Based on the 2015 specimen papers, this is a mock iGCSE English Language Paper 2 (intended for 2017 examination). Using extracts from 'Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' and 'The Red Room', the questions follow the same format as to be expected in the 2-hour English Language exam. A generic mark scheme has been included to provide guidance on skills demonstrated for questions 1, 2 and 3b. Ideal resource to use in-class as a mock assessment or one that students could complete for homework. Files in this resource: iGCSE English Paper 2 questions - Word document iGCSE English Paper 2 passages - Word document English Language Paper 2 generic mark scheme Reading passages - PDF

Practice questions for the iGCSE English Core Reading Paper 1, using an extract from 'Frankenstein' as stimulus. This selection of questions follows a similar structure and wording as a typical iGCSE paper, but just uses one text - ideal for students getting started in preparation for the exam. Mark schemes are included for both the Reading and Writing questions: the Reading answers are suggested as guidance and do not necessarily include all possible answers. The Writing mark scheme is taken directly from the Core mark scheme guidance and can be applied to this resource. Resource will allow students to work through practice questions, both independently and with teacher direction. The starter task allows students to understand the stimulus extract and ask questions about unknown words, for what is a potentially challenging text. Resources in this pack: iGCSE Frankenstein comprehension - PowerPoint of all of the questions with opening slides explaining skills that will be assessed iGCSE Frankenstein comprehension answers - Word document for suggested answers for the Reading section iGCSE Frankenstein writing task mark scheme - PDF of Writing mark scheme iGCSE Frankenstein extract - PDF of stimulus text

This resource is a mock-up of the iGCSE English Core paper, using 'Touching the Void' and 'Saharan Survival' as the stimulus extract. The PowerPoint contains the questions to enable you to work through them as a class and is divided into two lessons. The first lesson is wholly on the Reading element of the English paper. The second lesson focuses on creative writing with opening slides encouraging students to enhance writing and techniques they can include in their work. It also details the assessment areas for the Writing element of the English paper, encouraging the students to plan their response to the 15 mark question. This resource has been used to help prepare students for their iGCSE English Core paper using similar wording to the actual exam. The mark scheme for the Reading paper is a suggestion of responses; the Writing mark scheme is taken from the iGCSE paper and can be generically applied to this resource. Files in this resource: iGCSE TTV and Sahara - PowerPoint lesson iGCSE Text 1 Extract - Word document for 'Touching the Void' extract iGCSE Text 2 Extract - Word document for 'Saharan Survival' extract iGCSE TTV and Sahara comprehension answers - Word document detailing suggesting responses for Reading questions iGCSE TTV and Sahara generic mark scheme - PDF from the mark scheme detailing how to mark the Writing response.

This resource is a mock-up of the iGCSE English Core paper, using 'War of the Worlds' and 'Mrs Joe Gargery' as the stimulus extract. The PowerPoint contains the questions to enable you to work through them as a class with the opening activity a revision of common errors. This resource has been used to help prepare students for their iGCSE English Core paper using similar wording to the actual exam. The mark scheme for the Reading paper is a suggestion of responses; the Writing mark scheme is taken from the iGCSE paper and can be generically applied to this resource. Files in this resource: iGCSE WoW and Gargery - PowerPoint lesson iGCSE Text 1 Extract - Word document for 'War of the Worlds' extract iGCSE Text 2 Extract - Word document for 'Mrs Joe Gargery' extract iGCSE WoW and Gargery comprehension answers - Word document detailing suggesting responses for Reading questions iGCSE Writing task generic mark scheme - PDF from the mark scheme detailing how to mark the Writing response.

One of the opening lessons exploring 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', this KS3 resource allows students to read the text and explore the opposites in Lysander's speech, with the opportunity for peer-assessment at the end of the lesson. Homework task is also included to write a personal advert for Helena to find her ideal man. Covered Reading assessment areas are also detailed in the opening slide, for teacher reference only.

15 lessons, fully planned, originally delivered to Year 8 but can easily be adapted to other year groups (including KS2). Each lesson begins with a covering slide for teacher’s reference, briefly detailing the lesson, whether homework has been set and if any resources are required. Activities within this scheme include analysing Bill Bryson extracts in preparation for a unit reading assessment; writing in the style of Bill Bryson for writing evidence; comparing Bear Grylls with Michael Palin; and writing a series of blog entries based on an extreme travel adventure. Whilst this scheme refers to Reading and Writing APP assessments, this can easily be adapted to suit the assessments in your department. Files in this resource: Travel Writing SOW - PowerPoint of entire scheme of work, 15 lessons Lesson 1 Mumbai description - Word document extract for Lesson 1 Lesson 3 Road to Ruins - Word document extract for Lesson 3 Lesson 6 The Lost Continent Extract - Word document extract for Lesson 6 Lesson 9 Bill Bryson extract - Word document extract for Lesson 9 Lesson 14 The Gold Coast - Word document extract for Lesson 14

18 lessons, fully planned, originally delivered to a middle-ability Year 8 class. This scheme of work can easily be adapted to KS2. Each lesson has an aim and a covering slide for the teacher, detailing lesson outline, any resources required and whether homework has been set. This scheme of work has a primary focus on reading analysis to help provide evidence of a student’s ability for this unit. However, there are also some writing tasks that can do this as well. Files in this resource: Scheme of work - Powerpoint of 18 lessons Lesson 1 Opening - Word document for lesson 1 Lesson 1 Development - Word document for lesson 1 Lesson 5 Chapter 3 resource - Word document for lesson 5 Lesson 6 Extracts - PNG image for lesson 6 Lesson 8 Gadget sheet - Word document for lesson 8 Lesson 10 The Human Factor extract - Word document for lesson 10 Lesson 11 Character sheet - Word document for lesson 11 Lesson 15 Starter activity punctuation - Word document for lesson 15 Lesson 17 Starter resource - Word document for lesson 17 Wordsearch - Word document, optional activity

Two lesson PowerPoint exploring the poem ‘Reservist’ by Boey Kim Cheng. Lesson activities allow for class and individual analysis, and group work/mini-presentations. The lesson finishes with the opportunity for students to write an extended response on the poem, testing their understanding. The assessment areas stated towards the end of the PowerPoint are taken from IGCSE English Literature. I appreciate all constructive criticism, so I hope you are able to take time to review this resource. Files in this resource: Reservist PowerPoint - two lessons fully planned Reservist Word document - copy of the poem Reservist Word document - annotated copy of the poem Like what you see? Please check out my other resources at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/sae5 and join my followers.

This revision activity encourages students to make links beyond a single quote that has been provided from ‘Of Mice and Men’. The task allows students to consider links to plot, character, setting and context; it also develops their familiarity with the text through finding key quotes and creating a useful revision mind-map. This lesson can be easily adapted for any significant quote in ‘Of Mice and Men’, beyond what has been used in this lesson. It can allow for more independent working whilst the teacher “troubleshoots” revision areas with individual students. The work produced in this lesson could potentially be used for display purposes as well! File in this resource: Detailed quote analysis - PowerPoint of lesson

Introductory lesson on ‘Of Mice and Men’, originally delivered to a weak KS4 group. Lesson closely explores the opening setting description, encouraging students to pull quotes from this scene to show what is being described. This knowledge is then pulled together with a PEE analysis, finishing with character profiling. Files in this resource: The opening - PowerPoint of lesson Opening extract - Word document of opening of ‘Of Mice and Men’

Based on Roald Dahl's 'Matilda' and the description of The Trunchbull; and 'A Christmas Carol' and the description of Scrooge, this series of lessons is designed to prepare students for a reading comprehension exam. Originally delivered to a low ability Year 7 class, this could be adapted for younger students but the questions would need reviewing if intended for higher ability. The lessons support students through tackling different comprehension questions, allowing class work and discussion before attempting questions independently. All of the questions have spaces for student-teacher feedback, intended for peer-marking as model answers are provided on the board. There are three lessons on The Trunchbull extract and two on Scrooge. The Scrooge questions have been designed as a mock exam but could easily be adapted for a real exam or an extended homework task. Files in this resource: Reading comprehension questions - PowerPoint of the questions Reading extract - Word document of the two extracts, designed as a four-page booklet

A fully planned one-hour lesson, this is linked to the 2017 IGCSE English Literature specification, but could be adapted for other exam boards. Allowing students to initially independently analyse the poem before teacher input, this is an ideal group-work lesson. The lesson closes with preparing for an exam-style question, which could be completed as a homework task or in a following lesson. Files in this resource: The Trees Are Down - PowerPoint of lesson The Trees Are Down - Word document of poem

This lesson allows students to explore the importance of Thornhill and Sal's relationship in Kate Grenville's, 'The Secret River'. With opportunity to work individually or in groups, the lesson encourages students to find pivotal moments in the novel that reflect the importance of their relationship. The lesson allows students to build on their knowledge across the entire novel, leading to a practise exam question to answer at the end. It is anticipated that this lesson will cover more than one hour to allow for the essay writing, subsequently providing a useful assessment piece for the unit. References to AOs and the mark scheme are taken from the current IGCSE specification.

This lesson is a mock paper to help prepare students for Edexcel GCSE English Language Paper 2 (Non-fiction and Transactional writing). The sources for this paper explore arranged marriages and the writing section has a choice of two questions. Lesson is designed for feedback as answers are written during class time, to help identify revision areas promptly. A generic mark scheme has been included for teachers reference. Alternatively, this PowerPoint could be converted to a Word document and presented as an actual mock exam. Files in this resource: English Language Paper 2 - PowerPoint of exam questions Text 1 Guardian article - Word document of Text 1 Text 2 - Word document of Text 2 English Language Paper 2 generic mark scheme - PDF of mark scheme for writing section

This two-part lesson allows students to explore the theme of hope in the novel, 'The Secret River'. Building up to answering a practice exam question (lesson 2), the lesson begins evaluating the importance of hope. Students then analyse a selected quote in detail which will not only act as a useful revision aid, but also become an essay plan. In the second lesson, students feedback their mind-map ideas which could be used for a classroom display. There are reminders on AOs and how to achieve high marks, to help direct students with their response. I appreciate all constructive criticism, so I hope you are able to take time to review this resource. **Like what you see? Please check out my other resources at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/sae5 and join my followers.**

26 fully planned lessons, this scheme of work should hopefully have you dusting off an old classic that is often left behind in the department cupboards! With a range of activities that intend to bring the text alive, each lesson in this scheme has a covering slide detailing the lesson outline, skills focused on, and whether any resources are required or homework set. All accompanying resources and internet links are included within this resource. Lesson focuses include hot-seating key characters, a dramatic interpretation of Channel 4’s ‘First Dates’, personal writing on hopes and ambitions, and persuasive writing. There are plenty of opportunities to grade students on their reading and writing skills, with emphasis on the skills required for tasks. This scheme would suit any Key Stage 3 class as every lesson is planned to allow total teacher flexibility. With hidden chapter summary slides, the teacher is able to choose how much reading is completed each lesson and even how many of the 26 lessons are taught for this scheme. As such, if lessons or chapters are missed out, there is always a chapter summary to fill in the gaps. I appreciate all constructive criticism, so I hope you are able to take time to review this scheme. Files included in this resource: ‘Little Women’ scheme of work - PowerPoint of fully planned lessons Lesson 2 Extract analysis - Word document Lesson 6 Extract analysis - Word document Lesson 9 Extract analysis - Word document Lesson 11 character hot-seating cards - Word document Lesson 16 Extract analysis - Word document Lesson 22 Twitter template - Word document Lesson 23 Reading assessment extract - Word document **Like what you see? Please check out my other resources at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/sae5 and join my followers.**

Unseen poetry practice for AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 2. PowerPoint outlines what to expect in Paper 2 and assessment areas. Using Boey Kim Cheng's 'Reservist' and 'Anthem for Doomed Youth' by Wilfred Owen, the lesson encourages group work, with students working independently to annotate the unseen material, before feeding back to the rest of the class. Lesson works towards preparing for both the extended and comparative exam questions, which can be used in the following lesson or homework tasks. Fully annotated copies of both poems are included. I appreciate all constructive criticism, so I hope you are able to take time to review this resource. Files in this resource: Unseen Poetry Reservist and Anthem for Doomed Youth - PowerPoint of lesson Reservist poem annotated - Word document of poem Anthem for Doomed Youth annotated - Word document of poem Reservist poem - Word document of poem Anthem for Doomed Youth - Word document of poem **Like what you see? Please check out my other resources at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/sae5 and join my followers.**

Unseen poetry practice for AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 2. PowerPoint outlines what to expect in Paper 2 and assessment areas. Using Chinua Achebe's 'A Mother in a Refugee Camp' and 'Praise Song for my Mother' by Grace Nichols, the lesson encourages group work, with students working independently to annotate the unseen material, before feeding back to the rest of the class. Lesson works towards preparing for both the extended and comparative exam questions, which can be used in the following lesson or homework tasks. Annotated versions of both poems are included in this resource, either to be used as useful time-saver aid for the teacher, or at the closing of the lesson, to highlight other areas the students could have discussed. I appreciate all constructive criticism, so I hope you are able to take time to review this resource. Files in this resource: Unseen Poetry A Mother in a Refugee Camp and Praise Song - PowerPoint of lesson A Mother in a Refugee Camp - Word document of poem Praise Song for my Mother - Word document of poem A Mother in a Refugee Camp annotated - Word document of poem Praise Song for my Mother annotated - Word document of poem **Like what you see? Please check out my other resources at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/sae5 and join my followers.**

Unseen poetry practice for AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 2. PowerPoint outlines what to expect in Paper 2 and assessment areas. Using Philip Larkin's 'An Arundel Tomb' and 'Tears, Idle Tears' by Tennyson, the lesson encourages group work, with students working independently to annotate the unseen material, before feeding back to the rest of the class. Lesson works towards preparing for both the extended and comparative exam questions, which can be used in the following lesson or homework tasks. Included are annotated copies of the poem for teacher's reference or for students who need that extra support. I appreciate all constructive criticism, so I hope you are able to take time to review this resource. Files in this resource: Unseen Poetry An Arundel Tomb and Tears Idle Tears - PowerPoint of lesson An Arundel Tomb - Word document of poem Tears, Idle Tears - Word document of poem An Arundel Tomb annotated - Word document of poem with notes Tears, Idle Tears annotated - Word document of poem with notes **Like what you see? Please check out my other resources at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/sae5 and join my followers.**