A timeline that traces the development of the supernatural across the whole play.
Also included as a cut and stick kinesthetic activity where students must put the boxes into the correct order.
Also contains revision cards containing high level analysis of 6 key quotations linked to the supernatural.
Also contains a high grade response to a question on the supernatural in the play.
Comprehension revision for this key theme that could come up in the 2023 exam.
Also includes a lesson looking at how to structure a response.
Differentiated activity for building word power.
Bronze:Ffind words in the wordsearch
Silver: Find definitions of words
Gold: Use the words in a paragraph
Diamond: Identify spelling strategies to prepare for a spelling test
Just a short wordsearch to introduce 18 adjectives to describe Mr Birling’s character.
I have other resources available for An Inspector Calls:
Bundle
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-aqa-1-9-differentiated-birling-sheila-11412310
Revision Cards:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/theme-revision-cards-for-an-inspector-calls-12124143
Knowledge Organisers
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-4-ultimate-revision-sheets-themes-character-stage-directions-cards-11574057
Revision quotations:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-test-on-10-quotations-per-character-9-1-revision-12138293
Lesson introducing students to 24 ambitious adjectives to describe the harsh conditions in Antarctica.
Starter: Find the words in the word search
New information: Find a synonym for each word
Construct: Write a paragraph using the adjectives
Apply: Find a spelling strategy to remember how to spell each word
Review: Spelling test
A handy revision grid containing key quotations for the main characters in Animal Farm. Can be used in lots of ways such as to help plan exam responses on characters and themes.
Contains an activity where students convert the character revision grid into a theme revision grid by finding character quotations to transfer onto the theme grid.
I also have a similar version which also includes brief explanations of the key quotations:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/dashboard/resource-management/add-resource/12272556/published
A revision sheet that explores the character of Snowball from Animal Farm in detail. It includes a thesis style introduction and then makes thoughtful comments on 11 key Snowball quotations from across the novel.
A worksheet to encourage students to think in an allegorical way to introduce the themes in Animal Farm by George Orwell. Using characters in a typical school, they consider which animal would best represent each of the stock school characters. They then write a short story in which the animal students take over the running of the animal school.
Lesson guides students through an exam question on Piggy. Aimed at students with a target grade of 7-9.
Includes help with writing a thesis style introduction and an exemplar.
For the main body there are a selection of quotes students can pick to support a specific idea that links back to the thesis.
There is also an exemplar conclusion.
Complete 21 slide lesson looking at the presentation of mob mentality in Lord of the Flies. Includes analysis of 2 key extracts from Chapters 7 and 9 and various model responses. Also includes information about how to include a reference to Freudian psychology to enhance an answer.
Students look at 40 images and try to work out which quotation the image refers to. Includes the answer sheet.
I use this as an end of term/end of unit activity and let the students colour in the quotations at the end of the lesson which is something they always enjoy.
I have lots more resources for Lord of the Flies available:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12072617
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12593021
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12515512
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12619460
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12682935
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12682934
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12119967
Lesson that prepares students for answering the AQA 2017 question about Snowball’s leadership.
Includes a Grade 7 exemplar response.
Includes an engaging starter looking at ambitious vocabulary to describe Snowball - answers included.
It then moves on to annotate and analyse 10 key quotations about Snowball.
There are also extension questions to review the learning.
Ideal preparation lesson before asking students to complete an exam question on Squealer.
For other Animal Farm resources, try the following links:
Revision:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/themes-in-animal-farm-8-revision-resources-11389822
Bundle:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/animal-farm-bundle-11499747
Revision cards:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/animal-farm-character-revision-cards-12167869
Analysis of ending
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/animal-farm-chapter-10-lesson-compare-orwell-s-ending-with-two-film-versions-11532867
A lesson comparing the leadership of Snowball and Napoleon in Animal Farm to prepare students for answering an exam style question on the theme of leadership in the novella. A range of activities include:
What makes an effective leader
Explore Orwell’s message about how power corrupts
Adjectives to describe each character
Analyse 5 quotations by each character with answers
Find alternatives to This shows/This suggests
Writing frame included for lower ability students
Lesson introducing the character of Squealer.
It starts by looking at adjectives to describe Squealer and his function of the play.
Then students make inferences about 11 Squealer quotations and then compare their explanations to my teacher explanations.
The lesson is aimed at a mid ability class. However, there are some concepts aimed more at higher ability students such as obfuscation and gas-lighting and contextual links to Molotov and Pravda that can be explored in greater depth with higher-ability classes.
An sample exam response 24/30 to the following question which is on the AQA sample exam for 2021.
How does Orwell use the character of Squealer to explore ideas about truth and lies in Animal Farm?
Grade boundaries are subject to change but I am confident this would attain a grade 7 or 8.
Also includes a revision sheet on Squealer. I give students the blank version then go through the more detailed explanations for each quotation later in the lesson.
A handy revision sheet to help students write a high level response on the character of Squealer in Animal Farm.
11 carefully selected quotations about Squealer are analysed in detail for authorial methods and authorial message which takes into account the wider historical context.