A grade 9 exam response answering a question about Scrooge’s fears in A Christmas Carol. I have also included a writing frame that I used with a much lower ability class (target grades 4 and 5).

A worksheet aimed at helping students to make inferences. Part of a series of worksheets used in 20 minute intervention sessions.

9 Romeo flashcards covering explanations for 27 quotations which cover different aspects of Romeo’s character. Includes a pdf version and an editable version in word. I normally give students the blank versions of the cards and reveal the answers later in the lesson. Also includes some theme revision cards too. Also presented as a revision poster.

40 comprehension questions covering 8 poems. Ideal to use as starters or as a knowledge mini test. Includes an answer sheet. I do have other power and conflict resources available: Bundle https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/power-and-conflict-revision-11626301 Model answers: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/power-and-conflict-grade-9-model-essays-12213236 Revision cards: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/power-and-conflict-revision-cards-12107049

I have carefully selected what I consider to be the 5 key extracts from Stave 4 . They are differentiated by colour. Each extract has an AQA style GCSE question attached to it. This works well as a home and away task. There is also a grid for students to fill in to show their understanding of each extract. Also includes a revision PowerPoint which guides students on how to make a mindmap of the key quotations from the chapter.

Ideal to set as an assessment after reading the first 5 chapters. Contains 3 carefully selected short extracts from chapters 2, 3 and 5. Students analyse how power is abused in each extract and answer the overall question: who is worse the humans or the pigs? There is a writing frame for students to follow to help analyse each extract and ensure they meet the criteria for A01, A02 and A03.

A writing frame for showing students how to write conceptual and discriminating comparative paragraphs between Prelude and Ozymandias.

Lesson on Chapter 10 of Animal Farm. Includes learning outcomes, starter, differentiated plenary, comprehension questions and a main activity involving comparing Orwell’s ending with the ending in two film versions (links to the films are included). This is useful for exploring how the films attempt to rewrite history by changing the endings to suit the target audience.

Students plan responses to four GCSE style theme questions on A Christmas Carol using my simple 9 Step method. Includes a model response that uses the 9 STEP METHOD. Set up to be printed as a 6 page revision booklet. Students have found this method really helpful in structuring their responses to the text. New for 2023 is a resource which 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.

2 differentiated writing frames to help students answer the following question: Compare the ways the poets in My Last Duchess and one other poem (Ozymandias) present the power of pride. (30). The tough version includes sentence starts for the initial conceptual comparisons while the tougher version offers more independence.

Conflict in Romeo and Juliet Essay and Questions

This A3 revision sheet revises key quotations for 6 key characters and 4 key themes in the play. There are also notes on context for each theme and an exam question for each character and theme. Students found this really useful to help them revise for the new closed book examinations.

An exam walk-through lesson exploring the importance of masculinity in Macbeth. The lesson includes annotations for the given extract (Act 1 Scene 7) and then examines 3 other parts of the play that could be used to complete the response. There is also a model paragraph to help get students started on their response.

Graphic organisers to help guide students on how to structure their responses to each question on the English Literature AQA 9-1 GCSE. This structure will work for any text you are studying. You will just need to change the headings if you are not studying Romeo and Juliet, A Christmas Carol or An Inspector Calls.

A guide for how to write a comparison of Ozymandias and Hawk Roosting using a 13 step guide to ensure comparisons are discriminating. Includes lesson and worksheet. Also includes an alternative differentiated version of the writing frame with more scaffolding.

Eduqas GCSE poetry quiz. 5 rounds of questions with 18 questions per round - one per poem. Worksheet and PowerPoint. Useful for finding out which poems to go over again. Links to other Eduqas poetry resources: Revision Cards https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/eduqas-wjec-poetry-revision-cards-gcse-12107545 Lessons on all poems https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/wjec-anthology-bundle-2-lesson-on-each-poem-11896591 Revision resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/wjec-eduqas-poetry-anthology-revising-all-poems-11894072 Bundle: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/wjec-eduqas-poetry-anthology-bundle-gcse-9-1-11815065

Lesson introducing Act 1 Scene 3 with comprehension questions and a task analysing a key Juliet quotation.

A lesson and worksheet for analysing a Miss Havisham extract from Chapter 8 of Great Expectations. Can be adapted for GCSE or A Level unseen prose.