I have an MA in English Literature from the University of Surrey and a passion for Literature. I tutor English Literature & Language one-to-one and in small groups, face-to-face and online. My shop provides resources for teaching GCSE students English Lit and Lang, in line with the Grade 9-1 grading system. Many GCSE resources are primarily AQA, but can be easily adapted for other examining boards too. Some resources are available for younger students too. All reviews greatly appreciated.
I have an MA in English Literature from the University of Surrey and a passion for Literature. I tutor English Literature & Language one-to-one and in small groups, face-to-face and online. My shop provides resources for teaching GCSE students English Lit and Lang, in line with the Grade 9-1 grading system. Many GCSE resources are primarily AQA, but can be easily adapted for other examining boards too. Some resources are available for younger students too. All reviews greatly appreciated.
This is aimed at GCSE students preparing for the Writing Section ( Section B) of AQA Language Paper 1. This resource teaches the foundational steps needed to aid students with structuring and writing a narrative, whilst helping them to employ emotive language and various literary devices such as similes, metaphors, and structural techniques. This bundle includes a planning grid with detailed prompts. This can be used multiple times to practice composing responses to various SAM and practice paper questions for AQA Language Paper 1: Writing.
This lesson starter explores the six phases of a narrative, introducing key ideas and considerations for each of these phases. Focussing on the first four phases, this structuring technique enables students to develop their narrative writing skills in a creative context, as required for the writing section of AQA Language Paper 1. It gives the student a clear formula to help with planning a narrative, helping them to avoid wandering off track or shifting into a descriptive piece.
Worth half the total marks of this entire paper, building confidence and skill with this question will help students compose a compelling narrative to fulfil the assessment requirements of this question, and therefore greatly improve their overall score for AQA Language Paper 1. It is a technique that will also work for students sitting OCR and Edexcel English Language GCSE too.
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Targeted for students sitting Edexcel English Language GCSE, this resource explores Question 4 of Language Paper 1 and offers a walk-through on how to approach, structure, and respond to this high-tariff question.
Students often find this question the most challenging of all, and it is worth more than the rest of the Reading section combined. Therefore, it is worth careful consideration. Filled with useful hints and tips, this resource guides the student through what can be an overwhelming question in order to help hone their analytical and writing skills. It also highlights how long should be spent on this question, what aspects of the extract to consider, and includes a breakdown of how to structure exam question responses in either PETER or PETAZAL paragraphs, as well as the Edexcel skills descriptors for this question.
Included is also a PETAZAL paragraph planing grid so that the student can use this to plan their answer to Language Paper 1 Question 4 of any Edexcel sample or past papers for practice.
