Fed up of paying for resources that weren't up to the standard that my students required (or resources that needed endless adapting), I decided to start making my own. All of the resources in this shop have been tried and tested by myself and my department - I don't believe in selling things that I wouldn't use myself! Any feedback you have on any of my resources would be greatly appreciated!
Fed up of paying for resources that weren't up to the standard that my students required (or resources that needed endless adapting), I decided to start making my own. All of the resources in this shop have been tried and tested by myself and my department - I don't believe in selling things that I wouldn't use myself! Any feedback you have on any of my resources would be greatly appreciated!
In this bumper pack of practice questions, there are over ninety creative writing questions in the style of AQA’s GCSE English Language Paper One Question Five (Q5), as well as two revision lessons.
The practice exam questions - on a range of topics - can be given to students as extra revision, practice papers, during lessons, or as homework. These assessment questions can be used with KS4 for exam preparation or as creative writing exercises for KS3.
There are also two one-hour revision lessons (each lesson consists of 20 PowerPoint slides). One lesson focuses on answering the narrative question, the other focuses on the description question. Both lessons have their own model answers, as well as a range of activities to help students develop their writing skills.
All resources are available in PPT/DOC and PDF formats.
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This PowerPoint, when printed (or emailed) as a booklet, can be used as English Literature intervention or revision.
There are 32 slides in total. Personally, I have given it as revision to my students. They plan the answers with me in an after school drop-in session and then they work through the booklet in their own time and use what they have learned to answer the exam-style questions - which I then mark and give feedback on. However, it could be used for isolation/exclusion work, extra revision, class work, home work, for intervention groups, or for GCSE re-sit students. The tasks are aimed at students aiming for a Grade 4 or 5, though it could be easily adapted for any English Literature student. Each session is designed for students to be able to work through on their own, or in small groups.
There are revision activities and model answers (grade 4 and 5) in the booklet. Additionally, there are five practice questions - one from each section of the AQA 9-1 GCSE English Literature (8702) exam:
Paper One - Macbeth
Paper One - Jekyll & Hyde
Paper Two - An Inspector Calls
Paper Two - Power & Conflict Poetry
Paper Two - Unseen Poetry
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Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
This well-presented pack focuses on AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1, Questions 1-5 (8700). There are four one-hour lessons covering each area of the exam paper, helping students feel more prepared for the exam. The lessons were planned to teach the exam skills thoroughly, though they could be used for revision lessons. Each lesson requires minimal preparation and is designed with pupil engagement in mind.
With over sixty slides, this PowerPoint has a series of easy to follow activities with clear instructions and a variety of tasks. It focuses on assessment objectives and timings, aiming to give pupils a clear understanding of the exam and what is expected of them. The aim is to provide students with the skills and confidence needed to sit and conquer this exam paper on their own.
Included are: independent, pair & group work tasks, opportunities for self and peer assessment, extension tasks, writing frames, homework tasks and, in the event of emergencies, a cover lesson work sheet (though, hopefully it won’t be needed). There is also a model answer for each question to help students engage with the mark scheme.
Personally, I have found that, when using this series of papers and PowerPoints, students have grown in both confidence and ability on their way to achieving their target grades, commenting on the challenge that the lessons provide them with.
This particular pack focuses on an extract from Bram Stoker’s ‘Dracula’ and is provided in the style of the AQA English Language Paper One exam. Additionally, this pack includes a copy of L. Frank Baum’s ‘The Wonderful Wizard of Oz’ with exam questions as a homework task.
All resources are fully editable so that you can tailor to suit the needs of your class.
Lesson One – Questions 1 & 2
Lesson Two – Question 3
Lesson Three – Question 4
Lesson Four – Question 5 with a focus on how to plan a perfect response
To find more English Language Paper One resources in the same style, see the attached document ‘English Language Paper One - Available Lessons’. There is a free sample of the lessons here. And you can save money on a bundle here.
Many more high-quality resources can be found at my shop: PateResources
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
In this bundle, there are a range of created and amalgamated posters for an English Classroom including:
Synonyms
Discourse Markers
Question Stems
Subject Terminology
Persuasive Devices
Key Quotations
Literature Terminology
Punctuation Matters
New Specification Assessment Objectives
Please also take a look at my other resources.
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This PowerPoint and accompanying revision resources focus on AQA GCSE English Literature: Love and Relationships Poetry.
The PowerPoint focuses on comparing Follower with Eden Rock. Over the course of 37 slides, there are three one-hour revision lessons with a range of tasks teaching students how to annotate the poems and then, how to write up their responses. There are three exam-style questions, plus one extra for a homework task. Each lesson has a model answer for students to peer assess.
Lesson One - Focus on Follower
Lesson Two - Focus on Eden Rock
Lesson Three - Focus on comparing the two poems
For the revision resource, essentially, everywhere there is a letter or number joining two hexagons, students have to think about the relationship between the two poems in the hexagons. The activity is designed to get students thinking about what the poems have in common and how they can compare the poems in preparation for the exam.
This pack also contains exam-style questions that can be given to students as extra revision, practice papers, during lessons, as intervention, or as homework. There is one examination question for each of the poems in the cluster (listed below). However, please note that, whilst there are exam questions for each poem, copies of the copyrighted poems are not included. These assessment questions can be used with KS4 for exam preparation or as poetry exercises for KS3.
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Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
This well-presented pack focuses on AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1, Questions 1-5 (8700). There are four one-hour lessons covering each area of the exam paper, helping students feel more prepared for the exam. The lessons were planned to teach the exam skills thoroughly, though they could be used for revision lessons. Each lesson requires minimal preparation and is designed with pupil engagement in mind.
With sixty slides, this PowerPoint has a series of easy to follow activities with clear instructions and a variety of tasks. It focuses on assessment objectives and timings, aiming to give pupils a clear understanding of the exam and what is expected of them. The aim is to provide students with the skills and confidence needed to sit and conquer this exam paper on their own.
Included are: independent, pair & group work tasks, opportunities for self and peer assessment, extension tasks, writing frames, homework tasks and, in the event of emergencies, a cover lesson work sheet (though, hopefully it won’t be needed). There is also a model answer for each question to help students engage with the mark scheme.
Personally, I have found that, when using this series of papers and PowerPoints, students have grown in both confidence and ability on their way to achieving their target grades, commenting on the challenge that the lessons provide them with.
This particular pack focuses on an extract from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s’ ‘The Great Gatsby’ and is provided in the style of the AQA English Language Paper One exam. Additionally, this pack includes a copy of H.G. Wells’ ‘The Time Machine’ with exam questions as a homework task.
All resources are fully editable so that you can tailor to suit the needs of your class.
Lesson One – Questions 1 & 2
Lesson Two – Question 3
Lesson Three – Question 4
Lesson Four – Question 5 with a focus on structural features
To find more English Language Paper One resources in the same style, see the attached document ‘English Language Paper One - Available Lessons’. There is a free sample of the lessons here. And you can save money on a bundle here.
Many more high-quality resources can be found at my shop: PateResources
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
This bundle contains twelve full practice papers in the style of AQA’s English Language Paper One (8700) in Microsoft Word format. Each paper contains an extract and questions 1-5 in the AQA style format. Each paper is condensed on to 3-4 pages and can be reduced to A5 size to save on printing costs if needed.
There are a range of styles/genres and include:
Arthur Conan Doyle’s ‘A Study In Scarlet’
Bram Stoker’s ‘Dracula’
Charles Dickens’ ‘Great Expectations’
H.G. Wells’ ‘War of the Worlds’
Charlotte Bronte’s ‘Jane Eyre’
Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’
Joseph Conrad’s ‘Heart of Darkness’
Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’
H.G. Wells’ ‘The Time Machine’
Susan Hill’s ‘The Woman In Black’
L. Frank Baum’s ‘The Wonderful Wizard of Oz’
Robert E. Howard’s ‘Tower of the Elephant’
A pack of 12 Paper Two practice exam papers can be found here: https://goo.gl/8HaCRs
Check out my other resources for more English resources that are ready to teach.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
This well-presented pack focuses on AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1, Questions 1-5 (8700). There are four one-hour lessons covering each area of the exam paper, helping students feel more prepared for the exam. The lessons were planned to teach the exam skills thoroughly, though they could be used for revision lessons. Each lesson requires minimal preparation and is designed with pupil engagement in mind.
With over sixty slides, this PowerPoint has a series of easy to follow activities with clear instructions and a variety of tasks. It focuses on assessment objectives and timings, aiming to give pupils a clear understanding of the exam and what is expected of them. The aim is to provide students with the skills and confidence needed to sit and conquer this exam paper on their own.
Included are: independent, pair & group work tasks, opportunities for self and peer assessment, extension tasks, writing frames, homework tasks and, in the event of emergencies, a cover lesson work sheet (though, hopefully it won’t be needed). There is also a model answer for each question to help students engage with the mark scheme.
Personally, I have found that, when using this series of papers and PowerPoints, students have grown in both confidence and ability on their way to achieving their target grades, commenting on the challenge that the lessons provide them with.
This particular pack focuses on an extract from Charles Dickens’ ‘Great Expectations’ and is provided in the style of the AQA English Language Paper One exam. Additionally, this pack includes a copy of L. Frank Baum’s ‘The Wonderful Wizard of Oz’ with exam questions as a homework task.
All resources are fully editable so that you can tailor to suit the needs of your class.
Lesson One – Questions 1 & 2
Lesson Two – Question 3
Lesson Three – Question 4
Lesson Four – Question 5 with a focus on designing characters
To find more English Language Paper One resources in the same style, see the attached document ‘English Language Paper One - Available Lessons’. There is a free sample of the lessons here. And you can save money on a bundle here.
Many more high-quality resources can be found at my shop: PateResources
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
I know the feeling when you have to rush around in the morning getting yourself sorted, only to find that somebody has called in sick and you need to set some emergency cover work for their classes.
Similarly, I can’t tell you the amount of times I have witnessed teachers in my department struggling through the day with various illnesses because “it’s just easier to come in than to set cover work”.
As an antidote to this, I made these resources for my department to take away the stress of setting cover. A range of tasks, activities and exam questions are included - all English specific. The KS4 tasks are all exam focused and there are activities to cover every aspect of the Language and Literature exams. The KS3 tasks are all based on building the skills needed to study Language and Literature at GCSE.
All you need to do is print out the slide that you want the students to complete - all instructions are on the sheet.
Hopefully, this will alleviate the strain of cover for you and your department too!
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Each slide in this PowerPoint focuses on different elements of English Language subject terminology (both language and structure). There is a section explaining the definition of the terminology to the student and another section with examples of the terminology in use. These slides can be slotted in to any PowerPoint as an example, printed as a revision guide, printed as terminology posters for around your class room or just emailed to students for extra revision material. In total there are 70 different slides that each cover a different technique that may have been used by the writer.
My students requested this resource as a way to develop their AO2 skills (Explain, comment on and analyse how writers use language and structure to achieve effects and influence readers, using relevant subject terminology to support their views) to assist them in AQA’s English Language Paper One Q2, 3 & 4 and Paper Two Q3 & 4, in order to get the ‘sophisticated subject terminology’ element of the mark scheme.
70 Subject Terminology phrases covered from ‘Abstract Nouns’ to ‘Zoomorphism’.
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This is a selection of posters to hang up in an English or a Literacy classroom. This is perfect for someone moving in to a new classroom or even someone wanting to spruce up their current room (primary or secondary).
There are:
Ten posters on synonyms of the most boring words that students use (good, bad, happy, sad, big, small, went, looked, said and nice) - these are leveled according to ability.
Four posters on discourse markers (connectives) in the following categories: concluding arguments, sequencing arguments, furthering arguments and countering arguments.
Three posters on persuasive techniques/devices using an acronym, along with student-friendly definitions of each term.
Please also take a look at my other resources.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
This well-presented pack focuses on AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1, Questions 1-5 (8700). There are four one-hour lessons covering each area of the exam paper, helping students feel more prepared for the exam. The lessons were planned to teach the exam skills thoroughly, though they could be used for revision lessons. Each lesson requires minimal preparation and is designed with pupil engagement in mind.
With over sixty slides, this PowerPoint has a series of easy to follow activities with clear instructions and a variety of tasks. It focuses on assessment objectives and timings, aiming to give pupils a clear understanding of the exam and what is expected of them. The aim is to provide students with the skills and confidence needed to sit and conquer this exam paper on their own.
Included are: independent, pair & group work tasks, opportunities for self and peer assessment, extension tasks, writing frames, homework tasks and, in the event of emergencies, a cover lesson work sheet (though, hopefully it won’t be needed). There is also a model answer for each question to help students engage with the mark scheme.
Personally, I have found that, when using this series of papers and PowerPoints, students have grown in both confidence and ability on their way to achieving their target grades, commenting on the challenge that the lessons provide them with.
This particular pack focuses on an extract from Charlotte Bronte’s ‘Jane Eyre’ and is provided in the style of the AQA English Language Paper One exam. Additionally, this pack includes a copy of H.G. Wells’ ‘The Time Machine’ with exam questions as a homework task.
All resources are fully editable so that you can tailor to suit the needs of your class.
Lesson One – Questions 1 & 2
Lesson Two – Question 3
Lesson Three – Question 4
Lesson Four – Question 5 with a focus on sentence structures
To find more English Language Paper One resources in the same style, see the attached document ‘English Language Paper One - Available Lessons’. There is a free sample of the lessons here. And you can save money on a bundle here.
Many more high-quality resources can be found at my shop: PateResources
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
This is a selection of posters to hang up in an English or a Literacy classroom. This is perfect for someone moving in to a new classroom (or even someone wanting to spruce up their current room).
There are:
Subject terminology posters
Discourse marker posters
Punctuation posters
An Inspector Calls Posters with Key Quotations Display
Jekyll and Hyde Posters with Key Quotations Display
Shakespeare Posters with Interesting Facts Display
English Language Questions Display
And a more!
Please also take a look at my other resources.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
This well-presented pack focuses on AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1, Questions 1-5 (8700). There are four one-hour lessons covering each area of the exam paper, helping students feel more prepared for the exam. The lessons were planned to teach the exam skills thoroughly, though they could be used for revision lessons. Each lesson requires minimal preparation and is designed with pupil engagement in mind.
With over sixty slides, this PowerPoint has a series of easy to follow activities with clear instructions and a variety of tasks. It focuses on assessment objectives and timings, aiming to give pupils a clear understanding of the exam and what is expected of them. The aim is to provide students with the skills and confidence needed to sit and conquer this exam paper on their own.
Included are: independent, pair & group work tasks, opportunities for self and peer assessment, extension tasks, writing frames, homework tasks and, in the event of emergencies, a cover lesson work sheet (though, hopefully it won’t be needed). There is also a model answer for each question to help students engage with the mark scheme.
Personally, I have found that, when using this series of papers and PowerPoints, students have grown in both confidence and ability on their way to achieving their target grades, commenting on the challenge that the lessons provide them with.
This particular pack focuses on an extract from H.G. Wells’ ‘The Red Room’ and is provided in the style of the AQA English Language Paper One exam. Additionally, this pack includes a copy of H.G. Wells’ ‘The Time Machine’ with exam questions as a homework task.
All resources are fully editable so that you can tailor to suit the needs of your class.
Lesson One – Questions 1 & 2
Lesson Two – Question 3
Lesson Three – Question 4
Lesson Four – Question 5 with a focus on figurative language
To find more English Language Paper One resources in the same style, see the attached document ‘English Language Paper One - Available Lessons’. There is a free sample of the lessons here. And you can save money on a bundle here.
Many more high-quality resources can be found at my shop: PateResources
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
All the resources you need to ensure your students have plenty of exam practice.
This bundle contains a collection of twenty four GCSE English Language practice PPE papers in the AQA style. There are twelve Paper One papers and twelve Paper Two papers - all on a range of diverse (and engaging) topics and texts.
These could be used for revision, home work, class work, intervention or school assessments.
Also included are a short revision guide (in PowerPoint format) and an Excel mark book that automatically calculates grades when raw marks are entered.
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This mini revision guide pack looks at each question in the AQA GCSE English Language qualification (both paper 1 and paper 2) and gives students tips on what they need to do in the exam.
There is an exemplar question for each slide, a table showing the grade boundaries for that particular question and general guidance with how to structure their answer and how long to spend on each question.
The final slide is a break down of the grade boundaries based on the AQA English Language grade boundaries from the summer examination series.
I have also included a mock Paper One exam and a mock Paper Two exam.
This should provide you with everything you need to help your students revise for the English Language exam.
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This mark book is based on the new specification AQA GCSE English Literature (8702) qualification with the 2019 grade boundaries. In it, I have broken the qualification down so that there is a column for each question for you to input the marks to. The mark book will then automatically generate a fine grade for each section of the paper and a separate grade for each paper overall. The mark book will then generate an overall total and fine grade for the qualification as a whole (paper one and paper two).
In case you are unfamiliar with the term, a fine grade splits each grade (9-1) into three:
5a - The top end of a grade 5, almost working at a grade 6
5b - A secure grade 5
5c - The bottom end of a grade 5, almost slipping the grade 4 boundaries
The grade boundaries were calculated based on the August 2019 results from the 2019 GCSE exam series.
I have also included a row that works out the class average which is useful for comparing sets within the department, or for working out which question/section needs more work, or just to give the students a reference point for how well they did.
This can be used as an individual mark book or for the whole department, simply copy the ‘English Literature Mark Book’ tab to replicate the mark book and all of its formulas for each class in thee year group.
You can find a copy of my GCSE English Language mark book here: goo.gl/L98vmk
Please also take a look at my other resources.
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This is a differentiated copy of the ‘The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’ by R. L. Stevenson in Microsoft Word format.
Many of my students disengage with the novel due to the complex vocabulary. When reading through it with them, I highlighted every word that they stumbled on or were unfamiliar with. I then found easier synonyms for these words and added them to the text in brackets. My students can now engage with the text a lot easier as a result.
The whole differentiated novel is 51 pages in total and each chapter begins on a new page for ease of printing.
This is part of my 24 lesson scheme of work on the novel, which can be found here.
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This is a nineteen slide PowerPoint that accompanies a YouTube video series which can be found here.
This PowerPoint looks at five different types of nouns (proper noun, concrete noun, pronoun, abstract noun and collective noun) and aims to help students identify the different types in a sentence. It contains some small activities too.
The YouTube video explores the slides in much more depth and is useful for students who are revising, home learning, or who have missed lessons and need to catch up.
Please note, this is not a lesson. It is a collection of slides that explain the noun types with some small activities. It’s more of a reference guide.
I have included the PowerPoint in PDF format, as well as PPTX.
Many more high-quality resources can be found at my shop: PateResources
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
This well-presented pack focuses on AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1, Questions 1-5 (8700). There are four one-hour lessons covering each area of the exam paper, helping students feel more prepared for the exam. The lessons were planned to teach the exam skills thoroughly, though they could be used for revision lessons. Each lesson requires minimal preparation and is designed with pupil engagement in mind.
With over sixty slides, this PowerPoint has a series of easy to follow activities with clear instructions and a variety of tasks. It focuses on assessment objectives and timings, aiming to give pupils a clear understanding of the exam and what is expected of them. The aim is to provide students with the skills and confidence needed to sit and conquer this exam paper on their own.
Included are: independent, pair & group work tasks, opportunities for self and peer assessment, extension tasks, writing frames, homework tasks and, in the event of emergencies, a cover lesson work sheet (though, hopefully it won’t be needed). There is also a model answer for each question to help students engage with the mark scheme.
Personally, I have found that, when using this series of papers and PowerPoints, students have grown in both confidence and ability on their way to achieving their target grades, commenting on the challenge that the lessons provide them with.
This particular pack focuses on an extract from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s ‘A Study In Scarlet’ and is provided in the style of the AQA English Language Paper One exam. Additionally, this pack includes a copy of Joseph Conrad’s ‘Heart Of Darkness’ with exam questions as a homework task.
All resources are fully editable so that you can tailor to suit the needs of your class.
Lesson One – Questions 1 & 2
Lesson Two – Question 3
Lesson Three – Question 4
Lesson Four – Question 5 with a focus detailed descriptions
To see the YouTube video walk through, click here.
To find more English Language Paper One resources in the same style, see the attached document ‘English Language Paper One - Available Lessons’. You can save money on a bundle here.
Many more high-quality resources can be found at my shop: PateResources
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.