Here's my guide to the Directed Writing Question.

 It's a huge section of the language paper - worth 25% of their overall GCSE.  

If you'd like a bit more info about how to go about answering it - this is my guide.

It includes a breakdown of the skills you need to demonstrate, the types of questions & audiences that have come up recently as well as a bank of practice questions.

If we want teenagers to be confident sharing their thoughts and developing arguments, we have to give them lots of opportunities to do just that.

Here they are - twenty flashcards with a whole range of topics to get students thinking.

And they're just £2.99 - but only on this page (this offer doesn't come up anywhere else & I've slipped the Directed Writing guide in for free as well!)

Hi, I'm Robyn

I'm a fully qualified and highly experienced English teacher and tutor.

Students come to me for help all the time, confused - and demotivated - during their GCSEs.  The guides are unengaging, they're overwhelmed by the content on the internet and haven't a clue where to start!

I'm all about building their knowledge, skills and confidence together.