I provide resources mainly for English (IGCSE and GCSE content), but also post useful Drama resources. There are also brand new English-with-Media resources to choose from, and many materials such as assemblies and certificates that could prove useful to Head of Years. All resources are differentiated appropriately and labelled with key year groups.
I provide resources mainly for English (IGCSE and GCSE content), but also post useful Drama resources. There are also brand new English-with-Media resources to choose from, and many materials such as assemblies and certificates that could prove useful to Head of Years. All resources are differentiated appropriately and labelled with key year groups.
This sheet includes everything students will need in revising the character of Sheila in AIC
Side one: Quote analysis
Side two: contextual and thematic analysis, as well as space to find key vocabulary and write essay-openers using frames provided.
This sheet includes everything students will need in revising the character of Eric in AIC
Side one: Quote analysis
Side two: contextual and thematic analysis, as well as space to find key vocabulary and write essay-openers using frames provided.
In this lesson, students will act out Act 3 of ‘Dara’, and answer IGCSE Section A style questions at the end. They will contemplate the staging of certain scenes, and the changing relationships between characters - in particular, the relationship between Dara and Aurangzeb.
11 SPAG lessons with a focus on:
Introduction to using basic punctuation
Using commas and how to ‘pause’ in sentences
Using colons when listing
Using discourse markers correctly
Sentence and word types
Hyphens, en and em dashes
Advanced punctuation (using speech marks and semi-colons.
There is an end of unit quiz attached for students to consolidate their learning at the end of the scheme. One lesson includes an easy ‘tick off’ teacher feedback sheet, all lessons include opportunity for purple pen reflection or peer reviews.
3 stand-alone SPAG lessons which include:
An introduction to and consolidation of general punctuation
A focus on hyphens, en and em dashes
A study of advanced punctuation (specifically speech marks and semi-colons).
One lesson includes an easy ‘tick-off’ teacher feedback sheet, all lessons include opportunity for purple pen reflection or peer reviews.
This lesson teaches students about the differences between hyphens, en, and em dashes. The students will be able to test their knowledge by completing a section of comprehension, and then writing a creative piece which will be peer-reviewed.
This lesson is half-punctuation and half-comprehension. This allows students to ‘solve the punctuation crimes’ by detecting the ‘stolen punctuation’ in a sentence. After answering some 11+ style comprehension questions, students will test their punctuation skills by writing a crime fiction piece. The lesson finalises with a peer-review.
This SPAG lesson focuses on the specifics of speech marks and semicolons. Students are given a spelling test, knowledge questions, and then a creative task to prove all they have learned. Included in this bundle is an easy teacher marksheet, in which teachers can simply highlight a student ‘What went well’ and ‘Even better if’.
In this lesson, students will understand how to approach an extract with Question 4 in mind. Students will complete a guided annotation, and by the end of the lesson, should have completed a peer-reviewed Question 4-style response.
This 12 lesson scheme of work focuses on the first three questions of the AQA Language Paper 1. In these lessons, students are given the necessary knowledge and resources to be able to answer all three of these questions confidently.
SOW Summary:
Lesson 1: Question 1 focus, reading Stephen King’s ‘IT’. Students have a chance to write their own question 1 as well!
Lesson 2: Question 2 focus, with a guided annotation of King’s ‘IT’ extract.
Lesson 3: A focus on language techniques, and testing language analysis with an excerpt from Peter Benchley’s ‘Jaws’.
Lesson 4: A focus on analyzing setting, using an extract from Khaled Hosseini’s ‘The Kite Runner’.
Lesson 5: A focus on allusion and advanced language techniques in Steinbeck’s ‘Of Mice and Men’.
Lesson 6: Finalizing the study of question 2 by analyzing an extract from Tolkien’s ‘Lord of The Rings’.
Lesson 7: Intro to question 3 and metamorphosis extract used for event tracking.
Lesson 8: Focus on voice and tracking events, using an extract No Country for Old Men.
Lesson 9: Focus on tracking events, using extract from The White Tiger.
Lesson 10: Focus on structural devices, using extract from A Christmas Carol
Lesson 11: Focus on key changes in a text, using the lyrics from ‘Let it Go’.
Lesson 12: Finalizing the exploration of question 3. A study of a text’s ‘focus’ and sentence types, using an extract from Voices from Chernobyl.
Lesson 1: Intro to question and metamorphosis extract used for event-tracking.
Lesson 2: Focus on voice and tracking events, using an extract No Country for Old Men.
Lesson 3: Focus on tracking events, using extract from The White Tiger.
Lesson 4: Focus on structural devices, using extract from A Christmas Carol
Lesson 5: Focus on key changes in a text, using the lyrics from ‘Let it Go’.
Lesson 6: A study of a text’s ‘focus’ and sentence types, using an extract from Voices from Chernobyl.
This lesson focuses on tracking events in a text and analysing structural features , using an excerpt from Voices from Chernobyl. This is one of 6 lessons uploaded with the aim of preparing students for answering Language Paper 1 Question 3.
This lesson focuses on tracking events in a text and analysing the change in voice/themes as the text progresses, using the lyrics from Frozen.This is one of 6 lessons uploaded with the aim of preparing students for answering Language Paper 1 Question 3.
This lesson focuses on tracking events in a text and analysing structural features such as juxtaposition and analepsis (excerpt from A Christmas Carol).This is one of 6 lessons uploaded with the aim of preparing students for answering Language Paper 1 Question 3.
This lesson focuses on tracking events in a text (excerpt from The White Tiger) in order to prepare students for answering language paper 1 question 3.
In this lesson (8th in a GCSE exam skills SOW) students will learn about the language paper 1 question 3 requirements, and test their understanding of tracking structure with an extract of 'No Country for Old Men’. This lesson is also part of a question 3 bundle, and also a 24-lesson GCSE Language Paper 1 SOW. Check the shop for more!
In this lesson (7th in a GCSE exam skills SOW) students will learn about the language paper 1 question 3 requirements, and test their understanding of tracking structure with an extract of Franz Kafka’s ‘Metamorphosis’. This lesson is also part of a question 3 bundle, and also a 24-lesson GCSE Language Paper 1 SOW. Check the shop for more!
This scheme of work focuses on the first two questions of the AQA Language Paper 1. In these lessons, students are given the necessary knowledge and resources to be able to answer both of these questions confidently.
Texts included in these practice questions include:
Stephen King’s ‘IT’
Peter Benchley’s ‘Jaws’
Khaled Hosseini’s ‘The Kite Runner’
Steinbeck’s ‘Of Mice and Men’
Tolkein’s ‘Lord of The Rings’
