I am a teacher of English, English Literature, Moving Image Arts - and when I'm really lucky, History as well! I have been teaching in N. Ireland since 2006 and am particularly familiar with the CCEA curriculum from KS3-KS5. I have worked with CCEA for over a decade and have been employed to create resources for KS5 English Literature. I also ran my own Tutoring company and have a real passion for creating user friendly resources.
Contact me at - mcttresourcesni@gmail.com
I am a teacher of English, English Literature, Moving Image Arts - and when I'm really lucky, History as well! I have been teaching in N. Ireland since 2006 and am particularly familiar with the CCEA curriculum from KS3-KS5. I have worked with CCEA for over a decade and have been employed to create resources for KS5 English Literature. I also ran my own Tutoring company and have a real passion for creating user friendly resources.
Contact me at - mcttresourcesni@gmail.com
Student Booklet and Teacher Booklet
Two 32 page booklets, providing an introduction and explanation of Media Texts for KS3 pupils using the mnemonic CLIF to assist analysis of the media texts.
This is an accessible introduction to the analysis required at GCSE, aimed at KS3 pupils engaging the knowledge they already possess and have used in cross-curricular work for posters, leaflets etc.
Suitable for KS3 pupils, lower ability GCSE students, or as a quick forerunner to the more indepth study at GCSE.
You may also be interested in our KS3 Non-Fiction Resource - perfect for introducing KS3 students to Unit 1, Task 2 and 4 analysis.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12366853
**The GCSE version for Unit 1 Task 4 and 5 can be found here
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12393894
Included:
brief review of Target Audience, with task
Colour - explanation of the psychology of colours, key meanings, info graphics (referenced), tasks to complete, sample analysis of full advert
Layout - explanation of layout and key rules, several tasks to complete
Image - explanation of how we ‘read’ images; logo work, expected images, emotion in images, analysis tasks
Font - explanation of a range of fonts, font types explained with tasks to complete, formatting explained, font matching exercise, IT tasks to complete
Analysis of texts - full text to be analysed, followed by five shorter tasks to be analysed for CLIF.
Student Booklet and Teacher Booklet match page to page, providing possible answers to assist with teaching.
You may also be interested in my Unit 1 Bundle:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12446833
Three Student booklet bringing together everything you need to complete CCEA’s GCSE English Unit 4.
Includes:
Task 1 Personal and Creative Writing Student booklet - advice, examples and exercises
Task 2 Comparative Texts Student booklet - advice, LOTs of examples of comparative text, guided exercises, and example responses
Task 3 + 4 Reading Non-Fiction Student booklet - advice, example text response examples and exercises to complete.
Unit 4, Task 1
Student instruction booklet for Unit 4, Task 1: Personal and Creative Writing
Trialled in class as a thorough REVISION booklet. (Even more comprehensive version available in early 2021)
Provides:
• Review of Past Paper topics
• Checklist of topics for Personal Writing
• Student to complete common Personal Writing themes
• Student to complete of more thoughtful Personal Writing themes
• Student to complete quick descriptive practice
• Helpful overview of how to approach Personal and Creative Writing - including how to open and conclude
• Student to complete 11 Personal Writing Topics - short, engaging introductions supplied as an example for how to begin each question theme.
• Example response upleveled - three attempts with three feedback and guidance for approval - students will see the increasing competence as each attempt improves.
• Example creative response ‘Description of place’
• Example creative response - looking at connotation affecting storyline and word choice
• 5 guided Student responses to Creative Images (all sourced via Google Images)
• 8 further Creative Images to be used at teacher’s discretion
• 3 story arc outline tasks supplied to aid response to 3 further creative images
• Personal Writing mat - brings together all writing advice, and example questions.
Unit 4, Task 2
A fully comprehensive student booklet covering a wide range of comparative fiction. Utilising content from the current CCEA publications as well as pre 2010 specification.
Provides:
• Tried and tested Exam Advice and ‘Basics’
• Writer’s Craft
• Example paragraphs
• Language analysis examples
• Full story analysis
• Examples taken from CCEA Textbook, Revision Book and Work Book
• Advice for Character work - including structured comprehension questions
• Advice for Setting and Atmosphere - including accessible questions
• Advice for Tension - including multiple comprehensions
• Multiple single and paired exercises for various areas of writer’s craft
• Annotation of Specimen Comparison provided by CCEA with accompanying tips and example paragraphs.
Unit 4, Tasks 3+4
A complete pupil booklet, with accompanying teacher answer booklet to teach Unit 4, Tasks 3 and 4, Reading Non-Fiction
Tried and tested in the classroom.
Provides:
• Comprehensive and developed list of writer’s craft techniques
• Paragraph layout advice - suggested by CCEA, built upon by writer
• Non-Fiction example articles adapted from Non-Fiction Past Papers, pre 2017 spec, made suitable for new Task 3 and Task 4
• Sample tasks to accompany example articles, guide students to make pertinent comments
• Tasks could be used as practice or for mocks.
• Teacher booklet offers some example answers, and sample paragraphs to be built upon
Enjoy my free newspaper samples:
Newspaper Frontpage
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-newspaper-front-page-12366705
VERY POPULAR: Sample Article written with the 5 W
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-newspaper-article-example-who-what-when-where-why-12366711
Tabloid + Broadsheet PP
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-newspapers-tabloid-broadsheet-frontpage-12366847
A complete and thorough resource, covering all aspects of Newspapers in a usable and student friendly format.
Includes two booklets: one user-friendly** student booklet**, and one **teacher booklet **with answers filled in
Teacher Booklet
Very user friendly and can be put on the board for pupils to copy from
Student Booklet
A single booklet covering everything from the origin of newspapers to tabloid and broadsheets.
Includes:
Background to Newspapers
Types of newspapers - research
Tabloid vs Broadsheet
Types of story- research
The Front Page -activity
Editing - activity
Parts of an article - research and activity
Headlines - techniques and activity
Facts and Opinion - activity
Bias vs Balance - activity
Choice of language - connotation
How to write an article - activities
This resource has been developed for KS3 as a creative way of looking at genre and the fairy tale genre in particular.
Comes with a 34-page Student booklet to complete, and matching 34-page Teacher booklet complete with answers/suggested answers.
Topics covered:
Genre
Narrative Structure
Stereotypes
Theme
Media
Character
Film making roles
Overview
By using the beloved film ‘Shrek’ as a reference point, pupils are encouraged to develop their understanding of genre both visually and in written form. Narrative structure is touched upon in order to develop an understanding of the variety of narratives available, and particularly looking at the idea of the ‘fractured fairytale’. Stereotypes are looked at, specifically to draw attention to the inversion of type integral to the plot line of ‘Shrek’. A range of non-fiction information is also referenced, looking at the idea of ‘Shrek’ as a media product.
Notes for Parts 1-3; focused class work for Parts 4-8 - with answers.
Teacher Notes
Part 1: Teacher Notes to stimulate writing on the ‘Power of Words’ for Auggie
Part 2: Teacher Notes on Via’s key metaphor and her struggles
Part 3: Teacher Notes on Summer’s key characteristic
Julian: Teacher Notes looking at the some of the presentation his character**
Student Work + Teacher Answers for each section.
Part 4: Divided into two parts: 4a - Adjectives and Key Questions; 4b: Vocabulary work, close reading Q, PEE paragraphs
Part 5: Grammar work, multi-choice, vocabulary work, PEE work
Part 6: Close reading work, multi-choice, vocabulary work, PEE work, Emotions work
Part 7: Vocabulary crossword, multi-choice, PEE work, Chekov’s gun Links
Part 8: First section work only - facts and opinions, research work, close reading, setting etc
After Reading: Book Review and Alphabet Quiz
Student and Teacher Booklets covering a full range of John Donne’s love, death and God-themed poems.
The following poems are analysed in this resource with both a student and a teacher booklet provided FOR EACH poem:
The Flea
The Good-Morrow
The Sun Rising
The Canonization
The Anniversary
A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning
The Ecstasy
The Relic
Elegy XIX: To his Mistress going to bed
Loves Deity
Good Friday 1613: Riding Westward
Holy Sonnet VII: At the round Earth’s
Holy Sonnet X: Death be not Proud
Holy Sonnet XIV: Batter my Heart
Each poem comes with:
A blank Student Booklet
A completed Teacher Booklet
A pdf of Narrative Annotations to explain the poem
A pdf of Poetic Technique Annotations to explain the poem
Also included in this resource:
Pre-Tasks: Timeline of John Donne, specfic themes to research
** John Donne - Blank Poem Booklet** (x14 poems)
John Donne - Context Booklet (x19 pages) Student (blank) and Teacher (completed) booklet
John Donne - Exam Booklet - Past Paper and Theme questions (x11). Guidance on how to write an essay; several helpful tables dividing poems into ‘Love’ and ‘God’ poems; Love topics; God and Death topics and matching poems
John Donne - Essay Planning Booklet (x23 pages)
6.** Love poems** - questions for each poem; language work (x18 pages)
The Flea- sample paragraphs and guided work
John Donne + Love - copy of excellent article (referenced); example essay paragraphs for Love poems; example introductions for Love poems
John Donne + God - notes; three essay plans provided
Also available as part of Unit 4 Bundle https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/gcse-ccea-unit-4-exam-task-2-comparing-texts-12446799
Unit 4, Task 2, Comparing Literary Texts
A fully comprehensive student booklet covering a wide range of comparative fiction.
76-page document
Utilising content from the current CCEA publications as well as pre 2010 specification.
Includes:
Tried and tested Exam Advice and ‘Basics’
Writer’s Craft
Example paragraphs
Language analysis examples
Full story analysis
Examples taken from CCEA Textbook, Revision Book and Work Book
Advice for Character work - including structured comprehension questions
Advice for Setting and Atmosphere - including accessible questions
Advice for Tension - including multiple comprehensions
Multiple single and paired exercises for various areas of writer’s craft
Annotation of Specimen Comparison provided by CCEA with accompanying tips and example paragraphs.
Also available as part of Unit 4 Bundle https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/gcse-ccea-unit-4-exam-task-2-comparing-texts-12446799
Student instruction booklet for Unit 4, Task 1: Personal and Creative Writing
26-page document.
User and Teacher friendly
Used in class as a thorough REVISION booklet. (Even more comprehensive version available in early 2021)
Includes:
Review of Past Paper topics
Checklist of topics for Personal Writing
Student to complete common Personal Writing themes
Student to complete of more thoughtful Personal Writing themes
Student to complete quick descriptive practice
Helpful overview of how to approach Personal and Creative Writing - including how to open and conclude
Student to complete 11 Personal Writing Topics - short, engaging introductions supplied as an example for how to begin each question theme.
Example response upleveled - three attempts with three feedback and guidance for approval - students will see the increasing competence as each attempt improves.
Example creative response ‘Description of place’
Example creative response - looking at connotation affecting storyline and word choice
5 guided Student responses to Creative Images (all sourced via Google Images)
8 further Creative Images to be used at teacher’s discretion
3 story arc outline tasks supplied to aid response to 3 further creative images
Personal Writing mat - brings together all writing advice, and example questions.
Also available as part of Unit 4 Bundle https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/gcse-ccea-unit-4-exam-task-2-comparing-texts-12446799
A complete pupil booklet, with accompanying teacher answer booklet to teach Unit 4, Tasks 3 and 4, Reading Non-Fiction
Tried and tested in the classroom.
Provides:
Comprehensive and developed list of writer’s craft techniques
Paragraph layout advice - suggested by CCEA, built upon by writer
Non-Fiction example articles adapted from Non-Fiction Past Papers, pre 2017 spec, made suitable for new Task 3 and Task 4
Sample tasks to accompany example articles, guide students to make pertinent comments
Tasks could be used as practice or for mocks.
Teacher booklet offers some example answers, and sample paragraphs to be built upon
Also available as part of my full Unit 1 BUNDLE of all 5 tasks.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12446833
Task 2
A complete 31-page pupil booklet covering all aspects of Task 2, taking some inspiration from CCEA GCSE publications and past papers from different boards.
Sample Teacher annotation and paragraphs have been provided for the majority of the work – please note, in most cases the same article has been annotated up to three different ways to accommodate the ability level of the class, therefore the sample answers range from basic to advanced.
This resource provides:
• A 31-page pupil booklet
• 11 separate documents of Teacher answers matching the tasks of the booklet – for a variety of pupil ability.
• This booklet carries the student through from easy to harder tasks, assisting in the building up of confidence as they grow accustomed to the task styles.
• Guidance for what to expect, and how to approach the task
• Worked example layout guiding the student through expected responses
• Exam guidance and annotation of past paper layout
• What to look for when analysing a variety of techniques
• Five short tasks where students annotate for key term
• Seven longer tasks where students annotate for named techniques and work through the accompanying tasks
• Seven practice articles to be worked on independently
What an incredible poem - effective, engaging, heart-breaking.
Included are TWO VERSIONS of a GCSE level Essay Analysis of the poem, analysed using an easy scaffold of ‘SPECS SLIM’. One more in depth version, and one ‘easier’.
Useful for Students - give them hints/paragraph sample/discussion points and allow them to complete each section.
Useful for Teachers as a sample piece of work.
The question:
Write about the poem ‘The Target’.
You should describe what the poet writes about and how he uses language to convey his thoughts and feelings.
The scaffold:
SPECS
Subject Purpose Emotion Craftsmanship Summary
Craftmanship: SLIM
Structure Language Imagery Movement Sounds
Example paragraph:
Subject
The title of the poem gives the first suggestion of its subject matter. A ‘target’ is something that is aimed for – whether as an aspirational goal, or through violence – in archery, or the use of guns. It is quickly realised that the latter is involved in this ‘Target’ – and the aim was a fellow human being. The antiquated language, e.g. ‘durst’, ‘Twas’, ‘a-happening’, places this situation in the past, possibly World War One. If this is the case, the subject matter is the death of a soldier, at the hand of his enemy; the enemy and killer being the first person narrator of the poem. The poem moves on to document the killer’s reasons, his regrets, the fears of his mother and the only solution possible to quell her fears: “Perhaps it might be best/To die, and set her fears at rest”; the lack of participation from a God who ‘takes no sort of heed’ and the inescapable ‘bloody mess’ of war and ‘job’ which must be carried out by the narrator as a soldier.
Sample provided to experience before purchasing the full document:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12599923
Sample demonstrates the first six alphabetised writer’s craft techniques.
In the full document you will get:
An alphabetised Dictionary suitable for English Language students at GCSE.
56 page document
80 writer’s craft techniques listed and defined.
‘What’ and ‘Why used’ sections for each
Includes extra spaces at the end for additional techniques.
Useful for covering all language techniques expected at GCSE English Language level, with a few common presentation techniques also included.
Advice:
I usually print out the title page full size, then print the document 2 pages per sheet - and put it together as a wee booklet.
Full Document:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12599923
An alphabetised Dictionary suitable for English Language students at GCSE.
56 page document
80 writer’s craft techniques listed and defined.
‘What’ and ‘Why used’ sections for each
Includes extra spaces at the end for additional techniques.
Useful for covering all language techniques expected at GCSE English Language level, with a few common presentation techniques also included.
Advice:
I usually print out the title page full size, then print the document 2 pages per sheet - and put it together as a wee booklet.
See attached a free sample:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12599928
Four Student booklets bringing together everything you need to complete CCEA’s GCSE English Unit 1.
All five Unit 1 Tasks - combined teacher and student user- friendly booklet Power Point and Teacher Answer booklets covering the course in detail.
Task 1: Writing for Purpose
Task 2: Reading Non-Fiction
Task 3: Reading Non-Fiction
Task 4+5: Reading Media Texts
Task 1
Student instruction booklet for Unit 1, Task 1: Writing for Purpose
45-page document
User friendly for both teacher and student.
Tried and tested in the classroom as a thorough REVISION booklet.
Provides:
Exam basics and advice
Typical topics
Legacy and current spec Questions
Fully comprehensive list of possible questions - 25 possible themes gathered to be analysed - with over 100 questions divided variously among them - to stimulate debate, research, essays etc
Advice basics about WHAT and to WHOM you are writing
Four pages of advice for WRITING EFFECTIVELY including handy Essay Layout
Exercises to complete: compiling similar questions and reacting to thought provoking questions
Separate planning pages for controversial topics: smoking/abortion/drugs etc
Highly effective STUDENT SCAFFOLD for full Essay Layout - has been used for every topic in the classroom
Three example essay titles with developed answers and guidance for completion: Organ Donation/Tolerance/Tattoos and Piercings
Student research of 12 separate topics - for and against points - gathered collaboratively - comprehensive and easy to use as stimulus for completion of essays.
Task 2
A complete 31-page pupil booklet covering all aspects of Task 2, taking some inspiration from CCEA GCSE publications and past papers from different boards.
Sample Teacher annotation and paragraphs have been provided for the majority of the work – please note, in most cases the same article has been annotated up to three different ways to accommodate the ability level of the class, therefore the sample answers range from basic to advanced.
This resource provides:
• A 31-page pupil booklet
• 11 separate documents of Teacher answers matching the tasks of the booklet – for a variety of pupil ability.
• This booklet carries the student through from easy to harder tasks, assisting in the building up of confidence as they grow accustomed to the task styles.
• Guidance for what to expect, and how to approach the task
• Worked example layout guiding the student through expected responses
• Exam guidance and annotation of past paper layout
• What to look for when analysing a variety of techniques
• Five short tasks where students annotate for key term
• Seven longer tasks where students annotate for named techniques and work through the accompanying tasks
• Seven practice articles to be worked on independently
Task 3
A complete pupil booklet covering all aspects of Tasks 3 with help from three CCEA GCSE publications: textbook, revision book and resource booklet.
37-page document
A matching Teacher answer booklet to accompany and aid completion of Student work - every piece of student work is answered in the Teacher Booklet.
User and teacher friendly.
Provides:
guidance for what to expect, and how to approach the task
example layout guiding the student through expected responses
activity to aid deduction of implicit and explicit writing
five structured activities to aid the correct choosing of quotations
six structured activities to aid appropriate summarising of the author’s argument
ten exam practice tasks, imitating the correct styling of the exam
inclusion of past papers questions (four to date) and the specimen question
Teacher booklet provides suggestions and example paragraphs for ALL tasks, including exam practice tasks.
Tasks 4+5
A complete pupil booklet covering all aspects of Tasks 4 and 5 with help from three CCEA GCSE publications: textbook, revision book and resource booklet.
60+ page Booklet
80+ slide Power Point
Includes:
Two booklets and one PowerPoint
A Student booklet to be completed
A Teacher Answer booklet to assist with completion of student booklet, with student responses, teacher notes and teacher answers.
A Task 5 PowerPoint to assist teaching of Student booklet, with pertinent notes, sample answers and advice
Exam guidance
Worked answers
Reference to CCEA examples - current and past paper
Variety of examples to have pupils cover multiple scenarios
Also available as part of my full Unit 1 BUNDLE of all 5 tasks.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12446833
Student instruction booklet for Unit 1, Task 1: Functional Writing
45-page document
User friendly for both teacher and student.
Tried and tested in the classroom as a thorough REVISION booklet. (Even more comprehensive version available in early 2021)
Provides:
Exam basics and advice
Typical topics
Legacy and current spec Questions
Fully comprehensive list of possible questions - 25 possible themes gathered to be analysed - with over 100 questions divided variously among them - to stimulate debate, research, essays etc
Advice basics about WHAT and to WHOM you are writing
Four pages of advice for WRITING EFFECTIVELY including handy Essay Layout
Exercises to complete: compiling similar questions and reacting to thought provoking questions
Separate planning pages for controversial topics: smoking/abortion/drugs etc
Highly effective STUDENT SCAFFOLD for full Essay Layout - has been used for every topic in the classroom
Three example essay titles with developed answers and guidance for completion: Organ Donation/Tolerance/Tattoos and Piercings
Student research of 12 separate topics - for and against points - gathered collaboratively - comprehensive and easy to use as stimulus for completion of essays.
Also available as part of my full Unit 1 BUNDLE of all 5 tasks.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12446833
A complete pupil booklet covering all aspects of Tasks 3 with help from three CCEA GCSE publications: textbook, revision book and resource booklet.
37-page document
A matching Teacher answer booklet to accompany and aid completion of Student work. All Student work is answered int he teacher booklet.
User and teacher friendly.
Provides:
guidance for what to expect, and how to approach the task
example layout guiding the student through expected responses
activity to aid deduction of implicit and explicit writing
five structured activities to aid the correct choosing of quotations
six structured activities to aid appropriate summarising of the author’s argument
ten exam practice tasks, imitating the correct styling of the exam
inclusion of past papers questions (four to date) and the specimen question
Teacher booklet provides suggestions and example paragraphs for all tasks, including exam practice tasks.
Also available as part of my full Unit 1 BUNDLE of all 5 tasks.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12446833
A complete pupil booklet covering all aspects of Tasks 4 and 5 with help from three CCEA GCSE publications: textbook, revision book and resource booklet.
60+ page Booklet
80+ slide Power Point
Includes:
Two booklets and one PowerPoint
A Student booklet to be completed
A Teacher Answer booklet to assist with completion of student booklet, with student responses, teacher notes and teacher answers.
A Task 5 PowerPoint to assist teaching of Student booklet, with pertinent notes, sample answers and advice
Exam guidance
Worked answers
Reference to CCEA examples - current and past paper
Variety of examples to have pupils cover multiple scenarios
Teacher and Student Booklets
All work to assist with the delivery of the current 12 Heaney and 12 Frost poems specificed for CCEA GCE AS Poetry, AS 1.
Heaney:
Personal Helicon
The Forge
The Peninsula
The Wife’s Tale
Bogland
The Harvest Bow
The Railway Children
The Summer of Lost Rachel
Postscript
‘Had I Not Been Awake’
The Conway Stewart
The Baler
Frost
Into My Own
Mowing
Going for Water
Mending Wall
After Apple Picking
The Road Not Taken
Birches
“Out, Out-”
For Once, Then, Something
Gathering Leaves
Acquainted with the Night
Desert Places
12 page Student Booklet to be completed - ‘Heaney and Frost Introduction Booklet’ - includes information on Assessment Objectives, key literary terms, space for further biographical information, and possible poem pairings for themes.
24 PP Slides - (Image) Visual representation for each poem
Comprehensive 24 page booklet for Student/Teacher to assist learning about/ teaching of Robert Frost poems - notes for each poem detailing information on narrative, context, message, form and structure, language, tone and themes
Comprehensive 20 page booklet for Student/Teacher to assist learning about/ teaching of each Seamus Heaney poems - notes for each poem detailing information on narrative, context, message, form and structure, language, tone and themes
24 pdfs - each providing a fully annotated version of the named poem - annotated to account for choices of language and imagery - all techniques are abbreviated and present in short form, inside a circle. e.g. ‘M’ inside a circle = metaphor, ‘Sib’ = sibilance etc
Checklist for poems for both poets (24 in total - 12 each)
Blank Summary document - for Student revision purposes