unit contains a practice paper for reading and a practice question for writing. The practice paper booklet contains an extract from a short story called ‘Bliss’ by Katherine Mansfield. It provides tables and example paragraphs to help record the information needed to answer each of the questions. The tables scaffold the different elements of a successful reading response paragraph. The writing unit contains a writing point about a memorable journey. It contains an illustrated model answer. Students can use this to identify the successful features of a short story. This unit provides an invaluable framework to help students succeed in this paper!

Aimed at GCSE, English Literature students with reading difficulties, this Macbeth essay resource is presented in a visually appealing way and is accompanied by keyword activities to help reading fluency and spelling. The essay is about how Macbeth is portrayed in different moments of the play. Each sentence is displayed on a different page and is accompanied by an interesting image. By structuring the text in this way, students feel less overwhelmed by the information given. Key words from the essay are listed and divided into syllables to aid pronunciation. Students copy each syllable in a different colour to improve memory. There is also a section in which students can colour in the words to reinforce their learning. Finally, an assessment sheet is provided to see if students have learnt the key words. The resource is effective in helping students with additional needs including dyslexia understand how to structure and write a GCSE, English Literature essay.

This innovative and engaging resource supports students with moderate to severe dyslexia. It uses visual methods to learn how to read and spell key words. The unit is based around a story ‘A Day at the Beach’. The spelling booklet introduces keywords related to the beach such as seagull, sailing and boat. Students memorise the colours in which the words are written, handwrite the words by tracing them, colouring in the word and then finding the word four times in a word search grid. All of these activities strengthen memory. Each word is accompanied by an image which can be coloured. The story booklet is visually appealing. It contains one sentence per page accompanied by an image. Students practice reading the keywords they have learnt in context. Finally, the descriptive writing booklet encourages students to use the words in sentences. There is also a storyboard activity which students respond to so they can write a story. The unit provides a unique and effective way to support learners with dyslexia or other additional needs.

This GCSE, English Language (Eduqas) resource is aimed to support students to improve attainment in the C2 section. It contains a reading practice paper with two extracts/questions, a writing section and a Cause and Effect activity. The reading booklet contains practice reading extracts on the theme of discrimination. The first article is a modern autobiography about the experiences of a student in a wheelchair. The second is a Victorian autobiography about John Merrick who had a severe disfigurement. This is followed by practice questions based on the Eduqas examination. With each question a table to help analyse phrases from the text is included, along with a model paragraph for each section. The Writing Booklet includes two relevant questions, model paragraphs and a planning grid. The model paragraph is designed to show how to develop ideas by using relevant grammatical structures and language devices. Finally, a creative Cause and Effect mini-story activity helps students practice using cause and effect sentences. This unit is effective in helping students improve their read and writing performance on the Component Two paper!