Five star rated and 'TES Recommended' authors, we are two Heads of English who are passionate about using and developing quality, engaging resources. We recognise the need for resources that are 'ready to go' and that don't require a huge amount of 'polishing' before they can be used. Every resource that we publish is quality assured and, most importantly, has been tried and tested by us in the classroom! We hope you find our resources useful and we welcome any feedback.
Five star rated and 'TES Recommended' authors, we are two Heads of English who are passionate about using and developing quality, engaging resources. We recognise the need for resources that are 'ready to go' and that don't require a huge amount of 'polishing' before they can be used. Every resource that we publish is quality assured and, most importantly, has been tried and tested by us in the classroom! We hope you find our resources useful and we welcome any feedback.
This bundle really does contain everything that you need to fully resource the new AQA English Language specification (first exams in 2017).
Including some of our best selling, five star resources:
A two year long term plan mapping out both the Lang and Lit courses,
An Excel tracking spreadsheet to monitor students' progress and convert raw AQA marks into a 1-9 grade,
Assessment and marking sheets for each section of the exam,
Planning and overview slides for each section of the exam which could also be printed out and displayed as posters.
This bundle also includes comprehensive PowerPoint lesson presentations for each section of the exam with over 400 slides of high quality, engaging material to use with students. Lesson by lesson schemes of work also included for Paper 1 Section A and Paper 2 Section A.
Each lesson is ready to go and fully resourced to save planning time.
Feedback is gratefully appreciated!
Question 4 resources now included and also available to download for free here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/aqa-english-language-paper-1-section-a-question-4-revision-11504003
A high quality, focused lesson exploring the significance of Scrooge and Bob’s relationship in Stave One. The lesson follows a clear format and structure in order to embed new knowledge and consolidate student understanding.
Each lesson has a recall task, key vocabulary, analysis of the scene, opportunities for analytical writing, a model response and self assessment slide.
You can buy this lesson as part of a bundle of fourteen lessons here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-gcse-revision-pack-12415380
A high quality, focused lesson exploring the significance of the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come in Stave Four. The lesson follows a clear format and structure in order to embed new knowledge and consolidate student understanding.
Each lesson has a recall task, key vocabulary, analysis of the scene, opportunities for analytical writing, a model response and self assessment slide.
You can buy this lesson as part of a bundle of fourteen lessons here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-gcse-revision-pack-12415380
A 48 slide lesson presentation taking students through Paper 2 Section A of the June 2019 paper.
The presentation walks students through each question on Section A and provides opportunity for self assessment and reflection.
Model answers, indicative content and a generic mark scheme for each question provided.
I have not uploaded the sources due to copyright restrictions but they are available to download from the eAQA Secure Key Materials website: https://www.aqa.org.uk/contact-us/secure-services/eaqa
This would be an excellent resource to teach or revise the skills for Paper 2 Section A or to use after students have completed a mock using the June 2019 paper to walk them through the strengths and weaknesses of their response.
A quick and easy GCSE writing skills revision lesson that links to the revision of a key scene and character from 'Romeo and Juliet' to consolidate students' understanding of the play.
The lesson focuses on students revising how to apply different sentence structures and ambitious vocabulary whilst also getting them to reread and sequence an extract from Act 1, Scene 1 of 'Romeo and Juliet'.
12 detailed and engaging slides. Extension and intervention opportunities included.
Ready to go and easy to use!
An Ofsted judged 'Outstanding' creative writing lesson. The lesson is based around the theme of gothic horror and includes a number of activities to extend students' vocabulary and variety of sentence structures.
A lesson based around the final chapter of 'All Quiet on the Western Front' to introduce and familiarise students with Paper 1, Section A (Explorations in Creative Reading) of the new AQA English Language GCSE. The aim is to introduce students to the format of the exam and teach them the skills needed to analyse unseen prose extracts.
20 slides and with all of the question formats covered and exemplar responses included. Engaging tasks and activities including independent and group work.
20 slide PowerPoint included plus the extract from 'All Quiet on the Western Front'.
A revision resource to help students consolidate and retain key information about the 15 poems in the ‘Power and Conflict’ anthology for the new AQA English Literature specification (first exams in 2017).
There is a slide for each poem with four questions/statements designed to get the students recalling and applying their knowledge of the poems.
The resource can be used in a number of ways:
15 separate lesson starter slides
Print and use as a revision booklet
Use for group work/speed dating tasks with students feeding back their ideas about the poems to the rest of the class.
The slides follow a common format in order for students to get used to the revision approach.
A selection of resources to consolidate students' basic literacy skills focusing in particular on apostrophes and the key homophones of: 'their/there/they're', 'too/two/to' and 'where/we're/were'.
The bundle includes:
A 13 slide presentation with slides that can be dropped into any lesson presentation to use as lesson starters or as distinct activities within the lesson.
Worksheets recapping key homophones and apostrophes.
A 30 slide presentation with commonly misspellings which could be used for digital signage around the school or as lesson starter slides.
16 slides that can be dropped into any lesson presentation on Paper 1, Section A: approaches to unseen fiction.
Presentation includes:
A slide for each question explaining the key aspects and requirements for each question.
Peer/self assessment slides for each question.
Paper 1, Section A glossary.
'First Responses' template to use when tackling an unseen extract.
Two slides looking in more detail at how to approach structure for question 3.
A double sided A3 revision sheet to help prepare students for the final exam.
A 59 slide presentation comprised of 5 lessons analysing 'Propping Up the Line'.
The extract used is available to download for free on e-AQA Secure Materials, KS3 Test Packs - Year 9 Pack 2.
The lessons cover the skills needed to approach questions 1-3 on the new AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1, Section A exam.
The lessons have been designed with a lower ability Key Stage Four group in mind and clearly spell out the different steps for success needed for the first three questions. These lessons would also be suitable to use at Key Stage Three or as a transition/revision resource.
Each lesson is fully resourced with clear learning objectives, a range of activities and opportunities for self and peer assessment.
Clear links are made to the exam assessment objectives and mark scheme throughout.
Model answers provided.
If you are looking for a more challenging set of resources for middle to upper ability students please see our five star rated Paper 1, Section A resources in our shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/RojoResources
A high quality, focused lesson exploring the significance of the Ghost of Christmas Past in Stave Two. The lesson follows a clear format and structure in order to embed new knowledge and consolidate student understanding.
Each lesson has a recall task, key vocabulary, analysis of the scene, opportunities for analytical writing, a model response and self assessment slide.
You can buy this lesson as part of a bundle of thirteen lessons here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-gcse-revision-pack-12415380
A 50 slide presentation of 4 lessons designed to introduce and consolidate approaches to the unseen poetry section of the English Literature exam. The lessons link to the new AQA specification but could easily be adapted to suit other specifications. Each lesson contains a wide variety of activities including individual and group work, assessment opportunities and model answers.
Lesson 1 - introduction to unseen poetry working through an analysis of 'Hard Frost' by Andrew John Young.
Lesson 2 - unseen analysis of 'Nettles' by Vernon Scannell.
Lesson 3 - unseen analysis of 'In the Orchard After Midnight' by Brian Patten focusing on mood and tone.
Lesson 4 - introduction to comparing unseen poems for the final question on Paper 2 of the English Literature exam.
Lessons 3 and 4 can be used in conjunction with the AQA unseen poetry resource booklet which can be found on the AQA website.
I have only included the first stanza of each poem due to copyright reasons but have included clear links as to where you can access the rest of the poem within the presentation.
A 62 slide presentation comprised of 5 lessons analysing 'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas'.
The lessons cover the skills needed to approach questions 1-3 on the new AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1, Section A exam.
The lessons have been designed with a lower ability Key Stage Four group in mind and clearly spell out the different steps for success needed for the first three questions. These lessons would also be suitable to use at Key Stage Three or as a transition/revision resource.
Each lesson is fully resourced with clear learning objectives, a range of activities and opportunities for self and peer assessment.
Clear links are made to the exam assessment objectives and mark scheme throughout.
Model answers provided.
If you are looking for a more challenging set of resources for middle to upper ability students please see our five star rated Paper 1, Section A resources in our shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/RojoResources
A high quality, focused lesson exploring the significance of Scrooge’s grave in Stave Four. The lesson follows a clear format and structure in order to embed new knowledge and consolidate student understanding.
Each lesson has a recall task, key vocabulary, analysis of the scene, opportunities for analytical writing, a model response and self assessment slide.
You can buy this lesson as part of a bundle of fourteen lessons here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-gcse-revision-pack-12415380
A 29 slide, two lesson presentation covering the poem ‘Ozymandias’ in detail. The lessons are linked to the new assessment criteria for the 2015 AQA English Literature GCSE. Annotations for the entire poem as well as example analytical paragraphs.
*Regarding caromike’s review, the video is actually embedded into slide 4 and will play during the slideshow on PowerPoint. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMySF1nkN8o
