Covers all of Paper 2 and is great for revision weeks. This is a fully animated powerpoint presentation with tasks that run on a click-by-click basis. Answers are animated andi t is easy to follow, has an example of each of the questions with a preparation task leading into each. Mark schemes are included and a set of unique sources and exam questions with embedded timers and a range of texts.

Ideal Paper 2 Starter Task which encourages students to use Hyperbole in their writing. It will also lead into a more in-depth language features session and encourages students to exaggerate and then extend with further words and phrasing.

16+ aimed - video clips which are embedded are from The Dark Knight and Suicide Squad. To be used to ease students into summaries before hitting them with non-fiction and possibly Victorian language. These are quite abstract texts in comparison to what they would usually get to summarise but it eases the way into the skill with something my students have found more interesting. Capture mixed classes with a comparison between Fever Pitch and Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Summarise how each protagonist acts in the exposition of each story with an exam-style focus and an animated and colour-coded example basic answer which students can bump up to full marks with support.

An introductory session or revision session that will run over perspectives and writing to persuade and express opinion. It lasts a good 1.5-2hrs Encourages Opinion Group Discussion Prompts Popular Music Lyrics Analysis Embedded Music Language Analysis Extension Task Lyrics and Images will also cover British Values, Inclusion and present opportunities to promote acceptance of others. ‘Silence’ covers antiviolence and the attitude to learn from others mistakes and ‘I Know You’ criticises drinking culture.

With an overview of structure and a look at how structure relates to genre, this whole session is planned for about 3 hours and has a number of videos which may interest your students. Intertextuality will certainly challenge learners and push those who are more advanced to look for this. It’s a great structural feature to focus on and has appeared in new specification exams. It inspires interesting predictions based on intertextual links.

Just something fun and engaging that kids have played all over the world - Boy/Girl is something I’ve turned into a vocabulary builder - hope your students like it! There’s also a Boring Sentences challenge which has served as a differentiated worksheet - challenging students with perhaps adding in one or two descriptive words and others: all of them. I also get them to research synonyms and try to get even more advanced words than those on the sheet. Now, there is also a more advanced Boring Sentences group challenge included. Hope you find them useful!

GCSE English Language basics session. Looking at connotations and denotations in preparation for language analysis. It looks at: Synonymy Antonymy Denotations Connotations Single Word Analysis Touches on the explanation of figurative features. QUITE DETAILED & FULLY ANIMATED!

Made very early in my career but I still use it to ease some students into Victorian lexis. Session focuses on Jeckyll & Hyde and the session can last upto 3hrs with homework.

A focus on Alliteration, Consonance, Assonance & Sibilance and the effects and importance of such features. Help your students to understand the reason for using these features and they will surely begin to use them effectively within their own writing. Give them an undertanding of repeptitive features that will inspire perceptive responses to AO2 questions! Preparation for language analysis and scope to push more advanced learners. With embedded Storm video for a feature creation task, an exam-style summative assessment task and step-by-step/click-by-click animations…

Close look at the importance of: pronouns, emotive language, rhetorical questions; sentence forms and variation and anecdotes… Very visual with fun tasks including Guess the Artist with rhetorical question song titles. Contextualising videos embedded for use without the need of internet connection, which aid learning massively. This gallery is fully animated and explains features with examples and some group tasks and discussion prompts. There are tasks to allow students to analyse pronouns and other features closely and in a sophisticated manner. Notes are designed to guide students in making a high-level response. Handout included, matches the ppt and pages appear on-screen for ease of use. There is an AO2 assessment task and an AO5/6 task for assessment at the end.

This resource is a full Paper 1 resource which could have been split into 5-6 individual sessions. - covering every one of the five questions - 80+ slides - I use this for a full revision resource… Question 1 activities include one chosen to be a little tricky and has a warning with all the sound effects. Question 2 covers relationships between siblings via language in GOT. Question 3 looks at structure in the Maze Runner and looks at narrative openings. Questions 4 has a fantastic group activity where groups must consider a well-known trial and come up with a verdict and sentence. Question 5 does in with a descriptive focus using a M&S add and some other techniques and images. Exam-style questions & Academic Objectives, throughout. It has embedded video clips for use without reliance on connection. It has vast animations which contribute to activities, sound effects and song clips. As well as activities relating to each of the five questions, it also includes timers and initial preparation tasks/group work along with a secondary text-based, timed, activity to assess. There are book recommendations, RRPs and a Partridge in a Pair Tree…(not). But it is quite detailed. Run the slideshow to see the effects and how it all works. It has had a great deal of work put into to in order to make it fun and enjoyable. Texts Featured: The Magicians - Lev Grossman A Game of Thrones - George R. R. Martin Treasure Island - RLS The Maze Runner - James Dashner The Electric Michaelangelo - Sarah Hall It also makes use of the Oscar Pistorius trial for Q4. It has no graphic information or images but encourages students to use evidence to form an objective assessment and evaluation. Structure has been given some serious attention here because it was new when I made this resource. I use over about 6 hours. Please also note that this is aimed at 16+ but can easily be edited to fit a younger audience.

Includes 3 sources and an example of each question from both papers 1 & 2. Topic: Phobias.

Newly added to! For GCSE English Language students who are interested in gaming. Persuasive writing is the focus with anecdote starter task and a NY Times article for expert opinions, animated answers to activities and a detailed example answer from the perspective of a positive parent. It follows on from covering Content & Organisation and lasts around 2-3 hrs depending on delivery and response. Let me know what you think!

For classroom display with removable week numbers.

Now with accompanying PPT file! For GCSE English Language Students to practise their skills of making inferences. There is a structural focus relating to Paper 1 - Question 3. It goes over the main elements of the question and has a number of tasks which relate to varied elements of narrative structure.

Now with accompanying PPT file! Can be used as a session or homework. This is for GCSE English Language Students to practise their skills in general evaluation and then the exam question. With a number of formative tasks and exam-style questions. There are a few texts to explore and these are great for 1:1 tuition.

This is a three hour set of sessional activities with a glossary page and marking criteria that could easily be extended and streched out. The PPT works, hand-in-hand, with the booklet and it would be a good idea to pilot the delivery as the animation work click-by-click/step-by-step. This was originally created for resit students which is why it’s in such a condensed format and has an exam-style task on contraception. Hope you find it useful! DETAILED & HEAVILY ANIMATED!