Complete lesson looking at Chapter 12. Includes the following: Engaging starter 10 Comprehension Questions with answers Brief chapter summary Notes for annotating 12 key quotations in the text Extension activities looking at the ending in more detail

A detailed lesson which explores 13 quotations about Jack in great detail with inferences aimed at preparing students for attempting an exam question on the character of Jack. Also includes a grade 9 example response on the character of Jack.

Macbeth exam-style response at a Grade 9 standard to the May 2019 Aqa question. Offers perceptive debate with judicious use of quotations and assured analysis of methods and wider ideas. Please note that due to copyright restrictions, the actual question is not included in this resource, but it is available from the website of the relevant exam board.

5 Quotation revision posters covering key quotations for 5 characters in Romeo and Juliet: Romeo, Juliet, Capulet, Tybalt, Mercutio. Each quotation is accompanied with explanatory notes to help guide analysis.

Resources aimed at guiding students on how to structure exam resonses. Contains 4 partially completed exam responses for students to complete. There are 2 versions. The easier version includes the recommendation quotations and students add the inferences. The harder version requires students to select the quotations themselves before adding the inferences. Students can use the included top 100 quotation sheet to help them complete the harder version. The 4 topics are as follows: Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s marriage Banquo Macbeth’s fears Violence Also contains a guide on how to write a thesis-style introduction using a simple easy to imitate 3 part formula. ‘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.

This lesson shares a secret 3 step formula for how to write thesis-style introductions for Lord of the Flies. In their 2022 examiner feedback, AQA mentioned thesis-style introductions as a common feature of high grade responses. In this 24 slide PowerPoint, I provide a range of example thesis-style introductions for different characters and guide students on how to create their own. It is aimed at helping students push for the higher grades by demystifying the idea of thesis statements into an easy to follow process. This process can also be used for Macbeth and A Christmas Carol in Paper 1 so I have also included 2 examples for these texts and an extension task for these texts.

7 top band perceptive model exam responses to the following 7 exam-style questions. All responses would achieve 4/4 for SPaG. My gradings are detailed below. Some are full mark responses. Some are not quite full marks but they all should fit into the top band. Explore how Shakespeare presents the marriage of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. (34/34) Explore how far Shakespeare presents Macbeth as a violent character. (34/34) Explore how Shakespeare presents Lady Macbeth as a character who changes. (30/34) Explore how Shakespeare presents ambition. (34/34) Explore the importance of Banquo’s character. (30/34) Explore how far Shakespeare presents Lady Macbeth as a powerful woman. (29/34) Explore how Shakespeare presents Macbeth’s fears (33/34) Explore how Shakespeare presents the attitudes of Macbeth and Banquo to the supernatural. (30/34)

12 points about Macbeth. Each has 3 accompanying quotations with explanations to help you explore the point in an exam response. A great revision organiser for exploring the protagonist in great depth to cover whatever the exam question might be in 2023.

Revision page containing thoughtful analysis of 10 key quotations for Gerald Croft in An Inspector Calls.

A revision worksheet of the moral lessons and big ideas in A Christmas Carol. Students fill in each box explaining how each moral lesson is conveyed in the novella. They are encouraged to make textual references. They then should compare their answers to the model answers and make the necessary adjustments and improvements to their work. Ideal for a one hour revision lesson or an intervention session.

A 42 page revision booklet for the Edexcel conflict poetry anthology. Contains a page on each poem packed with analysis of the key quotations. Also contains knowledge organisers on main ideas, structure and context and various high level model responses to a range of questions.

Plot storyboard to help students gain a basic understanding of the plot to Othello.

Lesson analysing the initial description of The Ghost of Christmas Past. Includes a differentiated starter, detailed analysis of 5 key quotations, activity to boost analytical word power followed by an analytical writing task.

A planning sheet and example grade 7 response answering the following exam-style extract-based question on Macbeth. Starting with this extract from Act 4 Scene 2, how does Shakespeare present women in the play? Also includes some annotations to help students see the positive features of the response.

12 lessons covering all 12 chapters of the novel. Each PowerPoint typically includes animated annotations of the key quotations in each chapter to go through with students alongside an engaging starter, a chapter summary, comprehension questions and a range of extension activities. Each lesson is clearly labelled to aid organisation.

Handy revision sheet that tries to make thoughtful comments about 13 key quotations from across the novel about the island setting in Lord of the Flies.

Students often struggle with starting off their creative writing to describe a setting. Here is a list of prepositional fronted adverbials to help students to describe different settings.