A model answer for year 11 students that will help them prepare for their A Christmas Carol exam. There is a differentiated task whilst reading the response with an opportunity to then develop this.

Fully differentiated (using Bronze, Silver and Gold) lessons on the plot of ACC. The LOs run on each slide and engaging pictures link to the students' progress mid way through the lessons. These are a useful set of revision lessons to ensure students know what happens in the novella.

A great resource to get students to evaluate a exam response to a question and then consider how it could be improved.

Students get in to groups of four and each take an 'expert piece of information'. They must highlight the key points and then share what they've found the group. They then make notes on the other sections they didn't have.

A fully differentiated resource for Macbeth that includes bronze, silver, gold, teacher example PEE chain for students to assess, a gossip activity to share information in a fun and collaborative way and PEER assessment.

Question: How does Scrooge change throughout the novella? If you are teaching GCSE Lit A Christmas Carol and need more extracts and questions, here is an extract on the novella with an exam question for year 11 students to practice their skills. Spend ten minutes of the lesson annotating the extract and then consider the wider novella. Then get the students to answer the question in exam conditions, or collaborative to support each other.

If you are teaching GCSE Macbeth and need more extracts and questions, here is an extract on the play with an extract question 1a) and then a question relating to the wider play 1b) for them to revise for the exam. Spend five minutes of the lesson annotating the extract and then spend 20 minutes to answer 1a). Then get the students to consider the essay question, which they have to spend 40 minutes answering.

Three fully differentiated lessons that focus on Macbeth. They are exam focused and will help all learners make progress through differentiated tasks.

A GCSE exam question for students to revise for their GCSE Literature examination. Focus on annotating the extract for 5 minutes (making sure students use subject terminology) then consider the question with regards to the whole play. The students can either write collaboratively, or in exam conditions after the teacher has modelled how to write one point on the board.

A fully differentiated work sheet to get students to focus on Priestley's use of dramatic irony.

A fully differentiated lesson on the theme of 'order vs chaos' from Macbeth. It includes: - a fun interactive starter of true or false to get students to think about the theme - an example PEE response for students to assess - scaffolded bronze, silver, gold for when they write their own response - fun mini-review where they pick a picture that shows their progress - peer assessment - plenary - LOs on every slide

Key quotes along side a task differentiated by bronze, silver, gold - great as a revision tool for students to learn key quotes for exams.

Question: How does Dickens present Fred in the novella? If you are teaching GCSE Lit A Christmas Carol and need more extracts and questions, here is an extract on the novella with an exam question for year 11 students to practice their skills. Spend ten minutes of the lesson annotating the extract and then consider the wider novella. Then get the students to answer the question in exam conditions, or collaboratively to support each other.

Question: How does Dickens create mood and atmosphere throughout the novella? If you are teaching GCSE Lit A Christmas Carol and need more extracts and questions, here is an extract on the novella with an exam question for year 11 students to practice their skills. Spend ten minutes of the lesson annotating the extract and then consider the wider novella. Then get the students to answer the question in exam conditions, or collaborative to support each other.

Question: How does Dickens present poverty in the novella? If you are teaching GCSE Lit A Christmas Carol and need more extracts and questions, here is an extract on the novella with an exam question for year 11 students to practice their skills. Spend ten minutes of the lesson annotating the extract and then consider the wider novella. Then get the students to answer the question in exam conditions, or collaborative to support each other.

Four lessons on the poem that help students look at the poet's main ideas. The students are given opportunities to work independently, collaboratively or with the teacher (I,C,T). The lessons are differentiated and include starters, mains and plenaries.

Students need to know the importance of why Dickens wrote a novella and why he used the traditional form of a ghost story. This handy worksheet offers three tasks, which allow them to improve their knowledge of this to use for their examination responses.

What makes a sentence poster to remind students of the four main points about sentences. This is great to refer to for students who forget capital letters, full stops of write hanging sentences that are incomplete.

A question and an extract that students can use to prepare for the examination. Spend at least 5 minutes highlighting the extract (remembering to identify subject terminology which is needed) and then get students to write up their response on the extract. Then spend 5 minutes considering how to answer the question with regards to the whole play.

This handy resource breaks down what you need to do for each question. Laminate this so students can grab them when they answer questions as this will boost their independence and focus them on the specific points they need to remember.