A pair of contrasting viewpoints, crafted to appeal to students in the preparation for their English Language examinations.
The articles provide answers for the questions that students may be posing teachers with regards to what the ultimate point of their examinations is.
GCSEs - What’s the Point? - appeals to the student who believes the examinations are worthless and teach irrelevant material.
GCSE - Genuinely Concerning Student Engagement - provides the answers as to what can be learned from the grades that student achieve.
Both sources utilise a wealth of language features and techniques to engage the readers and enable them to answer the questions from a 1-9 level.
17 lesson scheme of work looking at the novel 'Holes'
Includes structured starters, main tasks and plenaries, as well as link to foci within the National Curriculum
A pair of resources to explore a variety of tasks and information relating to the creation of a holiday resort for KS3 students. Tasks involved predominantly link to English, but can also be used to aid with Maths.
Six week programme of study
A collection of advertisements demonstrating the use of different presentational devices. Useful for the AQA English Language Unit 1 Paper Reading Section.
A guide to aid pupils to look in depth at the way that Capulet changes his views towards his daughter Juliet in Romeo & Juliet. Tailored towards lower ability students ready for their Controlled Assessments in AQA English Literature Unit 3.