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I am a secondary school English teacher, teaching KS3 and KS4. My lessons are all differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge and the GCSE mark scheme. Please leave a review - I would love to hear your feedback :)

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I am a secondary school English teacher, teaching KS3 and KS4. My lessons are all differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge and the GCSE mark scheme. Please leave a review - I would love to hear your feedback :)
Set of 5 homework activities for AQA Language Paper 1 Question 5.
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Set of 5 homework activities for AQA Language Paper 1 Question 5.

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5 homework sheets aimed at helping students develop their skills in planning an answer for Language Paper 1 Question 5. Each sheet asks students to plan a list of powerful vocabulary (challenge to find synonyms to improve their vocab choices), a list of language devices and a list of the senses. Planning sheets can then be used to write up a full practice answer to Paper 1 Question 5. Please leave a review. I love your feedback :)
Poetry from other Cultures. 7 Lesson Bundle!
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Poetry from other Cultures. 7 Lesson Bundle!

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A scheme of work aimed at year 8 students but can be adapted for other year groups. Could be taught as unseen for GCSE. Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge. Lessons get students to look at context, structure and language before completing an exam style question. Please leave a review if you have time.
Room 101 - Speaking and Listening - To practice and develop skills in presenting.
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Room 101 - Speaking and Listening - To practice and develop skills in presenting.

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Used as part of the speaking and listening GCSE module but can work as a stand alone lesson to practice speaking and listening skills. Could also be adapted for teaching non-fiction if needed. Lesson is based around the concept of Room 101 with students being asked to think about their pet peeves and eventually work in a group to present a short presentation on why it should be put into room 101.
Guess Who - Speaking & Listening. To gather & present information on an allocated topic.
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Guess Who - Speaking & Listening. To gather & present information on an allocated topic.

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Used as part of the speaking and listening GCSE module but can work as a stand alone lesson to practice speaking and listening skills. Could also be adapted for teaching non-fiction if needed. Lesson starter asks students to write down a funny story that is either truth or a lie. The teacher then collects these in and returns to them for the plenary. The main part of the lesson involves students been allocated a topic and having to work with others to gather information about that topic to eventually present their findings.
Buddy The Elf - Creative Writing Christmas Lesson
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Buddy The Elf - Creative Writing Christmas Lesson

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Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge. Lesson focuses on descriptive writing skills. Main task asks students to create a piece of creative writing from the point of view of Buddy the Elf, experiencing New York City for the first time. Students watch a short clip to help with this and complete planning activities.
Gothic Horror - Full Scheme of work for the KS3 unit. Lessons and resources included.
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Gothic Horror - Full Scheme of work for the KS3 unit. Lessons and resources included.

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Aimed at a top set year 8 class- can easily be adapted for KS4 students. Includes a range of Gothic texts such as Frankenstein, Jekyll and Hyde, Dracula, Northanger Abbey. Teaches various language techniques such as pathetic fallacy, manichean symbolism, show don’t tell, foreshadowing etc. Lessons are planned using the TEEP format. Objectives and outcomes are designed to fit the GCSE criteria to prepare students for the style of the examinations. Differentiated using Aim, Challenge and Super Challenge tasks.
Effective use of adjectives and adverbs in creative writing.
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Effective use of adjectives and adverbs in creative writing.

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A creative writing lesson aimed to help students improve their use of adjectives and adverbs in their descriptive writing, Lesson involves short tasks, improving extracts and eventually a descriptive writing task. Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge and the GCSE mark scheme. Aimed at KS3 students but can also be used with KS4.
Sherlock - Mystery writing KS3 - Paper1, Question 5
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Sherlock - Mystery writing KS3 - Paper1, Question 5

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A Sherlock mystery writing lesson to focus on Paper 1, Question 5 descriptive writing skills. Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge and the GCSE mark scheme. Aimed at KS3 but could be easily adapted for GCSE groups. Lesson planned using the TEEP model.