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Banquo Revision Sheet
A revision sheet analysing 10 key quotations on the character of Banquo in Macbeth.
How does Shakespeare present Macbeth as a male character who changes? Timeline and exemplars. 2023
A timeline focusing on how the character of Macbeth changes during the play. There is also a question template to help students explore their own interpretations of the different stages of Macbeth’s descent into evil.
Also includes 2 exemplar high grade exemplars to the question for students to compare and consider which are the most perceptive in meeting the criteria for level 6/grade 9.
Also includes 12 character flashcards to help trace how the different aspects of Macbeth’s complex personality are communicated in the play.
As imperceptibly as Grief
Highly detailed annotations of Emily Dickinson’s As imperceptibly as Grief for the Eduqas poetry anthology to support students aiming for grade 9.
Power and Conflict May 2024 Model Answer Kamikaze
A model answer to the May 2024 AQA Power and Conflict Question.
This response compares Kamikaze and Remains.
Conceptual paragraph 1 explores how conflict dehumanises soldiers in both poems.
Conceptual paragraph 2 explores how conflict leads to internal struggles for the soldiers.
Conceptual paragraph 3 explores the debilitating nature of survivor’s guilt and shame.
Quotations and poetic are analysed in thoughtful ways in each paragraph with a clear focus on authorial methods.
Reading Intervention Booklet Unit 2
A 6 week reading intervention unit aimed at students in Year 6 and Year 7. Each session involves looking at a short speech on a contemporary topic (topics include homework, school uniform, the environment) working on a range of fluency strategies to develop students’ confidence in accessing the text. Full details are included for how to structure each session. At the start of the unit and in week 6, the teacher should assess students against Rasinski’s rubric to help measure progress in reading fluency.
Jekyll and Hyde context
A context sheet to help students understand how Stevenson was influenced by the late Victorian context.
It is divided into 6 sections:
Victorian London
Calvinism
Science
Fin de Siecle
Gothic literature
Atavism
Each section intertwines contextual knowledge with links to the actual novel.
Merchant of Venice Plot Storyboard
A simple storyboard to help students learn the basic plot points for A Merchant of Venice.
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Reading Intervention Booklet
A 6 week reading intervention module focused on building reading fluency and comprehension aimed at supporting students in Year 6 and Year 7 whose reading age is slightly below their chronological age.
The theme of the booklet is superheroes. In each session, students read a 500 word text about a superhero and complete fluency activities before ending the session with comprehension questions. Full details are included on how the sessions can be delivered.
Also contains an answer booklet for the comprehension questions.
The superheroes covered are Iron Man, Superman, Hulk, Captain Marvel, Captain America and Spiderman.
At the start and end of the unit, I recommend assessing students against Rasinski’s fluency rubric.
Half Caste
Handy one page revision sheet on Half Caste by John Agard for the Edexcel conflict anthology. It contains 10 analytical questions and 10 developed responses to the questions.
My most popular resource on Edexcel conflict poetry, which puts together all my resources into one booklet, is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/edexcel-conflict-poetry-revision-booklet-12955594
Juliet Grade 9 exemplar
A grade 9 model answer focusing on the character of Juliet.
The model answer starts with a thesis statement.
It moves on to analyse the youthful, idealistic nature of Romeo’s feelings for Romeo early in the play.
The second half of the essay moves on to explore the growing maturity of Juliet’s feelings later in the play.
The word count for the response is 1014 words.
Also includes revision cards for critical perspectives into Romeo’s character to really help push for that grade 9 in A03.
AQA Paper 1 June 2022 Model Answers The Pearl
This 11 page booklet contains detailed model answers for questions 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the summer 2022 AQA Paper 1 English language exam which featured an extract from The Pearl by John Steinbeck.
I go through each question in detail providing a range of possible ways of approaching the question to meet the marking criteria.
For question 5 there are 4 different high level responses based on a life-saving rescue to compare.
AQA Language Paper 1 November 2022 Model Answers
Model answers for questions 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the November 2022 language exam based on the extract from The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway,
For each question, I have provided 2 different answers so students can compare the merits of each. Both are aimed at meeting the top band (level 4) criteria.
For question 5 I have provided a high level response to both questions - the fishing village and the unlikely friendship.
The extract is available on the AQA website.
Jekyll and Hyde - Settings Model Response
A high level response exploring how Stevenson uses settings to create a disturbing and threatening atmosphere in the novella.
Paper 2 Question 5 November 2019 Grade 9 response
A grade 9 750 word model response to the AQA November 2019 Paper 2 Question 5 about animals.
Starts with a powerful anecdote before moving to presenting the central argument. It explores and then dismisses the counter argument before adding a conclusion that links back to the opening anecdote to help gain marks for whole text organisation and structure.
Extending Similes to describe the weather
Detailed lesson looking how to extend similes to describe the weather by making the comparisons more precise and intricate.
Includes a vocabulary sheet to help with creating interesting similes.
Includes modelled examples.
Includes a test on identifying the tone of similes.
Includes examples of similes for each season.
No Problem Revision
Revision sheet on No Problem by Benjamin Zephaniah for students studying the Edexcel Conflict poetry.
Contains a question sheet with 10 questions and an answer sheet with high level answers to the 10 questions.
My most popular resource on Edexcel conflict poetry, which puts together all my resources into one booklet, is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/edexcel-conflict-poetry-revision-booklet-12955594
AQA Worlds and Lives Poetry Quiz
50 question quiz based on the Worlds and Lives AQA anthology. Comes with an answer sheet.
Macbeth Revision Clock Lesson
In this fast paced Macbeth revision lesson, students look at 12 key scenes from the play and quickly jot down the key ideas and significance of each scene onto the revision clock. Ideal for a revision lesson or an intervention session.
Also includes 42 taboo cards.
Motif of fire A Christmas Carol
A revision sheet exploring the motif of fire with 13 carefully selected quotations allowing students to trace how the motif is used by Dickens to convey his authorial messages about poverty, isolation, kindness, family and the transformative power of redemption.
Also includes a blank student version to encourage students to explore the impact of the quotations themselves.
Othello Plot Storyboard
Simple storyboard worksheet to help lower ability students understand the basic plot to Othello.