A complete ready to teach lesson analysing Act 3 Scene 2 of Macbeth. Includes a differentiated starter, detailed animated annotations of the full scene, comprehension questions and then an activity examining the use of imagery in the scene. Includes a model paragraph for students to use as a guide.

Complete ready to teach lesson analysing Act 4 Scene 2 from Macbeth. Includes a differentiated starter, detailed line annotations of the whole scene, comprehension questions and a final activity that asks students to write an analytical paragraph about the scene. Also includes a grade 7 exam response based on an extract from Act 4 Scene 2 exploring how women are presented in the play.

Exam walk-through style lesson answering the following question: Starting with this extract (from Act 1 Scene 7) how does Shakespeare present ideas about masculinity? (34 marks). The lesson examines the extract with detailed annotations and then looks at 3 other key scenes in which masculinity is important. There is then a model paragraph to help students begin their response.

Fully resourced unit of 5 lessons which introduce the unseen prose element to A Level students. Can also work for high ability GCSE students as a transition/bridging to A Level. Extracts from 19th century classic are used to give students a grounding of themes within classic literature before the transition to post-1945 texts. Each lesson is focused on how to answer an exam-style theme question based on a short extract. Lesson 1: Great Expectations - Miss Havisham extract. Explore the significance of degeneration in this extract. Lesson 2: Frankenstein - Chapter 5 extract. Explore the significance of disappointment in this extract. Lesson 3: Jane Eyre - Extract about Bertha Explore the significance of restriction in this extract. Lesson 4: Jekyll and Hyde - Extract from Jekyll’s statement Explore the significance of duality in this extract. Lesson 5: The Catcher in the Rye - opening paragraph Explore the significance of cynicism in the extract.

A complete analysis of the Section B from Bach’s Badinerie set work from Eduqas GCSE Music. This is at least 3 full lessons with differentiated tasks and worksheets which ensures students annotate their scores correctly. There is also a summary lesson to test their learning at the end of the analysis and performance. Performance parts that have been used are readily available by the examination board.

A complete analysis of Section A from Bach’s Badinerie set work from Eduqas GCSE Music. This is at least 3 full lessons with differentiated tasks and worksheets which ensures students annotate their scores correctly. There is also a summary lesson to test their learning at the end of the analysis and performance. Performance parts that have been used are readily available by the examination board.

Ann exemplar response to the 2017 AQA Romeo and Juliet question on male aggression. The extract is placed next to the exemplar. I have pitched it at a grade 7/8 level so students can spend time examining how to improve it further to help meet the grade 9 criteria by exploring the impact of how methods shape meanings for A02 in more depth while also being more assured when considering context and wider ideas for (A03).

50 Questions over 50 Slides on Romeo and Juliet. The questions go through the key plot points and quotations chronologically. There is the answer slide at the end to allow students to mark the quiz themselves.

3 Power and Conflict revision quizzes. A 50 question revision quiz to complete once you have taught all 15 poems from the Power and Conflict section of the anthology. Includes the answers at the end.Can be repeated to help measure progress and identify which poems you need to go over again. Also contains a second paper-based 6 round revision quiz. Also contains a quiz with 75 questions (5 questions on every poem_ with answer sheet.

Two lessons which introduce the set work ‘Bach’s Badinerie’ by giving an understanding of Baroque music, the composer, instrumentation and the larger suite Badinerie is taken from. All tasks are fully differentiated and homework ideas are also provided. Worksheets are also differentiated for different target grades where required. This leads into a full analysis which can be found as part of a bundle with this resource.

Complete lesson analysing Fred’s character in A Christmas Carol. Differentiated starter activity. Detailed annotation of 8 key Fred quotations with 4 detailed inferences for each quotation. The annotations are animated to appear one by one so you can talk them through. Students are then given a model paragraph and asked to use their notes to write the next paragraph(s). The plenary invites students to consider the strengths and weaknesses of Dickens’ characterisation and asks students to think about Fred’s one-dimensionality.

A grade 8 - not quite grade 9 - response to a question about how Moses and Benjamin are important in Animal Farm.

Lesson exploring the importance of Fezziwig in the novel. There is a differentiated starter with answers followed by analysis of 8 quotations. Once again possible answers are provided. Then students attempt to write an analytical paragraph using one or more of the quotations.

Lesson analysing the initial description of The Ghost of Christmas Past. Includes a differentiated starter, detailed analysis of 5 key quotations, activity to boost analytical word power followed by an analytical writing task.

Complete lesson analysing Act 4 Scene 3 from Macbeth. Includes a starter activity, scene summary, 9 slides of line by line annotations for this extended scene and analytical questions (covering how Scotland and Macbeth are presented in the scene) to test understanding of the annotations. Also contains a revision sheet on the character of Macduff.

Lesson introducing Act 3 Scene 2 of Macbeth. Includes annotations of key lines in the play, comprehension questions based on the annotations and a detailed exploration of the ‘scorpion’ image along with an example paragraph.

25 lessons covering every scene from the play. Also includes 20 revision cards with detailed analysis of 20 of the most important quotations in the play aimed at grade 7-9 students. All lessons include scene summaries, detailed annotations and often includes extension activities, comprehension questions, differentiated starters example paragraphs to guide students on how to effectively write analytical paragraphs. Also includes a PowerPoint with the whole play annotated.

A full lesson analysing the character of Old Benjamin in Animal Farm. The PowerPoint/pdf includes the following: 3 question starter with detailed answers on slide 2. Then student attempt to explain 6 key quotations before comparing their explanations to the teacher explanations. Students are then given a model paragraph and asked to write their own paragraph analysing Benjamin. The included writing frame is optional for weaker students.

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.