AQA English Language Paper 2 Q5 Writing frame & checklist to ensure that you get all of the important techniques in your writing while expressing your viewpoints and perspectives.
18 step writing frame using teachniques from AFORESTRIP suitable for if you are writing a speech, letter, article
Revision tool based around language techniques for paper 1 creative writing looking at filling in a table with the definition and creating a sentence using that technique based around a picture of a stormy sea setting. Then students will use some of the techniques from the table to create an engaging and powerful opening paragraph applying all of the punctuation marks in the first paragraph to achieve the best writing start.
Creative writing Storm descriptive activities
Two detailed paragraphs filled with language techniques to conveys the storm’s destructive power. Students will be asked to:
-Highlight the language techniques
-Name the language techniques
-What connotations do they have.
Language analysis question
-How does the writer use language to describe the storm?
Great as a revision aid for creative writing.
Busy train station descriptive writing activities, language analysis revision exam practice
Creative writing busy train station descriptive activities
Two detailed paragraphs filled with language techniques to conveys the busy train station . Students will be asked to:
-Highlight the language techniques
-Name the language techniques
-What connotations do they have.
Language analysis question
-How does the writer use language to describe the sunset in the city?
Punctuation
-Add more complex punctuation in the paragraphs
Great as a revision aid for creative writing.
Creative writing city sunset descriptive activities
Two detailed paragraphs filled with language techniques to conveys the beauty of the city’s sunset . Students will be asked to:
-Highlight the language techniques
-Name the language techniques
-What connotations do they have.
Language analysis question
-How does the writer use language to describe the sunset in the city?
Great as a revision aid for creative writing.
GCSE English Language Creative writing fog personification starter activity grade 9
This is a great starter activity for creative writing lessons, using weather and fog. The activity sheet has a paragraph personifying the fog, where students are asked to highlight the language techniques and name them. Then it opens up discussion for what connotations they can comment on. It will ask students to add more advanced punctuation in to the paragraph and then leading to students writing their own paragraph on fog.
When writing a response for the paper 2, question 5 writing section, ensure you can maximise full marks for content by using an abundance of AFORESTRIP techniques to engage and communicate effectively.
This is a glossary of language techniques for paper 2 writing. Technique and definition.
GCSE English Language techniques glossary AFORESTRIP Paper 2 expressing viewpoints writing (paper 2 q5) learning and revision aid.
A3 techniques glossary where students have the opportunity to research each technique and add it to their glossary sheet to use throughout the year. They can add the definition or an example to the space for each.
Great revision tool and aid. Can be coloured in to match the technique with the definition.
This is for paper 2 Q5 writing to express viewpoints, looking at the techniques needed to explain, persuade, argue.
GCSE English Language techniques glossary AFORESTRIP acronym for Paper 1 creative writing (paper 1 Q5) learning and revision aid
A3 techniques glossary where students have the opportunity to research each technique and add it to their glossary sheet to use throughout the year. They can add the definition or an example to the space for each.
Great revision tool and aid. Can be coloured in to match the technique with the definition.
A3 Storm creative writing build up sheet expand ideas and vocabulary.
Great build up sheet, allowing students to identify and pick out the similes, metaphors, personification and alliteration from 20 sentences linked to the image.
Students can use their thesaurus to find sophisticated words and synonyms for a descriptive piece of writing on a storm.
Students will have to think of adjectives, adverbs and personification, and then follow the creative prompts for sentence starters.
GCSE English Language Paper 1 Creative writing. This includes 2 pieces of grade 9 writing examples including a description and a short story based on an image of a mountain scene (Everest) and a story with the title ‘The Challenge’.
Tasks include:
-read and highlight the language techniques and punctuation in the two grade 9 pieces of creative writing
-modifying sentences
-developing sophisticated synonyms
-planning
-complete writing tasks
Includes build up activities to build up ideas to create their own piece of creative writing.
GCSE AQA English Language Paper 1 Creative writing 2 pieces of grade 9 writing examples including a description & short story based on a image of a stormy ocean with a ship and a story about something under the water (shark attack Jaws style).
Tasks include:
-read and highlight language techniques and punctuation
-modifying sentences
-developing sophisticated synonyms
-technique bubbles
-planning
Also includes build up activities to build up ideas for their own writing task.
GCSE English Language Paper 1 Creative writing. This includes 2 pieces of grade 9 writing examples including a description and a short story based on an image of a dead end and a story with the opening line ‘I knew I was in trouble. I knew I had to get out’.
Tasks include:
-read and highlight the language techniques and punctuation
-modifying sentences
-developing sophisticated synonyms
-planning
-complete writing tasks
Includes build up activities to build up ideas to create their own piece of creative writing.
GCSE AQA English Language Paper 1 Creative writing 2 pieces of grade 9 writing examples including a description & short story based on a image of a stormy sea, pier scene and a story that is based around a recsue mission.
Tasks include:
-read and highlight language techniques and punctuation
-modifying sentences
-developing sophisticated synonyms
-technique bubbles
-planning
Also includes build up activities to build up ideas for their own writing task.
GCSE English Language Paper 1 Creative writing 2x grade 9 writing description/story Everest/avalanche storm writing
GCSE English Language Paper 1 Creative writing. This includes 2 pieces of grade 9 writing examples including a description and a short story based on an image of a mountain scene (Everest) and a story with the title ‘The Challenge’.
Tasks include:
-read and highlight the language techniques and punctuation
-modifying sentences
-developing sophisticated synonyms
-planning
-complete writing tasks
Includes build up activities to build up ideas to create their own piece of creative writing.
GCSE AQA English Language Paper 1 Creative writing 2 pieces of grade 9 writing examples including a description & short story based on a image of an abandoned room and a story that begins with the sentence: “Suddenly, I heard it. It was coming from the other side of the passage.”
Tasks include:
-read and highlight language techniques and punctuation
-modifying sentences
-developing sophisticated synonyms
-technique bubbles
-planning
Also includes build up activities to build up ideas for their own writing task.
GCSE AQA English Language Paper 1 Creative writing 2 pieces of grade 9 writing examples including a description & short story based on an image of a disaster and a story that begins with the sentence: “It was a disaster. I didn’t know what to do.”
Tasks include:
-read and highlight language techniques and punctuation
-modifying sentences
-developing sophisticated synonyms
-technique bubbles
-planning
Also includes build up activities to build up ideas for their own writing task on the theme of disaster.
AQA GCSE English Languagepaper 1 Creative Reading & Writing
Assessment questions only 1-5
Source A: 21st Century prose fiction
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig, published in 2020.
A grade 9 writing activity, using a the traditional style of AQA paper 1 Q5 image and writing task, to get students to build up ideas, vary sentence starters, use sophisticated punctuation and language techniques.
-Complete sentence starters applying different language techniques.
-Use a thesaurus to create a word bank
-Build up and develop sophisticated vocabulary
-Develop language techniques based upon an image
-Read through the grade 9 descriptive piece of writing. Highlight the language techniques and make any annotations throughout.
-WWW and EBI?
-Complete a piece of creative writing (either the description or the narrative).
-Checklist for language techniques and punctuation
-Refer to mark scheme on level 4 (grade 9 band)
-WWW and EBI self reflection
1% Club Gameshow PowerPoint with English questions that will challenge you mentally. Think creatively, if you have justification for your answers, write it down. These are all fun English related questions that will get you thinking critically. How well will you do under pressure?
Rules:We asked the cross section of the British public a list of our unique questions, based on their answer they have been ranked in order of difficulty. Statistically, what percentage they got right is reflected in the question’s percentage.
The quiz will start with the easiest question at 90% that Britain got right and then end with the most challenging question that only 1% of the British public answered correctly. How well will you do?
Each student will get the chance of using a pass (if you need to use it) but this will cost you £1000. Each student will start off with £1000 if you use your pass (your £1000 goes into the winner’s pot), or get one question wrong you are out of the game and your money goes into the 1% prize pot! You can still play on, but you cannot be the winner!.
The audio timer is on the bottom right hand side of the question slides, you will have 30 seconds to answer each question. Will you crack under the pressure or will you triumph to be in the 1% Club?