A quick and easy way to give VERY SPECIFIC feedback without copious amounts of writing. Simply glue the sheet in under the student’s work. Tick the relevant criteria, set targets quickly and ensure the student has read your marking by getting them respond to in the student response section. This assessment sheet is ideal for marking drafts and final copies of exam preparation essays. It corresponds with the FAR marking policy - Feedback - Action -Response. i.e. Stage 1: The teacher gives FEEDBACK using very specific criteria which should be shared with students before the assessment takes place. Stage 2: The teacher uses the criteria to specify which ACTIONS the student needs to take to get to the next grade. Stage 3: The student writes a written RESPONSE to the teacher’s comments about the ACTIONS required to reach the next stage. It’s very useful for showing progress, communicating attainment on HW or timed (in class) essays that form part of exam preparation revision.

A quick and easy way to give VERY SPECIFIC feedback without copious amounts of writing. Simply glue the sheet in under the student’s work. Tick the relevant criteria, set targets quickly and ensure the student has read your marking by getting them respond to in the student response section. This assessment sheet is ideal for marking drafts and final copies of exam preparation essays. It can be used with KS3 and KS4. It corresponds with the FAR marking policy = Feedback - Action -Response. i.e. Stage 1: The teacher gives FEEDBACK using very specific criteria which should be shared with students before the assessment takes place. Stage 2: The teacher uses the criteria to specify which ACTIONS the student needs to take to get to the next grade. Stage 3: The student writes a written RESPONSE to the teacher’s comments about the ACTIONS required to reach the next stage. It’s very useful for showing progress, communicating attainment on HW forms part of exam preparation revision.

This year long Programme of Study is based on a study of : Gothic Fiction Creative Writing Poetry Romeo & Juliet Non-Fiction Revision & End of Year Exam It also includes: activity suggestions lesson content suggestions Exam structures a map of the assessment objectives for the whole year lnks to AQA’s GCSE exam frames and criteria It is ideal for new HoD, departments without a HoD, or HoDs who are seeking a fresh perspective or Programme of Study. Enjoy!

This is 2 lessons - one for learning and preparation and one for writing practice using the genre. The lesson is for KS3 or KS4. It’s differentiated and features annotated deconstructions of the genre and persuasive techniques. The lesson includes: a starter (bingo) a plenary 2 models from travel agents writing criteria a HW task

This ppt is 1 1/2 to 2 lessons. 2 full lesson if you’re teaching a lower set because it includes a writing in practice task. It introduces the genre ‘writing to inform’ by engaging students in tasks that see them deconstruct and evaluate language, presentational layout and presentational features. This lesson leaves plenty of room to build upon this genre and is purely meant as an introduction only. The lesson includes group work, paired work and individual tasks. Also included is a: starter plenary HW task Model PEE

What is this resource? Two fully planned lessons that include thinking tasks, starters, lesson resources (e.g. reading, writing and peer assessment tools) and plenaries These two lessons could easily be extended to 3-5 lessons depending on the ability range of the group being taught. Plus, if the teacher includes the creative writing task they want the class to complete at the end of the these lessons, it will result in a week of work. It should be used at the beginning of a learning phase on “Creative Writing” as a recall task or as a developmental task teaching students the key elements of basic “Creative Writing” **Who is it for? ** KS3 and KS4 English What’s included? Thinking tasks Starters Activity Resources Plenaries Curriculum links? English and Literacy Support Lessons (KS3 and KS4) Practical Tips? It is to be used in conjunction with a creative writing task where students are required to write independently after the lessons using the skills that have been covered on these slides.

This workbook accompanies the Private and Peaceful SOW on my author page.

This ppt includes the 20 topics based on the novel “Private and Peaceful”. It is a SOW suitable for KS3 (or an advanced KS2 group) Each topic contains: lesson notes on the slides starters plenaries extracts from the novel with directed reading tasks WW1 poetry WW1 letters and recruitment posters comprehension writing tasks (PEE) Imaginative writing tasks Group work, paired work and individual tasks Enjoy!

This is a very useful resource for building up your students’ poetry analysis skills. It can be used in the following ways: group work (cover work) group work leading to a group presentation of an unseen poem Individual preparation for a timed essay Homework Class discussion It is suitable for KS3 and KS4.

This resource is to aide and reduce your marking and improve your communication with pupils about their progress. They’re pupil friendly sheets that also contain an area where students can respond to the teacher’s marking to develop clarity between teacher feedback and student progress. The assessment/criteria sheets focus on the following topics: Key Stage Three and Key Stage Four Criteria sheets for: Shakespeare, 19th Century novel (the criteria can be adapted for any novel), Modern Drama (any play) Key Stage Three and Key Stage Four Criteria sheets for: Writing to Argue/Persuade Self Assessment Criteria and Writing to Describe Self Assessment Criteria Key Stage Four Criteria sheets for: AQA GCSE English Language section A Q1-2, AQA GCSE English Language section A Q3-4, AQA GCSE English Literature: ‘The Merchant of Venice’, AQA GCSE English Literature: ‘Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’ and AQA Modern Drama( English Literature): ‘Blood Brothers’ I hope they help!

A quick and easy way to give VERY SPECIFIC feedback without copious amounts of writing. Simply glue the sheet in under the student’s work. Tick the relevant criteria, set targets quickly and ensure the student has read your marking by getting them respond to in the student response section. This assessment sheet is ideal for marking drafts and final copies of exam preparation essays. It can be used with KS3 and KS4. It corresponds with the FAR marking policy = Feedback - Action -Response. i.e. Stage 1: The teacher gives FEEDBACK using very specific criteria which should be shared with students before the assessment takes place. Stage 2: The teacher uses the criteria to specify which ACTIONS the student needs to take to get to the next grade. Stage 3: The student writes a written RESPONSE to the teacher’s comments about the ACTIONS required to reach the next stage. It’s very useful for showing progress, communicating attainment on HW or timed (in class) essays that form part of exam preparation revision.

PLEASE NOTE: this lesson can be bought and used in isolation or as part of a bundle for sale on my TES Author’s Page. This is suitable for KS3 and KS4. The ppt includes 2 lessons (possibly 3 depending on the class’s ability) A starter A plenary (metacognitive task) A model (created by a student) Assessment criteria for students to use to develop the key skills A HW task A group task

This lesson contains: a starter a plenary a model criteria HW task an essay structure presented in stages

Hi. This SOW has everything you need to teach the novel Warhorse for 4-5 weeks. The ppts includes: all starters and plenaries all writing and reading tasks poetry analysis discursive essay (PEE) practice HW tasks teaching objectives and planning grid It’s been tried and tested. Enjoy!

This is an interesting poem that seems to capture pupils’ attention because it is so different. It is also a springboard into eulogies and obituaries. It contains: a starter the lesson plan (i.e. the sequence of the slides) the poem AQA criteria scaffolding in the form of sentence tags for extended answers and also linking verbs for analysis a model answer to apply the AQA criteria to a plenary and a Bloom’s inspired activity at the end The students read, deconstruct the archaic language then write about the poem in 30 mins. They then assess the AQA criteria against a model answer. Tried and tested. Great with Year 10 or 11. It could also be used with Year 9

This sheet can be used as an in-class self assessment after a mock of AQA’s “Paper 2: Writer’s Viewpoints and Perspectives” or as a HW task after the Mocks.

This a plenary (or a mini plenary) that encourages students to think about how they have progressed and the key learning moments in the lesson

What is this resource? It layouts our explicitly the literacy skills that are acquired across the curriculum Who is it for? All teachers, TAs, SMT Curriculum links? Whole School Literacy Programmes and Literacy Support Sessions