The language question on the paper 1 reading exam. This is for the 5 mark question. Aimed at getting a grade 5-6. Based on the first chapter of the novel JAWS by Peter Benchley. I have included all resources which include extract, model answers, exemplar answers and a fun phobia starter activity.
Video clip of the scene in the film is on YouTube.
A 34-slide PowerPoint on how to write a story filled with tension. For GCSE English Language. The model story has been included. The story’s plot is an assassin / intruder coming to a remote house (based on the opening of No Time to Die). The following is covered:
**Planning
Show not tell
Direct speech
Sensory anguage
Figurative language
Example exam question
Example exam answer
‘Strong’ verbs
Tenses**
A lesson on the language question in paper 2. This lesson uses the exam question, ‘How does the writer make the extract tense and frightening?’
The resource includes the following:
Model answer
Answer structure
Language analysis
Group activities
Modern, fun and dynamic images to help analyse the text.
A lesson on writing a magazine article. I have based on the lesson on the importance of positive role models. The lesson focuses on Jameelia Jamil (positive) and Kim Kardashians’s views on weight in the media. It’s a really interesting topic which my students enjoyed. All four video links provided. I have copied a link to the subject below:
Google link: Jameelia Jamil Washington Post
The lesson also includes the tools to write a successful article.The resource looks at the following:
GRADE 9 example
Sentence starters
ARTICLE form
ARTICLE conventions
DAFOREST
Stylistic devices
Lecturer tips
Common mistakes
SPAG
A worksheet I made with four separate activites all one handy page. Comes with answers as a Word page of PDF. The following are covered:
-Capital letters
Apostrophes
There / Their / They’re
Your / You’re
A lesson on how to write a speech for the FS writing exam. The lesson is looking at the following question: ‘You have to give a talk to your class with the title ‘Mobile phones : a blessing or a curse?
Write what you would say.’
Two separate PowerPoints on how to get 100% Q1 & Q3 on the GCSE English Language exam based on the June 2019 reading exam paper. I have also included a PowerPoint looking at an extract from The Lovely Bones for Q1 & Q3 . The resource includes the following:
Model answers
Answer structure
Language analysis
Group activities
Examiner insight
Modern, fun and dynamic images to help analyse the text.
A revision PowerPoint looking at Q1 & Q2 on the fiction reading exam. My students loved this lesson. I have included: the PowerPoint, extract, synopsis fun images and model answers.
A revision PowerPoint and resources on how to get grade 5-7 on Q5 in the exam. This is based on the NOV 2019 exam paper. This is modern, informative and interactive lesson which the students really enjoy. Exemplar material and model answer included. Extract included.
I have created a revision packs for the IMPRESSIONS question in the reading fiction exam. I have included the extracts and the answers. I have used the following extracts:
THREE PAST ‘REAL’ EDUQAS EXAM EXTRACTS
THE LOVELY BONES
ALAN PARTRIDGE: NOMAD
NO.1 LADIES’ DETECTIVE AGENCY
I have created revision packs for the two ‘HOW’ questions in the reading fiction exam. I have used the following extracts:
THREE PAST ‘REAL’ EDUQAS EXAM EXTRACTS
JAWS
JURASSIC PARK
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
NO.1 LADIES’ DETECTIVE AGENCY
Two reading and writing lessons on speeches.
Lesson 1: intro to speeches and analysing Boris Johnson’s address to the nation.
Lesson 2: writing a speech advising people on staying safe from COVID.
A fantastic and benficial PowerPoint lesson on handwriting. The following are included:
- What is handwriting?
- Progression in handwriting
- Main issues that may arise
- Strategies that can support/help
- Where to find further advice
56 slide PowerPoint on how to structure a grade 9 description for a narrative or descriptive work. Also includes a lecturer podcast.
The following topics are covered:
Zooming in and out
360 degree video experience
Sensory Language
Figurative Language
Grade 9 answer
Exemplar work ranking activity
A video which explains how to answer question 2 on paper 1 (the HOW question) of the GCSE English Language exam. Based on an extract from No Country For Old Men. Can be used for any exam board. The following are included:
PowerPoint - 70 slides
27 different documents included
Extracts
Chapter by chapter analysis
Word classes sheet
Perfect Pee sheet
Interactive images
An outstanding PowerPoint resource on common grammar mistakes. The 32 slide PowerPoint looks at three main errors: wrong-word errors, punctuation errors and usage errors.