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Post-16 GCSE (9-1) English resources

On this page you will find all resources relevant to teaching of post-16 English.

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Delivery guides Scheme of work Teaching activities Teaching activities - Component 01 Teaching activities - Component 02 Teaching guides

Delivery guides

  • Component 2 - Exploring effects and impacts DOCX, 437KB  
  • Component 1 - Communicating information and ideas DOCX, 438KB  
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Scheme of work

  • Scheme of work DOCX, 254KB  
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Teaching activities

  • Literary Unit Literary fiction and creative writing DOCX, 99KB  
  • Non-Fiction Unit 19th century texts DOCX, 112KB  
  • Non-Fiction Unit 21st century texts - Activity 1 DOCX, 95KB  
  • Non-Fiction Unit 21st century texts - Activity 2 DOCX, 109KB  
  • Non-Fiction Unit Introduction DOCX, 101KB  
  • Resource Pack 1 - Analysing language and structure in non-fiction texts ZIP, 13MB  
  • Resource Pack 2 - Non-fiction writing ZIP, 13MB  
  • Resource Pack 3 - Analysing, comparing and evaluating literary texts ZIP, 24MB  
  • Resource Pack 4 - Creative writing ZIP, 9MB  
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Teaching activities - Component 01

  • Resource 1 - Building confidence with non-fiction texts DOCX, 472KB  
  • Resource 2 - Analysing languages and structure DOCX, 246KB  
  • Resource 3 - Recognising bias DOCX, 153KB  
  • Resource 4 - Exploring writers' ideas DOCX, 155KB  
  • Resource 5 - Developing critical evaluation skills DOCX, 152KB  
  • Resource 6 - Giving writing a structure DOCX, 256KB  
  • Resource 7 - Thinking about sentence structure DOCX, 148KB  
  • Resource 8 - Precise but ambitious vocabulary DOCX, 152KB  
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Teaching activities - Component 02

  • Resource 1 - Developing confidence in reading different tasks DOCX, 261KB  
  • Resource 2 - Developing confidence in reading different tasks DOCX, 255KB  
  • Resource 3.0 - Exploring characterisation and exam practice DOCX, 158KB  
  • Resource 3.1 - Exploring characterisation and exam practice DOCX, 150KB  
  • Resource 3.2 - Exploring characterisation and exam practice DOCX, 149KB  
  • Resource 3.3 - Exploring characterisation and exam practice DOCX, 149KB  
  • Resource 4.0 - Exploring setting and extension activity DOCX, 158KB  
  • Resource 4.1 - Exploring setting and extension activity DOCX, 149KB  
  • Resource 4.2 - Exploring setting and extension activity DOCX, 151KB  
  • Resource 4.3 - Exploring setting and extension activity DOCX, 153KB  
  • Resource 5.0 - Exploring themes DOCX, 158KB  
  • Resource 5.1 - Exploring themes DOCX, 150KB  
  • Resource 5.2 - Exploring themes DOCX, 153KB  
  • Resource 5.3 - Exploring themes DOCX, 149KB  
  • Resource 6.0 - Narrative viewpoint DOCX, 158KB  
  • Resource 6.1 - Narrative viewpoint DOCX, 150KB  
  • Resource 6.2 - Narrative viewpoint DOCX, 150KB  
  • Resource 6.3 - Narrative viewpoint DOCX, 150KB  
  • Resource 7.0 - Supporting accuracy DOCX, 148KB  
  • Resource 7.1 - Supporting accuracy DOCX, 244KB  
  • Resource 8 - Editing/redrafting skills DOCX, 163KB  
  • Resource 9 - Wider reading to help boost literacy DOCX, 148KB  
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Teaching guides

Questions covering topics from sections of the GCSE specification.

  • Reading skills PDF, 998KB  
  • Reading skills: comparing and evaluating texts (question 4) PDF, 977KB  
  • Student checklist PDF, 81KB  
  • Student guide to exam preparation PDF, 1MB  
  • Teacher checklist PDF, 78KB  
  • The little book of spelling, punctuation and grammar (SPaG) PDF, 10MB  
  • Unseen 20th and 21st century literary texts PDF, 471KB  
  • Writing skills PDF, 2MB  
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