A continuation of part one of my scheme (already for sale in my shop), this set of lessons continues to work through the story and develop a range of skills from English Language Paper 1 and 2. Lesson 17 contains a step by step approach to the Paper 1 Q4 English Language style question requiring students to critically evaluate a statement. Please see my shop for other quality resources - thanks!

THIS IS A MINI ASSESSMENT, LOOKING AT TWO EXTRACTS FROM THE DECLARATION. STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO EXPLAIN THE WRITER'S USE OF LANGUAGE AND STRUCTURE, AS PER Q2 & 3 STYLE QUESTIONS ON THE AQA ENGLISH LANGUAGE PAPER 1. ALSO INCLUDED IS A FEEDBACK PPT WITH EXAMPLE RESPONSES.

This is a Crime and Horror themed assessment intended for the end of a scheme of work looking at this genre. There are two questions: one on the writer's language and one on the use of the writer's structure. There are two differentiated options: one for higher ability and one for lower ability students. This resource also comes with detailed indicative content for marking and the relevant sections of AQA's English Language Paper 1 mark scheme.

Two lessons worth of English Language Paper 2 style questions. Powerpoint presentation with step by step guidance for students for answering Q 1 2 & 3 of the exam. Students would be able to answer Q4 after completing the tasks in the PPT. Resource contains two extracts related by the theme of explorations - one in Antarctica and one in the Siberian Marshes. Answers for self assessment and peer assessment task included.

Aimed at low to middle ability KS3, this resource will provide 2 - 3 lessons of horror based tasks to improve students' reading and writing skills.

The main resource here is the Powerpoint presentation exploring three different possible exam questions for Blood Brothers. This includes a cut out activity as preparation for one of the questions. Once preparation has been completed, students can complete the question in full as a class activity. Other resources include various worksheets looking at Mickey and Eddie's friendship, the characters of Mrs Johnstone and Mrs Lyons and some worksheets analysing characters & themes. These can be adapted for other characters too.

Three lessons with each one taking a different question of the English Language Paper 1 and using an extract from the novel Of Mice and Men to look at the required skills. 3 x PPT lessons and 3 x extracts provided.

1-2 LESSONS RE-CAPPING ONOMATOPOEIA, IDENTIFYING IT IN THE POEM 'NOISE', DESCRIBING A TSUNAMI WITH VISUAL STIMULUS USING ONOMATOPOEIA AND FINALLY LOOKING AT ITS USE IN A SHORT EXTRACT OF CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY.

This lesson starts with an introduction to stock characters and a wide range of other descriptive writing techniques using a written description of a scene in a doctor's waiting room. Students answer a set of questions which ask them to identify the writer's techniques and explain the effects. Next, students plan their own descriptive writing using given planning sheets, a range of prompts and some images of a fairground.

Ppt showing a clip of the chocolate room, in the first film version, collage of chocolate room related pictures to help students write a description of the room using a set of given techniques. Then, the same story is used to look at onomatopoeia. Students look at a given extract from the story and identify the onomatopoeia, also considering the effect of it. Final task is to use onomatopoeia to describe a tsunami. 1-2 lessons.

This is a minimum of 2 whole lessons (of one hour), beginning with Sir Robert Peel. Students are given two slides of information about the first police force then quizzed. This is followed by a look at the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, with some deduction tasks and a literacy correction exercise. Then on to hulk ships and writing a diary entry of someone on board serving a prison sentence for stealing onions. Links to clips re-enacting children sentenced to transportation for pickpocketing. Then, complete the outline using description of Magwitch’s character (escaped convict in Great Expectations), and some language analysis using an extract from this story. The final task uses information given in an extract from Oliver Twist to create a wanted poster for Artful Doder.

Three lessons focusing on Stave 5 - The End of It. Includes step by step guide through an extract question, looking at Scrooge's change of heart in the final stave. Extract included as part of the power point.

Fully resourced scheme, including step by step look at two exam style extract questions, aimed at MA ability KS4. Easily differentiated up or down.

This lessons allows students to examine a couple of example city guides, written by students, to understand the type of information used in writing one and also to look at the persuasive techniques used. Using given information about the city of Sheffield, students can work individually or in pairs to produce their own city guide.

LESSON 1 LOOKS AT TWO EXAMPLE STORIES AND ASKS PUPILS TO IDENTIFY WHAT IS EFFECTIVE AND WHAT REQUIRES IMPROVEMENT. INCLUDES A SIMPLIFIED MARK SCHEME TO ALLOW PUPILS TO ASSESS. TIPS ON PLANNING AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLAN IS BUILT IN. A TSUNAMI HOMEWORK IS PROVIDED AS HOMEWORK FOLLOWING THIS LESSON, PROVIDING A WRITING FRAME FOR PUPILS TO CREATE THEIR OWN STORY USING A GIVEN PICTURE. NARRATIVE WRITING LESSON 2 FOLLOWS UP ON THIS HOMEWORK, WITH A FURTHER EXAMPLE STORY TO LOOK AT. A NARRATIVE WRITING ASSESSMENT IS INCLUDED, FOR PUPILS TO APPLY SKILLS LEARNED. THIS COULD BE TEACHER OR PUPIL ASSESSED.

In this lesson, aimed at middle to high ability Y9 or KS4, the stanzas of the poem are divided up with prompts to be given out to pairs or groups of students. Once students have thought about their individual stanza, they can feed back to the class and everyone can complete the A3 copy of the poem (with spaces for notes) to provide themselves with revision notes. The accompanying ppt provides a structure for the teacher to use when facilitating feedback.

This resource contains 3 x mini question 2 worksheets featuring two short extracts on linked topics. The topics are: UKs coasts and seas, Natural Disaster relief based on the 2013 Oaklahoma tornado and the Puerto Rico hurricane & the Indian Ocean. Easily adaptable, printable, email(able!)

This resource contains reading and writing activities based on three extracts from Narnia and one from Jamaica Inn. The final activity is not extract based but requires students to imagine what the firey world of Muspelheim (Norse Mythology) might have looked like before considering how they might describe it. I have included differentiated versions too which include edited and shorter versions of the extract and slightly easier task requirements. Easy to adapt and print off.