GCSE English progress tracker - I have my learners stick this in the front inside of their exercise books to keep a track on their own progress.

An English related Christmas Quiz! The first letter of each answer spells out ‘We wish you a Merry Christmas’ (if the learners get their answers right!).

A fun ‘who killed Santa?’ powerpoint activity.

Creative writing lesson working on skill building - sentence starters and showing character emotion.

Analysing an extract from ‘The Lovely Bones’ with a focus on foreshadowing.

Multiple choice 20 question English Quiz.

Language features activities/worksheets

GCSE Creative writing lesson, focussed on the AQA exam board but adaptable to others. Would work well as an online lesson.

Complete online lesson on animal rights - pitched for an English lesson (I’m using it for my GCSE groups but could be useful for functional skills level two and lower with some scaffolding).

GCSE English lesson plan & resources (Paper 1 Question 3 & 4)

Sentence Form Starter Activity

GCSE English Language Revision Booklets for Paper 1 and 2.

Lesson on structure and how it is effective

Improving vocabulary full lesson

A helpful visual display of language features and their definitions. Could be used as a display, learning map or worksheet.

A handy breakdown of each exam question and AO for paper 1 and 2, GCSE English - AQA.

Sentence Forms Starter

GCSE English Language - Paper 1, Question 5. Creative writing example questions themed around Black lives matter.

Point Evidence Explain Guide

To be used alongside a piece of text to allow learners to identify specific language features. I have used this successfully with my lower ability GCSE English Language students to help them identify language features within the text as exam practice. The scaffolded worksheet can be amended by the tutor to include some of the language features that are within the source/text to prompt the less able learners to find examples.