A complete AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A scheme of work, fully updated for the 2026 exam changes onwards. Includes 18 ready-to-teach lessons, 244 fully editable slides, assessments, homework and extensive Questions 1–4 exam practice.

Designed for AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1 (8700), this resource develops students’ confidence with unseen fiction, language analysis, structure and evaluation through a clear and consistent approach to Questions 1–4.

What’s included?

✓ 18 complete one-hour lessons
✓ 244 fully editable PowerPoint slides
✓ Teaching and practice for Questions 1–4
✓ Model paragraphs and responses
✓ Student-friendly success criteria
✓ Sentence starters and scaffolding
✓ Timed exam practice
✓ Independent, paired and group activities
✓ Peer and self-assessment opportunities
✓ Extension and challenge activities
✓ Homework and assessment tasks
✓ Clear exam timings and technique guidance

Texts taught through the scheme:

• Bram Stoker’s Dracula
• H.G. Wells’ The Red Room
• Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre
• H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds
• Arthur Conan Doyle’s A Study in Scarlet

These lessons provide repeated practice of language analysis, structural analysis and evaluation while allowing students to work with a range of engaging unseen fiction extracts.

Additional assessments:

• Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations
• F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby

These give students opportunities to apply their Paper 1 reading skills independently and are ideal for assessment, revision or intervention.

Homework practice:

• Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book
• L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

These provide further AQA English Language Paper 1 exam practice between lessons.

Try the scheme for free

The complete A Study in Scarlet resource is also available separately as a free sample, allowing you to see the lesson style, model responses, scaffolding, success criteria and classroom activities before purchasing the full scheme.

Ideal for:

• Teaching AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A from scratch
• Preparing students for the 2026 exams onwards
• GCSE English Language revision
• KS4 intervention
• Exam preparation
• Unseen fiction practice
• Cover or independent study

All PowerPoint resources are fully editable, so they can be taught as provided or adapted easily for different classes and ability levels.

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