Ideal lesson to check the students’ understanding of the 15 poems and work out which poems to go over again.
In each round there are 15 questions (one on each poem).
Round 1: Opening Lines
Round 2: Conflict
Round 3: Power
Round 4: Key phrase
Round 5: Structure
Round 6: Context
Extra quiz on thesis statements for each poem.
Also includes an extra quiz on 5 questions per poem.
Another quiz is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/power-and-conflict-revision-quiz-12352453
Brief PowerPoint with annotations for Act 2 Scene 4 and a model analytical paragraph for explaining the importance of this often overlooked scene.
Also includes a test on ten quotations from Act 1 and Act 2.
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
Romeo and Juliet: 11 exams written in the style of the new spec for AQA 2017 Literature Paper 1.
The questions have been structured to mirror the layout of the actual exam as far as possible.
Ideal to use set as homework or to use as revision.
A handy worksheet to revise 50 carefully selected key quotations from Macbeth.
Task 1: Write a brief summary of each quotation.
Task 2: Colour code it by linking it to one of the 4 main themes.
Task 3: Identify a language feature in each quotation.
Also contains a random generator quotation revision activity.
I also offer a resource with all 50 quotations explained which can be viewed here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-top-50-quotations-explained-12088304
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
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Includes a PDF version and an editable version
This popular revision sheet that I created back in 2016 but updated in subsequent years contains concise notes for all 15 poems under the following headings:
Power
Conflict
5 Key quotations
Structure
Context
In addition to the main resource, there are various differentiated suggestions and resources to ensure students use the revision grid effectively.
I have added an enhanced version for 2023 which includes explanations of the top 5 quotations for each poem and a PowerPoint full of ideas about how to use the knowledge organiser to revise.
There are 3 differentiated accompanying worksheets that direct students towards effective use of the revision grid by writing the opening to a range of questions with different levels of prompting.
Includes 15 sample AQA style questions (one per poem) and PowerPoint containing some annotations for every poem.
You may wish purchase this as part of a power and conflict bundle which also includes lots of other revision resources on the poems along with several writing frames.
These outstanding 5 star revision sheets are aimed at preparing students for the AQA 2017 examination on ‘A Christmas Carol’. With the closed book format in mind, the sheet contains the important quotations from Staves 1 to 5, a range of points to make about context (A03) and a range of AQA style exam questions to work on.
Starter: Students read the 42 quotations and work out which Stave they come from.
Main Activity: A3 revision sheet
Bronze: Identify what we learn about the character in each quotation (A01)
Silver: Identify the key words and language features in each quotation (A02)
Gold: Identify which theme each quotation links to (A01)
Diamond: Relate each quotation to a relevant point about context (A03)
There is a second revision sheet which groups quotations by staves and themes and contains examination questions and context linked to each theme.
There is also a quotation revision sheet containing detailed notes on 20 key quotations linked to A01, A02 and A03.
This free resource contains a list of character quotations for the 5 main characters in the novel. Ideal to help with planning responses on characters.
For a Lord of the Flies scheme including 20 lessons, high grade model answers, and various revision resources try my bundles:
Full Bundle:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12072617
Smaller Bundle: (12 lessons on 12 chapters)
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12593021
I have lots more resources for Lord of the Flies available:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12072617
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12593021
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12515512
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12619460
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12682935
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12682934
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12119967
A prompt sheet to help students to peer assess poetry comparisons against the marking criteria. I have used this with the AQA Power and Conflict poems; however, it can easily be adapted for other specifications.
Theme revision sheets covering key themes in the play:
kingship
ambition
supernatural
motif of blood
Fear
Guilt
Each revision sheet analyses 6 quotations relating to the theme in detail to meet the requirements for A01, A02, A03.
My Last Duchess 25+ slide lesson or lessons with line by line annotations, comprehension questions, cloze summary activity, extension questions and a writing frame to compare the poem to Ozymandias.
A useful starter activity to help remember Scrooge quotations. With the closed book examination in mind, these work well as little and often starters to help students memorise quotations.
I have carefully selected 20 brief key extracts from the play. They are the 20 extracts I consider to be most likely to come up in the exam.
To complete the revision activity, students must work out what is happening in each extract, analyse two key quotations and make links to context, themes and ideas.
This booklet is helping my students revise for the closed book examination. There are 4 A3 sheets covering Acts 1-5.
Of the hundreds Romeo and Juliet resources I have created, this is probably the most effective.
Also includes a PowerPoint with suggested answers for each extract.
Includes an AQA version (with context) and an Eduqas version (without context).
A composite of various resources combined together to form one A3 revision sheet on the poem.
This is a free taster from my Power and Conflict bundles which are available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/power-and-conflict-2019-revision-bundle-12072615
Writing frame for comparing how London and Emigree present the power of a place. AQA power and conflict.
Also includes comprehension questions on London and Emigree to prepare for the comparison.
Also includes revision sheets on the two poems.
Full lesson which pairs 6 quotations from Stave 1 with 6 quotations and Stave 5 and asks students to make inferences looking for similarities and differences to highlight Scrooge’s transformation and redemption. The PowerPoint then goes through 3 inferences for each of the 12 quotations. The lesson also Includes a grade 9 model response and a writing frame for lower ability students.
There is also a helpsheet to support an exam question which is also attached.
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.
6 exam questions written in the style of AQA 2017 English Literature Paper 1 questions.
There is at least one exam question for each stave.
The questions cover various themes such as poverty, family, charity and Christmas.
40 questions on Stave 3 of A Christmas Carol.
Useful to set after reading the Stave to check understanding.
Includes 8 extension questions based around A03 to develop understanding of context and Dickens’ purpose.
Also includes a revision PowerPoint guiding students on how to make a mind map to revise the key quotations from the Stave.