Full practise paper for AQA English Language Paper 2 (Writers' viewpoints and perspectives). Questions 1-5 featuring a letter from a former racist and an edited speech by Frederick Douglass.

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

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.

Model answers for Edexcel GCSE English Language Paper 2 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 texts. Questions 1-7 only for extracts from ‘Return to Earth’ and space:uk magazine

Model answers for OCR GCSE English Language Paper 1 from June 2017 (William Hazlitt and Jeremy Clarkson on walking and the countryside). 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 non-fiction exam. Please provide feedback on how you’ve used resource and anything that could be added to make more useful.

Model answers for AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1 from November 2019 (Silent Land by Graham Joyce). 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.

Relevant and succinct context information on the Victorian era including: Education, the Industrial Revolution, religion, morality, the Victorian Gentleman, duality, the Gothic and the London setting. All covered in 9 slides! Includes a few activities to encourage connections to be made with context and plot in order to increase engagement, interest and understanding in the novel. No spoilers! Can be used prior to or during reading.

Model answers for OCR GCSE English Language Paper 2 from November 2018 (Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier and The Woman in Black by Susan Hill). Two model answers each for Question 2 and three for Questions 3 and 4 for the purpose of showing what a full mark answer looks like, as well as one and two levels below, roughly equivalent to a level 9, 7 and 5. Notes are included to show where and how the mark scheme was 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.

Jane Eyre context presentation covering genre, the writer's life, women in the 19th century, religion and mental health.

A full practice paper directly modelled on AQA's new English Language Paper 1 (Explorations in creative writing and reading). Questions 1-6 on an extract from Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped meeting AQA's 19th century preference.

A series of lessons showing you how to prepare for the anthology poetry comparison (AQA Power and Conflict). All poems covered, real practice exam questions, challenge / extension opportunities. Learn how to prepare and write a level 7+ answer! This is a 15 lesson step by step guide to revising, comparing, planning, writing and improving.

KS3 level introduction to structure. First lesson focuses on how punctuation and sentence length communicate feeling and atmosphere to the reader. Includes scaffolded writing models that increase in depth of explanation. Uses short extracts from Anthony Horowitz’s ‘Stormbreaker’ and Lucy Maud Montgomery’s ‘Anne of Green Gables’. Second lesson builds on this to look at the relationship between structure and genre, through tension. Uses tension graphs and extracts including John Grisham’s ‘The Firm’, Len Deighton’s ‘The Ipcress File’ and Kate Morton’s ‘The House at Riverton’ as well the ‘Black Panther’ trailer. Builds on analysis skils towards evaluation.

This is ideal for Year 9 or Year 10 and contains a first introduction to Shakespeare all the way through to writing GCSE level responses. It is designed for AQA but could easily be adapted. There is a great balance of activities building in language analysis and understanding or characters, themes and context. 21 lessons to cover a full half term with room to be flexible. All resources mentioned are included.

Full 6 week scheme for GCSE level study of Much Ado About Nothing that fosters interest as well as understanding. The scheme is designed to support a full reading of the play with key quotes and plot points identified and brought together with themes and context. Includes writing models that scaffolding building up to independent reading and writing skills across the lessons.

Full 6-8 week scheme to support full reading of ‘Lord of the Flies’. Originally designed for high ability Year 8. Includes reading questions, understanding and analysis tasks as well as many group activities to build independent responses to the novel.

A 24 lesson scheme that supports a full reading of the play with an emphasis on building independent close analysis skills and personal interpretation. Close reading covers key themes, quotes and relevant context as well as structure, language, form and narrative. Many opportunities for written response building from a model paragraph structure towards independence. This is easily adaptable for more condensed reading and differentiation.

This a full scheme for ‘A Christmas Carol’ that is designed for higher set or high ability engagement and development. There are a variety of tasks to do and a good amount of knowledge. I have also included an annotated copy of ‘A Christmas Carol’ to match up with the focus points in the PowerPoint.