Use for a final revision session or series of sessions on A Christmas Carol
Present the students with 6 big ideas about the novel.
Students use the attached top 50 quotations sheet to help add their ideas about each big idea.
I have also included a top 100 quotation version for higher ability students.
Then go through possible answers on the PowerPoint. The PowerPoint is animated and each answer appears on the mouse click so you can talk through each one as it appears.
I have also included 6 predictions about what extract might come up. Now we are 3 years into the 9-1 syllabus, I predict they might use a more obscure extract so I have picked 6 less obvious extracts. Students read each extract and complete the planning grid.
Also includes some sample exam style responses to different generic questions.
New for 2022 is a large PowerPoint encouraging students to choose and explain their top 3 quotations for 9 different themes.
6 worksheets to support the teaching of descriptive writing about WW1 trench warfare.
To prepare KS2 and 3 students for the AQA GCSE exam on creative writing, the writing is inspired by a specific image.
The worksheets cover figurative language, sensuous descriptions, planning and model examples.
Full lesson with PowerPoint and resources for analysing Juliet’s changing emotions.
Learning Outcomes: Analyse Juliet’s changing feelings across the play.
Main: Students read and analyse 8 key extracts in the play featuring Juliet.
Plenary: Students chart Juliet’s changing emotions onto a graph.
A lesson exploring how Romeo reacts to his banishment in Act 3 Scene 3 with a sample EDUQAS exam question on the extract, annotations and a writing frame.
This lesson was inspired by the AQA 2018 English Language Paper 1 Question 5. Students were asked to describe the face of an old man. To help students improve their description, I have created a bank of 275 words that students can use to add precision to their descriptions.
The follow up tasks gives students 8 images of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth (Polanski version). Students must select the adjectives carefully to describe one of the 8 images. Peers then have to work out which image they have described from the quality of the description.
The plenary asks students to write down their favourite words to describe each aspect of the face.
Four A3 revision sheets for An Inspector Calls.
Sheet 1 revises character points, quotations and context and has 3 differentiated activities.
Sheet 2 revises themes and has an exam style question for each of the 5 themes:
age
gender
class
responsibility
wealth
power and influence.
Sheet 3 explores the stage directions for each character across the play and asks students to evaluate the changes.
Sheet 4: Revision cards on the characters
I have other resources available for An Inspector Calls:
Bundle
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-aqa-1-9-differentiated-birling-sheila-11412310
Revision Cards:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/theme-revision-cards-for-an-inspector-calls-12124143
Knowledge Organisers
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-4-ultimate-revision-sheets-themes-character-stage-directions-cards-11574057
Revision quotations:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-test-on-10-quotations-per-character-9-1-revision-12138293
An essay plan template (with answer sheet) to help students write up a response to the following AQA 1-9 style question:
How does Priestley use Gerald to explore ideas about responsibility. (34 marks)
Includes a mid level exemplar for students to compare their work against.
The essay plan includes points, precisely selected quotations about Gerald and opportunities for students to extend their analysis to move towards a top grade response.
I have other resources available for An Inspector Calls:
Bundle
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-aqa-1-9-differentiated-birling-sheila-11412310
Revision Cards:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/theme-revision-cards-for-an-inspector-calls-12124143
Knowledge Organisers
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-4-ultimate-revision-sheets-themes-character-stage-directions-cards-11574057
Revision quotations:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-test-on-10-quotations-per-character-9-1-revision-12138293
‘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.
Comprehension questions on Stave 4 of A Christmas Carol.
Also contains a revision PowerPoint guiding students through how to make a mind map to revise the key quotations from the two staves.
These 4 worksheets will keep students focused while watching the film version of Romeo and Juliet.
There are questions on plot and quotations for every scene from the play which students can complete while they watch.
Classic end of term lesson discussing who is to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet in groups.
Includes the success criteria for the new speaking and listening GCSE on each slide.
There are 6 planning sheets to help students plan their role for the following 6 characters:
Judge
Romeo
Friar
Mercutio
Tybalt
Capulet
The planning sheet explains how each character could be responsible and invites students to plan their defence.
A timeline that charts the progression of Macbeth’s fears across the play. Useful for helping to plan any exam response. Also includes a high grade response about Macbeth’s fears.
Has a version with questions and a version with just quotations to explain.
Also included as a cut and stick in the correct order activity.
PowerPoint revises 6 quotations for each of the following big ideas in the novel:
Poverty is a serious problem
Material leads to isolation
Supernatural as a catalyst for redemption
The rich have a responsibility to help the poor
Christmas is a joyful time
Family is important
For each quotation, the inferences are written in short hand to help students make precise and concise notes.
They are animated so teachers can talk through them one by one to build up the layers of inference.
This resource contains 8 exemplar responses on character and theme questions for An Inspector Calls with marks and examiner comments. The model essays range in quality from grade 4 to a full mark grade 9 response. This is an excellent resource to use in departmental moderation or to show students the different quality expected at each grade from 4 to 9.
Thanks for your feedback. I have taken on board your comments and made significant improvements to the resource.
Include model answers to the following questions about Sheila, Mr Birling, Gerald, Eva Smith, Mr Birling, Mrs Birling, responsibility, egotism.
UPDATE 2022: I have converted this popular resource into a 36 page booklet combining essay plans, model essays, plot summary, theme revision cards, quotation revision tasks into one document for ease of printing.
Update 2023: new responses added on the following:
cruelty
anger
chain of events
A grade 7 and a grade 8 slightly improved response to the following exam style question about Lady Macbeth. This is pretty similar to the May 2024 question but the featured extract was from Act 1 Scene 7 rather than Act 1 Scene 5.
Starting with this speech (Act 1 Scene 5 ‘The raven himself is hoarse’) explain how far you think Shakespeare presents Lady Macbeth as a powerful woman.Write about:
• how Shakespeare presents Lady Macbeth in this speech
• how Shakespeare presents Lady Macbeth in the play as a whole.
Includes a grade 7 version and a grade 8 version for comparison. The grade 8 version has a more thoughtful introduction and conclusion and creates more of a debate.
The PowerPoint contains colour coded annotations to showcase a deliberate and easy to imitate method for helping students structure a successful response.
Also contains a grade 9 response analysing Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s marriage.
A high level grade 9 exemplar response that explores ideas about power in Ozymandias and Tissue. Includes some examiner annotations.
Also includes annotations for both poems that focused on ideas about power.
Also includes a writing/planning frame to help see how the essay was created from a plan.
A strong grade 9-style thoughtful and at times perceptive response about poverty in A Christmas Carol. Also Includes a 20+ slide PowerPoint that guides students how to go about creating a grade 9 response on poverty by exploding key quotations to meet the requirements for A01, A02 and A03.
The grade 9 response itself is designed to snugly fit on one page for ease of printing.
Check out my shop for other A Christmas Carol resources:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-theme-revision-cards-poverty-isolation-ghosts-christmas-family-11869145
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
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-aqa-1-9-super-bundle-11532059#
A context sheet to support the teaching of Lord of the Flies. It looks at 8 contextual factors to deepen students’ understanding of the novel:
Golding’s life
WWII
Cold War
British Imperialism
Coral Island
Religion
Existentialism
Thomas Hobbes