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English GCSE and English KS3 resources by a lead practitioner. Everything I upload is tried and tested by both myself and my English Department. I always appreciate feedback, so please do leave a review if you get chance.
Leave a review and choose any other single resource for free! Just get in touch at info@englishgcse.co.uk
Edexcel English Language Paper Question 5, descriptive writing lesson. Complete 1 hour, well differentiated lesson with worksheets and differentiated tasks throughout. Includes peer assessment task and marking criteria. Ideal preparation for Section B of Edexcel Language Paper 1. Focuses on sentences and sentence structures.
Suitable for KS3/4 - adaptable
Different level tasks for MA,LA or Core
Designed to fit Ofsted criteria for’ Good’ or above.
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AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 Knowledge Organisers
AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Sections A and B package
AQA English Language Paper 1 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A package
AQA English Language and English Literature revision package
An Inspector Calls whole scheme package
An Inspector Calls revision package
Macbeth whole scheme package
Macbeth revision package
A Christmas Carol whole scheme package
A Christmas Carol revision package
Jekyll and Hyde whole scheme package
Jekyll and Hyde revision package
Romeo and Juliet whole scheme package
Power and Conflict poetry comparing poems package
Power and Conflict poetry whole scheme package
Love and Relationships poetry whole scheme package
Unseen Poetry whole scheme package
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Edexcel English Language Paper 2 Section A lesson that looks at writing summaries by comparing two non-fiction texts. A fully differentiated and resourced lesson based on Edexcel English Language Paper 2 Section A Question 7a - writing about similarities. Students compare two texts on a crime and punishment theme and then use these two texts to created a scaffolded summary. Ideal preparation for both KS3 and KS3 students working on non-fiction reading and transactional writing.
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AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 Knowledge Organisers
AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Sections A and B package
AQA English Language Paper 1 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A package
AQA English Language and English Literature revision package
An Inspector Calls whole scheme package
An Inspector Calls revision package
Macbeth whole scheme package
Macbeth revision package
A Christmas Carol whole scheme package
A Christmas Carol revision package
Jekyll and Hyde whole scheme package
Jekyll and Hyde revision package
Romeo and Juliet whole scheme package
Power and Conflict poetry comparing poems package
Power and Conflict poetry whole scheme package
Love and Relationships poetry whole scheme package
Unseen Poetry whole scheme package
Edexcel English Language Paper 2 Section A walkthrough. A very detailed, fully differentiated and resourced set of materials that has enough for at least two lessons. Includes scaffolds for each question, success criteria, suitable texts, a self-assessment checklist based on success criteria and clear timings for all parts of Section A. Perfect preparation for KS4 students about to sit a Non-Fiction and Transactional Writing mock or exam and a good way to push forward KS3 students as they begin pathways into GCSE English Language exams.
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We focus on the opening sentences to speeches and think about the most effective ways of beginning speeches depending on the purpose and audience of the speech being written. Students are given topics and audiences and are challenged to write their own speech openings using modelled examples. Excellent preparation for GCSE students working on non-fiction writing and English Language Paper 1 Section B or Question 5/6. Fully differentiated throughout.
Edexcel English Language Paper 2 Section B lesson that uses a famous Winston Churchill speech and the contextual information around Dunkirk to help students first analyse his speech and then adapt and adopt his use of language techniques within their own speeches. A fully differentiated lesson to prepare KS4 students to create speeches - useful for both English Language Paper 2 and the Spoken Language element. The lesson looks at a famous Winston Churchill speech and provides background information on Dunkirk.
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AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 Knowledge Organisers
AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Sections A and B package
AQA English Language Paper 1 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A package
AQA English Language and English Literature revision package
An Inspector Calls whole scheme package
An Inspector Calls revision package
Macbeth whole scheme package
Macbeth revision package
A Christmas Carol whole scheme package
A Christmas Carol revision package
Jekyll and Hyde whole scheme package
Jekyll and Hyde revision package
Romeo and Juliet whole scheme package
Power and Conflict poetry comparing poems package
Power and Conflict poetry whole scheme package
Love and Relationships poetry whole scheme package
Unseen Poetry whole scheme package
Edexcel English Language Paper 2 Section B or Question 8/9 complete scheme of work that covers writing to argue, writing to advise, writing to persuade, letter writing and essay writing and more.
A great collection of differentiated activities, modelled examples, scaffolded sentences and guided peer and self reflection that enables students to learn from others and improve their non-fiction writing in preparation for Edexcel English Language Paper 2 Section B or Question 8 and Question 9 (Q8/Q9).
Keep checking your downloads as we will keep adding more and more to this bundle.
The suggested order of lessons is as follows (although this is by no means obligatory):
Edexcel Paper 2 Section B Speech Writing
Speech Openers
Churchill Speech Writing (Language)
Abraham Lincoln Speech Writing (Language, Structure)
Speech Structure
Newspaper Articles
Article Writing (Space exploration theme)
Writing to Persuade (Football theme)
Greta Thunberg Climate Change lesson
Black History Month (Writing to explain/essays)
Writing to Advise lesson
Writing formal letters
Writing to Persuade (Letters of complaint)
Review writing lesson
Paper 2 Section B mock preparation lesson
Writing to argue assessment planning
Writing a letter assessment planning
Exam practice pack
Knowledge organiser
Edexcel English Language Paper 2 lesson (although useful for any exam board) that focuses on analysing an opinion piece article on space exploration before supporting students to develop their own plans and create their own articles. Includes detailed notes on how the writer structures their ideas and gets across their opinions which then helps students to write their own pieces. Space exploration is a really engaging topic for KS4 and KS3 students and in particular you’ll find many will want to look at aliens and conspiracies around them! Fully differentiated throughout.
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AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 Knowledge Organisers
AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Sections A and B package
AQA English Language Paper 1 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A package
AQA English Language and English Literature revision package
An Inspector Calls whole scheme package
An Inspector Calls revision package
Macbeth whole scheme package
Macbeth revision package
A Christmas Carol whole scheme package
A Christmas Carol revision package
Jekyll and Hyde whole scheme package
Jekyll and Hyde revision package
Romeo and Juliet whole scheme package
Power and Conflict poetry comparing poems package
Power and Conflict poetry whole scheme package
Love and Relationships poetry whole scheme package
Unseen Poetry whole scheme package
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Edexcel English Language Paper 2 Section A lesson that supports students in analysing a famous speech for language techniques and then provides them with a framework for writing their own pieces. Focuses on Abraham Lincoln’s famous Gettysburg address. Despite being only two minutes long, its careful use of language has made it one of the most memorable and famous speeches in history. A fully differentiated lesson for KS3 and KS4 classes that analyses Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg address and uses it as a stimulus for students preparing for the Edexc Spoken Language element of the GCSE English Language course. It can also be used as preparation for Paper 2 Section B.
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AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 Knowledge Organisers
AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Sections A and B package
AQA English Language Paper 1 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A package
AQA English Language and English Literature revision package
An Inspector Calls whole scheme package
An Inspector Calls revision package
Macbeth whole scheme package
Macbeth revision package
A Christmas Carol whole scheme package
A Christmas Carol revision package
Jekyll and Hyde whole scheme package
Jekyll and Hyde revision package
Romeo and Juliet whole scheme package
Power and Conflict poetry comparing poems package
Power and Conflict poetry whole scheme package
Love and Relationships poetry whole scheme package
Unseen Poetry whole scheme package
Edexcel English Language Paper 2 Section B lesson. Students look at letter writing features in terms of language, structure and layout and use their notes to write their own formal letter. This incredibly detailed lesson includes models, scaffolds, differentiated activities and helpful self-assessment success criteria to ensure all students succeed in creating a detailed and accurate formal letter. Useful for both KS3 and KS4 students and for Edexcel English Language Paper 2 Section B or Question 8/9. Fully differentiated throughout.
Students look at an example of a letter of complaint and persuasive writing techniques before planning and creating their own letters of complaint. Excellent preparation for students working towards Edexcel English Language Paper 2 Section B or Question 8/9 and adaptable for KS3 students as well. Fully differentiated throughout.
Eduqas English Language Paper 1 Section A introduction - this lesson that has recently been revamped takes students through the four English Language questions by using an extract from a text as a stimulus for analysing language, structure, identifying key information and evaluating a text. A really useful introduction lesson to Eduqas English Language Paper 1 Section A.
KS4 GCSE WJEC English Language Paper 1:2 0th Century Literature Reading and Creative Prose Writing
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AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 Knowledge Organisers
AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Sections A and B package
AQA English Language Paper 1 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A package
AQA English Language and English Literature revision package
An Inspector Calls whole scheme package
An Inspector Calls revision package
Macbeth whole scheme package
Macbeth revision package
A Christmas Carol whole scheme package
A Christmas Carol revision package
Jekyll and Hyde whole scheme package
Jekyll and Hyde revision package
Romeo and Juliet whole scheme package
Power and Conflict poetry comparing poems package
Power and Conflict poetry whole scheme package
Love and Relationships poetry whole scheme package
Unseen Poetry whole scheme package
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Eduqas English Language Paper 1 Section A lesson that uses an extract to help students look at how new characters and themes are introduced to the reader, and make inferences about those characters through the ways they are introduced. Useful for Eduqas English 1 Language Paper 1 20th Century Literature Reading and Creative Prose Writing. Explores language and language techniques for KS3 and KS4 students, plus those resitting Paper 1.
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AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 Knowledge Organisers
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AQA English Language Paper 1 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A package
AQA English Language and English Literature revision package
An Inspector Calls whole scheme package
An Inspector Calls revision package
Macbeth whole scheme package
Macbeth revision package
A Christmas Carol whole scheme package
A Christmas Carol revision package
Jekyll and Hyde whole scheme package
Jekyll and Hyde revision package
Romeo and Juliet whole scheme package
Power and Conflict poetry comparing poems package
Power and Conflict poetry whole scheme package
Love and Relationships poetry whole scheme package
Unseen Poetry whole scheme package
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Edexcel English Language Paper 2 Section B resource. A fantastically detailed Edexcel English Language Paper 2 Section B or Transactional Writing knowledge organiser / revision mat that includes a step by step approach to non-fiction writing questions (Q8/9), purposes, audiences, forms, types of writing, sentence starters, key vocabulary, understanding structure and structural features, using punctuation, reflecting on spelling and punctuation, a detailed approach to evaluating texts, genre, beginnings, endings, tone, pace and more.
Fantastic revision materials for GCSE students for AQA English Language Paper 2 students. The resource includes an editable PowerPoint AND a PDF file to make things easier to print out onto A3 or A4 paper.
Eduqas English Language Paper 1 Section A lesson that explores the use of language in an extract to convey how unreliable memory can be, but also looks at non-linear narrative structures to help get across not only the idea of memory but also build up a sense of suspense for the reader. A really useful lesson for students preparing for Eduqas English Language Paper 1 but easily adaptable for other exam boards like AQA, OCR, Edexcel and more.
1hr PP with differentiated tasks throughout
All tasks differentiated according to new GCSE numbering system
Complete 1 hour, well differentiated lesson
Suitable for KS4 GCSE or can be amended for KS3
Different level tasks for MA,LA or Core
Designed to fit Ofsted criteria for’ Good’ or above
Suitable for Eduqas 20th Century Literature Reading and Creative Prose Writing
Eduqas English Language Paper 1 Section A lesson that supports students as they look at an extract from a chapter that explores war and the impact of it on a group of soldiers. Students analyse key quotes and look at how characters are presented in the extract.
1hr PP with differentiated tasks throughout
All tasks differentiated according to new GCSE numbering system
Complete 1 hour, well differentiated lesson
Suitable for KS4 GCSE or can be amended for KS3
Different level tasks for MA,LA or Core
Suitable for Eduqas English Language Paper 1 20th Century Literature Reading and Creative Prose Writing
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AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 Knowledge Organisers
AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A package
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AQA English Language Paper 1 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A package
AQA English Language and English Literature revision package
An Inspector Calls whole scheme package
An Inspector Calls revision package
Macbeth whole scheme package
Macbeth revision package
A Christmas Carol whole scheme package
A Christmas Carol revision package
Jekyll and Hyde whole scheme package
Jekyll and Hyde revision package
Romeo and Juliet whole scheme package
Power and Conflict poetry comparing poems package
Power and Conflict poetry whole scheme package
Love and Relationships poetry whole scheme package
Unseen Poetry whole scheme package
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Edquas English Language Paper 1 lesson that looks at the use of narrators and structure in an extract from The Reluctant Fundamentalist. Recently revamped and now with even more detail.
KS4 GCSE Edexcel English Language Paper 1: Fiction and Imaginative Writing
1hr PP with differentiated tasks throughout
All tasks differentiated according to new GCSE numbering system
Complete 1 hour, well differentiated lesson
Suitable for KS4 GCSE
Different level tasks for MA,LA or Core
Designed to fit Ofsted criteria for’ Good’ or above
Source for lesson: http://filestore.aqa.org.uk/resources/english/AQA-87001-RSB.PDF
The lesson is based around the opening chapter to ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’ by Mohsin Hamid, one of the texts from the AQA GCSE English Language reading resource booklet.
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Eduqas English Language Paper 1 Walkthrough. Includes: 1 hr well differentiated PP, a mock exam-style paper based on GCSE English Language Paper 1 specimen papers and possible answers paper, for both the teacher and student to use in their self assessment tasks.
Could do over 2 lessons, a ‘mock mock’ to aid preparation for Eduqas GCSE English Language Paper 1 Section A.
The questions focus on the Birdsong extract provided in this GCSE English Language reading resource. You can find this here: http://filestore.aqa.org.uk/resources/english/AQA-87001-RSB.PDF
Questions can be completed in timed conditions (with approximate times provided in the resources) to improve students’ abilities to work in exam conditions.
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Descriptive writing lesson for Eduqas! A lesson for Section B of the Eduqas English Language Paper 1, where students focus on improving their descriptive writing through differentiated activities and success criteria. The lesson enables students to reflect on their uses of language techniques, as well as considering what kind of structure to give to their writing. Additionally, it helps them to use zooming in as a way of effectively planning a piece of descriptive writing for Section B Creative Prose Writing.
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AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 Knowledge Organisers
AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A package
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AQA English Language Paper 1 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A package
AQA English Language and English Literature revision package
An Inspector Calls whole scheme package
An Inspector Calls revision package
Macbeth whole scheme package
Macbeth revision package
A Christmas Carol whole scheme package
A Christmas Carol revision package
Jekyll and Hyde whole scheme package
Jekyll and Hyde revision package
Romeo and Juliet whole scheme package
Power and Conflict poetry comparing poems package
Power and Conflict poetry whole scheme package
Love and Relationships poetry whole scheme package
Unseen Poetry whole scheme package
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Creative prose writing introduction for Eduqas English Language Paper 1! Introduce students at KS3 or KS4 to descriptive writing with this detailed 1 hour lesson that includes a student-friendly mark scheme, modelled examples, an exam-style question, differentiated activities and self-reflection sheets. A really useful introductory lesson for students preparing for Eduqasl English Language Paper 1 Section B, or just simply studying descriptive writing or creative writing.
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AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 Knowledge Organisers
AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A package
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AQA English Language Paper 1 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A package
AQA English Language and English Literature revision package
An Inspector Calls whole scheme package
An Inspector Calls revision package
Macbeth whole scheme package
Macbeth revision package
A Christmas Carol whole scheme package
A Christmas Carol revision package
Jekyll and Hyde whole scheme package
Jekyll and Hyde revision package
Romeo and Juliet whole scheme package
Power and Conflict poetry comparing poems package
Power and Conflict poetry whole scheme package
Love and Relationships poetry whole scheme package
Unseen Poetry whole scheme package
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Eduqas English Language Paper 1 materials. A collection of well differentiated lessons and revision materials to prepare GCSE students for Eduqas English Language Paper 1 20th Century Literature Reading and Creative Prose Writing prepared by an Outstanding-rated English specialist and Lead Practitioner.
Resources included:
Eduqas English Language Paper 1 Introduction
Falcons (Language and Character analysis)
Birdsong (Language and Character analysis)
Reluctant Fundamentalist (Language and structure analysis)
Spies (Structure and language analysis)
Evaluation and language lesson
Structure lesson
Beginnings and endings - structure
Paper 1 Section A Walkthrough
Creative prose writing introduction - description
Creative prose writing examples - analysis
Punctuation workshop
Language techniques recap
Creative prose planning / assessment lesson
Paper 1 Section A knowledge organiser
Paper 1 Section A exam practice pack (with ANSWERS)
Escape room revision resource
Paper 1 mock and review lesson with ANSWERS