This lesson can easily be split into two, one hour sessions Key focus: Reading & Evaluation Skills Question 4 - AQA English Language GCSE Spec. Includes the following: 23 page PowerPoint with tasks and guidance. Progress tracker Video comprehension task; video clip supplied from Vimeo ‘NoseDive’ Mobile phone task with template resource Test: Charlie Brooker on ‘Take Me Out.’ Identifying ideas of Social Validation Example Q4 Evaluation with scaffolded response statements and example answer Self assessment statements table What is NOMOPHOBIA quiz… Group work activity task with guidance Plenary rating task. I have to say that this is a really interesting lesson :) There is a follow up lesson to this, focusing on Paper 2: Writing Skills*

Full 15 page PowerPoint - Exploring meaning in a text and the effect it creates. Analysing how a writer uses language for a specific purpose. Includes reading skill tasks and comprehension activities with annotated student idea slides to aid with engagement Answer, Prove, Explain examples are included as a guide for students. Recipes for success also included. Self - reflection tasks and ideas. Includes ‘Cosmic’ reading extract that can also be used as a form of summative assessment

PowerPoint and activities to aid with descriptive writing. Mix and Match activities to identify and use word class and linguistic devices, effectively. Synonym and antonym activities. Key Focus: Describing vicious animals. Examples included to enable annotation of key linguistic devices. Writing frameworks provided on PowerPoint Slides.

An informative lesson that analyses the writers’ use of emotive language. The lesson identifies modal verbs with tasks identifying the strongest to the weakest in modality. Includes example questions on effects created by modal verbs and the identification and analyses of other language devices used for effect. Exemplar responses to various exam style questions are given. Resources include: PowerPoint Extracts Example questions Example answers Modal verbs resources.

AQA Paper 1 Revision Lessons - two for one - English Language AQA. 38 slides of comprehensive revision for English Language Paper 1, covering both Section A (reading skills) and Section B ( writing skills) Includes: Revision Tips and guidance - including two video clips. Revision examples. Many past paper questions to revise from and answer. Additionally, covers methods used to craft effective descriptions and effective methods used to craft imaginative narratives. TEA resource included on page 30.

AQA English Language Revision Guide. A full and comprehensive revision guide, covering both Paper 1 (Fiction) and Paper 2 (Non Fiction) Complete question breakdown for both reading and writing tasks - a step by step approach offered to students. Hints, teacher tips and ideas to achieve that magical grade 4, this year.

An engaging lesson that can be used to introduce key skills required for Paper 2 AQA GCSE English Language. The lesson does give lots of examples and advice and guidance on how to answer: Q1, Q2 and Q4 - focuses on the theme of homelessness. Pack includes: 11 page PowerPoint packed full of information. Q1 skim and scan skills with true and false questions. comparison tasks based on image. informative visual clip (lasts 10 mins) ‘Simon on the Streets.’ Additional questions to support. reading skills tasks based on account by ‘Sophie Haydock.’ round robin task based on source A and source B. summary question WAGOLL guide on summarising two texts with a framework to support. stand up-hand up- pair up tasks.