This booklet is designed to work alongside the AQA English Language GCSE Paper 2, looking at non-fiction texts. The booklet includes texts to analyse, a general structure for answering exam questions, and tips for analysing non-fiction texts.
The booklet consists of 20 pages, including three texts to analyse, an assessment, a teacher feedback grid and a chance for pupils to respond to feedback.
The booklet comes in both PDF format and Publisher.
This 17 page booklet contains:
- Modern Source A: article from the Mail on Sunday, upbeat tone, on the Queen's cousin coming out as gay and his new relationship
- Pre-1914 Source B: three short letters by Oscar Wilde to his lover, accessible and full of language techniques
- Both sources are annotated with talking points
- Scaffolded tasks and guidance for Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4
- Exam style questions
- An additional exam booklet with these texts in should you choose to use this as an assessment
- PDF and editable Word Docs of both booklets
This is a unit of work aimed at the CIE English as a First Language GCSE spec. It could be adapted for other specifications, especially for creative writing. Simply remove the CIE question and insert your own prompt, using my stimulus text too if you choose.
This unit took me around five weeks to teach. Each powerpoint took around 3.5 hours on average to cover in class (including discussion time, time to write and give feedback, etc). Differentiated for ESL/EAL learners with key vocabulary, word of the day and prereading homeworks.
It covers letter writing, interview writing and diary writing for question 1. Mock CIE style assessments are also included to support this, along with annotated inserts. It also has a lesson for writing a dystopian story for the coursework unit. The scheme also covers using language devices in creative writing and analysis of film, looking at the opening scenes of The Hunger Games film.
Included are: one full unit plan, seven ppts, two homework tasks, three mock Q1s based on the novel, and an example planning sheet.
A PowerPoint guiding students through the historical context of The Great Gatsby. Includes videos, images, songs, quotes from the Great Gatsby and discussion point. This took me around 2 hours to teach using the materials in this resource.
I cover: prohibition, the American dream, the roaring 20s and the new woman. These are linked back to the novel to explain how they are relevant to the novel.
This resource contains a Powerpoint and a running race worksheet with teacher answers.
You will first explain some common strategies for working out the meaning of new vocabulary with examples.
Students will then have a group running race in which they apply the strategies they have learnt to new words. They will have to come to you for each question with a correct answer before being allowed to access the next question. The first team to complete the quiz wins.
This is a tried and tested lesson which my students love. Engaging, fun and practical.
Suitable for KS3 or KS4 English for any exam board. Especially suitable for CIE First Language English 0500 in which students will have to define new words.
This lesson reviews the English names for common punctuation marks, how they are used and ends with students writing a short descriptive paragraph using these different punctuation marks.
This is a PPT lesson guiding you through teaching Question 1 letter writing for CIE IGCSE English as a First Language. It uses The Hunger Games as a text, looking at the Interview scene.
Included is one full PPT (this took me around 3 hours to teach fully), a mock CIE assessment Q1 based on The Hunger Games, a planning sheet and an example insert annotated for the three bullet points.
This is a crash course for the American SAT English course, looking at Optional Essay, Writing & Language, Reading. This took me around four weeks to teach, including assessment time.
Inside are twelve whole lessons plus resources: sample essays, powerpoints, assessments and mark schemes, and so on.
This is a review lesson for language devices, which defines the language devices with examples, then moves onto identifying languagde devices in a text, before finally guiding students to use the language devices with a range of engaging picture stimuli. Originally planned for the CIE IGCSE English as a First Language scheme but would also work well for AQA English Language, as that has a picture stimulus based writing task.
Also includes a language device Kahoot I made including videos, pictures and music, such as Justin Bieber.
The file is a PowerPoint file.
This is a full mock assessment in the style of AQA English Language Paper 2.
I have two sources following the same format as past papers (one modern, one pre-20th century) on the topic of money.
Q1 - Tick 4 correct statements
Q2 - Summary of differences
Q3 - Language analysis
Q4 - Comparison
Q5 - Writing task
This lesson is a step-by-step guide for writing personficiation for ESL, EAL or SEN students. Particularly this was made for Chinese students, but it can act as a guide for any other language (just use Google translate!). For a larger class with multiple language needs, this will also be a great resource.
This Powerpoint lesson introduces students to the five-point narrative structure. The lesson has a listening task, discussions, group activity and a video task - optional to either analyse the plot structure of Cinderella or The Bodyguard (BBC), dependent on the ability of your group.
Inside, there are two versions of the same PPT, one differentiated for ESL/EAL students, specifically Chinese students.
This bundle includes:
Using language devices on descriptive writing
Analysing the opening of The Hunger Games film
Writing diaries for CIE exam
Writing letters for CIE exam
This 17 page booklet contains:
- Pre-1914 Source A: "Ain't I a Woman?" by Sojourner Truth - speech about black women's rights in America
- Modern Source B: "Supermodel Turned Spokesperson" on Tyra Banks. A humourous article packed full of language devices and interesting language on Tyra Banks deciding to 'speak up' for women's rights.
- Both sources are annotated with talking points
- Scaffolded tasks and guidance for Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4
- Exam style questions
- An additional exam booklet with these texts in should you choose to use this as an assessment
- PDF and editable Word Docs of both booklets
This scheme of work is aimed at KS3, building up the skills needed for OCR's English Literature New Spec GCSE.
This presentation includes 3 whole lessons.
I have taken extracts from Victorian literature, focusing on language analysis skills (AO2) and building in historical context (AO3).
These two lessons focus on introducing the skills needed for the OCR English Literature (new spec). Here I look at the poem 'Hawk Roosting'.
I focus on identifying and analysing enjambment and semantic fields.
Three PowerPoints for CIE English as a First Language, guiding students through an assessment Q1 and Q2. Third PowerPoint is a review lesson, looking over common mistakes my students made. Hope it’s of some use to any teachers out there as I know CIE First Language resources are spare on TES.
Included is a feedback sheet, three powerpoints and the exam question paper, mark scheme & insert.