To finish off work on Language and Gender - Representation, we did some work on the #thisgirlcan campaign, which was a good opportunity to get up-to-date and think again about the semantics of the terms 'girl' and 'woman'. The PowerPoint has a link to the most recent advert, with some starter questions. Then there is some reading from The Guardian Online (an opinion article on the campaign) with further questions and an annotation exercise, with some case studies taken from the This Girl Can website which asks students to consider whether any stereotypes are present, and whether theorists they've studied can be linked in any way to this data.

Designed to accompany the new AQA specification for AS Level English Language & Literature: Paper 1 (Views and Voices) for those who have elected to study The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. This resource goes into general detail on the structure and timings of the exams, focusing on Paper 1; it deals with FAQs and provides structured guidance on how to prepare for the exam from three months prior to it. It also contains space for students to self-assess their own revision requirements, with some add-on activities on themes in the novel, plus comment on how setting, point of view, sense of space/place/time and characterisation are explored (in line with AQA's own guidance on exam responses). Finally, there are a range of text extracts and possible questions, to allow students to practice their writing skills. This resource is intended to be given out when all the reading is complete. It also presupposes that students will have kept a reading log.

I have put together some practice questions for The Lovely Bones, as there are only a very small number on AQA's website at the moment. These try to follow the extract size suggested by AQA's sample material and may be useful for revision.

This resource has been designed for AQA A Level English Language (new specification). It is a brief glossary of theorists relevant to the different areas of study on the course: - Language and dialect/accent - Language and Age - Language and Occupation - Language Change Over Time - Language and Gender This could be useful to re-cap from the AS course, for revision towards the end of the AS course, or to give to students now on the second year of the new programme. Whilst it is not exhaustive, it's intended to give students a bedrock of relevant theorists explained in a brief but clear way, and it's a straightforward resource they can use for reference, revision, or to support other classroom/homework activities.

PowerPoints covering a number of the poems studied for this specification. I inherited this spec from another teacher and needed to make some quick resources. These may help you out!

An introductory presentation, with activities, for the Paris anthology text on pages 146-7. EDITED: the foodstuffs mentioned on the slide have now been added. There is also a booklet of activities to go with it, encouraging students to identify language techniques, show basic understanding of the text, practise their paragraph writing (I use PETE: Point, Evidence, Technical Term and Explain, but this could easily be modified) and also attempt a 'recast' activity. All of these things help with exam skills and the booklet can be done in class, or at home.

A PowerPoint intended to come at the end of the preparation for the exam. Students can work through the interactive presentation and revise key discourse terms and theorists as they go: there are links/resources to follow.

Intended to be used as revision of the discourse terms and theory useful to A2 Lang&Lit students when answering Question 5 of the AQA Specification B syllabus. It is relatively light-touch but encourages students to self-assess what they know, then provides them with a range of practice exercises.

A Level English Language (AQA): Some sample 'evaluate' questions to test understanding of 'World Englishes'.

A resource in-line with Language Diversity work for AS/A Level English Language (AQA, but may be applicable for other boards). Introduces the Dominance Model and the Difference Model - with information on Robin Lakoff and Deborah Tannen respectively. Would suit note-taking, discussion and revision work. There's also a fun starter to test Lakoff's idea that women know more words for describing colours than men!

This is a revision resource for students following the new specification AS English Language qualification (AQA). It focuses on Question 3 specifically, based on feedback from my students that they were unsure what to identify/how to structure responses. The resource pack contains: - A recap on how Q3 differs to Q1 and Q2; - The Assessment Objective for Q3 and how to interpret this; - A possible 'toolkit' to help students engage with the task, pointing them towards Genre, Audience, Purpose and Structure; - A bank of useful terms for comparing/contrasting; - Two sample texts linked by topic, in keeping with the exam style questions (although slightly shorter than the sample exam material provided by AQA, to fit in with revision); - A planning grid for initial approaches to the texts; - A sample response, which encompasses AQA's recent training as well as the sample mark scheme for Paper 1; - Some general pointers and guidance on how to approach this paper of the exam. This activity could be given for homework or independent study, or it could be modified for classroom use.

Intended for A Level Language students, although may suit GCSE English students working on spoken language. The resource and example transcript introduce learners to some of the conventions of transcribing the spoken word, with add-on activities and the opportunity to use technology to record some natural speech of their own. Could easily be modified slightly.

This is a bundle of resources and a SOW for tackling Arthur Miller’s ‘All My Sons’ for the Dramatic Encounters element of the AQA A Level English Language & Literature qualification (new spec). The SOW spans 14 weeks, although this is based on my centre, which has 90 minute sessions (there was one lesson per week on the play). It provides directed reading activities, starters, extract analyses and presentations on aspects of the play. Some sample essay questions are provided. Quizzes to test understanding, sometimes mentioned in the SOW, can be found on Moodle: search for username ‘KeriLO’. There is also a revision booklet. (Where I refer to PETE paragraphs, this means Point, Evidence, Technical Term, Elaboration - it’s something we use here to encourage students to write in enough detail.)

Some of the Paris Anthology texts are very tricky; this resource is intended to support students as they read The Seven Ages of Paris by Alistair Horne. It breaks down the text into manageable chunks, providing summaries and glossaries for each section. There are some illustrations to aid understanding, and at the end there are some short development tasks. This would be suitable for AS or A Level students studying this text. * Edited to add: after a couple of disappointed reviews, please may I ask you to be clear on what this resource is: it’s a reading guide. It is not a scheme of work or a lesson plan. Thank you. *

This set of resources contains a number of presentations, tasks and a guide booklet tailored towards a bite-sized approach to the new specification coursework. It assumes that you will be taking students through the different elements in class, with scope for them to then go away and work independently. I make mention of 'the textbook' on some of the slides - I'm referring to the Cambridge textbook. I've left this on (the book has been useful!) but feel free to remove if you're not using it. I go through: - Getting started on the NEA - Different kinds of investigations - The importance of data and research - The introduction and methodology sections (with examples) - The analysis section - Concluding and evaluating (with examples) - An introduction to the original writing component - An introduction to style models, with a short sample text - Writing the commentary (with an embedded mark scheme). This has worked well for my students this year. I hope it's useful to some of you!

This is a recap for A2 English Language - Language Change students ahead of their exams. It covers prescriptivism and descriptivism, whilst also introducing some of Jean Aitchison's analogies for negative views of language change (the 'crumbling castle', the 'damp spoon' and the 'contagious disease'). It has in-built discussion points, as well as an extension activity where students research their own newspaper articles reflecting prescriptivist/descriptivist outlooks. Could be a good way to round off the course.

Based on the AS/A Level Paris Anthology for AQA English Language & Literature. Contains activities, centred around exam-relevant skills like language and structure, and ways to approach unfamiliar texts and genres. Intended to support students of all levels. The slides make mention of ‘PETE’ paragraphs (point/evidence/technical terms/elaboration) but could easily be modified for whatever structured paragraph model you use!

This resource includes a complete SOW for teaching this novel for the new AS English Language & Literature specification (AQA). Because there’s a great deal to fit into the AS year, the scheme runs over twelve weeks (our sessions run for ninety minutes.) Included are: - A 24 page Scheme of Work with activities, links, how work can be assessed, differentiation and space to self-evaluate how the sessions have gone - A range of PowerPoint presentations, clearly linked to the appropriate week. Presentations embed written skills, a range of activities and are linked to AQA specifications - Worksheets and writing frames for student support, again all clearly numbered and linked to the SOW - A reading record for students.

Some unseen text extracts which could be useful for students to practice ahead of Paper 2 - Political and Social Protest Writing, as it can be tricky to find these at times! For one of the extracts there are some prompts to get them going. Obviously, all rights are retained by the authors.

Some revision presentations with tasks and questions in-built. There are also some 5 minute revision tasks for starter activities. These are intended to prepare students for the Aspects of Tragedy Paper 1A (AQA 7717)