Written by an examiner after marking nearly 1000 exam papers. This guide includes the structure that students can adopt when formulating their answers to gain top marks.
Contains a full and detailed guide for students that are targeting top grades (8 and 9)
English Literature - Edexcel
Step by step guide for answering questions.
Contains word and pdf so adjustments can be made.
Creative writing lesson (includes model answers and student answers)
Very engaging and can be used with a variety of age groups.
E.g. GCSE preparation or even 11+ preparation.
Enjoy!
Year 10 and 11 - writing an article. (Edexcel and AQA)
I have exhausted the typical article question such as write an article on why ‘homework should be banned’ and ‘school uniform is good’ etc etc… and my classes wanted something new and different. So, I picked something controversial such as whether cycle lanes were good or bad and my classes was surprisingly upbeat and very engaged! They had some really excellent ideas, I was proud of them all!
The PowerPoint went down well and they really enjoyed it.
Enjoy!
An 11+ entrance examination paper (English) that will give students a flavour for the type and style of questions. Can be used for both Grammar and Private exams.
A challaneging yet accesbible extract.
The creative writing includes my Copyright Protected marking grid to help mark and grade the creative writing.
A powerpoint, based on GCSE Language Paper 1 - Section A.
Resources are a little scarce for these new exams, so I thought I would create a few.
I used this structure with my previous year 11’s, and an overwhelming amount achieved a Grade 9 in the final exam
Includes a copy of the text.
Includes model answers
Includes well written student answers
Includes Top Tips.
Text credit: Excerpt from the book The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey.
For the 11+ and Year 5 and 6 examinations, langauge analysis is a crucial skill that needs to be teased out. I have developed the PowerPoint to go through general advice, the key skills needed through isolated examples, and then analysis through key phrases from the extract. There is a particular emphasis on the command word ‘How’ and what to do when phased with such a word.
Based on Chapter 1 from Holes - extract attached with starter questions
Includes case studies on both:
Mount Pinatubo - LEDC
Iceland’s Ejyaka… - MEDC
Has causes, effects, impacts - environmental, economic, social - of each.
Has comparisons of them too - makes answering questions very easy.
A very very detailed yet engaging tectonics PowerPoint.
Includes Humor as this was aimed at my top set Year 13's and the topic is a bit dry in itself.
Includes: Plate tectonics theory, Plate Margins Vulcanicity, Seismicity, tsumais, managment and LOTS more. The whole tectonics AQA module.
Includes exam questions too!
You can use this over several lessons as I did.
Just to say had fantastic feedback about this PowerPoint from my students.
Includes a booklet with a comprehension and questions, as well as a composition.
The style mirrors that of 11+ exams, so would help with ISEB preparation for schools or with grammar school entry.
A challenging resource - even for my higher ability students. Notably as the two characters are nameless, students are forced to think about how they should phrase their answers without referring to the characters as ‘him’ or ‘they’. I am finding 11+ exams are becoming tougher and therefore this reflects this new challenge.
I have also included a powerpoint that has some sample answers.
Also a very brief outline of a lesson plan- highlights what i did in each lesson with my students, and some questions that may want to be explored verbally to get the students engaged. Harder ideas about writers purpose such as structural changes (why has the text changed from present to past tense is also explored) and consideration of what we associate"warmth" and "cold’ with, and how they could reflect the mood of a person, I found this helps with characterisation. Some students really could not see how the two link, and needed a lot of encouragement.
Includes case studies on both:
Mexico City Earthquake - 1985 - LEDC
Lorma Prieta Earthquake - 1989 - MEDC
& Haiti
Has causes, effects, impacts - environmental, economic, social - of each.
Has comparisons of them too - makes answering questions very easy.
An outstanding in depth power-point of all the key areas and ties between Fascism and Nazism
Perfect for Government and Politics or History.
Level: A level or Upper Set GCSE.
This word document is a beautifully presented document on the different types of volcanoes.
Would be good as a summary for students.
Includes:
Strata, Pillian and many many more. Includes a detailed description as well as pictures.
A all round PowerPoint summarizing and giving details on the Boxing Day Tsunami.
A really nice PPT, if you are using the boxing day tsunami as a case study.
Enjoy!
This includes 3 PowerPoint
1) Birth and Death rates - A good PPT to show how to measure variables - Helps with skills
2) Population Pyramids -
3) Population Variables.
Helps understanding of how to accurately measure variables and helps with knowledge AND skills.
A very detailed powerpoint covering a lesson based on a 'haunted house' as the stimulus. Includes a step by step paragraph plan as well as model paragraphs progressing through. I have also attached a student answer.
Powerpoint to support A2 AQA Geography World Cities revision.
Great for end of specification revision to support exams.
Includes some questions and answers including data response.
Includes case study revision.
Hello to the wonderful English teachers.
This is a (rather long) PowerPoint session that walks through tone, atmosphere and setting.
It also looks at P.E.E structure and how to best use it.
Finally, it goes through the commonly (often ill-answered) questions, that have the command word ‘How’.
This can be delivered via online teaching as well as in the normal classroom environment.
Enjoy.
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AQA & Edexcel - NEW SPEC Unseen poetry practice for Year 10/Year 11 English Literature GCSE paper 2
- Includes a copy of the poem
- A power-point which includes a line by line analysis of the poem
- A worksheet which includes a model paragraph
- Poetic technique list
Do leave a comment if they helped.