10 PowerPoint slides with practice tasks for AQA Language Paper 1, Question 5.

The fifth in the Unseen Poetry series: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/unseen-poetry-lesson-1-12130945 This lesson looks at rhyme and its purpose in two WW1 poems: ‘They’ by Siegfred Sassoon and ‘Who’s for the Game’ by Jessie Pope.

Two revision clocks on PowerPoint slides: one blank and the other tailored to ‘Macbeth’.

A handy introduction to sentence structure and everyday punctuation. Can be laminated and used as a learning mat.

A useful word classification table that can be blown up and used as a large wall display or laminated and made into a learning mat.

A learning mat that can be laminated or blown up and used for display. It demonstrates how to use some everyday connectives.

A handy learning mat/display that reminds students how to use a colon and semi-colon.

This learning mat summarises key descriptive writing techniques using the acronym MRS VAN SOAP.

An exploration of social class in Priestley's 'An Inspector Calls'. Could be used as a teaching tool with middle-upper GCSE groups.

A handy summary mat that provides key points and guidance in relation to several forms of transactional writing. UPDATED to include the original PPT slide.

An essay on two important theories of time and their representation in Priestley’s ‘An Inspector Calls’. Could be used as a teaching tool with middle-upper GCSE groups.

A handy flow chart that can be used a learning mat or a display. Its aim is to remind students how to use basic sentence punctuation.

A powerpoint that explores in some depth the socio-historical context of ‘Romeo and Juliet’. Use with middle ability groups.

An introduction to the use of similes, metaphors and personfication, suitable for upper KS2 and lower KS3 groups. **UPDATE: If you would prefer more up-to-date lessons on these descriptive techniques, please consider these alternatives: ** https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/similes-and-metaphors-for-la-ks3-12065155 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/personification-for-la-ks3-12069267

A powerpoint that explains the principal uses of the comma, suitable for middle-upper KS2/KS3 groups. There are differentiated activities included.

A lengthy powerpoint that covers the basics of capital letters, some key spelling rules and the concept of homophones. Suitable for middle-upper KS3.

A short unit of work that helps to prepare learners for AQA GCSE English Language Paper 2 (8700/2). Source A is an extract from ‘White Slavery in London’, published in 1888. Source B is an article published in 2013 about working conditions in an Amazon warehouse. A link to this is text is provided. The powerpoint contains questions 1-4, each with its own sample answer. If you can obtain a copy of the Paper 1 mark scheme, you may wish to ask learners to mark the sample answers provided. These files were last saved in Office 2016.

An extended response to the essay question, 'To what extent is 'An Inspector Calls' a product of its time?' Could be used as a teaching tool with middle-upper GCSE groups.

A powerpoint that provides an introduction to some of the main poetic devices and introduces the concept of iambic pentameter. Suitable for middle ability KS3 groups.

This is an extended response to the question, 'How does Priestley present the theme of Capitalism Versus Socialism in An Inspector Calls?'