An ‘outstanding’ lesson on the language question in paper 1. This fantastic lesson uses the exam question, ‘How does the writer make the lines tense and dramatic?’
The resource includes the following:
Model answer
Language analysis
Examiner insight
Modern, fun and dynamic images to help analyse the text.
Connotation advice
Answer structure
A really fun and interactive used in creative writing lessons. The students work individually or in a group in this exciting quiz on famous opening & final lines in books/TV/movies. The following are included: Toy Story, A Christmas Carol, Of Mice and Men, Matilda, A Wizard of Oz, Harry Potter etc.
The students love it!
An ‘outstanding’ lesson on the compare question in paper 2. This lesson uses the exam question, ‘COMPARE WHAT WE LEARN FROM JOE AND SIMON ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF FALLING FROM THE MOUNTAIN FACE.’ Extracts included.
The resource includes the following:
Model answer
Extracts
Lecturer exam paper annotations and comments
Grade 9 answer separate Microsoft Word document
Answer structure
Language analysis
Group activities
Examiner insight
Modern, fun and dynamic images to help analyse the text.
A really great collection of starters (55 slides). Each starter has a selection of quotes from a real EDUQAS exam. The students need to use the quotes to write an exam answer (PEE or simple answer). Sometimes a starter sentence will be included for weaker students. I give each class three mins to complete the starters against the clock. The following starters are included:
Q1 information retrieval
Q2, Q3 & Q4 language analysis & PEE
Q4 Impressions question, language analyis & PEE
Q5 - Evaluation question
exam terminology starter on verbs, adjectives, adverbs & nouns (two worksheets included)
top 8 incorrect spellings starter
An informative, interactive and fun lesson on Q3 of the non-fiction reading exam. This lesson looks at the Ben Fogle Captain Scott survival exam. Comes with lecturer podcast. The lesson examines the 19th century text and includes the following:
Examiner tips
Three group activities
Model answers
Extract
Fun and interesting images
Exam paper available at: https://susansenglish.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/5-component-2-additional-assessment-materials.pdf
A fun, informative and interactive lesson on writing an ARTICLE for the writing exam. The following resources are included:
Fun starter
53 slide PowerPoint
Grade 9 exemplar work
Language techniques
Sentence starters
Structure
A lesson on Q6 in paper 2. It’s based on the Summer 2018 exam which looked at two articles on volcanoes. The resource includes the following:
Model answer
Language analysis
Group activities
Examiner insight
Modern, fun and dynamic images to help analyse the text.
Connotation advice
Answer structure
Exemplar work
Exam paper and mark scheme link
A lesson (& examiner podcast) on Q6 in paper 2. This lesson uses the exam question, ‘Both of these texts are about solitary confinement in prisons.
Compare: what the writers say about the effects of solitary confinement on prisoners. How the writers get across the effects of solitary confinement in prisons.’ It’s based on the Summer 2017 exam which looked at two articles on prisons. The resource includes the following:
Model answer
Group activities
Examiner insight
Modern, fun and dynamic images to help analyse the text.
Answer structure
Exam paper and mark scheme link
Run-on sentences is one the most common errors students make in their writing. This lesson will focuses on how to correct them. The students will learn ways to help properly write two complete sentences (independent clauses) in one sentence by using the correct punctuation and conjunctions. PowerPoint & worksheet (with answers) included.
A really fun starter that my classes love. Students have 2 minutes to list the top ten of a topic e.g. 10 most used words in the English language, 10 most popular websites etc. Timer included which you can change for a longer/shorter time. I have included 13 questions for your classes to do (and the template is there for you to add more). It really gets the students engaged.
Nine planning sheets to help students write a short story. They are based on films (James Bond, Stand By Me, The Shallows, Indiana Jones etc.) and I have also included a blank one so you can use for a template.
A 34-slide PowerPoint on how to write a story filled with tension. For GCSE English Language. The model story has been included. The story’s plot is an assassin / intruder coming to a remote house (based on the opening of No Time to Die). The following is covered:
**Planning
Show not tell
Direct speech
Sensory anguage
Figurative language
Example exam question
Example exam answer
‘Strong’ verbs
Tenses**
A lesson on the language question in paper 2. This lesson uses the exam question, ‘How does the writer make the extract tense and frightening?’
The resource includes the following:
Model answer
Answer structure
Language analysis
Group activities
Modern, fun and dynamic images to help analyse the text.
The students love this activity based on the TV game show ‘Catchphrase.’ The students have to guess the TV catchphrases / puzzles. They have 12 to complete! I have included the PowerPoint and the cut-out sheet.