General targets for GCSE English Language P1 on a sticky label (one of those big ones where you get 2 x labels per page). Ready to be stuck into books for all eternity when next year comes around
Douglas Wise
@dowise.bsky.social
Teacher of English and Assistant Principal
This is an excerpt from an interview with Kazuo Ishiguro in The Times about his BFI Station to Station curation. Love it. The right setting expands possibilities. Note to self: remember for English Language Q5 prep
A bank of words and definitions to help students write about literary texts www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/key-wor... ✍️
Four more mini mock papers for GCSE English Language Paper 2 www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/more-en... Example below ⤵️
Writing frames and guidance for GCSE English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/english... ✍️
A one-pager with bits that I want students to remember for the GCSE English Literature exams. It’s obviously stuff that needs to be expanded upon, but it should hopefully be useful as the basis for a final lesson or two before it all begins www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/literat... 🖊️
All the AQA Power and Conflict poems on an editable Word document www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/aqa-pow... 🖊️
I’ve spent *ages* over the years trying to get the whole feedback sheet thing right for English Language, so here’s my latest iteration for P2... www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/english... The link to the paper it’s based on is also included 📰
A couple of bits that might be helpful for English Language exam prep: 10 x Paper 1⃣ Q5 tasks 10 x Paper 2⃣ Q5 tasks www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/10-x-en... 📖 www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/10-engl... 📰
The second volume of a booklet of short non-fiction articles to use as the basis for wider reading and discussion www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/non-fic... 📚
A booklet of short non-fiction articles to use as the basis for wider reading and discussion www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/non-fic... 📙
Review tasks for four of the GCSE English Literature texts www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/english... 📝
Six exam tasks for An Inspector Calls (AQA) and guidance on the sorts of points to put forward www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/6-exam-... 🔍
A short guide for students on the unseen poetry element of the English Literature exam www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/unseen-... 🖋️
A summary of general advice from Chief Examiner reports on GCSE English Literature www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/chief-e... 📄
A summary of advice from Chief Examiner reports on GCSE English Language www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/chief-e... 📄
A list of techniques that students can use in their transactional writing. Designed to be stuck into books for reference www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/transac... 📝
A simple slide deck with a series of quotations from An Inspector Calls www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/quotati... 🔍
A feedback sheet on the presentation of the relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/feedbac... 👑
A simple slide deck with a series of quotations from the AQA Power and Conflict poems. Words are missing from each, so the idea is that students identify them and then discuss the significance of the quotations themselves www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/quotati... 💥
A document with popular idioms (grouped according to sport, colour, theatre and the weather) to help students add style to their writing, plus some simple test slides www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/idioms-... 🖋️
Four short dystopian fiction extracts with tasks to help students explore them www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/four-dy... 🏙️
A worksheet to support students make connections in A Christmas Carol www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/making-... ❄️
