A worksheet to help explore Act 3 Scene 4. Read the scene Task 1. Find quotations to support each point. Task 2: Convert 3 quotations in PEE paragraphs Extension: Give acting directions to Macbeth and draw an image of the scene on stage. Worksheet 2: Analyse the impact of Macbeth’s word choices when speaking to the ghost.

Questions on each scene to review understanding of the plot with an answer sheet

A great resource to help students plan essay responses to 5 different themes in the novel.

A range of differentiated resources for teaching students how to compare the writer’s perspectives in two non-fiction texts (Red Dust and Touching the Void).

Oliver Twist: Nancy’s Death. How does Dickens use language to make the scene dramatic? There are two differentiated versions of the task with differentiated writing frame guidelines. There are also differentiated resources to help students answer this GCSE style question. Includes a revision of language features in the extract.

A high grade response to the May 2019 AQA question on A Christmas Carol presented in the form of a handy printable revision poster. The question was … Starting with this extract, explore how Dickens uses the ghosts to help Scrooge change his attitudes and behaviour. Write about: • how Dickens uses Marley’s Ghost in this extract • how Dickens uses the ghosts to help Scrooge change his attitudes and behaviour in the novel as a whole. The influence of all 4 ghosts is analysed in detail. The response is broken up into clear sections with an introduction and conclusion. Also includes: A timeline revision activity for A Christmas Carol that asks students to offer 3 layers of analysis for 13 key Scrooge quotations to help track his transformation in the novel from a solitary miser to a redeemed philanthropist. A01: What is the meaning of the quotation? A02: What is the impact of words/methods? A03: What is Dickens’ message in this quotation? Comprehensive answer sheet is included. I give this out at the end of the lesson so students can compare their answers to it. Ideal revision activity in the run up to the May examinations.

Now we are several years into the new syllabus, I predict they might go for a more obscure extracts. I have been through the text and come up with 6 predictions about extracts that might come up in 2025. Students read each extract and complete the planning grid for each. Ideal to use in a final revision lesson. Also includes a planning resource which offers 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.

To Kill a Mockingbird: model essays on themes of prejudice and racism

A sheet to help students plan a response to the following AQA 1-9 question on Romeo and Juliet which meets the criteria for A01, A02, A03: How far do you think Shakespeare presents Capulet as a good father. (34)

Worksheet on using parenthesis.

A 45 slide lesson that teaches students how to identify and comment on the effect of semantic fields in the short extract that is used for AQA Paper 1 Question 2 and Paper 2 Question 3. There are 6 extracts to work through as students develop the skill to identify a pattern of words within each extract. Commenting on a semantic field allows students to make a more sophisticated comment about the effect of language than merely commenting on individual words in isolation.

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.

4 extracts from To Kill a Mockingbird each with a challenging question investigating the impact of language features.

Write a letter in role as Oliver to Mr Sowerberry. 3 levels of differentiated offered in the 3 worksheets.

A 76 slide lesson aimed at lower ability students which guides them through 30 key quotations from Macbeth. Each quotation is introduced with a prompt question. The next slide then explains the quotation. This process continues for all 30 quotations. There is a knowledge retention test worksheet attached to check how much knowledge students have retained.

6 revision cards covering 6 quotations linked to the theme of supernatural in A Christmas Carol. The detailed explanation of the quotations are linked to the 3 A0s and authorial methods are underlined. Also contains a revision sheet with 30 quotations linking to the supernatural. Also contains critical perspectives about the witches. Check out my shop for other A Christmas Carol resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-theme-revision-cards-poverty-isolation-ghosts-christmas-family-11869145 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-gcse-differentiated-revision-sheets-on-themes-and-context-11387723 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/stave-1-and-stave-5-scrooge-s-transformation-in-a-christmas-carol-11503154 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-grade-9-lesson-and-essays-on-ghosts-11552659 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-100-comprehension-questions-with-answer-sheet-12450748 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/revise-themes-in-a-christmas-carol-family-isolation-poverty-charity-christmas-supernatural-11577227 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/grade-9-a-christmas-carol-exam-responses-12220340 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-top-50-quotations-11901568 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-3-grade-9-model-answers-for-eduqas-gcse-exam-style-11797550 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 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-aqa-1-9-super-bundle-11532059#

An A3 revision resource to remind students about the following: connectives persuasive techniques cohesion punctuation complex sentences figurative language Also includes an extension activity which models a first paragraph to 3 different Paper 2 Question 5 style questions and asks students to write the next paragraph. Also includes a revision mat with tips and writing frame for Paper 2 questions 2-4.

Full lesson to help students analyse the significance of the death of Curley’s Wife in Chapter 5.

PowerPoint full lesson with resource for analysing the poem independently to compare to teacher annotations. Also includes a sample exam question.

Various comprehension worksheets to develop an understanding of the 3 parts of the book.