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An Inspector Calls: differentiated vocabulary activity for AQA 1-9 3 worksheets for 3 levels of differentiation: tough, tougher and toughest.

A context sheet to support the teaching of Lord of the Flies. It looks at 8 contextual factors to deepen students’ understanding of the novel: Golding’s life WWII Cold War British Imperialism Coral Island Religion Existentialism Thomas Hobbes

Identifying the purpose and audience: 2 worksheets

A famous extract from Chapter 2 of Oliver Twist with an exam style question and a writing frame to help students explore the extract. Ideal to use with Key Stage 3 to prepare them for Key Stage 4.

A detailed A3 revision sheet containing key quotations in short easy to remember chunks for the following 4 supporting characters in Romeo and Juliet: Mercutio, Capulet, Nurse and Friar. There is a differentiated activity to encourage students to use the revision sheet effectively: Bronze: AO1 explain what we learn about the character in each quote. Silver: AO3 link each quotation to context Gold: AO3 link each quotation to a theme Diamond: AO2 Identify language features in each quotation Also includes a follow up lesson revising the key quotes and testing understanding.

A revision sheet containing explanations for 10 key quotations about Eric Birling in An Inspector Calls. Also contains a blank version for students to have a go at explaining the quotations themselves first.

Resources based on music for ensemble (classical chamber music). Students must define terminology associated with chamber music and then categorise this onto a summary sheet (answers on the pp). There is also an emphasis on the difference between baroque/classical/romantic music and what students could spot in a score reading question. There are also a listening question with answers with you tube links on the pp. Differentiated tasks are including for all stages of the lesson.

Animal Farm. 20 questions quiz with answer sheet

Differentiated starter activity on the character of Scout. Bronze: Define the words Silver: Make links between the words Gold: Use the words in a paragraph about Scout.

Analysis of 6 key quotations linked to the theme of ambition in Macbeth.

To Kill a Mockingbird: multiple choice questions

Use this test if you want to find out if your students have read the whole of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ instead of just watching the movie. All the questions test students on incidents that occur in the book but not in the film.

A music test based on classical music to test student’s understanding of musical language and identifying key features. Answers and links to the pieces are provided.

3 differentiated worksheets to explore what Scout learns during the course of the novel. Bronze: Includes possible answers Silver: Includes page numbers and points Gold: Students select all points independently.

Why is Atticus a good father. Complete the grid. Check against the answers.

Find other key events to finish off the chapter summaries.

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To Kill a Mockingbird essay questions

Starter: List words associated with rain. Learning outcomes: To identify features of Dickens’ style To apply knowledge in a piece of descriptive writing To evaluate against the success criteria Next students examine the methods Dickens uses to describe the fog in an extract from ‘Bleak House’ and the snow in an extract from ‘A Christmas Carol’. There is differentiation so students of different ability can examine different methods used by the author. Students must then try to write a paragraph in the same style about rain. There is a differentiated success criteria. The plenary can be done in the form of peer and self assessment and has sentence stems linked to the success criteria.