81-slide PowerPoint and 32 minute video on Q1-Q5 on the EDUQAS paper 1 reading exam. The resource is focused on a EDUQAS mock exam on an extract from the book, Normal People. The following are included:
**Mock exam paper
81-slide PowerPoint
32 minute video by an EDUQAS examiner
Starter activity
Exam advice
Model answers
All extracts
Hightlighted extracts
Connotation activites
Fun & modern images**
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?’
Students must find as many words as possible using the letters in the wheel. Each word must use the hub letter and at least 2 others. Letters can be only used once. There’s a 9 letter word to find in each wordwheel. Modern and interactive PP.
A great PowerPoint on writing a descriptive/narrative piece that is filled with tension. The lesson focuses on sensory language, the ‘ticking clock,’ and heightening the stakes. We looked at two examples based on the chase scene from Terminator 2: Judgement Day and No Time to Die. Links to clip included. The students then write a piece of writing based on one of the / both the clips.
A 114-slide PowerPoint walkthrough / revision for the June 2022 paper 1 reading fiction exam. The resource includes the following:
114-slide PowerPoint
20 minute lecturer video
Tips and model answers for each question
Examiner advice
Link to exam paper
REAL exemplar work and marking
Interesting images
A really fun, interactive Christmas quiz for 2024. The resource includes the PowerPoint, questions, answers and team quiz sheet. The quiz is very modern and has a number of questions on 2024. It also has images for most questions. The quiz is structured into the following rounds:
General knowledge
Christmas
Celebs as kids (a great activity where the students have to guess the famous person based on a photo of them as a child. Printout provided)
Film & Series
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.
An 'outstanding' lesson on Figurative Language. The following is included:
Fun metaphor or simile Catchphrase starter
Sarah Close music activity (great song for teens!)
Jigsaw learning task
Group activities
Celeb writing activity
Bad similes fun task
Four separate revision sheets for the transactional writing exam e.g. letter and article. The following is included:
Key tips
Exam questions
Model answers
Model structure
Intro advice
Stylistic features
SPAG
Four separate revision sheets for the transactional writing exam e.g. letter and article. The following is included:
Key tips
Exam questions
Model answers
Model structure
Intro advice
Stylistic features
SPAG
Over 40 PowerPoints on the WJEC GCSE English Language exam (Unit 1). All PowerPoints have amazing images, exemplar materials and 10/10 answers. All PowerPoints come with a lecturer podcast on the topic (Over 40!)
The following topics are covered:
Information Retrieval
The ‘HOW’ question
The ‘IMRESSIONS’ question
The ‘THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS’ question.
Q4 Compare
The ‘RANDOM question’
40/40 answers
General revision
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
A revision PowerPoint on the IMPRESSIONS question on the paper 1 reading exam. I have included the PowerPoint, the extract, grade 5-8 model answers and the extract annotated. Very helpful for students.
A lesson on the language question in paper 2. This lesson uses the exam question, ‘How does the writer make the extract tense and frightening?’
The resource includes the following:
Model answer
Answer structure
Language analysis
Group activities
Modern, fun and dynamic images to help analyse the text.
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
A fun activity for information retrieval revision. Students must watch/listen to the clip and answer the ten questions based on the song ‘A Mutual Friend’ by The Divine Comedy. Link and answers included. This gives them revision for paying attention and being quick!
A lesson on the importance of positive role models and body image. The lesson focuses on Jameelia Jamil (positive) and Kim Kardashians’s views on weight in the media. It’s a really interesting topic which my students enjoyed. All four video links provided. I have copied a link to the subject below:
Google link: Jameelia Jamil Washington Post
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 worksheet I made with four separate activites all one handy page. Comes with answers as a Word page of PDF. The following are covered:
-Capital letters
Apostrophes
There / Their / They’re
Your / You’re