This resource has been produced to be aimed at students studying AQA English Language. It contains a booklet (pdf and editable word .doc) of 8 pages, along with a (minimum) 5 lesson PowerPoint of 36 slides. The booklet includes: A front page with strategies for accessing 19th century non-fiction and an exam overview Two sources (19th century and modern) with letters on the topic of marriage. The 19th century source has 5 tasks which develop the skills needed for the exam. The modern source has exam style questions. Two sources (19th century and modern) on the topic of Charles Dickens. Again the first text has tasks and there are a range of exam style questions for both sources. Two sources (19th century and modern) on the topic of London fog. This has a full section A set of questions. A back page with space for a common 19th century vocabulary glossary. There are some common terms already there, and students are encouraged to add words as they work through the booklet. The lessons include: 5 retrieval questions to start each lesson. They are linked to ‘A Christmas Carol’ and the ‘Power and Conflict’ cluster, but are fully editable so can be changed to suit your texts. The first lesson begins with explaining the strategies and then getting students to read the text and respond to the tasks. The second lesson looks at the differences between Q2 and Q4 and then plan an answer to each. The third lesson gets students responding to these questions, offering model answers and clear success criteria The next lesson encourages students to read the texts and respond to questions quicker, with in built timers used to manage students’ time. The final lesson gets students to attempt part of all the questions, with timers encouraging speed.

A mock exam for AQA English Language GCSE - Paper 2. It is to the exact specification of the full paper. Included in the purchase is: The extract (with line numbers, on one A3 page) A shortened version of the questions - all five on one page (see image). A full, AQA style, exam booklet. This contains all of the questions with the correct layout (as per the AQA exam) and the correct number of pages. A detailed 3 page document which provides indicative content, offering example answers for each level of a response for questions 1-4. Extracts: The 19th Century extract is from London by Day and Night written in 1852 The modern extract is from The Guardian, 2002

This is an extremely dense 12 page booklet with easily an entire scheme of work. This has been created to give year 7 an introduction to Shakespeare: to understand his life, works, times, theatre and to grasp how a script works. There are two pages which focus on Shakespeare’s villains (Don John and Iago) but in reality this is to simply expose students to Shakespeare’s life and characters rather than to complete in depth analysis of a plot and character. Although this was created with year 7 in mind it would fill a gap at any level of Key Stage 3 if students’ knowledge of Elizabethan England is lacking. Both the editable Word document and .pdf are provided - please note the word document may not appear like the booklet pdf because of font use and formatting. This booklet is also available as part of a Shakespeare bundle with two other KS3 booklets covering Shakespeare heroes and the idea of tragic heroes and Shakespeare’s relationships. The booklet is as follows: 1 - front cover and basic dramatic terminology glossary 2 - William Shakespeare information with space to create a fact file 3 - Shakespeare’s works - basic information, followed by a task to understand the difference between comedies, tragedies and histories then sorting key plays into each type 4+5 - a double page spread with a timeline across Elizabethan and Jacobean England. At the top students can create a timeline of historical events and then plot Shakespeare’s life underneath (perhaps using page 2) 6 - Elizabethan entertainment - 4 boxes for students to complete information about bear baiting, bull baiting, cock fighting and the theatre - I have attached the factfile made to accompany this lesson. 7- The Globe Theatre - A label the Globe picture followed by a gap fill about its history (in image) 8- Understanding a script - the first scene of Macbeth is used to explain the layout of a script, followed by a gap underneath for students to make their own mini script using a similar layout and features. 9- Stage directions- a list of common Shakespeare stage directions with definitions for students to match followed by some complex stage directions to "translate" 10 - An explanation of the character and his motives, an extract from the play (1.3) and a series of questions which track students through the extract. 11 - An explanation of the character and his motives,an extract from 1.1 alongside a modern translation followed by a series of questions. 12- a common words glossary where students should independently record new words learnt.

The pack has eight key ways Golding uses the island (microcosm, personified as beast, as paradise/hell etc) and has three key quotes to explore for each point. Quotes have page references. A simple way to get pupils analysing short quotes and coming up with personal responses to a thematic question.

This 12 page booklet is designed to give students a taster of a range of Shakespeare plays and characters who might be considered heroes, or tragic heroes. This booklet was originally designed for year 8 but would work across the whole of Key Stage 3. The booklet offers activities alongside extracts giving students a taste of Shakespeare and his characters and methods, rather than the plot of whole plays. It also gives students a gentle introduction to the idea of the tragic hero. The booklet includes the following extracts/activities: A front page which allows students to consider heroic qualities. A prior knowledge page where students can enter what they already know about Shakespeare and three key plays. A terminology page with key play and strucural terminology. A page with gap-fill definitions of tragic hero, foil, aside and hamartia. A rank the heroic events page, where students must rank a range of events which link to the extracts they will later study for a S+L lesson. A range of descriptions about Macbeth from across each act in the play, with a heroic/villainous graph to plot his change (also useful at KS4). Two small extracts with descriptions about Macbeth from the start and end of the play. A range of extracts looking at Shakespeare’s heroines: Juliet, Cordelia, and Cleopatra A speech from ‘Hamlet’ A summary pagewhere students rank all of the characters and answer overview questions of the unit. A common vocabulary page to create a Shakespeare glossary.

Visual sentence starters for peer assessment, presented in lanterns to create bunting. Includes 7 positive starters 'This part was really effective because...' and improvement based 'Your target could be...'

An 8 page booklet which guides students through four autobiographies and encourages comparison and inference. The word document and .pdf are both included in the purchase. This was originally created for Y7 but would be suitable across KS3. The booklet includes: Front page looking at the root of auto, bio and graph. A page with word clouds of each extract to encourage inference A space for students to enter prior knowledge of each celebrity An extract from autobiographies of Cathy Freeman, Anne Frank, Victoria Beckham and Roald Dahl. Some pages include spaces for students to record words from each word class. A comparison grids for students to pick out similarities and differences from all four extracts.

An 8 page booklet which goes through history and across the world offering varying non-fiction travel texts. The following texts are included: Gloucester, 1724 - Daniel Defoe Gloucester, 1821 - William Cobbett London, 1863 - C.L.E USA, 1892-1913 - Rudyard Kipling Japan, 1892-1913 - Rudyard Kipling Egypt, 1892-1913 - Rudyard Kipling (Abu Sumbel and Valley of Kings) London, 1995 - Bill Bryson Everest, Nepal, 1996 - Sir Edmund Hilary (interview) China, 2002 - Ma Jian Antartica, 2016 - Joanna Symons Peru, modern blog Both the microsoft word .doc and .pdf are included.

The title and images for a stuck station based around superheroes. For a display in any subject, or a literacy display using the specific headings.

SMILE -Structure, Meaning, Imagery, Language, Effect. The titles are in the display with a three questions to encourage pupils to think about each feature (Language: Are there any patterns of language? Are any devices or techniques used? Would different words achieve the same effect?).

This is an 8 page booklet provided for students to have access to a range of poetry and to compile key terminology as they study the poetry. The unit of work focused on poetry that has a viewpoint, allowing students to consider how poets create tone and the idea of writer’s purpose and intentions. This was created as a unit for the whole of year 7 so the poems are aimed at a range of abilities (lots of former GCSE poems are included) therefore it would be suitable throughout KS3. Both the .pdf and the word document (editable but without fonts) are included here. The booklet is comprised of: Front page with basic grammar terminology glossary. A page of basic poetry terminology. ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’ ‘Blessing’ ‘Flag’ ‘We Refugees’ ‘Not My Business’ ‘Two Scavengers in a Truck, Two Beautiful People in a Mercedes’ ‘The Chimney Sweeper’ This could also be used as an unseen poetry booklet with KS4, with the right questions added.

Please note this mock paper is now available with indicative content for £3.50 here: Eagle Strike + Markscheme A mock exam for AQA English Language GCSE - Paper 1. It is to the exact specification of the full paper. Included in the purchase is: The extract (with line numbers, on one page) A shortened version of the questions - all five on one page (see image). A full, AQA style, exam booklet. This contains all of the questions with the correct layout (as per the AQA exam) and the correct number of pages. The extract is taken from a book published in 2003, ‘Eagle Strike’. Please note: this paper is also available as part of a bundle with 2 other papers with a discount.

A mock exam for AQA English Language GCSE - Paper 1. It is to the exact specification of the full paper. Included in the purchase is: The extract (with line numbers, on one page) A shortened version of the questions - all five on one page (see image). A full, AQA style, exam booklet. This contains all of the questions with the correct layout (as per the AQA exam) and the correct number of pages. A detailed 3 page document which provides indicative content, offering example answers for each level of a response for questions 1-4 The extract is taken from a book published in 2003, ‘Trading Up’.

There are three extracts here from three Sherlock Holmes stories (A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of the Four and The Speckled Band). This is followed by five reading tasks and six writing tasks. This was originally set as cover work and can be completed independently, and is at least three lessons of work. It was created for KS3 but would still be appropriate at KS4 as it uses AQA Lanuguage Paper style tasks. Furthermore, students would not have needed to study Sherlock Holmes in order to complete this work. The tasks are: Reading the extracts provided Simple list four things tasks (information retrieval) A grid asking getting students to consider the start, middle and end of the extract (structure analysis) Students are asked to explain the create a factfile about Sherlock Holmes’ character, collecting a range of quotations as evidence. An opinion task which gives students statements on each source which they have to explain whether they agree or not (evaluation). The writing tasks are varied between writing the opening of the own detective stories, writing from Holmes’ perspective, a review on the extracts, a non-fiction article on the modern police force. A simple and easy stand-alone resource. The sheet is a back to back sheet of A4 which can be folded into a mini A5 booklet for students to store easily in exercise books- it also requires minimal photocopying!

You are purchasing an extensive 12 page booklet looking at a range of Shakespeare’s relationship. Both the .pdf and word document (editable but without fonts) are included. This booklet is easily a term of work and was originally designed for year 9 but could be used across Key Stage 3. The booklet includes a range of activities and extracts. The activities include: A front page which includes a research task regarding types of love in the Greek language A research page where students can add notes regarding attitudes to various relationships during Shakespeare’s time. A page including Shakespeare’s method terminology and terminology for Freytag’s pyramid. The ten key events of ‘Macbeth’ and ‘Romeo and Juliet’ to be put in order and key quotations added (whist watching the Animated Tales versions) - this is also suitable for KS4. Each extract page includes an explanation of the relationship, a gap to add in new vocabulary and notes, and a range of questions relevant to the extract. The extracts are: Hamlet and Gertrude’s argument Benedick and Beatrice’s first conversation Romeo and Juliet’s first meeting and balcony meeting Paris asks Lord Capulet for Juliet’s hand in marriage Juliet refuses Lord Capulet’s arranged wedding Lady Macbeth persuades Macbeth into killing Duncan The Macbeths’ reactions to murdering Duncan