A fantastic 26-page revision workbook on the reading exam on paper 2. The following is included:
Paper 2 overview
Reading tips and strategies
Real EDUQAS sample exam
Each question (1-6) has its own section
Exemplar work
Sample paragraphs
Sample extracts / exams
Student tasks
Final exam tips
A fantastic PowerPoint looking at all the tasks in the writing exam e.g. letters, speeches, reviews etc.
Each text type has a structure, teacher tips and a sample paragraph.
The following topics are also covered in the resource:
Proofreading
Capital letters
How to write a great intro
Apostrophes
Colons
Writing devices
DAFOREST
Sentence starters
Spellings
Homophones
Final exam tips
Two separate PowerPoints (around 50 slides with exam paper) on how to pass the L2 English reading exam for Functional Skills on the Edexcel board. 100% answer provided.
Three fantastic, in-depth PowerPoints looking at the paper 2 writing exam. The following are included:
Text types
Past exam questions
Examiner advice
Intros
Structure
SPAG
Sentence starters
DAFOREST
Revision quizzes
Three different PowerPoint lessons focusing on the impressions question in paper 1. These are all looking at real exam questions. The following are included:
Extract
Lecturer tipd
Answer structure
A grade 9 exemplar answer
Things to avoid
Group activities
Revision sheet for the Paper 2 reading exam. Each question has a model answer and number of points needed. Aimed for students looking for a grade 4/5.
Exam and mark scheme available here: https://susansenglish.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/5-component-2-additional-assessment-materials.pdf
A lesson looking at S03E01 episode of Black Mirror. Reading, writing and S&L activities included. My students loved it.
Episode available on Netflix. The following is covered:
Society
The ending
The truck driver - morality
Dangers of sexting
Are you addicted to you r phone quiz
Nomophobia
The plot
Why is it called Nosedive?
Why is it called Black Mirror?
Race and sexuality
Social Media
Fun anagram starter. The students are given a list of 15 celebrities. All of the letters have been jumbled up. They have an allotted time to unscramble all 15. Activity and cut-out cards included.
Fun anagram starter. You are going to have 19 things you can eat or drink. All of the words have been jumbled up. You have 3 minutes to unscramble all 19.
Fun anagram starter. The students are given a list of 15 animals. All of the letters have been jumbled up. They have an allotted time to unscramble all 15. Activity and cut-out cards included. My students love it.
Fun anagram starter. The students are given a list of 15 movies. All of the letters have been jumbled up. They have an allotted time to unscramble all 15. Activity and cut-out cards included. My students love it.
THREE SEPARATE Fun anagram starters. The students are given a list of celebrities / foods/ countries/ movies/ animals. All of the letters have been jumbled up. They have an allotted time to unscramble all the words. Activity and cut-out cards included.
A fun starter where students discuss what makes them embarrassed and why. After a number of discussion activities, the students have to rank embarrassing situations 1-10. They are then given a final embarrassment score! The students love this.
A PowerPoint and resources on how to write a grade 9 narrative. The students really love this lesson as it' s modern topic they all have an opinion on. The following topics/resources are included:
- grade 9 structure
- character
- dialogue
- SPAG
- exemplar material
- adjectives, adverbs & verbs
- sentence starters
- figurative language
- sensory language
- dialogue tags
- show, don't tell
A great lesson on the Coming of Age Genre. Includes the following:
-Definition
-Examples
-Discussion topics
-Interactive starter
-Coming of age soundtrack task
All points explained thoroughly with interesting tasks. The following is included:
Context
Images
The Great Depression
The American Dreams
Power on the Ranch
Plot points
Characters
The original title explained
12 different PowerPoints on writing A* grade PEEs (+zoom in + context) on Of Mice and Men. Each PowerPoint comes with an excellent lecturer podcast. The following topics each have their own PowerPoint and podcast on writing A* PEEs:
The colour red
Crooks
A different side to Curley's wife
Dreams
Steinbeck's use of light
Loneliness
Curley's wife's relationship with Curley
Curley's wife lack of name
Personification
Rumour
Women being treated like sex objects
1930s USA
A fun, informative and interactive quiz on letter writing.
It comes in a PowerPoint or video format.
I have also included marked exemplar working on letter writing. Marked by the exam board.