A teacher made example paper for the new CIE 0500 First Language English Reading Paper 2020. Uses three articles on video games and their consequences. Questions and text choices closely based on the CIE specimen. Would be useful as a mock exam or practice paper for students. Includes a student friendly mark scheme for self-assessment for Q3.

A teacher made example paper for the new CIE 0500 First Language English Reading Paper 2020. Uses three articles on tigers in India and Nepal. Questions and text choices closely based on the CIE specimen. Would be useful as a mock exam or practice paper for students. Mark scheme included.

Key vocabulary and technique questions focused around 10 key extracts from the novel. Great as a homework task to encourage discussion in lessons. To differentiate teachers can allow students a choice of key questions.

A collection of 5 different posters to get staff to display what they’re reading in classrooms, perhaps as part of a whole school reading drive. Especially good for the secondary environment. They work well when laminated so that each teacher can update their poster regularly.

Success criteria, examples and explanations to aid students in preparing for their response to an article coursework for IGCSE English language 0500.

Mocked Up exam paper poetry and prose- Songs and Stories of Ourselves 0475

A worksheet to help students see examples of effective openings to exam questions. They can use the mark scheme to annotate and then continue the answers themselves.

Stories of Ourselves A* example essay on The Moving Finger with exam question.

A collection of help sheets to get students to start writing successful exam responses on the CIE Songs of Ourselves poetry collection. Includes Rising Five, Sonnet 29, The Three Fates and She Dwelt Among Untrodden ways.

A revision guide aimed at scaffolding revision for IGCSE students towards the Poetry and Prose paper 1 for CIE Literature 0475. Short recap tasks, exam questions and advice on creating their own questions.

Useful posters for introducing the IGCSE First Language English Paper for the new 2020/2021 specification. Includes tips on how to answer each question. Works well stuck into books for students to refer back to or printed as classroom posters.

A list of exam style questions designed for Cambridge A Level Paper 5 on Percy Shelley’s poetry, but easily adaptable to other specifications. Two A grade example responses, one on a passage based question and one on an open essay question. Very useful as a resource to unpack success with students.

A booklet of passages from Of Mice and Men with targeted vocabulary, quotation and analysis questions. Excellent as pre-reading homework to ensure deep understanding of the key moments in the text. Included is also a differentiated version aimed at EAL students with more of a vocabulary focus and extensions for the most able readers. Ideal as GCSE preparation for new challenging specifications.

A selection of writing tasks related to the novel with prompts. Eg) Write a boxing commentary of Lennie and Curley’s fight, using the boxing vocabulary listed below. Can be used as a homework booklet or as lesson resources.

An anthology of the poems selected by CIE for A level literature, Shakespeare and other texts.

A comprehensive planning sheet and tasks to help KS3 students plan better mystery stories. These lessons focus on the concept of the discovery of a mystery object which somehow reveals a secret. Students begin with physical objects (a shoe, a jewelry box- anything you have) and imagining their histories. After this, they come up with a few ideas of mystery objects and then plan out a short narrative using ‘set up, build up, climax, resolution/cliffhanger’. This is very successful with weaker groups who need clear direction, but also works well for curtailing the ambition of some budding novelists!

Our co-constructed marking/feedback policy for English. Lots of ideas borrowed from research and great schools (all referenced). A good starting point for developing your own policy or for NQTs to think about good feedback.

A progress tracker for students to complete to keep track of assessment targets and their reported grades to encourage a focus on progress rather than attainment.

A broad range of passage based exam questions (aimed at Cambridge English Literature 9695) which can be used as lesson resources, mock exams or a full set of revision questions for students to complete independently.

A useful step by step to guide students through responses to passage based questions. Key reminders based on examiner reports.