AQA English Literature A Level Elements of Crime: Poetry
‘The Laboratory’ by Robert Browning
Very detailed lesson covering all AOs
Includes socioeconomic context for background
Poem includes helpful annotations
Exam questions and colour-coded model answer
Easily adaptable
AQA English Literature A Level Elements of Crime: Poetry, ‘Peter Grimes’ by George Crabbe
Very detailed lesson covering all AOs
Includes socioeconomic context for background and elements of crime
Poem includes helpful annotations on key sections
Exam question
Easily adaptable
AQA English Literature A Level, Elements of Crime: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Very detailed lesson covering all AOs
Includes socioeconomic context for background, theme, motif, elements of crime
Key sections for whole class analysis
Exam practice question and indicative content
Easily adaptable
AQA English Literature A Level, Elements of Crime Poetry
Overview of each poem, including links, key quotes/ideas/ themes
‘Peter Grimes’
‘Ballad of Reading Gaol’
‘My Last Duchess’
‘Porphyria’s Lover’
‘The Laboratory’
Exam question
Examiner advice
Indicative content
Ideal for revision lessons
Full lessons on: Colonialism, Immigration, Social media
Lots of questioning
Topical media extracts for analysis
Scaffolding
Model answers
Good preparation for GCSE but can be used across KS3
Very detailed lesson focusing on:
Plot (inc. key scenes for Romeo and Juliet)
Character
Theme
Key Quotes
Extract Analysis
Lesson can be split - it’s effectively two lessons - and is easily differentiated for all KS3 abilities
Detailed revision lesson for AQA A Level Literature, Aspects of Tragedy, covering all the assessment objectives. Includes:
Exam questions for all sections of the Aspects of Tragedy Paper
Candidate responses with commentary
*** Focus on DOAS** – analepsis, theme, motif, annotated extract from play
Very detailed overview lesson for AQA A Level Literature, Aspects of Tragedy, covering all the assessment objectives. Includes:
Post WWII context and the American Dream
Plot and Theme overview
Language, form, and structure
Annotated opening stage directions and early dialogue
Exam question
Ideal for revision
Detailed lesson for AQA A Level Literature, Aspects of Tragedy, covering all the assessment objectives. Includes:
Audio of poem being read
Annotated poem slides
Context, inc. overview of the Romantic movement
Language, form, and structure
Alternative reading (feminist)
Exam question
Breakdown of Tragedy paper
Mark scheme
Detailed lesson for AQA A Level Literature, Aspects of Tragedy, covering all the assessment objectives. Includes:
Context
Plot
Setting
Language, form, and structure
Tragedy Paper Section C format, mark scheme, question and model answer with commentary
Practice Question
Detailed lesson on writing exam answers in line with the Assessment Objectives
Includes:
Mark Scheme and questions(June 2018)
Important technical background
Hegemonic masculinity from gender order theory
Examiner’s report
Context
Overview of Theme, Symbol, Motif, Language
June 2017 Practice Question
Indicative content
Detailed plan
Model introductory paragraphs
Detailed lesson in line with Assessment Objectives
Includes:
Focus on imagery exam question
Key imagery in the play
Animal and insect
Light and dark and shadows
Flowers and synaesthesia
Main characters
Extracts from key moments
Pre-2024 exam lesson in line with the Assessment Objectives
Includes:
List of previous and possible question foci
Plastic theatre, music, lighting, and scene-by-scene
Annotated analysis slides of the play’s ending
Detailed plan for a question on vulnerability
Marked student answer on confrontation question
Detailed lesson in line with Assessment Objectives
Includes:
2023 grade boundaries
June 2018 exam questions
Excerpt from critical anthology
Mark scheme and examiner’s guidelines
Iambic pentameter, Great Chain of Being
Theme and Key Terminology
Sample response
Plan
Marked student answer to masculinity question
Detailed lesson in line with Assessment Objectives
Includes:
June 2018 &19 exam questions
Indicative content
Critical opinion for AO5
Overview of main character dynamics and timeline of events
The concept of ‘The Other’ and the Madonna/Whore dichotomy
Coloured-coded candidate response
Marked student answer to disturbing aspects of human nature question
Extremely detailed lesson in line with Assessment Objectives – you can get at least three hours from this.
Includes:
Breakdown of Paper 1
All past paper questions up to 2023 inc. possible questions
Tragic conventions (Aristotlelean) and unusual context
Candidate responses
Annotated extract slides
Introductions
Marked Streetcar student response and more!
Edexcel A Level Paper 1 Drama, Section B: A Streetcar Named Desire Overview and Exam Questions in line with the Assessment Objectives
Includes:
Mark Scheme
All past paper question up to 2023
Plot, tragic form and structure
Context
Overview of Theme, Symbol, Motif, Language
June 2017 Practice Question
Guided Plan
Detailed lesson in line with Assessment Objectives
Includes:
November 2021 exam questions
Mark Scheme, Indicative Content, Examiner’s guidelines
Transcribed candidate response (annotated)
Critical opinion for AO5
The concept of ‘The Other’ and the Madonna/Whore dichotomy
Quotes on Masculinity
Detailed perfect paragraph hitting all AOs