Revision sheet on the character of Roger in Lord of the Flies. Roger is the only main character who has not yet come up on an exam question for AQA. Could 2024 be Roger’s year?
If so, this revision sheet will help prepare for this possibility. It contains detailed analysis of 8 key Roger quotations. The analysis is aimed at students aiming for grades 8-9. Ideas outside of the text such as references to Freud’s id and defence mechanisms along with Himmler are used to help meet the criteria for A03.
It also includes a thesis-style introduction to model how to begin a response with an arguable statement.
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.
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).
4 revision sheets on the following characters from A Christmas Carol:
Scrooge
Fred
Cratchit Family
Ghost of Christmas Past
Each sheet has detailed analysis of key quotations.
Handy revision sheet about Eva Smith from An Inspector Calls which looks at 11 key quotations. There is also a blank template that I get students to fill in first before going over my answers.
Visual aid/revision sheet containing thoughtful comments on 10 key quotations for Mr Birling linking to both A02 and A03. Also contains a thesis-style introduction.
Also includes a blank version that I get students to fill in first before going through my answers.
Includes both a pdf and an editable word version.
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.
7 character revision sheets which explore and make thoughtful comments about 10 key quotations for each of the primary characters in the novel:
Mrs Birling
Mr Birling
Gerald Croft
Eric Birling
Sheila Birling
Eva Smith
Inspector Goole
An excellent revision resource to prepare for whatever may come up in an exam.
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
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.
I have abridged the whole novella of A Christmas Carol into 28 very short extracts to help struggling readers to access the text on one A3 sheet. I have had to use font size 8 to fit it all onto one sheet. For students who require a larger font, I also have included a second version in font size 12 and comic sans.
Each extract comes with a question to check for understanding.
A revision worksheet of the moral lessons and big ideas in A Christmas Carol.
Students fill in each box explaining how each moral lesson is conveyed in the novella. They are encouraged to make textual references.
They then should compare their answers to the model answers and make the necessary adjustments and improvements to their work.
Ideal for a one hour revision lesson or an intervention session.
A 42 page revision booklet for the Edexcel conflict poetry anthology. Contains a page on each poem packed with analysis of the key quotations. Also contains knowledge organisers on main ideas, structure and context and various high level model responses to a range of questions.
A 23 page booklet containing detailed analysis and annotations for all 18 poems alongside knowledge organisers covering the main ideas, context and structure in each poem.
This resource contains high level analysis of what I consider to be the 10 most important words to zoom in on in the novella. Zooming in to these 10 words will also pave the way for zooming out to explore Dickens’ authorial message for various themes such as poverty, family, redemption.
Through analysing these 10 key words in detail it can negate the need to memorise a list of longer quotations.
This can be a revision resource or a lesson. For the lesson, give students the blank template and ask them to think about why each word is vital in communicating Dickens’ authorial purpose. For the second part of the lesson, go over the high level sample answers.