AQA Language Paper 2: Travel
A short series of lessons working through a sample paper on travel, looking at texts by Bryson and Dickens. There are lots of opportunities to practice each question, including Q5, with example responses. I can't remember where the sample paper originally came from.} VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Language
Unit: Paper 2
Exam/Board: AQA
AIC revision
A revision session (designed to cover 2 hours), covering the plot, historical context, authorial background and use of characters as lessons about morality and the issues in society.Enjoy! :)} VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Set Exam Texts (Novels)
Exam/Board: AQA
20 lessons on Macbeth
I created these 20 lessons for the first teaching of Macbeth after reading Pryke and Stainforth's teaching resource book on Macbeth and in order to facilitate online learning for our GCSE pupils. The lessons provide answers for each quiz and usual end with some activity requiring longer paragraph re...} VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Shakespeare
Exam/Board: AQA
Range of texts for Lang and representation Paper 1
I've collected texts together for the Section A AQA A Lev language exam paper. Some are paired, some need pairing. One or two have also come from the marvellous @EngLangBlog.} VIEW
Level: Key Stage 5
Course: A level lang
Unit: Paper 1: Language, the individual and society
Exam/Board: AQA
Topics: Textual variations
Viewpoint writing
Ppt running through the concepts of ethos pathos and logos.First lesson I've taught for viewpoint writing using this approach and seemed to go down really well with my 16+ GCSE resit learners } VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Language
Unit: Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
Topics: Textual variations
Literal v abstract interpretation of The Sea (poem)
For unseen poetry, a way to explore the implicit meaning and get students thinking about approaching a deeper level analysis. Good for GCSE or lower. I used with HAP group but could easily be used for mixed groups.} VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
Topics: Textual variations
Veme Paragraph
Quick powerpoint on how to use VEME Used in paper 2 Question 4 Not very much in the Powerpoint - Except for an example which has used VEME} VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Language
Unit: Paper 2
Exam/Board: AQA
Topics: Textual variations
Viewpoint Writing Task
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Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Language
Unit: Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
Topics: Textual variations
A Christmas Carol Revision Tasks
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Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: 19th Century Literature
Exam/Board: AQA
Topics: Textual variations
A Christmas Carol Character Profile Starter Task
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Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: 19th Century Literature
Exam/Board: AQA
Topics: Textual variations
Creative Writing Checklist
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Level: Key Stage 3
Course: GCSE Language
Unit: Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
Topics: Textual variations
Language Paper 2 Question 4
Extracts on Football to be compared with Venn diagram plan created and mock Question 4} VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Language
Unit: Paper 2
Exam/Board: AQA
Topics: Textual variations
Shakespearean Insults Worksheet
A fun little worksheet to introduce the many insults in Shakespeare's works. This can be used as an introduction to Shakespeare or as a starter task with KS3, allowing them to become familiar with language used. } VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Course: GCSE Language
Unit: Plays
Exam/Board: AQA
Topics: Textual variations
Introduction to Macbeth - Themes and Context
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Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Shakespeare
Exam/Board: AQA
Topics: Textual variations
Language Paper 2 Mock - Children in Poverty
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Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Language
Unit: Paper 2
Exam/Board: AQA
Topics: Textual variations
The Story of an Hour: Linked to Oak National Academy lessons by Stuart Pryke
These are four two hour lessons that we originally used in lockdown but are now being used by our exclusion room. The powerpoints include a warm up to the fantastic Oak National lessons by Stuart Pryke which are linked in the slides.} VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Course: GCSE Language
Unit: Reading
Exam/Board: AQA
Topics: Textual variations
Introduction to disciplinary literacy using UTV technique
As a school we had worked on DEAR but it simply wasn't working, teachers were scared of teaching reading or students were allowed to simply stare at a book for 20 minutes. This is not about reading but about understanding text and Vocab - UTV. every lesson begins with 10minutes of UTV, dissecti...} VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Course: GCSE Language
Unit: Whole School Literacy
Exam/Board: AQA
Topics: Textual variations
12th Night
SoL using 12th Night. It culminates in a speech assessment as well as focusing on analysis. } VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Course: GCSE Language
Unit: Plays
Exam/Board: AQA
Topics: Textual variations
Allusions to make in speeches
An A4 table of allusions or references students might want to make in speeches / writing to persuade etc. Spoken language or Paper 2.} VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Language
Unit: Spoken English
Exam/Board: AQA
Topics: Textual variations
P1Q5 Narrative Writing
Easy revision or support Q5 tasks with self assessment plenary. } VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Language
Unit: Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
Topics: Textual variations