A PowerPoint designed to inform students as to the requirements and key criteria for the new Edexcel (9-1) Speaking and Listening Element. From this, students can easily go on to plan and prepare for their presentation. * The task details can be easily changed or adapted depending on the ability of the group or a specific school policy on S&L at GCSE.

These resources form Session 11 of the Edexcel GCSE (9-1) 19th Century Fiction Scheme of Work. They are designed to enable students to focus on how an author hooks, or engages, their audience; before moving on to complete a timed response - which is purposefully written in the same style as the Edexcel (9-1) SAMs. ***All extracts are the intellectual property of their author***

These resources form Session 10 of the Edexcel GCSE (9-1) 19th Century Fiction Scheme of Work. They are designed to allow students to revisit the previously studied skill of finding appropriate quotes; whilst also exploring how to adapt the language of the 19th Century into a more modern equivalent. ***All extracts are the intellectual property of their author***

These resources form Session 9 of the Edexcel GCSE (9-1) 19th Century Fiction Scheme of Work. They are designed to allow students to revisit using context as a method of defining difficult or unknown vocabulary, and then develop their evaluation skills by answering questions on language choice and the effect of that choice. ***All extracts are the intellectual property of their author***

These resources form Session 8 of the Edexcel GCSE (9-1) 19th Century Fiction Scheme of Work. They are designed to allow students to look at the following: Ordering paragaphs, and the importance of a correct order; identifying positive and negative language and vocabulary; and, finally, analyzing the use of positive and negative language. ***All extracts are the intellectual property of their author***

These resources form Session 7 of the Edexcel GCSE (9-1) 19th Century Fiction Scheme of Work. They are designed to allow students to revise the three main types of sentences, and then develop their understanding of how those sentence types are utilised in 19th Century extracts. ***All extracts are the intellectual property of their author***

These resources form Session 6 of the Edexcel GCSE (9-1) 19th Century Fiction Scheme of Work. They are designed to allow students to revise the parts of a sentence, and then develop their understanding of how vocabulary is used in extracts. ***All extracts are the intellectual property of their author***

These resources form Session 5 of the Edexcel GCSE (9-1) 19th Century Fiction Scheme of Work. They are designed to introduce the skill of PEE writing (Point, Evidence, Explanation) and then assess the progress of the unit up to this point. ***All extracts are the intellectual property of their author***

These resources form Session 4 of the Edexcel GCSE (9-1) 19th Century Fiction Scheme of Work. They are designed to focus learning on the skill of finding quotes, with extracts loosely based on the gothic horror genre. ***All extracts are the intellectual property of their author***

A simple crossword puzzle for students to enjoy in the run up to the festive season. Most students will be able to access the words and phrases included in this, though some may struggle with the spellings - but it's all good practice!

A simple, but effective, puzzle on the topic of Christmas. Can be used with children of any age and ability, dependent on support and the level of understanding of the season. After all the words have been found, the letters not used on the first few lines will form a hidden message - good luck finding it!

These resources form Session 3 of the Edexcel GCSE (9-1) 19th Century Fiction Scheme of Work. They are designed to help students understand the skills of imagery and visualising description. The images have been removed for copyright purposes, but the links are available to easily upload them where appropriate. ***All extracts are the intellectual property of their authors***

These resources form Session 2 of the Edexcel GCSE (9-1) 19th Century Fiction Scheme of Work. They focus on the skills of context and writing style. ***All extracts are the intellectual property of their author***

These resources form Session 1 of the Edexcel GCSE (9-1) 19th Century Fiction Scheme of Work. They are designed to introduce the student to the unit, and focus on the skill of summarising. ***All extracts are the intellectual property of their author***

This scheme of work is designed to cover the various learning objectives linked to the new Edexcel GCSE English (9-1) curriculum for 19th Century Fiction. Contained in it are 12 lessons, each labeled with a skills focus and a theme, along with LO's and notes for each session. The Resources mentioned within the scheme are going to be added over the coming weeks, but R1 resources are aimed for students with a D grade, and R2 resources are aimed at students with E or below grades. The PREVENT opportunities sheet is created to support establishments in identifying links to the governments PREVENT agenda.

The resources her include an initial questioning activity and two versions of sample papers for the Edexcel GCSE Component 1 19th Century Fiction paper. They are designed as revision for the actual paper, as they have the same question structure. However, each task/question can be adapted for a variety of groups and abilities. ***The extracts are the copyright of the authors***