An English starter on bad tattoos. The students love it!!! Also includes fun facts and a starter on designing your own tattoo!

An in-depth revision PowerPoint which shows students how to get 100% on the reading exam. The resource looks at each question and gives tips and a model answer. The theme of the paper is Virtual Reality. Exam paper and MS links are in the PowerPoint. This really helped my students.

A lesson on how to write a speech for the FS writing exam. The lesson is looking at the following question: ‘You have to give a talk to your class with the title ‘Mobile phones : a blessing or a curse? Write what you would say.’

Fantastic PowerPoint on writing a L2 pass LEAFLET. Also comes with theL2 leaflet on a separate WORD page and another WORD page highlighted with language devices. The leaflet is based on the theme of ‘Monkey World’. The resource looks at the following: -L2 example Sentence starters LEAFLET form LEAFLET conventions DAFOREST Stylistic devices Lecturer tips Common mistakes SPAG

Two separate PowerPoints on how to get a grade 5-9 on Q2 of the GCSE English Language exam based on the June 2019 reading exam paper. I have also included a PowerPoint looking at an extract from Touching the Void for Q2. The resource includes the following: Model answers Answer structure Language analysis Group activities Examiner insight Modern, fun and dynamic images to help analyse the text.

Two separate PowerPoints on how to get a grade 5-9 on Q4 of the GCSE English Language exam based on the June 2019 reading exam paper. I have also included a PowerPoint looking at an extract from Touching the Void for Q4. The resource includes the following: Model answers Answer structure Language analysis Group activities Examiner insight Modern, fun and dynamic images to help analyse the text.

A 57-slide PowerPoint on the HOW question in the non-fiction reading exam. The question is ‘How does the writer try to show that Mike Perham’s voyage was really tough?’ The resource includes student exemplars, head examiner tips, model answers and group tasks. The article is an interesting piece on teenager who sailed around the world. I have also included a starter on animal anagrams. The students love it!

A fun starter that could be used with any age and any lesson. Students must guess the movie based on the emoji clues. My students love it.

12 separate fun, informative and interactive quizzes using the retro speak and spell game as the theme. The students love it! You could also use it just for the fun PowerPoint template. The following topics are covered: GCSE writing tasks Fact and opinion Persuasive Language Bias SPAG

A collection of 28 articles that can be used for the reading and writing exams. Really good for debating. The students love it! Some of the 28 articles are listed below: 1930s dating Funny 999 calls Man posts himself in a big envelope Most embarrassing moments Fashion industry ignores bigger women Facebook brags A nation of creeps

A great lesson on complex sentences. PowerPoint and three worksheets included.

An in-depth PowerPoint lesson which is fun, informative and interactive. It gives explanations and over 15 tasks for the students to complete.

An ‘outstanding’ lesson on the language question in paper 1. This fantastic lesson uses the exam question, ‘How does the writer make the lines tense and dramatic?’ The resource includes the following: Model answer Language analysis Examiner insight Modern, fun and dynamic images to help analyse the text. Connotation advice Answer structure

Two separate lessons on writing a report for the paper 2 exam.

Four separate personality tests. The students love these! Great for tutor time or for a starter.

Lesson resources on writing a grade 9 article in the GCSE English writing exam. The lesson is based on the theme of survival and includes a great starter on surviving 100 deadly situations. The students love it! All resources and video clips included.

A really fun and interactive used in creative writing lessons. The students work individually or in a group in this exciting quiz on famous opening & final lines in books/TV/movies. The following are included: Toy Story, A Christmas Carol, Of Mice and Men, Matilda, A Wizard of Oz, Harry Potter etc. The students love it!

An ‘outstanding’ lesson on the compare question in paper 2. This lesson uses the exam question, ‘COMPARE WHAT WE LEARN FROM JOE AND SIMON ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF FALLING FROM THE MOUNTAIN FACE.’ Extracts included. The resource includes the following: Model answer Extracts Lecturer exam paper annotations and comments Grade 9 answer separate Microsoft Word document Answer structure Language analysis Group activities Examiner insight Modern, fun and dynamic images to help analyse the text.

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.

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