PowerPoint with differentiated Worksheets for 2/3 lessons analysing Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen. Includes annotations for lower ability students.
Also includes an additional creative writing lesson based on the poem with full resources.
3 A3 revision sheets, 1 A4 revision sheet and a set of revision cards.
Sheet 1 has carefully selected key quotations for all 6 characters and carefully selected points about context for A03.
Sheet 2 has quotations for 5 themes and exam questions based on each theme.
Sheet 3 is a summary and brief explanation of 10 key quotations for each character.
Sheet 4 contains a summary of key stage directions across the play.
Sheet 1 contains suggested differentiated revision activities:
Bronze:
Apply a word from the word bank to each quotation.
Silver:
Link each quotation to a theme (age, gender, class, responsibility).
Gold:
Use the revision sheet to write essays on all 6 characters.
A high level grade 8 or 9 exam-style response to a question about Banquo.
Starting with this extract, explore the significance of Banquo in the play.
Includes a mark and an examiner comment.
Also includes a revision poster looking at key Banquo quotations.
A grade 9 critical and exploratory response to an exam-style generic question about how Romeo and Juliet’s relationship develops during the play.
Also contains a response adapted for a question on Romeo’s feelings for Juliet.
I have included the extract and a brief examiner commentary to help explain why the response would achieve grade 9.
The response is 662 words along which is about the average length of a grade 9 essay in 45 minutes of exam conditions.
Also available as part of a group of model responses:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-grade-9-grade-8-and-grade-7-model-responses-to-aqa-gcse-questions-11580421
Planning sheet and writing frame to guide students through how to answer a GCSE style exam question on the theme of family in A Christmas Carol (GCSE 1-9).
5 Exams written in the style of the new 9-1 AQA GCSE examination for Romeo and Juliet.
For the exam on the theme of love there is a model answer for students to annotate.
For the questions on the other themes, there is a 9 step grid for students to follow.
I have also attached a generic writing frame for responding to any character or theme to help students with the 9 step method.
A full lesson analysing Chapter 1.
Includes a context recap page, starter, comprehension questions and notes for students to annotate over 30 key quotations from the chapter.
Ends with some extension questions.
Also includes a lesson analysing an extract from Chapter 1 about the island with specific questions to elicit perceptive inferences.
A revision booklet focusing on 20 short key extracts from Macbeth. I have picked the 20 extracts most likely to come up in an examination.
For each extract, students revise the main ideas (A01), select 2 quotations to analyse (A02), and make a link to context (A03).
Also includes questions on every single scene of the play (with answers) to help students recap the plot.
Lesson that guides students through Act 3 Scene 1 of Macbeth with a scene summary, detailed annotations followed by comprehension questions to test understanding of the annotations.
100 question knowledge retention board game on A Christmas Carol. Includes answer sheet.
Works well when used little and often as a 10 minute repeated activity to help commit the knowledge into long term learning.
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https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/grade-9-response-on-poverty-in-a-christmas-carol-12512988
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/6-grade-9-model-essays-on-a-christmas-carol-for-aqa-or-eduqas-11896608
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This 44 page PowerPoint collates my carefully selected annotations for each poem onto one 44 page powerpoint.
The annotations are animated to appear on the mouse click so you can go over them one by one.
The revision lesson asks students to make 3 mind maps by grouping the poems into 3 themes:
Power of nature: Tissue, Storm on the Island, Kamikaze, Prelude, Ozymandias,
Effects of war: Bayonet Charge, Exposure, War Photographer, Charge of the Light Brigade, Poppies, Remains
Conflict with identify: London, Emigree, Checking out my History, My Last Duchess
Also includes an A3 revision sheet containing key notes on each poem.
Also includes a test with 5 questions on every poem.
I do have other power and conflict resources available:
Bundle
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/power-and-conflict-revision-11626301
Model answers:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/power-and-conflict-grade-9-model-essays-12213236
Revision cards:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/power-and-conflict-revision-cards-12107049
A lesson for exploring Storm on the Island in the Power and Conflict AQA anthology.
Step 1: Students use the hint questions to prompt them to gain an independent understanding of the poem.
Step 2: Read through the answer and complete.
Step 3: Questions to test understanding of new annotations.
Step 4: Review by creating thesis statement about Heaney’s purpose.
Example high level comparison of War Photographer and Exposure.
Save money by purchasing as part of a bundle of grade 9 responses:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/power-and-conflict-grade-9-model-essays-12213236
Or buy my full power and conflict bundle also containing lessons and various revision activities:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/power-and-conflict-bundle-2018-11881499
Eduqas GCSE poetry quiz. 5 rounds of questions with 18 questions per round - one per poem. Worksheet and PowerPoint. Useful for finding out which poems to go over again.
Links to other Eduqas poetry resources:
Revision Cards
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/eduqas-wjec-poetry-revision-cards-gcse-12107545
Lessons on all poems
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/wjec-anthology-bundle-2-lesson-on-each-poem-11896591
Revision resources:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/wjec-eduqas-poetry-anthology-revising-all-poems-11894072
Bundle:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/wjec-eduqas-poetry-anthology-bundle-gcse-9-1-11815065
A high level grade 9 exemplar response that explores ideas about power in Ozymandias and Tissue. Includes some examiner annotations.
Also includes annotations for both poems that focused on ideas about power.
Also includes a writing/planning frame to help see how the essay was created from a plan.
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.
7 Lessons covering each scene from Act 1 of Macbeth.
All lessons include a starter, scene summary, questions, detailed annotations and extension activities.