Simile/Metaphor quiz based on the TV show ‘Catchphrase’. The students love it!
The students decipher the catchphrase
the students decide whether it is a simile or a metaphor.
Idiom Catchphrase available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/idiom-catchphrase-12057026
Over 60 documents (inc. 45 PowerPoints) covering the whole EDUQAS GCSE English Language exams. Component 1: creative writing and reading a creative text. Component 2: transactional writing and reading a non-fiction text from the 21st and 19th century. All PowerPoints have amazing images, exemplar materials and 10/10 answers. Most PowerPoints come with a lecturer podcast on the topic (link provided in resources). All writing types cover a model answer, stylistic features and sentence starters. All reading questions have a separate PowerPoint, model answer and specific tips. The following topics/lessons are included:
Model answers for EVERY question in both exams
Letters
Reports
Reviews
Speeches
Articles
Examiner podcasts
Creative Writing
All questions for the non-fiction reading exam
All questions for the fiction reading exam
How to write the perfect short story
Black Mirror
Famous photography
Exemplar materials (marked and annotated)
Sensory Language
Figurative Language
SPAG
Louis Theroux review
A 220 slide PowerPoint on how to get a grade 9 on the GCSE English Language looking at the offical EDUQAS paper on cycling. This resource also includes a Word document giving grade 9 examples on Q1-Q6 and examiner podcast. I have included my 7 separate PowerPoints which focus on each specific question. The following are included:
Model answers
7 separate powerpoints
Lecturer tips
Teacher annotations
Exemplar work
PEE structure sheet
Language analysis
Fact sheet on Captain Scott
Connotation advice
Group activities
Examiner insight
Exam paper and Mark Scheme link
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
The final question on the paper 1 reading exam. This a 10 mark question. Aimed at getting a grade 5-6. Based on the first chapter of the novel JAWS by Peter Benchley. The exam question is 'Read the whole extract. “‘The shark is the villain in the book but the writer also shows you what an impressive and beautiful animal it is.’ To what extent do you agree?”
I have included all resources which include extract, model answers, exemplar answers and a fun phobia starter activity.
Video clip of the scene in the film is on YouTube.
A 70-slide PowerPoint on the GCSE English Language paper 2 reading exam. I have created an exam paper, extracts and PowerPoint based on the climbing documentary, ‘Free Solo’. The film follows climber Alex Honnold, as he prepares to achieve his lifelong dream: climbing the face of the world’s most famous rock … the 3,200-foot El Capitan in Yosemite National Park…without a rope! I have included the trailer link below. The students love it!
The resource also includes the following:
Specific slides on Q1-Q6
Model answer
Answer structure
Exemplar answers
Language analysis
Group activities
Examiner insight
Modern, fun and dynamic images to help analyse the text.
Free Solo trailer is on YouTube.
PowerPoint on the ‘HOW’ question of the reading exam. This is a 5 or 10 mark question. Model answers included. Aimed at students looking for a grade 4-6.
A 129-slide PowerPoint on the GCSE English Language exams. The quiz is split into each paper and all questions have answers, PEEs, structure, exemplar work, images and other revision activities. For the EDUQAS exam board.
Paper 1 Reading - 15 questions
Paper 1 Narrative Writing - 11 questions
Paper 2 Reading - 15 questions
Paper 2 Writing - 21 questions.
Over20 documents on the GCSE English Language writing exam (Unit 2). All PowerPoints have amazing images, exemplar materials and 10/10 answers. All PowerPoints come with a lecturer podcast on the topic. All types cover a model answer, stylistic features and sentence starters.
The following topics are covered:
Letters
Reports
Reviews
Speeches
Articles
My lessons for the transactional writing tasks. In each PowerPoint I have included exam questions, model answers, discussion points and grade 9 examples.
The following are covered:
Letter
Speech
Leaflet
Review
Report
A fun, informative and interactive lesson on writing an ARTICLE for the writing exam. The following resources are included:
Fun starter
53 slide PowerPoint
L2 Pass exemplar work
Language techniques
Sentence starters
Structure
A 37-slide PowerPoint on the language question of the non-fiction reading exam. The lesson is based on an extract from 127 Hours where Aron traps his arm. The exam question is: How does Aron Ralston show how awful his accident was? [10]. The following is included:
extract
14 minute teacher video on the lesson
model answers
other example questions
examiner advice
I have made an eight-week set of resources on the book/series, Normal People. I trialled it this year and it worked very well. The 8-week SoL is teaching the fiction reading exam and the creative writing unit. The following are included:
**16 separate lessons
Mock exam with mark scheme
All extracts
Teacher annotations on the text
Teacher notes
Chapter summaries
Language analysis
Model answers
Show not tell
SPAG
Sensory Language
Direct Speech
Figurative language
Opening & closing a story
Language techniques**
A comprehensive revision PowerPoint on every text in the paper 2 writing exam. I have also included grade 9 examples of all the tasks on separate Microsoft Word pages. The following topics are covered:
Letters
Reviews
Articles
Reports
Leaflets
Speeches
Sentence Starters
SPAG
Writing devices
Layout
Tone
A great 100-slide PowerPoint on every reading question in paper 1. There are a huge number of real exam questions, with key quotes and model answers. This really helped my students.
A great revision quiz on writing a short story (paper 1 writing). The students need to answer 10 multiple choice questions on how to be successful in the exam.
My students love it!
An ‘outstanding’ lesson on the compare question on a non-fiction text in paper 2. Looks at the great ‘leg break’ extract seem from two different viewpoints. 55 slide PowerPoint, extracts, annotations and model answer on separate Word document provided. This lesson uses the exam question, ‘Both of these texts are about Joe’s accident. Compare: the Joe’s and Simon’s accounts and reaction to the accident; how Joe and Simon get their feelings about the hardship across to the readers. [10]’
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
Examiner insight
Modern, fun and dynamic images to help analyse the text.
Connotation advice