Emerson English Teaching Resources
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I am an experienced teacher of Years 7-13. All of my resources have been tried and tested with my own classes.
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Big English End of Term Quiz
This quiz is suitable for KS3 classes. There are 9 rounds and 51 questions/tasks.
The questions are presented on a powerpoint presentation and there is an answer sheet for students.
Round 1 Anagrams of key terms in English.
Round 2 Book titles: identify the book with the title blanked out.
Round 3 Name that feature! Identify the poetic feature from examples.
Round 4 Name the writer from their photograph.
Round 5 SPAG - correct common mistakes.
Round 6 Countdown. How many words are contained in the word ‘simile’?
Round 7 Films based on books. Identify the book from an image of the film.
Round 8 True or false?
Round 9 Wordsearch: find key terms.
'Trash' by Andy Mulligan: Complete SOW
This is a complete set of lessons, including PowerPoint presentations, student workbook and assessment.
'Long Way Down' by Jason Reynolds
These lessons were written for a mixed ability KS3 class.
Complete coverage of the book.
Do now activities for each lesson.
Analytical and creative tasks.
Suggested answers and model paragraphs.
Lesson 1 Analysis of the first poem. Introduction to accent and dialect.
Lesson 2 Pages 40-76. Symbolism.
Lesson 3 Pages 79-113 Revenge.
Lesson 4 Analytical and creative tasks.
Lesson 5 Pages 117-156 Jason Reynolds’ influences.
Lesson 6 Analytical task on pages 140-6.
Lesson 7 Pages 159-204 Tracking characters and creative responses.
Lesson 8 Pages 207-246 Independent analytical task on pages 236-41.
Lesson 9 Pages 249-292 Tracking the cycle of violence. The effect of trauma.
Lesson 10 Pages 292-322 Analysing the ending.
GCSE English: writing to advise
This is the task:
Write a light-hearted leaflet advising new Year 7 students on how to settle into your school.
This lesson teaches student how to write a light-hearted advisory leaflet focusing on language choices required to address the purpose, audience, format and tone.
The lesson includes:
• A ‘do now’ activity;
• Slides on purpose, audience, purpose and tone;
• A grid of specific features of this task.
Students add to the grid during the lesson which then gives them a personalised checklist to use before they write the leaflet. The checklist can then be used for peer or self assessment.
GCSE English: writing to argue
This is the task:
‘School uniform is an important part of developing school unity and identity.’
Write a letter to your head teacher arguing for or against scrapping school uniform at your school.
This lesson teaches student how to write a friendly/ formal letter focusing on language choices required to address the purpose, audience, format and tone.
• A ‘do now’ activity;
• Slides on purpose, audience, purpose and tone;
• A grid of specific features of this task.
Students add to a grid which then gives them a personalised checklist to use before they write the letter. The checklist can then be used for peer or self assessment.
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GCSE English Non-Fiction Writing
There are 8 non-fiction tasks in this bundle.
There is a Powerpoint lesson for each task and a student work book to accompany each lesson which includes a checklist and a suggested plan.
The tasks cover a range of purposes, audiences, formats and tones.
For each task, students fill in a checklist which they use when writing. The checklist can also be used for self or for peer assessment.
Each task should take two lessons: one lesson to review the PAFT and plan a response and the second lesson for writing the task and self/peer assessment. As students become more confident identifying the features of PAFT, a task could be completed in one lesson.
The lessons form a sequence so that students revisit the features of, for example, persuasive writing.
By using the lessons in the given order, students are encouraged to review their own work and set up their own checklists and targets. The tasks are:
Formal, friendly letter
Light-hearted advice leaflet
Serious newspaper article
Formal speech
Light-hearted magazine article
Review
Lively article
Formal letter
GCSE English: informal letter
This is the task:
Write a light-hearted informal letter to a retired person persuading him or her to use social media.
This lesson teaches student how to write an informal letter focusing on language choices required to address the purpose, audience, format and tone.
The lesson includes:
• A ‘do now’ activity;
• Slides on purpose, audience, purpose and tone;
• A grid of specific features of this task.
Students add to the grid during the lesson which then gives them a personalised checklist to use before they write the review. The checklist can then be used for peer or self assessment.
Compare the presentation of nature in 'The Prelude' and 'Exposure' model essay.
AQA GCSE English Literature Power and Conflict cluster
Model answer to the question 'Compare the presentation of nature in ‘The Prelude’ and ‘Exposure’.
A detailed essay plan that can be adapted to all questions.
GCSE English; writing to advise, a lively article
This is the task:
Write a lively article for your school magazine advising GCSE students on revision techniques.
This lesson teaches student how to write a lively article focusing on language choices required to address the purpose, audience, format and tone.
The lesson includes:
• A ‘do now’ activity;
• Slides on purpose, audience, purpose and tone;
• A grid of specific features of this task.
Students add to the grid during the lesson which then gives them a personalised checklist to use before they write the article. The checklist can then be used for peer or self assessment.
'Macbeth': 'Dagger' Soliloquy
This is a lesson on the second half of Act 2 Scene 1 with a detailed analysis of the meaning and language of Macbeth’s soliloquy.
Students write about how atmosphere has been created in this scene.
GCSE English: writing a review
This is the task:
Write a review for a website aimed at your age group.
Review a book, sporting event, game, album or other live event.
This lesson teaches student how to write a review focusing on language choices required to address the purpose, audience, format and tone.
The lesson includes:
• A ‘do now’ activity;
• Slides on purpose, audience, purpose and tone;
• A grid to complete during the lesson.
Students add to the grid during the lesson which then gives them a personalised checklist to use before they write the review. The checklist can then be used for peer or self assessment.
GCSE English: Writing a persuasive article
This is the task:
Write a light-hearted article in which you persuade parents to limit their children’s screen time (TV, mobile, ipad) to 2 hours a day.
This lesson teaches student how to write light-hearted persuasive article focusing on language choices required to address the purpose, audience, format and tone.
The lesson includes:
• A ‘do now’ activity;
• Slides on purpose, audience, purpose and tone;
• A grid of specific features of this task.
Students add to the grid during the lesson which then gives them a personalised checklist to use before they write the article. The checklist can then be used for peer or self assessment.
19th C Ghost Story: The Signalman
This contains:
A powerpoint presentation
Tasks analysing the language of two extracts
Analysis of the structure of the story
A creative writing task
A student work book
A copy of ‘The Signalman’ by Charles Dickens
GCSE Duality in 'Jekyll and Hyde'
This is a detailed essay plan with quotations for this question:
Write about duality and the way it is presented in the novel.
Child Language Acquisition Model Answer
This is a teacher written question and answer based on the questions on child language acquisition on the Eduqas A Level English Language exam.
‘The rapidity with which children learn how to speak is truly astonishing. It is a highly complex skill, arguably the most complex challenge faced by any human. Of course, children require a great deal of support in order to learn language from parents and other caregivers. The question still remains, how do they acquire language so quickly?’
Janice Peter, University of Middlemarch
Using this extract as a starting point, analyse and evaluate the process of child language acquisition in the first three years.
(N.B. The quotation and researcher has been invented in order to create this exam)
A-Level English Language Bridging Work or Induction Day or Introduction
This work can be used with students in Year 11 who are intending to study A-Level English Language.
They can complete the tasks independently OR they could be used as part of an induction day OR as a general introduction to the course.
All links and tasks are contained in one word document.
The tasks focus on three areas of the course and include links to videos, articles and podcasts.
** 1. Child Language Acquisition**
Students reflect on their own language development and conduct a ‘wugs’ experiment.
** 2. Language Variation.**
Students consider their own attitudes to accents and dialects and conduct a mini investigation.
There are also questions about podcasts which discuss the link between language and culture. Including the apparent disappearance of the Cockney dialect.
** 3. Language Change**
There is a mini investigation with links to public information films. Students examine how language has changed over time.
Also, after reading an article, students consider their own use of language in text messages.
The supernatural in 'Macbeth'; alternative interpretations
Alternative Interpretations of the Supernatural in ‘Macbeth’.
These lessons encourage students to consider how modern audiences interpret the supernatural elements of the play in different ways to Shakespeare’s contemporary audience.
There is a 7 page student work booklet and a 20 slide powerpoint presentation.
Task 1
Fill in this chart. How would each event been interpreted by Shakespeare’s 17th Century audience and how might a modern audience see it differently?
Task 2 (Walk through)
Analyse Macbeth’s speech in Act 3 Scene 2.
Task 3 Independent Work
How does Shakespeare present Macbeth’s state of mind in this extract from the end of Act 3 Scene 4? Use what/how/why/interpretations to answer this question.
Task 4
Analyse the Doctor’s diagnosis of Lady Macbeth in Act 5.
Summing Up
Write a paragraph explaining why it is important to consider how different audiences might respond to the play.
GCSE English; writing to argue, a formal speech
This is the task:
Write a formal speech for a debate on a local radio station in which you argue for or against an 8pm curfew for teenagers.
This lesson teaches student how to write a formal speech focusing on language choices required to address the purpose, audience, format and tone.
The lesson includes:
• A ‘do now’ activity;
• Slides on purpose, audience, purpose and tone;
• A grid of specific features of this task.
Students add to the grid during the lesson which then gives them a personalised checklist to use before they write the speech. The checklist can then be used for peer or self assessment.
GCSE English: writing to argue in a newspaper article
This is the task:
‘Teenagers need more sleep than adults so making them start school in the morning is cruel - it makes them grouchy, impulsive and humourless.’
Write a serious article for a national newspaper in which you argue for or against this view.
This lesson teaches student how to an article with a serious tone focusing on language choices required to address the purpose, audience, format and tone.
The lesson includes:
• A ‘do now’ activity;
• Slides on purpose, audience, purpose and tone;
• A grid of specific features of this task.
Students add to the grid during the lesson which then gives them a personalised checklist to use before they write the article . The checklist can then be used for peer or self assessment.
Big English/Literacy Christmas Quiz
A Christmas themed English quiz, ideal for the end of term.
Round 1 Anagrams of SPAG words
Round 2 Identify Christmas/winter themed books
Round 3 Name the language feature
Round 4 Correct SPAG errors
Round 5 Countdown (make words from the letters in the word ‘sprouts’)
Round 6 Next lines of Christmas songs
Round 7 Identify word classes in extracts from ‘A Christmas Carol’
Round 8 Christmas themed word search
Includes:
a powerpoint presentation with questions and answers (67 slides)
Student answer sheet
(It would be possible to do the quiz without photocopying the student answer sheet if you miss out the wordsearch in the last round).