Lesson on Act 1 Scene 2. Includes a recap starter with sample answers, annotations of the scene, scene summary and an example paragraph to help students craft their own analysis of how Macbeth is presented in this scene.
A grade 9 style response about an original exam question looking at how Dickens presents Scrooge’s anxieties/fears. Includes grade and examiner comment.
A detailed lesson looking at Simon’s character in Lord of the Flies.
The lesson is geared around helping students prepare an exam response to the following question and includes detailed annotations of 8 key Simon quotations.
How does Golding present Simon as different from the other boys on the island?
Write about:
• what Simon says and does that suggest he is different from the other boys
• how Golding presents him as different.
Also includes a grade 9 response on Simon.
Detailed lesson analysing the character of Roger aimed at high ability students. It goes through detailed analysis of quotations with perceptive inferences and prepares students for an exam-style question.
Also includes a full-length grade 9 response on Roger’s character.
Also includes a revision poster on Roger for a visual revision aid.
Lesson introducing the character of Squealer.
It starts by looking at adjectives to describe Squealer and his function of the play.
Then students make inferences about 11 Squealer quotations and then compare their explanations to my teacher explanations.
The lesson is aimed at a mid ability class. However, there are some concepts aimed more at higher ability students such as obfuscation and gas-lighting and contextual links to Molotov and Pravda that can be explored in greater depth with higher-ability classes.
Complete lesson analysing key quotations from Chapter 8. Includes starter, comprehension questions and answers, simple plot summary, notes to annotate key quotations and an extension activity.
Complete lesson looking at Chapter 12. Includes the following:
Engaging starter
10 Comprehension Questions with answers
Brief chapter summary
Notes for annotating 12 key quotations in the text
Extension activities looking at the ending in more detail
Complete lesson on Chapter 4 which guides students through the annotation of 17 key quotations from the chapter. Includes a starter and various extension tasks to deepen understanding of the main symbols in the chapter.
A PowerPoint containing 2 lessons with resources and differentiated activities.
Lesson 1: Analyse a key section of the fight scene. Tough, Tougher, Toughest Questions.
Lesson 2: Analyse Romeo’s lovesickness.
A detailed lesson which explores 13 quotations about Jack in great detail with inferences aimed at preparing students for attempting an exam question on the character of Jack.
Also includes a grade 9 example response on the character of Jack.
20 slide PowerPoint for a 2 lessons looking at Chapter 10. Includes an engaging starter, 10 comprehension questions, detailed notes to help students discuss and annotate 10 key quotations from the chapter and extension activities looking at Freud’s psychoanalytic theory and defence mechanisms.
You may also wish to consider my bundle which includes lessons on all chapters alongside useful knowledge organisers and other revision activities.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/lord-of-the-flies-mini-bundle-12072617
Full Lesson includes the following:
Engaging Starter.
Comprehension Questions.
Chapter Summary
Notes for identifying and annotating key quotations
Task analysing 2 key quotations about Roger in more detail
Also includes a lesson on Roger who is key in this chapter.
A full lesson analysing Chapter 1.
Includes a context recap page, starter, comprehension questions and notes for students to annotate over 30 key quotations from the chapter.
Ends with some extension questions.
Also includes a lesson analysing an extract from Chapter 1 about the island with specific questions to elicit perceptive inferences.
A quote revision game for Macbeth and A Christmas Carol containing 98 quote prompts (49 for Macbeth and 49 for A Christmas Carol). The competitive and collaborative nature of the task means students find it highly engaging.
Can be used with 1 or 2 dice.
It is currently in A4 but I recommend enlarging it to A3.
In order to advance the number decided by the dice, the student must think of a relevant quotation that matches the prompt.
For example:
The prompt might be: A quote about Macbeth’s masculinity.
The answer could be: ‘I dare do all that may become a man’.
A document with a summary of the Purcell-Music for a While set work with the main features students need to know for the exam (this is in prose). There are 20 differentiated questions where answers can be found in the text. Lower grade questions ask students to recall musical facts. Higher grade questions require students to analyse and evaluate the musical facts in order to answer questions on context as well (in preparation for AO4 on the essay).
Ideal for revision lesson, homework or a cover lesson. Answers are provided.
Lesson guides students through an exam question on Piggy. Aimed at students with a target grade of 7-9.
Includes help with writing a thesis style introduction and an exemplar.
For the main body there are a selection of quotes students can pick to support a specific idea that links back to the thesis.
There is also an exemplar conclusion.
Complete 21 slide lesson looking at the presentation of mob mentality in Lord of the Flies. Includes analysis of 2 key extracts from Chapters 7 and 9 and various model responses. Also includes information about how to include a reference to Freudian psychology to enhance an answer.
A grade 8 - not quite grade 9 - response to a question about how Moses and Benjamin are important in Animal Farm. Also includes 2 lessons on Moses and Benjamin.
Exam walk-through style lesson answering the following question:
Starting with this extract (from Act 1 Scene 7) how does Shakespeare present ideas about masculinity? (34 marks).
The lesson examines the extract with detailed annotations and then looks at 3 other key scenes in which masculinity is important.
There is then a model paragraph to help students begin their response.
Ann exemplar response to the 2017 AQA Romeo and Juliet question on male aggression.
The extract is placed next to the exemplar.
I have pitched it at a grade 7/8 level so students can spend time examining how to improve it further to help meet the grade 9 criteria by exploring the impact of how methods shape meanings for A02 in more depth while also being more assured when considering context and wider ideas for (A03).