Students read the Grade 9 GCSE model answer on the theme of love and trace how the 9 step method has been used to write about the extract and the play as a whole. They then plan 3 GCSE style questions on the themes of death, fate and family honour using the 9 step method. I have made it so you can print them separately or as part of a 4 page booklet.

Essential A3 revision sheets on 6 characters from Romeo and Juliet These 3 sheets have been created with the closed book AQA examination in mind. They contain key quotations from Romeo and Juliet in short easy-to-remember chunks. There is also a third revision sheet on 4 supporting characters (Friar, Nurse, Capulet, Mercutio) My students really enjoyed highlighting and colour coding the revision sheet to demonstrate their understanding. The sheets have 4 levels of difficulty: Bronze: Identify where the quotations come from in the play. Silver: Work out which themes each quotation links to. Gold: Identify language features within each quote. Diamond: Link each quotation to context.

I like to revise BIG IDEAS for my final revision lesson. This lesson is student led. Students create a mind map 6 BIG IDEAS about Romeo and Juliet using the 3 knowledge organisers to help them form their ideas. Also includes 6 sample exam questions on one A3 sheet for ease of photocopying. The 6 questions are my predictions for what might come up in 2019.

Free comprehension questions on Act 2 of Romeo and Juliet. Other popular Romeo and Juliet resources include: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-grade-9-and-grade-7-model-responses-to-aqa-gcse-questions-11580421 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-notes-for-top-quotes-11894589 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-theme-revision-cards-violence-love-family-honour-fate-death-isolation-11869598 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-6-exam-questions-on-one-a3-page-2019-predictions-12119104 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-analyse-20-key-short-extracts-with-answers-11601152

Ideal to set as an assessment after reading the first 5 chapters. Contains 3 carefully selected short extracts from chapters 2, 3 and 5. Students analyse how power is abused in each extract and answer the overall question: who is worse the humans or the pigs? There is a writing frame for students to follow to help analyse each extract and ensure they meet the criteria for A01, A02 and A03.

Just a simple list of characters, events and places in Animal Farm alongside their political allegorical parallel.

Four A3 revision sheets for An Inspector Calls. Sheet 1 revises character points, quotations and context and has 3 differentiated activities. Sheet 2 revises themes and has an exam style question for each of the 5 themes: age gender class responsibility wealth power and influence. Sheet 3 explores the stage directions for each character across the play and asks students to evaluate the changes. Sheet 4: Revision cards on the characters I have other resources available for An Inspector Calls: Bundle https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-aqa-1-9-differentiated-birling-sheila-11412310 Revision Cards: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/theme-revision-cards-for-an-inspector-calls-12124143 Knowledge Organisers https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-4-ultimate-revision-sheets-themes-character-stage-directions-cards-11574057 Revision quotations: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-test-on-10-quotations-per-character-9-1-revision-12138293

Essay planning sheets for Inspector Goole to assist with writing an exam response for An Inspector Calls. The questions on the second sheet are based on a youtube video. Link is included at the bottom of the worksheet.

Very basic free plot storyboard to help lower ability students grasp the plot to Macbeth. More Macbeth resources are available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-full-unit-12584291

3 versions of a simple but highly engaging board game to revise key quotations in Macbeth and A Christmas Carol for Paper 1 English Literature. Game 1: Use the 98 prompts to help revise 98 quotations from Macbeth and A Christmas Carol. Game 2: Explain the 98 quotations (49 from each text) to advance. Game 3: 100 questions on Macbeth (includes answers) Dice and counters not included! Also includes a Macbeth random generator activity.

Updated PowerPoint with annotations, differentiated question worksheets and differentiated writing frames for analysing Act 1 Scene 6 and Act 1 Scene 7 from Macbeth. Also includes questions to recap the main events in Act 1 as a whole.

Lesson exploring Act 5 Scene 5 from Macbeth. Includes a starter activity, scene summary, annotations and a follow up comprehension activity.

Lesson on Act 5 Scenes 8 and 9 from Macbeth. Includes engaging starter, detailed annotations and comprehension activities to test students’ understanding of the key ideas within the scene.

6 Sample AQA style exam questions on Macbeth. Put onto one A3 sheet for ease of printing. Includes a suggested planning frame that you can edit and adapt to suit your classes. For more Macbeth resources try the following links: grade 9 model responses: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-6-grade-7-9-model-responses-12187985 Revision Cards https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-revision-cards-12173097 Full bundle https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-revision-bundle-2019-12115685

A revision grid contains notes for all 15 poems on the themes of power, conflict as well as notes structure and context. The activity asks students to engage with the revision grid in order to look for discriminating comparisons. After finding a pair, students write comparative sentences. Another way of using this revision sheet is to colour code the poems that go well together.

A PowerPoint containing carefully selected annotations on the poem, learning outcomes, questions and opportunities for making comparisons to other poems in the Power and Conflict section of the anthology. There is also a 4 page booklet containing a copy of the poem and two sets of comprehension questions.

Over 10 worksheets to support the teaching of Kamikaze and Emigree from the power and conflict section of the AQA poetry anthology. Includes: - comprehension questions on both poems - a comparison table to fill in (with answers) focusing on specific conflicts on the poem linked to language, structure and form - questions based on a revision video

2 lessons/PowerPoints. Lesson 1 has carefully selected annotations followed by 13 comprehension questions based on the annotations. There is also a starter activity involving an 8 minute clip from the film ‘The Not Dead’. Lesson 2 recaps the first lesson before looking at how to improve grade 3 paragraphs by adding zoom ins and deeper inferences. The final activity asks students to compare the poem to Prelude, War Photographer and Bayonet Charge. To help with this, students are provided with matching quotations and a suggested basic writing frame.

8 questions to encourage students to consider how Dickens’ A Christmas Carol explores abstract and conceptual ideas about the human condition. Useful as a stretch activity. This is a free resource that offers a small glimpse into the large number of resources in my shop. Here are links to some of the best-selling resources in my shop. Lord of the Flies: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/lord-of-the-flies-mini-bundle-12072617 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/lord-of-the-flies-character-revision-12854559 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/lord-of-the-flies-40-page-study-booklet-12841597 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/lord-of-the-flies-theme-revision-cards-2023-12827767 Macbeth: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-top-50-and-top-100-quotations-explained-12088304 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-revision-resources-quotations-themes-context-aqa-9-1-11868119 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-revision-2023-12768948 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-revision-timelines-12715015 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-revision-cards-on-6-themes-12852726 Romeo and Juliet: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-2018-bundle-11881390 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-gcse-9-1-exam-bundle-11833024 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-notes-for-top-quotes-11894589 An Inspector Calls: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-character-revision-sheets-12862156 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-revision-sheets-11573775 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-43-page-gcse-revision-workbook-12626676 Animal Farm: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/animal-farm-40-page-revision-booklet-12846365 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/animal-farm-bundle-11499747 A Christmas Carol: 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-character-revision-sheets-12853860 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-revision-cards-and-sheets-12852711 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-revision-12829089 Power and Conflict: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/power-and-conflict-poetry-revision-grid-extended-version-11530298 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/power-and-conflict-revision-booklet-2023-12827207 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/power-and-conflict-revision-cards-12107049 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/how-to-structure-a-comparative-paragraph-for-aqa-poetry-power-and-conflict-11387714 Eduqas Poems: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/wjec-eduqas-anthology-poetry-4-revision-lessons-11888938