A sound of thunder extract analysis

GCSE English Language Revision Guide - Break down of each questions / “how to” approach each question.

Name that language feature with examples.

Learner progress tracker aimed at GCSE English language. Learners can track their own progress with each of the AO’s.

Name that sentence type activity with answer sheet.

Feedback stickers to save time with marking :)

Group Task – Hand out the cards with different ‘ways to assess’ on. Students to stick them on the whiteboard under the headings ‘effective’ or ‘ineffective’. Open Questions: • Does everyone agree with each other’s choice of heading? • Did the students group the more ‘common’ assessment types under ‘effective’? Question their groupings – Are their choices more effective or are they the assessments the students are more familiar with?

An English related Christmas Quiz! The first letter of each answer spells out ‘We wish you a Merry Christmas’ (if the learners get their answers right!).

A fun ‘who killed Santa?’ powerpoint activity.

GCSE revision presentation (I print it off at a booklet for my learners as well as going through it as a group via powerpoint).

GCSE English Paper 2 Revision powerpoint (AQA)

Full lesson powerpoint aimed at teaching learners how to improve their speech writing.

Full lesson looking at the purpose of text.

Interpret the sysmbols activity - a good starter activity or piece of homework to encourage learner to develop their analysing skills and look at implicit information rather than just what is directly obvious.

Descriptive writing/ letter writing worksheet related to the nightmare before Christmas.

Mix and Match Sentence Types

Sentence Type Starter Activity

Snakes and Ladders English Language Revision Game

Word definitions guide - a handy list of useful (and some higher level) words used in English to improve writing and analysing text.