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.
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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
AQA English Language Paper 1 materials. TWENTY hours worth! A collection of well differentiated lessons and revision materials to prepare GCSE students for AQA English Language Paper 1: Explorations In Creative Reading And Writing, prepared by an Outstanding-rated English specialist and Lead Practitioner.
Lessons included:
AQA English Language Paper 1 Introduction
Falcons (Language and Character analysis)
Birdsong (Language and Character analysis)
Reluctant Fundamentalist (Language and Structure analysis)
Spies (Language and Structure analysis)
The White Tiger (Character evaluation)
Structure lesson (I’m the King of the Castle)
Structure (Beginnings and Endings)
Section A Walkthrough (Mock exam paper, indicative answers, success criteria, exam tips)
Revision guide (All Section A questions and Section B tips)
Descriptive Writing Introduction
Descriptive Writing (Zooming In and Structure)
Punctuation lesson
Analysing descriptive writing examples (Jamaica Inn and Little Dorrit)
Language techniques recap
Section B assessment planning lesson
Escape room revision lesson
Jamaica Inn Mock Review (Based on specimen exam paper)
Paper 1 Section A Knowledge Organiser
Section A exam practice papers and answers
AQA English Language Paper 1 materials. TWENTY hours worth! A collection of well differentiated lessons and revision materials to prepare GCSE students for AQA English Language Paper 1: Explorations In Creative Reading And Writing, prepared by an Outstanding-rated English specialist and Lead Practitioner.
Lessons included:
AQA English Language Paper 1 Introduction
Falcons (Language and Character analysis)
Birdsong (Language and Character analysis)
Reluctant Fundamentalist (Language and Structure analysis)
Spies (Language and Structure analysis)
The White Tiger (Character evaluation)
Structure lesson (I’m the King of the Castle)
Structure (Beginnings and Endings)
Section A Walkthrough (Mock exam paper, indicative answers, success criteria, exam tips)
Revision pack (All Section A questions and Section B tips)
Descriptive Writing Introduction
Descriptive Writing (Zooming In and Structure)
AQA English Language Paper 1 escape room
Analysing descriptive writing examples (Jamaica Inn and Little Dorrit)
Language techniques recap
Section B assessment planning lesson
Paper 1 Section A and B Walkthrough
Jamaica Inn Mock Review (Based on specimen exam paper)
Paper 1 Section A Knowledge Organiser
Section A exam practice papers and answers
A collection of English resources related to the upcoming General Election in the UK on 12th December 2019. Perfect for improving reading skills, writing skills and spoken language skills (speaking and listening), as well as engaging students with politics.
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TWENTY fully resourced hour long lessons to prepare students for Section B or Question 5 of the AQA English Language Paper 1 exam, but easily adaptable for other specifications.
The lessons provide students with modelled examples, mark scheme analysis, visual stimuli, sentence starters and differentiated activities to prepare them for writing their own pieces in exam conditions.
Descriptive Writing Introduction
Descriptive Writing - Zooming in
Sentence Types
Building Tone
Using Colour
Dashes, Semicolons and Colons
Past and Present Tenses
Language Techniques
Sentence Openers
Sentence Openers (Lower ability)
The Middle of Narratives (Structure)
Descriptive Writing Examples and Analysis
Descriptive Writing Practice
Improving Descriptive Writing Review
Understanding Genre
Understanding Character Through Description
Narrative Writing - Narrators and Perspectives
Endings to Narratives and Descriptions
Exam Practice Pack
Knowledge Organiser
Home Learning pack for English. Includes resources for AQA GCSE English Language and English Literature exams. Useful for teachers, parents and students.
A non-fiction writing pack for English KS3 students and adaptable for KS4. This complete scheme includes differentiated activities, modelled examples, scaffolds, student-friendly mark schemes, a revision escape room, six weeks of homework and so much more. Useful for AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 exam preparation. Includes:
Non-fiction writing introduction (text types, purpose, audience)
Creating and writing reviews (purposes, audiences, structure)
Improving vocabulary (prefixes, suffixes)
Interview article writing (Organisation and structure) *
Writing to argue lesson (George Floyd and rioting - perspectives)
Writing to advise lesson with model example
Paragraphing lesson on how to use paragraphs effectively
Writing to explain lesson on statues and protests
Speech writing lesson on the NHS and writing to persuade
Sentence openers lesson for improving non-fiction writing
Essay writing lesson on censorship
Tone and language lesson to impact on audiences
Letter writing lesson - writing to persuade
Leaflet writing on a contemporary topic
Punctuation workshop with differianted worksheets. Commas, semicolons, dashes, colons and more.
Writing to argue assessment planning lesson
Non-fiction escape room
Assessment review lesson including student-friendly mark scheme and peer assessment review sheets
Six weeks of English homework - all differentiated!
Six week scheme of work document
TWENTY lessons AND a detailed scheme of work. A complete A Midsummer Night’s Dream bundle that includes everything you need to teach the text at KS3, including an assessment task, homework tasks, differentiated lessons, models, scaffolds, key quotes and more. Accessible, differentiated and detailed.
Introduction to Shakespeare (Genre and Context)
The Globe Theatre (Context)
The Great Chain of Being (Context)
Act 1 Scene 1 Relationships
Act 1 Scene 1 and Helena
Assessment Preparation
The Mechanicals and Bottom
The Fairies (Act 2 Scene 1)
Titania and Oberon (Act 2 Scene 1)
Oberon, Helena and Demetrius (Act 2 Scene 1)
Puck’s Mischief (Act 2 Scene 2)
Titania and Bottom (Act 3 Scene 1)
Act 3 Scene 2
Hermia, Act 3 Scene 2 and Structure
Act 4 Scene 1
The Theme of Dreams
Writing Your Own Shakespeare Comedy
Scheme of Work document
Available for single teacher licence or unlimited teacher licence so you can share with all your colleagues.
One year of English lessons for Year 8! Includes over 116 resource packs with differentiated activities, worksheets, modelled examples, student-friendly mark schemes, scaffolds, a plethora of strategies and approaches, engaging and interesting activities for a range of abilities and so much more.
Includes the following schemes of work:
Richard III (Literature Paper 1 Focus)
Gothic Fiction (Language Paper 1 Question 5)
War Poetry (Literature Paper 2)
Animal Farm (Language Paper 1 Section A)
Non-Fiction Reading (Language Paper 2 Section A)
Non-Fiction Writing (Language Paper 2 Question 5)
If all of these individual resource packs were bought separately they would cost almost £300!
Pack includes: 116x fully resourced, highly-rated English lesson packs and units. All 116 lesson packs are complete with at least a one hour-long Powerpoint, accompanying differentiated worksheets, clip links with questions, plenaries, clear LOs, starters and all are well differentiated to three levels throughout. These resources have been highly-rated individually by TES users, follow the same consistent format and are easy to follow.
There is zero extra work required, and all lessons are skills-based and can be easily adapted for any GCSE exam board.
I use all of these myself as a Head of English and I really hope you find them excellent value. I’ve put literally months of time into this to make these lessons top quality for my own school team.
I also have a 1 YEAR OF Year 7 pack (116 lessons) available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/english-year-7-complete-12361505
I also have a 1 YEAR of Year 9 pack (116 lessons) available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/english-year-9-complete-12413646
Many more inexpensive and free resources at my shop:
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Leave me a review and pick any other resource for free :)
General Election speech lessons that explore language, structure, tone and comparing speeches (English Language Paper 2 Q4).
Includes lessons on Boris Johnson, Jeremy Corbyn and Jo Swinson that integrate the General Election with English skills. Useful for creating cross-curricular links between Citizenship, English, Tutor Time and more.
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
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English Language Paper 2 Section A complete scheme that includes 16 resource packs filled with lessons, worksheets, differentiated activities, modelled answers, scaffolds, success criteria, exam advice, sources, homework, revision materials and so much more.
All resources are designed for KS3 English students that could also be used for new GCSE English Language classes.
Includes:
Introduction to Paper 2 lesson
Language analysis (with model paragraph and notes)
Summary writing lesson
Comparison writing lesson
Language analysis lesson - FREE to download. Try before you buy!
Q1 and Q2 lesson on zoos (summary skills, inference skills)
Q3 lesson - language analysis. Include full model answer!
Q3 cherry-picking evidence to improve language analysis lesson
Recapping language techniques lesson - FREE to download. Try before you buy!
Q4 comparing non-fiction texts
Q4 model answer and lesson resource
Paper 2 revision quiz
Exam preparation and assessment resource
Escape room for revision
Exam review with indicative content
Homework pack for six weeks - fully differentiated
Euro 2020 Dear England Language Analysis lesson
FREE Scheme of Work document
Edexcel English Language Paper 1 Question 5 and 6 complete lesson pack that covers all aspects of descriptive writing, narrative writing and creative writing to prepare students for Paper 1 Q5 and Q6 questions and tasks.
Includes:
Introduction to descriptive writing
Zooming in on pictures to aid description
Using sentences and sentence structures
Building tone
Using colour in description
Punctuation recap: dashes, semicolons, colons
Past and present tenses lesson
Language techniques for descriptive writing
Sentence openers
Personification and similes - lower ability
Structure and narratives
Descriptive writing practice
Analysing creative writing examples
Improving descriptive writing
Genre lesson
Characters through description lesson
Narrative writing example
Endings analysis
Huge Imaginative Writing revision and exam practice pack
Q5 and Q6 KNOWLEDGE ORGANISER
One year of English lessons for Year 9! Includes over 116 resource packs with differentiated activities, worksheets, modelled examples, student-friendly mark schemes, scaffolds, a plethora of strategies and approaches, engaging and interesting activities for a range of abilities and so much more.
Includes the following schemes of work:
Of Mice And Men (Language P1 Section A)
Non-Fiction Writing (Language Paper 2 Question 5)
Our Day Out (Modern Drama - Literature Paper 2)
Non-Fiction Reading (Language Paper 2 Section A) and Spoken Language
Othello (Literature Paper 1)
Creative Writing and Short Stories - Narrative and Descriptive Writing (Language Paper 1 Question 5)
If all of these individual resource packs were bought separately they would cost almost £300!
Pack includes: 116x fully resourced, highly-rated English lesson packs and units. All 116 lesson packs are complete with at least a one hour-long Powerpoint, accompanying differentiated worksheets, clip links with questions, plenaries, clear LOs, starters and all are well differentiated to three levels throughout. These resources have been highly-rated individually by TES users, follow the same consistent format and are easy to follow.
There is zero extra work required, and all lessons are skills-based and can be easily adapted for any GCSE exam board.
I use all of these myself as a Head of English and I really hope you find them excellent value. I’ve put literally months of time into this to make these lessons top quality for my own school team.
I also have a 1 YEAR OF Year 7 pack (116 lessons) available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/english-year-7-complete-12361505
I also have a 1 YEAR OF Year 8 pack (116 lessons) available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/english-year-8-complete-12341018
Many more inexpensive and free resources at my shop:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Lead_Practitioner
Leave me a review and pick any other resource for free :)
Edexcel English Language Paper 2 Section B or Question 8/9 complete scheme of work that covers writing to argue, writing to advise, writing to persuade, letter writing and essay writing and more.
A great collection of differentiated activities, modelled examples, scaffolded sentences and guided peer and self reflection that enables students to learn from others and improve their non-fiction writing in preparation for Edexcel English Language Paper 2 Section B or Question 8 and Question 9 (Q8/Q9).
Keep checking your downloads as we will keep adding more and more to this bundle.
The suggested order of lessons is as follows (although this is by no means obligatory):
Edexcel Paper 2 Section B Speech Writing
Speech Openers
Churchill Speech Writing (Language)
Abraham Lincoln Speech Writing (Language, Structure)
Speech Structure
Newspaper Articles
Article Writing (Space exploration theme)
Writing to Persuade (Football theme)
Greta Thunberg Climate Change lesson
Black History Month (Writing to explain/essays)
Writing to Advise lesson
Writing formal letters
Writing to Persuade (Letters of complaint)
Review writing lesson
Paper 2 Section B mock preparation lesson
Writing to argue assessment planning
Writing a letter assessment planning
Exam practice pack
Knowledge organiser
Eduqas English Language Paper 1 materials. A collection of well differentiated lessons and revision materials to prepare GCSE students for Eduqas English Language Paper 1 20th Century Literature Reading and Creative Prose Writing prepared by an Outstanding-rated English specialist and Lead Practitioner.
Resources included:
Eduqas English Language Paper 1 Introduction
Falcons (Language and Character analysis)
Birdsong (Language and Character analysis)
Reluctant Fundamentalist (Language and structure analysis)
Spies (Structure and language analysis)
Evaluation and language lesson
Structure lesson
Beginnings and endings - structure
Paper 1 Section A Walkthrough
Creative prose writing introduction - description
Creative prose writing examples - analysis
Punctuation workshop
Language techniques recap
Creative prose planning / assessment lesson
Paper 1 Section A knowledge organiser
Paper 1 Section A exam practice pack (with ANSWERS)
Escape room revision resource
Paper 1 mock and review lesson with ANSWERS
Eduqas English Language Paper 1 Section A scheme of work with differentiated lessons.
It includs a knowledge organiser AND exam practice pack that helps both KS3 and KS4 students prepare for the rigours of EDUQAS English Language Paper 1 Section A. Includes opportunities for students to develop their own styles of writing as well as analysing a plethora of extracts in preparation for their terminal examination.
Includes resources on:
Selecting key quotes/facts
Understanding sentence forms
Language features
Openings
Register and Tone
Creating Tension
Structure and structural techniques
Critical evaluation
Analysing Structure
Lessons included:
Character and Structure
Character and Language
Creating Drama and Tone
Structure
Language Analysis
Sentence Structures
1984 (Structure)
1984 (Critical Evaluation)
Genre
Symbols
Remarkable Creatures (Structure)
The Monkey’s Paw (Endings)
Rebecca (Q1, Q2)
Rebecca (Q5)
Rebecca Q5 Model Answer (Q3 covered too)
Section A revision knowledge organiser
Mock and mock review lesson with indicative content
Revision guide
Edexcel collection of poetry resources for Relationships that currently includes resources for:
The Manhunt - Simon Armitage
My Last Duchess - Robert Browning
Neutral Tones - Thomas Hardy
Sonnet 43 - Elizabeth Barrett Browning
She Walks in Beauty - Lord Byron
Valentine - Carol Ann Duffy
La Belle Dame Sans Merci - John Keats
A Child to his Sick Grandfather - Joanna Baillie
A Complaint - William Wordsworth
1st Date - She and 1st Date - He - Wendy Cope
One Flesh - Elizabeth Jennings
i wanna be yours - John Cooper Clarke
Love’s Dog - Jen Hadfield
Nettles - Vernon Scannell
My Father Would Not Show Us - Ingrid de Kok
Comparing poems lesson
Scheme of work document
Edexcel Belongong poetry scheme. A complete pack of lessons and resources for teaching all fifteen poems and comparing them, for all of the exam requirements for the GCSE English Literature paper.
Includes lessons on:
To My Sister - Williams Wordsworth
Sunday Dip - John Clare
Mild the Mist Upon the Hill - Emily Bronte
Captain Cook (To My Brother) - Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Island Man - Grace Nichols
The Emigree - Carol Rumens
Clear and Gentle Stream - Robert Bridges
I Remember, I Remember - Thomas Hood
Peckham Rye Lane - Amy Blakemore
We Refugees - Benjamin Zephaniah
Us - Zaffar Kunial
In Wales, Wanting to be Italian - Imtiaz Dharker
Kumukanda - Kayo Chingonyi
Jamaican British - Raymond Antrobus
My Mother’s Kitchen - Chomas Hardi
Comparing Poems
Scheme of Work Document
Edexcel collection of poetry resources for Conflict that will grow into a complete scheme of work for all of the anthology poems over the next few months.
Currently includes resources for:
The Man He Killed - Thomas Hardy
Exposure - Wilfred Owen
The Charge of the Light Brigade - Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Poppies - Jane Weir
Extract from the Prelude - William Wordsworth
Will soon include resources for:
A Poison Tree - William Blake
The Destruction of Sennacherib - Lord Byron
Cousin Kate - Christina Rossetti
Half-caste - John Agard
Catrin - Gillian Clarke
War Photographer - Carole Satyamurti
Belfast Confetti - Ciaran Carson
The Class Game - Mary Casey
No Problem - Benjamin Zephaniah
What Were They Like? - Denise Levertov
English transition unit for new Year 7 students moving up from Year 6 that explores the autobiography as a text type and supports students in writing their own first person narrative about an important event in their lives.
Currently includes:
Introduction to English and autobiographies
Analysing an example autobiography
Narrative hooks and planning
Structure - beginning, middle, ending
Language - techniques, analysis, effects
6 and 7) Planning my autobiography
English escape room
Scheme of work document