This two-hour session teaches students what skills they need to demonstrate in the transactional writing component of the Edexcel Language Paper 2 exam. It includes a break down of the success criteria, an exemplar answer that can be analysed and then used as a model for writing, followed by an independent task for students.

A two-hour lesson that is perfect for revising the transactional writing element of the GCSE English Language exam. This lesson includes a walk-through of the skills required, a full marks exemplar answer which can be analysed and used as a model, followed by a task.

A two-hour lesson designed to help students revise/learn more about the theme of ambition in Macbeth. Students are then taught how to write an essay academically exploring this theme using an excellent model answer as a guide. There is high-level vocabulary work to help the most able achieve the highest grades. Graded outstanding in an observation.

A revision lesson on Lady Macbeth to help students prepare for the new 9-1 Literature exam. The lesson includes an engaging game of Quiz-Quiz-Trade to help students to recap their prior knowledge of Lady Macbeth, and an extract-based exam question (with model answer) to help students to revise exam techniques.

A full marks Unseen Poetry comparative essay comparing how death is presented in Funeral Blues and Do Not Stand at my Grave and Weep. For Edexcel English Literature, however many exam boards have a similar style of question.

This 4 week fully-resourced scheme of work gives your students the opportunity to analyse, evaluate and compare famous speeches in preparation for writing and delivering their own (the spoken language endorsement). Through this scheme of work, students learn the terminology associated with the techniques they can use to make their writing more engaging (also excellent for the imaginative/transactional writing task) before analysing, evaluating and recreating them. This scheme of work serves as excellent practice for both Edexcel language papers, building in the spoken language endorsement in a useful way. Easily adapted to other specs.

A fill-in-the-blanks pop quiz that tests your students on their ability to remember key quotations from the novel.

This revision lesson begins by quizzing students on plot, characters, themes and events (20 questions). Then, they examine a question and exemplar paragraph, exploring how to structure an essay (whole-text question). They then use this model to write their own response to a question.

A list of quite challenging spellings for KS4 students studying Animal Farm. Remember that students are assessed for their SPAG for this question (with Edexcel), and so higher level vocabulary is credit worthy.

This is a 16 lesson unit of work that walks students through everything they need to know to answer the identify, analyse and evaluate questions in relation to a 19th century extract on the new GCSE English Language Paper 1 exam. This unit is designed to suit Edexcel, though can be easily adapted for other exam boards. The unit includes example responses (including full mark model answers) and exemplar paragraphs for modelling with each lesson.

This is a 6 week unit that teaches students how to write imaginatively for the new English Language GCSE specification. My lessons are created for Edexcel, though of course the skills being assessed are the same as with AQA and other exam boards. This unit will walk students through how to achieve highly in both AO5 and AO6, teaching them skills such as how to create imagery, use onomatopoeia whilst avoiding clichés, use literary devices for effect, use sentence constructions for effect, use other structural devices for effect, controlling both basic and more varied punctuation, and how to organise a narrative for impact. Included are also three grade 9 exemplars. Also includes six weeks of homework relating to higher level vocabulary and spelling. Powerpoints include detailed instructions so ideal for #homelearning

A fully-resourced lesson on Zimmerman and West’s Dominance Theory - lasts 2-3 hours.

EDEXCEL CONFLICT POETRY ANTHOLOGY - 9-1 SPEC Each sheet contains 15-20 thoughtful analysis questions for students to answer on these poems. This would make an excellent revision task, homework task or consolidation of learning task.

An intervention lesson focusing on the transactional writing question on the GCSE English Language paper. This lesson teaches students how to craft an engaging and effective opening and includes a model.

An introductory unit lasting 8 lessons which introduces students to some of the concepts which are key when studying A Level English Language. Adaptable for any exam board. Students are also introduced to the concept of writing about topical language issues. Consists of Powerpoints for each lesson as well as a booklet for students to complete. Ideal for shared classes. Topics covered include: Lesson 1: A Timeline of Language Lesson 2: My Accent, My Language, My Voice Lesson 3: Essexisms ain’t totes bad Lesson 4: Why do we need new words? Lesson 5: Bad Language Lesson 6: Political Correctness Lesson 7: American Language Lesson 8: The Future of English

A unit of work where students explore features of spoken language, examining transcripts of popular television shows to help them understand conventions of this mode of language. There are 10 lessons in total. Each lesson has a PPT to use and there is a booklet which accompanies the unit for students to complete each lesson. Each lesson comes with a transcript, and includes the following: Lesson 1: The Great British Bake Off Lesson 2: 24 Hours in Police Custody Lesson 3: First Dates Lesson 4: The Queen’s Christmas Day Broadcast Lesson 5: Live Football Commentary Lesson 6: The Apprentice Lessons 7-10 : Independent Investigation Unit Aims: Through this wider reading unit, your understanding of key terminology and theories relating to spoken language and P1 Q3 will be reinforced; you will also be encouraged to explore your own mini language investigation similar to that of the coursework task in Year 13.

A fully-resourced, differentiated lesson teaching students how to compare two texts, focusing on the new OCR AS English Language Spec (paper 1, question 2). A lesson plan and all resources are included. This lesson was observed by Ofsted and graded ‘Outstanding’.

A full marks model essay answering the question ‘Explore the significance of the theme of education in Animal Farm’. Written to support the teaching of the new Edexcel 9-1 Literature specification. Suggested activities: - Print off the mark scheme and get students to mark the essay - Get students to colour-code where the essay meets the different assessment objectives - Use the essay to create a list of spellings/keywords since 8 marks are available for SPaG - Use the essay as a model when asking students to answer a different question - Get students to identify where contextual comments are linked into the analysis

This is an extract-based question and corresponding full marks exemplar essay. Written in timed conditions so that students are able to use this essay as a realistic exemplar.