Two separate revision workbooks on the reading exam on paper 1 and paper 2. The following is included:
Paper 1 and 2 overview
Reading tips and strategies
Real EDUQAS sample exam
Each question (1-6) has its own section
Exemplar work
Sample paragraphs
Sample extracts / exams
Student tasks
Final exam tips
Three fantastic, in-depth PowerPoints looking at the paper 2 writing exam. The following are included:
Text types
Past exam questions
Examiner advice
Intros
Structure
SPAG
Sentence starters
DAFOREST
Revision quizzes
Revision sheet for the Paper 2 reading exam. Each question has a model answer and number of points needed. Aimed for students looking for a grade 4/5.
Exam and mark scheme available here: https://susansenglish.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/5-component-2-additional-assessment-materials.pdf
THREE SEPARATE Fun anagram starters. The students are given a list of celebrities / foods/ countries/ movies/ animals. All of the letters have been jumbled up. They have an allotted time to unscramble all the words. Activity and cut-out cards included.
A collection of resources on planning a short story. The resources include:
40 slide PowerPoint
1st / 3rd person debate
Tenses
Features of narrative writing
Grade 9 exemplar
Worksheets
Writing techniques
Lecturer tips
A really fun and interactive used in creative writing lessons. The students work individually or in a group in this exciting quiz on famous opening & final lines in books/TV/movies. The following are included: Toy Story, A Christmas Carol, Of Mice and Men, Matilda, A Wizard of Oz, Harry Potter etc.
The students love it!
A selection of teacher annotated and highlighted extracts from Touching the Void. I have included my PowerPoint, a podcast and the individually scanned PDFs. They are annotated by whole extract and individual paragraphs. Extracts included. The following extracts are examined, annotated and analysed:
Leg break - Joe’s account
Leg break - Simon’s account
Cutting the rope
An ‘outstanding’ lesson on the compare question on a non-fiction text in paper 2. Looks at the great ‘leg break’ extract seem from two different viewpoints. 55 slide PowerPoint, extracts, annotations and model answer on separate Word document provided. This lesson uses the exam question, ‘Both of these texts are about Joe’s accident. Compare: the Joe’s and Simon’s accounts and reaction to the accident; how Joe and Simon get their feelings about the hardship across to the readers. [10]’
The resource includes the following:
Model answer
Lecturer exam paper annotations and comments
Grade 9 answer separate Microsoft Word document
Answer structure
Language analysis
Group activities
Examiner insight
Modern, fun and dynamic images to help analyse the text.
Connotation advice
Nine fun starters + template for word class revision. I use this for classes that struggle with part of speech for the GCSE English language reading exam papers 1 and 2. The students are given 8 sentences from REAL GCSE exams and they have to say whether it is a verb, adverb, noun or adjective. I have also attached my three minute timer so they can practise doing it against the clock!
A PowerPoint lesson focusing on paper 2 question 2 of the non-fiction exam. This looks at the following question based on Touching the Void: ‘HOW DOES JOE SHOW SIMON’S EMOTIONS IN THE FINAL PART OF THE BOOK?’
Very typical of what you would get in the exam. Extract included as well as model paragraphs and examiner tips.
Two great Powerpoints outlining the questions in component 1 & 2 into the following areas:
how many marks?
how points should you make?
how many quotes should you use?
what are the marks given for?
what do you need to avoid?
Very clear, concise and helpful for the students.
A 235 slide PowerPoint on how to get a grade 9 on the GCSE English Language looking at the Autumn 2016 exam paper (Ben Fogle / Captain Scott). This resource also includes a Word document giving grade 9 examples on Q1-Q6 and a video podcast. I have included my six separate PowerPoints which focus on each specific question. The following are included:
- Model answers
- Lecturer tips
- Podcasts
- Teacher annotations
- Exemplar work
- PEE structure sheet
- Language analysis
- Fact sheet on Captain Scott
- Connotation advice
- Group activities
- Examiner insight
The exam paper the lesson is based on the EDUQAS Ben Fogle / Robert Scott paper available at: https://susansenglish.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/5-component-2-additional-assessment-materials.pdf
An informative, interactive and fun lesson on Q3 of the non-fiction reading exam. This lesson looks at the Ben Fogle Captain Scott survival exam. Comes with lecturer podcast. The lesson examines the 19th century text and includes the following:
Examiner tips
Three group activities
Model answers
Extract
Fun and interesting images
Exam paper available at: https://susansenglish.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/5-component-2-additional-assessment-materials.pdf
A 40 slide PowerPoint giving an overview of the writing part of paper 2.
The following are included:
Key facts
Exemplar work
Texts included in exam - letter, speech, review etc.
SPAG
Impressing your examiner
Example questions
Language techniques - with a modern song
Sentence starters
Homophones
Writing tasks
Over 40 resources on the GCSE English Language reading and writing exam (paper 1). All PowerPoints have amazing images, exemplar materials and 10/10 answers. All nine PowerPoints focus on specific questions and come with a lecturer podcast on the topic. All PPs cover a model answer, stylistic features and sentence starters. These resources come from an Eduqas examiner.
An in-depth PowerPoint on desert island discs, proof reading and sentence structure. I have also included a starter on celebs as kids. The students love it!