An essay plan and Band 6 (grade 8/9) exemplar for an exam-style question on Sheila. Points and evidence are included. Students are encouraged to use the worksheet to explore the quotations in more detail.

2 A3 worksheets revising stage directions in the play. Sheet 1: A list of key stage directions for each character split into before, during and after the interrogation combined with questions to help students understand the subtle changes in the characters’ behaviour at each stage of the play. Sheet 2: Differentiated questions linking to A01, A02, A03 based on the opening stage directions.

2 differentiated planning sheets with writing frame for writing an essay exploring who is responsible for Macbeth’s downfall. Stronger students can use the version which explores how Macbeth, Lady Macbeth and The Witches are to blame. Weaker students can use the version that only focuses on how Macbeth is responsible. Includes an accompanying PowerPoint. Also includes a model 4 person discussion about who is to blame to showcase the way students should respond to each other’s points.

Now we are several years into the new syllabus, I predict they might go for a more obscure extracts. I have been through the text and come up with 6 predictions about extracts that might come up in 2025. Students read each extract and complete the planning grid for each. Ideal to use in a final revision lesson. Also includes a planning resource which offers 3 levels of differentiation to help guide students on how to structure a full length response on the following 4 themes/topics: children, materialism, ghosts, Christmas. Tier 1 difficulty (I do): Big idea, topic sentences and quotations are provided. Students add the analysis of the quotations. Tier 2 difficulty (We do): Students must choose 2 quotations to support each topic sentence and analyse the quotations. Tier 3 difficulty (You do): Students have to generate the big idea, the topic sentences, 2 quotations a paragraph and the quotation analysis.

Lesson along with planning sheets to help students to plan and write an AQA exam response on the character of Mr Birling. Sheet 1: Listening activity with youtube link Sheet 2: Find quotations Sheet 3: Exploratory questions and useful sentence stems/writing frame Sheet 4: Grade 6 exemplar response with examiner comments Sheet 5: 10 quotations explained in detail

6 AQA-style examination questions on characters and themes in A Christmas Carol. A structured planning sheet to plan responses to various questions. Best value when bought as part of my much larger bundle.

Comprehension questions to complete on a first reading of Stone Cold by Robert Swindells. Includes at least one question on every chapter. Useful for developing scanning skills to retrieve information from the text. The page numbers are the same in the various versions of the book I have taught from over the years.

Structure for responding to AQA Eng Lit Paper 1 Shakespeare/19th Century fiction. Two versions. One for Section A (Shakespeare) one for Section B (19th century fiction).

3 lessons building students up to compare Prelude and As Imperceptibly as Grief for the WJEC comparative poetry question. Lesson 1. Teach Prelude using PowerPoint lesson and worksheet. Lesson 2. Teach As Imperceptibly as Grief using PowerPoint and worksheet. Lesson 3. Write a comparison. There are two versions. One version is very structured; the other version gives higher ability students more scope for structuring their comparisons independently.

The worksheet contains over 100 key quotes from the novel in chapter order. Students are asked to link each quotation with one of the main themes using a code. Students found this to be a highly effective revision tool.

A 76 slide lesson aimed at lower ability students which guides them through 30 key quotations from Macbeth. Each quotation is introduced with a prompt question. The next slide then explains the quotation. This process continues for all 30 quotations. There is a knowledge retention test worksheet attached to check how much knowledge students have retained.

15 exam style questions (one for each poem) for the Power and Conflict section of the AQA examination. If you would like to purchase the revision grid as well as the questions, follow the link below: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/power-and-conflict-planning-responses-to-15-exam-questions-using-a-revision-grid-11538288

A 45 slide lesson that teaches students how to identify and comment on the effect of semantic fields in the short extract that is used for AQA Paper 1 Question 2 and Paper 2 Question 3. There are 6 extracts to work through as students develop the skill to identify a pattern of words within each extract. Commenting on a semantic field allows students to make a more sophisticated comment about the effect of language than merely commenting on individual words in isolation.

A range of resources to support the teaching of how Macbeth’s character changes across the play. Includes a timeline to complete to track Macbeth’s changes. Includes a revision sheet with high level analysis of 13 key quotations linked to the AOs. Includes a simple writing frame for a low ability to help them write about Macbeth as a character who changes to grade 4 or grade 5 level. Include a list of key quotations (with brief explanations) to pick from to help them write about Macbeth at different points of the text. Includes a high-level direct knowledge statement which I explain and regularly encourage them to keep referring back to when it comes to discussing Shakespeare’s authorial message in the play at the end of each analytical paragraph.

Macbeth Act 5: 3 differentiated AQA 1-9 style questions

Macbeth: 3 AQA 1-9 style exams based on 3 extracts from Act 2

I created this for a cover lesson on Act 2 Scene 3 of Macbeth. Students must read each extract from the scene and write a PEE paragraph explaining how each character reacts to news of Duncan’s death.

5 Exams written in the style of the new 9-1 AQA GCSE examination for Romeo and Juliet. For the exam on the theme of love there is a model answer for students to annotate. For the questions on the other themes, there is a 9 step grid for students to follow. I have also attached a generic writing frame for responding to any character or theme to help students with the 9 step method.

A description writing lesson based on the Tempest. Students complete exercises which encourages them to make conscious choices about their sentence lengths, sentence types, sentence openers and use of punctuation.

A context sheet to support the teaching of Lord of the Flies. It looks at 8 contextual factors to deepen students’ understanding of the novel: Golding’s life WWII Cold War British Imperialism Coral Island Religion Existentialism Thomas Hobbes