Two comprehension worksheets analysing the language in the following two soliloquies: Juliet in Act 4 Scene 3 Romeo in Act 5 Scene 3.

Character flashcards for the 6 main characters in the play. Each flashcard contains explanations for 5 quotations. There are also a series of high-level adjectives to describe each character.

12 Flashcards containing 30 quotations about the character of Macbeth. Available as a single resource or as a bundle with my other flashcards on themes. Also includes 6 theme revision cards and 6 revision cards covering the 6 main characters in the play.

A lesson which explores how women characters are presented in A Christmas Carol. It looks at key quotations from Belle, Mrs Cratchit, Mrs Fezziwig, Fan and other characters. Then it encourages to examine and evaluate whether or not Dickens presents women characters in a positive or problematic way in the novel.

Romeo and Juliet sequencing activity on the plot

Lesson 1 introduces the poem Hawk Roosting and prepares students for an exam style question using the writing frame. Lesson 2 includes a writing frame to help compare how power is presented in Ozymandias and Hawk Roosting.

Full lesson and worksheet for analysing the setting at the start of Chapter 6. The focus is on commenting on the impact of word choices and the impact of the cyclical structure.

A comprehensive A3 revision sheet for ‘A Christmas Carol’ with differentiated tasks. It includes key quotations from each stave and various ways of making links to context for A03. The differentiated tasks encourage students to Bronze: Find language features in the quotations Silver: Match the quotations and context to themes Gold: Work out the 10 quotations which can be adapted to suit the most themes. Also includes a planning resource offering 3 levels of differentiation to help guide students on how to structure a full length response on the following 4 themes/topics: children, materialism, ghosts, Christmas. Tier 1 difficulty (I do): Big idea, topic sentences and quotations are provided. Students add the analysis of the quotations. Tier 2 difficulty (We do): Students must choose 2 quotations to support each topic sentence and analyse the quotations. Tier 3 difficulty (You do): Students have to generate the big idea, the topic sentences, 2 quotations a paragraph and the quotation analysis.

Red Dust - Travel writing extract comprehension activities

Lesson along with planning sheets to help students to plan and write an AQA exam response on the character of Mr Birling. Sheet 1: Listening activity with youtube link Sheet 2: Find quotations Sheet 3: Exploratory questions and useful sentence stems/writing frame Sheet 4: Grade 6 exemplar response with examiner comments Sheet 5: 10 quotations explained in detail

An essay plan with suggested answers on the character of Eric Birling. The PowerPoint lesson gives a basic introduction about the character of Eric and is suitable for lower ability students. The planning sheet is more suited to pushing higher-attaining students. Also contains a 10 quotation revision sheet and a blank template for students to have a go at explaining the quotations first.

6 Revision cards for the 6 characters in An Inspector Calls. Each card contains a list of adjectives to describe each character 5 key quotations a brief explanation for each quotation Also incudes a blank version to help test students’ understanding. Also includes a PowerPoint to go through the answers. Higher ability students should be encouraged to expand on the analysis using the success criteria.

Using this marking code will speed up your marking without compromising the quality and specificity of your marking because it transfers the time-consuming job of writing the targets out for each student from you to the students. Your marking will look something like this: WWW 1. 3. 7. EBI 4. 10. 15. Read the work and select 3 ways they have met the generic success criteria (WWW) and 3 ways they can improve further (EBI). The students have to then write out the target before trying to meet it. The 20 criteria start with the basics of using full stops and capital letters before moving on to much harder targets such as using a full range of punctuation. This should work with any creative writing task. Students can also use it a self-assessment tool. I have also included a differentiated and more visually stimulating version which just has 8 targets.

Narrative writing lesson for mid to low ability based on preparing students for English Language Paper 1 Question 5/Section B. Using an image of a dark alley, students use the 6 paragraph planning sheet to structure their narrative. This lesson works very effectively with mid/low ability students. There are also 3 model paragraphs to annotate about a dark alley. Also includes resources for self and peer assessment of the first draft.

6 worksheets to support the teaching of descriptive writing about WW1 trench warfare. To prepare KS2 and 3 students for the AQA GCSE exam on creative writing, the writing is inspired by a specific image. The worksheets cover figurative language, sensuous descriptions, planning and model examples.