Great for revision. A small selection of Paper 1 AQA GCSE English Language Q5 tasks to complete: Four documents with 8 separate questions, including: description, narrative questions and images. An abandoned room The desert Conflict Gifts

This lesson looks at how to write an effective review covering both L1/L2 Functional Skills English Language. Addresses: PAFL: purpose, audience,form and language. Highlights the structure and purpose of a review Includes a written assessment piece. Peer assessment activity Example written review for students to read and mark

Paper 1: Fiction - language focus. A ten page PowerPoint aimed at close language focus. using extracts from: Charles Dickens ‘Great Expectations’ Bram Stoker ‘Dracula’ Charles Dickens ‘A Christmas Carol’ John Steinbeck ‘The Pearl’ JRR Tolkein ‘The Hobbit’ Ian McEwan ‘Enduring Love’ AC Doyle ‘The Hound of The Baskervilles’ Ray Bradbury ‘A Sound of Thunder’ Harper Lee 'To Kill a Mockingbird Roald Dahl ‘The Landlady’ Addressing the four questions: Three details you have identified What? (is the point the writer is trying to make?) How? (what method or technique does the writer employ?) Why? (what impressions is the writer trying to convey?) What do we think? What do we feel?

This lesson can be used as a follow on from my previous Black Mirrors (Reading Skills) Lesson or it can be used as a stand alone lesson that focuses on article writing. Key focus AQA Paper 2 Q5 - Transactional Writing - Article Q5. Includes: 9 Page PowerPoint Recap of: purpose, audience, form and language. Interesting embedded video addressing social validation and rating system in China. Example Q5 - Write an article for a newspaper… AO 5 and 6 explained Example article written for students, ’ The Quest for Likes: The Perilous Journey of Social Media.’ Article template for lower ability learners Peer assessment statements for plenary

A full introduction to GCSE English Language - covers the WJEC/EDUQAS exam specification. Can also be used as a refresher style session. Covers all skills required for the Language exam. Includes: 10 page PowerPoint core, extension and challenge skills start with why resource (eg) question ‘why does this topic matter?’ ‘why might this learning be important in my life?’ What is English task? Addressing skills required for exam spec: reading, writing, spoken language. Discussion task Classroom contract Main activity linking English with other subject areas and why it is important Mini plenary Recap task addressing: reading, writing and spoken language skills.

Can be used a s a great introduction to inference and deduction skills. A fun and informative package (equivalent of two 1 hr sessions) that aids with the understanding of inference and deduction skills - the lesson also focuses on the differences between explicit and implicit language and structure ideas and how they can be recognised and explored further. Package includes: A 20 page PowerPoint with a variety of tasks. Two reading extracts with both core, extension and challenge activities Information retrieval resource ’ What Can You Remember?’ Plenary Grid.

A informative PowerPoint with resources that underpin comparison skills required for the exam. Teaching learners how to demonstrate understanding of a text and select a range of relevant quotations to support findings. Key Elements: Summary starter task to compare and contrast images. Skills re-cap - true or false task based on a number of statements. Comparison between a 19th and a 21st century extract. Addressing point of view. Addressing status, roles and housework between the two sources. Example comparison response. Resources Included: Images for comparison. Summary grids for comparison (differentiated chart for lower ability groups) Extract A and B (19th and 21st Century Example response 10 page PowerPoint

A Comprehensive 22 slide Powerpoint focusing on both reading and writing skills required for the exam ( suitable for both level 1 and level 2) Includes: Reading exam top tips Carol Ann Duffy clip ‘Stealing’ poem Ideas for group work activities Technique Example Explain guidance and resource. Exit Tickets Examples on how to craft emails Exam practice question from a local recruitment agency Peer assessment and success criteria ideas.

A 10 page PowerPoint that addresses the historical context of the play and the two characters: Macbeth and Banquo. Each PowerPoint page is dedicated to an Act and various scenes from the play, offering great annotations of important quotes needed for the exam. Lesson includes: Act 1 - Act 3 analysis with notable, important scene and character analysis of both Macbeth and Banquo. Key quotes that have been analysed in great depth on each slide. Includes overall conclusion of the two chracters and what each represents in the play Useful discourse markers to successfully structure essay writing. Close language analysis star paragraph guide. A great resource that successfully analyses character and identifies key quotations from the play.

A 12 page PowerPoint that explores: character, action, setting and theme. Additionally, textual references and context. Includes the following: -Romeo and Juliet clock resource 12 page PowerPoint. Lesson addresses key exam style questions, such as: ‘How does Shakespeare present attitudes toward death?’ ‘How does Shakespeare present the idea of fate?’ With many more… Includes four separate extracts A great pack to introduce key themes and ideas or can be used as a revision resource.

An in-depth 12 page booklet with extracts. The extracts featured incorporate British values and tackle societal and socioeconomic issues in a sensitive manner - very interesting extracts that will evoke passion and opinion. This booklet can be used as a four week independent challenge to help students improve reading and writing comprehension skills in the classroom or it can be used as a homework booklet to support with revision at KS4 level. Booklet also includes high level challenges for those higher ability students. Texts include: ‘Black Panther’ - finally gives Marvel the super villain needed - A.A Dowd. ‘We Need a Culture Shift.’ It’s not just rainbow coloured laces for players to come out - Liam Rosenoir ‘Jamie Oliver.’ Poor People Putting Food on The Table Trumps Diet… Kathleen Kerridge. Activities include: Writing articles to demonstrate viewpoint. Agree/disagree statements Comprehension/info retrieval questions based on each extract How does the writer show? What do these words and phrases suggest? How do you know? Link to context of article. What is your opinion? What is the writer’s opinion.

PowerPoint and resources aimed at ‘How to Write a Newspaper Article.’ Can be used for both GCSE and FS Level 1/2. Core - Extension - Challenge activities provided. Mix and match activities Video clip provided Summative writing task provided with Success Criteria and Self Assessment activity. Seperate resources included for mix and match activities.

Three seperate lessons in one PowerPoint (76 pages) Packed full of AQA Paper 1 goodness to share with your students. (Section A) A comprehensive breakdown of : Q1, Q2 and Q3 using ‘The Hunger Games.’ Includes: A breakdown of questions. Teacher and examiner top tips for success. Example exam questions with guidance on how to answer. Example answers Implicit and explicit definitions and examples. Resources: Hunger Games extract Homophone activities Technique, Example, Analyse table.

AQA Paper 2 - Question 2 focus ( topic homelessness) " Use details from both texts and write a summary of the differences between the two." A full comprehensive lesson that aids with the understanding of Paper 2, Question 2. Lesson pack includes: Source A - Sophie Haydock Source B - Arthur Munby Core - extension - challenge activities Clip to watch ‘Simon on the Streets.’ (excellent to promote information retrieval skills) All write round robin resource Example Q2 teacher answer

Informative lesson that focuses on the annotation of a range of quotations - underpinning the various ideas linked to language analysis and the effects on a reader. Highlights the skills required for the exam specification. Key Elements: Silent starter - read the resource provided - summarise writer’s point of view through his use of language. Grid used to capture ideas from Orwell extract ‘Road to Wigan Pier.’ Identification of imagery, adverbials and powerful adjectives - why and how are they effective? What do we think of the writer’s thoughts? Annotation of quotations with reference to techniques - THINK or FEEL - PICTURE or IMAGINE. Your turn tasks ‘analysing the use of language in a text.’ Resources Include: -PowerPoint Reading extract Language analysis grid.

An instructive PowerPoint with engaging resources that identify writers’ attitude, explaining how these attitudes are conveyed within a text. Key Elements: Emoji wheel starter task - identifying POV and supporting with statements to demonstrate understanding. Review reading - skimming and scanning task. Full annotation of review- identifying POV, language and technique. Identifying methods used to convey attitudes. Paired activity - can also be completed as a carousel exercise. Homework provided: Identifying a writer’s attitude to homework, using extract provided. Includes in depth annotation. Extension tasks: ‘Cornwall: A Love Affair That Last a Lifetime.’ Comes with full annotation of POV-Methods-Language Analysis.

A lesson and resources that focus on the key elements required for exciting writing! Package includes: Settler task - Chernobyl funfair image and task prompts. Recap and reflections on language techniques, notably PEARMS. Application of PEARMS and sensory writing feature tasks using a moden funfair image. Identifying semantic fields. WAGOLL for annotation of PEARMS, other language techniques and sensory descriptions. Includes fairground word bank and success criteria. Self-assessment activity linked to AQA mark scheme.

A great introductory lesson to poetry. A full and packed 15 page PowerPoint lesson that could actually be stretched over two sessions. The lesson explores the context of the poem and skills required to identify and make comment on language features. Can be used as a great introduction to poetry in Year 8 or 9. Includes: core, extension and challenge tasks. starter task/literacy focus dictionary definition challenge. an informative clip about the poem - linking tasks provided. the poem social/historical/contextual resource big question that focuses on the development of reading skills example framework/guide to aid with answering questions plenary task: self assessment

A great introduction demonstrating how to recognise and use: tension, structure and suspense in writing. A full eight page PowerPoint with resources, using George Orwell’s 1984, Room 101 and Big Brother. Pack includes: eight page PowerPoint starter task with audio video from Big Brother and Room 101 part 3, chapter 5 from George Orwell’s 1984 part annotation of chapter 5 from George Orwell’s 1984 tension wall resource, explaining what tension is and the features used in writing to structure for effect. Apply your knowledge task, creating a narrative opening, using some of the tension features discussed on the PowerPoint. peer assessment plenary task.

A great lesson packed full of ideas and engaging tasks to aid with both descriptive and narrative writing. Addressing key learning outcomes, such as, ‘being able to apply a wide range of effective language techniques’ taking into consideration the importance of SPAG. Key Elements: Overview of Paper 1, Section A and B. Silent Starter (SPAG Focus) Image and sentence starter activities. All Read Round Robin. Examples of descriptive writing with tasks on annotations. Core - Extension - Challenge - Super Challenge tasks. Mix - Pair - Share activity to assess for learning. Self - assessment activities. A Full 13 page PowerPoint.