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.
This Functional Skills Level 1/2 Writing and Level 2 Reading and Writing pack contains resources designed to assist students, particularly those with dyslexia, in improving their reading, writing, and critical thinking skills.
The dyslexia friendly, functional skills writing workbook includes a structured approach to improve writing by using model answers, questionnaires, plans and colour-coded spelling of key words. The questions are focused on improving a park and reviewing a visit to an amusement park.
Each section begins with typical writing questions on the Functional Skills (AQA) Paper.
The Level 2 Pack contains Writing model answers with grammar, vocabulary and spelling activities aimed to support struggling students. The reading section is accompanied by a graphic organiser and vocabulary organiser.
These Functional Skills materials provide structured, step-by-step approaches to reading and writing, which are crucial for dyslexic students or students with additional needs. By breaking down complex tasks into manageable steps and using visual aids, these resources help students build confidence and competence in their literacy skills. The focus on organization, clear instructions, and practice exercises make these tools especially effective for supporting students with dyslexia in achieving academic success.
Ideal for GCSE, English Literature, the pack contains resources to support students with additional needs access A Christmas Carol for AQA examination. It contains a drama version of the text, a study guide, key vocabulary and numerous language based activities.
The drama unit contains a play version of key moments from each Stave and allows students who learn best using ‘hands on on learning’ study the novella.
The study guide contains information on key themes, characters, key quotations and vocabulary. It is accompanied by a more in depth quotation booklet.
There is also an additional vocabulary pack with key, colour coded words which help students discuss and write about each character,
The pack provides a host of resources to support students who struggle to understand this key, AQA, examination text!
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!
This comprehensive resource pack is designed to prepare students for WJEC, GCSE English Language Unit 2: Reading and Writing (Description, Narration, and Exposition). Tailored to meet examination requirements, it provides detailed guidance, practice questions, and mark schemes to support effective teaching and learning.
Reading Section
Diverse Texts: A variety of engaging extracts, including factual and narrative passages on themes like sports and their societal impact.
Question Breakdown: Includes retrieval, explanation, and comparative questions designed to build critical reading skills.
Marking Guidance: Clear indicative content and mark schemes to standardize grading and give students focused feedback.
Skills Development: Focused tasks on identifying facts, opinions, and making inferences to enhance comprehension.
Writing Section
Extended Writing Tasks:
Narrative prompts (e.g., describing a memorable sports event).
Expository tasks with relevant contemporary themes, such as inclusivity in sports.
Planning and Structuring Guides: Step-by-step support for students to develop well-organized, impactful responses.
Editing and Proofreading Tasks
Grammar and punctuation challenges tailored to exam expectations.
Activities to identify and correct errors, improving precision in writing.
Bonus Feature: Facts vs. Opinions Booklet
A dedicated booklet is included to help students distinguish between factual statements and opinions in reading texts. The booklet features:
-Clear definitions and examples.
-Practice exercises with answer keys.
-Strategies to apply these skills in exam contexts.
This resource ensures comprehensive preparation for both teachers and students, equipping learners with the skills and confidence to excel in WJEC, GCSE ,English Language, Unit 2 assessments.
These booklets provide a scaffolded approach to teaching A Christmas Carol Stave One, with a focus on making the material accessible and engaging for ESL and SEN students. The resources include:
Stave One Summary and PEEL Activities
-A clear and simplified summary of Stave One, broken into manageable sections.
-Sentence openers to support students in constructing their understanding of the text.
-A selection of key quotations for sequencing and comprehension activities.
-Guided PEEL (Point, Evidence, Explanation, Link) paragraph writing exercises, with examples and prompts to help students analyze Scrooge’s character effectively.
Picture Prompts and Visual Descriptions
-Illustrated scenes and character images from Stave One, designed to promote visual learning.
-Activities include labeling, descriptive sentence writing, and imaginative responses based on the pictures, encouraging creative engagement with the text.
Character and Scene Analysis with Questions*
-Focused questions on key figures like Scrooge, Bob Cratchit, Fred, and Marley to develop comprehension and empathy.
-Students are guided to describe appearances, feelings, and relationships, enabling a deeper connection to the story.
Why This Resource?
For ESL Students: The structured activities, visual aids, and simplified language make the material approachable for learners with varying levels of English proficiency.
For SEN Students: The focus on visual and structured learning supports comprehension and engagement.
These resources are tailored to support teachers preparing students for the AQA, GCSE English Language exam, with a particular focus on Paper 2. They are suitable for students with additional needs such as dyslexia and autism because they include scaffolds to write their response. This is an effective way to prepare students to write answers independently.
As well as a practice paper, the unit provides writing scaffolds, model paragraphs and structured responses, to help students develop their skills in analyzing texts and constructing well-developed answers.
The two extracts are about experiences of avalanches, one in the 1800s and another contemporary.
The materials guide students through understanding how writers use language, structure, and setting to create meaning, with specific emphasis on autobiographical texts.
Additionally, for the writing section the resources offer detailed sentence frames and writing prompts, making them suitable for students who may benefit from extra support in breaking down tasks and building confidence in their writing.
The package includes sample responses to key exam questions using the scaffolds. These resources are perfect for helping students with additional needs master the skills required for creative reading and writing in the AQA curriculum.
These resources are tailored to support teachers preparing students for the AQA, GCSE English Language exam, with a particular focus on Paper 1. They are suitable for students with additional needs such as dyslexia and autism because they include scaffolds to write their response. This is an effective way to prepare students to write answers independently.
As well as a practice paper, the unit provides writing scaffolds, model paragraphs and structured responses, to help students develop their skills in analyzing texts and constructing well-developed answers.
The materials guide students through understanding how writers use language, structure, and setting to create meaning, with specific emphasis on psychological fiction.
Additionally, for the writing section the resources offer detailed sentence frames and writing prompts, making them suitable for students who may benefit from extra support in breaking down tasks and building confidence in their writing.
The package includes sample responses to key exam questions using the scaffolds. These resources are perfect for helping students with additional needs master the skills required for creative reading and writing in the AQA curriculum
This dyslexia friendly, Year 6 SATS resource is designed to help students with additional needs familiarise themselves with the SATS Reading Paper. It contains three texts along with activities to help students read and understand the type of texts they will encounter in the exam.
Key Features:
Spelling and Vocabulary Development: Students will learn to spell complex words through a syllable-based color-coding system, making challenging vocabulary accessible and memorable. This approach not only improves spelling but also boosts pronunciation and fluency.
Meaning Exploration: Each text is accompanied by a vocabulary section, encouraging students to tick unfamiliar words and engage in dictionary skills or discussions with peers and adults. This deepens their understanding of language and fosters a love for words.
Fluency Practice: With timed reading exercises, students can track their reading speed and accuracy, promoting fluency and confidence. Multiple readings encourage improvement, allowing students to see their progress over time.
Engaging Texts: Featuring three captivating extracts - The Majestic Blue Whale, Against the Ramp, and Whispers of the Hive - students will be immersed in diverse topics that inspire curiosity and discussion. These texts are designed to resonate with students, sparking their imagination and enhancing comprehension skills.
SATS Style Questions: Prepare your students for assessments with shorter questions that mimic the SATS format. Students can collaborate in pairs to tackle comprehension questions, reinforcing their understanding while building teamwork skills.
An additional SATS tips text is provided to share with the students prior to the exam.
Equip your students with the tools they need to excel in reading while fostering a passion for literature. Our resource is not just a tool; it’s a pathway to building lifelong learners who are confident in their reading abilities.
This unit includes three unique booklets tailored for dyslexic students who are studying An Inspector Calls for GCSE, specifically focusing on the character of Arthur Birling. Each booklet integrates visual learning techniques and structured paragraph frameworks to support reading comprehension, spelling, and critical writing. Here is an outline of what each booklet offers:
Colour-Code Booklet
Focused on Arthur Birling, this booklet uses color-coding to help dyslexic students with spelling and memorization. Each key adjective, describing Birling’s complex character traits (e.g.,arrogant, pompous), is color-coded by syllable or spelling pattern, enhancing students’ recall through visual association. Activities include reading and rewriting each word using colours, reinforcing spelling and comprehension skills.
Students fill in missing adjectives to complete sentences, solidifying their vocabulary and understanding of Birling’s character. Designed to improve memory through repetition, this booklet strengthens both comprehension and spelling retention.
PEEL Paragraph Writing Guide
This guide emphasizes the PEEL (Point, Evidence, Explanation, Link) structure to help students articulate the characterisation of Birling throughout An Inspector Calls. Example paragraphs and sentence starters are provided to model how Birling displays a capitalistic and arrogant mindset. This format supports dyslexic students in structuring their responses effectively, offering a clear, repeatable method for GCSE-level analysis.
Reading Activity Booklet
This reading booklet complements the PEEL paragraph activity by summarising the role of Birling in the play. Students have to read captions and paragraphs fluently. A table is provided to time the student and record errors.
These booklets, used together, provide a comprehensive toolkit that builds memory, supports structured writing, and enhances understanding of character analysis, making them invaluable resources for teachers of dyslexic GCSE students.
This comprehensive resource is designed for teachers preparing Year 10 and 11 students for the AQA, GCSE English Language Paper One - Reading. Tailored specifically to support GCSE, English Language students with dyslexia, it includes a full practice paper (reading section) alongside engaging, structured lesson plans. The lessons focus on improving reading fluency, comprehension, and analytical writing skills, helping students build confidence in approaching the exam.
What’s Included:
Dyslexia-Friendly Practice Paper: The practice paper features clear, accessible text with vocabulary support, ensuring that students of all abilities can engage with the material.
Fluency and Vocabulary Exercises: Dedicated sections to help students break down difficult words and phrases, improving their reading speed and understanding.
Model Answers and Mark Scheme: Clear, structured model responses and a detailed mark scheme guide students through the key assessment objectives.
Detailed Lesson Plans: These plans cover reading fluency, vocabulary, text analysis, structural features, and thematic response, complete with student guidance and step-by-step activities.
This resource is ideal for teachers looking to provide targeted exam preparation in a way that is both accessible and effective for all learners, including those with dyslexia. With engaging tasks and practical guidance, it ensures that students with additional needs are well-prepared for the demands of the GCSE, English Language, Paper One: Reading!
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!
This GCSE, Power and Conflict (AQA, English Literature) resource contains a mind map for each of the poems.
Each colourful slide provides an overview of every poem in the anthology (15 in total) There is a section dedicated to the subject of the poem and the purpose for writing (something low to mid ability students find problematic).
There are also sections dedicated to metaphors, language devices and symbols. Each slide lists small quotes from the poem.
As well as this there is a section which provides evaluative language and reader response emotions so that GCSE students can use more ambituous vocabulary.
Colourful and visually appealing, the mind maps give students an invaluable overview of each poem. The resource is an excellent way to summarise the teaching of each poem and will also offer an effective revision aid!
This resource offers a comprehensive guide to analyzing the theme of manipulation in GCSE, English Language fiction using the PEEL (Point, Evidence, Explanation, Link) framework. This booklet enhances students’ analytical skills and deepens their understanding of character dynamics and themes in literature.
Each section provides:
Engaging Extracts - Carefully chosen passages to illustrate different forms of manipulation, such as emotional nudges, fear, and flattery.
Step-by-Step Analysis - Examples of how to write effective PEEL paragraphs with annotated explanations.
Interactive Activities- Exercises to help students identify manipulative tactics and explore their emotional impact.
Creative Writing Tasks - Opportunities for students to craft their own examples of manipulation.
An additional booklet features a modern prose retelling of a key scene from Othello, focusing on Iago’s manipulation of Othello. It includes:
Detailed Extract: A vividly described narrative that captures the essence of Shakespeare’s original text.
Targeted Questions: Prompts to guide students in analyzing Iago’s language, body language, and psychological tactics.
PEEL Paragraph Examples: Clear models to support students in structuring their responses.
This unit is ideal for GCSE, English Language students, providing opportunities for textual analysis and essay writing based on the theme of manipulation.
This comprehensive GCSE, English Literature pack is designed to support students of middle to low ability in mastering Charles Dickens’ classic novella, ensuring success in their exams. Whether you are looking for in-depth analysis, revision materials, or creative exercises, this bundle has it all. It is perfect for both classroom use and independent study, offering a structured, engaging approach to the text.
The first pack focuses on unlocking a deeper understanding of A Christmas Carol through model answers, writing frames, and key vocabulary. It is especially beneficial for students with additional needs, providing a structured approach to essay writing and exam preparation. Students will be able to explore critical themes like death, isolation, and poverty while sharpening their skills in literary analysis, textual evidence, and essay structuring. This resource ensures that learners build the confidence needed to tackle exam questions with ease.
The second pack offers a detailed breakdown of each stave in the novella, with fifteen carefully selected extracts accompanied by comprehension questions, language analysis, and critical thinking prompts. These activities are designed to help students of all levels understand Dickens’ use of language and narrative perspective. The resource is ideal for revision, self-study, or boosting classroom discussions, providing an interactive and thought-provoking approach to the novella’s major themes and characters.
The third pack is perfect for students who learn best through hands-on activities, as it includes a drama version of key moments from each stave. This play version helps bring A Christmas Carol to life, allowing students to engage with the text in a dynamic and memorable way. Alongside this, the study guide and vocabulary pack offer a detailed examination of key themes, characters, and quotations, ensuring that even the most complex aspects of the novella are accessible to all learners.
Overall, this bundle is an essential toolkit for GCSE English Literature students studying A Christmas Carol. It provides a structured, supportive, and creative way to explore the novella, helping students to unlock their potential and achieve top marks in their exams.
This GCSE, English Literature, A Christmas Carol resource focuses on Stave 2 of the novella. It includes a storyboard, model descriptive sentences, an essay task, model PEEL paragraph and a Gap Fill.
The Visual element of the pack helps students visualise a key moment from the Stave and helps them write descriptive sentences with flair. These sentences are shown how they can help introduce quotations.
There is a question about Scrooge’s emotional state during the stave, accompanied by a clear PEEL paragraph to show students how to structure their ideas.
The gap fill activity includes descriptive adjectives to describe Scrooge’s emotions and will provide them with the vocabulary needed to complete the essay.
This resource is an effective way to encourage students to write an extended response about the novella!
This resource offers a complete, ready-to-use teaching package for GCSE English Literature teachers covering Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol - Stave 5 extract. Designed to engage students and enhance their understanding of key themes, characters, and literary techniques, this resource includes a variety of exercises and activities that can be seamlessly integrated into your lessons.
The booklets include:
Punctuation Exercise: A focused exercise on capitalization and punctuation using sentences about the theme of joy from the text. This allows students to improve their understanding of key quotes and their technical writing skills.
Mood Board Activity: Students match words or phrases from the extract to pictures, helping them connect themes and emotions to visual imagery in the text.
Extract-Based Analysis: Includes a detailed extract from Stave 5, with comprehension and analytical questions that help students dissect and appreciate the language, symbolism, and themes of the passage.
PEEL Paragraph Practice: Students write their own PEEL paragraphs analyzing how joy is portrayed in the extract. The resource includes an example, along with a comparison of two different approaches to the same analysis, to promote deeper understanding of how to structure analytical writing.
Comprehensive Summary and Ordering Task: Students put events from the extract in order, developing their ability to understand narrative structure and chronology within the context of the story.
Quiz: A set of multiple-choice questions designed to test students’ knowledge and comprehension of the extract, focusing on literary devices and key themes such as transformation, redemption, and joy.
Model Answers and Teacher Guidance: Ready-to-use model answers and teaching notes for all exercises, ensuring effective assessment and discussion.
Why Choose This Resource?
Engaging and Interactive: Helps students connect emotionally and intellectually with the text through interactive exercises and critical thinking tasks.
Focused on Key Themes: The activities highlight key themes such as joy, transformation, and redemption—central to the story’s message.
Supports GCSE Exam Skills: The activities develop essential skills for GCSE English Literature exams, including analysis of language, structure, and thematic development.
Differentiated for Student Needs: The resource includes scaffolding and example answers to support students of all abilities, helping them to improve both their understanding of the text and their writing skills.
Perfect for revision or as part of a comprehensive scheme of work on A Christmas Carol, this resource will save you time and energize your lessons, while ensuring students are prepared for their GCSE assessments.
Enhance your teaching of the AQA, English Language, Paper One with this resource pack designed to support educators in delivering engaging and effective lessons. This unit includes an in-depth analysis guide for the extract question a descriptive writing and narrative writing enhancement guide/model.
The practice paper and model texts are tailored to help students navigate the complexities of the extract, equipping them with the skills needed to excel in their exams.
It explicitly shows how to analyse language techniques and structural devices to respond to a text called, ‘Beneath the Silence’. It also develops critical thinking skills for the evaluation question.
The writing section provides a picture prompt and narrative question along with model responses. To assist struggling writers and readers, key vocabulary and phrases are provided before reading the texts.
Along with this, there is an ‘Adjectives for Setting’ vocabulary list to provide students with vocabulary to evaluate the language used to portray setting.
The unit is an effective tool to support students for GCSE, AQA, Paper One!
This comprehensive GCSE, English Literature pack is full of useful A Christmas Carol resources, particularly useful for SEN and ESL students.
There are creative activities for every stave which require students to write diaries and letters, perform drama activities answer quizzes/comprehensions and many more. There are numerous key quotation activities to help memorise quotations for the exam, as well as examples of PEEL paragraphs and topic sentences.
This pack will provide everything you need to teach the novella to SEN and ESL students!
Including a listening activity, vocabulary task, spelling quiz and comprehension, the pack helps students understand the language and meaning of the poem, Ozymandias.
It is well suited for students with additional needs and ESL. It outlines a useful way to support students who struggle to respond to GCSE poems.