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I'm currently the head of English and raising standards leader at a secondary school in Birmingham. I'm passionate about my subject and passionate about ensuring that the young people we serve leave education with a high competency in English. Prior to teaching I worked in the radio industry as a presenter for 7 years and so when I became a teacher I enjoyed the opportunity to teach Media studies. You'll find hundreds of English and Media studies resources.

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I'm currently the head of English and raising standards leader at a secondary school in Birmingham. I'm passionate about my subject and passionate about ensuring that the young people we serve leave education with a high competency in English. Prior to teaching I worked in the radio industry as a presenter for 7 years and so when I became a teacher I enjoyed the opportunity to teach Media studies. You'll find hundreds of English and Media studies resources.
AQA English Language paper 1 Exam revision - Walking talking Mock (WTM) with ppt & student booklet
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AQA English Language paper 1 Exam revision - Walking talking Mock (WTM) with ppt & student booklet

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A complete walking talking mock for AQA English language paper 1. Includes a student booklet containing model answers which encourage students to achieve thoughtful responses, exam tips and opportunity for students to practice annotation and structuring answers to the questions. This resource uses the November 18 AQA English language inserts. A power point is included to guide students through the mock including mark schemes.
The Right Word by Imtiaz Dharker - 4 lessons with pupil booklet and supporting power point
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The Right Word by Imtiaz Dharker - 4 lessons with pupil booklet and supporting power point

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4 complete lessons that guide students through an exploration of ‘The Right Word’ by Imtiaz Dharker. Included is a pupil booklet for students to use as they explore the poem including do now activities, contextual information, knowledge checks, space to analyse the poem as well as planning tables for closer analysis of language and structure. Lesson 1 - context based and what the poem is about Lesson 2 - Explores the repeated ideas, feelings and tone/mood Lesson 3 - Language exploration Lesson 4 - Structure exploration Also included is a power point to guide students through the exploration of the poem.
AQA English language GCSE 9-1 -3 lots of  Walking talking mock style revision lessons for paper 1 and paper 2
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AQA English language GCSE 9-1 -3 lots of Walking talking mock style revision lessons for paper 1 and paper 2

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Three lots of walking talking mock style exam revision for AQA English language paper 1 and paper 2 Perfect to use in class as a walking talking mock - whereby you guide students thorough each question and allow them the suggested time to complete each task. Using 3 different sample papers 1 and paper 2 papers, these resources: - guide students through how to tackle each question - provide suggested timings - provide sample answers - provide tips and strategies for planning a response - show the questions annotated to ensure students stick to the focus of the task - provide opportunities to self/peer assess against the mark scheme criteria - model to students how to annotate the questions The revision uses exam papers provided by AQA and use extracts from the following: Paper 1: - Glass, bricks and dust - City of beasts - Brighton Rock Paper 2: - Bad weather - Festivals - Villages
Scaffolding CPD & strategies - principles of instruction
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Scaffolding CPD & strategies - principles of instruction

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Rather than differentiation, many schools are thinking more in terms of scaffolding in the current climate. The attached documents include: a ppt used for CPD a guidance document containing a range of strategies that can be used to scaffold work for children.
An Inspector Calls exam revision. Structuring an academic essay
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An Inspector Calls exam revision. Structuring an academic essay

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A series of lessons following the I do, we do, you do structure that guides students through how to write an academic response to the GCSE exam question on ‘An Inspector Calls.’ Students are guided through: how to tackle the question how to plan their response how to write an effective introduction how to structure an academic essay Three exam questions included for students to work on.
AQA Jekyll and Hyde 2024 Walking Talking Mock (WTM) with student booklet & teacher power point
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AQA Jekyll and Hyde 2024 Walking Talking Mock (WTM) with student booklet & teacher power point

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A Walking talking mock that uses the AQA examiner feedback from summer 2023 to guide students through a process of planning and then writing answers/essays in response to the Jekyll and Hyde question. Power point (40 slides) and student work booklet included. This resource focuses on helping students to: plan their response consider the text chronologically embed context rather than bolt it on at the end consider how themes can be context rather than just Historical events create thesis statements consider the text as a construct Exam questions used in this resource: sympathy for Jekyll# Model answers included.
AQA English Language paper 2 section A Walking talking mock 2023 Trains paper with student booklet
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AQA English Language paper 2 section A Walking talking mock 2023 Trains paper with student booklet

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A walking talking mock that uses the 2023 paper and inserts about train journeys. Power point presentation and student work booklet included that: guides students through strategies for answering each of the questions in section A in order to secure at least a grade 5 provides students with level 2 responses and guides them through how to create level 3 and 4 answers supports students in how to read the sources effectively supports students in making inferences and considering the big ideas to help with structuring academic responses advises students to read the questions first
KS3 / KS2 Poetry exploration with most focus on the theme of love and marriage
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KS3 / KS2 Poetry exploration with most focus on the theme of love and marriage

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Resources to support the teaching of poetry analysis and exploration. These lessons were taught to year 8 but are suitable for any KS3 group as well as KS2. Poems/poets explored include: - Carol Ann Duffy - Valentine - Sophie Hannah - Symptoms - Deserted house - Sonnet 18 - A Married state - Declaration of need - Lady of Shalott - Roger McGough Opportunities provided for students to: - develop speaking and listening skills - explore the idea of marriage - analyse language, structure and form - explore pathetic fallacy
AQA Romeo and Juliet 2024 Walking Talking Mock (WTM) with student booklet & teacher power point
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AQA Romeo and Juliet 2024 Walking Talking Mock (WTM) with student booklet & teacher power point

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A Walking talking mock that uses the AQA examiner feedback from summer 2023 to guide students through a process of planning and then writing answers/essays in response to Romeo and Juliet. Power point (42 slides) and student work booklet included. This resource focuses on helping students to: plan their response consider the text chronologically embed context rather than bolt it on at the end consider how themes can be context rather than just Historical events create thesis statements consider the texts as constructs Exam question used in this resource: relationships between older and younger characters Model answers included.
The ballad of Homeless Jack  Introduction to ballads
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The ballad of Homeless Jack Introduction to ballads

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Two lessons, used for remote learning but can be used in class, that serve as an introduction to ballads. Students read ‘Homeless Jack’ and explore the conventions of ballads. In lesson 2 students write their own ballad about ‘Too tall Paul’ after reading an extract from an article about Britian’s tallest man.
AQA English language paper 2 Exam revision TWO GCSE 9-1 WALKING TALKING MOCK with sample responses
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AQA English language paper 2 Exam revision TWO GCSE 9-1 WALKING TALKING MOCK with sample responses

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3 lessons to support the revision of the reading section of the new specification English language paper 2 for AQA. Perfect for use as a walking talking mock in class whereby you guide students through how to tackle each question and then allow them the suggested time to complete a response. Using a sample paper provided by AQA the resources: - guide students through how to tackle each question - provide suggested timings - provide sample answers - provide tips and strategies for planning a response - show the questions annotated to ensure students stick to the focus of the task - provide opportunities to self/peer assess against the mark scheme criteria Extracts taken from: The village that lost its children and an extract from an essay written in 1967, one year after a devastating landslide in the Welsh village of Aberfan.
Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck chapter 4 skills for new spec GCSE with structure strips
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Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck chapter 4 skills for new spec GCSE with structure strips

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Differentiated resources to support the teaching of chapter 4 of 'Of Mice and Men.' Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher Resources provide opportunities to: - write to argue (200 word challenge) - explore context of segregation - explore the characterisation of Crooks - Analyse writer's methods - work as a group and give presentations on contextual information - read actively
Work scrutiny / book look CPD presentation, resources and templates
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Work scrutiny / book look CPD presentation, resources and templates

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This presentation was used at conferences to explore the concept of work scrutiny in schools. The presentation: explores the what, how and why of work scrutiny addresses the problems with work scrutiny provides examples and non examples is rooted in relevant research explores how work scrutiny can become much more impactful in schools / departments takes Ofsted into account and their implementation of work scrutiny as part of a deep dive compares work scrutiny with a book look provides potential templates that could be used to make the process of work scrutiny much more impactful
AQA An Inspector Calls 2024 Walking Talking Mock (WTM) with student booklet & teacher power point
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AQA An Inspector Calls 2024 Walking Talking Mock (WTM) with student booklet & teacher power point

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A Walking talking mock that uses the AQA examiner feedback from summer 2023 to guide students through a process of planning and then writing answers/essays to the ‘An Inspector Calls’ question. Power point (40 slides) and student work booklet included. This resource focuses on helping students to: plan their response consider the text chronologically embed context rather than bolt it on at the end consider how themes can be context rather than just Historical events create thesis statements consider the texts as a construct Exam questions used in this resource: Selfishness & Sheila as a character who learns lessons Model answers included.