A pack using the question:<br />
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Compare how poets present the effects of conflict in ‘Exposure’ and in one other poem from ‘Power and conflict’. <br />
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Contains a full essay comparing both poems, written by an AQA examiner. Also includes the question paper, and suggestions for other points of comparison.
<p>An extract from ‘In Search of Olives’ (21st century source) and '‘Roughing it in the Bush’ (19th century extract) used as the sources for Paper 2, Section A (Questions 1, 2, 3 and 4) of the NEW GCSE in English Language specification with AQA. Included is the extracts, formatted to replicate the inserts found in the new GCSE examination, alongside detailed PowerPoint lessons including model paragraphs/responses, examination information, mark schemes and skills descriptors, as well as opportunities for peer and self assessment. Targeted at students aiming for grades 5-9, but can be easily adapted for lower-ability students.</p>
An extract from 'The Woman in Black' to be used as the source for Paper 1, Section A (Questions 1, 2, 3 and 4) of the NEW GCSE in English Language specification with AQA. Included is the extract, formatted to replicate the insert found in the new GCSE examination, alongside detailed PowerPoint lessons including model paragraphs/responses, examination information, mark schemes and skills descriptors, as well as opportunities for peer and self assessment. Targeted at students aiming for grades 5-9, but can be easily adapted for lower-ability students.
An example paper for Section A of the AQA GCSE English Language Paper 2: Writers' viewpoints and perspectives and sources, on their experiences of being in school.<br />
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Source A - a newspaper article by Jung Chang who now lives in London. Here she is writing about her school days in China when it was ruled by the dictator Chairman Mao. <br />
Source B - a letter written in 1897 by an ex-pupil of the Portsmouth Beneficial Society School, known often as “Old Benny”.
Extracts from various examples of American literature to compare with Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby' and/or Steinbeck's 'The Grapes of Wrath'. Benefits students studying for the OCR A Level in English Literature under the topic of American Literature 1880–1940. Learners answer one question worth 30 marks using an unseen extract that is thematically linked to the prose texts they have studied. Answers will be assessed for AO2 (75%), AO1 (12.5%) and AO3 (12.5%). <br />
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Includes over 20 extracts from, but not exclusive to:<br />
Dorothy Parker, The Waltz (1933)<br />
Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises (1926)<br />
Willa Cather, My Ántonia (1918)<br />
Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940)<br />
Frank Norris, The Octopus (1902)<br />
John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men (1937)<br />
Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth (1905)<br />
William Dean Howells, A Hazard of New Fortunes (1890)<br />
Jack London, The Call of the Wild (1903)<br />
Theodore Dreiser, Jennie Gerhardt (1911)<br />
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Lessons ppts. for Parker and Steinbeck extracts are also included, as well as model paragraphs.
<p>AQA GCSE English Language (Paper 1) using an extract from Eowyn Ivey’s novel, <em>The Snow Child</em>.<br />
The PowerPoint contains step-by-step guidance through all reading and writing sections, with extracts from graded answers. Also includes an exam style paper alongside the formatted insert.</p>
An extract from Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby' (20th Century) to be used as the source for Paper 1: Explorations in creative reading and writing, Section A (Questions 1, 2, 3 and 4) of the NEW GCSE in English Language specification with AQA. Included is the extract, formatted to replicate the insert found in the new GCSE examination, alongside detailed PowerPoint lessons including model paragraphs/responses for each response and for each level of the mark scheme, examination information, and skills descriptors, as well as opportunities for peer and self-assessment. Targeted at students aiming for grades 5-9, but can be easily adapted for lower-ability students.
An extract from 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire' to be used as the source for Paper 1, Section A (Questions 1, 2, 3 and 4) of the NEW GCSE in English Language specification with AQA. Included is the extract, formatted to replicate the insert found in the new GCSE examination, alongside detailed PowerPoint lessons including model paragraphs/responses, examination information, mark schemes and skills descriptors, as well as opportunities for peer and self assessment. Targeted at students aiming for grades 5-9, but can be easily adapted for lower-ability students.
An extract from 'Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry' to be used as the source for Paper 1, Section A (Questions 1, 2, 3 and 4) of the NEW GCSE in English Language specification with AQA. Included is the extract, formatted to replicate the insert found in the new GCSE examination, alongside detailed PowerPoint lessons including model paragraphs/responses (with differentiation), examination information, mark schemes and skills descriptors, as well as opportunities for peer and self assessment. Targeted at students aiming for grades 5-9, but can be easily adapted for lower-ability students.
An example AQA GCSE English Language Paper 2: Writers' viewpoints and perspectives and sources, on the act of falling in love.<br />
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Source A - a newspaper article from 2014, 'Cheryl Cole take note – my whirlwind marriage has lasted 27 years'<br />
Source B - extracts from Francis Kilvert's diary in which he describes a life-changing event.
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6 AQA-exam style questions for Macbeth, with an accompanying extract. This will be updated with more suggested responses too. <br />
Key quotations taken from the entire play, relating to a range of characters and themes that could be assessed as part of the examination. As well as the key quotations, each quotation has detailed analysis of Shakespeare's language, and what the effect is on a reader / audience, invaluable for helping students' analysis as part of their exam responses.
A pack using the question:<br />
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Compare the ways poets present conflict between past and present in ‘The Émigrée’ and in one other poem from ‘Power and conflict’. <br />
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Contains a full essay comparing both poems, written by an AQA examiner. Includes full analysis of the textual references used, together with colour codes example paragraphs relating to Level 6 of the mark scheme. Also includes analytical comparison of titles.
A fully annotated and incredibly detailed PowerPoint looking at two different ways to interpret Imtiaz Dharker's 'Tissue', written by an AQA examiner.<br />
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Included in the pack are detailed, guided questions to help students analyse the poem, together with comprehensive annotations of each stanza. <br />
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Also included in the pack is a full essay comparing how poets present ideas about power in ‘Tissue’ and in one other poem from ‘Power and conflict’, using 'Ozymandias', and a model paragraph comparing how poets present the power of nature in ‘Tissue’ and in one other poem from ‘Power and conflict’, using 'The Prelude'.
A Scheme of Work for Section A: Modern texts (An Inspector Calls) for the NEW AQA GCSE in English Literature, where students will answer one essay question from a choice of two on their studied modern prose or drama text. Includes model paragraphs/responses, analysis of key quotations and extracts from the play, as well as a wide variety of other activities allowing students to enhance their skills in order to meet the necessary Assessment Objectives. Extension tasks included. Targeted at students aiming for grades 5-9, but can be easily adapted for lower-ability students.
An extract from 'Alone' (20th century) and 'A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains' (19th century) used as the sources for Paper 2, Section A (Questions 1, 2, 3 and 4) of the NEW GCSE in English Language specification with AQA. Included is the extracts, formatted to replicate the inserts found in the new GCSE examination, alongside detailed PowerPoint lessons including model paragraphs/responses, examination information, mark schemes and skills descriptors, as well as opportunities for peer and self assessment. Targeted at students aiming for grades 5-9, but can be easily adapted for lower-ability students.
An extract from 'Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China' ('At School in China' - 21st century source) and 'The Ragged School Movement' (19th century extract) used as the sources for Paper 2, Section A (Questions 1, 2, 3 and 4) of the NEW GCSE in English Language specification with AQA. Included is the extracts, formatted to replicate the inserts found in the new GCSE examination, alongside detailed PowerPoint lessons including model paragraphs/responses, examination information, mark schemes and skills descriptors, as well as opportunities for peer and self assessment. Targeted at students aiming for grades 5-9, but can be easily adapted for lower-ability students.
A resource for A2 level students with AQA on Global Warming. Contains a translation, verb conjugation practice, authentic native listening activity from rtve and authentic native reading comprehension. Key vocabulary, verbs and answers are provided.
<p>PowerPoint presentations for all 15 poems on the AQA specification for the poetry cluster on ‘Power and Conflict’. All have extremely detailed notes and/or questions for guided answers to be used as revision / in-class teaching.</p>
<p>AQA GCSE English Language (Paper 1) using an extract from Kevin Brooks’ novel, <em>Martyn Pig</em>.<br />
The PowerPoint contains step-by-step guidance through all reading and writing sections, with extracts from graded answers. Also includes an exam style paper alongside the formatted insert.</p>
A resource for A2 Level Spanish students for AQA on Nuclear Energy. Contains a translation, verb conjugations, authentic native listening activity, authentic native reading comprehension, key verbs and vocabulary.
A resource for A2 Level Spanish students for AQA on Wind Energy. Contains a translation, verb conjugation practice, authentic native listening activity, authentic native reading activity with answers and key verbs and vocabulary.