Fed up of paying for resources that weren't up to the standard that my students required (or resources that needed endless adapting), I decided to start making my own. All of the resources in this shop have been tried and tested by myself and my department - I don't believe in selling things that I wouldn't use myself! Any feedback you have on any of my resources would be greatly appreciated!
Fed up of paying for resources that weren't up to the standard that my students required (or resources that needed endless adapting), I decided to start making my own. All of the resources in this shop have been tried and tested by myself and my department - I don't believe in selling things that I wouldn't use myself! Any feedback you have on any of my resources would be greatly appreciated!
This comprehensive PowerPoint, when printed (or emailed) as a booklet, can be used as an English Language intervention and also makes an ideal revision aid. It is modelled on the AQA 9-1 GCSE English Language new specification and includes eight sessions covering both paper one and paper two helping pupils to feel more prepared for their exams.
With over 140 slides, this booklet has a series of easy to follow activities, exam questions and model answers for each of the ten questions of the GCSE. Each session is designed for students to be able to work through independently, or in small groups.
Personally, I have given it as revision to my students, where they work through the booklet in their own time and use what they have learned on the homework tasks - which I then mark and give feedback on and my pupils have enjoyed the challenges and gained confidence in their exam technique. It could be used for isolation and exclusion tasks, extra revision, class work, homework, for intervention groups, or for GCSE re-sit students.
The tasks are aimed at enabling pupils to obtain a grade 5 or above.
Skills from all six AQA Assessment Objectives of the English Language course are included, along with extracts from the mark scheme and starter tasks centered around improving the AO6 and grammar skills of the students.
There are four GCSE practice papers included:
Paper One - Dracula
Paper One - The Red Room
Paper Two - Bank Robberies
Paper Two - Prisons
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This PowerPoint contains twenty four one-hour well-structured lessons (over 300 slides) that focus on AQA GCSE English Language Paper Two: Section A - Questions 1-4 (reading non-fiction; writers’ viewpoints and perspectives). All tasks are written according to the 9-1 GCSE numerical grades and are designed for AQA English Language Paper 2 qualification (8700).
There are a wide range of tasks that focus on building the skills needed for AO1, AO2 and AO3 - including practice questions, original model responses, extension tasks and text extracts. The PowerPoint includes a baseline assessment and end of unit assessment questions that are modelled on the AQA exam; additionally, there are weekly 30 minute homework tasks for students to complete. There are also four extra exam-based questions that could be used as cover work or as extra questions for revision.
Each lesson follows a set structure including starter activities, lesson outcomes and objectives, model answers, self and peer assessment activities and plenaries.
I made the papers about topics that I know my students are interested in. Many of the topics lend themselves to key PSHE issues that make for interesting debates in the classroom should you want to improve their oracy skills or base the ‘Spoken Language’ endorsement around these topics. All extracts are from the 19th, 20th and 21st century.
Paper 1: Bank Robberies
Paper 2: Fires of London
Paper 3: Mad Scientists
Paper 4: Emmett Till and Racism
Paper 5: Sexting
Paper 6: Slavery
Paper 7: Prisons
Paper 8: Mental Health
Paper 9: Gangs
Paper 10: Death Row
Paper 11: Thieves
Additional tasks include Immigration, Donald Trump and Poisoned Sweets.
A free sample of this scheme can be found here: https://goo.gl/R73CXM
My Paper Two, Question Five scheme of work can be found here: https://goo.gl/UdQTg2
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KS3 Non-Fiction Writing Scheme of Work
This PowerPoint contains twenty one-hour lessons (233 slides) that focus on nonfiction writing skills, and is aimed at Key Stage Three.
There are a wide range of tasks (lessons listed below) that focus on building the key skills of nonfiction writing: planning, language and structure methods, accurate punctuation, vocabulary and proofreading. There are practice questions, original non-fiction model responses, extension tasks, punctuation activities, and a whole bunch more! I have also included a second PowerPoint that can be printed as a resource booklet for students. This will save you time in printing and slicing (and will also save you a fortune on glue sticks!).
Additionally, there are weekly homework tasks. And three printable sheets that can be used as KS3 nonfiction cover work if you are in a pinch.
The premise is that students would gather information about a particular non- fiction topic by watching a documentary. They would then learn about the form of the text and plan their responses thoroughly. They would then learn a new skill and use this to complete some extended writing, before proofreading and editing their work. As a result, for some texts, they will be planning and writing over multiple lessons to really give them the chance to develop and hone their non-fiction writing skills.
Please Note: The longer documentaries are available on Netflix; however, I have also provided alternatives on YouTube for teachers that do not have access to a Netflix account.
Areas covered:
Lesson 1: Baseline assessment on tackling climate change
Lesson 2: Editing letters on education
Lesson 3: Exciting introductions on filters
Lesson 4: Writing leaflets on homelessness
Lesson 5: Watching the world water crisis documentary
Lesson 6: Planning, introductions and speech features
Lesson 7: Writing a speech on the world water crisis
Lesson 8: Headlines and newspaper features
Lesson 9: Watching the fast food documentary
Lesson 10: Discourse markers and planning articles
Lesson 11: Writing an article on fast food
Lesson 12: Midterm assessment on fast fashion
Lesson 13: Watching the gender pay gap documentary
Lesson 14: Structural features and letter planning
Lesson 15: Writing a letter on the gender pay gap
Lesson 16: Midterm assessment feedback
Lesson 17: Watching the plastics documentary
Lesson 18: Persuasive methods and planning texts
Lesson 19: Writing the KS3 non-fiction writing end of unit assessment
Lesson 20: Writing leaflets on our planet
Extra: Three cover lessons
Both the scheme and the resource booklet and provided in PPT and PDF formats.
My GCSE Paper Two: Section B scheme of work can be found here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11873033
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Jekyll and Hyde Scheme of Work
This well-presented PowerPoint contains twenty-four engaging one-hour lessons (326 slides) to fully prepare students for their GCSE exam. The lessons focus on AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 1, Section B (The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde).
Please watch the attached YouTube video for a run through of a full lesson, as well as a demonstration of other features of the scheme.
There are a wide range of tasks (listed below) that focus on building the skills needed for AO1, AO2, and AO3 - including practice questions, original model responses, extension tasks and text extracts. The PowerPoint includes a range of questions that are modelled on the exam (including a baseline and an end of unit assessment). Every chapter, key theme, and key character is covered. Additionally, there are also weekly exam-based homework tasks, and three extra exam-based questions that could be used as cover work, or as extra revision.
To keep students engaged throughout, I have included a wide variety of methods to explore the text, its characters, and its themes, including: drama tasks, debates, creative writing, non-fiction writing, group planning, and even a lesson where they study graphology.
To scaffold for my students, we read through the novel and highlighted every word that they were unfamiliar with. I have included a copy of the entire text in Microsoft Word format with easier synonyms next to each of these unfamiliar words to make ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ easier for the students to engage with.
Areas Covered:
Lesson 1: Introduction and Big Picture
Lesson 2: Baseline Assessment
Lesson 3: Context Presentations – Students to teach each other through independent research
Lesson 4: Chapter One – Exploring quotations
Lesson 5: Chapter Two – Settings that reflect characters
Lesson 6: Chapter Three – Writing Utterson’s diary
Lesson 7: Chapter Four – Learning how to plan effectively
Lesson 8: Mr. Hyde – Response writing
Lesson 9: Chapter Five - Graphology
Lesson 10: Mr. Utterson – Exploring Utterson’s friendships
Lesson 11: Chapter Six – A focus on Dr. Lanyon
Lesson 12: Chapters Seven and Eight – Reading and discussion
Lesson 13: The Gothic – Creative writing
Lesson 14: Practice Exam Question
Lesson 15: Chapter Nine – Performing the transformation
Lesson 16: Chapter Ten – Part One – Non-fiction writing
Lesson 17: Dr. Jekyll - Duality
Lesson 18: Chapter Ten – Part Two - Repression
Lesson 19: Characters – Collective planning tasks
Lesson 20: Themes – Debating the key themes
Lesson 21: Structural Features – A focus on the structure of the novel
Lesson 22: Revision and Summary – Determining the moral
Lesson 23: End of Unit Assessment
Lesson 24: Drama – Exploring characters in more detail
Extra: Three extra exam questions for use if cover work is needed.
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This PowerPoint contains sixteen one-hour lessons (185 slides) that focus on AQA’s GCSE English Language Paper Two, Question Five (nonfiction writing). All tasks are written according to 9-1 GCSE numerical grades and are designed for the New Specification AQA English Language (8700) Paper Two Section B.
There are a wide range of tasks (lessons listed below) that focus on building the skills needed for AO5 and AO6 - including practice questions, original model responses, extension tasks and text extracts. The PowerPoint includes a baseline assessment and an end of unit assessment that are both modelled on the AQA exam; additionally, there are four nonfiction writing homework tasks (one for each week). There are also four extra exam-based questions that could be used as cover work or as extra questions for revision, intervention, homework etc. In total, there are 22 exam-style question on the scheme on a range of topics that were written with student engagement in mind.
Areas Covered:
Lesson 1: The Big Picture & Planning
Lesson 2: Baseline Assessment
Lesson 3: Argue vs. Persuade
Lesson 4: Writing to Inform/Advise
Lesson 5: Using Persuasive Techniques
Lesson 6: Baseline Review and Self-Editing
Lesson 7: Newspaper Article Writing
Lesson 8: Varying Punctuation
Lesson 9: Speech Writing
Lesson 10: How To Plan
Lesson 11: Structuring Your Answer
Lesson 12: Letter Writing
Lesson 13: Sentence Structures
Lesson 14: Practice Response Writing
Lesson 15: Sophisticated Vocabulary
Lesson 16: End Of Unit Assessment
Extra: Four additional exam questions
My Paper Two: Section A scheme of work can be found here: https://goo.gl/43gTZy
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I was struggling to find a decent pack of cover lessons for English that was full of engaging material that would last a whole lesson, as there is nothing worse than waking up ill and having to set cover work. So I decided to make one.
There are 14 activities in total, covering the following topics
Unseen Poetry (2 lessons)
Shakespeare (2 lessons)
English Language Paper 1: Question 5 (2 lessons)
English language Paper 2: Question 5 (2 lessons)
Class Reader Novel (1 lesson)
Text comprehension (English language Q1-3 style) (2 lessons)
Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar Quiz
Subject Terminology Word search & Cross word
Each activity is designed to fit on one sheet to make it easy to print straight from PowerPoint. Minimal teacher input is needed in case a non-specialist cover teacher is supplied. The slides could also be printed off and used as homework or extra revision materials.
Also included, is the PDF version of the PowerPoint slides.
You can find my KS4 cover pack here: https://goo.gl/XKzkZr
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This well-presented PowerPoint contains fifteen engaging one-hour lessons (190 slides) that focus on preparing students for AQA’s GCSE English Literature Paper 2: Section C - Unseen Poetry (8702).
There are a wide range of tasks (listed below) that focus on building the skills needed for AO1 and AO2 - including practice questions, original model responses and extension tasks. The PowerPoint includes a baseline assessment and an end of unit assessment. All of the questions are written in the style of the GCSE exam so that students are familiar with the format in advance of sitting the qualification. There are weekly unseen poetry essay homework tasks, as well as three extra slides with exam-based questions and tasks that could be used as cover work or as extra questions for revision.
A range of poets and topics are included, such as: Owen, Browning, Blake, Bronte, Wordsworth, Orwell, Lawrence, Hardy, Rossetti & more.
Areas Covered:
Lesson 1: The Big Picture & Introduction
Lesson 2: Unseen Poetry Baseline Assessment
Lesson 3: Understanding & Annotating
Lesson 4: Approaching a 24 Marker
Lesson 5: A Full 24 Marker
Lesson 6: Thinking About Structure
Lesson 7: 24 Marks of Practice
Lesson 8: Introduction to Comparison
Lesson 9: Thinking About Language
Lesson 10: Intriguing Language
Lesson 11: Inferences & Connotations
Lesson 12: Modal Verbs
Lesson 13: Practice Assessment
Lesson 14: The Perfect Answer
Lesson 15: Unseen Poetry End Of Unit Assessment
Extra: Three additional exam questions
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Each slide in this PowerPoint focuses on a different grammatical element. There is a section explaining the rules of the grammatical element to the student and another section with a task that allows the student to practise the usage. These slides can be slotted in to any PowerPoint as a starter task, used as an extension task, used as targeted feedback when marking or as extra revision for students. Or, they could be printed out and given to students as a SPaG booklet to work through. The aim being to improve students’ AO2, AO5 and AO6 skills.
Elements covered:
Adjectives
Adverbials
Apostrophes
Clauses
Colons
Commas
Complex Sentences
Compound Sentences
Coordinating Conjunctions
Discourse Markers
Modal Verbs
Nouns
Parenthesis
Past Tense
Perfect Tense
Prepositions
Present Tense
Pronouns
Relative Clauses
Semi Colons
Sentence Starters
Simple Sentences
Speech Marks
Subject Verb Object
Subordinate Clauses
Subordinating Conjunctions
Verbs
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This pack contains a full twenty-slide revision lesson (including a model answer) that focuses on the AQA 9-1 GCSE English Language Paper 2, Question 5.
Accompanying this lesson are thirty two exam-style questions on a range of topics that can be given to students as extra revision, practice papers, during lessons, or as homework. These assessment questions can be used with KS4 for exam preparation or as non-fiction creative writing exercises for KS3. All tasks are designed for the 8700 AQA English Language Paper 2.
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This pack focuses on the AQA 9-1 GCSE English Literature Paper 2, Section A: Modern Prose or Drama - An Inspector Calls. All tasks are designed for the 9-1 AQA GCSE English Literature: Paper Two (8702).
On the Word document, there are twelve exam-style questions that can be given to students as extra revision, practice papers, during lessons, for intervention, or as homework. There are a range of character, technique and theme questions. These assessment questions can be used with KS4 for exam preparation or as practice exercises for KS3.
The short PowerPoint contains twenty revision slides. There are a range of tips and writing frames, as well as a model answer on the PowerPoint to help your students out in their learning of, or revision of, the text.
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This PowerPoint contains fifteen one-hour lessons (184 slides) that focus on AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1, Question 5 (creative writing). All tasks are written according to 9-1 GCSE grades and are designed for the New Specification AQA English Language Paper One (8700).
There are a wide range of tasks (listed below) that focus on building the skills needed for AO5 and AO6 - including practice questions, original model responses, extension tasks and text extracts. The PowerPoint includes a baseline assessment and end of unit assessment questions that are modelled on the AQA exam; additionally, there are also creative writing homework tasks. There are also five extra exam-based questions that could be used as cover work or as extra questions for revision.
Areas Covered:
Lesson 1: The Big Picture & Planning
Lesson 2: Baseline Assessment
Lesson 3: Sensory Description
Lesson 4: Figurative Language
Lesson 5: Differing Settings
Lesson 6: Show, Don’t Tell
Lesson 7: Descriptive Writing
Lesson 8: Focusing On The AOs
Lesson 9: Varying Punctuation
Lesson 10: Character Building
Lesson 11: Structuring Your Narrative
Lesson 12: Science Fiction
Lesson 13: Point Of View
Lesson 14: Creating Tone
Lesson 15: End Of Unit Assessment
Extra: Five additional exam questions
You can find my Paper One Section A scheme of work here: https://goo.gl/mNdMTQ
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This bundle contains everything that you need in order to teach the GCSE English Language qualification (AQA, 9-1 GCSE). All ready to teach resources!
In total, there are over 1,100 high quality and thorough PowerPoint slides, totalling over 85 hours of quality lessons.
Included are:
Separate schemes of work for each of the four sections of the qualification. These PowerPoints are filled with visually appealing slides and a range of well-structured and sequenced tasks designed to build up the skills that students need to excel when they sit the exam. There are model answers, practice exam questions and extension tasks - all centered around engaging content.
There are 21 full practice papers written in an examination style and written with student engagement in mind.
A range of Paper One and Paper Two revision lessons. Along with a 140+ page intervention booklet for students to complete.
A Microsoft Excel mark book is included with automatic raw mark to fine grade conversion. This is written in accordance with the summer exam grade boundaries.
There is a mini revision guide, a SPaG booklet, a subject terminology revision booklet, over 40 Question 5 questions (across the two papers).
All lessons are easy to follow and ready to teach. The whole pack is designed to save you endless hours of planning time!
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This bundle contains twelve full practice papers in the style of AQA’s English Language Paper Two (8700) in Microsoft Word format. Each paper contains two non-fiction extracts and questions 1-5 in the AQA style format. Each paper is condensed on to 3-4 pages and can be reduced to double sided A5 size to save on printing costs if needed.
There are a range of styles/genres and include:
Paper 1: Bank Robberies
Paper 2: Fires of London
Paper 3: Mad Scientists
Paper 4: Emmett Till and Racism
Paper 5: Sexting
Paper 6: Slavery
Paper 7: Prisons
Paper 8: Mental Health
Paper 9: Gangs
Paper 10: Death Row
Paper 11: Thieves
Paper 12: Employment
A pack of 12 Paper One practice exam papers can be found here: https://goo.gl/kdbLWw
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I was struggling to find a decent pack of cover lessons for English that was full of relevant and exam-focused material, as there is nothing worse than waking up ill and having to set cover work. So I decided to make one. Each of the activities in this pack are written for the 9-1 style GCSE and are aimed at the AQA exam board.
There are 19 activities in total, covering the following topics
Anthology Poetry - Power & Conflict Poetry
Anthology Poetry - Love & Relationships Poetry
Unseen Poetry (2 lessons)
Shakespeare (2 lessons on Macbeth)
English Language Paper 1: Question 5 (2 lessons)
English language Paper 2: Question 5 (2 lessons)
Modern Text (2 lessons on An Inspector Calls)
19th Century Novel (2 lessons on Jekyll & Hyde)
English Language Paper 1: Questions 1-4 (2 lessons)
Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar Quiz
Subject Terminology Word search & Cross word
Each activity is designed to fit on one sheet to make it easy to print. Minimal teacher input is needed in case a non-specialist cover teacher is supplied. All questions are based on the AQA style of questioning but can easily be adapted to suit other exam boards. The slides could also be printed off and used as homework or revision materials for Key Stage 4 students.
You can find my KS3 cover pack here: https://goo.gl/93NziX
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This PowerPoint contains eighteen one-hour lessons (214 slides) that focus on AQA GCSE English Language Paper One, Section A (Questions 1-4). Each lesson is fully resourced with a range of engaging activities, model answers (aimed towards Grades 6-9) and one 30 minute homework task per week. Additionally, each lesson is designed to break each question down into manageable steps with a focus on timing and achieving what the mark scheme states.
All tasks are written according to new GCSE numerical grades and are designed for the 9-1 Specification AQA English Language Paper One (8700).
There are nine full practice papers (all with Questions 1-5, listed below) that focus on building the skills needed for AO1, AO2 and AO4 and introducing the students to interpreting and exploring unseen prose. The lessons are fully resourced on the PowerPoint including practice questions, homeworks, original model responses, extension tasks and text extracts.
Practice Paper 1: Dracula - Bram Stoker
Practice Paper 2: The Time Machine - H.G. Wells
Practice Paper 3: The War of the Worlds - H.G. Wells
Practice Paper 4: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - L. Frank Baum
Practice Paper 5: A Study In Scarlet - Arthur Conan Doyle
Practice Paper 6: The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling
Practice Paper 7: The Red Room - H.G. Wells
Practice Paper 8: Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
Practice Paper 9: Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
You can find my Paper One Question Five scheme of work here: https://goo.gl/YB3xCT
Or, the whole English language GCSE course here: https://bit.ly/3iSF7Ua
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This pack focuses on revising the AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 1, Section B: 19th Century novel - The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde.
A Word document is included with twelve exam-style questions that can be given to students: as extra revision, as practice papers, during lessons, for intervention, or as homework. There are a range of character and theme questions and I have made sure that there is at least one from each chapter of the novel. These assessment questions can be used with KS4 for exam preparation or as practice exercises for KS3. All tasks are written according to the new GCSE numbering system and are designed for the New Specification AQA English Literature: Paper One (exams from 2017 onward).
I have tried to pick questions that aren’t so obvious, in order to test my students’ knowledge and understanding of the text more thoroughly. The twelve exam-style questions focus on:
• Reputation of Victorian gentlemen
• How setting reflects character
• The relationship between characters
• Life in Victorian London
• Lies
• Fear
• Secrecy
• Loyalty
• Sympathy
• Good vs. evil
• Drama & Tension
• Conflicting views on science
There is also a sixteen-slide revision PowerPoint that focuses on exploring the second bullet point in a question about Hyde’s brutality. There are a range of activities, tips, writing frames, a homework task, extension tasks and a model answer on the PowerPoint to help your students in their learning of, or revision of, the text.
My engaging and differentiated 24 lesson scheme of work on Jekyll and Hyde can be found here.
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This pack contains a full twenty-slide lesson that focuses on the AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 2, Section A: Modern Prose or Drama - Animal Farm. There are a range of activities, tips, writing frames and model answers on the PowerPoint to help your students out in their learning of, or revision of, the text.
A Word document is included with twelve exam-style questions that can be given to students as extra revision, practice papers, during lessons, for intervention, or as homework. There are a range of character, technique and theme questions. These assessment questions can be used with KS4 for exam preparation or as practice exercises for KS3. All tasks are written according to the new GCSE numbering system and are designed for the New Specification AQA English Literature: Paper 2 (8702).
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A lot of my students say that they have no idea how to revise for English. In these handouts, I have listed a couple of ways of revising for English Language and (separately) for English Literature. They’re handy for handing out at parents’ evening or directly to students. Alternatively, they can just slot in to your PowerPoint.
I’ve also included the ISBN numbers for some on the popular revision guides.
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This PowerPoint contains ten activities in total (listed below). These are designed to be given out during a cover lesson, homework, revision activity or as a starter activity in class.
The word searches contain words relating to characters, subject terminology and themes - a revision tool to re-introduce students to the text.
1 - Macbeth
2 - Language Terminology
3 - Literature Terminology
4 - An Inspector Calls
5 - Jekyll & Hyde
The crosswords feature a key quotation from the text with a word missing as the clue. Students have to use this information to complete the quote and fill in the crossword. This works well as a method to get students using and memorising key quotations to help them in the closed book exams.
1 - Macbeth
2 - An Inspector Calls
3 - Jekyll & Hyde
4 - Power & Conflict Poetry
5 - Love & Relationships Poetry
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This is a PowerPoint with ten creative writing exercises.
The success criteria is based on GCSE English Language Paper One Question Five. However, as the tasks are creative writing based, they could be used with any age group.
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