English GCSE and English KS3 resources by a lead practitioner. Everything I upload is tried and tested by both myself and my English Department. I always appreciate feedback, so please do leave a review if you get chance.
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English GCSE and English KS3 resources by a lead practitioner. Everything I upload is tried and tested by both myself and my English Department. I always appreciate feedback, so please do leave a review if you get chance.
Leave a review and choose any other single resource for free! Just get in touch at info@englishgcse.co.uk
AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A walkthrough pack for the May 2024 paper.
Includes:
Model answers for Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4.
Analysis and breakdown of all tasks and answers provided
Success criteria
Exam walkthrough tasks
Timings
Exam tips and advice
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS RESOURCE DOES NOT CONTAIN THE EXAM PAPER, THE EXTRACT, OR THE QUESTIONS FROM THE EXAM PAPER. The 2024 paper is a secure material that can only be accessed via the AQA website and therefore it is NOT included in this teaching aid.
Please note that the extract from The Grass is Singing by Doris Lessing is not included in the pack due to copyright restrictions, but will shortly be available to download via the AQA website.
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AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 Knowledge Organisers
AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Sections A and B package
AQA English Language Paper 1 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A package
AQA English Language and English Literature revision package
An Inspector Calls whole scheme package
An Inspector Calls revision package
Macbeth whole scheme package
Macbeth revision package
A Christmas Carol whole scheme package
A Christmas Carol revision package
Jekyll and Hyde whole scheme package
Jekyll and Hyde revision package
Romeo and Juliet whole scheme package
Power and Conflict poetry comparing poems package
Power and Conflict poetry whole scheme package
Love and Relationships poetry whole scheme package
Unseen Poetry whole scheme package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A walkthrough pack for the June 2024 paper.
Includes:
Model answers for Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4.
Analysis and breakdown of all questions and answers provided
Success criteria
Exam walkthrough tasks
Timings
Exam tips and advice
Please note that the extracts from the paper are NOT not included in the pack due to copyright restrictions, but will be available to download via the secure e-AQA website or through other sources. We cannot provide copies of these extracts on request due to copyright restrictions.
If you are having access issues to the resources then please don’t leave a review, it’s not the author’s fault! Just email us at info@englishgcse.co.uk and we can help :)
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AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 Knowledge Organisers
AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Sections A and B package
AQA English Language Paper 1 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A package
AQA English Language and English Literature revision package
An Inspector Calls whole scheme package
An Inspector Calls revision package
Macbeth whole scheme package
Macbeth revision package
A Christmas Carol whole scheme package
A Christmas Carol revision package
Jekyll and Hyde whole scheme package
Jekyll and Hyde revision package
Romeo and Juliet whole scheme package
Power and Conflict poetry comparing poems package
Power and Conflict poetry whole scheme package
Love and Relationships poetry whole scheme package
Unseen Poetry whole scheme package
Revise A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens hrough an engaging ‘escape room’ lesson! It is filled with codes, puzzles and activities to get students to revise characters, themes and contexts as they work in groups or ‘escape crews’ to get out of the locked counting house! Includes answers for every mystery and puzzle (see the notes attached in the PowerPoint) and is a brilliant way to help students in their revision for A Christmas Carol and AQA English Literature Paper 1 - but works for all over exam boards, too including OCR,WJEC, EDUQAS, Edexcel and so on.
English Christmas themed cover for KS3 and KS4 lessons that includes:
2x Analysing fiction texts (English Language Paper 1 Q1-3)
2x Analysing non-fiction texts (English Language Paper 2 Q1-3)
2x Descriptive/narrative writing (English Language Paper 1 Question 5)
2x Non-fiction writing (English Language Paper 2 Question 5)
3x Unseen poetry lessons (English Literature)
11 cover lessons with differentiated activities, scaffolds, easy-to-follow instructions and designed so non-subject specialists can teach them. Really useful for setting last minute cover and ensuring the lessons are challenging, meaningful and engaging. All with a festive theme!
They are designed to help support students at KS3 as they move from Year 7, 8 and 9 into KS4 and Year 10 and Year 11 and can be used for English Literature and English Language exam prep for KS4 classes as well. All extracts are included or linked to.
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AQA English Language Paper 2 39 page cover pack and revision guide that covers all four Section A question. We explore two non-fiction texts on travelling, and look in detail at the skills and timing needed for the 4 Section A questions of the exam for the 2025 summer.
The lesson includes worksheets, differentiated and adaptive learning approaches, revision tips, timings, success criteria and more.
A really useful way of revising these questions in time for the Paper 2 exam in May 2025.
AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A walkthrough pack for the June 2023 paper.
Includes:
Model answers for Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4.
Analysis and breakdown of all questions and answers provided
Success criteria
Exam walkthrough tasks
Timings
Exam tips and advice
Please note that the extract from Life of Pi by Yann Martel is not included in the pack due to copyright restrictions, but will shortly be available to download via the AQA website.
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AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 Knowledge Organisers
AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Sections A and B package
AQA English Language Paper 1 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A package
AQA English Language and English Literature revision package
An Inspector Calls whole scheme package
An Inspector Calls revision package
Macbeth whole scheme package
Macbeth revision package
A Christmas Carol whole scheme package
A Christmas Carol revision package
Jekyll and Hyde whole scheme package
Jekyll and Hyde revision package
Romeo and Juliet whole scheme package
Power and Conflict poetry comparing poems package
Power and Conflict poetry whole scheme package
Love and Relationships poetry whole scheme package
Unseen Poetry whole scheme package
AQA English Language Paper 2 bundle that has recently been revamped and updated. Every lesson took around 7-10 hours to make and include modelled answers, scaffolds, differentiated activities, sources, engaging activities to open up challenging Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4 and Q5 (Non-fiction writing) tasks to all students.
The bundle contains 20 resources that cover both Section A (Nonfiction reading) and Section B (Nonfiction writing) so you know you'll be looking at the whole exam.
The lessons contained are:
1) Introduction lesson that looks at travel writing (Q1, Q2, Q4) - Armitage and Dickens
2) Lesson on Donald Trump article that covers Q1 and Q3
3) Lesson on travel writing (Rory Stewart, Dorothy Wordsworth) that covers Q1, Q2 and Q3.
4) Summary writing lesson that looks at Dickens and a Unicef speech
5) Crime and Punishment lesson on Q1 and Q2
6) Crime and Punishment lesson on Q2
7) Crime and Punishment lesson on Q3
8) Crime and Punishment lesson on Q4
9) Paper 2 walking, talking mock that uses the theme of crime and punishment
10) Section B opening and ending articles
11) Newspaper article writing / writing to explain
12) Magazine article writing / writing to argue
13) Speech writing (Winston Churchill)
14) Speech writing (Barack Obama)
15) Paper 2 exam preparation lesson
16) Paper 2 revision lesson
17) Escape room revision lesson
18) Paper 2 Section A knowledge organiser
19) Paper 2 Section A exam practice pack
20) Florence Nightingale themed Q1-Q4 lessons
Bundle (20x 1hr PP, differentiated tasks throughout using new GCSE numbering system)
All tasks differentiated according to new GCSE numbering system, this bundle is designed for the New Spec AQA Language Paper 2.
Complete 1 hour, well differentiated lessons, with worksheets where applicable.
Suitable for KS4 or adaptable for KS3
Different level tasks for MA,LA or Core
Designed to fit Ofsted criteria for' Good' or above.
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A Christmas Carol can be quite tricky to revise, but this quiz designed to last one hour includes three rounds: key quotes, music interpretations and key themes revision. Ideal preparation for students getting ready for AQA English Literature Paper 1 and for those revising Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol for their exams. Works for any exam board including WJEC, EDUQAS, Edexcel, OCR and so on.
Check out our English Shop for loads more free and inexpensive KS3, KS4, KS5, Literacy and whole school resources.
AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 Knowledge Organisers
AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Sections A and B package
AQA English Language Paper 1 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A package
AQA English Language and English Literature revision package
An Inspector Calls whole scheme package
An Inspector Calls revision package
Macbeth whole scheme package
Macbeth revision package
A Christmas Carol whole scheme package
A Christmas Carol revision package
Jekyll and Hyde whole scheme package
Jekyll and Hyde revision package
Romeo and Juliet whole scheme package
Power and Conflict poetry comparing poems package
Power and Conflict poetry whole scheme package
Love and Relationships poetry whole scheme package
Unseen Poetry whole scheme package
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Power and Conflict 55 page cover pack designed for non-specialists to use in cover lessons to explore the structure, messages, imagery, language and emotions of two unseen poems, that could be replicated for other unseen poems as well.
Includes:
Overview of the style of exam questions
Vocabulary and terminology embedded throughout
Exam practice questions and detailed ideas to include in their answers
Analysis of the poem’s structure and how it can link to messages and themes
Analysis of the imagery and how they link to messages
Analysis of the use of imagery in poems and how they link to ideas
Analysis of the use of language and how it links in to ideas and messages
Scaffolded paragraphs with a model example to support students in writing their own analytical paragraphs
Analysis of the use of rhyme
Analysis of the form and structure of the poem
Exploration of caesuras and enjambment
Comparisons in structure activities
Comparing rhyme in two poems activities
Exploring beginnings and endings in poems
Exploring caesuras and enjambment
Analysing messages in poems
Analysing the use of imagery in poems
Analysing the use of language in poems
Comparing language in anthology poems
Exploring the emotions in different pieces
Analysing tone
Perfect for revising The Emigree, Tissue, My Last Duchess, Storm on the Island, Exposure, Bayonet Charge, Charge of the Light Brigade, War Photographer, The Prelude, London, Kamikaze, Checking Out Me History, Poppies, Ozymandias.
A very detailed Christmas unseen poetry lesson that looks at a festive poem and helps students to break down the processes of analysing a poem independently so they build up their analytical skills for looking at new and unseen poems in exam conditions. Fully differentiated throughout.
AQA English Language Paper 1 35 page cover pack and revision guide that covers all four Section A question. We explore a fiction text on rugby and its impact on the narrator, and look in detail at the skills and timing needed for these opening questions of the exam for the 2025 summer.
The lesson includes worksheets, differentiated and adaptive learning approaches, revision tips, timings, success criteria and more.
A really useful way of revising these questions in time for the Paper 1 exam in May 2025.
An Inspector Calls **TES AWARD NOMINATED** - Over 20 hours worth of fully differentiated lessons (powerpoints, worksheets and exam practice / prep) + a GCSE revision guide AND a knowledge organiser. A bundle of very highly rated lessons, projects and revision sessions for the study of An Inspector Calls.
It basically covers everything you need to teach 'An Inspector Calls' and get successful results (I do). If you think there's anything missing, let me know.
Hope you find this useful, as a Head of English I have given this to my whole department to use and they are very pleased about how much time they've saved.
Here is the order of lessons:
1 - Introduction
2 - Act One Introduction
3 - Arthur Birling
4 - The Inspector
5 - Responsibility
6 - Sheila Birling
7 - Gerald Croft
8 - Sheila Birling and Historical Context
9 - Gerald and Daisy
10 - Mrs Birling
11- Eric Birling
12 - Eric and Eva
13 - The Inspector Leaves
14 - Young and Old
15 - The End
16 - Revision Guide
17 - Knowledge Organiser
18 - Exam Practice Pack
19 - Revision Session
20 - Scheme of Work document
AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A walkthrough pack for the June 2023 paper.
Includes:
Model answers for Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4.
Analysis and breakdown of all questions and answers provided
Success criteria
Exam walkthrough tasks
Timings
Exam tips and advice
Please note that the extracts from the paper are NOT not included in the pack due to copyright restrictions, but will be available to download via the secure e-AQA website or through other sources. We cannot provide copies of these extracts on request due to copyright restrictions.
If you are having access issues to the resources then please don’t leave a review, it’s not the author’s fault! Just email us at info@englishgcse.co.uk and we can help :)
Check out our English Shop for loads more free and inexpensive KS3, KS4, KS5, Literacy and whole school resources.
AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 Knowledge Organisers
AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Sections A and B package
AQA English Language Paper 1 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A package
AQA English Language and English Literature revision package
An Inspector Calls whole scheme package
An Inspector Calls revision package
Macbeth whole scheme package
Macbeth revision package
A Christmas Carol whole scheme package
A Christmas Carol revision package
Jekyll and Hyde whole scheme package
Jekyll and Hyde revision package
Romeo and Juliet whole scheme package
Power and Conflict poetry comparing poems package
Power and Conflict poetry whole scheme package
Love and Relationships poetry whole scheme package
Unseen Poetry whole scheme package
A Christmas Carol - AWARD NOMINATED: EVERY LESSON for Charles Dickens' text. 20x fully differentiated and resourced lessons to prepare KS3 and KS4 students for AQA GCSE English Literature questions on Charles Dickens' classic novella. All created by a Tes Bev Evans Award nominated author 2017.
Includes the following lessons:
1) Introduction to the text
2) Historical context
3) Stave one language analysis
4) Fred and Scrooge character analysis (Stave One)
5) Marley's Ghost - language analysis (Stave One)
6) Marley's message (Stave One)
7) The Ghost of Christmas Past (Stave Two)
8) Fezziwig (Stave Two)
9) Fan and Belle (Stave Two)
10) The Ghost of Christmas Present (Stave Three)
11) The Cratchits (Stave Three)
12) The Next Visits (Stave Three)
13) Stave Four - Part One
14) Tiny Tim and Scrooge - Stave Four
15) Stave Five - The End
16) SCHEME OF WORK - NEW!
17) Exam practice pack (10 questions)
18) Exam question review
19) Key quotes
20) Knowledge organiser for revision
Please note: When downloading a bundle each resource must be downloaded separately. If you have any issues downloading the resources please email me at info@englishgcse.co.uk and I will help you.
English cover for KS3 lessons that includes:
2x Analysing fiction texts (English Language Paper 1 Q1-3)
2x Analysing non-fiction texts (English Language Paper 2 Q1-3)
2x Descriptive/narrative writing (English Language Paper 1 Question 5)
2x Non-fiction writing (English Language Paper 2 Question 5)
3x Unseen poetry lessons (English Literature)
3x Shakespeare lessons (Extracts from The Tempest, Henry V and Richard III)
14 cover lessons with differentiated activities, scaffolds, easy-to-follow instructions and designed so non-subject specialists can teach them. Really useful for setting last minute cover and ensuring the lessons are challenging, meaningful and engaging.
They are designed to help support students at KS3 as they move from Year 7, 8 and 9 into KS4 and Year 10 and Year 11. Adaptable for KS4 classes, too. All extracts are included.
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An Inspector Calls revision quiz which covers plot, characters, quotations, context, stage directions and more! Useful for English Literature revision, for the end of term, end of year,
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AQA English Language Paper 1 materials. TWENTY hours worth! A collection of well differentiated lessons and revision materials to prepare GCSE students for AQA English Language Paper 1: Explorations In Creative Reading And Writing, prepared by an Outstanding-rated English specialist and Lead Practitioner.
Lessons included:
1) AQA English Language Paper 1 Introduction
2) Falcons (Language and Character analysis)
3) Birdsong (Language and Character analysis)
4) Reluctant Fundamentalist (Language and Structure analysis)
5) Spies (Language and Structure analysis)
6) The White Tiger (Character evaluation)
7) Structure lesson (I'm the King of the Castle)
8) Structure (Beginnings and Endings)
9) Section A Walkthrough (Mock exam paper, indicative answers, success criteria, exam tips)
10) Full SOW document
11) Descriptive Writing Introduction
12) Descriptive Writing (Zooming In and Structure)
13) AQA English Language Paper 1 escape room
14) Analysing descriptive writing examples (Jamaica Inn and Little Dorrit)
15) Language techniques recap
16) Section B assessment planning lesson
17) Revision guide which covers both Section A and B
18) Jamaica Inn Mock Review (Based on specimen exam paper)
19) Paper 1 Section A Knowledge Organiser
20) Section A exam practice papers and answers
Quiz - Christmas Quiz: A fun and accessible English Christmas Quiz with over 20 questions and hidden YouTube surprises. Works on PowerPoint. Questions focus on lessons students have been using to prepare for GCSE English Language and GCSE English Literature.
An easy to use reading comprehension pack with three sections of differentiated questions. This activity focuses on the debate around tattoos and the prejudices many have against them. It contains one mild slang term and is aimed more at KS4. It can be used in form time as part of literacy focus, or in an English lesson for KS3/4 GCSE comprehension training.
It is interesting, useful, very easy to use and good way to combine Current Affairs and English.
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An easy to use reading comprehension pack with three sections of differentiated questions. This activity focuses on urgent environmental issues . It can be used in form time as part of literacy focus, or in an English lesson for KS3/4 GCSE comprehension training.
It is interesting, useful, very easy to use and good to raise awareness of envirornmental issues.
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