AQA Step Up to English: Component 1 CHARITIES *NEW from 2025*

This half-termly unit is built around the Step Up topic of Charities and is designed to prepare students for their AQA Step Up to English Component 1 Literacy topics assessment. It is aimed mainly at Gold award candidates however many of the activities are also applicable to those doing the Silver award if, like me, you have candidates doing both awards in the same class. It is designed to ensure students develop the skills necessary to complete the assessment tasks which include two speaking and listening tasks as well as responses to reading and a longer piece of writing. It includes a nicely presented, fully editable teaching PPT with lots of engaging activities and extracts from a range of texts including web pages and a poster.
All 10 texts and student resources are included as well as a detailed set of teacher’s notes explaining how I intend to use them.
I have included all resources in PPT, Word and PDF formats.
My e-mail address is: roseandmay2@virginmedia.com
Please note that the specification, all assessments and mark schemes are available free of charge on the eAQA website as well as a very useful FAQs.