Engaging and accessible resources for GCSE and A-Level English and Drama. Powerpoints, worksheets, quizzes and exam practice developed by a teacher with over 20 years teaching experience. You can feel confident that the resources are classroom tested and up to date. If you liked one of your purchases and want one for free, leave a 5* review and email ravenresources@yahoo.com. Include your TES username and your preferred resource. Before you know it, you'll have a second resource absolutely free.
Engaging and accessible resources for GCSE and A-Level English and Drama. Powerpoints, worksheets, quizzes and exam practice developed by a teacher with over 20 years teaching experience. You can feel confident that the resources are classroom tested and up to date. If you liked one of your purchases and want one for free, leave a 5* review and email ravenresources@yahoo.com. Include your TES username and your preferred resource. Before you know it, you'll have a second resource absolutely free.
A series of multiple choice comprehension quizzes in PowerPoint. Each quiz has 10 to 15 questions with an answer section. Perfect for students to write down their answers and then mark their own (or each other’s answers).
The pack of quizzes include:
9 separate chapter specific quizzes each with 15 questions (135 questions in total)
What happens when quiz: testing students on what happens in what chapters across the novel
Which party quiz: testing students on what happens in the parties in the first three chapters
Car motif quiz: testing students on how effectively they noticed references to cars across the novel
PowerPoints are separate and can be run one after another or individually depending on your students’ progress through the novel.
Answers are included in the second half of the quiz with teacher controlled animated answer reveals.
Quizzes are controlled by the teacher and can take anything from 10 minutes to 20 minutes to complete in class.
Try out a free The Great Gatsby Quiz
A bundle of 10 William Blake and 10 The Importance of Being Earnest practice examination questions that follow the structure of the OCR English Language and Literature A Level Paper 2 (The Language of Poetry and Plays) Section B (specification number H474).
The 10 The Importance of Being Earnest practice exam questions consist of a theme focused question with an extract of The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde. The questions focus on issues relevant to the study of a range of The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde. The questions include an extract from the play which is currently being examined on the 2022 OCR English Language and Literature A Level Paper 2 exam.
Each question provides a different theme and then asks students to complete a detailed analysis of an extract from the play before discussing other sections of the play. Students are required to engage with the theme and apply it to their analysis of the extract included as well as other sections of The Importance of Being Earnest. This is a closed text exam and students are expected to recall the rest of the play from their study.
The 10 William Blake practice exam questions consist of a theme focused question with a William Blake poem. The questions focus on issues relevant to the study of a range of 10 William Blake’s poems from Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience. These are the 10 poems currently being examined on the 2022 OCR English Language and Literature A Level Paper 2 exam.
Each question provides a different theme and then asks students to complete a detailed analysis of a different poems followed by a comparison to other poems by William Blake. Students are required to engage with the theme and apply it to their analysis of the poem included as well as other William Blake poems that they are expected to recall from their study of his poetry.
Packs of resources for ‘The Story of an Hour’ by Kate Chopin and ‘The Oval Portrait’ by Edgar Allan Poe. Each pack provides a minimum of 1 hour and 30 minutes of teaching. Both stories is a public domain story that is freely available for use. All the images used in the pack are available for commercial use.
Each pack includes:
• A copy of story in the format of a Word document with an optional glossary.
• A two page student worksheet with a selection of activities and questions.
• A student worksheet with answers to guide the teacher.
• A PowerPoint reflecting all activities on the worksheet which some extra explanation and contains useful links and reference to the creative activities. Each PowerPoint is over 25 slides.
• A ten question PowerPoint comprehension quiz that can be shown on a whiteboard and students can mark their own answers.
• Four creative writing prompt sheets that encourage students to continue to think about the themes and approaches of the story.
• A lesson plan guide with the task split into three 30 minute sections. Work can, of course, be extended for longer sessions or 30 minute sessions can be put together for an hour lesson.
Both resource packs encourage close reading, critical writing and creative responses. Students can be set the work independently or the work can be presented in a more collaborative class atmosphere.
Appropriate to GCSE students and A Level students of English.
A Level and GCSE resources for ‘The Garden of Love’, ‘The Echoing Green’, ‘The Tiger’, ‘The Lamb’ and ‘Introduction to the Songs of Innocence’.
1 hour and 30 minutes of teaching on each poem. Suggestions for further activities or additional activities are also included.
Each poem has:
• A two page student worksheet with a selection of activities and questions.
• A PowerPoint (with a minimum of 26 slides each) reflecting all activities on the worksheet which some extra explanation. Essay questions and an additional Emily Dickinson poem is provided for a comparison activity.
• A ten question PowerPoint comprehension quiz that can be shown on a whiteboard and students can mark their own answers.
• A lesson plan guide with the task split into three 30 minute sections. Work can, of course, be extended for longer sessions or 30 minute sessions can be put together for an hour lesson.
This resource encourages close reading, critical writing, discussion and retention of important ideas and quotations from the poems. Students can be set the work independently or the work can be presented in a more collaborative class atmosphere.
The text of these poems and associated images are available at Project Gutenberg.
All the images used in the pack are available for commercial use.
Individual William Blake poems also available:
FREE RESOURCE: London
The Garden of Love
Introduction to the Songs of Innocence
The Tiger
The Lamb
The Echoing Green
A Level and GCSE resources for ‘He fumbles at your Soul’, ‘This World is not Conclusion’, ‘I like to see it lap the Miles’ and ‘Going to Heaven!’.
1 hour and 30 minutes of teaching on EACH poem. Suggestions for further activities or additional activities are also included.
Each poem has:
• A two page student worksheet with a selection of activities and questions.
• A 22 slide PowerPoint reflecting all activities on the worksheet which some extra explanation. Essay questions and an additional Emily Dickinson poem is provided for a comparison activity.
• A ten question PowerPoint comprehension quiz that can be shown on a whiteboard and students can mark their own answers.
• A lesson plan guide with the task split into three 30 minute sections. Work can, of course, be extended for longer sessions or 30 minute sessions can be put together for an hour lesson.
This resource encourages close reading, critical writing, discussion and retention of important ideas and quotations from the poems. Students can be set the work independently or the work can be presented in a more collaborative class atmosphere.
Check out a FREE RESOURCE: There’s a certain Slant of light by Emily Dickinson
The text of these poems are available at Project Gutenberg (with some slight alterations). Further details on Emily Dickinson and some manuscript versions of her poems can be found at Poetry Foundation.
All the images used in the pack are available for commercial use.
