AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1 - 7 lesson pack (1 term)

**This pack contains 7 lessons designed for AQA’s English Language Paper 1 **

Each lesson comes with:

Each lesson follows the same format, which is outlined below:

• Starter Task: definitions and synonyms (students to define words, find synonyms and then write one sentence using as many of their new words as they can)

• SP&G focus: short task based around ONE SP&G area:
  - Lesson 1- Using Commas
  - Lesson 2 - Using apostrophes
  - Lesson 3 - Using capital letters
  - Lesson 4 - Parts of Speech: nouns and prepositions
  - Lesson 5 - Parts of Speech: verbs and pronouns
  - Lesson 6 - Parts of Speech: positioning the reader
  - Lesson 7- Parts of Speech: homophones

• Each SP&G focus section contains a video, task and consolidation activity

• Paper 1 - question 1 practice

  • The sample tests covered in these 7 lessons are:
    • The Thirty Nine Steps by John Buchan
    • The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith
    • The Road by Cormac McCarthy
    • The Strange Case of Mr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
    • Dracula by Bram Stoker
    • The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
    • The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien
• • Paper 1 - question 2 practice - analysis
    - The question is discussed and then a series of tasks are available. How to answer the question, how to structure responses, how to break down the text, task, assessment.
• • Paper 1 - question 3 practice
    • The question is discussed and then a series of tasks are available. How to answer the question, how to structure responses, how to break down the text, task, assessment.

• • Paper 1 - question 4 practice

    • The question is discussed and then a series of tasks are available. How to answer the question, how to structure responses, how to break down the text, task, assessment.

    Plenary Tasks -
    reflection on the session. Target setting for next session.