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My year 11 certificates for their last day. Have shown some I mocked up, the other page includes an image you can crop with all the characters you’ll need on it. Worked really well with my class, depending on the kids, serious and silly awards work equally well!

Want to get your year 6s to talk and engage with interesting materials? This is a full lesson Powerpoint with accompanying resources (best printed in A3) that introduces a variety of different texts to pupils and culmilates in them completing a short presentation to their peers. Light hearted and low stakes, it’s a fun way to get to know your year 6 cohort before September.

Three lessons that ask middle set year ten students to either defend or prosecute Derek Bentley. They must write a persuasive speech which they will present to the 'jury' who will then vote on whether or not Derek Bentley is guilty for the infamous case.

This was used as the first lesson in a murder mystery scheme of work (as you can tell from the starter). However, this was a successful and fun lesson for my year 8 group for understanding imperatives.

This simple document allows you to ensure staff consistency and clarity for students. It uses the language of the mark scheme to ensure that students receive targeted comments that will allow them to take their first draft from good to great for their final submission.

Fun introduction to the AQA English Language A Level Non Exam Assessment (NEA) Investigation. Includes format of investigation and two mini projects for students to complete in class. This fully resourced lesson could be split across two hours to ensure students truly engage with the second data set. Clear links to the frameworks and a range of resources to support students in whole class, group work and paired activities. Includes a homework activity that then leads on to personalised discussions about areas of interest for their investigation with clear links to the mark scheme. Save 25% purchasing this lesson as part of a bundle here: /teaching-resource/aqa-english-language-a-level-nea-investigation-13285080

This series of lessons (with resources) is designed to support a group that have had the initial intro to the NEA and understand what the project entails. Language Investigation Defences are an active learning tool for every member of the class. Students may have narrowed down their focus to one avenue of investigation but still need help to refine their idea. This series of lessons is perfectly suited to ensure that each individual student receives group feedback as well as allowing staff to ensure that misconceptions in the class are eradicated. I have included annotated versions of hypothesis, introductions and methodologies so that students can see what is rewarded and how to construct their ideas. Save 25% purchasing this lesson as part of a bundle here: /teaching-resource/aqa-english-language-a-level-nea-investigation-13285080

This series of fully resourced lessons asks students to utilise GCSE creative writing skills as they imagine their school as a holiday destination. This fully resourced project (minimum three lessons), allows your students to understand the relationship between text and images as they write for their intended audience. My year 8s had a great time imagining how our school and local town could be a hub for tourists, especially as we approached the summer holidays!

Here you’ll find a powerpoint and word document plan to support a ‘getting to know you’ exercise with your new classes. I’ve found this to work really well with both KS3 and KS4 classes. It gives me a clear insight into who these lovely young people are, as well as a sense of their capacity for writing. Make a note of passions they list when reading through their responses so you can consider this in your teaching for the rest of the year. I always offer a sweet treat reward for the funniest or most interesting answers!

A fully resourced lesson on the global English, Singlish for the AQA English A Level Language, paper 2. Singlish is a case study that allows students to extend their knowledge of ‘language control’ beyond Academie Francais in an intelligent and sophisticated manner. This lesson has resources from the Singapore government ‘Speak Good English Movement’ and refererences to the demotic language change over time as well as PSAs during COVID. It has a slide with condensed revision notes for students to take for exam preparation. I have also included a practise paper 2 using Singlish as the focus. You could use this as a homework or in-class activity to consolidate understanding.

I’ve done the hard work so you don’t have to! Please find here a collated range of online resources (articles, podcasts, videos etc) that can work as starters, discussion stimulus, coursework help or homework activities for each part of the A Level English Language course. It serves to support staff new to the subject, and students, to go beyond the obvious examples for exam responses. If you want to see how I’ve used the resources, you can purchase the additional lessons in my shop.

A two lesson unit to introduce students to four of the most useful theories and models that capture Global English use. I have included: *Lessons that are ready to use straight away. I’ve saved you time collating resources, you can focus on tailoring them to your group *Homework with clear links to relevant wider reading *Recap quizzes that show gaps in knowledge for students and offer students a chance to develop their own tasks to challenge their peers *Academic journal articles accompany this series of lessons and are linked to allow staff appropriate CPD as well as challenging your most able students I refer to specific elements of challenge to help students reach L4&5 in the AQA mark scheme by encouraging them to challenge the theories presented.

Promote literacy and book conversations with these attractive posters! We always re-vamp them around World Book Day and to accompany our Readathon! These multi-purpose posters get staff and students talking about what they’re reading. New staff are asked to submit choices and can print a copy to stick to their door. HoDs can choose to create one for wider reading for their department. Particularly valuable for KS4 and KS5 Students were encouraged as part of a literacy project to create their own. We allowed them to work in friendship groups. There were merits available to those who submitted them! We also added these to our website to demonstrate student suggestions and so parents could look at recommended reads from students in their child’s age group. For 51ºÚÁÏ purposes, everyone is asked to only share a Memoji of themselves and, for students, first names only.

Find here a lesson that can easily be slotted into a KS3 unit of work on the gothic. Students are asked to explore the definition of ‘monster’, watch a clip from Frankenstein and then read a section of chapter 5. This leads into the creative writing task using the style of ‘Magic, The Gathering’. I have found that the ‘flavour text’ of these cards engages students in going beyond the obvious. It allows them to develop thoughtful and interesting ways for their characters to behave. This can be used over a couple of lessons or set for cover.

A completely resourced lesson to introduce critical readership of racial terms in ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ and ‘Of Mice and Men’ to iGCSE students. Racism fundamentally shaped society and politics in 20th century America. This resource seeks to educate students that terms are used in these texts that are unacceptable in society today. While we may use offensive terms in our exam analysis, we will not be reading them aloud or having a discussion about whether they cause harm. Students will be walked through learning opportunities that connect iGCSE lang and lit skills to the novel (mostly OMAM but easily swapped to TKAM). This is how I have begun my iGCSE prose study for the last few years and found it to be a great way to ensure that all students feel safe and understand what is expected of them. I am always looking for new ways to deliver this content and would gratefully receive any suggestions.

A three+ lesson unit to introduce students to four of the most useful case studies and examples of Global English use. I have included: *Lessons that are ready to use straight away. I’ve saved you time collating resources, you can focus on tailoring them to your group *Clear links to relevant wider reading *Recap quizzes that show gaps in knowledge for students and offer students a chance to develop their own tasks to challenge their peers *Practise exam questions with links to the mark scheme *Academic journal articles accompany this series of lessons and are linked to allow staff appropriate CPD as well as challenging your most able students I refer to specific elements of challenge to help students reach L4&5 in the AQA mark scheme by encouraging them to challenge the theories presented.

A series of lessons to introduce students to the NEA Investigation for AQA A Level English Language. They will: read through three student examples of a group investigation peer assess using the mark scheme Have a guided conversation from staff using the notes section of the slides create their own mini investigations in groups self assess using the mark scheme This comprehensive series of lessons helps students to recognise how to succeed in this project by showing them common pitfalls and easy routes to success. Save 25% purchasing this lesson as part of a bundle here: /teaching-resource/aqa-english-language-a-level-nea-investigation-13285080

A 5 page booklet for students to use as part of their revision, page 1 is a 're-order the events' exercise page 2 looks at the theme of parallels, in particular Mrs Johnstone and Mrs Lyons page 3 asks the students to brainstorm the information about the main characters page 4 looks at the main themes page 5 asks the students to consider the 'magic number' of the play and why Russell has chosen to structure the play in this manner