An 138-slide PowerPoint on how to get a grade 9 on the GCSE English Language based on the summer 2018 reading exam paper. Other more general revision PowerPoint included.
Fantastic 87-slide PowerPoint on writing a L2 email. Based on the topic of festivals. My students loved this lesson. The resource looks at the following:
GRADE 9 example paragraphs
Sentence starters
Structure examples
SPEECH form
SPEECH conventions
DAFOREST
Stylistic devices
Lecturer tips
Common mistakes
SPAG
Fantastic PowerPoint on writing a GRADE 9 REVIEW. Also comes with a podcast from an examiner. The resource looks at the following:
GRADE 9 example
Sentence starters
REVIEW form
REVIEW conventions
DAFOREST
Stylistic devices
Lecturer tips
Common mistakes
SPAG
Fantastic PowerPoint lesson and L2 pass example on writing a REVIEW. Also comes with a podcast from an examiner. The resource looks at the following:
GRADE 9 example
Sentence starters
LEAFLET form
LEAFLET conventions
DAFOREST
Stylistic devices
Lecturer tips
Common mistakes
SPAG
A comprehensive revision resource collection for the GCSE English Language EDUQAS paper 1 reading exam. However, could be used for any exam board. The lessons are based on extracts from The Silence of the Lambs. The resource includes:
An 111-slide PowerPoint looking at all questions in the exam
5 separate Powerpoints looking at each question separately
All extracts used in the lessons
All extracts with lecturer annotations
Model answers
Modern images from the film
Dicussion topics
A whole SOW with all resources for the Spoken Language unit of GCSE English Language. This particular SOW looks in detail at an interview between Paris Hilton and David Letterman. Video clip included.
The students love it!
An ‘outstanding’ lesson and 63 slide PowerPoint on the language question in paper 1. This fantastic lesson uses the exam question,‘How does the writer try to show Chigurh’s violence and cunning?’
Based on a great extract from the book (and I show a clip from the film) No Country for Old Men.
The resource includes the following:
Model answer
Language analysis
Examiner insight
Modern, fun and dynamic images to help analyse the text.
Connotation advice
Answer structure
A collection of resources focusing on terminology needed for the exam. The following is included:
Verbs, adjectives, nouns and adverbs
Metaphors and similes
Figurative language
Quizzes
PowerPoints
Worksheets
An ‘outstanding’ lesson on the language evaluation question (HOW WELL DO YOU THINK…?) in non-fiction paper 2. This fantastic lesson uses the exam question, ‘How well do you think Joe Simpson captures his feelings about the situation he finds himself in?’ • This resource uses a great extract from Touching the Void (the rope cut!).
The resource includes the following:
Model answer
Extract
10/10 on separate Microsoft Word document
Lecturer exam paper annotations and comments
Language analysis
Group activities
Examiner insight
Modern, fun and dynamic images to help analyse the text.
Connotation advice
Answer structure
Exemplar work
A great Powerpoint outlining the questions in component 2 (reading and writing) into the following areas:
how many marks
how points should you make?
how many quotes should you use?
what are the marks given for?
what do you need to avoid?
Very clear, concise and helpful for the students.
A great revision PowerPoint on all the writing tasks on the unit 2 non-fiction exam. Structures and grade 9 answers included on each one. The formats included are the following:
- Letters
- Speeches
- Reviews
- Reports
- Articles
- Leaflets
A 66 slide PowerPoint (& examiner podcast) on how to get a grade 9 on the GCSE English Language based on the summer 2017 reading exam paper. The resource also includes specific slides focusing on grade 9 examples on Q1-Q6 as well as all extracts. PowerPoint as a whole as well as 5 specific PPs for each question.
An 'outstanding' lesson on the compare question between a 21st and 19th century non-fiction text in paper 2. This fantastic lesson uses the exam question, 'Explain what we learn about the food Scott and Fogle took with them on their expeditions to the South Pole.' Comes with a lecturer podcast about the question.
The resource includes the following:
- Model answer
- Lecturer exam paper annotations and comments
- Grade 9 answer separate Microsoft Word document
- Answer structure
- Language analysis
- Group activities
- Captain Scott bio
- Examiner insight
- Modern, fun and dynamic images to help analyse the text.
- Connotation advice
- Exemplar work
The exam paper the lesson is based on the EDUQAS Ben Fogle / Robert Scott paper available at: https://susansenglish.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/5-component-2-additional-assessment-materials.pdf
A full lesson on how to write a grade 9 letter of complaint. All resources provided. The main 111 slide PowerPoint has a fun starter activity and goes through the process step-by-step in a fun way.
Six different versions of the grade 9 letter are included which focus on the following:
language techniques
DAFOREST
emotive language
paragraphs
sentence structure
sentence starters