Beth Kemp | Thursday June 13, 2019
Categories: Hot Entries, Starters & Teaching Ideas, Teaching Ideas & Skills Development, Writing, Productive, Creative or Original Writing, Transformative or Editorial Writing
The skills of producing original writing are required in many specifications, particularly for Language and combined Language and Literature courses, and it can be a challenge to vary the presentation and practice of this very skill-focused aspect of English. Some specifications require students to write in different styles, or for different audiences and purposes under exam conditions, in which case students need preparing for a range of different types of writing, while others use productive…
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Jack Todhunter | Wednesday November 21, 2018
Categories: KS4, Drama, Macbeth, Shakespeare, Shakespeare’s Plays, Writing, Productive, Creative or Original Writing, Drama Analysis
A homework assignment - Create an inventive and enterprising personal response to a Shakespeare play. Egghead Productions Dear Ms Holden, Congratulations! We are delighted to inform you that you have successfully made it through the auditions and have been chosen to portray the role of Lady Macbeth in the forthcoming production of ‘The Scottish Play’ which will feature in this year’s Edinburgh Festival! The panel and I were very impressed with your performance. You managed to…
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Beth Kemp | Tuesday November 03, 2015
Categories: KS4, WJEC Eduqas GCSE, WJEC Eduqas GCSE English Language 2015, Component 1: 20th Century Literature Reading and Creative Prose Writing, Component 1: 20th Century Literature Reading and Creative Prose Writing Schemes, Hot Entries, Language and Linguistic Analysis, Narrative, Analysing Narrative, Writing, Creative Writing, Productive, Creative or Original Writing, Descriptive Writing, Imaginative Writing, Language, Punctuation & Grammar
Guide Navigation WJEC Eduqas GCSE English Language Component 1: Reading and Writing Assessment Pack Associated Resources WJEC Eduqas English Language Paper 1 Student Friendly Mark Scheme.docx WJEC Eduqas English Language Paper 1 Creative Writing Mark Scheme.docx How It’s Assessed WJEC Eduqas GCSE Eng Lang Component 1: 20th Century Literature Reading Study 40% (1 hour 45 minutes) Section A (20%) – Reading (40 marks) This section will test through structured questions the reading of an unseen…
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Sarah Mellor | Wednesday January 22, 2014
Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, Hot Entries, Writing, Productive, Creative or Original Writing, Descriptive Writing, AQA English, Unit 3 Creative Texts, AQA English Language , Unit 3 Understanding Texts and Creative Writing
click on image to enlarge Introduction The resources contained in this teaching pack are designed for students studying GCSE English (focused on the AQA Boards Specification but easily adaptable for all other GCSE English specifications). The resources are designed specifically for struggling students, including those of lower ability and including those with specific Special Educational Needs. The exam board’s only differentiation concession is to create a Higher and Foundation Tier paper…
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Sarah Mellor | Friday November 22, 2013
Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, Hot Entries, Writing, Productive, Creative or Original Writing, Informative Account, AQA English, Unit 3 Creative Texts, AQA English Language , Unit 3 Understanding Texts and Creative Writing
click on image to enlarge Introduction The resources contained here are designed for students studying GCSE English (focused on the AQA Specification). The resources are designed specifically for students of Lower Ability as well as those with certain specific Special Educational Needs. The exam boards’ only differentiation concession is to create a Higher and Foundation Tier paper each series, they do not specifically cater to students who struggle to access the basics in English – so we…
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Sarah Mellor | Friday November 22, 2013
Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, Hot Entries, Writing, Productive, Creative or Original Writing, Narrative Writing, AQA English, Unit 3 Creative Texts
click on image to enlarge Introduction The resources contained within this SOW are designed for students studying for their GCSE English qualification. This resource has been designed specifically both for students with lower than average abilities at English as well as those with certain specific ‘Special Educational Needs’. The exam boards’ only differentiation concession is to create a Higher and Foundation Tier paper each series; they do not specifically cater to students who struggle…
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Sarah Mellor | Thursday November 21, 2013
Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, Hot Entries, Writing, Productive, Creative or Original Writing, Persuasive Writing, AQA English, Unit 3 Creative Texts, AQA English Language , Unit 3 Understanding Texts and Creative Writing
click on image to enlarge Introduction The resources contained here are designed for students studying GCSE English (focused on the AQA ‘A’ Specification). The resources are designed specifically for students of Lower Ability and with specific Special Educational Needs. The exam boards’ only differentiation concession is to create a Higher and Foundation Tier paper each series; they do not specifically cater to students who struggle to access the basics in English – so, as teachers, we…
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| Friday November 08, 2013
Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, Hot Entries, Writing, Productive, Creative or Original Writing, AQA English, Unit 3 Creative Texts, AQA English Language , Unit 3 Understanding Texts and Creative Writing
click on image to enlarge June 2015 Submission Candidates must complete two tasks. Each task must be taken from a different column. Work should be produced under formal supervision in time totalling up to four hours. The responses do not need to be of equal length. They do not have to be completed in the same session. The objective assessed in this part of Unit 3 is: AO4 Writing Write to communicate clearly, effectively and imaginatively, using and adapting forms and selecting vocabulary…
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Jack Todhunter | Wednesday August 04, 2010
Categories: Writing, Productive, Creative or Original Writing, Speaking & Listening, Individual, Group
Professional musician Lewis Nitikman dropped by to lend Pat a hand. Pat wants to become a musician himself when he leaves school so after a chat, the two of them popped into our studio at school to compose this number: They hope you like it. Now Lewis has left Pat some homework. He wants Pat to come up with some lyrics to turn their tune into a song. Task Listen to their music again and with a classmate, bounce some ideas around. What subject matter springs to mind? What music does it remind you…
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Jack Todhunter | Friday August 07, 2009
Categories: Prose, Lord Of The Flies, Writing, Productive, Creative or Original Writing, Speaking & Listening, Drama-Focused
If you have read the last page of the novel Lord of the Flies, you will realise that William Golding had the novel Coral Island in mind when he wrote his tale. The Task The following playlet explores some of the issues involved. Once you’ve read the script, improvise a response then write it up. What exactly DOES he think? Does he sympathise with Golding or attack his views? The following scene takes place in the common room of a public school. One teacher is sipping coffee and marking…
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