These resources (four lessons) guide students how to tackle each of the questions on language paper 2. The paper used is the Summer 2019 paper. Included is a ppt to guide students through the expectations of each question including model answers that would achieve at least a grade 5 and planning strategies for each question. Worksheets are also included which can be uploaded to an online learning platform for students to complete. Worksheets are very user friendly to minimise student difficulty.

3 fully differentiated (by colour) lessons to support the teaching of 19th century England context. Useful ahead of studying a 19th century text or extract with KS3. Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow = higher ability Resources cover: London social class gender divide rich and poor children Technology Education Children Welfare support Hygiene Difference between rich and poor Opportunities to: - write imaginatively - analyse gender divide - explore social class

3 differentiated (by colour) lessons to support the teaching of Romeo and Juliet Act 5 scene 1, 2 and 3. Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow = higher ability Resources provide opportunities to: - explore language, form and structure - assess against the 9-1 specification success criteria - explore context - fate and predestination - explore creation of tension - explore unfortunate coincidence - explore the significance of the ending

30 facts about Shakespeare and his plays. Cut them up and ask students to move around the room sharing information. A useful activity to get students thinking about Shakespeare ahead of studying a play.

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. This paper uses an extract from act 3 scene 1 The student responses can then be marked using the relevant mark scheme for Shakespeare. Assessment requires extract analysis and then question b is based on the play as a whole.

4 fully differentiated (by colour) resources to support the teaching of extracts taken from 19th century texts with paper 2 comparison skills incorporated. (Theme of education) Students will study an extract from Jane Eyre and Nicholas Nickleby on the theme of education and will analyse language and explore context. Students will look at the presentation of school life and compare to modern society. (Extracts included) Students will then read a modern news report on behaviour in schools and draw comparisons. Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow = higher ability

3 fully differentiated (by colour) lessons to support the teaching of 19th century extract taken from Wuthering Heights. The focus of these lessons is childhood and students will consider the presentation of childhood in the 19th century. Students will explore: - differences between rich and poor 19th century children - language in the extract Extracts are taken from the AQA new specification 9-1, 19th century texts booklet and is included in this resource pack. Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow = higher ability

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 n the real 9-1 examinations and are phrased in the same ways too. This paper uses an extract from act 2 scene 3 The student responses can then be marked using the relevant mark scheme for Shakespeare. Assessment requires extract analysis and then question b is based on the play as a whole.

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. This paper uses an extract from act 4 scene 3 The student responses can then be marked using the relevant mark scheme for Shakespeare. Assessment requires extract analysis and then question b is based on the play as a whole.

2 fully differentiated (by colour) lessons to support the teaching of the 'The Drum' by John Scott. Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher Resources provide opportunities for students to develop skills for 9-1 poetry exam including language and structure analysis and context exploration.

33 cards of serial dramas for students to use in a variety of ways such as: - sorting by sub genre - sorting by format - sorting by scheduling slot etc. Simply print - cut and use.

As many schools move in the direction of a knowledge based curriculum there has become a need in developing a more challenging and complex curriculum that builds effectively to ensure students grasp the key concepts in a given subject. This resource has been used in staff training and covers the following areas: Determining what it means to study each subject and why it is an important subject to study Ascertaining what is meant by a key concept Exploration of why students should be given the most important knowledge Determining the key concepts and sub concepts that make up a subject Mapping key concepts across a LTP Justifying and articulating how students encounter each concept/sub concept and how the complexity increases as they journey through the curriculum Exploration of the curriculum as the progression model All content is based on educational research and researchers have been referenced.

4 differentiated lessons that cover chapter 3 of Animal Farm and aims to build skills required to access the GCSE language and literature papers. Structure strips included to help students to write better responses Exam links - Paper 2 question 4 comparison practice - compare the perspectives of Boxer and Benjamin about life on the farm - Paper 1 and 2 language practice - analysing Orwell's use of language to present Squealer as an effective propagandist Resources also provide opportunity to: - explore propaganda - analyse language - compare perspectives - compare life on the farm under human and pig rule - write persuasively - use structure strips to structure effective responses - use the what how why method for analysis as PEE is too restrictive - use the acronym PEDAL (for lower ability) to help structure responses - select judicious quotations - analyse writer's methods (techniques and word classes) Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher

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

A Differentiated resources to support the exploration of gun culture following the recent attack in Las Vegas. (October 2017) Resource provides opportunities to: - compare gun culture statistics in UK and USA - compare Obama's speech on gun culture with Trump's election campaign speech - explore the events in Las Vegas - write a formal letter of argument on the subject - Analyse the effectiveness of Obama's speech - Analyse language - Use 'what, how, why?' instead of PEE Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher

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 3.

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

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.