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Hello, I'm a Curriculum Lead in English with 18 years of experience teaching English through KS3, KS4 and KS5. I love making beautiful and useful resources. I hope you find some time- saving solutions in my shop!

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Hello, I'm a Curriculum Lead in English with 18 years of experience teaching English through KS3, KS4 and KS5. I love making beautiful and useful resources. I hope you find some time- saving solutions in my shop!
AQA English Language A Level Paper 2 Q3 Comparison
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AQA English Language A Level Paper 2 Q3 Comparison

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Knowledge organiser that explains how to answer the AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 3 (40-mark) question. Includes tips on how to structure your response, a reminder of relevant lanaguage methods, and explanations of examples of how to satisfy the assessment objectives. I have a complete set of knowledge organisers for all questions on Paper 1 and Paper 2, as well as knowledge organisers for theory under each Paper 2 topic. Please visit my shop for more :)
AQA English Language Paper 2 Q1 Knowledge Organiser
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AQA English Language Paper 2 Q1 Knowledge Organiser

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Knowledge organiser that breaks down how to answer the AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 1/2 (formal essay) question. Includes tips on how to structure your response, a reminder of relevant lanaguage methods, and explanations of examples of how to satisfy the assessment objectives. I have a complete set of knowledge organisers for all questions on Paper 1 and Paper 2, as well as knowledge organisers for theory under each Paper 2 topic. Please visit my shop for more :)
Approaching the Child Language Acquisition (CLA) Question KO
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Approaching the Child Language Acquisition (CLA) Question KO

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Knowledge organiser that explains how to answer the AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 4 (Child Language Aquisition) question. Includes tips on how to structure your response, a reminder of relevant lanaguage methods, and explanations of examples of how to satisfy the assessment objectives. I have a complete set of knowledge organisers for all questions on Paper 1 and Paper 2, as well as knowledge organisers for theory under each Paper 2 topic. Please visit my shop for more :)
AQA English Language A Level Paper 1 Question 1 Knowledge Organiser
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AQA English Language A Level Paper 1 Question 1 Knowledge Organiser

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Knowledge organiser with guidance on how to answer the AQA English Language A Level Paper 1 Questions 1 and 2 - meanings and reps question. The knowledge orgainser includes: tips on answering this exam question a reminder of the language methods, with examples a summary of the assessment objective examples of A01 and A03 analysis I have a complete set of knowledge organisers for all questions on Paper 1 and Paper 2, as well as knowledge organisers for theory under each Paper 2 topic. Please visit my shop for more :)
Writing a Speech GCSE English Language Paper 2 Section B
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Writing a Speech GCSE English Language Paper 2 Section B

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Power point with tips on how to write an effective and engaging speech for AQA English Language Paper 2 Section B. Includes a range of examples of language features, including how to: address your audience throughout use powerful anecdotes and quotes to make the topic personal widen your perspective on a topic engage your audience with humour and personality There is also a slide with reminders of how to achieve highly for technical accuracy. You can use these slides again and again when teaching speeches on a range of topics.
Writing a Thesis in Literature Essays
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Writing a Thesis in Literature Essays

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A power point on how to write an effective thesis or introduction, broken down into 3 easy steps. Includes: what examiners say about the importance of a thesis an easy 3-step guide to writing an effective thesis or introduction to a Literature essay examples from An Inspector Calls and Macbeth.
Macbeth Revision Powerpoint
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Macbeth Revision Powerpoint

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A 25-slide power point that is ideal for final revision lessons on Macbeth! Includes: 3 steps to succes guide that covers the assessment objectives key terms glossary list of characters and themes in Macbeth 8 context slides list of key scenes 7 top quotations from Macbeth, fully annotated, that can be used for a range of essay topics an example essay question and extract
Macbeth Revision Board Game
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Macbeth Revision Board Game

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A board game that is made up of two A3 sheets, that helps students revise key quotations from the play! Print this board on two sheets of A3 paper and teams can move around the board and annotate key quotations or do the fun challenges! If one team lands on a square that has already been annotated, they have to add more analysis. Use a coin as a dice: heads = move one square, tails = two squares. A fun and different revision activity.
Romeo and Juliet Descriptive Writing
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Romeo and Juliet Descriptive Writing

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A complete lesson where students use an image of the masked ball from ‘Romeo and Juliet’ as inspiration for a piece of descriptive writing. Includes: image with task, prompts and success criteria word bank support with structuring descriptive writing figurative language prompts self-assessment slide
Introduction to Shakespeare ( and Shakespearean Context) Bundle
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Introduction to Shakespeare ( and Shakespearean Context) Bundle

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8 complete lessons on Shakespeare, his life, the theatre and 16th century London. Great for KS2 and KS3! Includes: a debate on the relevance of Shakespeare to modern audiences a lesson where students hunt around the classroom for info on Shakespeare’s life and add these to a grid, before making inferences about the man himself a lesson on Shakespearean theatre and The Globe, with accompanying A3 sheet exploration of the genres comedy, tragedy and history a lesson on London in Shakespeare’s day a look at Shakesperean language an introduction to some of Shakespeare’s most famous characters
Meanings and Representations Bundle
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Meanings and Representations Bundle

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4 complete lessons and resources ideal for introducing the meanings and reps part of the English Language AQA A Level course. Lesson are on the following: Introduction to analysing texts, the language levels how this fits into the exams An analysis of how producers contruct their identity A look at how audience positioning works, with mini texts to analyse An introduction to using the langauge methods
Language and Gender Knowledge Organiser
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Language and Gender Knowledge Organiser

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A summary of 26 Language and Gender Theories, organised into Deficit, Dominance, Difference and Diversity approaches, and theories around gendered language and masculinity. My students find this double-sided sheet a useful tool for revision and for referring to when planning practise essays on language and gender. It includes dates for most of the theories, and these range from older, established theorists to modern ideas about gender.
Child Language Acquisition Knowledge Organiser
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Child Language Acquisition Knowledge Organiser

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A double-sided sheet with short summaries of 26 CLA theories on one side, and language features listed under the linguistic methods on the other side. My students have found this to be a helpful revision tool. They can research each theory in more depth, tick off the ones they have revised and use the grid to help them write example essay plans. There are a range of theories from the more well-known to modern, lesser-known theories. The back of the sheet can also be used as a checklist to ensure practise essays cover a range of the language methods and to revise key terminology.
AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 3 Questions
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AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 3 Questions

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Three comparison questions in the style of AQA’s question 3 on Paper 1. Each document contains two texts that are linked by topic, but have different representations of the topic and different modes, as in the AQA Paper 1. These can be used for assessments, homework or class tasks.
AQA English Langauge A Level A01 Revision Mat
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AQA English Langauge A Level A01 Revision Mat

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A double-sided A3 revision sheet that outlines the language methods such as: word classes, sentence types, phrases, clauses, and key terms for lexis and semantics, graphology and discourse structure. This sheet is a good guide to remind students of these essential grammtical key terms that they need to satisfy the A01 assessment objective across the English Language A Level exam.
AQA A Level English Language revision mat
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AQA A Level English Language revision mat

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This colourful A3 sheet has a guide for how to answer each question on one side, and a listof theorists and theories for a range of different langauge topics on the other. It’s a reference sheet that my students come back to time and time again. The tips and guidance on how to answer each question is from discussion and advice from AQA.