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English GCSE and English KS3 resources by a lead practitioner. Everything I upload is tried and tested by both myself and my English Department. I always appreciate feedback, so please do leave a review if you get chance. Leave a review and choose any other single resource for free! Just get in touch at info@englishgcse.co.uk
Edexcel 2.0 English Language Paper 1
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Edexcel English Language Paper 1 Section A lesson for the NEW Edexcel 2.0 specification that introduces 19th century non-fiction and helps students to consider bias when analysing non-fiction texts. Additionally, the lesson is part of a series of resources that look at two 19th century non-fiction texts on the common theme of workers’ rights. Perfect for the new Edexcel 2.0 spec. Check out our English Shop for loads more free and inexpensive KS3, KS4, KS5, Literacy and whole school resources. AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 Knowledge Organisers AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A package AQA English Language Paper 1 Sections A and B package AQA English Language Paper 1 package AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 package AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5 package AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A package AQA English Language and English Literature revision package An Inspector Calls whole scheme package An Inspector Calls revision package Macbeth whole scheme package Macbeth revision package A Christmas Carol whole scheme package A Christmas Carol revision package Jekyll and Hyde whole scheme package Jekyll and Hyde revision package Romeo and Juliet whole scheme package Power and Conflict poetry comparing poems package Power and Conflict poetry whole scheme package Love and Relationships poetry whole scheme package Unseen Poetry whole scheme package
Edexcel 2.0 Q6 Model Answer
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Edexcel 2.0 Q6 Model Answer

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Edexcel English Language Paper 2 Section A lesson for the NEW Edexcel 2.0 specification that explores the use of language and structure in a 20th century non-fiction literary text on nature and travel to support students in creating a comparison between two texts. Additionally, the lesson is part of a series of resources that look at two contemporary texts on the common theme of nature (the other text is a travel diary entry from the 20th century). Perfect for the new Edexcel 2.0 spec. This resource pack includes a full model answer for Q6 based on the two texts provided and supports students in writing their own answers for Q6. Check out our English Shop for loads more free and inexpensive KS3, KS4, KS5, Literacy and whole school resources. AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 Knowledge Organisers AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A package AQA English Language Paper 1 Sections A and B package AQA English Language Paper 1 package AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 package AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5 package AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A package AQA English Language and English Literature revision package An Inspector Calls whole scheme package An Inspector Calls revision package Macbeth whole scheme package Macbeth revision package A Christmas Carol whole scheme package A Christmas Carol revision package Jekyll and Hyde whole scheme package Jekyll and Hyde revision package Romeo and Juliet whole scheme package Power and Conflict poetry comparing poems package Power and Conflict poetry whole scheme package Love and Relationships poetry whole scheme package Unseen Poetry whole scheme package
Lines Written in Early Spring
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Lines Written in Early Spring

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Lines Written in Early Spring by William Wordsworth. Worlds and Lives poetry anthology lesson. A fully differentiated and resourced ‘ready to go’ lesson on the poem, one of the poems in the new AQA poem collection, with the lesson ideally suited for both KS3 and KS4 students. We cover meaning, language, write analytical paragraphs and peer assess them using class success criteria. Includes differentiated activities, worksheets, a copy of the poem with glossary, support sheets and more. Leave a review and we’ll send you another resource for free! Just get in touch at info@englishgcse.co.uk once you’ve left your review.
Edexcel 2.0 Paper 2 Section B
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Edexcel 2.0 Paper 2 Section B

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Edexcel English Language 2.0 Paper 2 Section B imaginative writing lesson. Complete 1 hour, well differentiated lesson with worksheets and differentiated tasks throughout. Includes peer assessment task and marking criteria. Ideal preparation for Section B of Edexcel English Language Paper 2 for Imaginative Writing. Suitable for KS3/4 - adaptable Different level tasks for MA,LA or Core Designed to fit Ofsted criteria for’ Good’ or above. Check out our English Shop for loads more free and inexpensive KS3, KS4, KS5, Literacy and whole school resources. AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 Knowledge Organisers AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A package AQA English Language Paper 1 Sections A and B package AQA English Language Paper 1 package AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 package AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5 package AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A package AQA English Language and English Literature revision package An Inspector Calls whole scheme package An Inspector Calls revision package Macbeth whole scheme package Macbeth revision package A Christmas Carol whole scheme package A Christmas Carol revision package Jekyll and Hyde whole scheme package Jekyll and Hyde revision package Romeo and Juliet whole scheme package Power and Conflict poetry comparing poems package Power and Conflict poetry whole scheme package Love and Relationships poetry whole scheme package Unseen Poetry whole scheme package
My Father Would Not Show Us
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My Father Would Not Show Us

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My Father Would Not Show Us Ingrid de Kok poem lesson for the Edexcel Relationships poetry anthology. Includes differentiated activities, worksheets, bonus challenges, context and more. Students analyse key sections of the poem and use student notes to improve their annotations. Perfect for KS4 GCSE and KS3 classes. Students explore the power of caesuras in this poem and how they affect its structure and pace, as well as comparing the tone of two poems from the anthology.
Unseen Poetry Revision 2024
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Unseen Poetry Revision 2024

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Unseen Poetry 2024 revision for English Literature Paper 2 revision lesson on tone and emotions and how the writer and speaker convey their ideas within the poem us via feelings/tone. We explore all four stanzas and the tones used in each to help us understand the key themes/messages of the poem and we explain how tone helps readers to develop interpretations, helping students to prepare for the exam in the 2024 summer. We also explore a second unseen poem in preparation for the second unseen poetry question, exploring its use of tone but also making comparisons between the first and second poem in terms of SMILE (structure, messages, imagery, language, emotions). The lesson includes worksheets (printer symbol), differentiated and adaptive learning approaches, detailed theme notes and more. A really useful way of revising poetry in time for the Paper 2 exam in May 2024. Leave a review and we’ll send you another masterclass for free! Just email us at info@englishgcse.co.uk after you’ve left your review.
An Inspector Calls Model 2024
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An Inspector Calls Model 2024

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2024 An Inspector Calls model answer on how Mrs Birling is used to present ideas about social class - this model essay is designed to hit the requirements for Grade 9 for AQA English Literature Paper 2. Includes an answer that weaves together language and structure analysis, context and detailed and perceptive insights into Edwardian and post-war British society, how and why Priestley presents Mrs Birling to convey his messages about politics in Britain after the conclusion of the Second World War. Leave a review and we’ll send you another resource for free! Just get in touch at info@englishgcse.co.uk once you’ve left your review.
War Poetry Structure
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War Poetry Structure

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A detailed poetry lesson that analyses structure through caesuras and enjambent in William Stafford’s At The Bomb Testing Site. We explore perspective and how viewing the awful power of nuclear devices through the eyes of a lizard actually creates more of an effect for the reader, before going to look at how pace and tension can be manipulated through caesuras, enjambment and structure. A very useful lesson for KS3 students analysing poetry, but also for KS4 students preparing for unseen poetry and English Literature exams. Check out our English Shop for loads more free and inexpensive KS3, KS4, KS5, Literacy and whole school resources.
Richard III Act 3 Scene 1
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Richard III Act 3 Scene 1

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Richard III Shakespeare lesson on Act 3 Scene 1 of the play, exploring how Richard behaves around Prince Edward and why, how Buckingham and Richard plot to make the Duke of Gloucester king and how Shakespeare employs dramatic irony to his advantage. A useful lesson for KS3 and KS4 classes with differentiated activities, questions and resources. Check out our English Shop for loads more free and inexpensive KS3, KS4, KS5, Literacy and whole school resources. AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 Knowledge Organisers AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A package AQA English Language Paper 1 Sections A and B package AQA English Language Paper 1 package AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 package AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5 package AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A package AQA English Language and English Literature revision package An Inspector Calls whole scheme package An Inspector Calls revision package Macbeth whole scheme package Macbeth revision package A Christmas Carol whole scheme package A Christmas Carol revision package Jekyll and Hyde whole scheme package Jekyll and Hyde revision package Romeo and Juliet whole scheme package Power and Conflict poetry comparing poems package Power and Conflict poetry whole scheme package Love and Relationships poetry whole scheme package Unseen Poetry whole scheme package Or check out some Citizenship GCSE, RE, PSHE + RSE resources at EC Resources
A Christmas Carol - Stave 1 Fred and Scrooge
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A Christmas Carol - Stave 1 Fred and Scrooge

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This A Christmas Carol lesson focuses on how Scrooge’s world is built up through Dickens’ description of atmosphere and how the character of Fred is introduced, focusing on the use of language techniques in descriptions and how they aid Dickens to put across his characters in distinctive ways to his readers. A fantastic lesson for KS4 students preparing for English Literature exams but easily adaptable for younger year groups as well.
Love and Relationships Revision
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Love and Relationships Revision

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2022 Love and Relationships model answer on how Sonnet 29 presents ideas about the power of love , as well as Walking Away by Cecil Day-Lewis. This model essay is designed to hit the requirements for Grade 9 for AQA English Literature Paper 2/P1. It includes an answer that weaves together language and structure analysis, context and detailed and perceptive insights into relevant contexts, how and why Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Cecil Day-Lewis present their poems in relation to the power of love.
Jekyll and Hyde Revision
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Jekyll and Hyde Revision

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2019 Jekyll and Hyde model answer on Hyde being presented as an inhuman and disturbing member of society. This model essay or answer is designed to hit the requirements for Grade 9 for AQA English Literature. Includes an answer that weaves together language and structure analysis, context and detailed and perceptive insights into Victorian society, how Hyde is presented and how this is in turn used by Stevenson to communicate messages on morality and humanity.
A Portable Paradise
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A Portable Paradise

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A Portable Paradise by Roger Robinson poem lesson. Worlds and Lives poetry anthology lesson. A fully differentiated and resourced ‘ready to go’ lesson on the poem, one of the poems in the new AQA poem collection, with the lesson ideally suited for both KS3 and KS4 students. We cover meaning, language and compare this poem with one other from the anthology. Includes differentiated activities, worksheets and more. Leave a review and we’ll send you another resource for free! Just get in touch at info@englishgcse.co.uk once you’ve left your review.
The Tempest Act 3 Scene 3
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The Tempest Act 3 Scene 3

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The Tempest William Shakespeare Act 3 Scene 3 lesson that at the power of Act 3 Scene 3 and how Caliban is portrayed in the play so far. We explore how Caliban can be both poetical and also violent and how he is portrayed as a complicated character, plus we explore how he might be viewed through a postcolonial filter. Finally, we look at how Alonso, Antonio and Sebastian react to the spirits in Act 3 Scene 3. A very useful way to study the play for both KS3 and KS4 students preparing for GCSE English Literature. Fully differentiated throughout.
KS3 GCSE Assessment Planning Lesson - White Fang
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KS3 GCSE Assessment Planning Lesson - White Fang

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A planning lesson for KS3 students about to sit one of the AQA Pilot Papers (Year 9 Pack 3) that are available via the eAQA section of the exam board’s website (due to copyright reasons we can’t include the extract here). Students analyse each question carefully and are given tips for being successful, preparing them before they complete the assessment in the next lesson.
Love and Relationships Singh Song
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Love and Relationships Singh Song

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Love and Relationships lesson. A fully differentiated lesson on Singh Song by Daljit Nagra that analyses how the narrator sees himself, his wife and his relationship to his parents and how they fit into his sense of identity. Includes key words, key quotes, differentiated activities and visually engaging and interesting resources for students preparing for AQA English Literature Paper 2 at KS4, but can also be easily adapted for KS3 students as well.
Cirque du Freak - Chapters 4 and 5
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Cirque du Freak - Chapters 4 and 5

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As we look at Darren Shan’s Cirque du Freak, we analyse chapters four and five carefully, thinking about the characters that are introduced to us and how the writer creates tension and suspense for the reader. A useful lesson for KS3 students with a number of activities easily adaptable for other texts and age groups. Differentiated throughout.
Darkside - Chapter Four
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Darkside - Chapter Four

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In this lesson on Tom Becker’s Darkside we look at how the narrator builds atmosphere in description through the use of pathetic fallacy and personification, making comparisons between chapters four and five. We also evaluate the impact of some key quotes throughout the chapter. Fully differentiated throughout.
Of Mice and Men - Lennie and Curley's Wife
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Of Mice and Men - Lennie and Curley's Wife

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When Lennie and Curley’s Wife talk in Chapter Five, Curley’s Wife shows a lot of different emotions and we see a different side to her personality. We analyse Curley’s Wife’s emotions through key quotations and create detailed analytical paragraphs together before peer assessing them. A really useful lesson for KS3 students with a number of activities helpful for KS4 students, too. Differentiated throughout.