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These quality and successful resources use texts to model spelling, sentence construction and text construction. The methods used in the units have proved highly effective in supporting students to achieve success. The dyslexia resources utilise the HF Visual Spelling Strategy © to support dyslexic students. These students often struggle because the same methods to read and spell are used with mainstream students. The units provide some much need strategies to help dyslexic students!

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These quality and successful resources use texts to model spelling, sentence construction and text construction. The methods used in the units have proved highly effective in supporting students to achieve success. The dyslexia resources utilise the HF Visual Spelling Strategy © to support dyslexic students. These students often struggle because the same methods to read and spell are used with mainstream students. The units provide some much need strategies to help dyslexic students!
An Inspector Calls - SEN and ESL Learners
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An Inspector Calls - SEN and ESL Learners

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This GCSE, English Literature Unit contains all the resources you need to teach An Inspector Calls! It contains writing frames, model essays, vocabulary activities, a play summary poem, comprehensions and much more! To help students who struggle to understand the play, there is a poem to summarise the plot along with a comprehension. There is a presentation on the relationship between Birling and The Inspector which contains key topic sentences, a model essay and an assessment. Another presentation explores the characters and contains a summary of their role in the play, along with key quotations and an example essay which is colour coded to highlight each stage. A suggested writing frame is provided along with an example of how to use this. The unit is particularly useful for SEN and ESL pupils who struggle to express their ideas, although it would also be invaluable for mainstream students. The unit offers excellent value and will provide you with a wide range of resources to teach the play!
Functional Skills, English (Level Two) - Practice Paper, Models and Guidance: SEN Student Focus
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Functional Skills, English (Level Two) - Practice Paper, Models and Guidance: SEN Student Focus

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This Functional Skills, English (Level Two), Practice Paper is based on the City and Guilds format. Resources are provided to support students with additional needs access its content. The practice paper (reading) is based on the theme of the environment and contains online newspaper/web page articles. The questions are similar in style to the functional skills examination. The writing paper has two questions with accompanying model answers. Two further assessment questions are provided with plans. Along with the Practice Paper and Marking Scheme, a list of words divided into syllables is provided. These should be copied using different colours to aid visual memory. This will help the students memorise the words and read them fluently. A list of key phrases is also given to read prior to the whole texts. In the writing section, key phrases from the model answers are listed for students to familiarise themselves with the content. This resources offers invaluable support for students with additional needs such as dyslexia and will help them to access the exam style/content.
Using Model Essays to Improve  GCSE English Literature, Exam Performance (Macbeth)
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Using Model Essays to Improve GCSE English Literature, Exam Performance (Macbeth)

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With six model, GCSE essays based on six scenes from Macbeth, Act 1, this is an invaluable resource for GCSE English Literature students and the extract question, in particular. Each section contains a cloze/gap-fill activity with the key missing words colour-coded for students with reading or spelling difficulties. The gap-fill also provides an opportunity to discuss various aspects of the model essay. At the end of each section there is an independent essay question related to the model answer. This provides a chance to assess the students’ understanding of how to construct an English Literature essay. Finally, there is a plan to help students structure their ideas. These six model essays will provide weeks of instruction in how to write a GCSE ,extract based response and ensure progress!
AU/E-E Letter Patterns (Long E Sound ) - Colour Coded Spelling
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AU/E-E Letter Patterns (Long E Sound ) - Colour Coded Spelling

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The workbook focuses on the AU pattern to make the ‘or’ sound and the E-E letter patterns to form the long E sound. Designed for struggling readers and spellers, the booklet provides a list of AU and E-E words which are colour coded for students to copy and draw. Due to the visual memory cue, students are more likely to read and spell the words!
GCSE, English Language, Papers One and Two - Practice Papers, Model Answers and Mark Schemes
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GCSE, English Language, Papers One and Two - Practice Papers, Model Answers and Mark Schemes

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This bundle of GCSE, English Language, Practice Papers offers a comprehensive resource for teachers following the AQA curriculum, providing valuable exam preparation materials for both Paper 1 (Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing) and Paper 2 (Writers’ Viewpoints and Perspectives). Key Features: AQA Paper 1 (Creative Reading and Writing): Practice Paper: Focuses on students’ ability to analyze a fiction text, with questions designed to assess reading comprehension, language analysis, and structure. Writing Task: Creative response to a city scene and a short story prompt. Model Answers and Mark Scheme: Detailed model responses and a mark scheme to guide teachers in assessing students’ performance according to AQA criteria. Literary Devices Checklist: A helpful tool for students to identify and apply key literary techniques in their writing. AQA Paper 2 (Writers’ Viewpoints and Perspectives): Practice Paper: Features two non-fiction texts on seaside holidays from the 1970s and 1875​, with exam-style questions to compare viewpoints, summarize, and analyze language. Writing Task: Requires students to write a travel blog article, helping them practice persuasive and argumentative writing​. Mark Scheme and Model Answers: Includes a mark scheme and sample answers to illustrate how to meet AQA’s assessment objectives and standards. Benefits for Teachers: This bundle offers a complete set of resources to strengthen students’ exam readiness. It supports both creative and non-fiction reading and writing skills, while the addition of a literary devices checklist and non-fiction writing plans ensure students are well-prepared to engage with texts effectively.
A Christmas Carol - Writing Frames and Model Essays
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A Christmas Carol - Writing Frames and Model Essays

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Unlock a deeper understanding of A Christmas Carol with these comprehensive GCSE, English Literature resources, specifically designed to enhance exam success. The writing frames are particularly useful for students with additional needs and the model answers help struggling students enhance their responses. Tailored for students aiming to progress in their GCSE Literature exam, these materials cover key themes, character analysis, and essay structures, focusing on pivotal topics such as death, isolation, and poverty. With clear writing frames and model essays, students will develop their skills in literary analysis, critical thinking, and providing textual evidence - all essential for top marks. The model answer section contains the extracts taken from the Writing Frame booklet and accompanying model response. To help students, a list of key terms and vocabulary is provided which they can highlight in the essay. Perfect for revision and classroom use, these resources provide a structured approach to Dickens’ novella, ensuring students feel confident tackling exam questions with precision and insight. Whether it’s understanding Scrooge’s transformation or exploring how Dickens critiques Victorian society, this pack empowers learners to navigate complex themes and improve their assessments.
EAL/ESL Beginners Pack for Secondary School
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EAL/ESL Beginners Pack for Secondary School

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This extensive resource is designer to support newly arrived, EAL students who have very little basic English. It contains workbooks, picture prompts, model paragraphs and basic descriptions, as well as an EAL beginner pack. The beginner pack provides a sequence to teach newly arrived, EAL students, moving from letter sounds, to basic vocabulary and sentences. It is full of useful ideas. To compliment this resource picture prompts and some flashcards are included to provide a context for students to learn. These provide pictures of different settings EAL students will experience such as a classroom or living room. There are flashcards of the colours. Once students have acquired these basic skills, there are two courses to learn to write simple descriptions and recounts. Each of these courses contain scaffolds, key vocabulary and paragraphs. This pack containing four pdfs will ensure the right support for newly arrived, EAL students!
GCSE Creative Writing  - Model texts and Dyslexia Support
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GCSE Creative Writing - Model texts and Dyslexia Support

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The unit is based on the GCSE, English Language, AQA, Paper 1 - Question 5 response. It includes picture prompts, model answers, plans and spelling activities. Key words are taken from the text and colour coded to help learners with additional needs learn to read and spell them. The model responses showcase different sentence openers used in GCSE, descriptive writing. Coherent plans are provided to help students structure their writing in response to the colourful pictures. Along with the models, additional short stories based on the settings of the beach and the city are provided. These also demonstrate the use of show not tell and interesting sentence openers. The resource provides a structured way to teach GCSE English Language, imaginative and descriptive writing in an engaging way!. It is useful if your students struggle to use appropriate language to structure descriptive or imaginative writing.
Romeo and Juliet - GCSE Extract Question (Act 1, Scene 5)
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Romeo and Juliet - GCSE Extract Question (Act 1, Scene 5)

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This short unit is invaluable to teach how to write a GCSE, reading response essay. It provides an extract, model essay, lesson plan, marking rubric and numerous language rich activities to aid understanding. Presented in a concise and interesting format, the student worksheet starts with the extract and two comprehension activities before they read the model GCSE essay. Next, there is a model essay with a spelling of key words activity and a reading fluency exercise to help familiarise students with the essay. Finally, students can write independently about another part of the play and use a rubric to peers assess. The unit provides an engaging framework in which to teach the extract question for GCSE English Literature. It would also save invaluable time for a lesson observation.
Romeo and Juliet, Conflict Pack for GCSE: Novel Versions, Newspaper Articles and Writing Scaffold
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Romeo and Juliet, Conflict Pack for GCSE: Novel Versions, Newspaper Articles and Writing Scaffold

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This comprehensive, PDF bundle provides AQA, GCSE English Literature teachers with innovative resources to help students understand and analyze conflict in Romeo and Juliet. The pack includes novelized versions of key scenes, newspaper articles summarizing pivotal moments, and a detailed essay writing scaffold. These resources are designed to make Shakespeare’s language more accessible and to support students in developing a deeper understanding of conflict within the play. Key Features: Novel Versions of Key Scenes: Rewritten in a modern, novelistic style, these versions of Romeo and Juliet make the language and emotions of the characters more accessible to students. The novel format adds detail to the characters’ internal thoughts and emotions, helping students connect with and understand the motivations behind key moments of conflict. Scenes Included: Act 1, Scene 1: The opening street brawl sets the tone for the ongoing feud between the Montagues and Capulets. Act 3, Scene 1: The explosive confrontation between Romeo, Tybalt, and Mercutio that marks the turning point of the play. Act 5, Scene 3: The tragic resolution in the Capulet tomb, where Romeo and Juliet meet their fates. Newspaper Articles for Key Scenes: These engaging newspaper-style reports offer an alternative perspective on key scenes. Written as if by a journalist reporting on the events in Verona, these articles summarize major moments of conflict, highlighting key details in an accessible format. They serve as excellent revision tools, helping students distill the action of each scene into its essential elements. Articles Included: Act 1, Scene 1: “BRAWL ERUPTS IN VERONA: CAPULETS AND MONTAGUES CLASH ON THE STREETS!” Act 3, Scene 1: “ROMEO KILLS TYBALT IN BROAD DAYLIGHT: STREET FIGHT TURNS DEADLY!” Act 5, Scene 3: “TRAGIC DUEL AT CAPULET TOMB: NOBLE PARIS AND ROMEO DEAD IN SHOCKING LOVE FEUD!” Essay Writing Scaffold and Model Essay: This structured essay writing scaffold guides students step-by-step through planning and writing an essay on the theme of conflict in Romeo and Juliet. The scaffold includes sentence starters, key questions, and tips for embedding quotations. Additionally, a model essay demonstrates how to structure a response, integrate evidence, and analyze Shakespeare’s use of language and structure. Essay Scaffold Includes: Introduction and topic sentences for each body paragraph Guidance on how to link quotations to analysis Prompts to discuss language, structure, and dramatic techniques Model Essay: “” Who This Pack is For: This resource is ideal for AQA, GCSE English Literature teachers looking to enhance their students’ understanding of Romeo and Juliet. The combination of modernized scene adaptations, journalistic summaries, and scaffolded writing support is especially useful for students with additional learning needs or those struggling to engage with Shakespeare’s language.
Eduqas (WJEC), English Language - Component Two Revision
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Eduqas (WJEC), English Language - Component Two Revision

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Unlock your students’ potential in non-fiction writing with this comprehensive resource designed specifically for Eduqas/WJEC GCSE English Language Component Two. There is a reading booklet and a writing booklet based on the exam paper for these assessments, along with marking rubrics and model answers. The reading section contains exam paper texts and questions, emphasizing reading comprehension and analysis. Students will engage with two texts centered around fossil discoveries, set in different time periods and contexts. Through this exploration, they will enhance their ability to extract key information, understand writers’ intentions, and analyze how language, tone, and structure shape meaning. Text A features a determined female fossil hunter in 1883, who embarks on a professional expedition to Lyme Regis. Text B, on the other hand, presents a modern-day adventure where a group of friends set out for a lighthearted day of fossil hunting. The unit includes a marking rubric and model responses to help students understand how to respond effectively to these texts. The writing task is tailored to improve communication, organisation, and effective language use and helps students master key skills such as vocabulary, sentence structure, and paragraphing through engaging tasks. The resource includes two key writing tasks: Writing an article on maintaining a balanced lifestyle during exams. Delivering a talk encouraging classmates to participate in community volunteering. Both tasks encourage students to consider purpose and audience while providing opportunities to showcase their creativity and critical thinking. With detailed model responses and a self-assessment marking rubric, this resource offers clear guidance on how to approach these exam questions. Ideal for classroom use or independent study, the pack is an essential tool for improving students’ writing abilities and reading comprehension, helping them develop confidence and clarity in Component Two.
Eduqas (WJEC), GCSE, English Language Resources - Component One
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Eduqas (WJEC), GCSE, English Language Resources - Component One

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Unlock Success with Eduqas (WJEC), GCSE English Language Resources - Component One. Designed specifically for Eduqas GCSE English Language students, this comprehensive set of resources will help your students excel in both creative writing and reading text analysis. Featuring expertly crafted writing prompts, detailed mark schemes, and model answers based on the extract question, these tools will equip students with the skills they need to succeed. These resources will guide your students every step of the way. Ideal to help prepare for their exams, each section is designed to enhance understanding, boost confidence, and achieve top marks. The pack includes: Extract: This resource provides an introduction to an excerpt from Ravenholm Castle, a medieval-themed text. It guides students in analyzing how the writer uses language to create atmosphere, build tension, and convey Lady Elowen’s complex emotions, as well as practicing exam-style questions. This resource outlines a detailed mark scheme for analyzing the text. It helps students break down how to engage with the text and score well on questions related to language analysis, character development, and tension. There are also model responses to share with the students. Creative Prose Writing Prompts: This section includes a set of writing prompts designed to enhance creative prose skills. Students are encouraged to choose one of several prompts to write about, with a focus on developing communication, organization, and language skills. The reflection section provides success criteria for vocabulary, sentence structure, and paragraphing, along with model creative writing responses that show successful narrative writing. This resource is effective in supporting students to achieve higher marks in Component One!
Eduqas (WJEC) - English Language, Revision Bundle
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Eduqas (WJEC) - English Language, Revision Bundle

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Ideal for preparation for the WJEC, Eduqas Exam Series - English Language, the pack contains a practice paper for each component along with extensive model responses and marking rubrics. The Component One pack contains a historical reading text with accompanying questions. Students can compare their responses with the model answers provided and teachers can draw attention to successful features in these. The writing section contains four model texts which students can use alongside the marking rubric. The Component Two section follows a similar structure. The reading practice paper has two extracts and accompanying questions. There is a practice writing paper. All of these are accompanied with model responses and rubrics. The bundle contains six writing models and model responses for every reading question. It is an ideal resource to prepare for the resit exam in November or the Summer series.
A Christmas Carol - Differentiated Extract and Comprehension Activities
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A Christmas Carol - Differentiated Extract and Comprehension Activities

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Help students enhance their understanding of A Christmas Carol with this comprehensive PDF series, designed to prepare for the GCSE, English Literature examination. This pack offers detailed study resources for each stave of the novella, including three carefully selected extracts with corresponding comprehension questions, language analysis, and creative critical thinking prompts. There are 15 extracts and accompanying comprehensions in total! The students can explore key themes in a structured way to suit all abilities, while sharpening skills in textual analysis and interpretation. Each extract is paired with thought-provoking questions that delve into Dickens’ use of language, tone, and narrative perspective, helping students master the text for exams. Whether used for revision or seeking deeper insights into the novel, this resource will boost confidence and enhance literary skills. For students with additional needs there is an Understanding the Text section which leads into Analytical, Interpretation and Creative Thinking for the More Able. The carefully selcted extracts also help students digest information in a manageable way. Ideal for self-study, classroom support, or exam preparation, these PDFs provide a structured and engaging way to explore Dickens’ classic tale.
How to write a Romeo and Juliet Extract Essay (GCSE)
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How to write a Romeo and Juliet Extract Essay (GCSE)

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This short unit is invaluable to teach how to write a GCSE, reading response essay. It provides an extract, model essay, lesson plan, marking rubric and numerous language rich activities to aid understanding. Presented in a concise and interesting format, the student worksheet starts with the extract and two comprehension activities before they read the model GCSE essay. Next, there is a model essay with a spelling of key words activity and a reading fluency exercise to help familiarise students with the essay. Finally, students can write independently about another part of the play and use a rubric to peers assess. The unit provides an engaging framework in which to teach the extract question for GCSE English Literature. It would also save invaluable time for a lesson observation.
Paper 2, Question 5 - AQA, GCSE English Language
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Paper 2, Question 5 - AQA, GCSE English Language

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This Paper 2, Question 5 (AQA), English Language resource contains a comprehensive list of writing viewpoint and perspective topics, 13 sample essays and a marking rubric . It provides lots of discussion questions on a wide range of topics that are often tested in the GCSE, English Language exam paper. The Persuasive Topics booklet is full of discussion question aimed to deepen understanding of controversial topics such as Fast Food and Advertising, Lowering the Age of Voting, Social Media Use and many others. It is an 80 page booklet packed with informative content, including the Pros and Cons of each topic and useful questions. The Model Essay booklet contains 13 sample essays on a range of controversial issues which can be analysed and discussed using the Marking Rubric. The Marking Rubric is a generic scheme which identifies the features of an effective introduction, main body and conclusion. The Unit is an invaluable resource to deliver sessions on Writer’s Viewpoints and Perspectives as well as offering a handy revision guide!
Power and Conflict (AQA) - Bayonet Charge/Exposure
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Power and Conflict (AQA) - Bayonet Charge/Exposure

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The unit is aimed to teach Bayonet Charge and Exposure from the Power and Conflict Anthology (AQA). Ideal for students with dyslexia and other additional needs, the pack - based on Bayonet Charge and Exposure - includes colour coded - key words, essay plans, model essays and language activities to help understand these two poems. The colour-coded words help students learn to remember, read, spell and understand the language needed to write meaningfully about the poems. A range of language activities help comprehend the poem and lead into writing an essay. There is a model essay on Bayonet Charge and an essay plan to compare Bayonet Charge and Exposure. Finally, I have included a brief study guide on all 15 poems! This contains an overview, key quotes and a quick analysis. There are a series of imaginary monologues delivered by the poets to understand the purpose for writing the poems. The unit will provide everything you need to write about Bayonet Charge and Exposure as well as helping students learn about all 15 poems!
GCSE, English Language (AQA) - Paper 1 Support
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GCSE, English Language (AQA) - Paper 1 Support

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Based on the GCSE, English Language, AQA Paper 1, Questions 2, 3 and 5, this unit supports students through model answers and suggested responses. The key GCSE, English Language reading text is from the Sci-Fi genre and the writing questions also cover this text type. The unit is split into a reading and a writing section. The reading component contains a key reading text, a vocabulary task to aid understanding and suggested responses to questions 2 and 3. The second section contains a picture prompt question and a story writing task. A model response to each of these writing questions is also provided. There are two plans to help student structure their own writing responses. The unit helps students who struggle to understand the language they need to use for a reading response and for writing descriptively. It is ideal for teachers, SENDCOs and teaching assistants. The unit would also be ideal for a revision session for Paper 1.
GCSE - Improve Your Descriptive Writing
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GCSE - Improve Your Descriptive Writing

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Based on the AQA (GCSE) Q5, Paper 1, the unit focuses on the ability to use a range of sentence openers and vocabulary to describe clothes. Writing in depth description of the clothes people wear is complicated. This unit uses model paragraphs, a vocabulary list, pictures, independent writing tasks and a marking rubric to guide GCSE, English Language students to improve their description of people. Although aimed at AQA, English Language students, the unit is useful for GCSE students who wish to improve their creative writing and descriptions. The unit has proved successful in raising the attainment of students who struggle with this skill.
A Christmas Carol: Essays, Model Paragraphs,  Visuals and Quizzes
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A Christmas Carol: Essays, Model Paragraphs, Visuals and Quizzes

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This A Christmas Carol Bundle includes model paragraphs and essays on a range of themes and rich visuals that support struggling learners. The use of PEEL paragraphs demonstrate to students the structure of a successful paragraph and the model essays show how to write a cohesive response with an introduction and conclusion. Numerous storyboards and pictures provide a context in which to summarise the important aspects of different Staves. An engaging quiz helps students navigate the whole text and learn key quotations, character information and themes.