A fun and informative PowerPoint lesson on Cockney Rhyming Slang. The lesson includes definitions, links to video clips, slang examples and group activities.
A selection of monologues with YouTube links included. The following monologues and clips are included:
Trainspotting
Love, Actually
Kick Ass
The Duff
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
An excellent, fun and interative literary. The following rounds are included: fictional characters, film adaptions, British/American English, prefix/suffix, Vocabograms, connections, and rapid fire. The students love this lesson!
A PowerPoint lesson looking at the theme of narrative writing. The following points are covered:
Personal Narrative
Fictional Narrative
Point of View
Character
Setting
Conflict (Man vs…self / man / nature / society / technology / supernatural)
Plot - using Disney’s Mulan as an example.
Theme
The students love this! This 50-item quiz about commonly misspelled English words may sharpen the students’ minds and boost their knowledge about correct spelling of words.
A lesson on the language question (HOW…) in paper 2. It’s based on the Summer 2018 exam which looked at two articles on volcanoes. The resource includes the following:
Model answer
Language analysis
Group activities
Examiner insight
Modern, fun and dynamic images to help analyse the text.
Connotation advice
Answer structure
Exemplar work
Exam paper and mark scheme link
A lesson on Q5 in paper 2. It’s based on the Summer 2018 exam which looked at two articles on volcanoes. The resource includes the following:
Model answer
Language analysis
Group activities
Examiner insight
Modern, fun and dynamic images to help analyse the text.
Connotation advice
Answer structure
Exemplar work
Exam paper and mark scheme link
An ‘outstanding’ lesson on the question 5 in paper 2. This lesson uses the exam question, ‘Using information from both texts, explain briefly in your own words, how the spectators reacted to Blondin and Wallenda.’ There is a also an excellent examiner podcast that really benefits the students. Exam paper link included.
The resource includes the following:
Model answer
Answer structure
Language analysis
Group activities
Examiner insight
Modern, fun and dynamic images to help analyse the text.
An ‘outstanding’ lesson on the language question (HOW…) in paper 2. This fantastic lesson uses the exam question, ‘How does the writer try to show that Nik Wallenda’s tightrope walk was astonishing and dramatic?’ It’s based on the November 2018 exam which looked at two articles on daredevils tightrope walking across Niagra Falls. There is a also an excellent examiner podcast that really benefits the students. The resource includes the following:
Model answer
Language analysis
Group activities
Examiner insight
Modern, fun and dynamic images to help analyse the text.
Connotation advice
Answer structure
Exemplar work
Exam paper and mark scheme link
A 132-slide PowerPoint on how to get a grade 9 on the GCSE English Language based on the Nov 2018 reading exam paper. The resource also includes specific slides focusing on grade 9 examples on Q1-Q6 as well as all extracts. There is a also an excellent examiner podcast that really benefits the students. PowerPoint as a whole as well as 5 specific PPs for each question. The resource includes the following:
Model answer
Answer structure
Exemplar answers
Language analysis
Group activities
Examiner insight
Modern, fun and dynamic images to help analyse the text.
A lesson (& examiner podcast) on Q6 in paper 2. This lesson uses the exam question, ‘Both of these texts are about solitary confinement in prisons.
Compare: what the writers say about the effects of solitary confinement on prisoners. How the writers get across the effects of solitary confinement in prisons.’ It’s based on the Summer 2017 exam which looked at two articles on prisons. The resource includes the following:
Model answer
Group activities
Examiner insight
Modern, fun and dynamic images to help analyse the text.
Answer structure
Exam paper and mark scheme link