Fantastic PowerPoint on writing a GRADE 9 REPORT. Also comes with a grade 9 answer on separate Word pages + highlighted versions focusing on language devices and sentence starters. The resource looks at the following:
GRADE 9 example
Sentence starters
REPORT form
REPORT conventions
DAFOREST
Stylistic devices
Lecturer tips
Common mistakes
SPAG
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I use this in lessons for life skills and as a reading activity. Answers, PowerPoint and video included.
A lesson on how to write a speech for the unit 2 writing exam. The lesson is looking at the following question: 'You have to give a talk to your class with the title ‘Mobile phones : a blessing or a curse?
Write what you would say.'
I have also included a starter on moral dilemma as well as all the resources with grade 9 exemplar. I have also added another lesson on speech writing looking at room 101.
This lesson looks at the 2017 coming-of-age film, ‘Lady Bird.’ The lesson includes: quiz questions, the plot analysed, genre discussion, the importance of the soundtrack, Lady Bird discussion/writing questions, teenage stereotyping questions and a fun memory starter.
The students love this! This 50-item quiz about commonly misspelled English words may sharpen the students’ minds and boost their knowledge about correct spelling of words.
Two separate PowerPoints on how to get 100% on Q5 of the GCSE English Language exam based on the June 2019 reading exam paper. I have also included a PowerPoint looking at a previous exam on the EDUQAS website about prisons. The resource includes the following:
Model answers
Answer structure
Language analysis
Group activities
Examiner insight
Modern, fun and dynamic images to help analyse the text.
A great Powerpoint outlining the questions in component 2 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 selection of teacher annotated and highlighted extracts from Touching the Void. I have included my PowerPoint, a podcast and the individually scanned PDFs. They are annotated by whole extract and individual paragraphs. Extracts included. The following extracts are examined, annotated and analysed:
Leg break - Joe’s account
Leg break - Simon’s account
Cutting the rope
A starter my students love. A 40-slide PowerPoint full of fun questions and discussions points for students. Some are personal and some are general knowledge. Examples below:
‘What’s your most overused word?’
‘What is the only word that begins and ends with the letters “und”?’
‘Which three words best describe you?’
‘What is the shortest two-word sentence in the English language?’
The language question on the paper 1 reading exam. The question is ‘How does the writer make us feel uneasy?’ Aimed at getting a grade 5-6. Based on the third chapter of the novel JAWS by Peter Benchley (the ‘Get Out the Water’ scene in the film). 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.
An interactive and fun lesson on TATTOOs. The students love it.
Lesson plan:
tattoos proofreading
tattoo facts
design your own tattoo
tattoo class discussion
tattoo letter writing
I have created a L2 reading paper for the new Functional Skills qual. I have used the theme of rock climbing. My students really enjoyed it. Mark scheme included.
An informative and interactive lesson looking at using sentence starters to improve any type of writing.
The PowerPoint has individual & group tasks and uses videos (mainly Ricky Gervais) to grab the students' attention. Also includes a grade 9 exemplar work that uses sentence starters successfully.
They love this lesson!
A collection of GCSE English resources using Charlie Brooker as its main theme.
The following topics are covered:
writing techniques
figurative language
proof reading
sentence starters
room 101 activity
fun starter activity
reading comprehension
A great lesson on the Coming of Age Genre. Includes the following:
-Definition
-Examples
-Discussion topics
-Interactive starter
-Coming of age soundtrack task
Fantastic PowerPoint on writing a GRADE 9 LEAFLET. Also comes with the grade 9 leaflet on a separate WORD page and another WORD page highlighted with language devices. The leaflet is based on the theme of 'Monkey World'. The resource looks at the following:
GRADE 9 example
Sentence starters
LEAFLET form
LEAFLET conventions
DAFOREST
Stylistic devices
Lecturer tips
Common mistakes
SPAG
A selection of monologues with YouTube links included. The following monologues and clips are included:
Trainspotting
Love, Actually
Kick Ass
The Duff
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
An in-depth Powerpoint for revision for the GCSE Nov exam. This for the paper 2 reading fiction exam. I teach EDUQAS but could be used for any board. The PowerPoints includes the following:
exemplar marking**
student work
top tips
real exam answers
interactive images**