This PowerPoint guides students through how to plan and structure 5 exam responses. Each plan has click-activated animations to talk through the process of constructing an answer. The plan is written in short hand to help students with note-taking. Each plan guides students to work through the text chronologically. Each question plan includes: Thesis Context 4 topic sentences for 4 content paragraphs Quotations for each paragraph Inferences and methods (A02) Conclusion considering authorial purpose and universal truths (A03) The 5 questions cover the following topics: How is Banquo presented? How is Macbeth presented as a violent character? How does Shakespeare present Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s relationship? How do the witches influence the play? How does Shakespeare present hallucinations? New for 2024. Also includes a sixth essay plan and a step by step essay plan and grade 9 response looking at how the concept of kingship is presented in the play.

This heavily discounted bundle combines detailed revision booklets covering 4 of the most popular GCSE literature texts: Romeo and Juliet, A Christmas Carol, An Inspector Calls and Power and Conflict. All the booklets compile my most popular individual resources into 4 easy to print booklets/pdfs. Each booklet contains high grade model responses, attractive revision cards, colourful knowledge organisers, scaffolding to help with planning, plot overviews, comprehension questions and much more. Buying the bundle of 4 booklets is more cost effective than purchasing all 4 booklets from my shop individually. An Inspector Calls - 43 page booklet + additional 7 page booklet Romeo and Juliet - 106 page booklet (updated for 2025) Power and Conflict - 51 page booklet (newly updated for 2025) A Christmas Carol - 56 page booklet (newly updated for 2025)

In this 106 page booklet, I have compiled my most popular resources on Romeo and Juliet from the last 10 years of teaching into one easy to print booklet. The booklet includes: quotation posters for 5 characters revision cards on themes and Romeo’s character high grade model answers theme trackers comprehension questions writing frames key extract worksheets critical theories context abridged version of the play and lots more.

A 43 page An Inspector Calls revision booklet and a 7 page character booklet. This comprehensive resource collates my most popular individual resources easy to print pdfs. Includes: Plot revision activity Knowledge organisers Character revision cards Theme revision cards Vocabulary builder Planning sheets for exam responses on all the main characters 9 model answers with examiner marks and comments Questions focused on the stage directions

4 differentiated writing frames to 4 actual AQA power and conflict past exam questions. Each writing frame has 3 tiers of difficulty to allow for the fact different students in the class require different levels of support and guidance in the run up to the examinations. Tier 1: Students add the analysis of the quotations. The topic sentences and recommended quotations are already filled in for them. Tier 2: Students must pick their own 3 quotations from each poem and analyse the quotations. Tier 3: Students must pick their own topic sentences, quotations and then analsyse the quotations. The questions covered are as follows: 2021 question: Compare how poets present ideas about power and control in ‘London’ and in one other poem from ‘Power and conflict’. (30) Nov 2020 question: Compare how poets present the ways people are affected by difficult experiences in ‘Remains’ and in one other poem from ‘Power and conflict’. (30) May 2019 question: Compare how poets present the ways that people are affected by war in ‘War Photographer’ and in one other poem from ‘Power and conflict’. (30) May 2018 question: Compare how poets present ideas about power in ‘Ozymandias’ and in one other poem from ‘Power and conflict’. (30)

A 56 page newly updated for 2024 revision booklet which pulls together my most popular resources over the last 10 years into one document for ease of printing/downloading. Includes theme revision cards, knowledge organisers, theme trackers, top 100 and top 20 quotation sheets, planning sheets, writing frames, 10 high grade exemplar responses, contextual reminders, comprehension questions covering all staves, key extract revision and lots more. Also includes analysis of the top 10 single words to analyse in the novella with high level explanations of how to zoom in and then how to zoom out to explore Dickens’ authorial purpose.

A Christmas Carol generic structural writing frame

This A Christmas Carol resource 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. Also contains a worksheet looking at how to construct thesis statements. ‘A thesis-style introduction that demonstrates your understanding of the question can be a really helpful way of starting your answer. It shows that you are ‘in charge’ of your essay and that you know what you think. It can provide a strong foundation for the rest of the essay. Keep referring back to the introduction to create a coherent response.’ AQA examiner’s report 2022 Creating a thesis-style introduction is a challenge for many students but is essential in helping students to reach levels 4-6 in the mark scheme. I have produced a simple 3 point structure to help students quickly generate a thesis statement in timed exam conditions. There is an example of the 3 point structure being used and then students attempt to imitate the structure for 4 other exam-style questions.

I have selected 6 themes from Lord of the Flies and included 5 key quotations for the theme along with detailed analysis of each quotation that tries to both zoom in to the writer’s methods (A02) while also zooming out to discuss Golding’s wider intentions (A03). A revision tool aimed at students working towards grades 7-9.

Newly updated for 2025, a 53 page revision booklet which compiles my most popular resources into one easy to print document. Includes: Knowledge organisers Revision page of key quotations (with detailed inferences) for every poem Knowledge tests Revision cards Writing frames Model responses Planning sheets and a range of activities to complete focused on making comparisons.

A new and vastly improved character revision sheet for 2023-2024 This A3 sheet contains a thesis-style introduction and 10 key quotations analysed in detail for the 4 main characters in Lord of the Flies: Piggy, Simon, Ralph and Jack. Also contains a blank template version. I give students the blank template first to see how much they can recall before going over the answers. Which character do you think is going to come up in the 2025 exam?

7 top band perceptive model exam responses to the following 7 exam-style questions. All responses would achieve 4/4 for SPaG. My gradings are detailed below. Some are full mark responses. Some are not quite full marks but they all should fit into the top band. Explore how Shakespeare presents the marriage of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. (34/34) Explore how far Shakespeare presents Macbeth as a violent character. (34/34) Explore how Shakespeare presents Lady Macbeth as a character who changes. (30/34) Explore how Shakespeare presents ambition. (34/34) Explore the importance of Banquo’s character. (30/34) Explore how far Shakespeare presents Lady Macbeth as a powerful woman. (29/34) Explore how Shakespeare presents Macbeth’s fears (33/34) Explore how Shakespeare presents the attitudes of Macbeth and Banquo to the supernatural. (30/34)

A compilation of my most popular Macbeth GCSE revision resources onto one 63 page booklet in word or pdf to make for easy printing. All the resources are aimed at students aiming towards grades 7-9. Includes: Character revision cards Theme revision cards Revision timelines Top 20 and top 100 quotation revision sheets 6 grade 9 exemplar responses Planning sheets Sample exam questions Key Extract analysis sheets Motifs Critical Perspectives And lots more. Best printed in A3 rather than A4. Also includes 5 essay plans for 5 different Macbeth questions. This PowerPoint guides students through how to plan and structure 5 exam responses. Each plan has click-activated animations to talk through the process of constructing an answer. The plan is written in short hand to help students with note-taking. Each plan guides students to work through the text chronologically. Each question plan includes: Thesis Context 4 topic sentences for 4 content paragraphs Quotations for each paragraph Inferences and methods (A02) Conclusion considering authorial purpose and universal truths (A03) The 5 questions cover the following topics: How is Banquo presented? (2023 prediction) How is Macbeth presented as a violent character? How does Shakespeare present Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s marriage? How do the witches influence the play? How does Shakespeare present hallucinations?

12 points about Macbeth. Each has 3 accompanying quotations with explanations to help you explore the point in an exam response. A great revision organiser for exploring the protagonist in great depth to cover whatever the exam question might be in 2023.

A compilation of my most popular Macbeth GCSE revision resources onto one word document to make for easy printing. All the resources are aimed at students aiming towards grades 7-9 Includes: Character revision cards Theme revision cards Revision timelines Top 20 and top 100 quotation revision sheets 6 grade 9 exemplar responses Planning sheets Sample exam questions Key Extract analysis sheets And lots more Best printed in A3 or simply change your printer settings to print in A4.

This lesson shares a secret 3 step formula for how to write thesis-style introductions for Lord of the Flies. In their 2022 examiner feedback, AQA mentioned thesis-style introductions as a common feature of high grade responses. In this 24 slide PowerPoint, I provide a range of example thesis-style introductions for different characters and guide students on how to create their own. It is aimed at helping students push for the higher grades by demystifying the idea of thesis statements into an easy to follow process. This process can also be used for Macbeth and A Christmas Carol in Paper 1 so I have also included 2 examples for these texts and an extension task for these texts.

90 slide powerpoint that revises and makes thoughtful inferences on over 100 key quotations across the novel. This is best used across a series of 3-5 revision lessons with students guided to create a revision page on each stave. Also contains an A3 help sheet with 100 key quotations and brief explanations displayed in chronological order. Also includes analysis of the top 10 single words to analyse in the novella with high level explanations of how to zoom in and then how to zoom out to explore Dickens’ authorial purpose. 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. Also includes 5 lessons to cover the initial first reading of the novella.

This resources contains 4 partially completed essays on the 4 main characters in Lord of the Flies: Simon, Ralph, Jack and Piggy. It is aimed at helping students with structuring their exam responses. It is differentiated depending on the knowledge and ability of the students in your group. In the easier version, students add the inferences for the quotations. In the harder version, students select the quotation and add the inferences to support the topic sentences. There is a helpsheet of quotations to help students complete the harder task. Also contains a lesson on how to write thesis style introductions.