A huge resource consisting of 195 slides, covering the play in detail and making connections to the two poems. Originally produced for controlled assessment, this scheme has been modified to cover Shakespeare and unseen poetry for GCSE English Literature.
A series of five lessons, focusing on structure of texts. The unit covers extracts from '1984', 'Dracula', 'I'm the King of the Castle' and AQA sample materials on 'Brighton Rock'.
There are example responses, mark schemes, a range of key vocabulary and annotated exemplar to use with your students.
All texts should be attached.
A range of lessons, with resources, to teach descriptive and narrative writing to GCSE students. The presentation includes lessons on:
Describing people and places
Show not Tell
Narrative arcs and structures
Creating characters
Developing vocabulary
Exploding minor details
Openings
Endings
Planning a response
All lessons have been successfully taught with a Year 10 higher-ability class.
A series of lessons, fully planned, leading to an assessment opportunity for writing to present a point of view.
Requires access to BBC iPlayer for one of the lessons.
Suitable for GCSE English students or Y9 practising key skills.
Focuses on building skills and knowledge of exam requirements.
A huge presentation of fully planned lessons, including a final writing assessment, this unit of work uses the learning cycle: Connect, New Information, Activity, Demonstrate and Review.
Approximately 6 weeks of lessons.
A range of tasks including:
what is an autobiography?
what is a biography?
analysing extracts
verb tenses
language analysis
structural analysis
creating a 'voice'
exploding images
analysing front covers
creating autobiography covers
analysing and writing blurbs
use of humour and anecdote
researching myself
exploring web pages
writing about myself
Designed for Y7 but useful across KS3 to develop analysis of non-fiction.
Three revision mats, covering the challenges of the new GCSE English Language papers:
language and structure analysis;
evaluation of writers' methods;
writers' perspectives and attitudes.
The mats can be used in lessons or to prompt homework, as well as traditional sources of information for revision.
Also useful to teachers and tutors of this subject, to help develop understanding of the exam requirements.
Designed for A Level English Language students, this 63-slide presentation covers word classes in detail, explores the concept of borrowing, explains lexical cohesion and offers example responses to texts.