Detailed AQA GCSE Literature Paper 1 lesson on Jekyll and Hyde exam practice focusing on Utterson’s dream, includes:
Basic plot of story for visual learners
Chapter list and some contextual overview
Quiz with answers
Exam technique
Mark Scheme
Annotated exam extract (Mysterious dream)
Success Criteria
Detailed plan
Model introduction and thesis statement
Straightforward lesson on exam practice for AQA Literature Paper 1 Jekyll and Hyde includes:
Quiz with answers
Exam technique
Mark Scheme
Annotated exam extract (Good and Evil)
Some context
Chapter Breakdown
Success Criteria
Detailed plan
Model introduction and thesis statement
Very detailed AQA GCSE Literature Paper 1 lesson and resources on how to approach the Jekyll and Hyde exam essays, includes:
Exam technique
Chapter Breakdown
All main and secondary characters
Women in the novella
Contextual overview for both texts
Key Vocabulary including homosocial
Mark Scheme
Annotated exam extracts
Colour-coded introductions with thesis statements
Colour-coded Student exemplar response with examiner’s comments
Easily adaptable
Very detailed lesson on exam essay structure for AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 1 focusing on Macbeth, Jekyll and Hyde, and An Inspector Calls. It includes:
Exam technique
Contextual overview for all three texts
Key Vocabulary
Mark Scheme
Annotated exam extracts (MacB /J&H)
Colour-coded introductions with thesis statements
Student exemplar responses (graded)
Very detailed lesson on how to approach AQA GCSE Literature Paper 1 (Macbeth and Jekyll and Hyde) includes:
Exam technique
Quizzes with answers
Contextual overview for both texts
Key Vocabulary
Mark Scheme
GCSE Literature Past Paper Exam Questions 2017-2022
Annotated exam extracts
Colour-coded introductions with thesis statements
Colour-coded Student exemplar responses
Write a lot about little paragraph
Very detailed lesson on the fundamentals of building AQA English Literature Paper 1 essays focusing on Macbeth and J&H. Includes:
Contextual overview for both texts
Key Vocabulary
Mark Scheme
Annotated exam extracts
Colour-coded introductions with thesis statements
Student exemplar responses
Detailed AQA GCSE English Literature lesson revising the main ideas in the novella. It includes:
Basic plot
Revision template
Quiz with answers
Context
Form and structure
Exam question on Scrooge’s attitude and behaviour (Stave One)
Success criteria and mark scheme
Two student responses
Model introduction with thesis statement
Planning slides
Easily adaptable to other exam boards
Very detailed AQA GCSE Literature lesson and resources on the supernatural in Macbeth includes:
Quiz with answers
Supernatural context, and early modern versus modern audience interpretation
Each relevant scene in the play annotated
All the characters in the supernatural plot
Exam question (1.3)
Colour-coded model introduction with thesis statement
Colour-coded student response
Planning focus
Easily adapatable to other exam boards
Detailed lesson on Macbeth Act Five focusing on the key moments
includes:
The plot of Act Five
Crucial moments from the playscript
Key Vocabulary
Mark Scheme
Exam Question
Lesson providing a general overview of the play includes:
Annotated mark scheme and simplified mark scheme
Question extract on the theme of Guilt
Detailed historical context- Great Chain of Being, Divine Right of Kings, Gunpowder Plot, Witchcraft
Key Vocabulary
Main and secondary characters - each one explained in snapshot
Plot summary and detailed plot resource
Pre-annotated exam question on the Sergeant’s speech from 1.2 (annotations can be deleted)
Actual student response on the exam question (resource too)
Should be used to recap in Year 11
AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 1, Macbeth exam question lesson (2.2). It includes:
Annotated mark scheme
Question extract on the theme of Guilt
Detailed historical context- Great Chain of Being, Divine Right of Kings, Gunpowder Plot, Witchcraft
Key Vocabulary
Pre-annotated exam question (annotations can be deleted)
Colour-coded model introduction with thesis statement
Colour-coded model paragraph with examiners mark and comments (aimed at Lower ability)
Scaffolded paragraph
Detailed AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 1 lesson on the character of Banquo- his status, motivation and significance to plot and context. It includes:
Banquo’s Character and Purpose
Banquo’s Scenes with relevant excerpts from the playscript
Exam question (3.1) - extract pre-annotated
Colour-coded model introduction with thesis statement
Colour-coded model paragraph (aimed at Grade 5)
Easily adaptable to other exam boards and iGCSE
Extremely detailed lesson on each component of the AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 2. It includes:
How to approach An Inspector Calls and Power and Conflict poetry and Unseen poetry
Walk-through of the whole exam paper
Quizzes and answers for AIC and Power and Conflict
Table of all past exam questions for AIC and Power and Conflict
Key vocabulary
Exam technique
Past questions and mark scheme indicative content
Colour-coded introductions with thesis statements
Colour-coded model paragraphs
Mark scheme and examiner’s mark and comments
How to structure your answer resource
How to structure comparative poetry essay (‘Ozymandias’ and ‘MLD’)
Colour-coded model responses for the Unseen section
Detailed lesson on AQA GCSE Literature Paper 2 Exam Essay Structure and lesser Characters in the play. It includes:
General essay tips
Mark Scheme
Exam questions + exam questions resource with 14 questions
Eric model essay resource as a guide
Example paragraph
Examiner’s commentary
Step-by-step approach to an exam question on gender
Analyses of quotes with bullet-point guidance
General historical context on gender
Essay plan including building a clear thesis statement
This can be easily adapted to your class or to other exam boards, hence no AOs on slides
Detailed lesson on AQA GCSE Literature Paper 2 on how to approach a theme question. It includes:
Exam questions
Mark Scheme in a nutshell
Theme with a focus on collective responsibility
Excerpt from the play
General essay tips
Example responses
Examiner’s commentary
Tips for signposting the examiner
Writing a thesis statement
This can be easily adapted to your class or to other exam boards, hence no AOs on slides
Lesson on AQA GCSE Literature Paper 2 An Inspector Calls Act One Recap. It includes:
Form and structure
General historical context
Key speeches from Act One
Detailed plot resource
Exam question and model paragraph
Sentence starters
This can be easily adapted to your class or to other exam boards, hence no AOs on slides
Detailed lesson on AQA GCSE Literature Paper 2 Exam Essay Structure and lesser Characters in the play. It includes:
General essay tips
Mark Scheme
General historical context
Key Vocabulary
Analyses of Gerald, Edna, Joe Meggarty and Eva Smith
Exam question with colour-coded introduction and thesis statement
Model exemplar response
General plan
This can be easily adapted to your class or to other exam boards, hence no AOs on slides
Very detailed lesson for the coursework question: How does Priestley present the Inspector in An Inspector Calls? but this can be adapted to many different questions. You could probably get two-three lessons from this, depending.
It includes:
Coursework overview and guidelines
AOs
Mark scheme
Quiz with answers
Historical context
Form and structure
Language analysis slides
Theme
Key quotes
Scaffolded essay plan
Slides on ‘lesser’ characters
Easily adaptable
Lesson focusing on tips on how to approach OCR English Literature A Level Paper 2 Question 6: essay, including:
Detailed slides
Mark scheme
Typical Question 6 on language and control
Language in THT
Literary and socioeconomic context
How to build an essay starting with a thesis statement, through to argument and conclusion (AO focused)
Model introductions including one colour coded and one student model introduction
Colour-coded model essay for discussion
Suggestions for wider reading
Easily adaptable
Lesson focusing on tips on how to approach OCR English Literature A Level Paper 2 Question 5: language analysis, including:
2019&2022 grade boundaries compared
Mark scheme
Dystopian reading list
Dystopian conventions
Typical Question 5 based on an extract from Nineteen Eighty-Four THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF OLIGARCHICAL COLLECTIVISM
Consolidation questions
Easily adaptable