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I am currently teaching in a state secondary school although I have also taught in primary, independent and international schools. I really hope you find my resources useful!
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I am currently teaching in a state secondary school although I have also taught in primary, independent and international schools. I really hope you find my resources useful!
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Edexcel GCSE Time and Place Poetry
This bundle is a series of documents in the form of super clear grids that shows students how to compare ALL the poems from the Edexcel GCSE Time and Place cluster.
5-6 short key quotations from each poem
high-end language analysis
context fully covered
tight comparison
They are really useful for effective revision. I created these for a student who went on to get a grade 9 just using these grids as her revision aids.
Mercutio in 'Romeo and Juliet': revision lesson with full model answer AQA
A super clear, colourful 45 slide powerpoint that covers the character of Mercutio in ‘Romeo and Juliet’.
There are plenty of opportunities for students to work individually, in pairs or small groups, depending on the class dynamics. There are sample answers for all tasks and engaging activities which help students improve their skills.
There is an AQA style essay question at the end with structured guidance to help the students annotate an extract and plan an answer. There are guided writing tasks as well to support students.
There is a full sample answer at the end.
This lesson takes 1-2 hours, depending on how much writing you ask the students to complete.
My students have found it engaging and really helpful. I hope yours do too!
If you find it useful, please do leave a review and have a look at other lessons and activities in my shop.
Eric in 'An Inspector Calls': revision lesson and sample answer
This is a super clear powerpoint consisting of 43 slides that guides the class through the character of Eric Birling in ‘An Inspector Calls’.
There are lots of activities for the students which can be completed as a class, in groups/ pairs or individually. There are answers on separate slides to all questions/activities.
Use of short key quotations allow plenty of opportunities for students to closely analyse language.
Additionally, there are also some ideas for top-level context and exploring the text in different ways which helps students reach the highest grades.
The lesson finishes with two essay questions so teachers can choose the one they need to teach according to their exam board.
One is an essay question which follows the format of AQA and Edexcel. There is a full top level answer as well for students to read.
One is with an extract-based exam paper suitable for Eduqas students. This includes detailed slides showing how to annotate, how to plan and, really usefully, an example of a top level answer.
My students found this really helpful- I hope yours do too!
If you like this resource, please do leave a review and have a look at my TES shop MsLarkinsResources for more material that will help your GCSE students achieve their best.
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Thank you!
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Themes + Characters for 'An Inspector Calls': revision + sample essays
This is a bundle of 12 powerpoints which thoroughly cover the characters and themes in ‘An Inspector Calls.’
Each powerpoint covers a theme or a character. They are all super clear and colourful, each one consisting of at least 40 slides that guides the class through the characters and themes from the start to the end of the play.
There are lots of activities for the students which can be completed as a class, in groups/ pairs or individually. There are answers on separate slides to all questions/activities.
Use of short key quotations allow plenty of opportunities for students to closely analyse language.
Additionally, there are also some ideas for top-level context and exploring the text in different ways which helps students reach the highest grades.
Each lesson finishes with two essay questions so teachers can choose the one they need to teach according to their exam board.
One is an essay question which follows the format of AQA and Edexcel. There is a full top level answer as well for students to read.
One is with an extract-based exam paper suitable for Eduqas students. This includes detailed slides showing how to annotate, how to plan and, really usefully, an example of a top level answer.
So in total, there are 12 lessons and 12 sample essays. Depending on how much you want students to write, these 12 powerpoints will take 12-24 hours in the classroom
My students found these really helpful- I hope yours do too!
If you like this resource, please do leave a review and have a look at my TES shop MsLarkinsResources.
Thank you!
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Guilt in 'Macbeth': revision lesson with full answer (Eduqas/Edexcel/OCR)
A super clear, colourful 38 slide powerpoint that covers the theme of guilt in ‘Macbeth’.
There are plenty of opportunities for students to work individually, in pairs or small groups, depending on the class dynamics. There are sample answers for all tasks and engaging activities which help students improve their skills.
There are guided writing tasks as well to support students.
There is a full sample answer at the end. Please note: this essay and the activities cover AO2 and AO3. Depending on whether you are teaching Edexcel or Eduqas, you would want to play up or down the AO2 or AO3. None of it is irrelevant- although context is not explicitly assessed in Eduqas, good use of it can enhance and develop students’ points. Similarly, AO2 is assessed in the extract question for Edexcel which means the practice of the skills here for the essay question can help students improve these important skills.
This lesson takes 1-2 hours, depending on how much writing you ask the students to complete.
My students have found it engaging and really helpful. I hope yours do too!
If you find it useful, please do leave a review and have a look at other lessons and activities in my shop.
Power in 'Macbeth': revision lesson and sample essay Eduqas/Edexcel/OCR
A super clear, colourful 50 slide powerpoint that covers the theme of power in ‘Macbeth’.
There are plenty of opportunities for students to work individually, in pairs or small groups, depending on the class dynamics. There are sample answers for all tasks and engaging activities which help students improve their skills.
There are guided writing tasks as well to support students.
There is a full sample answer at the end. Please note: this essay and the activities cover AO2 and AO3. Depending on whether you are teaching Edexcel or Eduqas, you would want to play up or down the AO2 or AO3. None of it is irrelevant- although context is not assessed in Eduqas, good use of it can enhance students’ points. Similarly, AO2 is assessed in the extract question for Edexcel which means the practice of the skills here for the essay question can help students improve these important skills.
This lesson takes 1-2 hours, depending on how much writing you ask the students to complete.
My students have found it engaging and really helpful. I hope yours do too!
If you find it useful, please do leave a review and have a look at other lessons and activities in my shop.
Poetry: Exploring and comparing ballads
A super clear, colourful 40 slide powerpoint that explores the poems ‘The Ballad of Hillsborough’ and ‘The Gresford Disaster’.
I have delivered this lesson to KS3 and KS4 students very successfully.
There are plenty of opportunities for students to work individually, in pairs or small groups, depending on the class dynamics. There are sample answers for most tasks and engaging activities which help students improve their skills.
This lesson takes 1-2 hours, depending on how much writing you ask the students to complete.
My students have found it engaging and really helpful. I hope yours do too!
Tes paid licence
Relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth: revision lesson with question and full sample answer
An engaging, super clear 41 slide powerpoint which takes a class through the relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, using key quotations which are then used to tackle an exploding extract question.
There are plenty of opportunities for short, focused activities by the students with slides giving answers for all activities. The lesson finishes with an exam question and guided activities to help students plan and then write their answers.
A full model answer is also included.
The lesson works best as revision. It takes between 1 and 2 hours, depending on how much writing the students complete.
This is suitable for the AQA and OCR exam boards but can easily be adapted for other exam boards.
Youth and Age in 'Romeo and Juliet': revision lesson with Edexcel/Eduqas essay and model answer
A super clear, colourful 41 slide powerpoint that covers the theme of youth and age in ‘Romeo and Juliet’.
There are plenty of opportunities for students to work individually, in pairs or small groups, depending on the class dynamics. There are sample answers for all tasks and engaging activities which help students improve their skills.
There is an Eduqas/Edexcel style thematic essay question at the end with structured guidance to help the students plan an answer. There are guided writing tasks as well to support students.
There is a full sample answer at the end.
This lesson takes 1-2 hours, depending on how much writing you ask the students to complete.
My students have found it engaging and really helpful. I hope yours do too!
Romeo and Juliet Extract Question: Edexcel GCSE
A super clear powerpoint which takes a class through the stages of tackling an extract question.
The extract is from Act 4 scene 1 when Juliet turns to Friar Laurence for help. There are plenty of opportunities for short, focused activities by the students and also a ‘moving up the levels’ illustration of how to analyse language closely. It finishes with a complete model answer.
This is suitable for the Edexcel exam board but can be adapted for other exam boards.
Romeo and Juliet Extract Question: Eduqas GCSE
A super clear powerpoint which takes a class through the stages of tackling an extract question.
The extract is from Act 3 scene 1 when Tybalt challenges Romeo to fight. There are plenty of opportunities for short, focused activities by the students and also a ‘moving up the bands’ illustration of how to analyse language closely. It finishes with a complete model answer.
This is suitable for the Eduqas exam board but can be adapted for other exam boards.
Romeo and Juliet extract question: Eduqas GCSE
A super clear powerpoint which takes a class through the stages of tackling an extract question.
The extract is from Act 3 scene 5 when the nurse advises Juliet to marry Paris. There are plenty of opportunities for short, focused activities by the students and also a ‘moving up the bands’ illustration of how to analyse language closely. It finishes with a complete model answer.
This is suitable for the Eduqas exam board but can be adapted for other exam boards.
Eduqas Unseen Poetry
A really clear 30 slide powerpoint that takes students step-by-step through the unseen poetry questions of the Eduqas exam board. It uses two lovely, accessible poems that deal with the relationships between a child and an older person.
The first half of the powerpoint tackles the single poem using ‘Follower’ by Seamus Heaney’ and includes a sample top mark answer.
The second half then helps students develop the skills to compare the poems, using ‘Climbing My Grandfather’ by Andrew Waterhouse. Again, there is a sample top mark answer.
I have used this powerpoint many times with my students and it works really well.
With a little adaptation (just cutting down the sample comparison answer), it can easily be used for the AQA unseen poetry question.
Poems not included.
Women in 'Macbeth': revision lesson with question and full answer AQA/OCR
An engaging, super clear 51 slide powerpoint which takes a class through the presentation of women in ‘Macbeth’, using key quotations which are then used to tackle an exploding extract question.
There are plenty of opportunities for short, focused activities by the students with slides giving answers for all activities. The lesson finishes with an exam question and guided activities to help students plan and then write their answers.
A full model answer is also included.
The lesson works best as revision. It takes between 1 and 2 hours, depending on how much writing the students complete.
This is suitable for the AQA and OCR exam boards but can easily be adapted for other exam boards.
Romeo: a tragic hero. Revision lesson with full model answer Edexcel/Eduqas/OCR
A super clear, colourful 46 slide powerpoint that covers the character of Romeo as a tragic hero in ‘Romeo and Juliet’.
There are plenty of opportunities for students to work individually, in pairs or small groups, depending on the class dynamics. There are sample answers for all tasks and engaging activities which help students improve their skills.
There is an essay question at the end with structured guidance to help the students annotate an extract and plan an answer. There are guided writing tasks as well to support students.
There is a full sample answer at the end. It is suitable, with a little adaption for the assessment objective requirements, for Eduqas, Edexcel and OCR.
This lesson takes 1-2 hours, depending on how much writing you ask the students to complete.
My students have found it engaging and really helpful. I hope yours do too!
If you find it useful, please do leave a review and have a look at other lessons and activities in my shop.
Mr Birling: 'An Inspector Calls'. Revision and full essay
This is a super clear powerpoint consisting of 52 slides that guides the class through the character of Mr Birling in ‘An Inspector Calls’.
There are lots of activities for the students which can be completed as a class, in groups/ pairs or individually. There are answers on separate slides to all questions/activities.
Use of short key quotations allow plenty of opportunities for students to closely analyse language.
Additionally, there are also some ideas for top-level context and exploring the text in different ways which helps students reach the highest grades.
The lesson finishes with two essay questions so teachers can choose the one they need to teach according to their exam board.
One is an essay question which follows the format of AQA and Edexcel. There is a full top level answer as well for students to read.
One is with an extract-based exam paper suitable for Eduqas students. This includes detailed slides showing how to annotate, how to plan and, really usefully, an example of a top level answer.
My students found this really helpful- I hope yours do too!
If you like this resource, please do leave a review and have a look at my TES shop MsLarkinsResources.
Thank you!
Gerald: 'An Inspector Calls' Revision and full model answer
This is a super clear powerpoint consisting of 52 slides that guides the class through the character of Gerald Croft in ‘An Inspector Calls’.
There are lots of activities for the students which can be completed as a class, in groups/ pairs or individually. There are answers on separate slides to all questions/activities.
Use of short key quotations allow plenty of opportunities for students to closely analyse language.
Additionally, there are also some ideas for top-level context and exploring the text in different ways which helps students reach the highest grades.
The lesson finishes with two essay questions so teachers can choose the one they need to teach according to their exam board.
One is an essay question which follows the format of AQA and Edexcel. There is a full top level answer as well for students to read.
One is with an extract-based exam paper suitable for Eduqas students. This includes detailed slides showing how to annotate, how to plan and, really usefully, an example of a top level answer.
My students found this really helpful- I hope yours do too!
If you like this resource, please do leave a review and have a look at my TES shop MsLarkinsResources.
Thank you!
General revision quiz on 'An Inspector Calls'
This is a straightforward, multiple -choice quiz on ‘An Inspector Calls’.
There are 15 questions that track the plot and characters throughout the play with 5 questions on each act.
Answers illustrated to help with recall in the exam.
Hope your class enjoys it!
Off with their heads! Argumentative writing: debate on whether to keep the monarchy KS2/KS3
This is a colourful, detailed powerpoint (41 slides) that takes a class through preparing and then writing a speech to either keep or abolish the British monarchy. If all the activities (2 games, a quiz, watching videos, structured pre-writing tasks) are used, the whole powerpoint including the writing takes 2-3 hours.
There is a game of punctuation bingo included on a word document that needs to be printed off for the class to play. There are also slides with statement and evidence cards that can either be printed off or used by the class from the slides if photocopying isn’t easy.
The work is differentiated throughout with writing frames and there are worksheets for early EAL learners/ students with SEN.
It is suitable for years 6-9.
My classes have produced fabulous pieces of writing from these lessons and some of the students enjoyed reading them out at the end with background music of the National Anthem or Les Miserables, depending on their stance!
Please leave a review if you find this useful :-)
Romeo and Juliet: fun revision game
This is a game that is easy to set up and fun to play. It’s very similar to ‘Articulate’ or ‘Don’t Say a Word’ so it’s interactive and entertaining.
All you need to do is print off the cards and cut them up (a 5 minute job) and then it’s ready to play. Once this is done, the cards can be reused for other classes and lessons.
My students really enjoy this game. We play with other texts as well and it’s a good break from mind maps and timed essays etc.
Rules and how to play all on the document.
If you like it, please do leave a review and check out my other resources in my MsLarkinsResources shop.
Have fun!