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AQA GCSE English Language · Paper 2

20 lessons across about five weeks, built around one big question: how do writers make us see the world their way, and how do you make a reader see it yours? Every lesson has slides, teacher notes and a student pack at three levels.

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Three levels of support in every lesson · 3 Feedback Loop kits · an end-of-unit assessment with model answers

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Teacher handbookCoverUnit mapTeacher handbook, page 6Lesson notesLesson 3 in the teacher handbookSlidesLesson 3: exploding the quotationSecuringLesson 3 task, aiming for a 4StrengtheningLesson 3 task, aiming for grades 5 to 6SoaringLesson 3 task, aiming for grades 7 to 9Whole-class feedbackFeedback Loop kit 1Model answersA grade 8–9 answer with notesRevision workbookFor students

Four sequences, 20 lessons

Feedback Loop kits and the end-of-unit assessment are planned into the sequence. Lesson 3 is free: choose it to read the whole lesson.

Reading non-fictionLessons 1 to 5

  1. 1Whose view is it?How do you work out a writer’s viewpoint, and check what a source really says?
  2. 2Then and nowHow do you summarise the differences between two sources?
  3. 3Words with a purposeFreeHow does language in non-fiction persuade as well as describe?
  4. 4A voice on the pageHow does a writer’s voice make us trust them?
  5. 5Analysing languageFeedback Loop kit 1How do you write a full answer to Question 3 in fifteen minutes?

Comparing writersLessons 6 to 9

  1. 6Comparing perspectivesHow do two writers see the same kind of experience differently?
  2. 7Comparing methodsHow do you compare how writers convey their views, as well as what they think?
  3. 8Summaries that synthesiseHow do you combine evidence from two sources into one clear point?
  4. 9Comparing in fullFeedback Loop kit 2How do you write a 16-mark comparison in twenty minutes?

Writing viewpointsLessons 10 to 15

  1. 10Audience, purpose, formHow do audience, purpose and form shape a piece of writing?
  2. 11Openings that hookHow do you make a reader want to read your argument?
  3. 12Building an argumentHow do you order an argument so it builds?
  4. 13Rhetoric with restraintHow do you persuade without shouting?
  5. 14Endings and accuracyHow do you end well and earn AO6 marks?
  6. 15Writing a viewpointFeedback Loop kit 3How do you write an opening and one developed paragraph that convince?

The examLessons 16 to 20

  1. 16Questions 1 and 2 under timeHow do you use the first twenty minutes of the paper?
  2. 17Questions 3 and 4 under timeHow do you keep 35 minutes for Questions 3 and 4?
  3. 18Planning Question 5How do you plan a 40-mark viewpoint in five minutes?
  4. 19The full paperEnd-of-unit assessmentAssessment: the full Paper 2 in 1 hour 45 minutes.
  5. 20Feedback and improvementFeedback lessonHow can you move each answer up a level?

Seven folders, ready to teach from

  • 00
    Start here4 pages: how the scheme fits together
  • 01
    Teacher handbook99 pages: intent, unit map, lesson notes, assessment guide, knowledge bank
  • 02
    Slides20 PowerPoint decks with teacher notes, and a PDF copy of each
  • 03
    Student packsSecuring, Strengthening and Soaring, 71 pages each
  • 04
    Deliberate practiceThree booklets, 14 pages each
  • 05
    Feedback Loop kitsThree kits, 6 pages each
  • 06
    End-of-unit assessmentAssessment paper and teacher guide with model answers

Both licences also include the model answer pack (18 pages) and the revision workbook (38 pages). Everything arrives as zip files of editable Word and PowerPoint files, with a PDF copy of each.

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