Detailed lesson on how to approach the Hamlet (Drama and Poetry Pre-1900) exam questions, including:
Overview of course
2022 grade boundaries
Exam questions A&B
Candidate responses
Mark Scheme
Examiner’s commentary
Stichomythia extract
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.
Straightforward lesson on exam practice for AQA Literature Paper 1 Jekyll and Hyde includes:
Quiz with answers
Exam technique
Mark Scheme
Annotated exam extract (Good and Evil)
Some context
Chapter Breakdown
Success Criteria
Detailed plan
Model introduction and thesis statement
Very detailed lesson on how to approach AQA GCSE Literature Paper 1 (Macbeth and Jekyll and Hyde) includes:
Exam technique
Quizzes with answers
Contextual overview for both texts
Key Vocabulary
Mark Scheme
GCSE Literature Past Paper Exam Questions 2017-2022
Annotated exam extracts
Colour-coded introductions with thesis statements
Colour-coded Student exemplar responses
Write a lot about little paragraph
Very detailed AQA GCSE Literature Paper 1 lesson and resources on how to approach the Jekyll and Hyde exam essays, includes:
Exam technique
Chapter Breakdown
All main and secondary characters
Women in the novella
Contextual overview for both texts
Key Vocabulary including homosocial
Mark Scheme
Annotated exam extracts
Colour-coded introductions with thesis statements
Colour-coded Student exemplar response with examiner’s comments
Easily adaptable
AQA English Literature A Level, Elements of Crime Poetry & Atonement
Extremely detailed lesson of 52 slides
Overview of each poem and the novel, including links, key quotes/ideas/themes
Includes plot of Atonement
Exam questions
Examiner advice
Indicative content
Model essays and introductions
Ideal for revision
Detailed lesson for AQA A Level Literature, Aspects of Tragedy, covering all the assessment objectives. Includes:
Audio of poem being read
Annotated poem slides
Context, inc. overview of the Romantic movement
Language, form, and structure
Alternative reading (feminist)
Exam question
Breakdown of Tragedy paper
Mark scheme
Extremely detailed lesson in line with Assessment Objectives – you can get at least three hours from this.
Includes:
Breakdown of Paper 1
All past paper questions up to 2023 inc. possible questions
Tragic conventions (Aristotlelean) and unusual context
Candidate responses
Annotated extract slides
Introductions
Marked Streetcar student response and more!
Detailed lesson for AQA A Level Literature Aspects of Tragedy covering the poem and all assessment objectives, includes:
Annotated extracts of the poem
Breakdown of narrative
Context, inc. the gothic movement
Language, form and structure
Embedded video of poem recital
Feminist and tragic readings
Practice Question
Detailed lesson in line with Assessment Objectives.
Includes:
Summary of Paper 1, Section 2 with sample exam questions
Broad Victorian context on women narrows to Rossetti
Form and structure
Analysis and alternative interpretation
Annotated poem slides
Three lessons focusing on the Animal Farm question on the OCR Literature Paper using the AOs, includes:
Part A and B, including exam question and extracts
Detailed context
Annotated extracts
Form and structure
Hints and tips
Model responses
OCR 2023 grade boundaries
Lesson focusing on tips on how to approach OCR English Literature A Level Paper 2 Question 5: language analysis, including:
2019&2022 grade boundaries compared
Mark scheme
Dystopian reading list
Dystopian conventions
Typical Question 5 based on an extract from Nineteen Eighty-Four THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF OLIGARCHICAL COLLECTIVISM
Consolidation questions
Easily adaptable
A GCSE Year 9 into 10 Transition Booklet including vital information and a range of differentiated tasks for the step up to GCSE English Language, and a complete English Language Paper 1 scheme based on Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men - both sections of the paper are explored in detail with differentiated tasks and resources. This is ideal for teaching at the beginning of Year 10.
An extended lesson/intervention lesson on narrative and descriptive writing for AQA English Language Paper 1 based on the June 2017 Question 5 - with differentiated tasks and resources.
Very detailed AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 1 lesson and resources recapping knowledge of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, includes:
Basic plot of story for visual learners
Detailed chapter summaries
Chapter list and some contextual overview
Quiz with answers
Key vocabulary
Exam technique
Mark Scheme
Annotated exam extract (atmosphere of suspicion)
Success Criteria
Detailed plan
Model introduction and thesis statement
Colour-coded model paragraph
Easily adaptable
Detailed AQA GCSE Literature Paper 1 lesson on Jekyll and Hyde exam practice focusing on Utterson’s dream, includes:
Basic plot of story for visual learners
Chapter list and some contextual overview
Quiz with answers
Exam technique
Mark Scheme
Annotated exam extract (Mysterious dream)
Success Criteria
Detailed plan
Model introduction and thesis statement
Very detailed AQA GCSE Literature lesson and resources on the supernatural in Macbeth includes:
Quiz with answers
Supernatural context, and early modern versus modern audience interpretation
Each relevant scene in the play annotated
All the characters in the supernatural plot
Exam question (1.3)
Colour-coded model introduction with thesis statement
Colour-coded student response
Planning focus
Easily adapatable to other exam boards
Detailed, scaffolded lessons and resources including:
Essay structure and planning
Exam questions with extracts
Quizzes
Past Papers
Relevant Context
Colour-coded model responses
Easily differentiated
Adaptable to other exam boards
Scaffolded lesson on descriptive writing including:
SPaG advice
Planning
Step-by-step focus on the description question
Writing tips
Mark Scheme
Easily differentiated
Adaptable to other exam boards