This lesson is based on the AQA spec English Language Paper 2 comparing writers’ viewpoints and perspectives looking at the June 2022 Summer paper on Camping . Achieve a grade 9! Looking at the two source documents: The Tent, The Bucket and Me by Emma Kennedy In the Wilderness by Charles Dudley Warner Packed full of engaging activities: Do now activity, starter activity, full paper assessment activities and plenaries, with every question modelled with a grade 9 response. It breakdowns each question on the reading section 1-4 giving tips and strategies and grade 9 model responses to answer these questions. -Q1 Select true statements -Q2 Summarising similarities and differences adding inference Q3 Commenting and expanding on language techniques Q4 Comparing viewpoints and perspectives, using contrasting connectives Q5 writing task will focus on article writing, expressing viewpoints and developing ideas of holidays and travel. Grade 9 model response included. Self-assessment marking task, highlighting the language techniques. This lesson will focus on the paper 2 writing tasks. This lesson is full of activities and covers 47 slides.

GCSE AQA English Language Paper 1 Creative writing 2 pieces of grade 9 writing examples including a description & short story based on a image of an abandoned room and a story that begins with the sentence: “Suddenly, I heard it. It was coming from the other side of the passage.” Tasks include: -read and highlight language techniques and punctuation -modifying sentences -developing sophisticated synonyms -technique bubbles -planning Also includes build up activities to build up ideas for their own writing task.

GCSE English Language Paper 1 Creative writing. This includes 2 pieces of grade 9 writing examples including a description and a short story based on an image of a dead end and a story with the opening line ‘I knew I was in trouble. I knew I had to get out’. Tasks include: -read and highlight the language techniques and punctuation -modifying sentences -developing sophisticated synonyms -planning -complete writing tasks Includes build up activities to build up ideas to create their own piece of creative writing.

This is a full lesson (36 slides) that includes a range of revision activities, starter, activities and plenary to prepare students for their paper 1 creative writing section focusing on storm writing. Starts with a Wordle activity to focus the lesson around the importance of revision. What is the point of punctuation? Students will see the impact and effect of punctuation and what happens when you don’t use it. Grade 9 opening hook paragraph teaching them the importance of writing for impact. Revision table getting students to recall language technique definition and write sentences demonstrating that technique. This will follow on with a writing task where they can apply what they have just learnt. Plenary: Back to the board game. Lesson objectives include: -To respond and act on your written feedback from your assessment -To discuss top tips for question Q5 -To build up and develop ideas for a glossary of terms to help you with creative writing AFORESTRIP techniques as a means for a revision tool -To create an effective hook opening. -To apply techniques in your creative writing -Discuss what is the point of punctuation? -Analyse the impact and effect of applying techniques and punctuation

AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1 Brighton Rock Greene Creative reading & writing Q1-5 Grade 9 Full lesson on Paper 1 Brighton Rock by Graham Greene looking at the AQA paper with grade 9 model answers for the reading and writing sections. Achieve a grade 9 jam packed with plenaries, AfL, TLA activities and tasks to stretch learners to explode inference. 50 slides of a breakdown of the reading and writing sections, with grade 9 model answers and top tips to achieve a grade 9. Lesson focuses on exploding and developing inference. Starter task, discussion activity, build up tasks highlighting and analysing text to draw out inference, review and self assessment looking at EBI and WWW with a self assessment exit card activity. • Lesson objectives: • Solve English brain teasers from The 1% Club • Match the colours to the symbolism • Analyse a section from Brighton Rock by Graham Greene for Paper 1 • Select explicit information from a text • Identify and discuss the difference between language and structural techniques • Focus specifically on questions 2 to 4 in terms of developing detail and inference • Explode and develop interpretations for Q2 language analysis • Construct a flow chart for Q3 structure applying in structure cards • Develop and explain interpretation and impressions in Q4 • Review grade 9 model answers for Q1-4 looking at exploding inference using PEEL • Create a word bank and plan in preparation for the Q5 writing task • Read and review a piece of grade 9 descriptive writing • Complete the Q5 writing task applying AFORESTRIP and punctuation variety • Review your writing task, highlighting techniques • Complete self-assessment exit card

A grade 9 writing activity, using a the traditional style of AQA paper 1 Q5 image and writing task, to get students to build up ideas, vary sentence starters, use sophisticated punctuation and language techniques. -Complete sentence starters applying different language techniques. -Use a thesaurus to create a word bank -Build up and develop sophisticated vocabulary -Develop language techniques based upon an image -Read through the grade 9 descriptive piece of writing. Highlight the language techniques and make any annotations throughout. -WWW and EBI? -Complete a piece of creative writing (either the description or the narrative). -Checklist for language techniques and punctuation -Refer to mark scheme on level 4 (grade 9 band) -WWW and EBI self reflection

This 35 slide complete lesson focuses on the 2022 movie Hocus Pocus 2 looking at language analysis style questions and responses, colour symbolism in Hocus Pocus 2, creative writing build up tasks and planning tasks and an example of a grade 9 piece of creative writing that all link to the movie and halloween. Explore the Sanderson Sisters looking at Winnie, Sarah and Mary links to paper 1 AQA style assessment This lesson focuses on the horror genre and incorporates do now task, starter activity, colour symbolism, Q2 language analysis questions, creative writing top tips and build up tasks to create a sophisticated piece of writing, grade 9 example writing and Q2 language analysis checklist and Q5 writing self assess checklist. -comment on the effect of colour symbolism on the three witches -explode inference looking at language analysis -develop a word bank full of language techniques -highlight and comment on the effect of language -explode and blow up inference and connotations -Focus and zoom in on details when writing creatively -build up sophisticated synonyms and ambitious vocabulary -complete a writing plan -complete a piece of horror creative writing -self-assess checklist

Full lesson on Paper 1 Matilda by Roald Dahl looking at AQA style assessment, covering all paper 1 questions Q1-Q5 45 slides of a breakdown of the reading and writing sections, with grade 9 model answers and top tips to achieve a grade 9. Lesson focuses on exploding and developing inference. This also includes a grade 9 written response to the Q5 writing task and grade 9 reponses to the reading section Q1-4. PEEL language writing frame included too. This lesson focuses on the juxtaposition of villians and heroes, dominant and submissive, powerful and powerless, strong and fragile… The lesson objectives include: • Deliberate about what is the common link between the images/characters • Discuss what is the difference between connotation and denotation • Consider the character of Miss Trunchbull • Analyse Roald Dahl’s Matilda looking at Paper 1 assessment questions for the reading and writing section • Identify and discuss the difference between language and structural techniques • Focus specifically on questions 2 to 4 in terms of developing detail and inference • Explode and develop interpretations for Q2 language analysis • Explain structural techniques and their effect on the reader • Create a flow chart for Q3 structure • Develop and explain interpretation and impressions in Q4 • Review grade 9 model answers for Q1-4 looking at exploding inference using PEEL • Create a word bank and plan in preparation for the Q5 writing task • Review a grade 9 piece of writing and categorise the techniques used. • Complete the Q5 writing task applying AFORESTRIP and punctuation variety • Review your writing task, highlighting techniques • Create the longest and highest scoring Scrabble word

GCSE AQA English Language Paper 1 Creative writing 2 pieces of grade 9 writing examples including a description & short story based on an image of a disaster and a story that begins with the sentence: “It was a disaster. I didn’t know what to do.” Tasks include: -read and highlight language techniques and punctuation -modifying sentences -developing sophisticated synonyms -technique bubbles -planning Also includes build up activities to build up ideas for their own writing task on the theme of disaster.

GCSE AQA English Language Paper 1 Creative writing 2 pieces of grade 9 writing examples including a description & short story based on a image of a stormy sea, pier scene and a story that is based around a recsue mission. Tasks include: -read and highlight language techniques and punctuation -modifying sentences -developing sophisticated synonyms -technique bubbles -planning Also includes build up activities to build up ideas for their own writing task.

GCSE English Language creative writing narrative structure strips How it works: Cut out the strip and place the sections on the inside margin of your writing page and it will serve as a great organisation/structural reminder to students as they create their narrative, paragraph by paragraph, ensuring content and SPaG (technical accuracy) is covered. Writing prompt/scaffolding for: -setting -character -foreshadowing -pathetic fallacy -colour symbolism -language techniques -rising action -pivotal moment -falling action -denouement -cliffhanger

AQA GCSE English Language Paper 2: Healthcare NHS Grade 9 Compare writers’ viewpoints breakdown Q1-5 each question with a grade 9 response- achieve a grade 9! This is a full lesson that covers 36 slides crammed full of activities: recall Bingo, starter assessment questions, breakdown answering the questions and building up inference and detail, grade 9 model responses and written task focusing on the National Health Service. This lesson encourages discussion and sharing different viewpoints and perspectives. Sources contrast 21st century healthcare with a 19th century healthcare. -Recall language techniques for Paper 2 writing​ -Summarise and infer from two images​ -Familiarise ourselves with two unseen texts​ -Identify true statements using the text as evidence​ -Summarise the differences applying inference​ -Develop language techniques and explode inference​ -Compare viewpoints and perspectives identifying how the writer feels​ -Review and discuss a grade 9 piece of writing​ -Share and discuss opinions and viewpoints​ -Complete a writing task and plan​ -Express our own viewpoints and perspectives​

AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1 Creative reading & writing looking at Isabel Allende extract City of the Beasts focusing on Q1-5 with activities to build up to a grade 9 with grade 9 model answers for each of the assessment paper. A full powerpoint of slides 58 slides crammed full of activities, starter, assessment questions, plenary with a focus on exploding inference and really drawing down each sentence and looking at multiple techniques and connotations. Links to Greek mythology and colour symbolism. Gives a bank of grade 9 examples of techniques and model answers. Lesson objectives: -Demonstrate and create a range of sentence starters focusing on an image. -Discuss juxtapositions of conflict and power. -Analyse the beginning section from City of the Beasts for Paper 1 -Identify and discuss the difference between language and structural techniques -Focus specifically on questions 2 to 4 in terms of developing detail and -inference -Explode and develop interpretations for Q2 language analysis -Construct a flow chart for Q3 structure -Develop and explain interpretation and impressions in Q4 -Review grade 9 model answers for Q1-4 looking at exploding inference using -PEEL -Create a word bank and plan in preparation for the Q5 writing task -Discuss and link Greek mythology in terms of God of Thunder, Sea and War. -Build and develop grade 9 personification for storm writing -Discuss what is the point of punctuation and apply punctuation to an unpunctuated paragraph. -Review a grade 9 piece of writing on a storm/stormy sea. This will include a grade 9 description titled The War. -Construct a glossary of terms for language techniques that will link to the writing question. -Complete the Q5 writing task applying AFORESTRIP and punctuation variety -Review your writing task, highlighting techniques

GCSE English Language techniques glossary AFORESTRIP acronym for Paper 1 creative writing (paper 1 Q5) learning and revision aid A3 techniques glossary where students have the opportunity to research each technique and add it to their glossary sheet to use throughout the year. They can add the definition or an example to the space for each. Great revision tool and aid. Can be coloured in to match the technique with the definition.

18 individual writing prompts, 9 description and 9 narrative writing prompt strips that can be cut out and stuck in books as a means of a writing checklist, which students can tick of the different boxes for language techniques and technical accuracy. Each strip has a different coloured image that coincides the AQA Paper 1 Q5 creative writing task.

GCSE AQA English Language Paper 1 Creative writing 2 pieces of grade 9 writing examples including a description & short story based on a image of a stormy ocean with a ship and a story about something under the water (shark attack Jaws style). Tasks include: -read and highlight language techniques and punctuation -modifying sentences -developing sophisticated synonyms -technique bubbles -planning Also includes build up activities to build up ideas for their own writing task.

AQA GCSE English Lang Paper 1 A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens Creative reading & writing Q1-5 Grade 9 responses Full lesson on Paper 1 A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens looking at the AQA full paper 1 style questions. 40 slides of a breakdown of the reading and writing sections, with grade 9 model answers and top tips to achieve a grade 9. Lesson focuses on exploding and developing inference. Each activity is broken down with tips and build up activities. The lesson will include activities on: -discussion centred around Christmas, what is important? -developing vocabulary and synonyms -colour symbolism in A Christmas Carol black and white -red and blue colour symbolism -Q2,Q3,Q4 activities and breakdown with grade 9 model answer -writing frames for Q2 language analysis -Q3 definition of structural devices -Q3 flow chart, start, middle, end -planning frames answer checklists for Q2, Q3, Q4 -writing checklist to maximise marks for content and technical accuracy -self assessment activity -Scrabble review activity Lesson objectives -Discuss the importance of Christmas. -Match colour symbolism with themes in A Christmas Carol -Consider the character of Scrooge -Analyse the beginning section from A Christmas Carol looking at Paper 1 assessment questions for the reading and writing section -Identify and discuss the difference between language and structural techniques -Focus specifically on questions 2 to 4 in terms of developing detail and inference -Explode and develop interpretations for Q2 language analysis -Explain structural techniques and their effect on the reader -Create a flow chart for Q3 structure -Develop and explain interpretation and impressions in Q4 -Review grade 9 model answers for Q1-4 looking at exploding inference using PEEL -Create a word bank and plan in preparation for the Q5 writing task -Complete the Q5 writing task applying AFORESTRIP and punctuation variety -Review your writing task, highlighting techniques -Create the longest and highest scoring Scrabble word

GCSE English Language: Paper 2 Comparing writers’ viewpoints and perspectives looking at Q3, Q4 and Q5. Achieve a grade 9! Packed full of engaging activities: starter activity, assessment activities and plenaries, reviews, self assessment. It breakdowns questions on the reading giving tips and strategies and model responses to answer the questions. The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee: Q2 language analysis on the Queen’s speech Q4 Compare writers viewpoints and Q5 Generating discussion and writing to express our viewpoints & perspectives. 35 slide complete lesson, this will give you material for multiple lessons, focusing on 2 writing tasks and 2 reading analysis questions, focusing on British values and E&D too. The Queen’s speech for Q3 language analysis, 2 sources to compare writers’ viewpoints for Q4 and 2 Q5 writing tasks with build up work and top tips to achieve a grade 9! -Consider the significance of colour symbolism in the Union Jack flag. -Express and share our viewpoints and perspectives -Analyse and dissect the Queen’s speech analysing language techniques for Q3 language analysis -Discuss British values and equality & diversity in power/gender roles -Compare writers viewpoints and perspectives from 2 sources for Q4 compare writers’ viewpoints and perspectives, looking at a feelings wheel for ideas. Plan and discuss this question and use information to complete Q4. -Develop your word banks using a thesaurus -Plan your response to aid your writing -Measure and justify both sides of an argument -Complete a piece of writing expressing your point of view -Review learning from the lesson -Apply understanding with an additional Q5 writing task

AQA GCSE English Paper 1 Creative writing Horror Mystery achieve a grade 9 crammed full of activities and assessment tasks and plenaries Students will work through this 41 slide lesson looking at a particular horror/mystery image which will be the focus of all of the tasks. -Identify language techniques and apply them in sentences -Discuss and justify the importance of sentence variety and openers -Discuss what is the difference between narrative and descriptive -Consider the impact of zooming in on detail -Build and develop technique banks -Demonstrate effective planning to achieve a grade 9 piece of writing -Plan a written response -Read and review a grade 9 piece of writing ’Regret’ -Complete a timed piece of creative writing -Review Bingo Great for stretching learners and getting them prepared for grade 9

GCSE English Language Creative writing fog personification starter activity grade 9 This is a great starter activity for creative writing lessons, using weather and fog. The activity sheet has a paragraph personifying the fog, where students are asked to highlight the language techniques and name them. Then it opens up discussion for what connotations they can comment on. It will ask students to add more advanced punctuation in to the paragraph and then leading to students writing their own paragraph on fog.