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Getting to Know… La France sous l’occupation

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Ready-to-use research tasks, worksheets, background information and practice exam questions ensuring a full understanding of this poignant period of French history. Students will know the key people and events inside out and be well prepared for the speaking and writing exams.

The special before, during, after structure is ideal for the perfect balance between guided class work and independent research:

  • Before: introductory tasks and useful vocab lists

  • During: worksheets and discussion points on the key people and events
  • After: exam-style oral and essay questions for students to apply what they have learnt
  • Special sections on: timeline of events, the choice between collaboration and resistance, the roles of Pétain and De Gaulle, the Vichy government, and daily life at the time

  • With photographs, posters, speeches, news reports, and suggested links for further research

Getting to Know… La France sous l’occupation is now available (cost is £69 for a site copy licence including photocopy master; orders normally processed in two working days). You can preview every page here.

The Getting to Know… range includes many other titles for French, German and Spanish. Click here for details.

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January 27, 2012 at 5:16 pm

GCSE WJEC Film Studies The Superhero Genre Practice Papers

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WJEC GCSE Film Studies Superhero Genre Practice Papers for Paper 1 is now available (cost is £34 for a site copy licence including photocopy master; orders normally processed in two working days). You can preview every page here.

Fully prepare your students to succeed in the exam!

2 Practice Papers for the 2013–15 exam topic.

  • Varied questions test key language, genre, industry & audience issues
  • Creative tasks include box set and poster design
  • Original papers in exam style – perfect for mock exams
  • Not available from WJEC!
Everything you need:
  • Design sheets and write-on papers provided
  • Student-friendly mark schemes – great for AfL!
  • Essential tips for answering exam questions
  • Sample answers for students to assess
Also available GCSE WJEC Film Studies Superman Returns & Iron Man DVDs for use with the Practice Papers

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January 26, 2012 at 1:02 pm

Differentiated Exam Practice for GCSE WJEC French Reading

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Perfect practice for the exams!

50 differentiated reading comprehension texts and exercises exactly matching the new WJEC specification (teaching from 2009). All topics covered with 5 different exercises:

  • 2 for Foundation – matching pictures to vocab and vocab to meanings
  • 2 for Higher – texts with multiple choice questions and comprehension questions in English
  • 1 for Gifted and Talented – texts with questions in French
  • Matches exam style questions
  • Relevant and interesting texts to keep your students’ interest
  • Use during the course as end-of-topic test/homework
  • Answers to all exercises for ease of marking

Differentiated Exam Practice for GCSE WJEC French Reading is now available (cost is £79 for a site copy licence including photocopy master; orders normally processed in two working days). You can preview every page at here.

Differentiated Exam Practice is also available for AQA and Edexcel French and German. For more details, click here.

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January 25, 2012 at 12:52 pm

OCR GCSE ICT Course Companion

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OCR ICT Unit 1 Course Companion (2010 spec.) is now available (cost is £89 for a site copy licence including photocopy master; orders normally processed in two working days). You can preview every page here.

Comprehensive, brilliantly-structured notes, written specifically for the new OCR specification.
Covers the B061 theory in superb detail.

  • Expertly written by an experienced author and senior examiner.
  • Follows the same order as the specification, leaving no stone unturned!
  • Thorough explanations are interspersed with bullet-point lists and tables, to summarise key information and maintain students’ interest

  • Enhanced with clear diagrams, illustrations and examples
  • Exam-style questions consolidate understanding at the end of each chapter (answers included)

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January 23, 2012 at 4:08 pm

Posted in Course Companion, GCSE, ICT, OCR

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GCSE Spanish Revision Podcasts

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GCSE Spanish revision tool with 150 spoken questions and answers on CDs. You can listen to the audio CDs in class or students can download the tracks in mp3 format to their iPod/mp3 player (revise and look cool at the same time!).

  • 150 original texts with comprehension questions and answers on separate tracks os the CD and as separate mp3 files
  • Covers all GCSE topics, including those on the new specifications for first teaching September 2009
  • Differentiated: easier texts with questions in English, harder texts with more questions, advanced texts with questions in Spanish
  • Professionally recorded with native speakers

Units incorporate all the GCSE topics for AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC and CCEA.

The GCSE Spanish Revision Podcast pack is now available (cost is £150 for a site copy licence including photocopy master; orders normally processed in two working days). You can preview every page and listen to sample mp3 tracks here.

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January 18, 2012 at 2:37 pm

Posted in All, GCSE, Podcasts, Spanish

Differentiated Homeworks for GCSE AQA Spanish

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45 homework sheets at three differentiated levels (17x Higher, 17x Foundation, and 11x Easy Foundation) covering every topic on the AQA specification. Each stand-alone homework provides carefully structured support to build students’ skills with (1) Warm-up vocabulary exercises; (2) Reading exercise with activities; (3) Grammar/vocab work in the topic context and (4) Supported writing tasks. Full answers included for easy marking.

  • Focus on exam-style tasks throughout develops the specific skills, grammar & vocab students need for success
  • Varied and interesting activities to engage students
  • Ready to use – perfect for easy-to-set homeworks or cover lessons

Differentiated Homeworks for GCSE AQA Spanish is now available (cost is £69 for a site copy licence including photocopy master; orders normally processed in two working days). You can preview every page here.

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January 16, 2012 at 2:20 pm

BTEC L3 in Business Unit 7 : Management Accounting Course Companion

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Unit 7: Management Accounting: detailed explanations of how to use and apply ratios and other techniques

Ensures you cover the new 2010 specification comprehensively.

  • Comprehensive notes in student-friendly language. Structured in specification order.
    • Lesson objectives for each topic
    • Regular activities engage students
    • Questions ensure students know the key facts
  • Supporting PowerPoints help you deliver the course
  • Four assignments, one for each learning outcome, covering all the 2010 spec criteria, from Pass to Distinction

The Course Companion for BTEC L3 in Business: Unit 7 : Management Accounting is now available (cost is £99 for a site copy licence including photocopy master; orders normally processed in two working days). You can preview every page here.

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January 10, 2012 at 5:10 pm

AQA GCSE Media Studies Unit 2: Controlled Assessments Schemes of Work

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AQA Media Studies Unit 2: Controlled Assessments Schemes of Work for Assignments 1, 2 and 3 are now available (cost is £59 for Assignments 1 & 3, and £49 for Assignment 2, a site copy licence including photocopy master; orders normally processed in two working days). You can preview every page here.

Assignment 1 covers Moving Image:Film Opening Sequences
Assignment 2 covers Print Cross-Media Study: Magazine (print advert & script)
Assignment 3 covers Print Advertising

Ensure your students achieve their best in the Controlled Assessment!

Highly organised schemes of work with engaging worksheets.

    Specific to current AQA briefs

  • All handouts and worksheets included
  • All elements of analysis and planning tackled in logical order
    For every lesson…

  • Learning objectives clearly identified
  • Class tasks & homeworks set out in detail
  • Ready-made worksheets introduce key terms, concepts & theories

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January 10, 2012 at 9:29 am

Differentiated Listening Homeworks for GCSE AQA Music

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30 self-contained, write-on worksheets, giving students meaningful activities to build on class learning. With links showing the instruments being played, via YouTube, aiding understanding.
A4 single-sided, single-focus, 20-mark worksheets. With full answers.

Beginning to Listen
Introduce students to Western Classical Tradition and develop their understanding of pop, musicals and film music. With full explanations of musical features and one piece to listen to for each worksheet.

Developing Listening
Focus on more complex features, fewer explanations of the basics, and multiple pieces to listen to.

Bonus worksheets:

  • World Music – Familiarise students with a wider variety of musical features
  • Revision – Exam-style questions and multiple pieces to listen to and compare

A note from the author: “I’ve been using the worksheets myself in my teaching this term with a GCSE group whose listening was quite weak at the start of the year and I’ve been amazed at how successful the worksheets have been… Some students have made 4 GCSE grades of progress over the term. Win win!”

Differentiated Listening Homeworks for GCSE AQA Music is now available (cost is £49 for a site copy licence including photocopy master; orders normally processed in two working days). You can preview every page here.

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January 6, 2012 at 4:27 pm

GCSE AQA Media Studies Crime Drama Practice Papers

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AQA GCSE TV Crime Drama Practice Papers is now available (cost is £39 for a site copy licence including photocopy master; orders normally processed in two working days). You can preview every page here.

Fully prepare your students to succeed in the exam!
Varied tasks test all four key concepts
Original papers – not available from AQA

    Everything you need:

  • 2 practice pre-release briefs
  • Design sheets and write-on papers provided
  • Student-friendly mark schemes – great for self-assessment!
  • Full sample answers for Paper 1 – great for AfL!

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January 6, 2012 at 1:10 pm

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