Hello, I have been teaching for over 20 years in secondary schools. I was a Head of English for 8 years and an examiner at GCSE, A Level and IB for a total of 10 years. My website has lots of free stuff on it, so please explore. It also has details of my new novel, "Larkfall" which I have just published and am very excited about. I hope that you find my resources useful. My review ratings are pretty high and I hope that I have helped people. All the best, Tallybarnett
Hello, I have been teaching for over 20 years in secondary schools. I was a Head of English for 8 years and an examiner at GCSE, A Level and IB for a total of 10 years. My website has lots of free stuff on it, so please explore. It also has details of my new novel, "Larkfall" which I have just published and am very excited about. I hope that you find my resources useful. My review ratings are pretty high and I hope that I have helped people. All the best, Tallybarnett
This is a support Powerpoint and example paper to improve skills on AQA Paper 1.
If you like it please give feedback.
You can purchase 10 similar papers for £3 from my shop.
Also for £3 I have gone through answers to the last 6 AQA Exam papers for Paper 1 and 2 (2017/18/19). These are in two separate Powerpoints in my shop.
This detailed resource looks at how to answer ALL SIX Language Paper 2’s from AQA since 2017, focussing on the READING Section.
The Powerpoint runs to 189 slides and goes through Questions 1 – 4 on:
November 2019: Shooting an Elephant/Wild Animals in captivity
Summer 2019: The Crossing/Idle Days in Patagonia
November 2018: All Cyclists Fear Bad Drivers/Victorian Cycling paper
Summer 2018: Morning Glass and the Hawaiian Archipelago
November 2017: The Other side of the Dale/The Ragged School
Summer 2017: How can my son be one year-old already/Boy Lost
I have put forward model answers for questions 1-4.
I have been teaching for 20 years and I have been an examiner for 10 years, including some of these papers, so I have a lot of experience in terms of how to approach them.
You might be using these as mocks, so might find this useful to feed back AFTER the students have attempted the exams.
I have not included the inserts or exam papers due to copyright, but they are freely available on the AQA site. The Presentation is purely my ideas on how to answer these questions and general tips on how to deal with Summary of Differences, Comparison, Language etc as per the specification of the paper.
This detailed resource looks at how to answer ALL SIX Language Papers from AQA since 2017, focussing on the READING Section.
The Powerpoint runs to 186 slides and goes through Questions 1 – 4 on:
The Silent Land – November 2019
The Mill – May 2019
A Sound of Thunder – November 2018
Jigs and Reels – May 2018
Labyrinth – November 2017
The Tiredness of Rosabel – May 2017
I have put forward model answers for questions 1-4.
I have been teaching for 20 years and I have been an examiner for 10 years, including some of these papers, so I have a lot of experience in terms of how to approach them.
You might be using these as mocks, so might find this useful to feed back AFTER the students have attempted the exams.
I have not included the inserts or exam papers due to copyright, but they are freely available on the AQA site. The Presentation is purely my ideas on how to answer these questions and general tips on how to deal with language, structure, and evaluation.
Here are a few free resources to get started teaching AQA A Level Crime.
Please check out my crime bundles in my shop
Please leave a review if this is useful!
This resource contains a range of support materials for AQA Poetry Power and Conflict including:
30 Dingbats
Exam feedback
Revision Posters comparing poems
Tips for writing about unseen poems etc
Monster Revision Powerpoint
All the poems on one sheet etc
I have put all my Othello stuff in one place - there may be some slight overlap between them but it still offers lots of value for money. It also has some resources to support other areas of Tragedy like Richard 2nd and Gatsby, and a bit of CRIME support but this is mainly all my Othello resources in one place.
This free resource offers ideas on answering questions on Jekyll and Hyde at GCSE - AQA spec, plus a couple of other items that people might find useful
This resource pulls together lots of Othello extracts which I have analysed, plus a few other pieces of exam support.
Suitable for AQA A Level Tragedy.
These memory mats cover:
Context - Macbeth/Inspector/Jekyll
Extracts analysis revision mats
Key Themes in Macbeth
15 mats in total - have a look at the free context ones to get a feel for what they are like!
THIS RESOURCE INCLUDES 10 LESSONS ON TEN DIFFERENT TEXTS, USING THE PAPER 1 FORMAT.
EACH RESOURCE INCLUDES AN EXAMPLE PRACTICE PAPER, PLUS MODEL ANSWERS AND A SUPPORT POWERPOINT. USEFUL IF YOU HAVE USED ALL THE MOCK PAPERS ON -LINE AND NEED EXTRA PRACTICE. ALSO USEFUL TO GET YEAR 9 READY FOR YEAR 10.
USEFUL FOR YEAR 11 GETTING EXTRA PRACTICE AT HOME - PARENT FRIENDLY!