This GCSE, Vocabulary course focuses on the academic words needed to succeed in the GSCE, English Language course. It is suitable for GCSE students, often with a good verbal ability, who struggle to express their language using formal language.
There is a section focused on targeted words from the Academic Word List. It contains speaking and listening activities, gap fill tasks and an explanation of the body language and facial expression linked with some of the words. This should aid narrative writing.
It also contains graphic organisers to analyse key meanings and story examples to help learn key words.
There is an assessment to help understand if students have grasped the key vocabulary.
Also included are a reading and wordsearch activity and discussion questions.
Finally, there are two units to explore how to write about vocabulary in a GCSE examination.
I have also added a free vocabulary unit - Reading Response - Analysing Situations! This will provide you with a list of words to analyse situations.
The course is excellent for English coordinators, SENCOs and TAs who want to run targeted groups for students who are verbally strong but struggle to use academic language. Since vocabulary is a key component of comprehension and writing, the course has proved successful in helping underachieving GCSE English Language students succeed!
This GCSE persuasive writing resource includes key word spelling activities, questionnaires, two model essays a plan . It is ideal to use as part of KS3 and GCSE English Language lessons.
The model essays are a response to a persuasive task in which the reader has to persuade a headteacher about the inportance of contact sports and having junk food on the school menu.
There are two model answers to answer each of the GCSE, writing questions.
There is also an innovative spelling activity to help dyslexic students and a plan to help students write their own response.
As well as all this, there are two lesson plans if you want to deliver the sessions in school.
This resource is an excellent way to show students how to plan and write a GCSE persuasive essay!
This resource is a five-lesson unit aimed to improve persuasive writing skills and is ideal for GCSE level or equivalent. It includes teacher notes, five lesson plans and a student booklet. Uniquely, the unit is structured around a model response to a sample exam question. It looks at the vocabulary, grammar and overall structure of a persuasive letter and encourages the use of these skills in independent writing. The unit follows a sequence that includes an exam question analysis, a vocabulary and grammar in context set of activities, a comprehension exercise based on the model text and an independent writing section.
The Unit of work has proved to be an invaluable and proven way of moving pupils into the higher GCSE band and provides a structure of learning that can be applied to other forms of writing.
This AQA, English Language resource focuses on the text structure question (Q3)found in Paper One. It provides explanation texts to cover subject specific terminology such as focus, flashback, foreshadowing etc, along with quizzes and comprehension activities.
It contains texts, model responses and detailed mark schemes to help students understand how to write a reading response answer for this question. The texts are broken down into paragraph sections to enable a step by step approach.
The explanation texts to explain subject terminology are followed by comprehension tasks to ensure understanding of the terms and there are quizzes to further embed the definitions.
A separate unit is devoted to flashback with a text and an AQA style question.
The unit has proved successful in providing students with the knowledge and language needed to successfully respond to what can be a challenging part of the reading paper!
It is suitable for GCSE, English Language students who struggle to express their ideas using the correct terminology and structure and will be an excellent revision programme in the run up to the exams.
The unit contains resources and lesson plans to teach descriptive writing in a structured and successful way.
It contains picture prompts, a model answer, a five senses analysis sheet, a planning sheet and independent task.
Using the model and analysis sheets, the unit shows students how to be successful writers in the descriptive genre. It has proved highly successful in improving the writing of GCSE students!
The unit contains resources and lesson plans to teach descriptive writing in a structured and successful way.
It contains picture prompts, a model answer, a five senses analysis sheet, a planning sheet and independent task.
Using the model and analysis sheets, the unit shows students how to be successful writers in the descriptive genre. It has proved highly successful in improving the writing of GCSE students!
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!
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!
The HF Colour Coded method provides students with a visual memory method to become fluent in reading and spelling. Alongside this proven technique, model texts are also provided where students are given opportunity to learn relevant sentence structures to be successful in a given genre.
The booklet explains how to use colours to support dyslexics read and spell both basic and advanced words. Visual memory is strengthened by using colour coded letters and syllables for students to copy and draw. Unlike traditional phonics, the Colour Code Method is fun and creative – students are encouraged to draw words in a style that suits them. However, the method can be use alongside traditional phonics.
The method is ideal for students who struggle with phonics and provides a method that will improve engagement and progress. It is based on research into the reasons dyslexics struggle and how visual information supports them. The booklets are also suitable for students with additional needs who struggle to read and write.
Alongside the explanation booklet, you will receive free workbooks that use the colour code method based on the phonics programme!
Committed to providing dyslexia friendly resources using creative and innovative techniques, I provide a range of reading and writing booklets and courses for all ages.
This comprehensive, GCSE, English Literature study guide is specifically designed to support dyslexic learners and learners with additional needs in their study of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novel, “The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.” Aimed at enhancing understanding and accessibility for their GCSE, English Literature course , this resource ensures that all students, regardless of their reading challenges, can navigate and appreciate the complexities of the text.
Tailored to accommodate the unique learning needs of dyslexic students, the guide employs a pale yellow background, dyslexia friendly fonts with key words highlighted, simplified language, and structured formats to facilitate comprehension.
It includes an in depth plot summary, character overview with visuals , themes and discussion questions and key vocabulary - each word/phrase divided into syllables.
Ten carefully crafted booklets break down the novel into manageable sections, each focusing on key extracts to maintain the narrative’s essence while easing the reading load.
Carefully selected key extracts from each chapter are provided. Comprehension questions follow each extract, designed to reinforce understanding and critical thinking, allowing students to engage deeply with the text at their own pace.
This differentiated study guide for “The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde” is an invaluable tool for educators seeking to provide an inclusive and effective learning experience for dyslexic students, ensuring that all learners have the opportunity to succeed in their GCSE course and enjoy this timeless literary work.
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!
The pack aims to support dyslexic students in improving their Discussion Writing.
It contains an outline of the lessons, a series of unique, visual spelling activities, a visual sentence activity and a model text. The unit finishes with an independent writing task.
The use of the copy - cover - spell technique has proved ineffective for dyslexic students. Instead, I have developed a unique approach to spelling that involves drawing and colouring the words and using colours to demarcate syllables. It is a simple, yet powerful approach.
Often dyslexic students struggle to structure sentences in writing due to memory processing issues. The pack contains a visual, sentence sorting activity.
Finally, there is a model text included so that students can see the key words and sentences in context.
The unit is a sure way to support dyslexic students!
The pack is ideal for GCSE, English Literature students studying Macbeth and is differentiated for students with additional needs.
It contains model essay gap fill activities based on six essays with key words colour coded and a plan to help students plan independent essays based on extracts from Act One.
It also contains resources to teach Act 1, Scene 2 and Act 2, Scene 1 in an engaging way - ideal for reluctant learners. Each of these packs contains a ‘Gangster’ version of the scene, an illustrated, original scene along with quizzes and comic strips to aid understanding.
I am providing a unit on Key Metaphors in Macbeth for free! (Usually costs £3.89)
These resources are differentiated to support students with additional needs and have proved successful in raising attainment!
Suitable for GCSE students who struggle with sentence structure and grammatical expression, this English Language Course - suitable for all exam boards - teaches the sentence types needed to write a range of genres. It supports the GCSE Writing Questions - Narrative/Descriptive and Persuasive/Argumentative.
Using cause and effect conjunctions and phrases, The Grammar in Context Unit (Persuasive and Argumentative), provides a range of cause and effect sentence openers such as, SINCE, DUE TO, AS A RESULT and WHEN. It has exercises to practice these sentence types using different contexts for writing at GCSE. There is a Speaking and Listening prompt series of questions to support this.
For narrative, the second unit presents sentence openers that make a descriptive text successful. Students are provided with an opportunity to write using sentence openers that focus on location, mood or action. Alongside this there is an assessment using engaging visual storystrips.
The unit is an effective and research based way of explicitly teach sentence structure across a range of genres typically assessed at GCSE. It is a useful resource for SENCOs, English Teachers and Teaching Assistants. It can be used as a standalone course or as part of lessons on GCSE English writing.
The bundle includes a range of GCSE, English Language Writing materials. It includes model answers, spelling activities, key vocabulary, engaging images, plans, independent writing activities and marking rubrics.
Although aimed at the AQA writing papers, the bundle will support all the GCSE exam boards. It includes materials to support:
descriptive writing
persuasive/argumentative writing
creative writing
Each unit is structured in an easy to follow format based on model texts. They are useful for students with additional needs who need explicit language support to achieve a higher grade in their GCSE, English Language writing.
They have been proven to raise attainment because of the strategies used, namely grammar in context and modeling.
The value for money bundle offers weeks of writing support and is beneficial for teachers, English coordinators, teaching assistants and SENDCOs!
Invaluable to teaching the skills required to succeed in the English Language Reading paper and English Literature GCSE, this course explicitly teaches the sentence types needed to write an effective paragraph.
Students with dyslexia, ADHD and autism, as well as ESL will benefit from the model sentences and activities. It is also useful for students who need to consolidate the skills.
It is ideal for students who are under-performing due to a lack of the grammatical skills which will enable them to express their ideas. It covers the use of topic sentences, the introduction to the quotation, the analysis of language and the reader response/social context of the text.
There is a FREE assessment with a rubric and model response.
It can be used for GCSE English Language revision classes, SEN interventions or as a unit for class teaching.
SEN and ESL students will be sure to benefit from this effective Reading Response course!
This comprehensive set of dyslexia resources provides training materials, a dyslexia guide and phase 5 workbooks which use visual techniques to learn how to read and spell. It is ideal for SENCOs, Subject Coordinators and teachers who are delivering training to teachers or parents on how to support students with reading and writing difficulties.
The Comprehensive Guide can be used to help educators and parents understand dyslexia and use a range of strategies to support dyslexic students in their learning. It outlines eight strategies to support the educational and emotional needs of students with dyslexic type issues. It would be beneficial for teachers to use in the class to help students access difficult text.
Packed with information about using colour to support memory, the forty-five page training programme can be delivered for INSETs, CPD and Parent meetings. It provides an explanation of the memory problems dyslexics experience and how to use visual and kinesthetic methods to remedy this issue.
FInally, there are ten colour code workbooks to teach Phase 5 Phonics words and these can be used for students of all ages. They provide explicit teaching of different spelling patterns using colour codes to represent letters and syllables. It will provide a school wide strategy to improve spelling and reading fluency!
The pack has everything you need to deliver a school CPD and training programme and will improve the educational experience of dyslexic students!
The bundle is ideal for teaching Macbeth to learners with additional needs.
It includes language activities to learn key phrases, sentences and paragraphs that are needed to talk and write about the text. Ideal for dyslexic students, it utilises colour codes to remember spelling patterns and important details.
Each resource includes visuals to help students and reinforce concepts. There is a model essay, study notes and in depth speaking and listening activities. The language activities set the booklets apart from other resources.
The bundle is a great set of resources to teach Macbeth for GCSE English Literature in an accessible way.
These GCSE, English Language Courses target the elements need to succeed at GCSE level. It is suitable for SEN and ESL students who are able but lack the language skills needed to progress.
The Reading course includes exercises on the use of topic sentences and other sentence types needed to write a coherent reading response paragraph/essay. It incorporates explanations of the stages and features of a well written paragraph.
The Vocabulary Course is based on the Academic word list which outlines key words used in the kind of texts students will need to read at GCSE level. It will also improve their writing by allowing them to develop the use of academic words. Included are visual prompts and speaking and listening activities to help understand the words.
Designed to develop sentence structure, the Grammar in Context Course outlines sentence types required in narrative, persuasive and argumentative writing.There are speaking and listening activities, visual prompts and opportunities to practice writing in the unit.
Finally, I have included a SATs vocabulary course which you will receive for free. This can be used with SEN and ESL students, or as a useful course for Year 7 students.
The courses are an effective way of helping under achieving students progress. They can delivered as part of lessons, or as interventions.
The bundle includes model answers for GCSE Language writing and a dyslexia-friendly, Macbeth response.
The workbooks include spelling activities using the colour code method, sentence and vocabulary work based on model texts.
The pdf booklets are ideal to support struggling readers and writers and also provide ideas and strategies for teachers to plan their own lessons.
The bundle will save you £10!