A fantastic 22-page revision workbook on the reading exam on paper 1. The following is included:
Paper 1 overview
Reading tips and strategies
Real EDUQAS sample exam
Each question (1-5) has its own section
Exemplar work
Sample paragraphs
Sample extracts / exams
Student tasks
Final exam tips
A collection of resources on planning a short story. The resources include:
40 slide PowerPoint
1st / 3rd person debate
Tenses
Features of narrative writing
Grade 9 exemplar
Worksheets
Writing techniques
Lecturer tips
A 66 slide PowerPoint on how to get a grade 9 on the GCSE English Language based on the summer 2017 exam paper. The resource also includes a Word document giving grade 9 examples on Q1-Q5 as well as all extracts. Also provided are extracts zooming in on each question.
A writing lesson looking at S03E01 episode of Black Mirror. My students loved it. Episode available on Netflix. The following is covered:
Essay plan worksheet
Front cover example
Powerpoint explaining the plot and context of the episode.
An 'outstanding' lesson on the language question in paper 1. This fantastic lesson uses the exam question,'How does the writer use language to describe effects of the storm?'
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
106-slide PowerPoint on the paper 1 reading fiction exam. All questions are covered in detail with model answers. I have included extracts from Normal People, Jurassic Park and other old exam extracts.
A walkthrough / revision for the paper 2 reading non-fiction exam. The theme of the mock is seeing gorillas in the wild. The modern extract is Karl Pilkington’s An Idiot Abroad and the 19th century is Mary Kingley’s Travels in West Africa. I have included a post-mock PowerPoint with new exam questions. The resource includes the following:
Three PowerPoints
A mock exam with mark scheme
16 min revision video on the mock
Language analysis
Interesting extracts
Tips and model answers for each question
New extracts to complete after the mock exam
A 43-slide PowerPoint & Microsoft Word examples on the MAGAZINE ARTICLE for the paper 2 transactional writing exam. The following areas are covered:
Structure
Planning
Example question
Model answers
Examiner tips
Topic sentences
Stylistic features
Writing an introduction
Model paragraphs
A great resource on writing on the non-fiction writing exam. 79-slide PowerPoint, 22 minute video and model answers for all texts types included. Areas covered are written below.
Mark scheme
Model answers
SPAG
Run-on sentences
Sentence starters
Topic sentences
Stylistic devices
Planning sheets
Writing a good intro
Word Count
A 34-slide PowerPoint on how to write a story filled with tension. For GCSE English Language. The model story has been included. The story’s plot is an assassin / intruder coming to a remote house (based on the opening of No Time to Die). The following is covered:
**Planning
Show not tell
Direct speech
Sensory anguage
Figurative language
Example exam question
Example exam answer
‘Strong’ verbs
Tenses**
Grade 9 (A*) Narrative Writing podcast for the creative writing on the Paper 1 section B. Comes with free lecturer podcast (35mins) giving expert advice! Can be used for any exam board and any ability. All of the creative writing SOW included. Grade 9 example is also included.
This resource looks at the following:
structure
character
dialogue
SPAG
mark scheme
exemplar material
adjectives, adverbs & verbs
sentence starters
figurative language
sensory language
dialogue tags
show, don't tell
An in-depth and interactive PowerPoint for the writing exam. The following topics are covered:
Letters
Speeches
Emails
Leaflets
Reports
Articles
Homophones
There / They’re / Their
Apostrophes
Common misspellings
Language features
A fun quiz on descriptive writing. Could be used as a starter or plenary. Example question: “‘You’re like a miniature buddha covered in hair’. Alliteration, metaphor or simile?” The students love it and really shows where the learning gaps are.
A 126-slide Paper 2 revision PowerPoint using extracts from An Idiot Abroad with Karl Pilkington. Extracts included. The resource also includes:
• Q1-Q6 all covered
• Wonders of the World starter
• Example questions
• Example answers
• Examiner advice
• Information retrieval
• Language analysis
Fantastic PowerPoint lesson and L2 pass example on writing a REPORT. 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
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