Fun, engaging and hassle-free resources for secondary English and Drama. Developed by a lead practitioner and AQA examiner, you can be sure all resources are geared towards the latest specifications.
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Fun, engaging and hassle-free resources for secondary English and Drama. Developed by a lead practitioner and AQA examiner, you can be sure all resources are geared towards the latest specifications.
If you make a purchase and find the resource useful, why not get another one absolutely free? Simply leave a review for the resource purchased, email ireviewedajs@outlook.com with your TES username along with the free resource you would like. Your free resource will then be sent over right away!
This is a free trial of the full 20 slide resource which can be purchased here for only £3!
(Description of the full 20 slide resource below)
A fantastic collection of visually stunning display posters guaranteed to light up your classroom!
Using quotations from Macbeth, this collection of 20 display posters combines striking images with beautiful fonts to create memorable visual prompts for your students. Ideal in any GCSE English classroom.
In the age of closed book exams, these will not only look great, but help your students revise quotations during each and every lesson.
I have also included the PPT files, so that you can print using the ‘2 slides per page’ option and print them off for your students to use as revision cue cards!
Most of the key quotations are included here, covering all the acts and key characters from the play.
The PPT preview is problematic on TES, but they download absolutely fine when purchased. I’ve also included the PDF version for added peace of mind.
A fantastic collection of visually stunning display posters guaranteed to light up your classroom!
Using quotations from Macbeth, this collection of 20 display posters combines striking images with beautiful fonts to create memorable visual prompts for your students. Ideal in any GCSE English classroom.
In the age of closed book exams, these will not only look great, but help your students revise quotations during each and every lesson.
I have also included the PPT files, so that you can print using the ‘2 slides per page’ option and print them off for your students to use as revision cue cards!
Most of the key quotations are included here, covering all the acts and key characters from the play.
The PPT preview is problematic on TES, but they download absolutely fine when purchased. I’ve also included the PDF version for added peace of mind. Why not check out the free trial before you buy?
If you loved the resource and think it’s worth 5 stars, why not get another one absolutely free?
Simply leave a review, email ireviewedajs@outlook.com with your TES username and state the free resource* you would like!
(Free resource cannot exceed the value of the original resource purchased)
Do you teach Macbeth but only wish to cover the key scenes?
Perhaps you are looking to give your year 10 or
Key Stage 3 classes a taster of the play?
Don’t have time to go over each and every scene?
Then this bundle is for you!
Here I have collated the key scenes into a handy and cost effective bundle. However, if you want the full scheme of work, this can be purchased here
Scenes included in the bundle:
Act 1 Scene 3 - Macbeth and Banquo first meet the Witches
Act 1 Scene 5 - Lady Macbeth’s first speech
Act 1 Scene 7 - Lady Macbeth manipulates Macbeth
Act 2 Scene 1 - Dagger scene
Act 2 Scene 2 - Immediate aftermath
Act 3 Scene 2 - Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s changing relationship
Act 3 Scene 4 - Banquet
Act 4 Scene 1 - Macbeth returns to the Witches
Act 5 Scene 1 - Lady Macbeth’s madness
Act 5 Scene 4&5 - The last battle/ Macbeth’s regret
Lesson Features:
A range of interesting and engaging classroom and homework activities, with worksheets and source materials provided
Easy to navigate, differentiated and visually engaging ‘no adaptation required’ lesson PowerPoints
All GCSE assessment objectives covered
Full teacher notes and answers for all analysis activities, allowing you to lead engaging and effective discussions with your classes
Praise for the scheme of work (based on reviews of individual scenes/acts):
100% of all ratings have been 5 star
“Ideal for my year 11s as the annotation activities enable them to make lots of notes. Great to see even the minor scenes covered in depth too, cannot recommend enough!”
These are outstanding! Really thorough and engaging resources
These are brilliant- have saved me so much time.
Buy in confidence from a TES recommended author. Feedback is both welcomed and appreciated!
Here is a complete, 30+ lesson scheme of work for Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Developed specifically with the 9-1 AQA GCSE English Literature specification in mind. However, this will prove equally suitable for other exam boards at GCSE level with some very minor tweaks. This scheme of work offers an unprecedented level of depth and detail, enabling you to teach the text thoroughly and with absolute confidence.
The unit has the following features:
Full lessons for each and every scene of the play
A range of interesting and engaging classroom and homework activities, with worksheets and source materials provided
Easy to navigate, differentiated and visually engaging ‘no adaptation required’ lesson PowerPoints
Full teacher notes and answers for all analysis activities, allowing you to lead engaging and effective discussions with your classes
Revision activities and worksheets following on from each of the acts to consolidate knowledge and understanding
Mid-point and final assessment lessons also included for you to track and monitor the progress of your students
For the first time, you can now purchase this scheme of work in its entirety, saving over £ 30 compared to purchasing each of the lesson resources separately. For a more detailed look at what you are getting, please check out the bundles for Act 1, Act 2, Act 3, Act 4 and Act 5.
Praise for the scheme of work (based on reviews of individual scenes/acts):
50+ 5 STAR RATINGS AND REVIEWS
“Ideal for my year 11s as the annotation activities enable them to make lots of notes. Great to see even the minor scenes covered in depth too, cannot recommend enough!”
Great resource - much better than lots that I have paid more for. You even have detailed answers to the questions. Thank you for sharing!
These are outstanding! Really thorough and engaging resources
These are brilliant- have saved me so much time.
Buy in confidence from a TES recommended author. Feedback is both welcomed and appreciated!
Here is everything you need to teach Act 5 of Macbeth. Specifically written for the new spec AQA English Literature GCSE but equally applicable to other exam boards. The complete scheme of work for the entire play can be found here.
This scheme contains full lessons for each and every scene of Act 5, with each lesson containing a range of interesting and engaging activities to develop and deepen your students’ understanding of the text.
The scheme contains differentiated success criteria and tasks, full analysis for all scenes and teacher notes to guide you through the teaching of the lesson. Homework tasks are also included with the scheme. The lessons will require little to no adaptation and all the resources you need are included.
Save big compared to buying these resources separately. Buy in confidence from a TES recommended author.
If you loved the resource and think it’s worth 5 stars, why not get another one absolutely free?
Simply leave a review, email ireviewedajs@outlook.com with your TES username and state the free resource* you would like!
(Free resource cannot exceed the value of the original resource purchased)
Everything you need to teach Act 5 Scenes 6, 7, 8 and 9 of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Final assessment question and lesson also included free of charge! This is also available as part of a complete scheme of work whereby a considerable saving can be made; further details can be found here.
The lessons have been created specifically for teaching at GCSE level, and cover the key assessment objectives for 9-1 New-Specification AQA: understanding of the text, language and structure, context/themes/author intent (although equally applicable to other exam boards).
Differentiated outcomes and tasks allow you to reach all learners, although I would recommend the lessons specifically for middle to higher ability students. Throughout the scheme, students are encouraged to make notes and annotate the text, as this will be a valuable revision tool when preparing for exams.
Teacher notes are provided on the PowerPoint to help explain and guide you through all phases of the lesson, with a range of interesting and engaging tasks for you to choose from. Importantly, full analysis is provided for all the tasks set, to enable you to lead interesting and engaging discussions which will deepen the students’ appreciation of the text. Strictly speaking, there is a lot more here than you would fit into a 1 hour lesson, so you may wish to spread this over a couple of lessons, or perhaps be a little selective with the tasks you wish to do. PDF version is for preview purposes.
Buy in confidence from a TES recommended gold author!
If you loved the resource and think it’s worth 5 stars, why not get another one absolutely free?
Simply leave a review, email ireviewedajs@outlook.com with your TES username and state the free resource* you would like!
(Free resource cannot exceed the value of the original resource purchased)
Everything you need to teach Act 5 Scenes 4 and 5 of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. This is also available as part of a complete scheme of work whereby a considerable saving can be made; further details can be found here.
The lessons have been created specifically for teaching at GCSE level, and cover the key assessment objectives for 9-1 New-Specification AQA: understanding of the text, language and structure, context/themes/author intent (although equally applicable to other exam boards).
Differentiated outcomes and tasks allow you to reach all learners, although I would recommend the lessons specifically for middle to higher ability students. Throughout the scheme, students are encouraged to make notes and annotate the text, as this will be a valuable revision tool when preparing for exams.
Teacher notes are provided on the PowerPoint to help explain and guide you through all phases of the lesson, with a range of interesting and engaging tasks for you to choose from. Importantly, full analysis is provided for all the tasks set, to enable you to lead interesting and engaging discussions which will deepen the students’ appreciation of the text. Strictly speaking, there is a lot more here than you would fit into a 1 hour lesson, so you may wish to spread this over a couple of lessons, or perhaps be a little selective with the tasks you wish to do. PDF version is for preview purposes.
Buy in confidence from a TES recommended gold author!
If you loved the resource and think it’s worth 5 stars, why not get another one absolutely free?
Simply leave a review, email ireviewedajs@outlook.com with your TES username and state the free resource* you would like!
(Free resource cannot exceed the value of the original resource purchased)
Everything you need to teach Act 5 Scenes 2 and 3 of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. This is also available as part of a complete scheme of work whereby a considerable saving can be made; further details can be found here.
The lessons have been created specifically for teaching at GCSE level, and cover the key assessment objectives for 9-1 New-Specification AQA: understanding of the text, language and structure, context/themes/author intent (although equally applicable to other exam boards).
Differentiated outcomes and tasks allow you to reach all learners, although I would recommend the lessons specifically for middle to higher ability students. Throughout the scheme, students are encouraged to make notes and annotate the text, as this will be a valuable revision tool when preparing for exams.
Teacher notes are provided on the PowerPoint to help explain and guide you through all phases of the lesson, with a range of interesting and engaging tasks for you to choose from. Importantly, full analysis is provided for all the tasks set, to enable you to lead interesting and engaging discussions which will deepen the students’ appreciation of the text. Strictly speaking, there is a lot more here than you would fit into a 1 hour lesson, so you may wish to spread this over a couple of lessons, or perhaps be a little selective with the tasks you wish to do. PDF version is for preview purposes.
Buy in confidence from a TES recommended gold author!
If you loved the resource and think it’s worth 5 stars, why not get another one absolutely free?
Simply leave a review, email ireviewedajs@outlook.com with your TES username and state the free resource* you would like!
(Free resource cannot exceed the value of the original resource purchased)
Everything you need to teach Act 5 Scene 1 of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Act 4 revision worksheet also included free of charge! This is also available as part of a complete scheme of work whereby a considerable saving can be made; further details can be found here.
The lessons have been created specifically for teaching at GCSE level, and cover the key assessment objectives for 9-1 New-Specification AQA: understanding of the text, language and structure, context/themes/author intent (although equally applicable to other exam boards).
Differentiated outcomes and tasks allow you to reach all learners, although I would recommend the lessons specifically for middle to higher ability students. Throughout the scheme, students are encouraged to make notes and annotate the text, as this will be a valuable revision tool when preparing for exams.
Teacher notes are provided on the PowerPoint to help explain and guide you through all phases of the lesson, with a range of interesting and engaging tasks for you to choose from. Importantly, full analysis is provided for all the tasks set, to enable you to lead interesting and engaging discussions which will deepen the students’ appreciation of the text. Strictly speaking, there is a lot more here than you would fit into a 1 hour lesson, so you may wish to spread this over a couple of lessons, or perhaps be a little selective with the tasks you wish to do. PDF version is for preview purposes.
Buy in confidence from a TES recommended gold author!
If you loved the resource and think it’s worth 5 stars, why not get another one absolutely free?
Simply leave a review, email ireviewedajs@outlook.com with your TES username and state the free resource* you would like!
(Free resource cannot exceed the value of the original resource purchased)
Create an informative and visually engaging display with these ‘responding to a text’ materials. Ideal for Key Stages 3 and 4
There are lost of acronyms out there when responding to a text. PEEZL is an ideal middle ground between the more simple PEE model and some of the ridiculously complicated ones that seem to be around these days!
Each part of PEEZL is broken down with a pupil-friendly definition alongside two worked examples.
Image depicts what the finished display could look like (although I’m guessing you’ll be better at lining up the letters than me!)
All the slides are fully editable and adaptable, so can be changed to suit your needs. When you’re ready to print them off, simply opt for the ‘print full page slides’ option on your settings and the resources will print as displayed.
Feedback welcomed and appreciated!
Here is everything you need to teach Act 4 of Macbeth. Specifically written for the new spec AQA English Literature GCSE but equally applicable to other exam boards.
This scheme contains full lessons for each and every scene of Act 4, with each lesson containing a range of interesting and engaging activities to develop and deepen your students’ understanding of the text.
The scheme contains differentiated success criteria and tasks, full analysis for all scenes and teacher notes to guide you through the teaching of the lesson. Homework tasks are also included with the scheme. The lessons will require little to no adaptation and all the resources you need are included.
Save big compared to buying these resources separately. Buy in confidence from a TES recommended author.
If you loved the resource and think it’s worth 5 stars, why not get another one absolutely free?
Simply leave a review, email ireviewedajs@outlook.com with your TES username and state the free resource* you would like!
(Free resource cannot exceed the value of the original resource purchased)
Everything you need to teach Act 4 Scene 3 of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. This is also available as part of a complete scheme of work whereby a considerable saving can be made; further details can be found here.
The lessons have been created specifically for teaching at GCSE level, and cover the key assessment objectives for 9-1 New-Specification AQA: understanding of the text, language and structure, context/themes/author intent (although equally applicable to other exam boards).
Differentiated outcomes and tasks allow you to reach all learners, although I would recommend the lessons specifically for middle to higher ability students. Throughout the scheme, students are encouraged to make notes and annotate the text, as this will be a valuable revision tool when preparing for exams.
Teacher notes are provided on the PowerPoint to help explain and guide you through all phases of the lesson, with a range of interesting and engaging tasks for you to choose from. Importantly, full analysis is provided for all the tasks set, to enable you to lead interesting and engaging discussions which will deepen the students’ appreciation of the text. Strictly speaking, there is a lot more here than you would fit into a 1 hour lesson, so you may wish to spread this over a couple of lessons, or perhaps be a little selective with the tasks you wish to do. PDF version is for preview purposes.
Buy in confidence from a TES recommended gold author!
If you loved the resource and think it’s worth 5 stars, why not get another one absolutely free?
Simply leave a review, email ireviewedajs@outlook.com with your TES username and state the free resource* you would like!
(Free resource cannot exceed the value of the original resource purchased)
Make your end of (school) year quiz the stuff of legend with the ultimate summer 2018 quiz!
6 rounds of action packed fun:
Celebrity Sandcastles (identify the celebrity hiding behind each sandcastle)
In The News (questions relating to major news events of the past 12 months)
Summer Fun (summer based general knowledge and guess the object)
Spot the difference (timed round and interactive egg timer included on the powerpoint)
General knowledge
School’s Out! Observation round based on a music video (embedded within the powerpoint)
Full instructions, answers and guidelines are provided, along with printable team sheets. The PowerPoint is visually impressive and easy to follow. The quiz will take you approximately 60 minutes from start to finish.
Suitable for all subjects and curriculum areas as a one off fun lesson that your students will never forget: all you need to do is provide the prizes!
Buy in confidence from a TES recommneded author. The Christmas Quiz I produced this year went down a storm and was rated 5*, check it out here
Feedback welcomed and appreciated!
Make the most of this year’s Euros with these fun and engaging football focused creative writing resources, based around and inspired by the European Championships in Germany!
25 slides jam packed with content, this lesson is sure to get your students excited about this major sporting event, whilst helping them improve their creative writing skills. Complete with a printable worksheet, this lesson has the following structure:
Starter - Quiz (general knowledge/picture round/English based Euro Questions) with peer-assessed answer slides
Differentiated lesson aims
Background and context to the Euros
Using sensory description to envisage a stadium
Video stimulus of England singing national anthem to generate ideas about thoughts and feelings of being in that moment
Image based stimulus for independent creative writing task
Exemplars of good and bad responses for students to evaluate
Self-assessment activity in which students edit and improve their own work based on the exemplars
The lesson has lots of differentiation opportunities with scaffolding and stretch and challenge opportunities throughout; full teacher notes are provided underneath the slides to ensure that the lesson is ‘ready to roll’ with no adaptation required. This lesson is recommended for students from year 6 up to year 10 - so top of Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3 and the bottom of Key Stage 4.
Feedback and reviews very much welcomed and appreciated.
Buy in confidence from a TES recommended author!
Everything you need to teach Act 4 Scene2 of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. This is also available as part of a complete scheme of work whereby a considerable saving can be made; further details can be found here.
The lessons have been created specifically for teaching at GCSE level, and cover the key assessment objectives for 9-1 New-Specification AQA: understanding of the text, language and structure, context/themes/author intent (although equally applicable to other exam boards).
Differentiated outcomes and tasks allow you to reach all learners, although I would recommend the lessons specifically for middle to higher ability students. Throughout the scheme, students are encouraged to make notes and annotate the text, as this will be a valuable revision tool when preparing for exams.
Teacher notes are provided on the PowerPoint to help explain and guide you through all phases of the lesson, with a range of interesting and engaging tasks for you to choose from. Importantly, full analysis is provided for all the tasks set, to enable you to lead interesting and engaging discussions which will deepen the students’ appreciation of the text. Strictly speaking, there is a lot more here than you would fit into a 1 hour lesson, so you may wish to spread this over a couple of lessons, or perhaps be a little selective with the tasks you wish to do. PDF version is for preview purposes.
Buy in confidence from a TES recommended gold author!
If you loved the resource and think it’s worth 5 stars, why not get another one absolutely free?
Simply leave a review, email ireviewedajs@outlook.com with your TES username and state the free resource* you would like!
(Free resource cannot exceed the value of the original resource purchased)
A comprehensive set of documents which aid with the writing of reports, hopefully providing you with the tools you need to write fair, honest and balanced reports for English.
The comment bank covers the following areas (as you can see from the preview there are documents for each):
Introductory comments/learning cognition and progress
Topics Covered
Behaviour and Attitude (with targets)
Reading/comprehension (and targets)
Writing skills (and targets)
The resources are suited to secondary Key Stages 3 and 4. Most of the comments simply require you to add a student’s name or to write their specific gender in the space provided.
I’m sure these will save you a good deal of time and effort, and help bring a little inspiration to the baleful process of report writing!
Everything you need to teach Act 4 Scene 1 of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. This is also available as part of a complete scheme of work whereby a considerable saving can be made; further details can be found here. This is a key scene so the powerpoint is very detailed, requiring at least 2 lessons to cover properly.
The lessons have been created specifically for teaching at GCSE level, and cover the key assessment objectives for 9-1 New-Specification AQA: understanding of the text, language and structure, context/themes/author intent (although equally applicable to other exam boards).
Differentiated outcomes and tasks allow you to reach all learners, although I would recommend the lessons specifically for middle to higher ability students. Throughout the scheme, students are encouraged to make notes and annotate the text, as this will be a valuable revision tool when preparing for exams.
Teacher notes are provided on the PowerPoint to help explain and guide you through all phases of the lesson, with a range of interesting and engaging tasks for you to choose from. Importantly, full analysis is provided for all the tasks set, to enable you to lead interesting and engaging discussions which will deepen the students’ appreciation of the text. Strictly speaking, there is a lot more here than you would fit into a 1 hour lesson, so you may wish to spread this over a couple of lessons, or perhaps be a little selective with the tasks you wish to do. PDF version is for preview purposes.
Buy in confidence from a TES recommended gold author!
If you loved the resource and think it’s worth 5 stars, why not get another one absolutely free?
Simply leave a review, email ireviewedajs@outlook.com with your TES username and state the free resource* you would like!
(Free resource cannot exceed the value of the original resource purchased)
Here is everything you need to teach Act 3 of Macbeth. Specifically written for the new spec AQA English Literature GCSE but equally applicable to other exam boards. The complete scheme of work for the entire play can be found here.
This scheme contains full lessons for each and every scene of Act 3, with each lesson containing a range of interesting and engaging activities to develop and deepen your students’ understanding of the text.
The scheme contains differentiated success criteria and tasks, full analysis for all scenes and teacher notes to guide you through the teaching of the lesson. Homework tasks are also included with the scheme. The lessons will require little to no adaptation and all the resources you need are included.
At the end of the scheme there is a mid-point assessment lesson also included, as you may wish to assess their understanding of the play so far, in addition to practising those all important exam skills.
Save big compared to buying these resources separately. Buy in confidence from a TES recommended author.
If you loved the resource and think it’s worth 5 stars, why not get another one absolutely free?
Simply leave a review, email ireviewedajs@outlook.com with your TES username and state the free resource* you would like!
(Free resource cannot exceed the value of the original resource purchased)
Everything you need to teach Act 3 Scene 6 of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. This is also available as part of a complete scheme of work whereby a considerable saving can be made; further details can be found here.
The lessons have been created specifically for teaching at GCSE level, and cover the key assessment objectives for 9-1 New-Specification AQA: understanding of the text, language and structure, context/themes/author intent (although equally applicable to other exam boards).
Differentiated outcomes and tasks allow you to reach all learners, although I would recommend the lessons specifically for middle to higher ability students. Throughout the scheme, students are encouraged to make notes and annotate the text, as this will be a valuable revision tool when preparing for exams.
Teacher notes are provided on the PowerPoint to help explain and guide you through all phases of the lesson, with a range of interesting and engaging tasks for you to choose from. Importantly, full analysis is provided for all the tasks set, to enable you to lead interesting and engaging discussions which will deepen the students’ appreciation of the text. Strictly speaking, there is a lot more here than you would fit into a 1 hour lesson, so you may wish to spread this over a couple of lessons, or perhaps be a little selective with the tasks you wish to do. PDF version is for preview purposes.
Buy in confidence from a TES recommended gold author!
If you loved the resource and think it’s worth 5 stars, why not get another one absolutely free?
Simply leave a review, email ireviewedajs@outlook.com with your TES username and state the free resource* you would like!
(Free resource cannot exceed the value of the original resource purchased)
Everything you need to teach Act 3 Scene 5 of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. 28 slide PowerPoint and worksheets included. This is also available as part of a complete scheme of work whereby a considerable saving can be made; further details can be found here.
The lessons have been created specifically for teaching at GCSE level, and cover the key assessment objectives for 9-1 New-Specification AQA: understanding of the text, language and structure, context/themes/author intent (although equally applicable to other exam boards).
Differentiated outcomes and tasks allow you to reach all learners, although I would recommend the lessons specifically for middle to higher ability students. Throughout the scheme, students are encouraged to make notes and annotate the text, as this will be a valuable revision tool when preparing for exams.
Teacher notes are provided on the PowerPoint to help explain and guide you through all phases of the lesson, with a range of interesting and engaging tasks for you to choose from. Importantly, full analysis is provided for all the tasks set, to enable you to lead interesting and engaging discussions which will deepen the students’ appreciation of the text. Strictly speaking, there is a lot more here than you would fit into a 1 hour lesson, so you may wish to spread this over a couple of lessons, or perhaps be a little selective with the tasks you wish to do. PDF version is for preview purposes.
Buy in confidence from a TES recommended gold author!
If you loved the resource and think it’s worth 5 stars, why not get another one absolutely free?
Simply leave a review, email ireviewedajs@outlook.com with your TES username and state the free resource* you would like!
(Free resource cannot exceed the value of the original resource purchased)