This lesson is designed to support teaching of Component 1B of the EDUQAS English Language exam. This lesson could be used as an introduction and supports the AO5 score. This is ideal for a middle or low ability group and uses short bursts of writing to develop descriptive and structural skills. This lesson uses a YouTube video to demonstrate 'show not tell'. I have used an advert from The Dog's Trust, but you could easily adapt the video to suit your group.

This lesson guides pupils through writing a response to an extract question based on Romeo and Juliet. This is designed for Literature Component 1A from the EDUQAS specification. This is based upon an extract from Romeo and Juliet, but could be adjusted to which ever play your class has studied. This walk through is ideal for a high ability group and encourages familiarity with the AOs.

This lesson (or two lessons) is suitable for KS4 classes in preparation for the prose writing task in the GCSE language exam. This activity guides pupils to write a simple plot, but from an interesting perspective, such as a family pet. If pupils do not have an animal in the house, the account can be written form the perspective of an inanimate object. After writing their account, pupils are guided through proof reading, which is led by the requirements of AO6.

This is a sequence of two lessons, covering the conventions of review writing and including a review writing task. This is ideal for middle to high ability KS4, but could be easily differentiated to suit your group. The lessons are ready to use; you just need to choose an appropriate example of a review that would engage your group. There are suggestions of review websites included on the powerpoint. The success criteria are based on Component 2B of the EDUQAS Language exam, but could be tweaked to suit your exam board.

This lesson, covers the conventions of report writing and including a report writing task. This is ideal for middle to high ability KS4, but could be easily differentiated to suit your group. The lesson is ready to use and requires no additional resources. The peer and self assessment tasks are based on the requirements of Component 2B of the EDUQAS Language exam, but could be tweaked to suit your exam board.

This resources provides a sample exam question and extract for Jekyll and Hyde in the style of the EDUQAS GCSE specification. This is a theme based question on the ideas of good and evil. It has not been taken from the specimen materials, so is ideal if you are looking for last minute practice questions that you have not already covered. I have also included the appropriate mark scheme for the task to enable pupils to self or peer assess their work. These tasks could be used within a lesson, set as cover work or revision.

A lesson focused on transactional writing. The question has been designed in line with component 2B of the English language exam from EDUQAS, but could be adapted to any exam board. Slides are plainly presented, so can be differentiated and adapted to suit your usual style

This resources provides a convention guide for leaflet writing and an exam style question with writing guide based on the EDUQAS GCSE specification. These tasks could be used within a lesson, set as cover work, or homework. The sheet includes the mark scheme for band 5 to enable pupils to self assess their answers.

This resources provides a sample exam questions for the theme of war and relationships EDUQAS GCSE anthology. They have not been taken from the specimen materials, so are ideal if you are looking for last minute practice questions that you have not already covered. I have also included the appropriate mark schemes for each task and a selection of revision activities. These tasks could be used within a lesson, set as cover work, or revision homework.

This lesson, covers the conventions of leaflet writing and includes a leaflet writing task. This is ideal for middle to high ability KS4, but could be easily differentiated to suit your group. The lesson is ready to use and requires no additional resources. The peer and self assessment tasks are based on the requirements of Component 2B of the EDUQAS Language exam, but could be tweaked to suit your exam board.

This resources provides a sample exam question and extract for Jekyll and Hyde from the EDUQAS GCSE specification. It has not been taken from the specimen materials, so is ideal if you are looking for last minute practice questions that you have not already covered. I have also included the appropriate mark schemes for the task and a selection of revision activities. These tasks could be used within a lesson, set as cover work, or revision homework.

This resources provides a sample exam question and extract for Lord of The Flies from the EDUQAS GCSE specification. It has not been taken from the specimen materials, so is ideal if you are looking for last minute practice questions that you have not already covered. I have also included the appropriate mark schemes for the task and a selection of revision activities. These tasks could be used within a lesson, set as cover work, or revision homework.

This simple lesson could be used with KS4 or high ability KS3 pupils as an introduction to the conventions of sonnet writing. Pupils are guided through each stage of writing their own sonnet, within the conventions of the form. This could be used as a stand alone lesson between , or works really nicely as an introduction to the study of Shakespeare’s sonnets. No additional resources are required for the teaching of this lesson.

This is a whole lesson which guides pupils to write their own poem on light, using the outline and focus technique. This is ideal for KS3 pupils of all abilities, as it can be differentiated by adding a word bank or sentence starters. The success criteria encourage pupils to craft and improve their writing, to build resilience.

This short quiz is ideal as a starter or introduction to a new Shakespeare topic. It encourages pupils to accept that they may not understand every word of the language and encourages them to adopt a growth mindset. The quotations have been taken from A Midsummer Night's Dream, but it could be used as a starter to any play. This activity can be used with either KS3 or KS4, but with a KS4 class extension or follow up questions can be used to identify 'how' they reached their conclusion.

This worksheet is ideal for spoken language activities with KS3 classes. It outlines the characteristics of a successful speaker and gets pupils to identify positive features in the work of others, in addition to their own. Using this sheet ensures full engagement during presentations as all pupils have something to do and facilitates good peer feedback. This could also be used with a KS4 class in preparation for the GCSE spoken language assessment.