These resources are the product of my retirement! After years as a teacher, I tutored. Tackling different exam boards, texts and aspects of English I had to develop lots of materials, which I'm hoping will help those of you still at the chalk face.
These resources are the product of my retirement! After years as a teacher, I tutored. Tackling different exam boards, texts and aspects of English I had to develop lots of materials, which I'm hoping will help those of you still at the chalk face.
Taken from different parts of the story, these 5 extracts contain a mixture of information retrieval, language & vocabulary style questions. Designed to focus on key sections of the tale, these extracts should help introduce KS3 students to Conan Doyle’s writing, to the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Watson, to the setting and to the content of this part of the 9-1 GCSE course. To see a similar worksheet, please see my free resource on Hard Times.
For the GCSE Literature, component 1, Shakespeare, here are 15 more extracts from Romeo & Juliet, with questions in the style of the 2017 paper, to provide students with revision in the form of exam practice. These questions are on characters and themes, and cover a range of scenes.
Firmly based on the sample assessment materials for GCSE 9-1, these 11 extracts from the first part of ‘Great Expectations’ have both an extract-based question and a general question, as in the exam, in order to provide effective exam practice and revision.
Based on the sample GCSE 9-1 assessment materials, these 15 extracts from the novel each have a similarly-styled question to provide lots of exam practice and revision.
Using the GCSE 9-1 sample questions as a guide, these 10 extracts and questions are designed to help students’ revision and enable them to practise the skills required in this section of the Literature exam.
Further to the extracts I made on part 1 of the novel, these 10 are based on part 2, chapters 20-39. They are closely modelled on the specimen assessment materials for GCSE 9-1 to provide relevant exam practice and revision.
Based on the GCSE 9-1 specimen materials, these 15 extracts have both an extract-based question and a general question on themes or characters similar to the exam paper in order to aid revision and provide effective exam practice.
15 key extracts and questions similar in style and structure to the GCSE 9-1 sample question provided by AQA which should provide effective revision and exam practice.
13 AQA 9-1 Literature exam questions similar to the 2017 exam question for revision and exam practice. Each of these 13 files has the extract and subsequent question written in a similar style to the original. The extracts are taken from throughout the novel and are different from my previous resource. The extracts are therefore less well-known and may provide more challenge. They are mainly character based
To supplement my previous resource, here are 15 more extracts from Macbeth, with questions in the style of the 2017 exam paper to provide students with revision in the form of exam practice for the AQA Literature 9-1 GCSE The extracts are from a range of scenes and focus on characters and themes.
To aid revision and allow students to revisit key aspects of the text, here are useful quotations on the main characters (Jekyll, Hyde, Utterson, Lanyon, Poole); the main theme of duality, (& a few on reputation) and some on setting. There are links to the chapters for easy reference.
Designed for KS3, these could also be used for KS2, or even as basic revision for KS4. These 11 sheets vary from word games, to simple exercises to reinforce knowledge. They could be used for tuition, quick classroom tasks, pair tasks or homework. Most are designed to take 10-15 minutes.
Using the sample question as a starting point, I have devised questions on all the poems in the Time & Place section of the anthology which may be useful for class/group work and/or private revision/practice/homework
Using the sample question as a starting point, I have devised questions on all the poems which may be useful for class/group work and/or private revision/practice/homework
4 pairs of poems with questions designed for pupils to explore each poem, and then compare both. There’s an essay question on each pair of poems if required. The worksheets are designed for individual or pair work, to prepare KS3 students for comparative work at GCSE or to prepare KS4 pupils for unseen poetry. The questions look at meaning, structure and language. The poems are: Vitai Lampada-Sir Henry Newbolt & Play the Game-Jessie Pope; Drummer Hodge-Thomas Hardy & The Soldier-Rupert Brooke; Roundel & Epitaph On My Days In Hopital-Vera Brittain and Marching Men-Marjorie Pickthall & The Send Off by Wilfred Owen
These 3 comprehensions from Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels contain a mixture of questions on vocabulary, information retrieval and language analysis. Useful as a way of introducing pre-twentieth century prose, as well as introducing the types of questions which appear on the GCSE 9-1. They could be used in pair work, small groups or as an individual task. To see the type of resource, check out my free worksheet on the start of Hard Times.
A short extract from the start of the novel, with questions on vocabulary, character, and language analysis, and a choice of writing task. It would serve to introduce KS3 students to the style of Dickens’ writing; to a memorable character, Thomas Gradgrind; to Victorian times, raising some of the issues encountered in GCSE 9-1 literature and to a piece of brilliant writing! Hope its useful! I’ve now added an answer sheet. If this is useful, check out my ‘5 comprehensions from 5 Dickens’ novels’, or ‘3 comprehensions on literary baddies’, or my ‘4 non-fiction comprehensions’, which are on sale. These resources have a variety of questions, similar to here, answers and writing tasks…and are very reasonably priced!
There’s already a great revision guide on TES-thanks josim1. This is a supplementary revision resource: an amalgamation of notes and ideas on the theme of mothers & daughters and some key quotes which may help with revision.
A very straight-forward fill-the-blanks exercise to practise these frequently confused words. I made this for a KS3 pupil who just couldn’t get this right! It might help another student with the same issue.