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Community Q&A »
Categories: Community Q&A, Intro
The Community Q & A area has now been replaced by the Edusites Forum. Visit the forum here to pose questions and share ideas with fellow subject teachers. Welcome to Edusites English’s Community Q&A area. We use this area of the site to publish questions and answers from subscribers that will be of benefit to others. If you have a question or an answer you would like including please contact us by clicking on the Edusites English Community link. We may not be able to publish…
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An Inspector Calls »
Categories: Community Q&A, Resources
I’m looking for some help with Edexcel Unit 3 English Lit Contemporary Drama for An Inspector Calls. I’m looking for the written assessment help, not the exam. I’ve never taught it! Looking for a SoW that I can use for a controlled assessment… The essay question is ‘To what extent does the character of Arthur Birling change in the course of AIC’... Would you point me in the right direction please? Thanks, Su Chapman Don’t worry - it is a very…
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Grade Descriptors for new GCSE English Language and English Literature »
Categories: Community Q&A, Assessment
Please find links below to the Performance Descriptors for the new Grade 8, 5 and 2 for English Language and English Literature on the Ofqual website. These should be read alongside the new grading diagram from Ofqual which is also included below and the Awarding Body mark schemes. New GCSE Grading Structure https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/377768/2014-09-12-grading-the-new-gcses-in.pdf English Language…
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Eduqas Speaking and Listening »
Categories: Community Q&A, Speaking and Listening
How are departments tackling the logistics of Speaking and Listening for Eduqas? We are concerned about the use of classtime for this as it would be so time consuming to listen to an individual presentation from each student. Has anyone got any clever ideas? Kind regards, Helen “With trepidation” is how departments are approaching the logistics of speaking and listening! We have a cohort of 270 students and the idea of recording all their speaking and listening tasks does not bear…
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Controlled Assessment Titles for AQA GCSE English Language 4705 Spec »
Categories: Community Q&A, Assessment
I have been teaching English 19 years and recently changed from lecturing in a college to key stage learners in a secure unit. We have students come and go at all stages throughout the year and I currently have 3 that need to do some controlled assessments from the AQA GCSE English Language 4705 spec. The problem is, I have little experience of designing the controlled assessments titles. Always being part of a massive team in the past, I delivered the exam prep and colleagues took other parts…
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AQA A Level English Language Resources »
Categories: Community Q&A, Resources
I am searching for resources to enable my team to reach high grades for AQA A Level English Language. If anyone has any resources/materials to help I would be most grateful. Kind regards, Kathy Try Aggslanguage web site if that won’t access it use iloveenglish. Another good resource is the British Library. Look at Adrian Beard’s book on Language Change for Section B of the exam. intertext series pub Routledge isbn 9780415320566. There is another one specific to Child Acquisition but…
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Reviewing Schemes of Work »
Categories: Community Q&A, Schemes
Over the Christmas holidays (!) I have to review what constitutes a good Scheme of Work and in this ever-changing game of teaching, what was once desirable (super-prescriptive, lesson-by-lesson breakdowns) has now become old hat. I’m particularly interested in seeing how colleagues record their SoW and wonder if anyone would share with me their template of how they record a SoW (or just a SOW if easier) in their school? I would be exceedingly grateful to receive any help from teaching…
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KS4 English Speakers/Specialists »
Categories: Community Q&A, Speakers/Specialists
I was wondering if you could put me in contact with any speakers / specialists who come into schools to do workshops with KS4 students on English skills such as writing skills etc. Thanks Emma John Nield who was a senior examiner for AQA for many years does really good workshops. He lives in Appley Bridge near Wigan and is self-employed. Gill Wilkinson We had a writer called Joe Craig in during Activities Week a couple of years ago. Worked well with Y7s, but I’m…
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Progress Trackers »
Categories: Community Q&A, Assessment
Does anyone have an example of a progress tracker for students to stick in their books? Thanks, Laura Saunders These are progress trackers I’ve designed for a range of subjects - mainly at Key stage 5. They could be adapted. Students find them very useful - particularly boys. Graham Thorpe AS Language Tracker Sheet Film Studies Progress Checker 2015 A2 Language Grade Boundaries and Progress Trackers 2015 A2 Literature Grade Boundaries and Progress Trackers Get involved! If you have a…
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