Two pages with an example of a 3 idea plan. Then 3 blank planning tables for poetry comparison questions involving: ‘My Last Duchess’, ‘London’ and ‘Kamikaze’ as the named poems. Question themes: Power and status; powerful feelings about place and power of Nature. Students will have to choose their 2nd poem and plan 3 pairs of ideas to ensure they compare.
A ready to use Power Point with 29 multiple choice questions about the Bard of Avon with a word challenge for question 30. One question per slide. Covering his life, his times, his plays, famous quotations, Elizabethan/Jacobean theatre and his death.
Answers included at the end.
A worksheet to explore language and imagery in ‘Poppies’ from the Power and Conflict anthology. A set of 10 multiple choice questions to explore the poem. A fact sheet about Armistice Day/Remembrance Sunday.
A set of 3 ready to use worksheets about the use of language in the Power and Conflict poems.
A title match task: pairs of quotes from each poem - can you name the poem?
Illustrate the quotes task.
Analysis of language task: questions posed about each quotation.
A selection of Paper 2, Question 5 planning practices. Also, some key skills worksheets breaking down the writing task into: FORM, OPENINGS, PLANNING and DEVELOPING IDEAS. To support AQA English Language Paper 2.
A ready to use Power Point with a variety of activities to help students navigate the poem. A full lesson’s worth. Includes: a word cloud; contextual information with test questions; stanza by stanza questions; finding quotes; use of language techniques in the poem; prompts to explore themes and links to other Power and Conflict poems.
A selection of helpful and easy to use revision task sheets about the opening chapters of Conan-Doyle’s ‘The Sign of the Four’. Includes: True or False statements to summarise Chs. 1-3, differentiated questions about Chs 1-3, tasks relating to the description of the journey to the Lyceum Theatre in Ch3.
Tasks and questions that will guide students through ‘Kamikaze’ stanza by stanza. Gets students looking at meaning, language use and connections to other poems.
A ready to use Power Point that introduces the poem ‘Tissue’ and starts students thinking about what the text is about…19 slides in total including the title page.
Two ready to use multiple choice quizzes!
One on the month of April with 30 questions.
One on William Shakespeare (also with 30 questions) covering topics such as his life, his times and his plays.
Answers provided.
A useful and ready to use bundle of activities about ‘Romeo and Juliet’. Including: summaries of Acts 2 and 4 to be completed as cloze tasks; worksheets on Act 3 Scene 2; worksheets about key themes and an introductory quiz about Shakespeare.
A helpful variety of revision and exam preparation resources about the play. Including: worksheets on tension in Act 1; using quotations; quotations about social class and attitudes to women; character files; planning an exam answer; revision and recap quizzes and activities.
Suitable for a range of abilities.
Lots of detailed and helpful activities and worksheets to use when studying the Power and Conflict anthology. General resources for revising quotations and planning a comparison. Plus, specific focus on the following poems with detailed worksheets and/or power points: ‘Exposure’, ‘Tissue’, ‘Poppies’, ‘Kamikaze’ and ‘London’.