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.

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

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.

Comprehension Questions covering all 10 chapters from Animal Farm. Useful to accompany a first reading the novel.

Detailed character revision sheets on the characters of Napoleon, Snowball and Squealer which analyse 10 quotations for each character in detail.

Lord of the Flies exam question looking how tension is built up with lesson, powerpoint, objectives and indicative context to help with responding to feedback.

A quick starter wordsearch to introduce the key vocabulary in the poem.

Just a simple sheet for students to fill in while watching a film version of An Inspector Calls.

One page cloze plot summary of An Inspector Calls. Also includes an answer sheet. This is a free taster from my An Inspector Calls bundle which is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-aqa-1-9-differentiated-birling-sheila-11412310

Differentiated A3 worksheet analysing the stage directions to ‘An Inspector Calls’. Ideal to use at the start of the scheme of work. Includes an answer sheet. Low ability: Green/Blue group: A01. Retrieve information about the characters. Mid ability: Yellow group: A02. Comment on the effect of language High ability: Red/Green group: A03. Relate points to context and Priestly’s purpose.

I created this resource because students said they were getting confused over the different historical contexts of the texts we are studying. This is useful if you are studying the following combination of texts for English Literature: Romeo and Juliet A Christmas Carol An Inspector Calls Alternatively, the concept can be adapted if you are studying a different combination of texts.

A list of adjectives to describe a character. Useful as a reference point for any lesson involving character study.

Ambitious vocabulary wordseach on Macbeth. Useful for a starter. Includes brief definitions of the words on the PowerPoint.

Just a bank of ambitious vocabulary for creative writing.

27 slide lesson for teaching My Last Duchess will detailed yet selective annotations to avoid cognitive overload on this lengthy poem following by a range of questions and extension tasks to consolidate understanding of one of the most difficult poems in the power and conflict collection.

Revision mats for AQA Language Paper 2

A Napoleon Animal Farm revision sheet ideal for preparing for a possible question on this character in the exam. There is a thesis-style overview followed by thoughtful analysis of 11 key quotations with explicit reference to the impact of authorial methods (A02) and regular considerations of wider contextual ideas outside of the text (A03).

A differentiated simple activity involving colouring in visual representations of quotations before attempting to analyse the quotations for various layers of meaning. For more Macbeth resources try the following links: grade 9 model responses: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-6-grade-7-9-model-responses-12187985 Revision Cards https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-revision-cards-12173097 Full bundle https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-revision-bundle-2019-12115685 Other popular Macbeth resources include: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-revise-20-extracts-11868136 Revision cards https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-theme-revision-cards-ambition-supernatural-guilt-violence-deceit-courage-11868831 Grade 9 model ansers https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-6-grade-7-9-model-responses-12187985 Knowledge organisers https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-character-revision-sheet-quotations-themes-context-aqa-9-1-11868119 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/how-is-lady-macbeth-presented-in-act-5-scene-1-worksheets-and-a-model-response-11422450

A differentiated simple activity involving colouring in visual representations of quotations before attempting to analyse the quotations for various layers of meaning. For more Macbeth resources try the following links: grade 9 model responses: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-6-grade-7-9-model-responses-12187985 Revision Cards https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-revision-cards-12173097 Full bundle https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-revision-bundle-2019-12115685 Other popular Macbeth resources include: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-revise-20-extracts-11868136 Revision cards https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-theme-revision-cards-ambition-supernatural-guilt-violence-deceit-courage-11868831 Grade 9 model ansers https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-6-grade-7-9-model-responses-12187985 Knowledge organisers https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-character-revision-sheet-quotations-themes-context-aqa-9-1-11868119 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/how-is-lady-macbeth-presented-in-act-5-scene-1-worksheets-and-a-model-response-11422450