11 high grade responses to questions about the main characters and themes in A Christmas Carol. Includes full length responses to all of the previous AQA questions.
As you will see, all responses are at least band 5 because they present thoughtful and considered responses to the question. Many are in band 6 due to having judicious quotations, fine-grained analysis of methods, discussions about the various connotations of word choices (A02) combined with convincing exploration of wider contextual factors and themes linked to the methods (A03).
Use for a final revision lesson on Macbeth.
Present students with the 6 big ideas about the play.
Give students the attached top 50 quotations revision sheet.
Ask them to make notes on each big idea using the sheet.
Then go through the model answers on the PowerPoint. Each answer appears on a mouse click so you can talk through each answer one by one.
Also includes 6 exam questions to plan on one printer-friendly planning sheet.
Also includes a 100 question quiz on the play with accompanying answer sheet that is useful to use throughout Year 11 to assist with knowledge retention.
Also contains the top 100 quotations with a brief explanation to help students get started with developing their inferences on each quotation. Alternatively, ask students to use a code to link each quotation to one or more themes such as a for ambition, g for guilt, s for supernatural.
Also includes theme and character revision cards.
The 50 quotation quiz comes in two forms. One will take a full lesson while one is ideal as a repeatable recap activity (spaced learning).
A compilation of my most popular Macbeth GCSE revision resources onto one 58 page booklet in word or pdf to make for easy printing. All the resources are aimed at students aiming towards grades 7-9
Includes:
Character revision cards
Theme revision cards
Revision timelines
Top 20 and top 100 quotation revision sheets
6 grade 9 exemplar responses
Planning sheets
Sample exam questions
Key Extract analysis sheets
Motifs
Critical Perspectives
And lots more.
Can be printed in A3 or simply change your printer settings to print in A4.
Also includes 5 essay plans for 5 different Macbeth questions.
This PowerPoint guides students through how to plan and structure 5 exam responses.
Each plan has click-activated animations to talk through the process of constructing an answer. The plan is written in short hand to help students with note-taking.
Each plan guides students to work through the text chronologically.
Each question plan includes:
Thesis
Context
4 topic sentences for 4 content paragraphs
Quotations for each paragraph
Inferences and methods (A02)
Conclusion considering authorial purpose and universal truths (A03)
The 5 questions cover the following topics:
How is Banquo presented? (2023 prediction)
How is Macbeth presented as a violent character?
How does Shakespeare present Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s marriage?
How do the witches influence the play?
How does Shakespeare present hallucinations?
In this 98 page booklet, I have compiled my most popular resources on Romeo and Juliet from the last 10 years of teaching into one easy to print booklet.
The booklet includes:
quotation posters for 5 characters
revision cards on themes and Romeo’s character
high grade model answers
theme trackers
comprehension questions
writing frames
key extract worksheets
abridged version of the play
and lots more.
A compilation of my most popular Macbeth GCSE revision resources onto one word document to make for easy printing. All the resources are aimed at students aiming towards grades 7-9
Includes:
Character revision cards
Theme revision cards
Revision timelines
Top 20 and top 100 quotation revision sheets
6 grade 9 exemplar responses
Planning sheets
Sample exam questions
Key Extract analysis sheets
And lots more.
Can be printed in A3 or simply change your printer settings to print in A4.
A 44 page revision booklet which brings together my best selling Animal Farm worksheets into one easy to print/download document.
It includes character revision cards, theme trackers, quotation knowledge organiser, chapter questions, 5 graded exemplar responses, 14 sample GCSE questions, essay plans, writing frames and lots more.
A 43 page An Inspector Calls revision booklet and a 7 page character booklet.
This comprehensive resource collates my most popular individual resources easy to print pdfs.
Includes:
Plot revision activity
Knowledge organisers
Character revision cards
Theme revision cards
Vocabulary builder
Planning sheets for exam responses on all the main characters
9 model answers with examiner marks and comments
Questions focused on the stage directions
25 lessons covering every scene from the play.
Also includes 20 revision cards with detailed analysis of 20 of the most important quotations in the play aimed at grade 7-9 students.
All lessons include scene summaries, detailed annotations and often includes extension activities, comprehension questions, differentiated starters example paragraphs to guide students on how to effectively write analytical paragraphs.
Also includes a PowerPoint with the whole play annotated.
Includes a 34 page work booklet adapted to help students extend their knowledge of An Inspector Calls. The 34 page booklet includes:
Plot Summary with answer sheet
Revising the top 10 quotations for each character with answer sheet
Template to plan exam style responses for each character
9 model answers at grades ranging from 4 to 9 with examiner comments
Instructions for how to annotate the play
Revision cards on themes
12 lessons covering all 12 chapters of the novel. Each PowerPoint typically includes animated annotations of the key quotations in each chapter to go through with students alongside an engaging starter, a chapter summary, comprehension questions and a range of extension activities.
Each lesson is clearly labelled to aid organisation.
3-5 lessons which revise the Beethoven set work-Sonata in C minor.
Lesson 1 focuses on the key features of the movement and categorises the musical elements into the main features of the piece e.g. piano and sonata form. The lessons is differentiated with success criteria and has answers included. This also focuses on the main musical elements and how you would describe them in an essay. This would take more than 1 hour long lesson.
Lesson 2-3 focuses on the extended answer for Question 9 in the exam by picking out the main features for all the musical elements and trying to explain them to ensure AO4 is achieved in the answer. Lesson 3 also focuses on wider listening and uses 3 example piece from different time periods (sheet music provided).
There is also a document with a summary of the Beethoven movement on just over 2 sides of A4 with the main features students need to know for the exam (this is in prose). There are 20 differentiated questions where answers can be found in the text. Ideal for revision lesson, homework or a cover lesson. Answer are provided.
5 lessons on the following 5 characters from Lord of the Flies:
Ralph
Piggy
Jack
Roger
Simon
All 5 lessons include detailed exploration of a range of quotations to prepare students for answering an exam question about the character. Also contains a printable revision sheet with key quotations for each character. Also includes some grade 9 model responses.
Also contains an activity where students complete 4 partially completed exam responses. This is differentiated with an easier and harder version depending on the ability of your group.
Also contains a lesson on how to write thesis style character introductions.
A scheme of learning based on the Edexcel GCSE Music set work ‘Music for a While’ by Purcell. These worksheets are based on Flip learning - students do the work at home/independently (this could be to learn the piece or as a revision tool). They then are tested on their knowledge and their score dictates whether they need extra support from the teacher.
The set work is split into 4 sections. Each worksheet has differentiated success criteria and all key words are underlined. There is then a test which summarises each section which can be used as a starter or plenary activity and should then dictate whether students know the set work or not. THere is an answer sheet for each question.
Following this activity students should also have a fully annotated Purcell score.
This 43 page revision workbook on An Inspector Calls includes:
Plot summary task with answers
Revision of 10 quotations per character task with answers
Theme revision cards
10 partially or fully completed essay plans to a range of questions
Notes to top up annotations of the play
9 model answers at grades ranging from 4 to 9 with examiner comments
Test on who speaks each quotation
A term’s worth of ready-to-teach resources created for the 2021 examination on A Christmas Carol.
Includes:
Revision sheets containing key quotes and context points and differentiated revision tasks
Context match up sheet
9 grade 9 model answers
Writing frames
5, Sample AQA-style questions
Partially completed essay plans to finish
Difficult vocabulary glossary activity
Carousel activity on key extracts
Differentiated questions on stave 2
Differentiated questions on Marley’s ghost
Which vision in Stave 2 affects Scrooge the most worksheet
Activities with model responses on how Dickens presents ideas about Christmas in Stave 3
Comprehension questions on all staves
Top 50 quotations revision sheets
Fred lesson
Fezziwig lesson
Lesson on more obscure extracts
Lesson on women in the novella
Plus lots more
A term of resources covering everything you need to teach ‘An Inspector Calls’ for the 9-1 GCSE. Includes lessons, essay plans on all 7 characters, various model responses, carefully selected quotations, notes on themes and relevant points about context for A03 and lots of helpful worksheets! Check out the many previews to see what you will be getting.
Plus lots more that I keep adding.
New for 2023, I have collated some of the best resources into a 43 page revision booklet for ease of printing and downloading.
Selection of 20 premium resources to support the teaching of GCSE 9-1 specification. Includes:
popular revision sheets
9 grade 9 model answers
revision cards
exam-style questions
20 key exam length extracts
7 writing frames
model responses
comprehension questions on select scenes
20 lessons covering almost all scenes in the play
In this huge resource I have collated my most popular Romeo and Juliet resources from the last 10 years into one place with clear files names to help you find the resources you want quickly.
This comprehensive resource contains the following:
*80+ page revision guide
PowerPoints and detailed worksheets covering virtually every scene barring the very brief interlude scenes.
High grade model answers
Quotation revision posters
Theme revision cards
Comprehension questions on each act
Writing frames aimed at different abilities
Film viewing log
Article writing based on the play
Quotation quizzes
Exam-style questions
Planning strategy sheets
Sheets for developing analysis of methods
Romeo and Juliet quotation revision posters
Romeo revision timeline activity
And lots more.
Please check out the range of previews to appreciate the wide scale of resources that I have collated here.
A huge collection of my popular revision cards ideal for students who are studying any of the following combination texts for English Literature.
Paper 1:
Macbeth or Romeo and Juliet
A Christmas Carol
Paper 2:
An Inspector Calls or Animal Farm or Lord of the Flies
Power and Conflict
The multiple low-resolution previews should give you a pretty good idea about the quality of the resources.
Also includes a quote revision game for Macbeth and A Christmas Carol and quiz on the Power and Conflict poems.
A wide selection of my best revision resources for Macbeth combined into one bundle. The previews should give you a good idea about the wealth of material available in this bundle. You will see various resources revising key quotations, themes, big ideas, characters and a 40 page easy to print booklet too to make it easy to print the best resources.