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Five star rated and 'TES Recommended' authors, we are two Heads of English who are passionate about using and developing quality, engaging resources. We recognise the need for resources that are 'ready to go' and that don't require a huge amount of 'polishing' before they can be used. Every resource that we publish is quality assured and, most importantly, has been tried and tested by us in the classroom! We hope you find our resources useful and we welcome any feedback.
A fantastic bundle of high quality, focused lessons exploring 14 key moments from the text. Each lesson follows a consistent format and structure in order to embed new knowledge.
Each lesson has a recall task, key vocabulary, analysis of the scene, opportunities for analytical writing, a model response and self assessment slide.
Marley’s Ghost
Scrooge and Fred Stave One
Scrooge and the Charity Collectors Stave One
Scrooge and Bob Stave One
The First Spirit Stave Two
Fezziwig’s Ball Stave Two
Belle and Scrooge Stave Two
The Second Spirit Stave Three
The Cratchit Family Stave Three
Ignorance and Want Stave Three
The Third Spirit Stave Four
The Death of Tiny Tim Stave Four
Scrooge’s Grave Stave Four
Scrooge in Stave Five
PLUS A printable extract booklet
A 28 slide, two lesson presentation covering the poem ‘London’ in detail. Annotations for the entire poem as well as example analytical paragraphs. The lessons feature a range of individual and collaborative tasks to develop students’ understanding of the poem.
A 36 slide lesson presentation taking students through the November 2018 Paper 1, Section A exam paper.
The exam paper is available on eAQA and the extract is taken from ‘A Sound of Thunder’ by Ray Bradbury.
You can find the extract if you simply google ‘A Sound of Thunder’.
The presentation includes clear learning objectives for each lesson, a number of learning activities and opportunities for self and peer assessment.
Clear guidance is given for each question and model answers are also provided. Differentiation to extend and support students is also incorporated into the lesson presentation.
Clear links are made to the markscheme and assessment objectives throughout.
Could be used to walk students through the paper as they complete it or as a follow up and feedback lesson once students have completed the paper.
An engaging creative writing lesson based around the theme of gothic horror. The lesson includes a number of activities to develop students' vocabulary and use of more complex sentence structures.
AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A Revision - Detailed Focus on Question 4
A series of six revision ‘masterclass’ lessons designed to improve students’ responses to question 4 on Paper 1. Students often struggle with this part of the paper so I have created this resource specifically to build students’ confidence in tackling this question.
Each lesson includes learning objectives, a starter and review activity, model answers and opportunities for students to self/peer assess and reflect upon their own progress.
I have also created a full exam paper for each of the texts so that students can also practise completing questions 1 - 3.
Included in the resource:
89 slide presentation
74 page student revision and workbook
Question 4 knowledge organiser/revision mat
Question 4 writing bookmark
Markscheme and indicative content for the texts
Texts included:
‘Of Mice and Men’, ‘A Monster Calls’, ‘The Graveyard Book’, ‘Rebecca’, ‘The Great Gatsby’, ‘The Goldfinch’
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A high quality, focused lesson exploring the significance of Marley’s ghost. The lesson follows a clear format and structure in order to embed new knowledge and consolidate student understanding.
Each lesson has a recall task, key vocabulary, analysis of the scene, opportunities for analytical writing, a model response and self assessment slide.
You can buy this lesson as part of a bundle of fourteen lessons here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-gcse-revision-pack-12415380
A high quality, focused lesson exploring the significance of Ignorance and Want in Stave Three. The lesson follows a clear format and structure in order to embed new knowledge and consolidate student understanding.
Each lesson has a recall task, key vocabulary, analysis of the scene, opportunities for analytical writing, a model response and self assessment slide.
You can buy this lesson as part of a bundle of fourteen lessons here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-gcse-revision-pack-12415380
A 35 slide 3 lesson presentation taking students through the November 2017 Paper 1, Section A exam paper.
The exam paper is available on eAQA and the extract is taken from ‘Labyrinth’ by Kate Mosse.
The presentation includes clear learning objectives for each lesson, a number of learning activities and opportunities for self and peer assessment.
Clear guidance is given for each question and model answers are also provided. Differentiation to extend and support students is also incorporated into the lesson presentation.
Clear links are made to the markscheme and assessment objectives throughout.
Could be used to walk students through the paper as they complete it or as a follow up and feedback lesson once students have completed the paper.
A 50 slide presentation of 4 lessons designed to introduce and consolidate approaches to the unseen poetry section of the English Literature exam. The lessons link to the new AQA specification but could easily be adapted to suit other specifications. Each lesson contains a wide variety of activities including individual and group work, assessment opportunities and model answers.
Lesson 1 - introduction to unseen poetry working through an analysis of 'Hard Frost' by Andrew John Young.
Lesson 2 - unseen analysis of 'Nettles' by Vernon Scannell.
Lesson 3 - unseen analysis of 'In the Orchard After Midnight' by Brian Patten focusing on mood and tone.
Lesson 4 - introduction to comparing unseen poems for the final question on Paper 2 of the English Literature exam.
Lessons 3 and 4 can be used in conjunction with the AQA unseen poetry resource booklet which can be found on the AQA website.
I have only included the first stanza of each poem due to copyright reasons but have included clear links as to where you can access the rest of the poem within the presentation.
A high quality, focused lesson exploring the significance of the Ghost of Christmas Present in Stave Three. The lesson follows a clear format and structure in order to embed new knowledge and consolidate student understanding.
Each lesson has a recall task, key vocabulary, analysis of the scene, opportunities for analytical writing, a model response and self assessment slide.
You can buy this lesson as part of a bundle of fourteen lessons here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-gcse-revision-pack-12415380
An anthology of 'unseen poems' to use for revision. The booklet is geared towards students sitting the AQA Certificate in English Literature but could easily be adapted. Teaches students to use the 'MITSL' approach to analyse poems.
A detailed knowledge organiser/revision mat for AQA GCSE English Language, Paper 1, Question 4. This question is worth 20 marks and requires students to evaluate a statement in relation to a text. This resource can be used to support students as they write their answers or distributed as a revision resource.
A 20 slide presentation guiding students through the process of responding to question 4 in Paper 1, Section A of the new AQA GCSE English Language exam.
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https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/aqa-english-language-paper-1-section-a-revision-12076357
A high quality, focused lesson exploring the significance of Scrooge’s transformation in Stave Five. The lesson follows a clear format and structure in order to embed new knowledge and consolidate student understanding.
Each lesson has a recall task, key vocabulary, analysis of the scene, opportunities for analytical writing, a model response and self assessment slide.
You can buy this lesson as part of a bundle of fourteen lessons here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-gcse-revision-pack-12415380
A 31 slide lesson presentation taking students through a sample paper for the GCSE AQA English Language, Paper 2, Section A exam.
The presentation includes clear learning objectives, a starter and review activity and opportunities for self and peer assessment.
Clear guidance is given for each question and model answers are also provided. Differentiation to extend and support students is also incorporated into the lesson presentation.
Clear links are made to the markscheme and assessment objectives throughout.
Could be used to walk students through the paper or as a follow up and feedback lesson once students have completed the paper.
Lesson plan included.
Sample exam paper also included.
A high quality, focused lesson exploring the significance of the Cratchit family in Stave Three. The lesson follows a clear format and structure in order to embed new knowledge and consolidate student understanding.
Each lesson has a recall task, key vocabulary, analysis of the scene, opportunities for analytical writing, a model response and self assessment slide.
You can buy this lesson as part of a bundle of fourteen lessons here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-gcse-revision-pack-12415380
A high quality, focused lesson exploring the significance of Belle and Scrooge’s relationship in Stave Two. The lesson follows a clear format and structure in order to embed new knowledge and consolidate student understanding.
Each lesson has a recall task, key vocabulary, analysis of the scene, opportunities for analytical writing, a model response and self assessment slide.
You can buy this lesson as part of a bundle of fourteen lessons here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-gcse-revision-pack-12415380
Six engaging narrative writing lessons using a diverse range of world literature extracts as prompts.
Extracts from:
‘The Patience Stone’
‘Farewell to the Sea’
‘First They Killed My Father’
103 slides plus an extract booklet.
Each lesson contains clear learning objectives, success criteria, modeled answers, opportunities for peer and self assessment.
A key aim of the lessons is to introduce and embed new vocabulary.
Over 100 slides comprised of 8 lessons focusing on descriptive and narrative writing techniques to prepare students for Paper 1, Section B of the new AQA GCSE English Language exam. Each lesson is fully resourced with clear links made to the new exam criteria.
High quality and visually engaging throughout, each lesson contains elements of independent and collaborative work. Extension and intervention support tasks also included.
Lesson 1: Narrative conventions and structure
Lesson 2: Effective openings
Lesson 3: Setting
Lesson 4: Dialogue
Lesson 5: Character
Lesson 6: Ambitious vocabulary and figurative language techniques
Lesson 7: Structure
Lesson 8: Structure
A high quality, focused lesson exploring the significance of the charity collectors in Stave 1. The lesson follows a clear format and structure in order to embed new knowledge and consolidate student understanding.
Each lesson has a recall task, key vocabulary, analysis of the scene, opportunities for analytical writing, a model response and self assessment slide.
You can buy this lesson as part of a bundle of fourteen lessons here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-gcse-revision-pack-12415380