A walking talking mock that uses the 2023 paper and inserts about train journeys. Power point presentation and student work booklet included that: guides students through strategies for answering each of the questions in section A in order to secure at least a grade 5 provides students with level 2 responses and guides them through how to create level 3 and 4 answers supports students in how to read the sources effectively supports students in making inferences and considering the big ideas to help with structuring academic responses advises students to read the questions first

9 pages of revision activities that would be useful for preparation for assessments, as homework activities or as in class intervention. Revision activities included: knowledge matching activity word class practice using an extract figurative language matching activity & practice using language rhetorical language matching activity & practice using language Ethos, logos, pathos revision (Aristotelian triad) Understanding - practice using short extracts to elicit information Three language analysis revision activities that begin scaffolded Grammar revision with focus on 'there, their. they’re and apostrophes

100+ slides that guide students through how to tackle language paper 1 question by question. Includes: tips and guidance for each question model answers that achieve marks across the mark scheme Do now activities Activities to help students with descriptive and narrative writing These resources use the 2017 paper where the extract is taken from Labyrinth by Kate Mosse.

A presentation used for staff CPD around strategies for increasing the ratio. Active engagement versus thinking. The presentation is rooted in educational research from Doug Lemov and Tom Sherrington. The presentation: sets out expectations of all students in our classrooms explains the ratio spectrum with examples of actions that would place students in varying positions on the ratio graph emphasises the importance of ‘no opt out’ with strategies for ensuring this explores the concept of active observation and how it an be used to increase the ratio explores how the ratio can be increased through writing, questioning and discussion simultaneously - in detail considers the difference between formative and summative writing incorporates a section where the CPD leader models a process for increasing the ratio through writing, questioning and discussion using the teachers as students - participants consider the question “What makes a good lesson?”

A Walking talking mock that uses the AQA examiner feedback from the summer exams to guide students through a process of planning and then writing answers to English language paper 1. Power point (81 slides) and student work booklet included. This resource focuses on helping students to: plan their responses to the questions consider the order in which to answer the questions explore methods and their effect concisely improve responses through model answers consider ‘mood’ as a central concept in all of the tasks on the paper develop their imaginative writing Source material: Daphne De Maurier ‘Don’t look now’ Model answers included.

A Walking talking mock that uses the AQA examiner feedback from summer 2023 to guide students through a process of planning and then writing answers/essays in response to Romeo and Juliet. Power point (42 slides) and student work booklet included. This resource focuses on helping students to: plan their response consider the text chronologically embed context rather than bolt it on at the end consider how themes can be context rather than just Historical events create thesis statements consider the texts as constructs Exam question used in this resource: relationships between older and younger characters Model answers included.

Over 10 lessons worth of resources to support the teaching of spoken language. All lessons are meticulously planned and fully differentiated by colour. These lessons are ready to go and are numbered for ease of use. Ideal for use in KS3 given the removal of this component as part of GCSE. Differentiation: purple - lower ability blue = middle ability yellow = higher ability These resources allow students to identify and analyse the following spoken language techniques: - face threatening acts - jargon - accent and dialect - formal and informal talk - Adjacency pairs - back channel features - Fillers and hedges - Holding the floor - turn taking - overlapping speech - standard English - spontaneous speech Students will explore spoken language taken from the following sources: - Catharine Tate as Lauren in the UK sitcom - Jeremy Paxman interview with Russell Brand - Ali G interview with Tony Benn - Jonathan Ross interview with Lady Gaga - Board room conversations taken from the Junior apprentice - Classroom talk taken from Highgate Wood school - Transcripts of students talking with teachers Links provided for YouTube video clips to allow students to observe the spoken language before analysing Planning sheets, card sort of techniques, homework tasks and analysis writing frames are also included.

Resources to support the teaching of letter writing. The lessons take stimulus from the following: - Children in need - Comic relief - Pimp my ride - Holidays from hell Resources provide opportunities to: - structure formal letters - use the 6 part structure to form letter content - write persuasively - write emotively

Resources to support the teaching of the history of language with focus on Chaucer and the Canterbury tales. Canterbury tales included: - Pardoner - Knight - Nun's priest - Miller Resources provide opportunities to: - explore context - explore narrative structure - tackle old English - explore dialect and the development of English language

Revision booklet for Macbeth with activities to help students revise character, theme, context etc. This booklet would be useful for students after studying or to complete as they study the play or complete as a homework project.

Medium term plans that prepare students for 9-1 AQA English language paper 1 and paper 2 reading and writing. The medium term plans attached are highly detailed and include: - weekly homework tasks - clear explanation on what should be covered and analysed - weekly assessments These updated medium term plans have been created to interleave the literature texts. Specific links are made to Jekyll and Hyde, An Inspector Calls and Jekyll & Hyde. E.g. - students will read articles on arranged marriage for their paper 2 study which creates links to Juliet. They will also explore the gender pay gap to create links to AIC. Most extracts are included. Some extracts are taken from the literature texts. Any missing texts and extracts are available in the Oxford University press AQA text books 1 and 2. MTP for paper 2 also included the new speaking and listening component. Resources also available.

A power point presentation covering major theorists in Media studies with opportunities for students to watch videos, conduct research and analyse media images as part of their revision. Theorists and theories covered: - audience positioning - Representation and readings - Stuart Hall - Roland Barthes - Action code & enigma code with video clip examples - Claude Levi Strauss - Binary opposition - with video example - Vladimir Propp - character theory with vide example - Todorov - Narrative theory - Syd Field - 3 act plot structure

Differentiated resources to support the teaching of non fiction news paper articles. Opportunities to: - identify and explain the features of news paper articles and front pages - compare news paper articles and front pages - explore fact and opinion - read a variety of news paper articles and front pages on varying topics - create news paper articles and front pages for specific audiences - identify persuasive language - use persuasive language in own writing - use news paper articles on the same topic but from different publications to ensure pupil reading age is met (Telegraph, Metro etc.) - explore punctuation and clause use including FANBOYS - explore audience and purpose Articles included: - 3 articles from 3 different publications on raising the legal driving age - 2 articles from 2 different publications on the Drayton Manor boat death - a wide variety of front pages

Fully differentiated (by colour) resource to support the teaching of comparison of 'The send off' by Wilfred Owen. Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher

A glossary of over 60 English language terms with definitions. Useful for students when identifying language in texts and for revising language terms ahead of examinations.

3 fully differentiated (by colour) lessons to support the teaching of comparison between 2 non fiction texts - one modern and one from the 19th century. Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher Texts - Why we shouldn't wrap our children in cotton wool and The watercress girl The supermarket's dark stores and 19th century markets for the poor Students will compare the ideas and perspectives of the writers.

Ideal for year 7 or year 8. Two lessons to develop the AQA new specification paper 2 skills for question 4 using the AQA KS3 papers. (Comparison of writer perspectives) Also ideal for low ability KS4 Resources provide opportunity to: - explore non fiction texts - select and retrieve explicit and implicit information - identify example of a writer's language - explain the effect of writer's language - compare the perspectives of the writer - use writing frames to structure a response Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher Texts included: - Article about meeting the Grime artist 'Stormzy' - Article about meeting Sir Paul McCartney

Fully differentiated resources to teach Act 4 scene 1 of A Midsummer Night's dream. Focus on the creation of imagery within the scene. Differentiation: purple = lower ability Blue - middle ability yellow = higher ability A speaking and listening (role play and drama) resource is also included.