English classroom resources - Help develop your students' skills
Support for teachers is at the core of what we at WJEC Eduqas do. As part of that, we have developed a wide range of digital classroom resources. Most are designed to help develop students’ skills - and all are completely free of charge.
Here's a small selection of items we've recently added:
GCSE
Narrative Writing
These resources suggest possible approaches to teaching narrative writing using a wide range of interactive, engaging activities. The resources can be used to prepare candidates for Component 1 Section B and/or KS3 transition materials.
19th, 20th and 21st century texts
This resource suggests approaches to developing reading skills for the GCSE exams using WJEC Eduqas's text tools to generate a range of exciting and engaging activities. Tasks are structured around the four reading assessment objectives.
Approaches to 19th century texts
These resources are designed to provide GCSE literature students with a greater understanding of the social, cultural, literary and historical context of the 19th century, while simultaneously challenging them to practise skills required for GCSE English Language.
Using contexts effectively in response to poetry
A set of resources to support the teaching of AO3 (context) in the Eduqas anthology. The resources look at the sort of relevant contextual details that are required through a series of interactive exercises and longer writing tasks.
GCE
Essay writing skills
A series of interactive and printable activities that help develop students' essay writing skills in English Language. The activities include adaptable tools that can be used as front of class teaching aids.
Teaching Shakespeare and drama
Learners often struggle to write on drama. This resource helps them to do so effectively, applying the skills required to succeed.
Effective writing
This resource will help teachers enable learners to write effectively in exam conditions. Using interactive learning techniques which are useful in the classroom and for individual study, these resources help students to think clearly through examination questions, and to write effective introductions and conclusions. There is also support on how to write concisely and precisely, a key issue in examinations.
Close textual analysis
Guidance for teachers and learners on how to develop close textual analysis (AO2). This resource explains what close textual analysis means and then allows learners to develop this skill through a variety of different interactive approaches. Ideal for the teacher as a classroom resource or for individual learners as revision, this resource can be used to develop reading skills, essay writing and examination techniques. It also guides the user in how to use close textual analysis for poetry, and drama (including Shakespeare) and can be developed to be used for prose. There are a number of printable activities which can form the cornerstone of a lesson or a series of lessons.
A level English Literature: Approaches to different interpretations
Guidance for teachers and learners on how to use different interpretations to enhance their understanding of literature. The resource guides the user through this skill by amplifying the different ways interpretations can be used and then exemplifies them through different resources. It allows candidates to explore and develop different approaches, compare them, and begin to write their own material based on critical readings. This resource is useful for both classroom work and individual revision.
Eduqas regional team – here to help
We’d be happy to come to your school or college to demonstrate these and other resources. Please contact hugh.lester@wjec.co.uk to arrange.
