Looking at the AQA Language paper 2- Greenwich Fair and Glastonbury extract. This lesson walks students through the AQA model examples and markschemes. All abilities catered for- a great preparation lesson when focusing on the Q2 Summary.

2 lessons that span over 4 hours. Each lesson looks at Stevenson's Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde complete with comprehension questions based on the included extract, the use of diary entries and first person, exploration of each character, creative writing (diary entries), and a supported set of sentence starters to help students answer the GCSE styled question "How does Stevenson create tension during the transformation in Jekyll and Hyde?" -Complete with peer and self assessment

A lesson that helps students in the steps towards writing a speech that votes Mo Farah as an inspirational person. Includes: Articles about Mo Farah YouTube clip to Mo's greatest achievements Re-calling persuasive techniques activity Outline of techniques to include in a speech Peer assessment

A lesson that lasts 2 hours- analysis of language used in the famous 'I have a dream' speech. The lesson includes: -Starter activity linking to speeches today -Confidence scales for AFL -YouTube link and summary of speech -Analysis of language on a particular section of the speech -Model answer to the GCSE question "How does the writer use persuasive language to engage the audience?" -Complete with helping hand worksheet -Print out of the confidence scale and comprehension questions for the starter. -

This lesson looks at the various structure techniques used by John Boyne and their effects on the reader. The extract explored covers, character entrances, tension, atmosphere and mood change and repetition. Students are shown a model example to give them the tools/skills ready to create their own structure analysis.

I created this lesson during a topic titled "The history of the English Language". It explores language features used within the poem and exploration of key quotations. I have attached the poem as a blank copy for students to annotate and analyse. Included is a model answer, broken into a writing format for students to learn from and then have a go at responding themselves. This also includes a series of peer assessment questions for students to ask and respond to.

A lesson that can be taught over two hours that closely analyses the poem Farmer's Bride by Charlotte Mew. This lesson was originally created for a low ability year 10 class aiming for D/C grades but can be easily adapted with challenge tasks adding on. Complete with re-caps of key concepts in poetry such as; themes, language techniques, context of the poem and the poem itself. Students are encouraged to gain their own opinions on certain aspects of the poem, arranged marriages, male dominance etc...

A lesson aimed at a mixed ability group that looks at the analysis of Eden Rock by Charles Causley. As part of the AQA Relationships cluster it focuses on AO1, AO2, AO3 and AO4.

This lesson is adaptable for those analysing Blessing with a KS3 group. This group was a mixed ability year 8 class and they were studying poems from different cultures. The lesson includes pre-learning tasks such as; a reading of the poem, analysis of the poem and steps to guide them in answering a learning question similar to a GCSE question.

A lesson created for a year 11 class. Easily adaptable PowerPoint that provides the basic understanding of the poem with: An analysis of the poem Contextual information about the poet A GCSE model example -An opportunity for students to respond to the question: How does the poet reflect on her mother’s past in before you were mine?

Taught to a year 11 group of mixed-ability and the lesson provides an adaptable PowerPoint of the main ideas of the poem. Included: -Context on the poet Simon Armitage -Comments on the plot, structure, language of the poem -A visual analysis of key words and quotes -An opportunity for students to answer the GCSE question: How is the theme of growing up presented in mother any distance?

This lesson offers an adaptable PowerPoint for analysing the poem ‘Eden Rock’ from the GCSE love and relationships anthology. It provides an analysis of key points from the poem, contextual information and a model answer in preparation of the students writing their own analysis in response to a GCSE question.

A lesson that covers the general layout of the exam and what the mark scheme specifically asks for each question. I extended this into two lessons- first giving the students the question and allowing them to answer before looking at what they could have written according to the mark scheme.

A two hour lesson that looks at the skills required to write answers to questions 1-4 on the AQA Language paper 2. Included is a PDF of a past-paper as well as a powerpoint taking students through this and giving tips for this exam.

A lesson that looks at the question 5 section B of language paper 1. Tips and strategies for answering the question are provided, how to plan their answer as well as looking at how they can include the highest ‘compelling’ boundary with time to consider ideas. This lesson was spread into two hours- moving through the powerpoint, allowing students to plan their answer and then write for 45-minutes.

The lesson focuses on reading the story "Answer" which is an outdated Science fiction story that describes the creation of the internet- before it was even created. Explanation of the technique - Allegorical reference and full story included. Students are then supported through discussion of typical Sci-Fi conventions whether or not this story is an effective Science Fiction story.

This lesson explores how structure is used in the story looking at a particular extract. The lesson covers the structure techniques and effects used in the extract (extract and revision sheet of techniques attached). Students are directed through a pre-analysed section of the extract of how to analyse the use of structure and then given the full extract to do this independently. The end result supports students in answering the GCSE styled question "How does Palacio use structure to influence the reader?"

This lessons explores the GCSE styled question "How does Palacio use allusion to create a sense of sympathy?" The lesson allows for the guided reading of certain pages, discussion questions based around the technique of allusion, identification of the difference between empathy and sympathy, analysis questions to support the annotations of the extract and a supported structure to help students answer the question. Differentiated and could be used over two lessons as peer assessment is included- students should come up with the criteria you are looking for.

A lesson that spans over two hours- Originally created for a mixed ability year 7 group but easily adapted to different classes. The lesson includes: -Links to humour in everyday life -Key terminology discussion 'malapropism' -What makes Bottom such a funny character (discussion) -Differentiated support in answering the question "How is Bottom presented as being a humourous character?" -Peer assessment -Creative Writing

A lesson aimed at a mixed ability year 9 group. Analysing the key points about Curley's wife and how her character links to women during the 1930s. Includes: Teacher annotations, comprehension questions, key quotation analysis, contextual links, model answer, supported essay sentence starters to complete the question "How is Curley's wife presented?" and peer assessment.