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Five star rated and 'TES Recommended' authors, we are two Heads of English who are passionate about using and developing quality, engaging resources. We recognise the need for resources that are 'ready to go' and that don't require a huge amount of 'polishing' before they can be used. Every resource that we publish is quality assured and, most importantly, has been tried and tested by us in the classroom! We hope you find our resources useful and we welcome any feedback.
A two week narrative writing scheme with 8 high quality and engaging lessons packed with a variety of interactive, stimulating activities. The scheme builds skills towards students producing their own narrative, suspense piece of writing. Lessons focus on structure, SPAG, figurative language, character development, setting, improving vocabulary and more. Links to the new GCSE Assessment Objectives for 2015 onwards. 83 slides.
10 fully resourced lessons to prepare students for the AQA English Language Paper 2, Section A exam: 'Writer's Viewpoints and Perspectives'.
This resource bundle includes:
Two powerpoint presentations totalling 142 slides.
A full lesson by lesson scheme of work including clear learning objectives and outlining assessment opportunities.
Eight different extracts to use with students from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries.
Each lesson is clearly structured with learning objectives, learning start activities, learning review activities and opportunities for students to demonstrate and assess their learning in a number of ways.
The lessons aim to develop a common approach for tackling each question to build students' confidence. There are a number of opportunities for students to tackle the different question types and the presentations provide clear steps and guidance to support students during the assessment process.
Model answers and assessment sheets also included.
Extracts included:
'American Sniper', Chris Kyle
'The Charge of the Light Brigade', William Howard Russell
'Letter to My Mother', Wilfred Owen
'A Beautiful Job', Gunner William Towers (WW1)
'The Death of Lord Nelson', William Beatty
'We Shall Fight Them on the Beaches', Winston Churchill
'Surrender Speech', Chief Joseph (taken from the AQA Reading Support Booklet)
'The Gettysburg Address', Abraham Lincoln
In addition to this, the presentations also include some optional Paper 2, Section B questions that link to the extracts and aim to develop students' nonfiction writing skills.
The lessons and extracts are focused around the theme of war so they can be linked with the 'Power and Conflict' AQA poetry anthology to develop students' contextual understanding for the English Literature exam.
Any feedback on the resource would be greatly appreciated!
A high quality, focused lesson exploring the significance of the relationship between Fred and Scrooge. The lesson follows a clear format and structure in order to embed new knowledge and consolidate student understanding.
Each lesson has a recall task, key vocabulary, analysis of the scene, opportunities for analytical writing, a model response and self assessment slide.
You can buy this lesson as part of a bundle of fourteen lessons here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-gcse-revision-pack-12415380
This bundle really does contain everything that you need to fully resource the new AQA English Language specification (first exams in 2017).
Including some of our best selling, five star resources:
A two year long term plan mapping out both the Lang and Lit courses,
An Excel tracking spreadsheet to monitor students' progress and convert raw AQA marks into a 1-9 grade,
Assessment and marking sheets for each section of the exam,
Planning and overview slides for each section of the exam which could also be printed out and displayed as posters.
This bundle also includes comprehensive PowerPoint lesson presentations for each section of the exam with over 400 slides of high quality, engaging material to use with students. Lesson by lesson schemes of work also included for Paper 1 Section A and Paper 2 Section A.
Each lesson is ready to go and fully resourced to save planning time.
Feedback is gratefully appreciated!
Question 4 resources now included and also available to download for free here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/aqa-english-language-paper-1-section-a-question-4-revision-11504003
15 slides to revise the AQA Power and Conflict poetry anthology. Each slide asks students to consider the how the title of the poem links to the last line. Great for a quick 5 minute burst of poetry revision at the beginning or end of the lesson.
A two week (8 lesson) scheme of work introducing students to Paper 1, Section A (Explorations in Creative Reading) of the new AQA English Language GCSE. The aim is to introduce students to the format of the exam and teach them the skills needed to analyse unseen prose extracts to be able to answer questions 1-3.
The scheme of work focuses on extracts from the opening of 'Fahrenheit 451', 'From Russia With Love' and 'The Night Circus' - I have not been able to upload these due to copyright restrictions but they are available online. The James Bond extract can be found here: http://thrillers4u.com/20_ian-fleming-from-russia-with-love-dr-no-and-goldfinger_extract.html and the 'The Night Circus' extract is from the opening page of the novel.
A full scheme of work is included with detailed guidance and notes to outline the structure of each lesson.
In addition to this, each lesson is fully planned and resourced as a PowerPoint presentation - over 100 slides for the two week unit.
See part two resources here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/2017-exam-2015-aqa-english-language-paper-1-section-a-resources-part-2-11145473
A lesson based around the final chapter of 'All Quiet on the Western Front' to introduce and familiarise students with Paper 1, Section A (Explorations in Creative Reading) of the new AQA English Language GCSE. The aim is to introduce students to the format of the exam and teach them the skills needed to analyse unseen prose extracts.
20 slides and with all of the question formats covered and exemplar responses included. Engaging tasks and activities including independent and group work.
20 slide PowerPoint included plus the extract from 'All Quiet on the Western Front'.
Five full lessons focused on the new 2015 AQA Paper, 1 Section A exam: 'Explorations in Creative Reading'.
The lessons focus on teaching students the skills needed to analyse an unseen prose extract. Lessons provide detailed guidance as to how to approach the four question types and include exemplar responses.
Lesson 1- 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' with a focus on question 3 and 4.
Lesson 2 - 'The Night' with a focus on question 4.
Lesson 3 - 'Of Mice and Men' with a focus on question 2.
Lesson 4 - 'The Great Gatsby' with a focus on question 1 and question 3.
Lesson 5 - feedback lesson on 'The Brighton Rock' specimen paper from AQA.
Each lesson has clear learning objectives, link to the AQA assessment objectives and markschemes and include a range of engaging independent and collaborative activities for students.
Everything that you need to successfully prepare students for the new AQA English Language, Paper 1 Section A exam.
All our Paper 1, Section A resources in one place including:
Detailed lesson PowerPoints looking at each question - over 200 high quality slides and accompanying resources.
Model answers to all the different questions.
Peer and self assessment template slides.
Marking and assessment cover sheets for students or teacher to use.
Template slides for each question to drop into any lesson PowerPoint on Paper 1, Section A.
A homework booklet to support students in their independent reading.
I have used a wide range of extracts to engage all learners including extracts from: '1984', 'The Great Gatsby', 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist', 'Fahrenheit 451' and 'From Russia With Love' and more.
This bundle really will save you hours of planning time!
Any feedback greatly appreciated.
A lesson outlining the moral journey of Scrooge across the course of the novella.
15 slides including key quotations for each Stave, model analysis and a range of opportunities for analysis and discussion.
Works well as a revision lesson leading into an exam or as a standalone lesson to introduce the character of Scrooge.
I have used this lesson with both higher and lower ability students who found it accessible and a useful way to revise the key character of Scrooge.
A high quality, focused lesson exploring the significance of the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come in Stave Four. The lesson follows a clear format and structure in order to embed new knowledge and consolidate student understanding.
Each lesson has a recall task, key vocabulary, analysis of the scene, opportunities for analytical writing, a model response and self assessment slide.
You can buy this lesson as part of a bundle of fourteen lessons here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-gcse-revision-pack-12415380
My students have struggled to get to grips with the structure question (question 3) on the new Paper 1, Section A exam for AQA. I recently attended an AQA support meeting and planned this lesson to incorporate some of the exam board's messages with regards to teaching the structure question. My students produced mucher better responses to question 3 after I went through this lesson with them.
The lesson is focused on the opening of '1984' and includes 15 slides plus a copy of the extract to use with students.
Includes:
Sample 8 mark answer
Planning grid for students
Clear and explicit links to the AQA markscheme
Key terminology and suggested phrases
Hope it helps!
A 48 slide lesson presentation taking students through Paper 2 Section A of the June 2019 paper.
The presentation walks students through each question on Section A and provides opportunity for self assessment and reflection.
Model answers, indicative content and a generic mark scheme for each question provided.
I have not uploaded the sources due to copyright restrictions but they are available to download from the eAQA Secure Key Materials website: https://www.aqa.org.uk/contact-us/secure-services/eaqa
This would be an excellent resource to teach or revise the skills for Paper 2 Section A or to use after students have completed a mock using the June 2019 paper to walk them through the strengths and weaknesses of their response.
A quick and easy GCSE writing skills revision lesson that links to the revision of a key scene and character from 'Romeo and Juliet' to consolidate students' understanding of the play.
The lesson focuses on students revising how to apply different sentence structures and ambitious vocabulary whilst also getting them to reread and sequence an extract from Act 1, Scene 1 of 'Romeo and Juliet'.
12 detailed and engaging slides. Extension and intervention opportunities included.
Ready to go and easy to use!
A selection of resources to consolidate students' basic literacy skills focusing in particular on apostrophes and the key homophones of: 'their/there/they're', 'too/two/to' and 'where/we're/were'.
The bundle includes:
A 13 slide presentation with slides that can be dropped into any lesson presentation to use as lesson starters or as distinct activities within the lesson.
Worksheets recapping key homophones and apostrophes.
A 30 slide presentation with commonly misspellings which could be used for digital signage around the school or as lesson starter slides.
A high quality, focused lesson exploring the significance of the Ghost of Christmas Past in Stave Two. The lesson follows a clear format and structure in order to embed new knowledge and consolidate student understanding.
Each lesson has a recall task, key vocabulary, analysis of the scene, opportunities for analytical writing, a model response and self assessment slide.
You can buy this lesson as part of a bundle of thirteen lessons here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-gcse-revision-pack-12415380
A 62 slide presentation comprised of 5 lessons analysing 'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas'.
The lessons cover the skills needed to approach questions 1-3 on the new AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1, Section A exam.
The lessons have been designed with a lower ability Key Stage Four group in mind and clearly spell out the different steps for success needed for the first three questions. These lessons would also be suitable to use at Key Stage Three or as a transition/revision resource.
Each lesson is fully resourced with clear learning objectives, a range of activities and opportunities for self and peer assessment.
Clear links are made to the exam assessment objectives and mark scheme throughout.
Model answers provided.
If you are looking for a more challenging set of resources for middle to upper ability students please see our five star rated Paper 1, Section A resources in our shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/RojoResources
A high quality, focused lesson exploring the significance of Scrooge’s grave in Stave Four. The lesson follows a clear format and structure in order to embed new knowledge and consolidate student understanding.
Each lesson has a recall task, key vocabulary, analysis of the scene, opportunities for analytical writing, a model response and self assessment slide.
You can buy this lesson as part of a bundle of fourteen lessons here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-gcse-revision-pack-12415380
A 29 slide, two lesson presentation covering the poem ‘Ozymandias’ in detail. The lessons are linked to the new assessment criteria for the 2015 AQA English Literature GCSE. Annotations for the entire poem as well as example analytical paragraphs.
*Regarding caromike’s review, the video is actually embedded into slide 4 and will play during the slideshow on PowerPoint. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMySF1nkN8o
