Complete lesson on different types of imagery (similes, metaphor and personification). Includes explanation and introductory exercises for each technique Slide 2: Definitions of simile, metaphor and personification, with examples of each Slide 3: STEP 1: IDENTIFYING THE TYPE OF IMAGERY(POINT) with exercise for students Slide 4: STEP 2: EVIDENCE: WHAT IS BEING COMPARED TO WHAT? STEP 3: EXPLAINING THE EFFECT ON THE READER with exemplar response Slides 5-6: Longer comprehension exercise on identifying different examples of figurative language Slide 7: Mini essay-style question

Complete 52-slide lesson on GCSE English Language Paper 2 Question 5- Transactional Writing (TW) Slides 2-4: Recap and Top Tips Slides 5-10: Different types of TW forms and what stylistic features to include Slides 11-12: Audience and how to address your audience Slides 13-16: Different types of purpose and how to structure your essay accordingly Slide 17: Overview of 5-stage essay structure Slides 18-20: Introduction (what makes a good introduction, and short exercise for students to identify most effective introductions) Slides 21-36: Main Body: what language features to include; different kinds of sentence structure; the passive voice versus active; brief exercise for students to identify and discuss emotive language techniques, varied sentence structures and the effects of both Slides 37-40: Counterargument: why it is effective and how best to use one Slide 41: Conclusion Slides 42-52: Exemplar responses with tasks for students

Complete PPT lesson on the purpose of various texts; adjectives, noun phrases, verbs and adverbs, and how to identify each Slide 2: different types of purpose behind writing Slide 3: exercise to practise identifying purpose Slide 4: explanation of adjectives and noun phrases: how to identify them and their effects Slide 5: exercise on adjectives and noun phrases Slide 6: explanation of verbs and adverbs: how to identify them and their effects Slides 7-8: exercise on verbs and adverbs Slides 9-10: longer comprehension exercise on adjectives, noun phrases, verbs and adverbs. Passage taken from Wilkie Collins novel

Complete 11-slide lesson on how time and perspective influence writing and style, using examples from WW1 Slide 2: discussion on two different WW1 perpectives (recruiting officer in London versus soldier writing from the trenches) Slide 3: comprehension exercise using recruitment poster from WW1 Slides 4-5: exercise on deducing implied meaning from texts Slide 6: comprehension exercise on excerpt from WW1 autobiography Slide 7: exercise on implied meaning using same autobiography Slides 8-9: comparative exercise based on 2 extracts Slides 10: creative writing exercise (writing 2 WW1 letters from different perspectives) Slides 11: examples of how to structure and start each letter

24-slide PPT lesson on AQA GCSE English Language Paper 2 Questions 1-4 (Section A) Structured around an exemplar question (including 2 passages) from AQA English Language resource Includes examiners’ advice on each question, advice on structuring and exemplar answers for Questions 1-4