All the terms required for the AQA GCSE Specification, can be used for display in the classroom or in books. Can be cut up and used as task cards if required.

Punctuation mark bingo questions and bingo cards. Punctuation mark display poster or learner assessment sheet.

Will need paper/plastic cups for activity. Persuasive writing structure lesson with recap for writing styles and how to answer a writing question in the exam. Breakdown activity on sentence building which learners will apply to a personal profile and then peer assess to develop vocabulary. All worksheets are printable from the PowerPoint.

Presentational Features lesson with activities included. Covers the use of headlines, colour, connotations and denotations and persuasion. 1.To consider the effect of presentational devices in texts. 2. To analyse the use of presentational devices in an image and their effect on the reader. 3.To create a poster that carefully considers language, image and colour to achieve its effect.

Learners will develop the use of connectives creating sentences based on imagery. Equality and Diversity is embedded through stereotyping/prejudice discussion that may arise with imagery. Paragraphs - use of headlines and videos to develop learners use of the burger paragraph and topic sentences.

DAFOREST card match. Needs to be cut out into small cards, it covers Term, Example and Definition.

Full Lesson with aims and objectives. Covering reading for detail and skimming and scanning techniques. Starter activity included which can be edited to your individual needs: Terms and conditions starter: Give learners the terms to sign and date and give them the corresponding questionnaire. Assess how many learners read what they are signing and use the additional worksheet for those that do. Use as a discussion/icebreaker activity to skimming and scanning and why and how we use the skills in everyday life. PowerPoint: Included activities for the session with a link to a Kahoot as a plenary. The big scan activity can be applied to any texts you want to provide.

Lesson which helps to build ambitious vocabulary with learners and challenges them to use connectives in their writing. Prompting them to create sentences and use connectives to expand - all through the use of visual imagery.

A sport themed session analysing presentational features in headlines and imagery. Acts as an introduction to presentational terminology and stretches learners to start using persuasive language devices.

SPaG booklet with QR code link to the BBC bitesize learning for spelling, punctuation and grammar. Learners must work through the tasks and complete the quiz for each topic recording their score in the coloured box. They must then write a recap of what they have learnt and demonstrate this within a piece of writing. Making improvements self/tutor assessment sheet also included.

A day in the life at ... Is a college/school based activity book in which learners will create a comic strip as a story board for their day. Learners will then be prompted to create a piece of writing based on the comic strip - self assessment forms included for teachers to provide formative feedback.

3 activities and a display/help sheet. Parts of speech infographic for displays or learner workbooks with space for learners to add to the poster. Part of speech activity that covers nouns,adjetives,verbs etc: learners have to find the definition of the term in the dictionary. The Jabberwocky parts of speech activity worksheet in which learners need to identify the word class. Lewis Carroll parts of speech activity in which learners need to identify and explain the word class.

Formal and informal vocabulary used for writing an email. The powerpoint covers the format, layout and vocabulary to write an email with writing based activities for assessment.

A full powerpoint lesson to revise and recap on word class. Integrated activities to include in descriptive writing with embedded peer assessment and class discussion . To revise relevant knowledge of word classes: nouns / verbs / adjectives / adverbs To practice using word classes and language features (similes / personification / alliteration) To assess relevant knowledge of word classes and language features (AO1)

Confidence charts for Entry Level 2 - Level 2 that are individualised by topic. I stick one at the front of each learners book and before we start a topic they rate their individual confidence with a number out of 10. At the end of the deliery of the topic the learners rate themselves again.

Team based work activity/puzzle Each activity needs to be cut into flash cards or folded in to an envelope. Each activity has a reference on the grammar challenge sheet and learners will work in teams to complete. This covers parts of speech, homophones, apostrophes, punctuation, work breakdown and vocabulary building.

Reading for detail, skimming and scanning in texts. Starter activities included, texts with flash card questioning, Kahoot quiz and a challenge worksheet activity.

Full Persuasive devices lesson on identifying DAFOREST in video and texts. Texts and video provided, with worksheet and card match. Aims and objectives: To identify and revise persuasive devices and their definitions. To be able to explain the impact of persuasive devices and the effect they have on the reader. Analyse the persuasive devices in a piece of text and explain how they have been used for effect. Take part in the ‘verbal boxing’ challenge using your persuasive devices to win the debate.

Full differentiated lesson. Interactive crime scene activity with resources, tone music activity and finding bias in the media. Separate worksheets for entry level, level 1 and level 2 learners. Texts provided from two different sources for Level 2 learners to compare: Daily Mail and The Guardian.

Graded outstanding GCSE English lesson. Introduction to Language features used in text. Team based session with three activities to complete. Term, Definition and Example card match activity with card provided. Million pound drop quiz and in powerpoint activities. Learners will use the display poster to analyse a video from PETA 'behind the leather' allowing them to create a link the use of language to form emotions and perceptions.For assessment learners will analyse a PETA text as well as being encouraged to find their own sources online. Engaging and interactive lesson that promotes some good discussions embedding E&D.