A short lesson looking at letter writing and writing to argue using a very current topic to engage students at a tricky time for teaching! Has a skeletal writing frame for students to build on and build techniques into.

A resource looking at describing an image from the Trump Capitol protests. The lesson contains appropriate models, details on the drop-shift-zoom method, watching a news report to develop some literary techniques for our writing and use of colour imagery. Mostly suited to AQA English Language Paper 1 Section B, but definitely could be used universally for any descriptive writing question.

A lesson that studies in depth the character of Gerald Croft and questions whether he is a character to sympathise with in the end, or one that is just a womaniser. Contains key quotes, analysis points, questions for answering and a silent debating task at the end. Was used for an Observation and graded Outstanding!

A double lesson looking at questions 1,2&3 on the AQA English Language Paper 1 using an extract fromTess of D’Urbervilles The students will be prompted to annotate the extract and work in groups using guided annotations on the lesson and will be able to write good responses to questions 2&3 for language and structure using the sentence starters and model responses provided on the lesson.

Designed for Year 11 students taking the AQA Language GCSE. Uses an extract from Mary Shelley’s* Frankenstein* and looks at interpreting explicit information and ideas, language analysis and structure analysis. Includes model paragraph, sentence starters and writing frames.

**A double lesson looking in detail at Questions 1,2&3 of the AQA English Language Paper 1 using an extract from Empire of The Sun. The students in this lesson will be able to develop their language and structure skills using very guided annotations and prompts on the board for language and structure. They will also be able to write good responses to the language and structure questions using sentence starters and model responses from the lesson.**

**A double lesson looking at an extract from Oliver Twist in which students will be shown how to answer Questions 1,2&3 of the AQA Language Paper 1. ** **Students will be prompted with guided annotations on the board and sentence starters how to plan for and answer questions on structure and language analysis. **

A double lesson looking at questions 1,2&3 on the AQA English Language Paper 1 using an extract from Ministry of Fear. The students will be prompted to annotate the extract and work in groups using guided annotations on the lesson and will be able to write good responses to questions 2&3 for language and structure using the sentence starters and model responses provided on the lesson.

A double lesson looking at Q1,2&3 of the AQA English Language Paper 1 using an extract from Northanger abbey. Students will be prompted with guided annotations on the lesson and have sentence starters/model responses in order to write a good response for the language and structure questions. Video’s to engage interest in the extract are included.

A set of 3 lessons in one which looks at the layout and exemplars of Q1,2,3&4 with a few additional slides for prompting responses for Q5 - but more could be added to adapt this. Full mark schemes, extract, exemplar answers and writing frames included!

A walking talking mock for AQAs English Language Paper 1. Uses an extract from Children of Men. Focuses on all questions 1-5 on paper. Has quote annotations, sentence starters, extract attached and vocab help for extract and Q5.

A resource looking at rhetorical devices used in speeches and looking in detail at Pathos, Logos and Ethos as a means of appealing to an audience. Contains speech writing task, Michelle Obama speech and video, model speech opening and opportunity for peer assessment. Works excellent for teaching AQA Language Paper 2 speech writing and/or preparing for the spoken language endorsement.

A detailed 24 slide resource using an extract from The Bourne Identity going through AQA English Language Paper 1 questions 2,4&5. Has exemplars of quotes annotated to provide analysis, writing frames for exam style answers and peer assessment opportunities with mark schemes included. Could be split into multiple sessions depending on class. Has a short exemplar descriptive writing piece and task at the end using SOAPAMS techniques and an image - very typical of AQA Language Paper 1. Students can use this as a starting point to then write the remainder of the answer.

A descriptive writing lesson looking at how to use SOAPAMS in order to describe an image. Has plenty of extension tasks, peer assessment opportunities, exemplars, examples of how to vary sentence openings and opportunities to improve vocabulary.

A lesson focused on building character and setting in narrative writing. Includes videos, exemplar pieces of writing and annotations and plenty of writing and peer assessment opportunities. Created for AQA English Language Paper 1 Section B. Worked excellently with Year 11 higher ability but could easily be differentiated down for lower abilities.

Lesson and full mark exemplar included. Lesson includes focus on what writing to explain means, what AO5 linguistic devices should be used when writing, how to plan a response and structure ideas, alongside a full mark exemplar response that can be printed and annotated alongside students in order to show them how to embed particular devices into their writing. AQA specific but could be used as just a general article writing lesson out of context.

UPDATED OCTOBER 2020 - INCLUDES MARK SCHEME, EXTRACT AND Q3 EXEMPLAR ALSO NOW A 28-slide walking talking mock looking at questions 2,3,4&5 from the AQA English Language Paper 1 from June 2019 (Hartop Family extract from The Mill by H.E. Bates) Resources walks through every question in depth, has detailed exemplar annotations and model responses for students to use and mould their writing around. An excellent resource for relecting on the exam and preparing any upcoming GCSE students.

This is a resource for Questions 1,2,4 and 5. Each question has modelling using the mark scheme and assistance with planning and sourcing quotes. Has a full model for Question 5!

A fully resourced Q1-5 Walking talking mock for AQA English Language Paper 1. Includes extract, question paper, quote annotations, exemplar responses (including for Q5). Fully resourced lesson ready to teach!

A resource focusing on questions 2-5 of June 2022 English Language AQA Paper 1 with an Extract from The Pearl. Includes AQA Extract. Lesson comes complete with planning and model answers from Q2-4, exemplar Q5 story, examples of planning for story and vocab sheet that can be used as help.