Ideal for year 7 or year 8. Five lessons to develop the AQA new specification paper 2 skills for question 3 using the AQA KS3 papers. Also ideal for low ability KS4 - language analysis practice (paper 2 question 3) Resources provide opportunity to: - explore non fiction texts - select and retrieve explicit information - identify example of a writer's language - explain the effect of writer's language - use writing frames to structure a response - peer and self assess - explore the context of Luther King's speech Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher Texts included: - Martin Luther King speech - 19th century extract from The watercress girl - Modern non fiction text - Living dolls - Modern and 19th century text about street music

Resource to support the revision of Jekyll and Hyde and how to form exam responses to an extract from the novel and make links to the novel as a whole. Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow = higher ability These resources provide opportunities for carousel activities whereby students read 4 extracts from the novel and make notes to form an exam response. Students will consider other parts of the text as part of their answer. Opportinities to: - revise plot and significant characters and themes - revise context - revise extract to whole - form exam responses linked to mark scheme - explore sample answers - practice timed writing - learn quotations using image stimuli 4 extracts included

Ideal for year 7 or year 8. Two lessons to develop the AQA new specification paper 2 skills for question 4 using the AQA KS3 papers. (Comparison of writer perspectives) Also ideal for low ability KS4 Resources provide opportunity to: - explore non fiction texts - select and retrieve explicit and implicit information - identify example of a writer's language - explain the effect of writer's language - compare the perspectives of the writer - use writing frames to structure a response Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher Texts included: - Article about meeting the Grime artist 'Stormzy' - Article about meeting Sir Paul McCartney

A card for each poem (15 in total) for all of the Power and conflict poems for new specification AQA. Each card contains an image reminder, several key words taken from the poem and context links. Useful for students to revise the key messages for each poem and rather than learn quotes remember key words that should spark a memory about the poem's meaning and tone etc. Students can use the cards to arrange by themes or content as part of a revision lesson.

7 differentiated resources to support the teaching of Stone Cold the play. Resources cover act 1 scene 7 through to scene 16. Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow - higher Resources provide opportunities to: - role play - including hot seating - explore and write monologues - write imaginatively - language paper 1 skill developed - compare the novel and play - explore ideals - explore the context of the big issue - explore the theme of friendship - compare perspectives (language paper 1 skill developed) - create character profiles

2 differentiated (by colour) lessons to support the teaching of chapter 4 of Animal Farm for the new linear specification (9-1) Several new specification language paper skills are also embedded. Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher Resources are planned around the new specification and provide opportunities to: - explore context - analyse writer's methods - language focus - explore character presentations - write imaginatively - develop skills for new specification language paper

2 differentiated (by colour) lessons to support the teaching of chapter 9 of Animal Farm for the new linear specification (9-1) Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher Resources are planned around the new specification and provide opportunities to: - analyse writer's methods - explore character presentations - debate - practice extract to whole - discuss interpretations

4 fully differentiated (by colour) lessons to support the teaching of chapter 1 of Animal Farm for the new linear specification (9-1) Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher Resources are planned around the new specification and provide opportunities to: - explore context - analyse writer's methods - language focus - explore character presentations - write persuasively - develop skills for new specification language paper - use mark schemes

Fully differentiated (by colour) resource to support the teaching of comparison of 'The send off' by Wilfred Owen. Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher

2 differentiated (by colour) lessons to support the teaching of chapter 6 of Animal Farm for the new linear specification (9-1) Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher Resources are planned around the new specification and provide opportunities to: - explore context- Russia and Stalin - events and allegory form - analyse writer's methods - language and structure of the chapter - explore character presentations - write imaginatively in role of a character on the farm

6 differentiated resources to support the teaching of Stone Cold the play. Resources cover act 1 scene 1 to scene 5 Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow - higher Resources provide opportunities to: - explore the language of plays - explore stage directions - perform - explore the difference between plays and prose - explore flashbacks - analyse the effect on the reader - explore characters - explore the theme of homelessness in detail - write about viewpoints and perspectives - explore dual narratives

2 lessons to support the introduction to studying plays. Resources provide opportunities for students to: - explore stage directions - explore stage terminology - explore the layout of scripts - practice creating scripts - perform scripts - explore the difference between plays and prose

7 fully differentiated (by colour) lessons to support the teaching of writing skills for paper 1 - descriptive and narrative Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow = higher ability Resources provide example responses and activities to allow students to develop the following: - Language - linguistic devices - tone - style - register - vocabulary - structure - perspective - narrative writing - descriptive writing - show not tell - importance of planning - technical accuracy Sample narratives and descriptions included

Ideal for year 7 or year 8. Five lessons to develop the AQA new specification paper 2 skills for question 1 and question 2 using the AQA KS3 papers. Also ideal for low ability KS4 - true or false task - summarise the differences Resources provide opportunity to: - explore non fiction texts - select and retrieve explicit information - develop inference skills - write summaries of differences between modern and 19th century non fiction texts Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher Texts included: - PGL leaflet - Edinburgh zoo web page - Light water valley leaflet - 19th century extract from The watercress girl - Modern non fiction text - Living dolls - Modern and 19th century text about street music

With very few sample assessment materials provided by the exam boards I have created my own. They have been made to look exactly like the assessments that students will sit n the real 9-1 examinations and are phrased in the same ways too. This paper uses an extract from act 2 scene 2 The student responses can then be marked using the relevant mark scheme for Shakespeare. Assessment requires extract analysis and then question b is based on the play as a whole.

Resources to support the exploration of Hitcher by Simon Armitage. Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher Exploration of meaning, language and structure. Opportunity to compare the theme of anger in this poem with another poem.

Resources on the theme of performance poetry Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher Resources provide opportunities for: - exploring performance poetry - creating performance poetry - speaking and listening assessment

With very few sample assessment materials provided by the exam boards I have created my own. They have been made to look exactly like the assessments that students will sit n the real 9-1 examinations and are phrased in the same ways too. This paper uses Cousin Kate as the printed poem. The student responses can then be marked using the relevant mark scheme for Power and conflict poetry.

Resource to support the exploration of August 6 1945. Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher Exploration of context, language, meaning and structure