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This bundle contains everything you need to introduce students to CIE 0500 IGCSE English Language for papers 1 and 2. These resources work well both to introduce students to the syllabus and also as revision material before the exams. It includes 12 lessons, 2 practice exams, marking templates, a scheme of work overview and a knowledge organiser.
This bundle contains:
A detailed knowledge organiser to support students in approaching language paper 1.
An original practice paper 1 and 2.
Marking templates for marking practice papers for language paper 1.
An overview lesson on what students can expect from language paper 1.
A detailed and engaging lesson teaching students how to approach the comprehension questions in language paper 1: Q1(a)-(e).
A detailed and engaging lesson teaching students how to approach the 15 mark summary question for paper 1.
Two detailed lessons teaching students how to approach Language paper 1 Q2 (analysis questions).
A lesson to support students with Language Paper 1 Q3.
A lesson giving a detailed overview of language paper 2.
A lesson on how to approach the directed writing question.
Two lessons on how to approach the descriptive writing task.
Two lessons on how to approach the narrative writing task.
A scheme of work overview for this unit with suggested teaching order.
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This bundle contains everything you need to introduce students to Language Paper 2 for CIE 0500 IGCSE English Language.
This bundle contains:
A lesson giving a detailed overview of Language Paper 2.
A lesson on how to approach the directed writing question.
A lesson on how to approach the descriptive writing task.
Two lessons on how to approach the narrative writing task.
An original practice paper 2
A scheme of work overview for teaching Language Papers 1 and 2.
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A detailed 10 page revision guide focusing on how loneliness is presented in Of Mice and Men: this includes a step-by-step guide to writing a grade 9 essay on loneliness for students studying IGCSE English Literature.
This contents of this revision guide are:
What does the mark scheme say?
Context: loneliness in 1930s America
George and Lennie
Candy
Crooks
Curly’s Wife
Other symbols of loneliness
Revision tips and tricks
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A detailed homework/online learning resource for students to learn about the context of Of Mice and Men. Students work through four sources (videos and articles) and then answer questions on them. The answers are provided as a separate PDF.
The four contextual topics covered are:
John Steinbeck
The Great Depression
Racism
The American Dream
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A free worksheet for use in class or for homework to extend analysis of act 1 scene 7 of Macbeth (Lady Macbeth persuading Macbeth to kill Duncan).
This worksheet outlines some of the persuasive devices that Lady Macbeth uses (rhetorical questions, direct mode of address, emotive language, flattery and hyperbole) to persuade Macbeth and then gives students the choice between five tasks in which they have to apply these techniques to their own persuasive speech-writing.
This would be suitable for any age group studying Macbeth.
A fully-resourced and differentiated lesson to teach students what an infographic is and the purpose of one.
I have used this lesson both in teaching English (looking at purposes of texts or for a way to present student research) or as part of teaching GCSE Media Studies.
I have included it as one-lesson but it could easily be split into multiple lessons in which students research a chosen topic and then create a final version of their own infographic.
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A detailed and engaging one hour lesson to support students in their analysis of Ed in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (play by Simon Stephens) for Edexcel English Literature IGCSE 4ET1. This lesson supports students to consider Ed’s personality and his relationship with Christopher.
This resource contains a ready-to-teach Powerpoint with all teacher and printing instructions included.
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A detailed and engaging one hour lesson to support students in their analysis of Christopher in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (play by Simon Stephens) for Edexcel English Literature IGCSE 4ET1. This lesson helps students to think about how Christopher is presented at the start of the play and how he changes as a character by the end of the play.
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A detailed and engaging one hour lesson to support students in their analysis of Christopher in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (play by Simon Stephens) for Edexcel English Literature IGCSE 4ET1. This lesson supports students to analyse the use of dramatic irony for dramatic effect.
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This bundle includes:
2 lessons analysing Anthem for Doomed Youth
1 lesson analysing propaganda posters
A war poetry knowledge organiser
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Comprehensive and differentiated 1 hour lesson in which students independently analyse the beginning of 'The Tell-Tale Heart' considering the indirect characterisation of the narrator. Students will complete a graphic organiser in detail, which could then be used as a plan to write an analytical paragraph or essay.
A differentiation support sheet is provided, which could be provided to select students who need additional support. This is easily adaptable to key stages 3 and 4. It is suited to mixed or higher ability classes but could easily be adapted to lower ability and spread over multiple lessons.
This could be used as part of a unit on gothic horror, a unit on short stories or just as a one-off lesson to examine and respond to a text.
This resource includes:
* Full Powerpoint including 'do it now', differentiated learning outcomes all tasks and teacher instructions (including example teacher answers in the notes section).
* Full text of 'The Tell-Tale Heart' with page numbers.
* Graphic organiser.
* Support sheet as a prompt for students.
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1 hour resourced and differentiated lesson which clearly outlines to students how they should write a strong point, evidence, explain answer with an example provided and then gives them the opportunity to write an answer as a pair and then individually.
All teacher instructions provided including printing instructions (although printing is minimal).
This lesson includes:
*Do it now task
*Explanation of PEE (point evidence explain) including a model answer)
*Dracula extract
*Peer assessment slide including the differentiated learning outcomes.
This lesson is immediately ready to teach! It would be suitable for lower ability learners in key stage 3 or key stage 4.
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Fully resourced and differentiated 1 hour lesson in which students use inference to propose solutions to a crime scene based on the objects found in it, and then create their own crime scene.
This is easily adaptable and includes opportunities for students to work independently and in groups. Oracy and writing activities are included as part of the lesson. This could be used as part of a detective fiction scheme of learning or to precede students writing a piece of crime writing.
This resource includes:
* The powerpoint (12 slides)
* 1 inference worksheet
* 1 crime scene creation worksheet
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A detailed fully-resourced and ready to teach one hour lesson that supports students to analyse World War 1 propaganda posters using AFOREST devices and direct address.
After analysing posters as a class and in groups, students then create their own posters using AFOREST devices and direct address.
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A detailed and engaging one hour lesson to support students in their analysis of Siobhan in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (play by Simon Stephens) for Edexcel English Literature IGCSE 4ET1.
This resource contains a ready-to-teach Powerpoint with all teacher and printing instructions included.
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A detailed lesson/series of lessons which show students how to reach the top band of the mark scheme for AO5 when evaluating critic quotes for King Lear.
This includes:
A 25 slide PPT including the lesson overview and printing instructions
A worksheet for students to fill in when practising AO5
A model answer
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A fully-resourced one hour lesson to guide students to independently analyse Macbeth’s soliloquy in act 2 scene 1. Students will paraphrase what Macbeth is saying and then work in groups to discuss the effect of the techniques used by Shakespeare, such as lexical fields, rhetorical questions and repetition.
This resource includes:
a full Powerpoint including all teacher instructions that is ready to download and teach straight away.
a ready-to-print extract including a glossary.
a printable copy of the instructions for the group task (also included within the powerpoint).
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A fully-resourced one hour lesson to guide students through analysing the persuasive techniques used by Lady Macbeth in act 1 scene 7 of Macbeth.
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a full Powerpoint including all teacher instructions that is ready to download and teach straight away.
a ready-to-print worksheet.
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A fully-resourced one hour lesson to guide students through annotating an extract from Lady Macbeth’s soliloquy in act 1 scene 5 of Macbeth by Shakespeare.
This resource includes:
a full Powerpoint including all teacher instructions that is ready to download and teach straight away.
a photo of an example annotation
a printable version of the extract which includes a glossary for key words.
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A fully-resourced one hour lesson on the use of iambic pentameter and rhmying couplets by the witches in act 1 scene 3. This lesson is ready to download and teach but would also be easily adaptable. It could be used with key stage 3 or key stage 4.
This resource includes:
A full Powerpoint including all teacher instructions.
Do It Now activity
Differentiated learning outcomes
Opportunities for peer assessment
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