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I'm currently the head of English and raising standards leader at a secondary school in Birmingham. I'm passionate about my subject and passionate about ensuring that the young people we serve leave education with a high competency in English. Prior to teaching I worked in the radio industry as a presenter for 7 years and so when I became a teacher I enjoyed the opportunity to teach Media studies. You'll find hundreds of English and Media studies resources.

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I'm currently the head of English and raising standards leader at a secondary school in Birmingham. I'm passionate about my subject and passionate about ensuring that the young people we serve leave education with a high competency in English. Prior to teaching I worked in the radio industry as a presenter for 7 years and so when I became a teacher I enjoyed the opportunity to teach Media studies. You'll find hundreds of English and Media studies resources.
Of Mice and Men revision of context characters themes and assessment preparation
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Of Mice and Men revision of context characters themes and assessment preparation

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Fully differentiated resources to support the revision of 'Of Mice and Men.' Opportunities to: - revise characters - revise themes - practice exam style questions - study model paragraphs in response to exam style questions - revise the context 1920s and 1930s America - extract to whole Differentiation: yellow = higher ability blue = middle ability purple = lower ability
AQA English Literature Walking Talking Mock (WTM) with student booklet & teacher power point
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AQA English Literature Walking Talking Mock (WTM) with student booklet & teacher power point

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This resource guides students through the two AQA literature papers. A student booklet is included that contains model answers, opportunities to practice annotation and exam responses as well as guidance on structuring an academic introduction. A teacher power point is also included to assist the delivery and teaching of the mock. Texts covered: Romeo and Juliet Jekyll and Hyde An Inspector Calls Unseen poetry
English langauge GCSE new specification (9-1) paper 2 - comparison practice - non fiction texts
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English langauge GCSE new specification (9-1) paper 2 - comparison practice - non fiction texts

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3 fully differentiated (by colour) lessons to support the teaching of comparison between 2 non fiction texts - one modern and one from the 19th century. Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher Texts - Why we shouldn't wrap our children in cotton wool and The watercress girl The supermarket's dark stores and 19th century markets for the poor Students will compare the ideas and perspectives of the writers.
KS3 Comparing and writing news paper articles - Journalistic writing - non fiction - English Media
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KS3 Comparing and writing news paper articles - Journalistic writing - non fiction - English Media

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Differentiated resources to support the teaching of non fiction news paper articles. Opportunities to: - identify and explain the features of news paper articles and front pages - compare news paper articles and front pages - explore fact and opinion - read a variety of news paper articles and front pages on varying topics - create news paper articles and front pages for specific audiences - identify persuasive language - use persuasive language in own writing - use news paper articles on the same topic but from different publications to ensure pupil reading age is met (Telegraph, Metro etc.) - explore punctuation and clause use including FANBOYS - explore audience and purpose Articles included: - 3 articles from 3 different publications on raising the legal driving age - 2 articles from 2 different publications on the Drayton Manor boat death - a wide variety of front pages
Advertising Media / English project useful as an enrichment activity
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Advertising Media / English project useful as an enrichment activity

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Fully differentiated (by colour) resources to support the teaching of a one - two week Media based English project on advertising. Differentiation: yellow = higher blue = middle purple = lower Resources provide opportunities to: - explore target audience for advertising campaigns - explore existing advertising campaigns - explore the use of persuasive language - explore the use of presentational features - analyse the effectiveness of advertising campaigns - explore the narratives of advertising campaigns - design a new soft drink and develop the advertising production plan - peer and self assess - explore representation - justify own design choices These resources could also be useful as part of an enrichment day/activity.
AQA GCSE 9-1 English language paper 1 & paper 2 UPDATED medium term plans with interleaved content
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AQA GCSE 9-1 English language paper 1 & paper 2 UPDATED medium term plans with interleaved content

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Medium term plans that prepare students for 9-1 AQA English language paper 1 and paper 2 reading and writing. The medium term plans attached are highly detailed and include: - weekly homework tasks - clear explanation on what should be covered and analysed - weekly assessments These updated medium term plans have been created to interleave the literature texts. Specific links are made to Jekyll and Hyde, An Inspector Calls and Jekyll & Hyde. E.g. - students will read articles on arranged marriage for their paper 2 study which creates links to Juliet. They will also explore the gender pay gap to create links to AIC. Most extracts are included. Some extracts are taken from the literature texts. Any missing texts and extracts are available in the Oxford University press AQA text books 1 and 2. MTP for paper 2 also included the new speaking and listening component. Resources also available.
Exploring ballads
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Exploring ballads

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Resources to support the teaching of ballads at KS3. Included: - ballad of Homeless Jack - ballad of Hillsborough - ballad of Frankie and Johnny - ballad of Charlotte Dymond Resources are fully differentiated by colour. Purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher
AQA English Language Paper 2 WTM (Walking talking mock) 2024 with student booklet and power point
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AQA English Language Paper 2 WTM (Walking talking mock) 2024 with student booklet and power point

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A Walking talking mock that uses the AQA examiner feedback from the summer exams to guide students through a process of planning and then writing answers to English language paper 2. Power point (86 slides) and student work booklet included. This resource focuses on helping students to: plan their responses to the questions structure shorter but more effective responses consider the order in which to answer the questions explore methods and their effect concisely improve responses through model answers develop their transactional writing plan and sgtructure effective persuasive writing explore rhetoric and what makes it effective Source material: extracts are on the topic of train travel as used in the summer 23 exams Model answers included.
Investigating spoken language GCSE / KS3 Ready to go differentiated lessons
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Investigating spoken language GCSE / KS3 Ready to go differentiated lessons

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Over 10 lessons worth of resources to support the teaching of spoken language. All lessons are meticulously planned and fully differentiated by colour. These lessons are ready to go and are numbered for ease of use. Ideal for use in KS3 given the removal of this component as part of GCSE. Differentiation: purple - lower ability blue = middle ability yellow = higher ability These resources allow students to identify and analyse the following spoken language techniques: - face threatening acts - jargon - accent and dialect - formal and informal talk - Adjacency pairs - back channel features - Fillers and hedges - Holding the floor - turn taking - overlapping speech - standard English - spontaneous speech Students will explore spoken language taken from the following sources: - Catharine Tate as Lauren in the UK sitcom - Jeremy Paxman interview with Russell Brand - Ali G interview with Tony Benn - Jonathan Ross interview with Lady Gaga - Board room conversations taken from the Junior apprentice - Classroom talk taken from Highgate Wood school - Transcripts of students talking with teachers Links provided for YouTube video clips to allow students to observe the spoken language before analysing Planning sheets, card sort of techniques, homework tasks and analysis writing frames are also included.
An Inspector Calls exam revision. Structuring an academic essay
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An Inspector Calls exam revision. Structuring an academic essay

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A series of lessons following the I do, we do, you do structure that guides students through how to write an academic response to the GCSE exam question on ‘An Inspector Calls.’ Students are guided through: how to tackle the question how to plan their response how to write an effective introduction how to structure an academic essay Three exam questions included for students to work on.
English homework / revision Language focus - understanding, analysing, grammar 9 pages of activities
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English homework / revision Language focus - understanding, analysing, grammar 9 pages of activities

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9 pages of revision activities that would be useful for preparation for assessments, as homework activities or as in class intervention. Revision activities included: knowledge matching activity word class practice using an extract figurative language matching activity & practice using language rhetorical language matching activity & practice using language Ethos, logos, pathos revision (Aristotelian triad) Understanding - practice using short extracts to elicit information Three language analysis revision activities that begin scaffolded Grammar revision with focus on 'there, their. they’re and apostrophes
English Language AQA paper 1 WTM (Walking talking Mock) 2017 paper
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English Language AQA paper 1 WTM (Walking talking Mock) 2017 paper

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100+ slides that guide students through how to tackle language paper 1 question by question. Includes: tips and guidance for each question model answers that achieve marks across the mark scheme Do now activities Activities to help students with descriptive and narrative writing These resources use the 2017 paper where the extract is taken from Labyrinth by Kate Mosse.
AQA English Language paper 2 writing Q5 WTM Walking talking mock
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AQA English Language paper 2 writing Q5 WTM Walking talking mock

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A walking talk mock (power point presentation and student work booklet) to build skills for AQA English language paper 2 question 5. The resource: explores the mark scheme explores examiner feedback explores stronger and weaker answers provides exemplar student answers with annotations explores ethos, logos, pathos as a method for persuasion provides an effective sample structure provides a step by step approach to creating an impactful response
The Edge Alan Gibbons Whole novel fullly differentiated
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The Edge Alan Gibbons Whole novel fullly differentiated

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Fully differentiated resources to support the teaching of The Edge by Alan Gibbons Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher resource provide opportunities for: - self and peer assessment - context exploration - language analysis - narrative writing - agony aunt article writing - police report writing - exploration of idioms and dramatic irony - exploration of bullying and racism
KS3 AQA language paper 2 Q4 skills non fiction  Comparison of perspectives Stormzy text included
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KS3 AQA language paper 2 Q4 skills non fiction Comparison of perspectives Stormzy text included

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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
AQA English langauge GCSE (9-1) Paper 1 Question 3 Structure analysis practice - extracts included
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AQA English langauge GCSE (9-1) Paper 1 Question 3 Structure analysis practice - extracts included

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4 differentiated (by colour) lessons to support the teaching of the skills for English language question 3 on the new specification (9-1) paper 1. Students read extracts taken from fiction and develop skills in analysis the author's language. The resource uses an extract from 'I'm, the king of the castle,' 'Lullaby' 'The constant princess' and 'Transmission.' Extracts included. Resources provide opportunities to: - explore how writer's structure texts - analyse the use of structure in engaging reader interest - use sample answers - use mark schemes Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle ability yellow = higher ability
Edexcel conflict poetry 9-1 Sample assessment 3 new specification specimen exam question No problem
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Edexcel conflict poetry 9-1 Sample assessment 3 new specification specimen exam question No problem

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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 No problem as the printed poem. The student responses can then be marked using the relevant mark scheme for Power and conflict poetry.
Catrin Gillian Clarke GCSE Poetry 9-1
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Catrin Gillian Clarke GCSE Poetry 9-1

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Fully differentiated lessons to support the teaching of 'Catrin.' 2 lessons that include pupil talk tasks, assessment, outcomes and cover: - context of the poem - language analysis - form and structure exploration Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow - higher ability