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Romeo and Juliet context
A handy A3 context sheet aimed at helping students understand how the Elizabethan context enriches our understanding of the play. Ideal as a starting point for helping students move outside of the text to address A03.
Also contains a revision resource about what Romeo and Juliet teaches us about the human condition which is another way of meeting the criteria for A03.
Eduqas Poetry Quiz 10 questions on each poem
10 multiple choice comprehension questions on each poem from the Eduqas/WJEC GCSE poetry anthology. Set out over 6 pages with 3 per page for ease of printing. Includes a separate answer sheet.
Power and Conflict Essential Context A03
A handy revision sheet containing the essential contextual information that students need to know for each of the 15 poems in the AQA power and conflict anthology to meet the requirements for A03.
My most comprehensive resource on Power and Conflict poetry is available here with revision posters on every poem:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/power-and-conflict-revision-sheets-12884928
Scrooge's Transformation Timeline Activity
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 contains a similar timeline focused on the life lessons Scrooge learns across the novel to support the AQA May 2024 style question.
Banquo Revision Sheet
A revision sheet analysing 10 key quotations on the character of Banquo in Macbeth.
Motif of fire A Christmas Carol
A revision sheet exploring the motif of fire with 13 carefully selected quotations allowing students to trace how the motif is used by Dickens to convey his authorial messages about poverty, isolation, kindness, family and the transformative power of redemption.
Also includes a blank student version to encourage students to explore the impact of the quotations themselves.
Grade 9 life-saving rescue story AQA Paper 1 Question 5 2022
3 grade 9 examples of a life-saving rescue story which was a question 5 on the AQA 2022 Language Paper 1 exam.
Story 1 is set at sea
Story 2 is set in a desert
Story 3 is set on a mountain
Jekyll and Hyde - Settings Model Response
A high level response exploring how Stevenson uses settings to create a disturbing and threatening atmosphere in the novella.
As imperceptibly as Grief
Highly detailed annotations of Emily Dickinson’s As imperceptibly as Grief for the Eduqas poetry anthology to support students aiming for grade 9.
She Walks in Beauty Annotated
High level annotations for She Walks in Beauty by Byron that features in the Eduqas and Edexcel anthologies.
A Streetcar Named Desire Key Quotations
A knowledge organiser showing the key quotations in each scene of A Streetcar Named Desire on one handy sheet.
Reading Intervention Booklet Unit 2
A 6 week reading intervention unit aimed at students in Year 6 and Year 7. Each session involves looking at a short speech on a contemporary topic (topics include homework, school uniform, the environment) working on a range of fluency strategies to develop students’ confidence in accessing the text. Full details are included for how to structure each session. At the start of the unit and in week 6, the teacher should assess students against Rasinski’s rubric to help measure progress in reading fluency.
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Reading Intervention Booklet
A 6 week reading intervention module focused on building reading fluency and comprehension aimed at supporting students in Year 6 and Year 7 whose reading age is slightly below their chronological age.
The theme of the booklet is superheroes. In each session, students read a 500 word text about a superhero and complete fluency activities before ending the session with comprehension questions. Full details are included on how the sessions can be delivered.
Also contains an answer booklet for the comprehension questions.
The superheroes covered are Iron Man, Superman, Hulk, Captain Marvel, Captain America and Spiderman.
At the start and end of the unit, I recommend assessing students against Rasinski’s fluency rubric.
The Soldier Eduqas Poetry Revision
Highly detailed annotations of The Soldier by Rupert Brooke to support students with gaining a perceptive and thoughtful understanding of the Eduqas poetry anthology.
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Eduqas Poetry Revision
Detailed revision sheets on all 18 poems from the Eduqas poetry anthology aimed at students looking to improve the quality of their inferences to reach grades 7-9.
Also contains printable revision sheets covering the structure and context for all 18 poems.
Grade 9 speeches about school uniform
2 grade speeches about school uniform. Both are responses to a Paper 2 Question 5 style question:
“School uniform encourages a sense of pride in students for their school. It also helps with discipline; it is an essential part of the education system in England” Write a speech for a school assembly in which you can explain your point of view on this statement.
One response agrees with the statement. One disagrees with the statement.
Both start with a personal anecdote before moving to the main arguments.
By placing them side by side on an A3 sheet, students can make comparisons and move towards generating their own opinions and own speech about the topic of school uniform.
Paper 2 Question 5 November 2019 Grade 9 response
A grade 9 750 word model response to the AQA November 2019 Paper 2 Question 5 about animals.
Starts with a powerful anecdote before moving to presenting the central argument. It explores and then dismisses the counter argument before adding a conclusion that links back to the opening anecdote to help gain marks for whole text organisation and structure.
Reader's Theatre fluency intervention booklet
A booklet aimed at helping Year 6 and Year 7 students with developing their reading fluency over 7/8 weeks. Begin the course by assessing students against the fluency rubric. Re-assess again after the 7 week course and measure the improvement. Each session involves students gaining fluency by re-reading an extract several times to build confidence and fluency. Exact guidance for how to run the sessions are provided to help students build up their skills.
Cousin Kate
Revision sheet for Cousin Kate for the Edexcel conflict anthology contains 10 exploratory questions and 10 thoughtful and detailed answers to the questions to support revising this challenging poem by Christina Rosetti.
My most popular resource on Edexcel conflict poetry, which puts together all my resources into one booklet, is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/edexcel-conflict-poetry-revision-booklet-12955594