This resource is fantastic for any student writing a short story in the EDUQAS paper 1 writing exam. I have attached a really fun grade 9 student example looking at a bad online date. The following are included:
Grade 9 narrative piece
Grade 9 narrative piece with figurative language highlighted
Grade 9 narrative piece with sensory language highlighted
Grade 9 narrative piece with ‘show not tell’ highlighted
Grade 9 narrative piece with sentence length highlighted
Grade 9 narrative piece with paragraph length highlighted
Grade 9 narrative piece with dialogue tags highlighted
Opening paragraph analysis
Figurative Language worksheet
Sentence starters
A 129-slide PowerPoint on the GCSE English Language exams. The quiz is split into each paper and all questions have answers, PEEs, structure, exemplar work, images and other revision activities. For the EDUQAS exam board.
Paper 1 Reading - 15 questions
Paper 1 Narrative Writing - 11 questions
Paper 2 Reading - 15 questions
Paper 2 Writing - 21 questions.
A set of resources for 3-4 weeks on the Stephen King novella, The Body. The book was made into the film classic, Stand By Me. The resource include the following:
Three large PowerPoints
Link to extract of the whole novella
Starter activities
Group Activities
Study Guides for the students
Teacher study guide with answers
Images from the film
Individual activites
The Body - key quotes worksheet
Character table worksheet
A collection of resources on planning a short story. The resources include:
40 slide PowerPoint
1st / 3rd person debate
Tenses
Features of narrative writing
Grade 9 exemplar
Worksheets
Writing techniques
Lecturer tips
81-slide PowerPoint and 32 minute video on Q1-Q5 on the EDUQAS paper 1 reading exam. The resource is focused on a EDUQAS mock exam on an extract from the book, Normal People. The following are included:
**Mock exam paper
81-slide PowerPoint
32 minute video by an EDUQAS examiner
Starter activity
Exam advice
Model answers
All extracts
Hightlighted extracts
Connotation activites
Fun & modern images**
A great Powerpoint outlining the questions in component 2 into the following areas:
- how many marks
- how points should you make?
- how many quotes should you use?
- what are the marks given for?
- what do you need to avoid?
Very clear, concise and helpful for the students.
The students take part in the contest in which participants are asked to spell words in a round-robin format. There are three different rounds of increasing difficulty. The students love it!
Fantastic PowerPoint on writing a L2 REPORT. Also comes with a grade 9 answer on separate Word pages + highlighted versions focusing on language devices and sentence starters. The resource looks at the following:
L2 example
Sentence starters
REPORT form
REPORT conventions
DAFOREST
Stylistic devices
Lecturer tips
Common mistakes
SPAG
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.
The students love this activity based on the TV game show ‘Catchphrase.’ The students have to guess the movie catchphrases / puzzles. They have 12 to complete! I have included the PowerPoint and the cut-out sheet.
The students love this! This 50-item quiz about commonly misspelled English words may sharpen the students’ minds and boost their knowledge about correct spelling of words.
A PowerPoint based on an extract from the book, Terminator 2: Judgement Day (video clip for the extract is widely available on YouTube). I have also included another question/extract from a recent EDUQAS exam.
28-slide PowerPoint extract
Quote analysis
Model answers
Run-on sentences are 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.
An in-depth and interactive PowerPoint for the writing exam. The following topics are covered:
Letters
Speeches
Emails
Leaflets
Reports
Articles
Homophones
There / They’re / Their
Apostrophes
Common misspellings
Language features