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AQA A-Level English Language and Literature - Introduction to Poetry (Heaney)
My introduction unit for A-Level Language and Literature. It assumes that the academic voices of the students needs sharpening somewhat. I source a lot of stuff from various corners of the net and use it in the power points - pay particular attention to the notes element of the power points by the way. I also include a “model essay” the purpose of which is to get the students to move away from their formulaic essay structures that they have used in their GCSEs.
Think of this as a starting point that may need a little shaping to suit the needs of your class.
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Spell Quest - making spelling fun
A summer spent playing word games with my kids lead me to this idea.
The idea is that the students are supplied with a grid of letters. They use these letters to build words which cause damage to a cartoon monster. The bigger the word, the more damage done to the monster.
I’ve made it more and more difficult as the monsters develop - you have to use certain letter types for example.
I plan to give each child one grid per week to complete and have their peers mark it.
So you are completely aware, I have left all of the grids blank apart from on a few. You will need to fill these in yourself. Also, I have left the challenge component blank too. This will allow you to create challenges that reflect the specific types of spellings you are looking at - double damage awarded for homophones for example.
There’s massive scope for differentiation in here too. I’ve included a whole class version of the spelling levels, as well as a photocopy friendly version too.
I have long believed that making school a little more like computer games can be helpful - this is my first attempt at exploring Gamer Theory as I have dubbed it.
Watch this space for more. Have to figure out how to do something similar with the other components of SPAG and Reading now…
ADDITION: I’ve included some completed versions of the pack to give you an idea of what they could look like. Pay attention to the NOTES section of the power points too. These grids have been designed to be used in tandem with the Escape From Kraznir scheme of work.
ADDITION: I’ve also added a new powerpoint that works as a whole class exercise. You don’t need the sheets, just paper and the will to go on…
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AQA Power and Conflict Poetry Revision Cards
A series of revision cards designed for students to use independently to aid with the revision process. I will add to these as I go.
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AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A Talking Mock Exam
A talking mock lesson (two hours long) with strategies on the slides for the students to refer to and time limits identified. The idea is that prior to each question, you are to remind students of how to answer the question. The expectation is that the class will have attempted a Paper 1 Section A beforehand - this is the lesson where they try and beat their previous scores. A quick word of warning: the exam paper is available elsewhere in my shop.
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AQA A-Level English Language and Literature: Othello (Revision)
A stand alone lesson that assumes all participants have read and understood the text. I used it as a platform to show students what they needed to be revising. There is some focus on themes and a focus on an extract - both areas of which I use as a stimulus for class lead discussion. I finish with an exam based question - the focus is upon the characters that are manipulated, not the manipulator (just to keep them on their toes). Hope you find this useful.
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AQA English Language Paper 1 focused writing tasks
A couple of lessons that focus on improving creative writing skills. I allude to tasks that have already been completed by the students - you can easily edit these to reflect your own tasks. Particularly pleased with the descriptive writing task as it got a bunch of lads who don’t “do” creative writing to talk about their feelings.
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AQA English Language Paper 1 Resources - based upon 100% Perfect Girl
A few things first: the mock exam can be found elsewhere on in my resources and I base the lessons off a similar series of lessons focused on Anil. The difference here is that these lessons are very much targeting higher ability students - all of the success criteria draws from the top end of the mark criteria.
I found this series of lessons to be really useful as a way of establishing the skills required to answer each of the Section A questions. The lessons focus less on exam strategy and more on understanding what is required in relation to each question. The kids found it useful.
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Jekyll and Hyde Bundle
A Jekyll and Hyde scheme of work (designed to be taught over a whole term) and a revision unit (desgined to betaught over a few weeks). Also, I include a spreadsheet that allows you to track the scores of your students.
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KS3: Conflict and Culture Poetry - a stimulus for Creative Writing
I've had a lot of fun teaching these lessons. Essentially, the idea is you spend a lesson exploring a poem and then a creative angle has been drawn from the text to inform the creative writing lesson that follows. Each of the creative writing lessons assumes a two hour window. A simple scheme, but I've found it to be rather effective.
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Year 7 English Curriculum
A series of resources that make up a curriculum that can be taught to year 7.
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AQA English Literature Paper 1 Bundle
Jekyll & Hyde, A Christmas Carol and Romeo & Juliet resources PLUS a spreadsheet to track them all.
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AQA English Language - The Complete Approach
A collection of all of my English Language resources. This also includes a spreadsheet for the tracking of the course.
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AQA English Literature - Complete approach
All of my AQA English Literature resources at GCSE level in one bundle. Covers the following texts:
DNA
An Inspector Calls
Jekyll and Hyde
A Christmas Carol
Conflict and Power poetry
Unseen poetry
Romeo and Juliet
Macbeth
The bundle also includes a tracking spreadsheet for GCSE Literature.
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AQA GCSE English Literature Jekyll & Hyde: Chapter exploration and Extract Analysis
A complete scheme of work covering each of the chapters and all of the associated assessment objectives. Each of the chapter lessons identifies SOME of the archaic vocabulary and provides the definitions - though this tails off towards the end as there is an assumption that the students become more confident in defining these archaic terms. Contextual allusions and Thematic Devices are identified too. There are comprehension questions for each of the chapters and developmental tasks that cover language and structure.
In addition to this, I've started to include English Language style questions (I intend to teach Paper 1 the other side of this unit). I've included the worksheets as part of the pack.
Each of the chapter specific power points takes about two hours to work through so there is scope for a lot more, but it depends on how quickly you read through the text.
Lastly, I include some WORDLES which I use as starting points and are interesting little differentiation tools - one for each chapter covered (except chapter 10 for some reason - it's buried on a hard drive somewhere).
I will add to this as I complete each batch of lessons.
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AQA English Literature Paper 2 Bundle: Modern Texts and Poetry (version 2)
Three complete units of work that go through the teaching of An Inspector Calls, all 15 of the Conflict and Power poems AND a selection of Unseen Poems. I've included a version of the poetry anthology I've created that lends itself to annotating and revising better than the AQA version too - bit of a beast that. Also, you will find attached a spreadsheet that allows you to track the scores for all of these components.
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AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A Mock Exam - Something Old, Something New
I've found another use for all that knowledge we have about the old AQA English Lit anthology (The Sunlight on The Grass anthology). I have started to turn them into English Language Paper 1 Section A Mock Exams!
This is one of them. There is no mark scheme, but if you use the Paper 1 mark scheme from the AQA website you should be fine.
This one uses the start of Something Old, Something New.
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AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A Mock Exam Pack
A collection of Mock Exams relating to the AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A. Funny that, given the title and all...
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AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A Mock Exam - The Darkness Out There
I’ve found another use for all that knowledge we have about the old AQA English Lit anthology (The Sunlight on The Grass anthology). I have started to turn them into English Language Paper 1 Section A Mock Exams!
This is one of them. There is no mark scheme, but if you use the Paper 1 mark scheme from the AQA website you should be fine.
This one uses the start of The Darkness Out There. The focus here is very much on the use of setting.
UPDATE: I’ve included some rudimentary answers. You’ll still need a copy of the mark scheme.