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Sharing Resources to develop understanding of the new AQA Language and Literature Spec. Some differentiated resources to assist Lower Ability Pupils. Homework booklets to consolidate understanding of exam papers. Self and Peer Assessment strategies to engage students in their own learning.

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Sharing Resources to develop understanding of the new AQA Language and Literature Spec. Some differentiated resources to assist Lower Ability Pupils. Homework booklets to consolidate understanding of exam papers. Self and Peer Assessment strategies to engage students in their own learning.
Descriptive Writing task/scaffold
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Descriptive Writing task/scaffold

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A simple activity which prompts students to look at the whole picture, focusing on different aspects for their descriptive writing piece. The lesson prompts students to include learned skills within each paragraphs. Useful for HW or cover work.
Self/Peer Assessment Checklists
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Self/Peer Assessment Checklists

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This bundle includes Self-Assessment activities targeting: AQA Lit - Unseen poetry AQA Lang Paper 1 - Structure AQA Lang Paper 1 - Language
AQA Lit - Poetry Anthology - Porphyria's Lover
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AQA Lit - Poetry Anthology - Porphyria's Lover

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Lessons concentrate on the poem Porphyria's Lover, for a low ability group, with a focus on the question How does Browning present the relationship between Porphyria and her Lover? Includes: - Opportunity to annotate the anthology as a class (visualiser)/independently depending on ability - Building of Success Critiera - Model Paragraph - Tasks on Lexical Field & Structural features
Writing a Story Opening - Creative Writing
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Writing a Story Opening - Creative Writing

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New resources added - see below A 'Big Write', extended writing task which gives students opportunity to consolidate their understanding of how to write a narrative (AQA Lang Paper 1 - Section B) Allows students to create their own Success Criteria and implement learned strategies Excellent for Home Learning/Revision/Cover work Additional Resources added to the original resource: - Numerous story opening stimulus - 2 lesson plans focusing on writing with appropriate style/tone - Tasks which engage with the mark scheme
Analysing Structure - AQA Lang Paper 1 Question 3
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Analysing Structure - AQA Lang Paper 1 Question 3

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Involves a series of lessons which analyse the structure of an extract in relation to Question 3 of the Paper 1 exam. These includes extracts which are differentiated in some, and to be independently annotated in others. Students have the opportunity to Self and Peer Asses to allow for rapid and tangible to be identified
Poetry - Simon Armitage - Those Bastards in Their Mansions - AQA Literature
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Poetry - Simon Armitage - Those Bastards in Their Mansions - AQA Literature

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This is a resource consisting of Lesson Plan, Differentiated/Annotated poem and sentence stems to scaffold, along with a planning worksheet focusing on the Language Features within the poem Although AQA specification warns away from feature spotting, the focus allows students to develop an understanding, and explain the effectiveness, of language devices . Sentence stems prompt students to develop a sense of how to structure a response to poetry
AQA Lang Paper 1 - Section B - Descriptive Writing
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AQA Lang Paper 1 - Section B - Descriptive Writing

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A lesson plan and handout which allows students to develop understanding of AO6 - task allows exploration, teaching and development of writing a description. Image is supported by boxes to highlight the areas of the image which can be described - focusing attention and allowing visual stimulus Can be adapted to suit any image, and can change the content/style of the sentences you teach
Introduction to Comparing Poetry - Power and Conflict
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Introduction to Comparing Poetry - Power and Conflict

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2 lesson plans which focuses on the comparison of poetry (AQA Lit - Paper 2 - Section B) The poems included in the lesson plan are London and Remains, and offers the students the opportunity to plan a response to an exam style question. There is the opening of a model paragraph to offer students a suggestion of structure, however this can be differentiated or continued in class Additional resource base don Prelude and the opportunity to compare natural power
AQA Language Paper 1 HW Booklet
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AQA Language Paper 1 HW Booklet

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Creating Homework that is both engaging and challenging is paramount to the students' ability to access the exam. This is a resource which allows students practice exam skills to improve confidence and ultimately improve outcomes. The resource includes; Question 1- Comprehension Question 2- Language Analysis Question 3- Structure Section B- Creative Writing A Success Criteria for each section of the exam Self-Assessment opportunities to develop understanding Parental engagement to improve links between school and home
AQA Lit - Exposure - Wilfred Owen
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AQA Lit - Exposure - Wilfred Owen

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A lesson which focuses on the Power and Conflict cluster poem 'Exposure' by Wilfred Owen as part of AQA Lit - Paper 2 - Section B Includes; - activities to engage with the theme and tone of the poem - differentiated copy of the poem to annotate - writing frame - opportunity to self/peer assess - reference to AO's as part of a skill based curriculum - model paragraph linked to a second poem to introduce comparison
Holes - Full Scheme of Learning & Revision Tasks
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Holes - Full Scheme of Learning & Revision Tasks

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A full scheme of learning on Holes by Louis Sachar - tasks include: Information retrieval Guided reading Open response Descriptive/creating writing Non-fiction writing Self/Peer Assessment Re-drafting
Boy in the Striped Pyjamas - Lesson 1-3
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Boy in the Striped Pyjamas - Lesson 1-3

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A selection of lessons from the BITSP scheme of learning with opportunities for: - Guided reading - Extended writing - Self/Peer Assessment - Information Retrieval - Quote Analysis - Creative Writing
Boy in the Striped Pyjamas - Lessons 27-29
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Boy in the Striped Pyjamas - Lessons 27-29

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A selection of lessons from the BITSP scheme of learning with opportunities for: - Guided reading - Extended writing - Self/Peer Assessment - Information Retrieval - Quote Analysis - Creative Writing
Literature Poetry Anthology - AQA
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Literature Poetry Anthology - AQA

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A series of lessons including the following poems: - Porphyria's Lover - Follower - Storm on the Island - Climbing my Grandfather - Walking Away - Mother Any Distance - Exposure - Neutral Tones - Bayonet Charge - Winter Swans - Singh Song - The Farmer's Bride - London - Remains - Ozymandias with various extended writing tasks, success criteria, self/peer assessment, differentiated poems Comparison (AO3) for Paper 2, Section B focusing on Walking Away (and a model paragraph which includes Follower)
AQA Lit - Poetry Anthology-  Follower - Seamus Heaney
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AQA Lit - Poetry Anthology- Follower - Seamus Heaney

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2 lesson plans which allow students to annotate and understand the imagery in the poem prior to creating an extended response in relation to the poem Copy of the poem is differentiated with prompting questions and has a model paragraph which can be adapted to suit ability Following lesson includes a self/peer assessment task to engage students in understanding of how to implement Success Criteria
Comparing poems - Introduction
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Comparing poems - Introduction

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A lesson aimed at low ability students to introduce Comparing poetry - uses the poems Kamikaze and Charge of the Light Brigade Has sentence stems and model paragraph
Poetry Anthology - Love and Relationships Cluster - AQA New Spec
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Poetry Anthology - Love and Relationships Cluster - AQA New Spec

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A group of lesson plans and resources which aid the delivery and exploration of the Love and Relationships Cluster of the New Spec AQA Anthology. Include lessons for: Mother Any Distance Porphyria's Lover Follower Climbing my Grandfather Walking Away and An independent writing task in response to Neutral Tones Self-Assessment task for AQA Lit Paper 2 Section B
Unseen poetry - Success Criteria
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Unseen poetry - Success Criteria

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A simple, student speak Success Criteria which can be used to self/peer assess a response to AQA Lit - New Spec - Section C - Unseen Poetry Gives students tangible things to include which can be measured to monitor progress