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Language Paper 2 Question 5 2023 Grade 9 model answers
3 Grade 9 responses to the 2023 Language Paper 2 Question 5 question which involved writing a speech in which students had to give their opinion on a statement related to cars.
Speech 1: Written in the powerful and emotional style with environmental concerns at the forefront
Speech 2 Written in a slightly humorous/satirical style
Speech 3: Begins and ends with an anecdote.
All 3 speeches should achieve grade 9 due to the sustained use of ambitious vocabulary, a full range of punctuation and sentence structures used for effect alongside the use of cohesive devices to assist whole text structure and organisation.
AQA English language paper 1 2023 - model answers
Here are my model answers to questions 1 to 5 of the AQA Language Paper 1 exam where the exam was based on an extract from Life of Pi. They may be useful for students who want to know how they could have improved on their mock.
The extract and questions are available on the AQA website.
Each answer has been written to try and aim for the top band of the mark scheme.
For Q5, I chose to do the story rather than the description.
For model responses to the November 2022 paper on The Old Man and the Sea use this link: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12934137
Model responses for June 2022 on The Pearl can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-13031986
AQA Language Paper 2 2023 Model Answers questions 2, 3, 4 and 5
High level model answers for questions 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the 2023 AQA Language Paper 2 paper on trains which was, by all accounts, a challenging pair of extracts. Also includes some notes for helping to answer the reading questions.
Kingship in Macbeth.
Perhaps due to the recent coronation, many experts are predicted kingship would be the theme for the exam in 2023. They were wrong. Maybe 2024 will be the year for this key theme to be on the exam. Therefore I have created a 20 slide PowerPoint that guides students through how to plan and respond to a question on kingship in Macbeth. Students go on to write their own response and then compare it to the model response.
I believe the model response is full marks and would easily achieve grade 9; however, there will always be some teachers who claim nothing short of postgraduate level writing will receive the much coveted 9 so I am reluctant to make the claim that it would definitely achieve a 9.
Macbeth Context
A context sheet for Macbeth. It explores the contextual knowledge relevant to the study of Macbeth at GCSE. It covers James I, witchcraft, divine right of kings, chain of being, gunpowder plot and the role of women in the Jacobean era.
Also contains revision cards for exploring Macbeth’s character from 8 different critical perspectives.
Drop, Shift, Zoom, Leave Examples for Paper 1 Question 5
The drop, shift, zoom, leave method is an increasingly popular method for approaching Paper 1 Question 5 because it allows a student to show the examiner they can effectively structure a narrative deliberately for effect.
This resource contains several 500 word stories written in the drop, shift, zoom, leave style. Students should read the examples. They then attempt to plan and write a drop, shift, zoom, leave narrative of their own.
Much Ado About Nothing Plot Storyboard
Simple storyboard activity to help students gain a basic understanding of the plot to Much Ado About Nothing.
An Inspector Calls Quiz
50 multiple choice questions on An Inspector Calls designed to fit snugly onto one A3 sheet. Ideal for testing students’ direct knowledge of the text. Includes the answer sheet on page 2.
Juliet Grade 9 exemplar
A grade 9 model answer focusing on the character of Juliet.
The model answer starts with a thesis statement.
It moves on to analyse the youthful, idealistic nature of Romeo’s feelings for Romeo early in the play.
The second half of the essay moves on to explore the growing maturity of Juliet’s feelings later in the play.
The word count for the response is 1014 words.
Also includes revision cards for critical perspectives into Romeo’s character to really help push for that grade 9 in A03.
How does Shakespeare present Macbeth as a male character who changes? Timeline and exemplars. 2023
A timeline focusing on how the character of Macbeth changes during the play. There is also a question template to help students explore their own interpretations of the different stages of Macbeth’s descent into evil.
Also includes 2 exemplar high grade exemplars to the question for students to compare and consider which are the most perceptive in meeting the criteria for level 6/grade 9.
Also includes 12 character flashcards to help trace how the different aspects of Macbeth’s complex personality are communicated in the play.
AQA Language Paper 1 November 2022 Model Answers
Model answers for questions 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the November 2022 language exam based on the extract from The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway,
For each question, I have provided 2 different answers so students can compare the merits of each. Both are aimed at meeting the top band (level 4) criteria.
For question 5 I have provided a high level response to both questions - the fishing village and the unlikely friendship.
The extract is available on the AQA website.
Power and Conflict: Revision of Big Ideas
PowerPoint with click-animated text which goes through 4 big ideas in the collection concerning the power of nature, conflict over identity, abuse of power and the power of memories. For each big idea, I go through key quotations from specific poems with detailed analysis written in short form to assist with note-taking. Students then move on to try using big ideas to help plan responses to 3 exam-style questions.
My most comprehensive resource on Power and Conflict poetry is available here with revision posters on every poem:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/power-and-conflict-revision-sheets-12884928
A Streetcar Named Desire: Analysis of opening stage directions and epigraph
A worksheet for exploring the significance of the opening stage directions of A Streetcar Named Desire. It also comes with a suggested answer sheet with high grade responses to the questions.
The opening stage directions are so rich in meanings and wider significance that it is worthwhile helping students to become experts in analysing this section because it can be used in a wide range of potential essay questions. Hopefully this worksheet should help.
This also contains a sheet closely analysing the significance of the epigraph.
Edexcel Conflict Poetry Revision Booklet
A 42 page revision booklet containing detailed question and answer revision sheets covering all 15 poems. Also includes knowledge organisers focused on big ideas, context and structure in all 15 poems. Finally, there are 7 model exam-style comparative responses covering a range of familiar themes: war, conflict, powerful images, anger, tension.
Feminine Gospels - intro lesson
26 slide PowerPoint offering an introductory lesson for Feminine Gospels providing some context to the collection, some critical perspectives on her work and an activity investigating Duffy’s poetic style and themes in some of her most popular poems outside of the FG collection.
Also sample revision sheets for The Long Queen and The Map - Woman.
Edexcel Conflict Poetry Revision
A 42 page booklet focused on the Edexcel conflict poetry anthology for GCSE 2024.
Includes, printer-friendly revision activity sheets for all 15 poems in the Edexcel Conflict anthology. For each poem there is a question sheet and a detailed answer sheet covering the whole poem.
Also includes 3 knowledge organisers looking at big ideas, structure and context in all 15 poems.
Also includes 7 high grade model responses to different questions covering multiple themes such as war, powerful images, tension, anger and conflict.
The Man he Killed
Exposure
Poppies
No Problem
What were they like?
Charge of the light brigade
Extract from the Prelude
The Destruction of Sennacherib
A Poison Tree
Belfast Confetti
Half Caste
Cousin Kate
Catrin
The Class Game
War Photographer
Advanced Punctuation Worksheet (colon, semi colon, dash)
Punctuation worksheet with 3 parts.
Section 1: Students add the missing semi colon to 20 sentences.
Section 2: Students add the missing colon to 20 sentences.
Section 3: Students add the misses single or pair of dashes to 20 sentences.
Answers on page 2.
Power and Conflict Revision Workbook
A free student workbook version of my 15 page power and conflict revision booklet. There are spaces underneath all of the key quotations from each poem so that students can write down their ideas about each quotation.
The full resource with detailed analysis of key quotations from each poem is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12886246
A Streetcar Named Desire: Authorial Intentions
I ask students to read these scripts of students discussing Williams’ authorial intentions in A Streetcar Named Desire to model what I am looking for in their own group discussions about Williams’ authorial intentions. A useful resource for encouraging students to improve their oracy in the classroom.
A Streetcar Named Desire 'Because, But, So' Character introductions
‘Because, But, So’ is a tool to help students demonstrate the depth of their understanding.
This free resource collates 6 ‘because, but, so’ paragraphs on 6 characters from A Streetcar Named Desire to model how to structure the ‘because, but, so’ method.