I currently teach English at a British curriculum international school, and have been an Edexcel Examiner for more than a decade. My current resources are based on the Edexcel IGCSE curriculum and designed to help students improve their exam scores.
I currently teach English at a British curriculum international school, and have been an Edexcel Examiner for more than a decade. My current resources are based on the Edexcel IGCSE curriculum and designed to help students improve their exam scores.
This resource contains everything you need to teach ‘The Bright Lights of Sarajevo’ by Tony Harrison. Based on the Edexcel GCSE/IGCSE English Language curriculum, but easily adaptable to any curriculum that you teach, this product contains:
51 Editable Google Slides with notes on each slide containing tips for how to use the information for different classes
Interactive quizzes and activities with answer keys included
Printable PDF versions of all activities with links to editable documents
Engaging starter activity based on the context of the siege
Definitions and examples for 8 literary techniques used in the extract
Detailed annotations of language and structure for the whole extract
Comprehension quiz on the text with answer key
Essay planning tool with teacher example
Practice exam question based on the Edexcel GCSE/IGCSE English Language exam Paper 2 (question 1) but easily adaptable to any other curriculum
Exam question, structure and rubric for Q1
Exam question structure, rubric, plan and model paragraph (30 mark essay)
Example Q1 answers for students to evaluate + examiner commentary
Optional creative activities based on text, designed to develop skills in preparation for the transactional writing component of the English Language exam - can be used as extension or homework
You can find a detailed guide on how to use this resource on my blog - expatedventures.com.
I would love to see your students engaging with this activity in the classroom. Feel free to post pictures and tag me on Instagram.
I hope you find the resource useful for you and helpful to your students. If you have any questions or comments about the resource, contact me on expatedventures@gmail.com.
If you like this resource, you may enjoy my editable Out, out-, Disabled and Whistle and I’ll come to you resources, all based on the Edexcel curriculum.
Thank you and enjoy!
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