This pack of picture questions is designed for AQA GCSE English Language 9-1. They simulate Paper 1 Question 5 where students are given a picture and are presented with two options (it’s hard, almost to call them questions!). The tasks can be for a descriptive or a narrative response. This pack of questions covers narrative responses. There are 20 options (which look great laminated!) and each picture has at least two story suggestions on it.
The pack gives teachers the opportunity to have a selection of ready-made questions for Paper 1 Question 5. These can be used to ensure that there are always writing tasks at hand. They might be used to stimulate class or small group discussion or can be used as interchangeable exercises to be done during a session. I hope that there is a sufficient variety of images in this pack to pique the interest of even the most reluctant of writers. By giving your learners a choice of task (while the assessment objectives - A05 and A06 remain the same) these sample questions might help to ensure both differentiation and an element of choice.
Each is formatted to include the question on a single A4 sheet. The originals are also included on their own if you would like to use them without the question stimulus.
They would probably also be very useful if you are covering a class - the skills that students develop with these questions are vital for success in GCSE English as this question alone represents 25% of the entire exam.
There is a tie in with the (FREE) As Told By Teachers anthology here, in as much as some of the story suggestions have the same title as some in the anthology. As such, you can use the ones in the anthology as exemplars, if you should so wish. They are:
- Lost (slide 2)
- Story on a winter’s evening (slide 7)
- Breakfast had been well and truly interrupted (slide 8)
- The girl who came back (slide 16)
All of the wonderful pictures have been ethically sourced and are available under a Creative Commons license which means you do not have to worry about copyright with them at all. Each originator is credited by use of a link to the original.
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GCSE English Grade 9-1 Paper 1 Resources MEGA BUNDLE
This bundle enables you to purchase our last 12 resources at a discount to you of 25%, Although you can see their descriptions individually, I'll just run through the content for you! **Scaffolded Descriptive Writing (4 resources)** 20 English scaffold openers (short, bite-size, lots of 'em!) Whole text excercise using scaffolding 2 whole text scaffolded exercises using the same picture to create different tone 3 self-scaffolded exercises where students create their own scaffold. **Questions for Paper 1 Question 5 (4 resources)** Two sets of tasks for descriptive and/or narrative writing. Altogether that will give you 90 tasks to mix and match (or otherwise!) with your students. **Structural Features Game (1 resource)** Fun for all the family (well, OK, no) with this game - students research a structural feature and then have to report their findings to the class. **Word Gym Homework and Tests (2 resources)** Need to give homework but don't want to do any marking? Give them these (editable) quizzes. Over 10 sessions (week, however you want) send your students to the WORD GYM. 10 tasks to do as homework (probably take them an hour each) for classroom based tests (10-15 mins). 100 KS4 words for them to discover! **Spreadsheet (1 resource, 6 spreadsheets)** Using the grade boundaries for each paper (Jun 17 and 18, November 17) if you give them a mock using these spreadsheets you will be able to see your students' grades quickly and easily. ENJOY!
GCSE English 9-1 - Descriptive and Narrative Writing Questions (Bundle)
There are 3 main resources in this bundle. * A set of 20 pictures to be used as stimuli for narrative responses to GCSE English Paper 1 Question 5 - general pictures of people and places. * A set of 20 pictures to be used as stimuli for narrative AND descriptive responses to GCSE English Paper 1 Question 5 - general pictures of people and places. * A set of 20 pictures to be used as stimuli for narrative AND descriptive responses to GCSE English Paper 1 Question 5 - science fiction and fantasy genre. * A set of 30 pictures around the theme of Christmas - for Paper 1 Question 5 I have also included my "First World War" set of pictures - although it is free, I thought I would pop it in just in case you missed it! Have fun!
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