I’m pleased to add a series of Q5 writing to argue and persuade questions and model answers for AQA Paper 2. These questions and model answers will save you hours of planning. The models can be broken down and analysed before pupils write their own response. This style of teaching has really improved the scores of all of my intervention and main class pupils. These models and questions are for KS4 classes but can easily be used/adapted for KS3 pupils.

I am pleased to add a scheme of work for the play, DNA, by Dennis Kelly. The scheme is character-based and is accompanied by a booklet that students fill in for each character along with key quotations for each character. The scheme is ideal for GCSE middle/lower ability students.

I am pleased to add a series of KS3 reading and writing intervention tasks. The tasks are used in-line with all of the new GCSE skills as required by AQA - including both literature and language. How the tasks work: if a student is struggling with, for example, the reading skill of inference, print them off the inference task and they then complete this task in their book - this works for all the other reading/writing skills: language/structure/description etc. There are a variety of texts - non-fiction/fiction/poetry/the Shakespeare play ‘The Taming of the Shrew’/descriptive writing. These can be easily adapted by yourself as and when you need them for whatever texts/schemes you are teaching. These tasks are perfect in terms of allowing you to differentiate/intervene with under-performing students.

I am pleased to add a creative intervention lesson for AQA Paper 1. This lesson is a full, walking/talking mock lesson designed for under-performing and disengaged students in Year 11. The lesson did wonders for improving exam performance and there is also a full SPAG ‘Big 3’ intervention programme embedded. There is a full model response for Q5 for you to break down with your students before they write. There is also a creative way of looking at Q5 in terms of students being able to switch between a narrative OR a pure description if they need to. A must-have lesson that will allow you to close gaps within the questions.

I am pleased to add a fun, creative and innovative scheme of work for the play DNA by Dennis Kelly for AQA Paper 2 new spec literature. The scheme has a variety of tasks - podcasts, scavenger hunts, group/paired work and lots of discussion tasks. There are tasks that break down every character, Dennis Kelly’s methods and a there is a full context lesson. Every skill is covered as specified by the mark scheme. The scheme is ideal for middle/lower ability but is easily differentiated for higher-ability. Also embedded into the scheme is a full SPAG intervention. An absolute must-have scheme that will save hours of planning!

I am pleased to add a creative intervention lesson for AQA Paper 2. This lesson is a full, walking/talking mock lesson designed for under-performing and disengaged students in Year 11. The lesson did wonders for improving exam performance and there is also a full SPAG ‘Big 3’ intervention programme embedded. There is also a model response included for you to break down with the students before they answer the Q5. A must-have lesson ithat will allow you to close gaps within the questions.

I am pleased to add a well-presented reading intervention booklet. This booklet has a variety of reading skills embedded into it and used a wide variety of small passages/extracts. Students work through the booklet and there is room you you to give immediate feedback. This booklet will save you loads of time having to give underachieving students extra sheets/tasks. I always give these students 10 minutes per-week on the booklet. It has made a big impact. Ideal for KS3 but just as effective if used for KS4 students.

I’m pleased to add Paper 1 and 2 AQA Language revision placemat. Each placemat is differentiated with sentence starters, key words/vocabulary and a full set of model answers for both question 5s. There is a helping hand box focusing on ‘the effect on the reader’. This has saved me lots of time worrying about differentiation as students use it while they write responses to each question!

I am pleased to share with you a full intervention programme that I used for several years to tackle under-performance in writing at KS3 - a key areas of focus for a lot of pupils. The programme begins with a very brief training session that you deliver to your staff. This is an introduction to the extra, mini assessment that pupils sit at the start of each half-term in various skills - sentence types (SP1), punctuation (SP2) and spelling (SUM1). Pupils sit the assessment at the start of the half-term and resit the SAME assessment at the end of the half-term to see if they have improved their points score. The assessment is a 10 minute task. There is no assessment for spelling in SUM1 so a score out of 5 will need to be given for pupils’ book work at the start of the term and then at the end. Ensure that your staff mark the ‘first attempt’ within a few days so pupils know their score and can fill out their ‘record sheet’. Pupils stick the record sheet in their books and there is space to set achievable targets. Emphasise to your staff that the marking is really quick. Get staff to record scores out of 5 on a simple database. Pupils will then repeat the SAME assessment at the end of the half-term to see if they have improved their score. Pupils get a score out of 15 at the end of the year. Throughout that specific term’s focus, ensure that your staff work on these areas (sentence types, punctuation, spelling). I have included a full intervention mini scheme for all of the specific areas - this includes mini tasks on sentence types and punctuation that are thorough and engaging. These tasks allow pupils to make accelerated progress in these areas and can be used in conjunction with any scheme of work and can be inserted into the start of any lesson. I have also included two withdrawal intervention sessions that can be delivered to small withdrawal groups near the end of the programme. I have also included a full and comprehensive training PowerPoint that can be used to train staff on intervening effectively within the classroom. This intervention scheme is an absolute must-have for any Head of English and is accessible for all pupils of all different range of abilities. By the end of the programme, a huge majority of KS3 had made accelerated progress in writing and the scheme set Year 9 up with a high-standard of writing in preparation for KS4.

I am pleased to add a series of last-minute Paper 1 and 2 lessons that I have used for the last few years. The lessons are great for revision and have included within them full model answers for each Q5 question. The lessons worked wonders with two very challenging groups and are easily accessible and easy to adapt. Also included is series of SPAG intervention tasks.

I am pleased to add a lovely KS3 intervention placemat. The placemat, one-sided, has every reading skill on it that pupils need in terms of making progress towards GCSE. The placemat address skills such as inference, language analysis, structure and context. The placemat will save you hours of planning and having to provide students with personalised intervention sheets - they’re all on one sheet! Handy if laminated and left with students to identify, and then work on, any particular reading skills they need to.

I am pleased to add three intervention revision booklets for AQA Paper 1 Descriptive Writing. All necessary skills are covered as required by the mark scheme. Pupils work through tasks that cover all the skills needed - vocabulary, sentence structure, punctuation, ‘zooming-in’ etc. The booklet is ideal for middle-ability pupils but is easily differentiated for higher/lower-ability pupils. An ideal resource that will save you hours of trawling through your previous lessons for activities.

I am pleased to add several placemats with definitions for a series of specific techniques, including general language techniques, narrative techniques, persuasive techniques, poetic techniques, poetic structure techniques, descriptive techniques, fiction and structure techniques, presentational techniques, types of punctuation and sentence types. Pretty much every technique is covered with these placemats! These placemats save me the extra burden of constantly reminding pupils of various techniques. These placemats work really well laminated and left on tables while pupils work in groups, pairs or independently. Ideal for both KS3 and KS4. The placemats are really handy for your KS5 classes!

I am pleased to add a series of KS4 reading and writing intervention mini lessons based on all of the reading and writing skills for AQA Paper 1 and 2. There are also sessions focusing on the play ‘DNA’, the novella ‘A Christmas Carol’, ‘Macbeth’ and a poetry session - all designed so that pupils can work on personalised targets and skills. The lessons focus on all of the tricky AQA Paper 1 and Paper 2 reading skills - inference, language, structure, evaluation, comparison and context and the key writing skills. The literature tasks also focus on the tricky AQA literature skills - inference, language and comparison. There are extracts from fiction and non-fiction texts that allow pupils access to skills that causing a problem. There are also a variety of quotations from the play DNA’, the novella ‘A Christmas Carol’ and various poems. The mini lessons are easily differentiated - they are also easily adapted so that they can weekly tasks - simply just change the extracts. This has worked wonders with my intervention pupils and pupils in my main classes!

I am pleased to add a series of Paper 1 KS4 intervention sessions designed for my reluctant leaners at K34. Students work independently (or as a whole class). They watch a specific video based on the extract and then they read and annotate the extract. The lessons are really engaging and focus on some really engaging extracts/clips - Halloween, Jaws, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Harry Potter, The Man Eaters of Tsavo, Cujo by Stephen King, ‘IT’ by Stephen King. These sessions have worked miracles with my reluctant learners and they have all improved their reading ages. These sessions are desinged for older learners as the clips/extracts are aimed at an older audience.

I am pleased to add a series of weekly homework tasks that will be enough for at least two whole terms. The reading tasks focus on extracts from various poems, narratives, and non-fiction texts. The extracts are really engaging, such as The Fresh Prince, A Christmas Carol, Jaws and poems such as ‘Valentine’ and ‘Two Scavengers…’ and many, many more. The homework tasks come complete with space to write a full writing response. These tasks will save you hours of planning. Ideal for KS3

I’m pleased to add a series of Q5 writing to describe questions and model answers for AQA Paper 1. These questions and model answers will save you hours of planning. The models can be broken down and analysed before pupils write their own response. This style of teaching has really improved the scores of all of my intervention and main class pupils. These models and questions are for KS4 classes but can easily be used/adapted for KS3 pupils.

I am pleased to add a full term’s worth of walking/talking intervention lessons for AQA Paper 1 and 2. These lessons were designed for a group of under-achieving students (mainly boys) who were far from target. The lessons include a variety of engaging sources: Paper 1: Halloween/Amityville Horror/Lions of Tsvao; Paper 2: Majorca/Beaches/Television/Boxing. Inluded within the lessons are full model responses for each of the Q5s on both papaers as well as an innovative approach to writing a narrative in an exam situation (for Paper 1). Also included within the lessons is a full SPAG intervention programme focusing on this class’ three weakest areas for the exam: apostrophes, capital letters and commas. These sessions will save you hours of planning and worked a treat with this class improving their individual scores for each question… I deal for middle/lower-ability. Note: I always did the questions in this order: 4, 5, 3, 2, 1 as it an approach that worked well. Also, I’ve left some annotations on the slides - simply just delete the writing off the slide.

I am pleased to add a creative intervention lesson for AQA Paper 2. This lesson is a full, walking/talking mock lesson designed for under-performing and disengaged students in Year 11. The lesson did wonders for improving exam performance and there is also a full SPAG ‘Big 3’ intervention programme embedded. There is also a model response included for you to break down with the students before they answer the Q5. A must-have lesson ithat will allow you to close gaps within the questions.

I am pleased to add a creative intervention lesson for AQA Paper 1. This lesson is a full, walking/talking mock lesson designed for under-performing and disengaged students in Year 11. The lesson did wonders for improving exam performance and there is also a full SPAG ‘Big 3’ intervention programme embedded. There is a full model response for Q5 for you to break down with your students before they write. There is also a creative way of looking at Q5 in terms of students being able to switch between a narrative OR a pure description if they need to. A must-have lesson that will allow you to close gaps within the questions.

I am pleased to add a creative intervention lesson for AQA Paper 2. This lesson is a full, walking/talking mock lesson designed for under-performing and disengaged students in Year 11. The lesson did wonders for improving exam performance and there is also a full SPAG ‘Big 3’ intervention programme embedded. There is also a model response included for you to break down with the students before they answer the Q5. A must-have lesson ithat will allow you to close gaps within the questions.