Hello, I have been teaching for over 20 years in secondary schools. I was a Head of English for 8 years and an examiner at GCSE, A Level and IB for a total of 10 years. My website has lots of free stuff on it, so please explore. It also has details of my new novel, "Larkfall" which I have just published and am very excited about. I hope that you find my resources useful. My review ratings are pretty high and I hope that I have helped people. All the best, Tallybarnett
Hello, I have been teaching for over 20 years in secondary schools. I was a Head of English for 8 years and an examiner at GCSE, A Level and IB for a total of 10 years. My website has lots of free stuff on it, so please explore. It also has details of my new novel, "Larkfall" which I have just published and am very excited about. I hope that you find my resources useful. My review ratings are pretty high and I hope that I have helped people. All the best, Tallybarnett
UPDATED 16/04/18
These handmade pdf posters can be copied as student booklets or displayed on Whiteboards to help students revising for AQA A Level Tragedy and Crime. The posters – as the title suggests – highlight, annotate and make notes on key moments in the texts. Many are also personally illustrated to help with visual memory and to make them more cute/interesting! They are designed to support AQA English Literature A Level spec B – Tragedy and Crime. “The Great Gatsby” and “When Will There Be Good News” are to follow soon! There are over 30 posters in total in this resource, also dealing with Romanticism and Crime elements in Ancient Mariner.
Please see my shop for other A Level and GCSE Resources.
NOW INCLUDES GATSBY AND GOOD NEWS !
This resource forms part of a range of “Macbeth” resources designed to help teach the play at GCSE.
This scanned PDF resource offers a detailed analysis of SEVEN key extracts from the play, which are annotated and designed to be shown on an interactive whiteboard or printed in a booklet. Ideal for revision for the AQA specification.
The Great Gatsby
This resource pulls together 21 key moments in “The Great Gatsby” related to Tragedy.
It’s designed to help students revise for the Tragedy element of the AQA Literature exam
I’ve also thrown in some other Gatsby support posters with exam brainstorms etc for free
Other similar resources are in my Big Cat Bundles in my shop!
Please have a look at my shop and my web site - details are at the shop site, plus lots of other free resources. I offer big value bundles and large scale resources to cover a complete topic. I provide a range of Big Cat Bundles that offer massive price reductions and offer lots of resources in one place. I also have a range of resources to support A Level teaching, particularly relate to TRAGEDY and CRIME. Many of the resources are handmade in order to provide a more personal, original touch. Many are designed for Interactive White Board presentation, or they can be copied into revision booklets etc. Another option is to download onto a school site, like Sharepoint, and allow students to view on their computers etc. If you like what you find, please offer feedback.
Thank you and good luck with your teaching.
This detailed resource looks at how to answer ALL SIX Language Paper 2’s from AQA since 2017, focussing on the READING Section.
The Powerpoint runs to 189 slides and goes through Questions 1 – 4 on:
November 2019: Shooting an Elephant/Wild Animals in captivity
Summer 2019: The Crossing/Idle Days in Patagonia
November 2018: All Cyclists Fear Bad Drivers/Victorian Cycling paper
Summer 2018: Morning Glass and the Hawaiian Archipelago
November 2017: The Other side of the Dale/The Ragged School
Summer 2017: How can my son be one year-old already/Boy Lost
I have put forward model answers for questions 1-4.
I have been teaching for 20 years and I have been an examiner for 10 years, including some of these papers, so I have a lot of experience in terms of how to approach them.
You might be using these as mocks, so might find this useful to feed back AFTER the students have attempted the exams.
I have not included the inserts or exam papers due to copyright, but they are freely available on the AQA site. The Presentation is purely my ideas on how to answer these questions and general tips on how to deal with Summary of Differences, Comparison, Language etc as per the specification of the paper.
This resource comprises 11 posters. Each one looks at a key extract from a chapter, looking at themes, possible questions, context, background etc. They can be printed into support booklets or displayed on the IWB.
If you want to save money I have added this resource to my complete Jekyll and Hyde SOW resource which pulls together all my Jekyll and Hyde resources.
Please check out my shop for loads of free GCSE and A Level resources !
AQA A Level Crime - Unseen Extracts - 26 documents in total !
Even More Unseen Crime Extracts to Analyse!
This is the third in my series of Unseen Crime extracts, to support the Crime paper on the AQA A Level English Literature examination. They follow a similar format to the previous two. There are 10 extracts, covering a range of Crime sub genres: Golden Age/Hard Boiled/Psychological thriller/Historical Crime/Courtroom crime drama etc. Each extract is in word individually for students to work on, plus they are gathered together into a 22 page scanned student booklet.
All ten extracts (with teacher notes for each one) are also individually available in Word and are also annotated and collected into a scanned 32 page teacher booklet, which also has a page of teacher notes at the back of each extract to help teach each one and to prompt discussion.
I have also added some extra Unseen resources to enhance the package: Ways into Unseen Analysis Posters, a very detailed PowerPoint lesson looking at the Susan Hill Unseen example paper, a presentation on TYPES of Crime fiction, and a PowerPoint with ideas on how to approach the Unseen element.
This package should provide some last minute practice before the exams.
These resources are part of a package of resources that have one philosophy: to give you all you need to teach a text or a topic IN ONE PLACE. These resources include extensive presentation PowerPoints, lots of model answers, annotated answers, mock questions, extensive background research Powerpoints, and A3 helpsheets. They also ensure that Assessment Objectives and Mark Schemes are fully addressed. The idea behind these resources is to offer detailed work that has been tested in the classroom and proven to be successful. Although at first glance they may seem pricey, the resources do offer value for money, and always offer a free taster resource with a detailed contents page, outlining exactly what is on offer, and some free taster resources.
This resource bundle seeks to offer all you need to start teaching the CRIME section of the AQA A Level specification. It includes lots of introductory Powerpoints and background on genre, plus lots of extracts to work through, with answers, plus tips to improve on the unseen examination. The Resource runs to nearly 40 documents, many of which are detailed and extensive.
This is a new idea of mine to look at key ideas in the play and aim to summarise key quotes etc on a MEMORY MAT, or Revision style mat.
If you like this mat, the full resource has 4 others on: Ambition, Deception, Clothing and Nature.
This is a free resource to assist teaching of “Macbeth”
Please have a look at my shop and my web site - details are at the shop site, plus lots of other free resources. I try to offer big value bundles and large scale resources to cover a complete topic. I have a range of Big Cat Bundles that offer massive price reductions and offer lots of resources in one place. I also have a range of resources to support A Level teaching, particularly relate to TRAGEDY and CRIME. Many of the resources are handmade in order to provide a more personal, original touch. Many are designed for Interactive White Board presentation, or they can be copied into revision booklets etc. Another option is to download onto a school site, like Sharepoint, and allow students to view on their computers etc. If you like what you find, please offer feedback.
Thank you and good luck with your teaching.
This text is assessed via extract analysis so it makes sense to look at key parts in detail. This scanned PDF is designed for showing on the Interactive Whiteboard or printing off for students, or giving for students to download onto own devices. It offers a detailed analysis of 10 key extracts from the novel, annotated in detail to support teaching and revision.
My resources are designed to be detailed, useful, and offer value for money. They have all been used in the classroom. If you find these resources useful please give feedback.
A PDF with the 5 Acts of the play in detail with key quotes and themes - good for revision with ANY exam board.
Please check out my other resources in my shop.
30 Dingbats to help learn key quotes ! Plus extra comments on each slide - over 80 slides !
Fun!
extra ones added:
An Inspector Calls
Power and Conflict Poetry
Jekyll and Hyde
This resource pulls together lots of Othello extracts which I have analysed, plus a few other pieces of exam support.
Suitable for AQA A Level Tragedy.
These memory mats cover:
Context - Macbeth/Inspector/Jekyll
Extracts analysis revision mats
Key Themes in Macbeth
15 mats in total - have a look at the free context ones to get a feel for what they are like!