A fantastic revision workbook on the creative part (short story writing) for paper 1. The following are included: Paper 1 overview Narrative structure (with modern movie examples) Individual tasks and activities Teacher tips Real EDUQAS exam questions Openings Endings How to impress the examiner Dialogue Grade 9 example FInal tips Revision PowerPoint

Two separate revision workbooks on the reading exam on paper 1 and paper 2. The following is included: Paper 1 and 2 overview Reading tips and strategies Real EDUQAS sample exam Each question (1-6) has its own section Exemplar work Sample paragraphs Sample extracts / exams Student tasks Final exam tips

A fantastic 22-page revision workbook on the reading exam on paper 1. The following is included: Paper 1 overview Reading tips and strategies Real EDUQAS sample exam Each question (1-5) has its own section Exemplar work Sample paragraphs Sample extracts / exams Student tasks Final exam tips

A 150 slide PowerPoint looking at key revision for the GCSE. The first half looks at paper 2 reading using the June 2017 exam paper. The second half looks at writing a narrative piece. The resource has exemplar work, real exam questions, tips, explanations. Everything that the students need are included. I have also included a Word page of a grade 9 narrative and a two PowerPoints with fun exam starter activities.

An information sheet for students taking the EDUQAS exam. The simple A4 sheet shows the length, date and weighting of each question with an exam example. I have also included displays I have put on their folders to remind them what is expected in each exam.

Two great Powerpoints outlining the questions in component 1 & 2 into the following areas: how many marks? how points should you make? how many quotes should you use? what are the marks given for? what do you need to avoid? Very clear, concise and helpful for the students.

A great Powerpoint outlining the questions in component 1 into the following areas: how many marks? how points should you make? how many quotes should you use? what are the marks given for? what do you need to avoid? Very clear, concise and helpful for the students.

A great Powerpoint outlining the questions in component 2 (reading and writing) into the following areas: how many marks how points should you make? how many quotes should you use? what are the marks given for? what do you need to avoid? Very clear, concise and helpful for the students.

A 66 slide PowerPoint (& examiner podcast) on how to get a grade 9 on the GCSE English Language based on the summer 2017 reading exam paper. The resource also includes specific slides focusing on grade 9 examples on Q1-Q6 as well as all extracts. PowerPoint as a whole as well as 5 specific PPs for each question.

A fantastic 26-page revision workbook on the reading exam on paper 2. The following is included: Paper 2 overview Reading tips and strategies Real EDUQAS sample exam Each question (1-6) has its own section Exemplar work Sample paragraphs Sample extracts / exams Student tasks Final exam tips

A great PowerPoint for revision of the paper 2 reading exam. Each question is looked at separately and in detail. Each question has an example, a structure, a sample answer and a chance for the students to have a go themselves. Works really well with my groups. I have also included three other PowerPoints. 1) focusing on questions on paper 1 2) focusing on questions on paper 2 3) looking at exam terminology.

PAPER 1: A really great collection of starters (55 slides). Each starter has a selection of quotes from a real EDUQAS exam. The students need to use the quotes to write an exam answer (PEE or simple answer). Sometimes a starter sentence will be included for weaker students. I give each class three mins to complete the starters against the clock. The following starters are included: Q1 information retrieval Q2, Q3 & Q4 language analysis & PEE Q4 Impressions question, language analyis & PEE Q5 - Evaluation question exam terminology starter on verbs, adjectives, adverbs & nouns (two worksheets included) top 8 incorrect spellings starter PAPER 2: A really great collection of starters (78 slides). Each starter has a selection of quotes from a real EDUQAS exam. The students need to use the quotes to write an exam answer (PEE or simple answer). Sometimes a starter sentence will be included for weaker students. I give each class three mins to complete the starters against the clock. The following starters are included: Q1 & Q3 information retrieval Q2 language analysis & PEE Q4 evaluation question, language analyis & PEE Q5 - first compare question Q6 - second, more complex compare question exam terminology starter on verbs, adjectives, adverbs & nouns (two worksheets included) top 8 incorrect spellings starter

A really great collection of starters (55 slides). Each starter has a selection of quotes from a real EDUQAS exam. The students need to use the quotes to write an exam answer (PEE or simple answer). Sometimes a starter sentence will be included for weaker students. I give each class three mins to complete the starters against the clock. The following starters are included: Q1 information retrieval Q2, Q3 & Q4 language analysis & PEE Q4 Impressions question, language analyis & PEE Q5 - Evaluation question exam terminology starter on verbs, adjectives, adverbs & nouns (two worksheets included) top 8 incorrect spellings starter

Great revision PowerPoint. A few other SPAG resources included.

33 slide PowerPoint on common grammar mistakes. The following topics are covered: wrong-word errors commonly confused words punctuation errors usage errors tense errors preventing errors I have included two worksheets and a PowerPoint on punctuating dialogue.

Nine fun starters + template for word class revision. I use this for classes that struggle with part of speech for the GCSE English language reading exam papers 1 and 2. The students are given 8 sentences from REAL GCSE exams and they have to say whether it is a verb, adverb, noun or adjective. I have also attached my three minute timer so they can practise doing it against the clock!

A really great collection of starters (78 slides). Each starter has a selection of quotes from a real EDUQAS exam. The students need to use the quotes to write an exam answer (PEE or simple answer). Sometimes a starter sentence will be included for weaker students. I give each class three mins to complete the starters against the clock. The following starters are included: Q1 & Q3 information retrieval Q2 language analysis & PEE Q4 evaluation question, language analyis & PEE Q5 - first compare question Q6 - second, more complex compare question exam terminology starter on verbs, adjectives, adverbs & nouns (two worksheets included) top 8 incorrect spellings starter

I made this for my students when I wanted them to revise prior units even when moving onto a new topic. Each of these starters are 5-10 mins long. They get a slide with an exam language question, sample quotes and a PEE sentence starter. They have 2 mins to write their PEE. The students seem to like it as it’s fun and competitive. Great for peer assessment too. It’s worked really well for me.

A PowerPoint lesson focusing on paper 2 question 2 of the non-fiction exam. This looks at the following question based on Touching the Void: ‘HOW DOES JOE SHOW SIMON’S EMOTIONS IN THE FINAL PART OF THE BOOK?’ Very typical of what you would get in the exam. Extract included as well as model paragraphs and examiner tips.

A PowerPoint lesson focusing on paper 2 question 2 of the non-fiction exam. This looks at the following question based on Touching the Void: 'HOW DOES JOE SIMPSON SHOW HIS THIRST AND DRINKING OF THE WATER?' Very typical of what you would get in the exam. Extract included as well as model paragraphs and examiner tips.