Narrative Writing Planning Sheet
The attached narrative writing planning template worked quite well with my college resit students and I managed to get 1 to 1.5 pages of writing out of most of them on the first attempt. } VIEW
Unit: Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Language
The Black Cat by Poe
KS3 Gothic (not for the light hearted) SOW on The Black Cat. Exceptionally creepy for Halloween. The boys love it!} VIEW
Unit: 19th Century Literature
Exam/Board: AQA
Level: Key Stage 3
Course: GCSE Language
Introduction to Structure Q using Alma short film suitable for KS3/KS4
A lesson introducing KS3 students to analysing structure using the short film 'Alma'. It could definitely be used for either KS3 or KS4. I used it as a starting point before my students applied the same skills to 'The Sign of the Four'. } VIEW
Unit: Paper 1
Exam/Board: AQA
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Language
Word classes
For any Language or Lang/Lit A Level course, but can also be used for GCSE.} VIEW
Unit: Additional resources
Exam/Board: AQA
Level: Key Stage 5
Course: A Level Lang & Lit
Lang Paper 2 - Gordon Grice Grasshopper Attack Extract (Q1, Q3)
An extract from Gordon Grice's Savage Encounters Between Man and Beast in which he describes a grasshopper attack, including a glossary and 8 true or false statements. Compares well with the Chris Packham opinion piece extact that I have also uploaded. } VIEW
Unit: Vocabulary
Exam/Board: AQA
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Language
Lang Paper 2 - Chris Packham Insects Article (Q1, Q3)
An extract from Chris Packham's opinion piece on the treatment of insects, including a glossary and 8 true or false statements. Compares well with the Gordon Grice extract from Savage Encounters Between Man and Beast extact that I have also uploaded. } VIEW
Unit: Vocabulary
Exam/Board: AQA
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Language
A Streetcar Named Desire
Lessons for teaching Streetcar for paper 2 - works through the play and revises/introduces relevant linguistic terms.} VIEW
Unit: Paper 2 - exploring conflict
Exam/Board: AQA
Level: Key Stage 5
Course: A Level Lang & Lit
Topics: Writing about Society
A Streetcar Named Desire
Lessons for teaching Streetcar for paper 2 - works through the play and revises/introduces relevant linguistic terms.} VIEW
Unit: Paper 2 - exploring conflict
Exam/Board: AQA
Level: Key Stage 5
Course: A Level Lang & Lit
Topics: Writing about Society
Range of Streetcar resources and lessons
A range of resources. Some I've developed myself, others I've squirrelled from colleagues and online. Useful for both Literature A and Lang Lit. References to AOs will be for the Lang Lit spec, although AO3 for both is similar. Some resources are also from Theatre Studies A L...} VIEW
Unit: Paper 2 - exploring conflict
Exam/Board: AQA
Level: Key Stage 5
Course: A Level Lang & Lit
Topics: Writing about Society
Revision for Love through the Ages Paper
A few lessons about essay planning with some sample answers.Please remove all identifiers.} VIEW
Unit: Paper 1: Love through the ages
Exam/Board: AQA
Level: Key Stage 5
Course: A level lit (A)
Topics: Prose text
Skirrid Hill Lessons
Not all the poems but a number including some lessons on context and thematic approach.Please remove all identifiers.} VIEW
Unit: Paper 2: Texts in shared contexts
Exam/Board: AQA
Level: Key Stage 5
Course: A level lit (A)
Topics: Option 2: Modern times lit from 1945-present
The graveyard and the Toilet Twinning (Paper 1 and Paper 2)
These are designed for college GCSE resits so have quite mature content. Do check before using with younger students. The graveyard PPT covers paper 2 and the Toilet Twinning covers both papers to some extent.} VIEW
Unit: Paper 2
Exam/Board: AQA
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Language
Topics: Option 2: Modern times lit from 1945-present
Little book of literacy
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Unit: SPAG, Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar
Exam/Board: AQA
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Language
Topics: Option 2: Modern times lit from 1945-present
My take on Queen Mab
Note: the notes are accurate. My interpretation, like anyone's, is up for discussion/argument.} VIEW
Unit: Shakespeare
Exam/Board: AQA
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Topics: Option 2: Modern times lit from 1945-present
KS3 Short Story Anthology
Collated for Yr 9 Short Story Unit.Contains:A Sound of Thunder (Ray Bradbury)The Fog Horn (Ray Bradbury)Don't Ask Jack (Neil Gaiman)The Landlady (Roald Dahl)Lamb to the Slaughter (Roald Dahl)} VIEW
Unit: Novels
Exam/Board: AQA
Level: Key Stage 3
Course: GCSE Literature
Topics: Option 2: Modern times lit from 1945-present
Paris Anthology Marking Feedback sheet
A quick marking coversheet with the mark scheme (A Level) (to highlight) and tick boxes with common feedback/EBI phrases} VIEW
Unit: Paper 1 - telling stories
Exam/Board: AQA
Level: Key Stage 5
Course: A Level Lang & Lit
Topics: Remembered Places
Giant Scrabble Tiles
I made these for Parents' Evening, was a big hit. We used masking tape to mark out a board. A traditional Scrabble board is 15x15 squares - ours wasn't that big, just make sure you have an uneven number.} VIEW
Unit: Whole School Literacy
Exam/Board: AQA
Level: Key Stage 3
Course: A Level Lang & Lit
Topics: Remembered Places
AQA Language Paper 1 Q1-4 'IT' by Stephen King
A quick resource I whipped up for Lang Paper 1 based around Q1-4. It's the opening of the novel, where Georgie meets Pennywise, and I've cut it down. It has some great bits of language to pick out and it should engage students with a familiar text.} VIEW
Unit: Reading
Exam/Board: AQA
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Language
Topics: Remembered Places
NEA for Language and Literature A Level
Some set up Ppts and some others that picked up on key concepts students had chosen for their NEA to give them a taster of what they could include in terms of secondary research. Most of the work was completed independently and students had free choice over texts within the fiction/non-fiction...} VIEW
Unit: Additional resources
Exam/Board: AQA
Level: Key Stage 5
Course: A Level Lang & Lit
Topics: Remembered Places
NEA for English Language A Level - Investigation
I mostly teach this so students work independently but so some set-up core sessions which are included here. Please change name/school identifiers} VIEW
Unit: Language in action (NEA)
Exam/Board: AQA
Level: Key Stage 5
Course: A level lang
Topics: Remembered Places