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
Edexcel English Language 2.0 Paper 1 lesson that looks at how to put together a newspaper article, including creating headlines, straplines, introductory paragraphs, plans, using connectives, opening and closing sentences and more. Includes models, scaffolds, differentiated activities and more. Recently revamped and updated, this is a brilliant resource to use for Language Paper 1 and for revision. A fully differentiated and resourced lesson for KS3 and KS4 students to prepare to write newspaper articles. This lesson is ideal preparation for Section B of the Edexcel Language 2.0 Paper 1 exam paper.
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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
A Christmas Carol revision worksheets - four differentiated sheets that include tasks to help students remember and analyse quotes or quotations. Useful for less able students, SEN, perfect for English revision, for homework or as cover.
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Edexcel English Language 2.0 Paper 2 Section B - Tone is an important element of creative prose writing, but it is a concept some students find difficult to understand. This fully differentiated and resourced lesson for both KS3 and KS4 students focusses in on building a consistent tone within creative writing. Students look at pace, symbolism and synonyms to help create particular tones within their own writing. Really useful for Edexcel English Language 2.0 Imaginative Writing.
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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
Hip hop allusion and connotations lesson for English KS3. These resources are designed for an extra curricular club that helps to engage students in lyrics and therefore poetry. In this lesson we explore lyrics and how the writers use allusions to engaged listeners/audiences, and discuss what connotations these give off or convey.
Could be used for before/lunchtime/after school clubs or edited to be used for lessons on poetry and figurative language.
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Hip hop structure lesson for English KS3. These resources are designed for an extra curricular club that helps to engage students in lyrics and therefore poetry. In this lesson we explore how structure in lyrics can engage listeners/audiences, and discuss what effects they can have, including the use of verses and refrains.
Could be used for before/lunchtime/after school clubs or edited to be used for lessons on poetry and figurative language.
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Mild the Mists Upon the Hill by Emily Brontë (Bronte) poem lesson for the new Edexcel Belonging poetry anthology. Includes differentiated activities, worksheets, glossary, bonus challenges, ways of comparing poems and more. Students analyse key sections of the poem and use student notes to improve their annotations. Includes a Venn diagram activity on comparing this poem to Sunday Dip by John Clare. Perfect for KS4 GCSE and KS3 classes.
Frankenstein lesson for KS3 and KS4 students that looks at the whole of Chapter 15 and sums up Chapter 14 through a range of engaging activities that look at how the monster is presented and how giving him his own perspective and narrative changes how we see him as readers. We look at how he is crushed once the cottage family reject him, as well as how the monster feels about his creation and his creator.
Includes differentiated activities, visual stimuli, and a slightly different approach to helping students gain an overview of settings, characters, plot devices, tone and more. A really useful introduction to Frankenstein for GCSE English Literature students.
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Frankenstein lesson for KS3 and KS4 students that looks at the whole of Chapter 16 and introduces Chapter 17 through a range of engaging activities that look at how the monster is presented and how giving him his own perspective and narrative changes how we see him as readers. We look at how he behaves once rejected by the cottage family and how he explains the murder of the young boy.
Includes differentiated activities, visual stimuli, and a slightly different approach to helping students gain an overview of settings, characters, plot devices, tone and more. A really useful introduction to Frankenstein for GCSE English Literature students.
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Frankenstein lesson for KS3 and KS4 students that looks at the whole of Chapter 17 and introduces Chapter 18 through a range of engaging activities that look at how the monster is presented and how he persuades Victor to create a companion for him. We explore our own views and whether we agree Victor should agree to the creature’s request or not.
Includes differentiated activities, visual stimuli, and a slightly different approach to helping students gain an overview of settings, characters, plot devices, tone and more. A really useful introduction to Frankenstein for GCSE English Literature students.
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AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A lesson that analyses the structure of the first part of Philip K Dick’s The Skull, a Science Fiction short story. We explore how the chapter begins, how the extract ends and how Dick shifts the focus of the extract between the characters and descriptions of the dystopian world that the text is set in. A fully differentiated and resourced lesson that helps students write detailed answers for AQA Language Paper 1 Section A Q3. The lesson, ideal for both KS3 and KS4 students preparing for AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A.
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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
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General Election 2019 lesson that explores Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour manifesto speech. Students analyse the opposition leader’s use of language in order to try and influence his audience. Includes differentiated activities and worksheets throughout. A useful lesson for English teachers and students preparing for English Language Paper 2 Question 5, as well as teaching speech writing.
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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
Or check out some Citizenship GCSE, RE, PSHE + RSE resources at EC Resources
Richard III Shakespeare lesson on Act 3 Scene 7 of the play, exploring kingship and kingly qualities as Richard pretends to refuse the throne and Buckingham begs him to accept. We explore language used and how Richard employs it to manipulate others. A useful lesson for KS3 and KS4 classes with differentiated activities, questions and resources.
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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
Richard III Shakespeare lesson on Act 3 Scene 3 of the play, exploring how Queen Margaret’s curses on multiple characters are presented and how they would have impacted on an Elizabethan audience, as well as evaluating Richard’s character at this point in the play. A useful lesson for KS3 and KS4 classes with differentiated activities, questions and resources.
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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
Or check out some Citizenship GCSE, RE, PSHE + RSE resources at EC Resources
English KS3 assessment resource for AQA English Language Paper 2. Students are provided with four exam style questions that form their assessment and this lesson includes indicative content for each quAs well as the exam questions and texts, there is a PowerPoint that features helpful tips on each question and could be used before the questions as being answered or whilst the students write out their answers to each question. Students explore non-fiction texts and use their new knowledge to analyse specfic examples. Useful preparation for both Section A and Question 5 of GCSE English Language exams, but designed for KS3 students. Includes teacher and student notes.
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AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 Knowledge Organisers
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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
Or check out some Citizenship GCSE, RE, PSHE + RSE resources at EC Resources
May 2021 An Inspector Calls model answer on how Priestley presents society as unfair - this model essay is designed to hit the requirements for Grade 9 for AQA English Literature Paper 1M. Includes an answer that weaves together language and structure analysis, context and detailed and perceptive insights into Edwardian and post-war British society, how and why Priestley presents society as he does throughout the play to convey his messages about politics in Britain after the conclusion of the Second World War.
2021 A Christmas Carol model answer on joy and happiness - this model essay or answer is designed to hit the requirements for Grade 9 for AQA English Literature Paper 1/1N. Includes an answer that weaves together language and structure analysis, context and detailed and perceptive insights into Victorian society, how Scrooge later embraces joy and happiness in the novel, and how his awareness of his detachment is used to influence Scrooge and in turn used by Dickens to communicate messages on social transformation.
2020 Jekyll and Hyde model answer on ideas about good and evil. This model essay or answer is designed to hit the requirements for Grade 9 for AQA English Literature. Includes an answer that weaves together language and structure analysis, context and detailed and perceptive insights into Victorian society, how good and evil are presented and how these are in turn used by Stevenson to communicate messages on morality and humanity.
Great Expectations lesson on Chapters 35, 36 and 37 from Charles Dickens’ Victorian novel. We explore how Dickens uses cliffhangers to engage his readers, how the beginning of ending of these chapters impact on readers and why Pip using his money for good with Herbert makes him feel better about himself.
An ideal lesson for your KS3 or KS4 English Literature students. Fully differentiated throughout.
Great Expectations lesson on Chapters 41, 42 and 43 from Charles Dickens’ Victorian novel. We explore Magwitch’s revelations, how Pip feels about them and how Magwitch may be linked to other characters in the story.
An ideal lesson for your KS3 or KS4 English Literature students. Fully differentiated throughout.
Edexcel English Language Paper 2 Section A lesson that looks at comparing two contemporary texts. A fully differentiated and resourced lesson based on Edexcel English Language Paper 2 Section A Question 6- writing about similarities and differences. Students compare two texts on a crime and punishment theme and then use these two texts to created a scaffolded comparison. Ideal preparation for both KS3 and KS3 students working on non-fiction reading - contemporary texts.
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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