Lesson exploring the significance of Tiny Tim in A Christmas Carol.
Looks at 10 key quotations and makes links to A03 wider context.
Also includes a high grade exam response on Tiny Tim.
A grade 9 critical and exploratory response to an exam-style generic question about how Romeo and Juliet’s relationship develops during the play.
Also contains a response adapted for a question on Romeo’s feelings for Juliet.
I have included the extract and a brief examiner commentary to help explain why the response would achieve grade 9.
The response is 662 words along which is about the average length of a grade 9 essay in 45 minutes of exam conditions.
Also available as part of a group of model responses:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-grade-9-grade-8-and-grade-7-model-responses-to-aqa-gcse-questions-11580421
A sample high level response with grade and examiner comment to the following exam response:
Wxplore how Dickens presents Scrooge’s fears/anxieties in A Christmas Carol.
Also includes a simple writing frame for students working towards grade 4.
Check out my shop for other A Christmas Carol resources:
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https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-gcse-differentiated-revision-sheets-on-themes-and-context-11387723
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/stave-1-and-stave-5-scrooge-s-transformation-in-a-christmas-carol-11503154
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-grade-9-lesson-and-essays-on-ghosts-11552659
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-100-comprehension-questions-with-answer-sheet-12450748
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/revise-themes-in-a-christmas-carol-family-isolation-poverty-charity-christmas-supernatural-11577227
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/grade-9-a-christmas-carol-exam-responses-12220340
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-top-50-quotations-11901568
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-3-grade-9-model-answers-for-eduqas-gcse-exam-style-11797550
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/grade-9-response-on-poverty-in-a-christmas-carol-12512988
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/6-grade-9-model-essays-on-a-christmas-carol-for-aqa-or-eduqas-11896608
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A detailed 19 slide lesson analysing the character of Piggy. Includes detailed inferences for several key Piggy quotations and also includes advice and model paragraphs for how to write an introduction and conclusion for answering the following exam-style question:
How far does Golding present Piggy as a character with useful and important ideas in
Lord of the Flies?
Write about:
• what Piggy says and does that can be seen as useful and important
• how far Golding presents Piggy as a character with useful and important ideas.
Also includes a full length grade 9 exemplar response.
Grade 9 response analysing the character of Jack and how his character develops in the novel.
Formatted to fit neatly onto one page.
Also contains a Jack top 10 quotation revision page.
A lesson focusing on AQA Paper 1 Question 4 an extract from Lord of the Flies as the stimulus.
Includes detailed advice on how to approach the question, annotations of the extract and a model exemplar.
A revision sheet covering 6 big ideas in Macbeth with 6 accompanying quotations and brief explanations to help students chart how the big idea is developed across the play.
This is aimed at students working towards grade 5.
I have a similar sheet but aimed at students working towards grade 9 which covers each quotation in much more detail with perceptive inferences.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-big-ideas-revision-cards-aiming-for-grade-9-12685801
Choose the one that you think will best suit the ability of your class.
Complete 21 slide lesson looking at the presentation of mob mentality in Lord of the Flies. Includes analysis of 2 key extracts from Chapters 7 and 9 and various model responses. Also includes information about how to include a reference to Freudian psychology to enhance an answer.
Detailed lesson analysing the character of Roger aimed at high ability students. It goes through detailed analysis of quotations with perceptive inferences and prepares students for an exam-style question.
Also includes a full-length grade 9 response on Roger’s character.
Also includes a revision poster on Roger for a visual revision aid.
Huge 50+ slide PowerPoint covering key quotations with several layers of analysis on the key characters and themes in the novel.
It comes with accompanying revision activities to ensure students use the information in the powerpoint efficiently and effectively:
a) plan responses to 6 topics
b) revise big ideas in the novel
Also includes a revision sheet for analysing 15 key word choices in the novel.
Also includes a resource looking at exploring multiple interpretations of the text.
Two revision resources covering big ideas in Macbeth which allow students to chart how the major themes of the novel develop through the course of the play.
There is a version aimed at grade 9 students which contains perceptive inferences for the key quotations linking.
There is also a version aimed at students working towards grade 4 or 5 with clear and relevant comments on the quotations.
‘A thesis-style introduction that demonstrates your understanding of the question can be a really helpful way of starting your answer. It shows that you are ‘in charge’ of your essay and that you know what you think. It can provide a strong foundation for the rest of the essay. Keep referring back to the introduction to create a coherent response.’ AQA examiner’s report 2022
Creating a thesis-style introduction is a challenge for many students but is essential in helping students to reach levels 4-6 in the mark scheme. I have produced a simple 3 point structure to help students quickly generate a thesis statement in timed exam conditions. There is an example of the 3 point structure being used and then students attempt to imitate the structure for 4 other exam-style questions.
Examples apply for Lord of the Flies, Macbeth and A Christmas Carol.
4 revision sheets containing what I consider to be the top 10 quotations for Ralph, Jack, Simon and Piggy in Lord of the Flies. Each quotation is accompanied by high grade analysis of the quotation linked to the A0s. Each character sheet also starts with a thesis-style overview of the character. There is also a blank template of the sheet. I give this to students first to see how much they can remember before going through the answer sheet.
6 revision cards containing detailed analysis of how Macbeth’s fears are presented across the play. Ideal preparation for both the 2022 and 2023 AQA exam questions about Macbeth’s fears and about how Macbeth changes during the play.
A 40 page revision booklet which brings together my best selling Animal Farm worksheets into one easy to print/download document.
It includes character revision cards, theme trackers, quotation knowledge organiser, chapter questions, 5 graded exemplar responses, 14 sample GCSE questions, essay plans, writing frames and lots more.