Currently a private tutor, the resources you see available have been adapted from my current practice and when I was teaching as a secondary school English teacher.
I hope the resources are useful and make a difference in your classroom.
If you need to contact me to discuss any of the resources you have downloaded, please email me at sarah@the-browns.gb.net.
Currently a private tutor, the resources you see available have been adapted from my current practice and when I was teaching as a secondary school English teacher.
I hope the resources are useful and make a difference in your classroom.
If you need to contact me to discuss any of the resources you have downloaded, please email me at sarah@the-browns.gb.net.
2-lesson PowerPoint, originally delivered to KS3, exploring the techniques of writing to argue and persuade. The first lesson analyses an example of persuasive writing through an NHS stop-smoking leaflet. The second lesson develops this understanding by applying knowledge to an example question. Students are encouraged to use the planning frame to help structure their work before using all the techniques learnt in their own writing.
A useful two-parter lesson that introduces students to these writing skills that can be built on when tackling more in-depth writing tasks at KS4.
Files in this resource:
Writing to Persuade and Argue - 2 lesson PowerPoint
Persuasive writing leaflet - PDF of leaflet
Originally delivered to a weak KS4 group, this lesson could be adapted for KS3. Introducing the term 'presentational devices', the lesson explores how this can be applied to media texts, with an analysis of an Oxfam leaflet. With several questions guiding the students to pick out key features, the lesson leads students to write their own analysis of the text. The plenary encourages personal assessment, comparing their own response to a model answer.
Files in this resource:
Commenting on presentational devices - PowerPoint of lesson
Presentational devices - Word document of leaflet for student annotation
Close analysis of extracts from section 5 in 'Of Mice and Men'. Lesson designed for group work, leading to class feedback. The outcome of the lesson is that students should have a detailed set of notes on all sections that have been analysed in the lesson, being able to answer a foreshadowing question at the end.
This lesson encourages close analysis of passages and collaborative learning. The extract booklet is set up for A3 size to allow for notes and group work. It should help prepare students to answer extract-based exam questions.
Files in this resource:
Section 5 close analysis - PowerPoint of lesson
Chapter 5 extracts - Word document of extracts
Using the AQA English Literature Paper 1 as a guide, this lesson focuses on practice for how to answer an extract question. After outlining Paper 1 with a reminder of what is being assessed, students work in groups to analyse the extract from ‘Dr Jekyll’ and prepare a plan in response to an exam question. Following class feedback and a whole-group plan, students finish with writing their own response with peer assessment to help identify areas for improvement. An annotated copy of the extract is also included, along with an optional slide that helps to scaffold the second part of the essay question.
I appreciate all constructive criticism, so I hope you are able to take time to review this resource.
Files in this resource:
Extract analysis - PowerPoint of lesson
Extract analysis - Word document of extract
Extract analysis annotated - Word document of annotated extract
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Complete scheme of work on the text ‘Coraline’. 17 lessons in total for the KS3 text, covering a range of Reading and Writing assessment areas. The scheme includes both a key Reading and Writing assessment that can be used to level students for the unit.
Scheme has title slides outlining the lesson in brief and details whether additional resources are required. Homework, learning objectives and peer assessment activities are included.
Whilst this scheme has been written according to APP, the skills can be adapted to suit current assessment plans for your department.
I appreciate all constructive criticism, so I hope you are able to take time to review this resource.
Files in this resource:
Scheme of Work - PowerPoint of all lessons.
Lesson 6 Reading Assessment - Word document detailing the extended Reading assessment for the unit.
Lesson 8 Chapter 7 extract - Word document to accompany lesson 8 activity.
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A helpful check list for both student and teacher which breaks down the mark scheme into tasks. It allows students to ensure they are covering all elements of the coursework and ensures continuous dialogue between student and teacher. There is a section at the end for coursework deadlines which can be easily be edited. From a teaching/marking perspective, this significantly helped when marking the final pieces of coursework and proved useful when passing on feedback to the following year's students.
File in this resource: OCR G321 main video task checklist - Word document
Originally delivered to a weak KS4 class, this lesson acts as revision on the themes in 'Of Mice and Men'. Checking understanding of what a theme is, the lesson identifies the themes in the novel, leading to group work where students find evidence of their allocated theme.
Whilst the plenary suggests class feedback, this could be extended for more able students, requiring them to answer a question on one of the selected themes. This task could also be used as a speaking and listening assessment opportunity.
File in this resource: Themes PowerPoint of lesson
A mock exam following AQA’s GCSE English Language Paper 1 question style, this resource allows teachers to work through each question with their class, evaluating the skills required and how to score highly. The extract is from ‘Touching the Void’ and this is also used for Section B, writing. This resource can also be easily adapted to a Homework task for students to prepare for the exam independently. The opening slides detail an overview of the exam and what skills are being assessed in this paper.
A generic mark scheme has been included for Section B, Writing, taken from one of AQA’s Paper 1 example papers. Teacher judgement should be used for marking Section A.
I appreciate all constructive criticism, so I hope you are able to take time to review this resource.
Files in this resource:
English Language Paper 1 practice - PowerPoint of exam questions
Touching the Void extract - Word document of extract
English Language Paper 1 generic mark scheme - PDF of generic mark scheme for Section B
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15 lesson scheme of work exploring moving image. Originally delivered to Year 7 but can be adapted to KS2 or KS3, each lesson is fully planned with learning objectives and homework tasks. Each lesson has a covering slide for the teacher’s reference, detailing the lesson, resources required and what reading and writing assessment areas are covered.
This scheme of work uses Youtube videos (links included) to analyse cinematography, sound, mise-en-scene, special effects etc, culminating in a final story board task which can be assessed for reading, writing and speaking and listening. The videos included are a suggestion and can be altered to suit your class and needs. Whilst they are not all recent clips, this can create a more stimulating discussion for students who are not familiar with the material.
Whilst this scheme of work refers to APP assessment, this can easily be adapted to suit the assessment in your department.
Files in this resources:
Scheme of work - 15 lesson PowerPoint
Lesson 3 Homework -Word Homework sheet for Lesson 3
Lesson 6 Camera Movements Fact sheet - Word reference sheet for Lesson 6
Lesson 7 Types of Editing Fact sheet - Word reference sheet for Lesson 7
This lesson is a mock paper to help prepare students for AQA GCSE English Language Paper 2 (Writers' viewpoints and perspectives). The sources for this paper explore Peter Kay and Obama's autobiographies; the writing section for this mock is about to write a speech describing a vivid memory.
Lesson is designed for feedback as answers are written during class time, to help identify revision areas promptly. A generic mark scheme has been included for teachers reference. Alternatively, this PowerPoint could be converted to a Word document and presented as an actual mock exam.
Files in this resource:
English Language Paper 2 - PowerPoint of exam questions
Source A - Word document of Source A
Source B - Word document of Source B
English Language Paper 2 generic mark scheme - PDF of mark scheme
Ten resources on 'The Secret River' to help students prepare for their IGCSE English Literature exam (some resources are double lessons).
I appreciate all constructive criticism, so I hope you are able to take time to review this scheme.
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Character analysis:
Using the medium of Twitter, this lesson allows students to chart Thornhill's development over 'The Secret River'. This can be done over the course of reading the novel or at the end, and can be used as a helpful revision activity.
Differentiation for this task includes the extent to which quotes are used for tweets, assigning characters other than Thornhill, and scaffolding key events to signpost students towards. In addition, homework tasks can be set for students to create a Twitter page for less major characters.
Files in this resource:
Character analysis - PowerPoint of lesson
Twitter Template - Word document of Twitter template - this activity can then be completed by hand or electronically.
Social hierarchy:
A two-part lesson that explores the theme social hierarchy in 'The Green River' by Kate Grenville, specifically focusing students on an extended extract to analyse. To help prepare students for IGCSE English Literature Paper 1, the lesson begins reviewing the exam outline, assessment objectives and qualities of an A-grade student. The main body of the lesson is analysing a section of the novel, leading up to the 'green slippers' incident, with students working individually, in pairs, and finally in a group to prepare a mini-presentation. The final part of the lesson moves towards creating a plan for the exam question.
Whilst the extract for this question is considerably longer than what students will face in the exam, it will provide useful practice on how to closely analyse an extract for this type of question, whilst also providing detail revision notes and familiarising students with the context of this scene. In addition, the question asks students to make links with other parts of the novel, again helping to develop their overall knowledge of the text and therefore helping them prepare for the essay-based question.
Files in this resource:
Social hierarchy - PowerPoint
Social hierarchy extract - Word document
Thornhill and Sal:
This lesson allows students to explore the importance of Thornhill and Sal's relationship in Kate Grenville's, 'The Secret River'. With opportunity to work individually or in groups, the lesson encourages students to find pivotal moments in the novel that reflect the importance of their relationship. The lesson allows students to build on their knowledge across the entire novel, leading to a practise exam question to answer at the end.
It is anticipated that this lesson will cover more than one hour to allow for the essay writing, subsequently providing a useful assessment piece for the unit. References to AOs and the mark scheme are taken from the current IGCSE specification.
Collarbone's death:
Focusing on Collarbone's execution, this lesson allows students to work in groups to annotate an extract, similar in length to what would be expected in the IGCSE English Literature paper. With key questions, students prepare a mini-presentation that the rest of the class use to take notes for, in preparation for a mock exam question.
Further pair work is involved with planning a response and peer assessment for the plenary. This lesson could then be continued in a second session with students completing their essay response, or this could be written for homework. The lesson also reminds students of AOs and skills to demonstrate for a top level answer.
Files in this resource:
Collarbone's death - PowerPoint of lesson
Collarbone's death extract - Word document of extract
Hope:
This two-part lesson allows students to explore the theme of hope in the novel, 'The Secret River'. Building up to answering a practice exam question (lesson 2), the lesson begins evaluating the importance of hope. Students then analyse a selected quote in detail which will not only act as a useful revision aid, but also become an essay plan.
In the second lesson, students feedback their mind-map ideas which could be used for a classroom display. There are reminders on AOs and how to achieve high marks, to help direct students with their response.
Mr Middleton:
Exploring the character of Mr Middleton and his relationship with Thornhill, this lesson looks at three short passages, encouraging students to consider how Grenville presents this relationship and the influence it has on Thornhill. The lesson moves to an analysis of how Grenville presents Mr Middleton's death and what changes this signifies for Thornhill. The essay-style question for this lesson focuses on foreshadowing and Mr Middleton's death.
Setting:
Exploring setting in 'The Secret River', this resource allows students to consider language techniques and how setting is important to the development of the story. Likely to cover two lessons, students work in groups to annotate six different extracts from the novel. It is recommended that the teacher creates a booklet of these settings to allow students to have a comprehensive set of notes and annotations which will be useful for revision purposes. Each extract has line numbers to help with discussions and there is a range to allow access for different abilities.
Files in this resource:
Setting - PowerPoint of the lesson
Starter task - Word document
6x extracts for the main focus of the lesson - Word documents
The Prologue:
This lesson encourages students to explore the significance of the Prologue. Beginning with an analysis of the extract, students consider how the Prologue foreshadows later events in the novel. The lesson works towards pair planning an essay question which is then developed with further pair work. The question could then be completed as an assessment or Homework task.
Files in this resources:
Strangers - PowerPoint of lesson
Strangers - Word document of Prologue
Essay Round Robin:
A lesson that allows group work and collaboration, with hopefully little teacher input! Ideal for classes revising 'The Secret River', this lesson allows students to tackle four different exam questions independently before having whole-class feedback. The lesson could be rolled over into a second session to allow for a detailed review of each question and could also be developed to use as an assessment piece.
Files in this resource:
Essay round robin - PowerPoint of the lesson
Essay questions - Word document of the four essay questions to print for each essay "station"
Racial differences:
Completing hierarchy pyramids to start, students consider how racial differences influence society in 'The Secret River'. Two hierarchy pyramids are completed: the first has no parameters and therefore encourages students to consider what they base their pyramids on; the second is wholly based on race, therefore leading towards the planning of an essay question. Characters are provided for both tasks.
The lesson develops towards paired planning of an essay question, using the AOs as a rough checklist to ensure students are demonstrating the key skills required. This is also used to shape the plenary.
This lesson could be continued to a second session with the option of paired writing or a formal assessment.
Files in this resource:
Racial differences: PowerPoint of the lesson
Hierarchy pyramid 1: Word document for Starter task
Hierarchy pyramid 2: Word document for development task
A one-off lesson exploring John Agard’s ‘Alternative Anthem’. Ideal for KS3 classes, this allows students to recognise the stages of focussed analysis, particularly in preparation for GCSE poetry. Beginning with a post-it note driven class discussion on questions the students have about the poem, the lesson moves to independent group work. Students are given an area to focus on before feeding back ideas to the class. The plenary PEE task can easily be extended for more able/older students.
I appreciate all constructive criticism, so I hope you are able to take time to review this resource.
Files in this resource:
Alternative Anthem - PowerPoint of the lesson
Alternative Anthem - Word document of the poem
CLAST sheets - Word document of group analysis sheets as an optional print out
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18 lessons for a Modern Fairy tales unit, where students work to write their own modern fairy tale. Each lesson is fully planned and there is a covering slide for teacher reference at the beginning, detailing reading and writing skills covered in the lesson and whether any resources are required. Each lesson has a learning objective and there are several homework tasks included within the unit.
Lessons include exploring the structure of fairy tales, characterisation, persuasive speaking and listening to defend the Wolf from ‘Little Red Riding Hood’, and advising fairy tale characters. Originally delivered to Year 7.
Whilst the unit details Reading, Writing and Speaking and Listening APP areas, these can easily be adapted to suit the assessment in your department.
Files in this resources:
Scheme of Work - PowerPoint of all 18 lessons
Lesson 6 The Three Little Pigs Story - Word document for Lesson 6
Lesson 6 The Ugly Duckling Story - Word document for Lesson 6
Lesson 7 Persuasive Speech EAL writing frame - PDF for Lesson 7 (can also be used for lower ability students)
Lesson 9 Baba Yaga - PDF for Lesson 9
Lesson 12 Planning Sheet - PDF for Lesson 12
Lesson 16 and 17 Little Red Riding Hood poem - Word document for Lesson 16 and 17
Lesson 18 Shrek Critical Appreciation - Word document for Lesson 18
Covering 'Poppies' by Jane Weir, in preparation for the Power and Conflict theme for AQA English Literature Paper 2, this PowerPoint explores the poem in detail. Allowing some independent analysis initially, the lesson leads towards writing an extended reading analysis of the text. This is a multi-faceted lesson and there are practice questions for both Paper 2 and English Language Paper 1, Section B (Writing).
Mark schemes and AOs have been included in the PowerPoint to enable students to become familiar with these and help plan their responses.
Due to the nature of the tasks, it is expected this PowerPoint will cover at least two 1-hour sessions or these activities could be adapted for extended homework responses.
Files in this resource:
Poppies - Jane Weir - PowerPoint of lesson
Poppies - Jane Weir - Word document of the poem
This lesson is a mock paper to help prepare students for Edexcel GCSE English Language Paper 2 (Non-fiction and Transactional writing). The sources for this paper explore two experiences of Iraq during the war and the writing section has a choice of two questions.
Lesson is designed for feedback as answers are written during class time, to help identify revision areas promptly. A generic mark scheme has been included for teachers reference. Alternatively, this PowerPoint could be converted to a Word document and presented as an actual mock exam.
Files in this resource:
English Language Paper 2 - PowerPoint of exam questions
Text 1 - Word document of Text 1
Text 2 - Word document of Text 2
English Language Paper 2 generic mark scheme - PDF of mark scheme for writing section
Three mock exam papers that can be used in class or for homework to help prepare for Language Paper 1.
Each lesson is designed for feedback as answers are written during class time, to help identify revision areas promptly. A generic mark scheme has been included for teachers reference. Alternatively, the PowerPoint could be converted to a Word document and presented as an actual mock exam.
Paper 1 resources (Explorations in creative reading and writing):
The extracts are from 'War of the Worlds', 'Touching the Void' and 'Animal Farm'. All are used as the basis for Section B, writing. The resource can also be easily adapted to a Homework task for students to prepare for the exam independently. The opening slides detail an overview of the exam and what skills are being assessed in this paper.
A detailed mark scheme has been included for Section A, Reading, with suggested answers for 'War of the Worlds'. This is a starting point and can be used as a guide. It includes the level descriptors for each question, taken from the AQA mark scheme. Teacher judgement can be used for marking 'Touching the Void' and 'Animal Farm' (to avoid resource duplication). A generic mark scheme has been included for Section B, Writing, taken from one of AQA's Paper 1 example papers.
Six mock exam papers that can be used in class or for homework to help prepare for Language Papers 1 and 2.
Each lesson is designed for feedback as answers are written during class time, to help identify revision areas promptly. A generic mark scheme has been included for teachers reference. Alternatively, the PowerPoint could be converted to a Word document and presented as an actual mock exam.
Paper 1 resources (Explorations in creative reading and writing):
The extracts are from 'War of the Worlds', 'Touching the Void' and 'Animal Farm'. All are used as the basis for Section B, writing. The resource can also be easily adapted to a Homework task for students to prepare for the exam independently. The opening slides detail an overview of the exam and what skills are being assessed in this paper.
A detailed mark scheme has been included for Section A, Reading, with suggested answers for 'War of the Worlds'. This is a starting point and can be used as a guide. It includes the level descriptors for each question, taken from the AQA mark scheme. Teacher judgement can be used for marking 'Touching the Void' and 'Animal Farm' (to avoid resource duplication). A generic mark scheme has been included for Section B, Writing, taken from one of AQA's Paper 1 example papers.
Paper 2 resources (Writers' viewpoints and perspectives):
The sources for one paper explore arranged marriages and the writing section for this mock is about parental control. The sources for the second paper explore two experiences of Iraq during the war and the writing section for this mock is about compulsory military conscription. The sources for the third paper are extracts from Peter Kay and Obama's autobiographies, with the writing section creating a speech to describe a vivid memory.
Based on the 2015 specimen papers, this is a mock iGCSE English Language Paper 2 (intended for 2017 examination). Using extracts from 'Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' and 'The Red Room', the questions follow the same format as to be expected in the 2-hour English Language exam.
A generic mark scheme has been included to provide guidance on skills demonstrated for questions 1, 2 and 3b.
Ideal resource to use in-class as a mock assessment or one that students could complete for homework.
Files in this resource:
iGCSE English Paper 2 questions - Word document
iGCSE English Paper 2 passages - Word document
English Language Paper 2 generic mark scheme Reading passages - PDF
Three lessons with three different unseen poetry texts to help students prepare for this section of the exam. Generic assessment areas and timings are referred to, but these can be easily adapted to suit your exam board.
These lessons encourage independent work before teacher direction and all lead towards beginning to write a response to a example exam question. These can then be extended for homework tasks, further class time or formal assessment pieces.
Poems covered:
War Photographer - Carol Ann Duffy
Reservist - Boey Kim Cheng
The Trees Are Down - Charlotte Mew
Practice questions for the iGCSE English Core Reading Paper 1, using an extract from 'Frankenstein' as stimulus. This selection of questions follows a similar structure and wording as a typical iGCSE paper, but just uses one text - ideal for students getting started in preparation for the exam.
Mark schemes are included for both the Reading and Writing questions: the Reading answers are suggested as guidance and do not necessarily include all possible answers. The Writing mark scheme is taken directly from the Core mark scheme guidance and can be applied to this resource.
Resource will allow students to work through practice questions, both independently and with teacher direction. The starter task allows students to understand the stimulus extract and ask questions about unknown words, for what is a potentially challenging text.
Resources in this pack:
iGCSE Frankenstein comprehension - PowerPoint of all of the questions with opening slides explaining skills that will be assessed
iGCSE Frankenstein comprehension answers - Word document for suggested answers for the Reading section
iGCSE Frankenstein writing task mark scheme - PDF of Writing mark scheme
iGCSE Frankenstein extract - PDF of stimulus text
