May 2023 Paper 2: Sample Response 6 (Question 2)
How do you support your students in choosing the “right” question for Paper 2? With four questions to choose from, and with four questions that may all “work” in the exam, which one is best? This particular...
Approaching Exams: An Open Letter to Students
Dear Students, Rites of passage, including coming of age, often involve elaborate and sometimes painful rituals. From around the world, some of these transition to adulthood ceremonies involve wearing...
May 2023 Paper 1: Sample Response 5 (No Diet, No Detox)
This is the 5th Paper 1 we are publishing from the May 2023 Paper 1 examination based on an extract from The Guardian about dieting and detoxing. You can find the response here. When students read this...
George Orwell's Essays: Such, Such Were the Joys
In the first episode of the BBC documentary series, Radley College (1980), there is a telling scene. It comes in at about 11 minutes 15 seconds. The new boys are being dropped off for their first day...
May 2023 Paper 1: Sample Response 4 (No Diet, No Detox)
On the site, we aim to provide a variety of Paper 1 samples that range in marks. With that aim mind, we are publishing our fourth sample response to the May 2023 Paper 1 (No Diet, No Detox). You can...
May 2023 Paper 1: Sample Response 3 (Cycling)
This week, we are publishing another model example Paper 1 from the May 2023 exam. You can find it here. This exemplar is great to use with students. The introduction is very specific and answers the...
George Orwell's Essays: Connecting A Hanging, Shooting an Elephant, and The Spike
For students studying the literary work, George Orwell’s essays, an introductory page can be found here. Lesson activities for ‘A Hanging’ can be found here, lesson activities for ‘Shooting an Elephant’...
May 2023 Paper 2: Sample Response 5 (Question 1)
How does a student use evidence and examples, but not direct quotations in a Paper 2? The May 2023 Paper 2: Sample Response 5 shows students how to do just that! This particular response doesn’t have...
George Orwell's Essays: The Spike
This week, we are publishing teaching materials for the study of George Orwell’s essay 'The Spike'. The page forms part of a series of pages on the literary work, George Orwell's essays. Subscribers can...
May 2023 Paper 2: Sample Response 4 (Question 1)
This is the 4th Paper 2 we are publishing for the revamped English A: Language and Literature course. Kindly note that a couple more Paper 2 exemplars will follow before the May 2024 exams. You can...