Fully resourced and ready to teach PowerPoint lessons on Act 1 of Romeo and Juliet for the 9-1 GCSE.

This revision lesson includes 9 possible exam questions for English language paper 2 writing. For each task, students are asked to come up with 3 ideas and to write an effective opening paragraph. The starter activity asks students to analyse 9 effective openings to letters, articles and speeches.

A simple and easy to follow lesson aimed at getting students to use polysyllabic vocabulary to increase their word power.

A lesson aimed an understanding and analysing the prologue to Romeo and Juliet. Originally aimed at a relatively low ability group but there are extension tasks on the main activity to stretch the more able. There is a further optional extension worksheet attached.

Lesson 1 introduces the poem Hawk Roosting and prepares students for an exam style question using the writing frame. Lesson 2 includes a writing frame to help compare how power is presented in Ozymandias and Hawk Roosting.

Printer-friendly Revision cards for 6 themes in Romeo and Juliet. Each card has 3 sections: parts of the play where the theme is important key quotations for each theme context notes for each theme Includes a full revision lesson with resources, starter and plenary where students make notes about all the quotations to check understanding using the accompanying worksheet. Answers are provided for all 40+ quotations on the PowerPoint.

3 lessons building students up to compare Prelude and As Imperceptibly as Grief for the WJEC comparative poetry question. Lesson 1. Teach Prelude using PowerPoint lesson and worksheet. Lesson 2. Teach As Imperceptibly as Grief using PowerPoint and worksheet. Lesson 3. Write a comparison. There are two versions. One version is very structured; the other version gives higher ability students more scope for structuring their comparisons independently.

Double sided revision cards on 6 themes in A Christmas Carol. Before giving students the cards, I go through the lesson and make them fill in notes for each quotation on the separate worksheet to ensure they understand the importance of each quotation. Includes PowerPoint lesson with success criteria, starter, differentiated tasks, plenary. Includes a test on the key quotations for each theme with answers on the PowerPoint. Also includes concise notes on 20 key words from the novella.

Student-friendly, double-sided revision cards to cover 6 themes in Macbeth: ambition supernatural deceit violence courage *guilt Each revision card has 3 sections: key parts of the play that link to the theme key quotations linked to each theme ideas about context/Shakespeare’s purpose for each theme. The back of the card has space for students to make analytical notes on quotations. I have now added revision cards for the 6 main characters and 9 revision cards to cover the character of Macbeth. I have also added a sheet to revise quotations for 6 motifs in the play.

A revision booklet focusing on 20 short key extracts from Macbeth. I have picked the 20 extracts most likely to come up in an examination. For each extract, students revise the main ideas (A01), select 2 quotations to analyse (A02), and make a link to context (A03). Also includes questions on every single scene of the play (with answers) to help students recap the plot.

Popular Macbeth revision resource that are repeatable and can be adapted in lots of ways. Includes the following: A Quotation organiser grid containing quotations linked to characters, acts themes, context and exam-style questions. Also includes a second page activity which gets students to use the revision sheet to plan 6 AQA style theme questions. Various Revision flash cards covering characters and themes in Macbeth Revision of 50 quotations in Macbeth.

PowerPoint for a walking talking mock exam on the Eduqas English Literature May 2017 Paper 1 exam. The text used for Section A is Romeo and Juliet. The named poem in Section B was Sonnet 43. This has been used successfully with a whole year group.

20 interesting sentences to use in a creative writing response to Paper 1 Section B. Also includes 7 ways to make writing more compelling.

Worksheet with 6 exercises aimed at getting students to use brackets independently in their writing.

2 Lesson analysing an extract from The Birds by Daphne Du Maurier. Students read the extract and select differentiated tasks to help respond to the text independently. Ideal for preparing students for GCSE English Language Paper 1 Section A. Also includes differentiated starter and plenary. Includes a sample 10 mark assessment question based on a shorter version of the extract with a planning table and writing frame.

PowerPoint contains essential annotations for all 18 Eduqas poems. Also contains a revision booklet with a page of detailed analysis of quotations for each poem. Also includes a quiz and revision cards for each poem and the PowerPoint for a revision lesson. 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

A document with a summary of the Beethoven movement on just over 2 sides of A4 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. Ideal for revision lesson, homework or a cover lesson. Answer are provided.

3-5 lessons which revise the Beethoven set work-Sonata in C minor. Lesson 1 focuses on the key features of the movement and categorises the musical elements into the main features of the piece e.g. piano and sonata form. The lessons is differentiated with success criteria and has answers included. This also focuses on the main musical elements and how you would describe them in an essay. This would take more than 1 hour long lesson. Lesson 2-3 focuses on the extended answer for Question 9 in the exam by picking out the main features for all the musical elements and trying to explain them to ensure AO4 is achieved in the answer. Lesson 3 also focuses on wider listening and uses 3 example piece from different time periods (sheet music provided). There is also a document with a summary of the Beethoven movement on just over 2 sides of A4 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. Ideal for revision lesson, homework or a cover lesson. Answer are provided.

Introductory lesson covering main ideas with annotations and extension 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