Revision lesson on AQA Paper 1, Q3: How has the writer structured the text to interest the reader?
For copyright reasons, I can’t share the extract but it can be easily found online.
Starter activity on OFFICES and Freytag’s Pyramid.
Uses clear teacher modelling & scaffolding.
Gradual release of responsibility: I DO, WE DO, YOU DO.
Tackles how to answer Q3.
SEND / dyslexia friendly.
Teacher guidance on slide 1.
PEER REVIEW.
AQA Paper 1, Q4: Evaluate the writer’s methods.
Note: Students will need to have completed Q2 & Q3 (or have spent time labelling the extract for Dickens’ use of language devices & structural features) in order to have a solid understanding of the lesson.
Uses clear teacher modelling & scaffolding.
Gradual release of responsibility: I DO, WE DO, YOU DO.
Tackles how to answer Q4.
SEND / dyslexia friendly.
Teacher guidance on slide 1.
Contains a top Q4 answer.
PEER REVIEW.
The question this lesson contains is: ‘How does the Alice Walker use language to describe the setting?’
Q2 Language Analysis.
Uses clear teacher modelling & scaffolding.
Gradual release of responsibility: I DO, WE DO, YOU DO.
Tackles ‘imagery’ linking it to atmosphere.
SEND / dyslexia friendly.
Teacher guidance on slide 1.
Offer opportunities for stretch challenges.
PEER REVIEW.
Important Note: this lesson’s exert isn’t from a past AQA Paper 1. The question this lesson contains is: ‘How does the writer use language to describe the moment Winston begins to write.’
Q2 Language Analysis.
Uses clear teacher modelling & scaffolding.
Gradual release of responsibility: I DO, WE DO, YOU DO.
Tackles ‘imagery’ linking it to atmosphere.
SEND / dyslexia friendly.
Teacher guidance on slide 1.
Offer opportunities for stretch challenges.
PEER REVIEW.
AQA Paper 1, Q2: Language Analysis
Uses clear teacher modelling & scaffolding.
Gradual release of responsibility: I DO, WE DO, YOU DO.
Tackles ‘imagery’ linking it to atmosphere.
SEND / dyslexia friendly.
Teacher guidance on slide 1.
Offer opportunities for stretch challenges.
PEER REVIEW.
We Do: teacher model on the last slide.
AQA Paper 1, Q2: Language Analysis
Uses clear teacher modelling & scaffolding.
Gradual release of responsibility: I DO, WE DO, YOU DO.
Tackles ‘imagery’ linking it to atmosphere.
SEND / dyslexia friendly.
Teacher guidance on slide 1.
Offer opportunities for stretch challenges.
PEER REVIEW.
AQA Paper 1, Q2: Language Analysis
Uses clear teacher modelling & scaffolding.
Gradual release of responsibility: I DO, WE DO, YOU DO.
Tackles ‘imagery’ linking it to atmosphere.
SEND / dyslexia friendly.
Teacher guidance on slide 1.
Offer opportunities for stretch challenges.
PEER REVIEW.
AQA Paper 1, Q2: Language Analysis
Uses clear teacher modelling & scaffolding.
Gradual release of responsibility: I DO, WE DO, YOU DO.
Tackles ‘imagery’ linking it to atmosphere.
SEND / dyslexia friendly.
Teacher guidance on slide 1.
Offer opportunities for stretch challenges.
PEER REVIEW.
AQA Paper 1, Q2: Language Analysis
Uses clear teacher modelling & scaffolding.
Gradual release of responsibility: I DO, WE DO, YOU DO.
Tackles ‘imagery’ linking it to atmosphere.
SEND / dyslexia friendly.
Teacher guidance on slide 1.
Offer opportunities for stretch challenges.
PEER REVIEW.
AQA Paper 1, Q2: Language Analysis
Uses clear teacher modelling & scaffolding.
Gradual release of responsibility: I DO, WE DO, YOU DO.
Tackles ‘imagery’ linking it to atmosphere.
SEND / dyslexia friendly.
Teacher guidance on slide 1.
Offer opportunities for stretch challenges.
PEER REVIEW.
3 pages of clear, summaried CPD on ‘How to motivate reluctant writers in the classroom.’
Focuses on low self-efficacy.
12 Practical solutions and tips for classroom practitioners.
A fun and engaging lesson on sibilance!
Lesson includes:
A starter activity.
A plenary.
Analysing poetry slide activities.
A Creative writing activity.
An extra activity just in case!
This document contains:
4 pages of practical solutions for supporting dyslexic students in English lessons.
A list of dyslexia friendly fonts.
A facts page on Dyslexia.
Recommended Year 9s books they’ll love by genre!
8 page document.
A comprehensive set of book genres and recommendations appropriate for Year 9.
KS3 Reading Suggestions.
Very convenient for library lessons when students don’t know what to read and you want to give them recommendations.
7 PowerPoint slides with reading facts!
DEAR activities (drop everything and read).
Health & Wellbeing Facts about reading.
Attainment facts about reading.
Real-world statistics about reading.
Recommended Year 7s books they’ll love by genre!
9 page document.
A comprehensive set of book genres and recommendations appropriate for Year 7.
KS3 Reading Suggestions.
Very convenient for library lessons when students don’t know what to read and you want to give them recommendations.
A handout for KS3 & KS4 pupils.
Designed to help with language analysis and zooming in on key words and phrases.
Includes connectives for argument.
This resources comprises:
A list of 285 adjectives to describe a face.
An example of AQA’s Paper 1 Question 5.
The plenary asks students to write down their favourite words to describe each aspect of the face.
A comprehensive list of practical solutions for English teachers with blind and visually impaired students.
This resource comprises of 3 pages.
Activties for creative writing.
Guidance on best practice.
Suggestions for school and SEND.