A range of resources about how to compare Power and Conflict poems which include:
10 writing frames
Model paragraphs
40 pairs of quotations that are useful for comparing
using a revision grid to plan comparisons
and lots of other ideas
On the worksheet I made 40 pairs of quotations from the Power and Conflict poems. There is an even spread of key quotes from across the 18 poems.
To revise making discriminating links, students need to explain how the 2 quotations present ideas about power and conflict in a similar and different way.
Example of how to turn the pairs of quotations into a comparison:
Both Ozymandias and My Last Duchess portray characters with the power to issue commands to explore the corrosive nature of power. In Ozymandias the ‘sneer of cold command’ suggests the statue has a cruel condescending attitude to his subjects. However, in ‘My Last Duchess’ the speaker ‘gave commands’ to arrange for the execution of his wife to reflect his controlling nature.
Brief PowerPoint with annotations for Act 2 Scene 4 and a model analytical paragraph for explaining the importance of this often overlooked scene.
Also includes a test on ten quotations from Act 1 and Act 2.
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
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
High grade analysis of 20 key quotations.
Mid grade analysis of 50 key quotations.
Brief explanation of 100 key quotations.
These resources can be used in multiple ways. For example RAG rate, paired questioning, find 5 quotations on each of the following themes etc.
Also includes a slide for how to use the revision sheet as an extension activity by pairing up similar or contrasting quotations or by comparing the surface and hidden meanings.
Also includes a test on the top 50 quotations to match them to 50 brief explanations.
Also includes analysis of the top 10 single words to analyse in the novella with high level explanations of how to zoom in and then how to zoom out to explore Dickens’ authorial purpose.
4 PowerPoint lessons covering the 4 scenes from Act 2 of Macbeth.
Each lesson includes a differentiated starter, scene summary, line by line annotations, comprehension questions. Many also include example paragraphs and stretch activities.
A grade 9 exemplar essay to the 2018 AQA question on Romeo and Juliet which was as follows:
Starting with this moment in the play, explore how Shakespeare presents relationships between adults and young people in Romeo and Juliet. (30+4 marks)
Includes some examiner comment for A01, A02, A03.
A full lesson on Act 1 Scene 5 including discussion about the role of women in Jacobean society, annotations of the whole scene followed up with an analytical writing task with an example paragraph as guidance. There is also an alternative version of the lesson included for differing abilities.
A 16 slide PowerPoint which contains detailed animated annotations for 6 soliloquies from the play along with modern translations and follow up comprehension questions on each speech.
Act 1 Scene 5 (Unsex me here)
Act 1 Scene 7 (If it were done)
Act 2 Scene 1 (Is this a dagger)
Act 3 Scene 1 (To be thus is nothing)
Act 5 Scene 3 (Seyton! I am sick at heart)
Act 5 Scene 5 (She should have died hereafter)
My top 50 Macbeth quotations on one sheet with some analysis about why each quotation is important in the play as well as the scene each quotation has been taken from. Also now updated to contain the top 100 quotations too.
Also includes a blank version with space to add the explanations in to test yourself.
A good way to use the sheet to revise is to group the quotations into themes to help prepare for the possible exam questions that might come up.
a) ambition
b) appearance versus reality
c) guilt
d) animal imagery
e) supernatural
Also includes an additional sheet matching the 50 quotations to 50 brief explanations.
Also contains a Macbeth quotation random generator quiz and a sheet to revise 6 motifs in Macbeth.
This lesson was inspired by the AQA 2018 English Language Paper 1 Question 5. Students were asked to describe the face of an old man. To help students improve their description, I have created a bank of 275 words that students can use to add precision to their descriptions.
The follow up tasks gives students 8 images of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth (Polanski version). Students must select the adjectives carefully to describe one of the 8 images. Peers then have to work out which image they have described from the quality of the description.
The plenary asks students to write down their favourite words to describe each aspect of the face.
Inspired by the image of the old man in the 2018 AQA English Language exam, I have collated and categorised 275 words to describe a face onto a worksheet to help students with their descriptive writing.
Students found this useful in helping them to improve the precision of their characters descriptions for English Language Paper 1.
Lesson looking at how Macbeth and Banquo react differently to the witches’ predictions with two model paragraphs.
Also includes 15 questions aimed at understanding Act 1 Scene 3 and teacher annotations of Act 1 Scene 3.
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.
A full unit of work on Lord of the Flies that covers a full term alongside comprehensive revision resources to revise content in Year 11.
Full lesson PowerPoints included on the following
12 detailed lessons on each of the 12 chapters clearly labelled
40 page revision booklet
Full lesson on mob mentality
Full lesson Roger with grade 9 full essay
Full lesson on Ralph
Full lesson on Piggy with structure to follow for writing up own essay
Full lesson Jack with grade 9 full essay
Full lesson on symbols
Full lesson on Simon
Revision lessons with revision cards containing the top 50 quotations, top 10 quotations per character, differentiated writing frames, sample questions, knowledge organisers and a big ideas mind map
Also includes extensive notes to help students annotate over 200 quotations from the novel independently.
Check out the previews by clicking on each individual resource to gain an idea about a wide range of resources on offer.