This is a booklet, consisting of 10 pages of different activities. I use this for extension tasks, above and beyond tasks, when you’re finished tasks.
I checks:
Spellings; homophones; sentence types; consolidation; all types of punctuation.
A full lesson for tareget grade 4, on paper two AQA English Language, covering mainly Question 3 - Language. However, other elements are in there.
The slides include:
A ‘do it now’ task
Learning objectives
A discussion
Reading of the extract and some notes about it
Understanding the text, with questions
Question three key language and further questions
A Video clip
top tips for Question 3
Interesting word choices and their effect/impact. Dictionary work also.
Question 3
Finding quotes and analysing them (worksheet included)
Independent work
Quick Write task
Reflection slide
Can be split up into two sessions but will last for over 3 hours. Has two short texts within in. Mainly an introduction to Question four but has a variety of different activities included associated with different Assessment Objectives for GCSE AQA Paper two.
It consists of:
Learning intentions
Starter of key words from Question 3
Mr Bruff clip
Memory recall - Discourse markers covered
Two short texts
A grid with questions to check understanding
Paper 2, question 4 - the structure of question 4, including a model answer and success criteria.
Question 5 is included:
Starter - matching the definitions from above.
Paper two True or False quiz
Essay Writing
Structure of an essay
Brain storm to finish.
Lots of activitives for you to pick from or adapt to your own teaching style, although the lesson will be ready to go if not.
This consists of:
Starter on Q4 agree or disagree with statements. Whole class discussion.
Power and Gender topics and facts. Whole class discussion can be had.
Key words slides for the lesson.
Big question, again on Power and Gender with different thoughts.
Handmaid tale facts for an introduction to the texts.
Tasks to look at the text and questions to answer.
Analysing the text.
Questions on the text to summarise and look at language/structural devices.
Question 4 - Brain storm of agreeing and disagreeing
Level 4 success criteria
Question 3 - Paragraph help, sentence starters, model answers and their turn for the question.
A 30 page booklet that includes the following topics:
SPaG
Spelling 1-5
Capital Letters and Full Stops
Commas
Adjectives
Adverbs
Question Mark or Exclamation Mark?
Speech Marks
Reading Skills
Comprehension – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Comprehension – Malala Yousufzai Autobiography
Comprehension – Poetry (The Eagle - Alfred Tennyson)
Writing Skills
Responding to a Picture
Write a Newspaper
Extras Section
Wordsearch
Design a Book Cover
Design a Bookmark
Make Your Own Comic
A full lesson that has many different resources that you can adapt, delete or use as you please. This lesson can be split, but can last well over 3 hours. The main Lesson is on a PPT called 'AQA Q4 Wk 16 Dracula. I have also completed a ‘Home learning’ task which is attached. I use this for learners who have not been in, or learners who need a little extra push.
It is based on Paper one and it will be ready for you to go straight away.
Starter
Objectives
Challenges (Maths Challenge included for cross curricular)
Adjectives and Adverbs
Effective words in texts
Antonyms. showing how you can simply change a word and the sentence will have a different meaning
Reading and understanding task
WAGOLL
Retrival which includes a Q1
Explaining quotes and their meanings
PEE Paragraph
Q2 success criteria
Q4
Q5
Pair working
Peer assessing
Plenary
This resource contains a vast majority of the key words, and useful information students need to know in their GCSE year.
It contains definitions and examples of key words.
This power point it based around the show ‘Deal or No Deal’.
All the sides are hyper-linked so it can be interactive. At the moment the question on the sides are English based, but they can be changed to any topic and at any level; the teacher can set them to their own accord.
The second slide has all the rules on, and instructions on how to play the game. I have used it with three SEN children at a time. However, it might not work as well with 20+ children.
I hope you enjoy it as much as my students did!
This powerpoint contains a learning objective and some tasks for the students to complete. It has been used in an SEBD school, therefore it’s fairly interactive.
this resource contains three different tasks for your students to do.
Task One: Read the extract below. Highlight the facts in one colour and the opinions in another
Task Two: Complete the table below using the extract above
Task Three: Write a paragraph about your home town, city or village using facts and opinions to persuade more tourists to visit.