Resources to teach ‘To Scavengers in a Truck’ by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Includes help sheets, questions, writing frames and a model essay to help with responding to feedback.
Complete lesson on Chapter 4 which guides students through the annotation of 17 key quotations from the chapter. Includes a starter and various extension tasks to deepen understanding of the main symbols in the chapter.
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.
Detailed lesson that guides students through annotating the key lines in Act 1 Scene 4. There is also a starter, comprehension questions, sample paragraph analysing the ‘stars hide your fires’ quotation and extended writing activities based on the scene with a modelled example.
A range of high grade Macbeth exam responses.
All responses were written to reflect the ability of grade 8/9 students working under timed conditions.
Marking is subjective but as an experienced examiner, I am confident all of these responses would, in my opinion, fit into the top band because all 6 contain thorough (and at times perceptive) debate with the nuances of the question supported by thorough and at times perceptive analysis of methods and wider ideas supported by fine-grained analysis of judicious quotations.
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.
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.
Essential to help with the closed book poetry exam, this revision sheet contains 5 key quotations from each poem in the Power and Conflict section of the anthology. It asks students to make notes on the significance of each quotation.
Also includes an answer sheet for teachers with some notes about why I selected each quotation.
Also includes an audio/video recording of the answers.
Also includes a blank grid for students who want to select their own 5 quotations to memorise for the closed book examination. Students must write a brief note to explain why each note is important. It is a useful exercise for making students revise their annotations.
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
3 lessons with PowerPoints and resources to help students revise 3 key quotations for each of the 18 poems in the EDUQAS 9-1 Poetry anthology.
Lesson 1:
Revise 3 quotations from each poem in the Eduqas GCSE Poetry anthology.
Includes the answers on the powerpoint appearing one by one with the mouse click.
Lesson 2:
Check understanding by identifying the key quotations and using images to commit them to long term memory.
There is also an extension activity asking students to pair up the poems and create discriminating comparisons.
Lesson 3:
Revise 3 key words for each poem. Use a code to explore comparisons between poems.
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
Resources for 2 lessons or 1 lesson and a homework based on music for ensemble (jazz and blues).
Students must define terminology associated with jazz and blues and then categorise this onto a summary sheet (answers on the pp).
There are also 3 listening questions with answers with you tube links on the pp. One of these is based on the longer answer format and firstly ask students to make notes on each section (a hint sheet is available) and then put this into continuous prose to be marked according to a SAMS mark scheme.
Differentiated tasks are including for all stages of the lesson.
A detailed A3 revision sheet containing key quotations in short easy to remember chunks for the following 4 supporting characters in Romeo and Juliet: Mercutio, Capulet, Nurse and Friar.
There is a differentiated activity to encourage students to use the revision sheet effectively:
Bronze: AO1 explain what we learn about the character in each quote.
Silver: AO3 link each quotation to context
Gold: AO3 link each quotation to a theme
Diamond: AO2 Identify language features in each quotation
Also includes a follow up lesson revising the key quotes and testing understanding.
PowerPoint to guide students through Act 3 Scene 2 of Macbeth.
Includes a scene summary, annotations of the scene, comprehension questions based on the annotations and then an extension activity analysing the use of animal imagery with an example paragraph as a guide.
A huge collection of my popular revision cards ideal for students who are studying any of the following combination texts for English Literature.
Paper 1:
Macbeth or Romeo and Juliet
A Christmas Carol
Paper 2:
An Inspector Calls or Animal Farm or Lord of the Flies
Power and Conflict
The multiple low-resolution previews should give you a pretty good idea about the quality of the resources.
Also includes a quote revision game for Macbeth and A Christmas Carol and quiz on the Power and Conflict poems.