Model answers for AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1 from June 2017 (The Tiredness of Roasbel by Katherine Mansfield). Three model answers each for questions 2,3 and 4 for the purpose of showing what a full mark answers looks like as well as one and two levels below, roughly equivalent to a level 9, 7 and 5. Written to meet the mark scheme as well as examiner’s report for that year. Notes are included to show where and how requirements are met. Intended as an adaptable teacher’s tool to aid demonstration of models for the Language fiction exam.

Model answers for AQA GCSE English Language Paper 2 June 2018 with tips and notes, based on the examiner’s report, providing knowledge of how students can consistently meet the mark scheme at a high level when dealing with an unseen texts. Questions 1-4 only for extracts from ‘Morning Glass’ and ‘The Hawaiian Archipelago’.

Model answers for AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1 November 2017 with tips and notes, based on the examiner’s report, providing knowledge of how students can consistently meet the mark scheme at a high level when dealing with an unseen text. Questions 1-4 only for the opening of Kate Mosse’s novel ‘Labyrinth’.

Model answers for AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1 from November 2018 (A Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury). Three model answers each for questions 2, 3 and 4 for the purpose of showing what a good answer at each level looks like, roughly equivalent to a level 9, 7 and 5. Notes are included to show where and how the different bands of the mark scheme were met. Intended to be used for teachers and students to see how to improve. For example, a level 5 answer will be useful for a student currently working at level 3 or level 4. Please provide feedback on how you’ve used the resource and anything that could be added to make it more useful.

Model answers for AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1 from June 2019 (The Mill by HE Bates). Three model answers each for questions 2, 3 and 4 for the purpose of showing what a good answer at each level looks like, roughly equivalent to a level 9, 7 and 5. Notes are included to show where and how the different bands of the mark scheme were met. Intended to be used for teachers and students to see how to improve. For example, a level 5 answer will be useful for a student currently working at level 3 or level 4. Please provide feedback on how you’ve used the resource and anything that could be added to make it more useful.

Model answers for questions 1-4 written to meet AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1 requirements, responding to Specimen Material 3 - Claire Dean's 'Glass, Brick and Dust'. Adapt as needed.

This is a set of model answers for questions 1-4 of specimen assessment material one for AQA English Language GCSE Paper 2 (Jay Rayner and Henry’s letter) with tips and advice relating to how to meet the mark scheme requirements.

Model answers for Edexcel GCSE English Language Paper 1 from June 2017 (The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins). Three model answers each for questions 3 and 4 for the purpose of showing what a full mark answers looks like as well as one and two levels below, roughly equivalent to a level 9, 7 and 5. Written to meet the mark scheme as well as examiner’s report for that year. Notes are included to show where and how requirements are met. Intended as an adaptable teacher’s tool to aid demonstration of models for the Language fiction exam. Please provide feedback on how you’ve used resource and anything that could be added to make more useful.

Revision presentation with tips and requirements for each question on the OCR English Language Paper 1. Not in depth, just an overview.

Practice paper for OCR English Language GCSE new specification. This is for Paper 1, non-fiction, and contains all questions and is modelled after the exam board. Sources are an article by Charles Dickens and another from The Guardian on the subject of school and childhood achievement.

Featuring two texts on sailing adventures, one non-fiction and one fiction following OCR guidance. Full paper/all questions based on OCR criteria.

Clearly presents a way to tackle the difficulties of evaluation question on the English Language GCSE paper for all exam boards (both 1 & 2/fiction & non-fiction). Goes through ‘what is evaluation?’, what to write about and how to structure a response. Overall, designed to increase understanding and confidence for teachers and students. Contains an exemplar but no activities or texts to practise on, but rather to support other work.

Model answers for OCR GCSE English Language Paper 2 June 2018 with tips and notes, based on the examiner’s report, providing knowledge of how students can consistently meet the mark scheme at a high level when dealing with an unseen text. Questions 1-4 only for the extracts from Laurie Lee’s ‘A Moment of War’ and Wayson Choy’s ‘All That Matters’

Model answers for Edexcel GCSE English Language Paper 1 from November 2018 (The Time Machine by HG Wells). Model answers for questions 3 and 4 for the purpose of showing what a good answer at each level looks like, roughly equivalent to a level 9, 7 and 5. Notes are included to show where and how the different bands of the mark scheme were met. Intended to be used for teachers and students to see how to improve. For example, a level 5 answer will be useful for a student currently working at level 3 or level 4. Please provide feedback on how you’ve used the resource and anything that could be added to make it more useful.

All questions in the style of OCR GCSE English Language Paper 2. Texts include Prince Charles biography and Louisa May Alcott's 'Old Fashioned Girl' on the theme of being a newcomer.

A detailed explanation of how to write a PEE paragraph for language exams. Particularly helpful for low ability to ensure clarity while hitting higher band requirements for the shorter GCSE questions. Includes models.

Model answers for Edexcel GCSE English Language Paper 1 June 2018 with tips and notes, based on the examiner’s report, providing knowledge of how students can consistently meet the mark scheme at a high level when dealing with an unseen text. Questions 1-4 only for the extract from Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s ‘Crime and Punishment’.

Model answers for OCR GCSE English Language Paper 1 June 2018 with tips and notes, based on the examiner’s report, providing knowledge of how students can consistently meet the mark scheme at a high level when dealing with an unseen text. Questions 1-4 only for the extracts from Henry David Thoreau’s ‘Walden, or Life in the Woods’ and ‘Journey to the Ants’ by Bert Holldobler and Edward O. Wilson

A model version of revision notes for ‘An Inpsector Calls’ to show how to build wide ranging as well as specific knowledge of how the characters are presented to meet the mark scheme’s requirements. A table for students to complete in the style of the model is also included.

A revision table for students to complete including a column to complete about how and why a writer would use it. This is intended for students to remember and prepare this part of their explanation to show understanding of the writer’s work, in particular for the language exams.