Detailed lesson for AQA A Level Literature, Aspects of Tragedy, covering all the assessment objectives. Includes:
Context
Plot
Setting
Language, form, and structure
Tragedy Paper Section C format, mark scheme, question and model answer with commentary
Practice Question
Detailed lesson on writing exam answers in line with the Assessment Objectives
Includes:
Mark Scheme and questions(June 2018)
Important technical background
Hegemonic masculinity from gender order theory
Examiner’s report
Context
Overview of Theme, Symbol, Motif, Language
June 2017 Practice Question
Indicative content
Detailed plan
Model introductory paragraphs
Detailed lesson in line with Assessment Objectives
Includes:
Focus on imagery exam question
Key imagery in the play
Animal and insect
Light and dark and shadows
Flowers and synaesthesia
Main characters
Extracts from key moments
Detailed lesson in line with Assessment Objectives
Includes:
June 2018 &19 exam questions
Indicative content
Critical opinion for AO5
Overview of main character dynamics and timeline of events
The concept of ‘The Other’ and the Madonna/Whore dichotomy
Coloured-coded candidate response
Marked student answer to disturbing aspects of human nature question
Detailed lesson in line with Assessment Objectives
Includes:
November 2021 exam questions
Mark Scheme, Indicative Content, Examiner’s guidelines
Transcribed candidate response (annotated)
Critical opinion for AO5
The concept of ‘The Other’ and the Madonna/Whore dichotomy
Quotes on Masculinity
Detailed perfect paragraph hitting all AOs
Full lessons on: Colonialism, Immigration, Social media
Lots of questioning
Topical media extracts for analysis
Scaffolding
Model answers
Good preparation for GCSE but can be used across KS3
AQA English Literature A Level, Elements of Crime ‘Porphyria’s Lover’
Very detailed lesson covering all AOs
Includes socioeconomic context and elements of crime
Form and Structure
Symbolism
Theme
Alternative Readings
Exam question
Examiner advice
Colour-coded model paragraph
Very detailed AQA GCSE Literature Paper 1 lesson and resource for The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde focusing on past paper questions 2017-2022. It includes:
Chapter list
Chapter summaries (resource)
All past exam questions from 2017-2022 with indicative content
Exam question (sympathy: June 2017)
Exam technique
Success Criteria
Mark Scheme
Annotated exam extract
Detailed plan
Guided introduction and thesis statement
Colour-coded model paragraph
Easily adaptable
Two detailed lesson on the Ibsen/Rossetti question for the OCR Drama and Poetry Pre-1900 paper, including:
Summer 2022 grade boundaries
Mark scheme
Candidate responses
Examiner’s comments
Literary and socioeconomic context
Structure and Form
Practice question June 2019
Three time-saving lessons on unseen poetry from the Edexcel exam board Poetry Section A with candidate answers, tips and examiner’s comments
This is for revision and presupposes knowledge of the Poems of the Decade Anthology and how to express poetry analysis
Easily adaptable
You can use as a mini scheme towards the end of Year 12/13 or in the run up to mocks
Detailed lesson on AQA GCSE Literature Paper 2 Exam Essay Structure and lesser Characters in the play. It includes:
General essay tips
Mark Scheme
Exam questions + exam questions resource with 14 questions
Eric model essay resource as a guide
Example paragraph
Examiner’s commentary
Step-by-step approach to an exam question on gender
Analyses of quotes with bullet-point guidance
General historical context on gender
Essay plan including building a clear thesis statement
This can be easily adapted to your class or to other exam boards, hence no AOs on slides
Very detailed lesson on exam essay structure for AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 1 focusing on Macbeth, Jekyll and Hyde, and An Inspector Calls. It includes:
Exam technique
Contextual overview for all three texts
Key Vocabulary
Mark Scheme
Annotated exam extracts (MacB /J&H)
Colour-coded introductions with thesis statements
Student exemplar responses (graded)
Very detailed lesson for the coursework question: How does Priestley present the Inspector in An Inspector Calls? but this can be adapted to many different questions. You could probably get two-three lessons from this, depending.
It includes:
Coursework overview and guidelines
AOs
Mark scheme
Quiz with answers
Historical context
Form and structure
Language analysis slides
Theme
Key quotes
Scaffolded essay plan
Slides on ‘lesser’ characters
Easily adaptable
Lesson focusing on tips on how to approach OCR English Literature A Level Paper 2 Question 6: essay, including:
Detailed slides
Mark scheme
Typical Question 6 on language and control
Language in THT
Literary and socioeconomic context
How to build an essay starting with a thesis statement, through to argument and conclusion (AO focused)
Model introductions including one colour coded and one student model introduction
Colour-coded model essay for discussion
Suggestions for wider reading
Easily adaptable
Simple walk-through of AQA Language Paper 1 [Reading and Writing Sections] using an extract from The Great Gatsby. Simple strategy for Q3: structure and colour-coded model paragraphs for both Q3&Q4.
Two scaffolded and easily differentiatable lessons, and resources, for the AQA syllabus - can easily be adapted to other exam boards
Points of discussion
Do Nows
Broadsheet versus tabloid perspectives
Shocking facts
Very detailed lesson (at least two double lessons here)
All questions on the 2018 paper with model exemplars
Strategies for each question
Annotated exam sources
Companion to the June 2018 Paper
Easy to differentiate further
Ideal for revision/practice