I have carefully selected 20 brief key extracts from the play. They are the 20 extracts I consider to be most likely to come up in the exam.
To complete the revision activity, students must work out what is happening in each extract, analyse two key quotations and make links to context, themes and ideas.
This booklet is helping my students revise for the closed book examination. There are 4 A3 sheets covering Acts 1-5.
Of the hundreds Romeo and Juliet resources I have created, this is probably the most effective.
Also includes a PowerPoint with suggested answers for each extract.
Includes an AQA version (with context) and an Eduqas version (without context).
Four A3 revision sheets for An Inspector Calls.
Sheet 1 revises character points, quotations and context and has 3 differentiated activities.
Sheet 2 revises themes and has an exam style question for each of the 5 themes:
age
gender
class
responsibility
wealth
power and influence.
Sheet 3 explores the stage directions for each character across the play and asks students to evaluate the changes.
Sheet 4: Revision cards on the characters
I have other resources available for An Inspector Calls:
Bundle
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-aqa-1-9-differentiated-birling-sheila-11412310
Revision Cards:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/theme-revision-cards-for-an-inspector-calls-12124143
Knowledge Organisers
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-4-ultimate-revision-sheets-themes-character-stage-directions-cards-11574057
Revision quotations:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-test-on-10-quotations-per-character-9-1-revision-12138293
10+ Resources to teach students methods for comparing poems from the AQA anthology. Includes ideas for discriminating comparisons by both theme and method. The model examples come from the Power and Conflict AQA anthology and include plans for…
The Emigree and Kamikaze
Exposure and War Photographer.
Exposure and Storm on the Island
Tissue and Ozymandias
Remains and Bayonet Charge
Prelude and Ozymandias
London and My Last Duchess
There is also a blank template for students to practise using the 12 point comparative method on a question comparing Ozymandias and My Last Duchess.
There is also a choice over a simple 4 paragraph methods based approach or a more advanced 2 paragraph conceptual approach.
There is also a diamond ranking starter activity to get students to engage with the criteria for grade 8 and 9.
There is also a resource with 3 tiers of difficulty depending on how confident students are at planning their own comparisons.
Tier 1: Students add the analysis of the quotations. The topic sentences and recommended quotations are already filled in for them.
Tier 2: Students must pick their own 3 quotations from each poem and analyse the quotations.
Tier 3: Students must pick their own topic sentences, quotations and then analsyse the quotations.
The questions covered are as follows:
2021 question: Compare how poets present ideas about power and control in ‘London’ and in one other poem from ‘Power and conflict’. (30)
Nov 2020 question: Compare how poets present the ways people are affected by difficult experiences in ‘Remains’ and in one other poem from ‘Power and conflict’. (30)
May 2019 question: Compare how poets present the ways that people are affected by war in ‘War Photographer’ and in one other poem from ‘Power and conflict’. (30)
May 2018 question: Compare how poets present ideas about power in ‘Ozymandias’ and in one other poem from ‘Power and conflict’. (30)
15 revision cards for the Power and Conflict cluster.
Each card has 4 sections:
Themes of power and conflict
5 key quotations
Structure
Context/Author’s intentions
A worksheet and PowerPoint to support the study of the character of Eva Smith in An Inspector Calls.
Students read the 32 carefully selected quotations about Eva Smith and work out who said each one. They can plot the utterances into a table to enable further analysis.
Also includes a worksheet examining who is responsible for her death and an essay planning sheet with and without answers.
The PowerPoint then encourages students to create a revision page on Eva by explaining what the key quotations reveal.
Students look at a grade 5/6 full response on Eva.
Students then write a model paragraph.
I have other resources available for An Inspector Calls:
Bundle
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-aqa-1-9-differentiated-birling-sheila-11412310
Revision Cards:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/theme-revision-cards-for-an-inspector-calls-12124143
Knowledge Organisers
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-4-ultimate-revision-sheets-themes-character-stage-directions-cards-11574057
Revision quotations:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-test-on-10-quotations-per-character-9-1-revision-12138293
50 Questions over 50 Slides on Romeo and Juliet. The questions go through the key plot points and quotations chronologically. There is the answer slide at the end to allow students to mark the quiz themselves.
On the worksheet I made 40 pairs of quotations from the Power and Conflict poems. There is an even spread of key quotes from across the 18 poems.
To revise making discriminating links, students need to explain how the 2 quotations present ideas about power and conflict in a similar and different way.
Example of how to turn the pairs of quotations into a comparison:
Both Ozymandias and My Last Duchess portray characters with the power to issue commands to explore the corrosive nature of power. In Ozymandias the ‘sneer of cold command’ suggests the statue has a cruel condescending attitude to his subjects. However, in ‘My Last Duchess’ the speaker ‘gave commands’ to arrange for the execution of his wife to reflect his controlling nature.
Updated for 2023, 4 differentiated writing frames to 4 actual AQA power and conflict past exam questions. Each writing frame has 3 tiers of difficulty to allow for the fact different students in the class require different levels of support and guidance in the run up to the examinations.
Tier 1: Students add the analysis of the quotations. The topic sentences and recommended quotations are already filled in for them.
Tier 2: Students must pick their own 3 quotations from each poem and analyse the quotations.
Tier 3: Students must pick their own topic sentences, quotations and then analsyse the quotations.
The questions covered are as follows:
2021 question: Compare how poets present ideas about power and control in ‘London’ and in one other poem from ‘Power and conflict’. (30)
Nov 2020 question: Compare how poets present the ways people are affected by difficult experiences in ‘Remains’ and in one other poem from ‘Power and conflict’. (30)
May 2019 question: Compare how poets present the ways that people are affected by war in ‘War Photographer’ and in one other poem from ‘Power and conflict’. (30)
May 2018 question: Compare how poets present ideas about power in ‘Ozymandias’ and in one other poem from ‘Power and conflict’. (30)
Also includes more writing frames to help structure comparisons that I made a few years ago. The poems that feature in the writing frames include:
Storm on the Island and Exposure (conflict with nature)
Prelude and Ozymandias (power)
Tissue and Ozymandias (conflict)
Bayonet Charge and Charge of the light brigade (conflict)
Storm on the Island and The Prelude (conflict)
London and The Emigree (power of a place)
Remains and Poppies (conflict)
War Photographer and Remains (conflict)
My Last Duchess and Ozymandias (power of pride)
My Last Duchess and Checking out me History (frustration)
This resource summarises two ways of structuring a comparative poetry response for the power and conflict poems: the 4 paragraph ‘methods-based’ approach and the 2 paragraph ‘conceptual’ approach.
I like to revise BIG IDEAS for my final revision lesson. This lesson is student led.
Students create a mind map 6 BIG IDEAS about Romeo and Juliet using the 3 knowledge organisers to help them form their ideas.
Also includes 6 sample exam questions on one A3 sheet for ease of photocopying. The 6 questions are my predictions for what might come up in 2019.
An essay plan template (with answer sheet) to help students write up a response to the following AQA 1-9 style question:
How does Priestley use Gerald to explore ideas about responsibility. (34 marks)
Includes a mid level exemplar for students to compare their work against.
The essay plan includes points, precisely selected quotations about Gerald and opportunities for students to extend their analysis to move towards a top grade response.
I have other resources available for An Inspector Calls:
Bundle
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-aqa-1-9-differentiated-birling-sheila-11412310
Revision Cards:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/theme-revision-cards-for-an-inspector-calls-12124143
Knowledge Organisers
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-4-ultimate-revision-sheets-themes-character-stage-directions-cards-11574057
Revision quotations:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-test-on-10-quotations-per-character-9-1-revision-12138293
The worksheet contains over 100 key quotes from the novel in chapter order.
Students are asked to link each quotation with one of the main themes using a code.
Students found this to be a highly effective revision tool.
Lesson on Act 5 Scene 1 which prepares students for answering a question about how Lady Macbeth is presented in this scene.
Includes general questions on the extract, a table (with answers) to explore the impact of language features and a writing frame for turning the table into an extended analysis. There is also a high level model response that I show to students after they have attempted the question to help them respond to feedback.
There is also an extension activity encouraging students to write a psychological evaluation of Lady Macbeth.
I have also added comprehension questions to help analyse the scene in great detail.
Other popular Macbeth resources include:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-revise-20-extracts-11868136
Revision cards
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-theme-revision-cards-ambition-supernatural-guilt-violence-deceit-courage-11868831
Grade 9 model ansers
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-6-grade-7-9-model-responses-12187985
Knowledge organisers
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-character-revision-sheet-quotations-themes-context-aqa-9-1-11868119
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/how-is-lady-macbeth-presented-in-act-5-scene-1-worksheets-and-a-model-response-11422450
This PowerPoint contains detailed annotations of 34 key quotations to the novel.
There are 4 annotations for each quotation which link to
A01 - meaning
A02 - writer’s methods
A03 - context/themes/wider ideas
Start by showing the students the 4 quotations and asking them to annotate them. Then talk through the annotations which appear one by one on the mouse clicl
The following characters and themes are covered:
Simon
Roger
Jack
Ralph
Piggy
Hair
Evil
Island
Conch
Also includes a random generator quotation PowerPoint. Simply stop the PowerPoint on a slide and students must guess the missing word.
Classic end of term lesson discussing who is to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet in groups.
Includes the success criteria for the new speaking and listening GCSE on each slide.
There are 6 planning sheets to help students plan their role for the following 6 characters:
Judge
Romeo
Friar
Mercutio
Tybalt
Capulet
The planning sheet explains how each character could be responsible and invites students to plan their defence.
EDUQAS/WJEC revision grid containing precise, bite-sized chunks of information about all 18 of the anthology poems under the following categories: main ideas, language, structure, context, themes.
An adaptable resource that can be used in lots of different ways to suit different styles of teaching and learning.
Also available as part of my Eduqas poetry bundle.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/wjec-eduqas-poetry-anthology-bundle-gcse-9-1-11815065
Alternatively try my lessons on all 18 poems:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/wjec-eduqas-poetry-anthology-revising-all-poems-11894072
Or maybe you’d prefer the information in the form of revision cards:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/wjec-eduqas-poetry-revision-cards-for-anthology-poems-gcse-9-1-11807604
Or maybe a quick poetry quiz:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/eduqas-9-1-gcse-poetry-anthology-quiz-11803192
The 18 poems:
The Manhunt
Sonnet 43
Cozy Apologia
The Soldier
London
Ozymandias
A Wife in London
Afternoons
Hawk Roosting
Valentine
She walks in beauty
As imperceptibly as grief
To Autumn
Dulce et Decorum Est
Death of a Naturalist
Mametz Wood
Extract from The Prelude
Living Space
Analysis sheet and key quotations sheet for 6 key motifs in Macbeth: blood, darkness, weather, animals, clothing and illness. The sheets can be used in lots of different ways to assist with revision.
10 Sample exam questions for the GCSE 9-1 Eduqas Poetry Anthology.
Includes the 15 mark a) question and the 25 mark b) question.
Also includes 14 sample comparative b) questions for a carousel revision lesson.
In pairs, students will respond to all 14 questions over the course of the lesson.
Also includes 6 unseen poems with questions.
Links to other Eduqas poetry resources:
Revision Cards
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/eduqas-wjec-poetry-revision-cards-gcse-12107545
Lessons on all poems
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/wjec-anthology-bundle-2-lesson-on-each-poem-11896591
Revision resources:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/wjec-eduqas-poetry-anthology-revising-all-poems-11894072
Bundle:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/wjec-eduqas-poetry-anthology-bundle-gcse-9-1-11815065
20 Revision flash cards for 20 key quotations in Macbeth that encourage students to explore the impact of the quotations in a thorough and perceptive way.
The cards are colour coded to link to assessment objectives A01, A02 and A03 and the methods are underlined.
In each I try and ensure the analysis of the method leads directly on to a discussion of Shakespeare’s intentions and big ideas - informed by the Jacobean context.
I recommend giving students the blank version first to find out what they can already say about each quotation before sharing the cards so they can identify the gaps in their knowledge.
Full lesson which pairs 6 quotations from Stave 1 with 6 quotations and Stave 5 and asks students to make inferences looking for similarities and differences to highlight Scrooge’s transformation and redemption. The PowerPoint then goes through 3 inferences for each of the 12 quotations. The lesson also Includes a grade 9 model response and a writing frame for lower ability students.
There is also a helpsheet to support an exam question which is also attached.
Also includes:
A timeline revision activity for A Christmas Carol that asks students to offer 3 layers of analysis for 13 key Scrooge quotations to help track his transformation in the novel from a solitary miser to a redeemed philanthropist.
A01: What is the meaning of the quotation?
A02: What is the impact of words/methods?
A03: What is Dickens’ message in this quotation?
Comprehensive answer sheet is included. I give this out at the end of the lesson so students can compare their answers to it.
Ideal revision activity in the run up to the May examinations.