An ‘outstanding’ lesson on the language question in paper 1. This fantastic lesson uses the exam question, ‘How does the writer make the lines tense and dramatic?’ The resource includes the following: Model answer Language analysis Examiner insight Modern, fun and dynamic images to help analyse the text. Connotation advice Answer structure

Revision sheet for the Paper 2 reading exam. Each question has a model answer and number of points needed. Aimed for students looking for a grade 4/5. Exam and mark scheme available here: https://susansenglish.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/5-component-2-additional-assessment-materials.pdf

You have chartered a yacht with three friends, for the holiday trip of a lifetime across the Atlantic Ocean. Because none of you have any previous sailing experience, you have hired an experienced skipper and two-person crew. Unfortunately in mid Atlantic a fierce fire breaks out in the ships galley and the skipper and crew have been lost whilst trying to fight the blaze. Much of the yacht is destroyed and is slowly sinking. Your location is unclear because vital navigational and radio equipment have been damaged in the fire. Your best estimate is that you are many hundreds of miles from the nearest landfall. You and your friends have managed to save 15 items, undamaged and intact after the fire. In addition, you have salvaged a four man rubber life craft and a box of matches. Your task is to rank the 15 items in terms of their importance for you, as you wait to be rescued. Place the number 1 by the most important item, the number 2 by the second most important and so forth until you have ranked all 15 items.

An informative, interactive and fun lesson on Q1 of the non-fiction reading exam. This lesson looks at an extract from ‘Touching the Void’ that the students really enjoy. It’s a tense and exciting extract about a man hanging from a cliff that really stirs debate! Extract included. The lesson includes the following: Examiner tips Three group activities Model answers Extract Fun and interesting images Survival discussion starter Overview of the whole paper 2 reading exam.

A PowerPoint and resources on how to get 10/10 on the last question in the exam i.e. the EVALUATION question. This is based on the June 2017 exam paper on Ruby and the fire. This is modern, informative and interactive lesson which the students really enjoy.

A PowerPoint and resources on how to get 10/10 on the third and fourth question in the exam. This is the language question which both begin with 'HOW...' This is based on the June 2017 exam paper on Ruby and the fire. This is modern, informative and interactive lesson which the students really enjoy.

Really fun activity the students love!

A great PowerPoint on the topic. Examples included.

A lesson on Q5 in paper 2. It’s based on the Summer 2018 exam which looked at two articles on volcanoes. The resource includes the following: Model answer Language analysis Group activities Examiner insight Modern, fun and dynamic images to help analyse the text. Connotation advice Answer structure Exemplar work Exam paper and mark scheme link

Very helpful for students.

An informative lesson on writing summaries.

An ‘outstanding’ lesson on question four in paper 2. This lesson uses the exam question, ‘In this extract, George Banks presents Blondin in a very positive way. How far do you agree with this view?’ It’s based on the November 2018 exam which looked at two articles on daredevils tightrope walking across Niagra Falls. There is a also an excellent examiner podcast that really benefits the students. The resource includes the following: Model answer Language analysis Group activities Examiner insight Modern, fun and dynamic images to help analyse the text. Connotation advice Answer structure Exemplar work Exam paper and mark scheme link

A lesson (& examiner podcast) on Q5 in paper 2. This lesson uses the exam question, ‘According to these two writers, how do the cells in these prisons add to the prisoners?’ It’s based on the Summer 2017 exam which looked at two articles on prisons. The resource includes the following: Model answer Group activities Examiner insight Modern, fun and dynamic images to help analyse the text. Answer structure Exam paper and mark scheme link

Run-on sentences is one the most common errors students make in their writing. This lesson will focuses on how to correct them. The students will learn ways to help properly write two complete sentences (independent clauses) in one sentence by using the correct punctuation and conjunctions. PowerPoint & worksheet (with answers) included.

A really informative and interesting 30-slide PowerPoint for the paper 1 reading exam based on extract from Liam O’Flaherty’s short story, ‘THE SNIPER.’ The questions included are for the info retrieval and language questions. Model answers and extract included.

An informative, interactive and fun lesson on Q1 of the non-fiction reading exam. This lesson looks at the exam on the theme of bicycles. I have included a lecturer podcast on the question. The lesson includes the following: - Examiner tips - Three group activities - Model answers - Extract - Fun and interesting images Exam paper & MS available online.

Fun starter. The students have to name a different BRAND NAME / SHOP / COMPANY for each letter of the alphabet. 6 of them have to be 6 letters+. The PowerPoint has a lot of fun images, answers and gifs. The students love this!

Two fun starters and PowerPoints (1 male & 1 female). The students have to name a different FIRST NAME for each letter of the alphabet. 6 of them have to be 6 letters+. The PowerPoint has a lot of fun images, answers and gifs. The students love this!

Fun starter. The students have to name a different FICTIONAL CHARACTER for each letter of the alphabet. 6 of them have to be 6 letters+. The PowerPoint has a lot of fun images, answers and gifs. The students love this!

Fun starter. The students have to name a different VERB for each letter of the alphabet. At least 6 of the words have to be 6+ letters. The PowerPoint has a lot of fun images, answers and gifs. The students love this!