This is a 6 week SOW comprised of 18 PowerPoint lessons (roughly 100 minutes per lesson). Contains two assessment lessons/opportunities.
It teaches narrative writing (aimed at KS3-KS4) and uses the AQA Telling Tales Short Story Anthology to understand key components of narrative writing ahead of the AQA Language GCSE. If you do not have anthologies from AQA, I have found that all stories used in these lessons can be located on genius.com. Stories are read alongside the lessons to aid understanding of narrative writing as well as develop vocab/punctuation etc.
SOW contains many independent/paired/group tasks, peer assessment opportunities, annotated exemplar pieces of narrative writing alongside the short stories and delves into many topics. Topics addressed include:
Narrative structure
Narrative hooks
Narrative voice/perspective (including reliable/unreliable narrators)
Figurative Language
Characterisation
Describing Setting
‘Show, Don’t Tell’
Foreboding/Foreshadowing
Tone, Mood & Atmosphere
Symbolism
Metanarratives
Plot Twists
Suspense/Tension
Sentence Structures (and isolated sentences)
Narrative Endings & Cliffhangers
The SOW also contains punctuation and vocab ‘bites’ which teach varying applicable new vocab and how to use particular punctuation marks for students to embed within their next piece of writing.
A walk through of questions 3,4 and 5 of the 2020 English Language Paper 2 from AQA originally for June but eventually sat in November. Extracts, mark scheme, exam paper booklet and PPT all included in price of lesson.
Quotation analysing activities for Q3&4, writing frames and exemplar responses for Q5 all included in PPT.
Opportunities to plan also present.
A complete resource and will not need to be adapted.
UPDATED OCTOBER 2020 - INCLUDES MARK SCHEME, EXTRACT AND Q3 EXEMPLAR ALSO NOW
A 28-slide walking talking mock looking at questions 2,3,4&5 from the AQA English Language Paper 1 from June 2019 (Hartop Family extract from The Mill by H.E. Bates)
Resources walks through every question in depth, has detailed exemplar annotations and model responses for students to use and mould their writing around.
An excellent resource for relecting on the exam and preparing any upcoming GCSE students.
A full run through of Q1-4 of November 2021 paper AQA Language Paper 2 + a Q5.
Extracts and Question Paper included.
The lesson has models, writing frames and also a Q5 with model paragraphs (but the Q5 is made up and not from the November 2021 paper).
A resource focusing on questions 2-5 of June 2022 English Language AQA Paper 1 with an Extract from The Pearl. Includes AQA Extract.
Lesson comes complete with planning and model answers from Q2-4, exemplar Q5 story, examples of planning for story and vocab sheet that can be used as help.
AQA English Language Paper 2 Walking Talking Mock through questions 1-4 with an additional question 5 task as homework. Extracts provided.
Writing frames provided and exemplar responses given. Each question discussed in great detail, particularly when it comes to analysis of quotes - plenty of in-depth analysis included in PPT for students to see.
Could easily be split into two separate sessions.
A walking talking mock for AQAs English Language Paper 1. Uses an extract from Children of Men. Focuses on all questions 1-5 on paper. Has quote annotations, sentence starters, extract attached and vocab help for extract and Q5.
This is a resource for Questions 1,2,4 and 5.
Each question has modelling using the mark scheme and assistance with planning and sourcing quotes.
Has a full model for Question 5!
A detailed 24 slide resource using an extract from The Bourne Identity going through AQA English Language Paper 1 questions 2,4&5.
Has exemplars of quotes annotated to provide analysis, writing frames for exam style answers and peer assessment opportunities with mark schemes included.
Could be split into multiple sessions depending on class.
Has a short exemplar descriptive writing piece and task at the end using SOAPAMS techniques and an image - very typical of AQA Language Paper 1. Students can use this as a starting point to then write the remainder of the answer.
A resource looking at rhetorical devices used in speeches and looking in detail at Pathos, Logos and Ethos as a means of appealing to an audience.
Contains speech writing task, Michelle Obama speech and video, model speech opening and opportunity for peer assessment.
Works excellent for teaching AQA Language Paper 2 speech writing and/or preparing for the spoken language endorsement.
A descriptive writing lesson looking at how to use SOAPAMS in order to describe an image.
Has plenty of extension tasks, peer assessment opportunities, exemplars, examples of how to vary sentence openings and opportunities to improve vocabulary.
A fully resourced Q1-5 Walking talking mock for AQA English Language Paper 1.
Includes extract, question paper, quote annotations, exemplar responses (including for Q5).
Fully resourced lesson ready to teach!
A double lesson looking at questions 1,2&3 on the AQA English Language Paper 1 using an extract fromTess of D’Urbervilles
The students will be prompted to annotate the extract and work in groups using guided annotations on the lesson and will be able to write good responses to questions 2&3 for language and structure using the sentence starters and model responses provided on the lesson.
A lesson focused on building character and setting in narrative writing.
Includes videos, exemplar pieces of writing and annotations and plenty of writing and peer assessment opportunities.
Created for AQA English Language Paper 1 Section B. Worked excellently with Year 11 higher ability but could easily be differentiated down for lower abilities.
A lesson that studies in depth the character of Gerald Croft and questions whether he is a character to sympathise with in the end, or one that is just a womaniser.
Contains key quotes, analysis points, questions for answering and a silent debating task at the end.
Was used for an Observation and graded Outstanding!
A 30+ slide PPT going through each question for AQA English Language Paper 2 using two exemplar extracts and fictitious questions formatted like the GCSE.
The lesson contains moments for quote analysis, an exemplar response for Q5, mark scheme rubric for each questions and indicative responses to standardise against.
A full resource you can pick up and use without tweaking!
Designed for Year 11 students taking the AQA Language GCSE. Uses an extract from Mary Shelley’s* Frankenstein* and looks at interpreting explicit information and ideas, language analysis and structure analysis. Includes model paragraph, sentence starters and writing frames.
A double lesson looking at Q1,2&3 of the AQA English Language Paper 1 using an extract from Northanger abbey.
Students will be prompted with guided annotations on the lesson and have sentence starters/model responses in order to write a good response for the language and structure questions.
Video’s to engage interest in the extract are included.
A short lesson looking at letter writing and writing to argue using a very current topic to engage students at a tricky time for teaching!
Has a skeletal writing frame for students to build on and build techniques into.