An informative and interactive lesson on writing opening lines a in short story. The students look at famous novels as well as valuable activity on exemplar work. I have also included a video on successful opening lines.
My lessons teaching narrative writing. I have included 14 of my PowerPoints and all other documents. All resources are modern and interactive. The following topics are covered:
Planning
Structure
Themes
Examples of student work (bad, good, great)
Language techniques
Dialogue
Famous opening lines
Famous opening paragraphs
How to write a successful ending
Sensory Language
Show, not tell
A 90-slide PowerPoint and resources on how to get grade 5-7 on the all the questions in the exam. This is based on the NOV 2016 exam paper. This is modern, informative and interactive lesson which the students really enjoy. Exemplar material and model answer included. I have included pdf version of grade 5-6 marked work. Exam paper & MS available at: https://susansenglish.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/3-component-1-additional-assessment-materials.pdf
A revision PowerPoint and resources on how to get grade 5-7 on Q5 in the exam. This is based on the NOV 2016 exam paper. This is modern, informative and interactive lesson which the students really enjoy. Exemplar material and model answer included. I have included pdf version of grade 5-6 marked work. Exam paper & MS available at: https://susansenglish.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/3-component-1-additional-assessment-materials.pdf
Fantastic 87-slide PowerPoint on writing a grade 4-9 email. Based on the topic of festivals. My students loved this lesson. The resource looks at the following:
GRADE 9 example paragraphs
Sentence starters
Structure examples
SPEECH form
SPEECH conventions
DAFOREST
Stylistic devices
Lecturer tips
Common mistakes
SPAG
A creative writing activity based on the infamous Will Smith slap at the Oscars. The lesson covers advice for the narrative exam e.g. strong verbs, tenses, planning, sensory language, figurative language etc.
Task:
WRITE A DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPH BASED ON THE VIDEO CLIP.
WRITE IN THE 1ST PERSON (WS, JPS, CR, AUDIENCE)
INTERESTING OPENING LINE
INTERESTING FINAL LINE
USE THE SENSES
USE SOME FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
‘SHOW NOT TELL’ THE FEELINGS OF THE CHARACTERS
USE STRONG VERBS
USE DIRECT SPEECH
An in-depth Powerpoint for revision for the GCSE Nov exam. This for the paper 1 WRITING fiction exam. I teach EDUQAS but could be used for any board. The PowerPoints includes the following:
**exemplar marking
student work
top tips
real exam answers
interactive images**
Fantastic PowerPoint on writing a GRADE 9 LETTER. The resource looks at the following:
Letter form
Example paragraphs
Topic sentences
Closing sentence
Planning
Sentence starters
Letter form
Letter conventions
DAFOREST
Stylistic devices
Lecturer tips
Common mistakes
SPAG
Fantastic PowerPoint on writing a formal letter. Also comes with a separate letter writing quiz PowerPoint. The resource looks at the following:
Grade 4-9 example paragraphs
Sentence starters
Letter form
Letter conventions
Interview discussion points
Example structure
Stylistic devices
Lecturer tips
Common mistakes
SPAG
A 25-page revision pack with model exam questions and extracts from Normal People. Example answers included. For the GCSE English Language paper 1 reading fiction exam.
34-slide PowerPoint on how to get 100% on Q5 (looking at two texts) of the GCSE English Language exam based on an extract from An Idiot Abroad (extract included). The resource includes the following:
Model answers
Answer structure
Language analysis
SPAG starter
Examiner insight
Modern, fun and dynamic images to help analyse the text
40-slide PowerPoint on how to get 100% on Q4 (the HOW/language question) of the GCSE English Language exam based on an extract from An Idiot Abroad (extract included). The resource includes the following:
Model answers
Answer structure
Language analysis
SPAG starter
Examiner insight
Modern, fun and dynamic images to help analyse the text
Fun starter. On each slide, students will see a set of words being revealed.
All of them will be linked by something. As soon as they know what it is, they shout out the word!
Revision pack for paper 1 & 22 reading fiction exams. The pack for paper 1 includes extracts from Normal People, Jurassic Park and other exam extracts. The revision pack for paper 2 reading non-fiction exam includes extracts from An Idiot Abroad, Free Solo and other exam extracts.
The language question on the paper 1 reading exam. This is for the 10 mark question. Aimed at getting a grade 5-6. Based on the first chapter of the novel JAWS by Peter Benchley. I have included all resources which include extract, model answers, exemplar answers and a fun phobia starter activity.
Video clip of the scene in the film is on YouTube.