A fun starter that could be used with any age and any lesson. Students must guess the movie based on the emoji clues. My students love it.

12 separate fun, informative and interactive quizzes using the retro speak and spell game as the theme. The students love it! You could also use it just for the fun PowerPoint template. The following topics are covered: GCSE writing tasks Fact and opinion Persuasive Language Bias SPAG

A collection of 28 articles that can be used for the reading and writing exams. Really good for debating. The students love it! Some of the 28 articles are listed below: 1930s dating Funny 999 calls Man posts himself in a big envelope Most embarrassing moments Fashion industry ignores bigger women Facebook brags A nation of creeps

A great lesson on complex sentences. PowerPoint and three worksheets included.

An in-depth PowerPoint lesson which is fun, informative and interactive. It gives explanations and over 15 tasks for the students to complete.

Two separate lessons on writing a report for the paper 2 exam.

Lesson resources on writing a grade 9 article in the GCSE English writing exam. The lesson is based on the theme of survival and includes a great starter on surviving 100 deadly situations. The students love it! All resources and video clips included.

A really fun and interactive used in creative writing lessons. The students work individually or in a group in this exciting quiz on famous opening & final lines in books/TV/movies. The following are included: Toy Story, A Christmas Carol, Of Mice and Men, Matilda, A Wizard of Oz, Harry Potter etc. The students love it!

An ‘outstanding’ lesson on the compare question in paper 2. This lesson uses the exam question, ‘COMPARE WHAT WE LEARN FROM JOE AND SIMON ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF FALLING FROM THE MOUNTAIN FACE.’ Extracts included. The resource includes the following: Model answer Extracts Lecturer exam paper annotations and comments Grade 9 answer separate Microsoft Word document Answer structure Language analysis Group activities Examiner insight Modern, fun and dynamic images to help analyse the text.

A PowerPoint lesson focusing on paper 2 question 2 of the non-fiction exam. This looks at the following question based on Touching the Void: 'HOW DOES JOE SIMPSON SHOW HIS THIRST AND DRINKING OF THE WATER?' Very typical of what you would get in the exam. Extract included as well as model paragraphs and examiner tips.

A really great collection of starters (55 slides). Each starter has a selection of quotes from a real EDUQAS exam. The students need to use the quotes to write an exam answer (PEE or simple answer). Sometimes a starter sentence will be included for weaker students. I give each class three mins to complete the starters against the clock. The following starters are included: Q1 information retrieval Q2, Q3 & Q4 language analysis & PEE Q4 Impressions question, language analyis & PEE Q5 - Evaluation question exam terminology starter on verbs, adjectives, adverbs & nouns (two worksheets included) top 8 incorrect spellings starter

An informative, interactive and fun lesson on Q3 of the non-fiction reading exam. This lesson looks at the Ben Fogle Captain Scott survival exam. Comes with lecturer podcast. The lesson examines the 19th century text and includes the following: Examiner tips Three group activities Model answers Extract Fun and interesting images Exam paper available at: https://susansenglish.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/5-component-2-additional-assessment-materials.pdf

60 page PowerPoint on the impression question on the paper 1 exam. There is a lecturer podcast also provided by a GCSE examiner. Grade 9 answer analysis.

A fun, informative and interactive lesson on writing an ARTICLE for the writing exam. The following resources are included: Fun starter 53 slide PowerPoint Grade 9 exemplar work Language techniques Sentence starters Structure

A fun PowerPoint looking at hilarious answers given in exams. All real!

This lesson provides essential information for writing a leaflet, making it very persuasive and informative.

A lesson on Q6 in paper 2. It’s based on the Summer 2018 exam which looked at two articles on volcanoes. The resource includes the following: Model answer Language analysis Group activities Examiner insight Modern, fun and dynamic images to help analyse the text. Connotation advice Answer structure Exemplar work Exam paper and mark scheme link

A lesson (& examiner podcast) on Q6 in paper 2. This lesson uses the exam question, ‘Both of these texts are about solitary confinement in prisons. Compare: what the writers say about the effects of solitary confinement on prisoners. How the writers get across the effects of solitary confinement in prisons.’ It’s based on the Summer 2017 exam which looked at two articles on prisons. The resource includes the following: Model answer Group activities Examiner insight Modern, fun and dynamic images to help analyse the text. Answer structure Exam paper and mark scheme link

A clear and informative 30-slide PowerPoint on writing instructions with fun (and less fun!) examples for the students to work with.

PowerPoint lesson on how the 1st question in the exam. This is based on the June 2018 exam paper. This is modern, informative and interactive lesson which the students really enjoy. Comes with examiner podcast. Exemplar material and model answer included. Exam paper available online.