english-language-paper-1-question-2 treasure-island-extract The example extracts that AQA have released are not the most exciting and I was getting fed up with the wave of disappointed expressions at being faced with another text […]
My students have loved having these to refer to. They’ve glued them in the back of their books. We’ve run competitions in lessons to who can use the most words (accurately!). an-inspector-calls-word-bank […]
My lower set students struggle with analysing quotations and particularly including context when it is relevant. Instead of asking students to write P.E.E.L or a P.E.E.L.Z or a P.E.A.K.L or one of […]
This is a revision lesson that is appropriate for Year 11 students who are returning to the unseen section. I think an important link to make is that this question reflects the […]
Quizzing has become a huge part of my life (rather reluctantly) in the last year or so. In support of interleaving that I have explored in an earlier post, quizzing has become […]
AO3: Show understanding of the relationships between texts and the contexts in which they were written Paper 1: 7.5% Paper 2: 7.5% This aspect of English teaching has always been an issue […]
Top Sheets for Language Papers Something that has proven a nightmare (for every exam I’ve ever taught) is allowing students access to the mark scheme without utterly terrifying them with a 20 […]
