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Relationships poems from Moon on the Tides anthology. Detailed notes on every poem- photocopies nicely into an A5 booklet. Hope it's useful.

Born Yesterday

Learning Objectives\tTo begin thinking about how writing has changed over the centuries \tTo understand what symbols are and why they are important for communication. Full observation lesson with plan.

Full lesson with plan and resources exploring moral panic and media effects theory.

Revision guide for play. Decent.

These worksheet resources are aimed at low ability key stage 3 children. My group really love dragons and the excellent book Dragonology available from all good book stores!! you must have the book in order to do this work. Dragonology: The Complete Book of Dragons by Dugald Steer (Author), Helen Ward (Author), Douglas Carrel (Author), Dr. Ernest Drake (Editor), Wayne Anderson (Illustrator). Great for upper Primary students, low ability secondary students, and home schooled students. Enjoy!

Very basic activity templates for low ability children based on word work, quizzes and word searches. Fully adaptable and customizable templates. Works really well and also great for home learners.

Fully comprehensive teaching pack for the AQA 2017 Exam topic Game Shows. Includes 20 files- all made from scratch. This pack has had excellent feedback from those who have used it thus far and I hope you will enjoy using it. The pack covers; - Introduction and exam ideas - The history of game shows - Codes and conventions - Audience Theory - Audience Demographics - Shot types - Mise en Scene analysis - 'Migrain' Analysis resources - Presentational Devices - Connotation/ denotation and more! This seller donates to charity.

This seller donates to charity. ***FULL PACK*** to teach the PAPER 1 part of the new AQA English Language scheme: ‘Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing’. Aimed at lower to lower/ middle ability students. Includes; - 16 page student booklet with various texts on the theme of crime to grab students’ attention . Booklet contains a range of activities and exam paper tasks based on Paper 1 The booklet is designed to engage students and is all about ‘Crime’. - Teacher notes - Practice exam papers for both reading and writing tasks in exactly the same format as paper 1. - Relevant sections of mark schemes for ease of marking - Scaffold for weaker students Please also see my pack for paper 2 on the theme of teenagers- https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/aqa-gcse-english-language-paper-2-writers-viewpoints-and-perspectives-11295977 Enjoy! :)

This seller donates to charity. ***FULL PACK*** to teach the PAPER 2 part of the new AQA English Language course. This pack uses the subject of the Columbine Massacre in 1999 to engage and enthuse the students. I have already used this pack with my own group and they found it really interesting. Aimed at lower to lower/ middle ability students or as revision for higher sets. Includes; -21 page student booklet with various texts about the crime and a range of exam activities (both reading and writing). - 21 page power point presentation with tasks -Teacher notes You may find my student friendly paper 2 mark schemes useful https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/aqa-gcse-english-language-paper-2-writer-s-viewpoints-and-perspectives-student-friendly-mark-schemes-11317151 Please also see my other pack for paper 2 on the theme of teenagers- https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/aqa-gcse-english-language-paper-2-writers-viewpoints-and-perspectives-11295977

This seller donates to charity. ***FULL MINI UNIT*** to introduce students to this aspect of the new AQA English Language specification (paper 2). Based around the theme of teenagers. Aimed at lower to lower/ middle ability students and as revision for higher ability students. Contents of download; - 19 page student booklet containing a range of activities and exam paper tasks based on AQA GCSE English Language Paper 2 Writers’ viewpoints and perspectives . The booklet is designed to engage students and is all about ‘Teenagers’. - Practice exam papers for both reading and writing tasks in exactly the same format as paper 2. - Relevant sections of mark schemes for ease of marking (more detailed mark schemes available- see link below) - Polish version included for EAL students. I also have a pack available for paper 1 (Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing) https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/aqa-gcse-english-language-paper-1-explorations-in-creative-reading-and-writing-full-pack-11301066 Please see my student friendly mark schemes for sale at: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/aqa-gcse-english-language-student-friendly-mark-schemes-2016-paper-2-11317151

As we all know (as with all mark schemes) the AQA GCSE English Literature mark scheme is far from user friendly for students. This resource is a very detailed breakdown of the requirements for Band 6 on the poetry comparison question- it tells students exactly what they need to do for each of the six criteria using easily understandable language. It contains descriptors for the absolute top grade so that the students can easily get the sense of what an A* essay on poetry requires. Naturally this means the resource is aimed at middle to high ability students. Personally I use a traffic light system with these grids (green/ amber/ red dots next to each statement) but you may just want to highlight and you can adjust these to your own school's marking policy easily. Suitable for any assessed poetry work and will enable you to save a lot of time and stress as you won't need to write exhaustive comments and/ or can allow students to self assess. I have had excellent feedback on this so far and hope you find it as useful as I do. Please do browse my other resources and contact me directly with any queries. Happy marking :) DISCLAIMER: THESE ARE MY OWN PERSONAL INTERPRETATIONS OF THE MARK SCHEME. OFFICIAL MARK SCHEMES AVAILABLE AT AQA.ORG.UK

This seller donates to charity. ***FULL PACK*** to teach the PAPER 2 part of the new AQA English Language course. This pack uses the subject of SHARKS to engage and enthuse the students. I have already used this pack with my own group and they found it really interesting- kids love sharks! Aimed at lower to middle ability or for revision with higher sets. Includes; - Student booklet with a range of exam activities (both reading and writing). - Source booklet with various stimulating texts about sharks - Companion power point presentation with additional intro activities and some tasks -Teacher notes Visit my shop to check reviews. You may like my other Paper 2 teaching packs on 'teenagers' and 'crime'. You may find my student friendly paper 2 mark schemes useful https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/aqa-gcse-english-language-paper-2-writer-s-viewpoints-and-perspectives-student-friendly-mark-schemes-11317151

This seller donates to charity. This will be useful for: students to get through whole narrative quickly , learn key quotes and understand Scrooge's character. Designed for teachers very short on time. Great way for lower ability reluctant students to understand the text. Totally self-contained work book to teach this novella- this work can be completed even if you don’t have the actual text and no other resources are needed. Students work through a series of tasks which generates a GCSE essay which can then be typed up- great for teaching skills and revision. This is an ideal work book for weaker students at Key Stage 4, or for more able younger students. Also, fantastic if you are short on time. Focus: How does Scrooge change throughout the novel? Task One useful link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unKuZ2wlNdw I use the JIM CARREY film version to support this task: GREAT FILM TO USE AS MINUTES OF FILM LARGELY CORRESPOND WITH THE PAGE NUMBERS IN THE WORDSWORTH CLASSICS EDITION and this pack contains a guide to using the film with the book (including time and page references). Full pack also available: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-gcse-english-literature-full-pack-11471318

**Full pack** Everything you need to enable students to write a high quality piece of description using a film clip as stimulus. You may wish to purchase the DVD of Bram Stoker's Dracula (it's a couple of pounds on Amazon). It is an 18 Certificate, but this particular clip is fine. This clip is also available on youtube, but is not fantastic quality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFAu3vT5wUg Do check your criteria as you may be doing a different course to me so mark scheme included may need adjusting a little to your needs.

Please note: I have also created a whole unit on the key concepts which you will find useful- priced at just £3.99 please follow this link: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/key-media-concepts-and-theory-full-unit-gcse-media-studies-as-media-studies-11710838 THIS RESOURCE is a one page Mat which explains each of the key concepts. Works best when enlarged to A3 and laminated in colour (great to reuse again and again). Each of the key media concepts explained in a student- friendly way. Suited to higher ability GCSE students and all AS/ A2 students of Media. M- Media Language I- Ideology G- Genre R- Representation A- Audience I- Institutions N- Narrative

This seller donates to charity. ***FULL PACK*** to teach the Communicating information and ideas section of the OCR English Language course. This pack uses the subject of SHARKS to engage and enthuse the students. I have already used this pack and can officially confirm that students love to learn about sharks! Aimed at lower to lower- middle ability, or as revision for higher sets. Includes; - Student booklet with a range of exam activities (both reading and writing). - Source booklet with various stimulating texts about sharks - Companion power point presentation with additional intro activities and some tasks -Teacher notes

Film promotion teaching pack. Writing frame to generate a high quality essay analysing the promotional poster for 'The Dark Knight', resources, exemplars. Also contains ideas/ notes for trailer analysis. Contains student examples for modelling and marking purposes. Suitable for Media studies students of all abilities and can be used with AS or GCSE students.