Placemat including sentence openers and vocabulary into relevant categories. Since using these students’ work output has increased.

My students were finding it hard to meet the criteria in their literature exams and struggled with essay questions. I therefore made these worksheets ~(based on the AQA sample mark scheme) that guide them to producing an exam answer of a high grade.

A range of activities based around Macbeth. Used with Y11 MA. Includes extracts. Most work is my own, though some bits are taken from excellent ideas that have been shared with me.

PP guide to My last Duchess with a range of questions, grids and printable worksheet. Some questions are taken from other sources however most is my own. This was used with Y11 MA.

Resources looking at graphology and orthography. Looks at King James Bible.

Looking at tone in A Christmas Carol. Looks at language matching activity and then gives and extract and helps LA students to answer exam questions.

Full scheme for ODO used with MA and LA

A half term worth of homework for KS3 creative writing.

Booklet that I created to allow students to understand the exam paper through creating their own questions and mark scheme.

Unit of language and occupation lasting around 10 lessons (planned for 2 lessons a week). Ensures that all terminology required by the exam board is given. Includes example assessments.

Used as the first two lessons with Y13. Contains an intro to the course with quick quiz. Leads the students to consider existing knowledge of language and CLA. Moves onto a transcript and a straightforward analytical task introducing students on how their answers should be structured, followed by a peer assessment activity. Contains information on CDS satisfying A01 and A02. Includes further reading.

Introduction to Piaget with knowledge for A01 and A01. Printable worksheet to accompany slides and activities to check learning. Includes critique of theory. I found this covers 2 lessons.

An introduction to Nativism and Chomsky. Includes A01 and A02 information- Wug Test, Poverty of stimulus, inborn faculty. Transcript activity.

Introduction to the functions of language according to Halliday and Dore. Students complete grid and transcript annotation selecting functions before producing their own transcript. Answers included.

AQA English Language Paper 1A questions focusing on Nicholas Nickleby extract. Used as part of a unit named “An Introduction to 19C literature” looking at both lang and lit skills. The PP and activities lasted me 4-5 lessons. Covers some context Extract available from AQA website in KS3 resource pack under teaching materials

An introduction to phonology looking at A01 terminology types of error, IPA and relating ideas back to theory.