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I'm currently the head of English and raising standards leader at a secondary school in Birmingham. I'm passionate about my subject and passionate about ensuring that the young people we serve leave education with a high competency in English. Prior to teaching I worked in the radio industry as a presenter for 7 years and so when I became a teacher I enjoyed the opportunity to teach Media studies. You'll find hundreds of English and Media studies resources.

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I'm currently the head of English and raising standards leader at a secondary school in Birmingham. I'm passionate about my subject and passionate about ensuring that the young people we serve leave education with a high competency in English. Prior to teaching I worked in the radio industry as a presenter for 7 years and so when I became a teacher I enjoyed the opportunity to teach Media studies. You'll find hundreds of English and Media studies resources.
AQA power and conflict poetry Comparison bundle - new specification GCSE
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AQA power and conflict poetry Comparison bundle - new specification GCSE

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5 differentiated lessons to support students in comparing the AQA power and conflict poetry Includes sample answers and structural tips Comparisons: - Kamikaze and Poppies - Exposure and Storm on the island - Storm on the island and Extract from the prelude - Ozymandias and one other poem - The Emigree and one other poem Opportunities to: - compare poetry - explore and compare writer's methods and ideas - self and peer assess - integrate context - use the mark scheme
Creative writing bundle
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Creative writing bundle

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Lessons planned to encourage creative writing using a variety of stimuli. Differentiation: Purple - low Blue - middle Yellow - high Resources for lower ability included
AQA English language paper 2 question 3 - Language & quotations  WHAT HOW WHY with structure strip
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AQA English language paper 2 question 3 - Language & quotations WHAT HOW WHY with structure strip

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3 fully differentiated and meticulously planned lessons to explicitly teach AQA English language paper 2 question 3. The lessons start from scratch and provide opportunities for teachers to assess student ability and work out where their areas for development are. Students can then be pointed in the direction of a particular task that will help to plug the gaps in their understanding and climb the mark scheme. Lesson 1 focusses on the selection of judicious evidence Lesson 2 focusses on the effect of language Lesson 3 focusses on language analysis Texts used: 1. Mail online article about a spoilt child 2. 19th century extract from 'Walks in and around London' Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher Resources provide opportunities to: - read 2 texts - use structure strips to form better analytical paragraphs - select judicious evidence - use the mark scheme - self and peer assess - teacher assess - develop perceptive comments - work on target grade specific tasks - explore how language makes you think, feel etc. - Analyse the effect of language - improve a sample response - grade sample responses
A Christmas Carol exam revision 9-1  extract to whole differentiated exam practice
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A Christmas Carol exam revision 9-1 extract to whole differentiated exam practice

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Resource to support the revision of A Christmas Carol and how to form exam responses to an extract from the novel and make links to the novel as a whole. Meticulously planned and differentiated. purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow = higher ability These resources provide opportunities for carousel activities whereby students read 4 extracts from the novel and make notes to form an exam response. Students will consider other parts of the text as part of their answer.
A Christmas Carol exam revision 2 - extract to whole - practice & structure a response
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A Christmas Carol exam revision 2 - extract to whole - practice & structure a response

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Resource to support the revision of A Christmas Carol and how to form exam responses to an extract from the novel and make links to the novel as a whole. These resources provide opportunities for carousel activities whereby students read 4 extracts from the novel and make notes to form an exam response. Students will consider other parts of the text as part of their answer. 4 extracts included
Writing a speech Presidential speech Donald Trump  Propaganda GCSE 9-1 skills
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Writing a speech Presidential speech Donald Trump Propaganda GCSE 9-1 skills

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A differentiated lesson that results in students writing their own speech as class president. Students will explore the legacy left by Barack Obama and discuss how effective he was as a leader. Students will also explore the attributes of a leader that they are familiar with through people they know or admire. Students will watch President Trump's inauguration speech and consider its effectiveness through analysis of language used. Students will consider propagandist techniques and identify them within Trump's speech., The final assessment requires students to agree a class success criteria before the writing task using their understanding of the mark scheme and essential ingredients for good speeches.
Remembering quotations An Inspector Calls - Quotation retention session  Exam revision
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Remembering quotations An Inspector Calls - Quotation retention session Exam revision

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After hearing how useful chanting quotations was, from a colleague, for students in remembering key quotes, I led a session for year 11 that guided them through ways of remembering quotes for their literature exams. By the end of this session students will know 3 quotations relating to the inspector by heart. This is achieved through linking the quote to an image and possibly an action and then by repeatedly chanting the quotes. The resource also walks through the mark scheme with students and highlights how crucial quotations are in achieving marks. Students will also explore writer's methods used within the quotes Students are also exposed to an example question paper so they can see the lack of support they will receive and refers to the other literature questions. The final activity requires students to use the quotations they have learned to plan a response to an exam question about the inspector.
A Christmas Carol AQA New specification GCSE Sample assessment 2 - exam question - stave 1
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A Christmas Carol AQA New specification GCSE Sample assessment 2 - exam question - stave 1

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With very few sample assessment materials provided by the exam boards I have created my own. They have been made to look exactly like the assessments that students will sit in the real 9-1 examinations and are phrased in the same ways too. The student responses can then be marked using the relevant mark scheme for literature. The extract in this assessment is taken from stave 1.
Structure strips for analytical writing and transactional writing GCSE Language & literature papers
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Structure strips for analytical writing and transactional writing GCSE Language & literature papers

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A selection of structure strips that have been incredibly useful and rewarding. They have been used to help students to form better quality analytical paragraphs as well as improved transactional/non fiction writing. All of the strips can be edited and use the 'what, how, why' method as opposed to PEE which can be too restrictive Included in this bundle are structure strips for: - Romeo and Juliet - act 2 scene 2, act 1 scene 5, imagery - poetry comparison - non fiction writing - Animal Farm - theme of exploitation - AQA language paper 2 question 2 - AQA language paper 2 question 4 - AQA language paper 1 question 2 and paper 2 question 3 (language questions) - Of Mice and Men
A Christmas Carol AQA New specification GCSE Sample assessment 3 - exam question - stave 2
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A Christmas Carol AQA New specification GCSE Sample assessment 3 - exam question - stave 2

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With very few sample assessment materials provided by the exam boards I have created my own. They have been made to look exactly like the assessments that students will sit in the real 9-1 examinations and are phrased in the same ways too. The student responses can then be marked using the relevant mark scheme for literature. The extract in this assessment is taken from stave 2.
Introduction to Of Mice and Men Steinbeck Context differentiated  lessons
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Introduction to Of Mice and Men Steinbeck Context differentiated lessons

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3-4 differentiated lessons to introduce Of Mice and Men. Resources provide opportunities to: - explore the great depression including dust bowl - explore the roaring twenties - write imaginatively - upgrade sentences - Analyse language within the song/poem ‘Do-re-mi’ - use ‘what, how, why’ to form analytical paragraphs Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher
Of Mice and Men Steinbeck chapter 1 skills for GCSE English 9-1 'what how why' instead of PEE
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Of Mice and Men Steinbeck chapter 1 skills for GCSE English 9-1 'what how why' instead of PEE

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Fully differentiated resources to support the teaching of 'Of Mice and Men' chapter 1. Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher Resources provide opportunities to: - explore pathetic fallacy in the opening - analyse character presentation - explore animal imagery - use 'what, how, why' as a method for analysis instead of PEE which is too restrictive - explore George and Lennie's American Dream - work in groups in carousel activities - use writing strips to structure better responses
Animal Farm exam revision TWO  new specification 9-1
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Animal Farm exam revision TWO new specification 9-1

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Resource s to support the revision of Animal Farm for GCSE with reference to the AQA literature paper Resources provide opportunities to: - revise characters - revise themes - structure a response to the question - mark a sample response
Animal Farm exam revision for new specification 9-1
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Animal Farm exam revision for new specification 9-1

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A resource that exposes students to 4 possible questions and encourages them to practice following a set of steps for ensuring that their response will contain all of the necessary elements. (Focus on the question, evidence, analysis of methods, context)
Animal Farm GCSE 9-1 Three sample assessments
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Animal Farm GCSE 9-1 Three sample assessments

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With very few sample assessment materials provided by the exam boards I have created my own. They have been made to look exactly like the assessments that students will sit in the rea AQA l 9-1 examinations and are phrased in the same ways too. The student responses can then be marked using the relevant mark scheme for Power and conflict poetry.
AQA English langauge paper 1 Revision 3 - Walking talking mock style lessons GCSE 9-1
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AQA English langauge paper 1 Revision 3 - Walking talking mock style lessons GCSE 9-1

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Lessons to support the revision of the new specification English language paper 1 for AQA. Perfect to use in class as a walking talking mock - whereby you guide students thorough each question and allow them the suggested time to complete each task. Using a sample paper provide by AQA which uses an extract from 'City of beasts' the resources: - guide students through how to tackle each question - provide suggested timings - provide sample answers - provide tips and strategies for planning a response - show the questions annotated to ensure students stick to the focus of the task - provide opportunities to self/peer assess against the mark scheme criteria Extract taken from: City of Beasts