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I am currently Head of English at a school in Yorkshire and I mark GCSE English Language and Literature for two different exam boards. Working for the exam board has really helped me to refine my practice and my resources.

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I am currently Head of English at a school in Yorkshire and I mark GCSE English Language and Literature for two different exam boards. Working for the exam board has really helped me to refine my practice and my resources.
A Christmas Carol - Fezziwig's Christmas
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A Christmas Carol - Fezziwig's Christmas

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A full lesson dedicated to focusing on Scrooge's past and Christmas at Fezziwig's when Scrooge was an apprentice The first section deals with the challenging language There's a link to a short video link to use as a visual aid Then the main activity is for students to find key quotes and discuss what they reveal about Scrooge's character - worksheet is on the last page of the PowerPoint
A Christmas Carol - Group Work - Discussion Questions - Stave 1
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A Christmas Carol - Group Work - Discussion Questions - Stave 1

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4 questions that gradually become more difficult to use as a stimulus for group work discussion Students should explore possibilities, which is a skill they need for the Literature syllabus Questions can be stuck on A3 paper, so that students are able to write their answers around the questions All questions are based on Stave 1
Descriptive Writing Introductory Lesson
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Descriptive Writing Introductory Lesson

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Introduce your students to descriptive writing with this visual aid There are a range of images to be printed out I stuck the images on A3 paper - one image per sheet The students, in groups, then had to have a go at adding adjectives, verbs, similes etc to describe the image ****No book marking involved!!!
Blood Brothers Character task booklet
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Blood Brothers Character task booklet

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A colourful multi-paged revision task booklet. There are many tasks/revision questions on each page that can be used for students to complete as homework tasks, classroom tasks or simply for revision. All ideas are linked to what may come up in their exam.
Whole School Literacy - Short Training Session
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Whole School Literacy - Short Training Session

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This presentation is a short presentation that I create to deliver on whole staff inset. it takes you through the definitions of literacy and why it is important to all subjects. It also reassures staff that they will already have an element of literacy in their lessons as well as offering practical strategies for all subjects to incorporate.
Writing to Argue
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Writing to Argue

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In addition to this resource you will need some lego style building bricks. Slide 1 - Gets the discussion started in your classroom. Students should use the building blocks so that you can identify who is taking part in the classroom discussion. Slide 2 - This teaching slide uses animations to teach the fundamentals of writing to argue Slide 3 - This has a thinking image. The image aims to make students consider whether or not they're contradicting themselves.