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.
Effective for building skills in answering the 8 mark Question 2 on AQA English Language Paper 1.
Uses 3 short extracts from Chapter 5 of Frankenstein to practise writing 3 answers to Q2 - commenting on language.
Each short extract has animated annotations to talk through.
There are also model paragraphs for students to peer assess.
Includes success criteria.
Sheets to assist with speed marking. This will save you the time-consuming job of writing out the full targets while not compromising the specificity of your marking.
The reading response sheet should work with any reading/comprehension response to a text where students are expecting to answer in PEE style paragraphs.
The writing response sheet should work with any task in which students produce a creative response.
The 20 targets are differentiated - starting with the basics before moving on to higher skills.
An Inspector Calls: Revision Activity on 5 character and 5 theme questions for AQA and EDUQAS.
Complete the tables using the revision guides to plan responses to exam questions.
Revision cards which featured detailed analysis of 6 quotations for each of the following 4 themes:
Ambition
Motif of blood/violence
Guilt
Supernatural
Also included are revision cards for big ideas/themes in the play.
3 Grade 9 model responses to Eduqas GCSE style exam questions to analyse and annotate. Includes the question and extract.
Essay topics.
1. Supernatural
2. Bob Cratchit
3. Christmas
Students read and analyse 20 short key extracts from the play. I have selected the extracts most likely to feature in the exam.
Bronze: Explain what is happening.
Silver: Analyse 3 key quotes
Gold: Link to context and answer the question
Students can then check their answers on the PowerPoint which contains sample annotations for each extract. They are colour coded.
Includes 2 versions. AQA (with context) and EDUQAS (without context).
There are also extension activities:
Bronze: Revise 64 mini quotations
Silver: Find 3 key extracts which link to each theme
Gold: Attempt an exam question.
Three revision lessons for the 15 mark a) question in the Eduqas 9-1 Romeo and Juliet exam.
Exam 1 is from Act 4 Scene 1
Exam 2 is from Act 5 Scene 3
Exam 3 is from Act 3 Scene 1
All include a powerpoint with annotations, a planning sheet and there is also a writing frame of useful sentence stems.
Also includes grade 9 model answers which students can compare to their own work.
This popular revision sheet that I created back in 2016 but updated in subsequent years contains concise notes for all 15 poems under the following headings:
Power
Conflict
5 Key quotations
Structure
Context
In addition to the main resource, there are various differentiated suggestions and resources to ensure students use the revision grid effectively.
I have added an enhanced version for 2023 which includes explanations of the top 5 quotations for each poem and a PowerPoint full of ideas about how to use the knowledge organiser to revise.
There are 3 differentiated accompanying worksheets that direct students towards effective use of the revision grid by writing the opening to a range of questions with different levels of prompting.
Includes 15 sample AQA style questions (one per poem) and PowerPoint containing some annotations for every poem.
You may wish purchase this as part of a power and conflict bundle which also includes lots of other revision resources on the poems along with several writing frames.
Revision cards that cover 5 key quotations for 6 themes that might come up on the exam. There is also an overview of Priestley’s purpose with regard to each theme.
Also includes top 10 quotations for each character and character revision cards too.
Also includes a resource encouraging students to closely examine the stage directions.
High grade analysis of 20 key quotations.
Mid grade analysis of 50 key quotations.
Brief explanation of 100 key quotations.
These resources can be used in multiple ways. For example RAG rate, paired questioning, find 5 quotations on each of the following themes etc.
Also includes a slide for how to use the revision sheet as an extension activity by pairing up similar or contrasting quotations or by comparing the surface and hidden meanings.
Also includes a test on the top 50 quotations to match them to 50 brief explanations.
Also includes analysis of the top 10 single words to analyse in the novella with high level explanations of how to zoom in and then how to zoom out to explore Dickens’ authorial purpose.
10+ Resources to teach students methods for comparing poems from the AQA anthology. Includes ideas for discriminating comparisons by both theme and method. The model examples come from the Power and Conflict AQA anthology and include plans for…
The Emigree and Kamikaze
Exposure and War Photographer.
Exposure and Storm on the Island
Tissue and Ozymandias
Remains and Bayonet Charge
Prelude and Ozymandias
London and My Last Duchess
There is also a blank template for students to practise using the 12 point comparative method on a question comparing Ozymandias and My Last Duchess.
There is also a choice over a simple 4 paragraph methods based approach or a more advanced 2 paragraph conceptual approach.
There is also a diamond ranking starter activity to get students to engage with the criteria for grade 8 and 9.
There is also a resource with 3 tiers of difficulty depending on how confident students are at planning their own comparisons.
Tier 1: Students add the analysis of the quotations. The topic sentences and recommended quotations are already filled in for them.
Tier 2: Students must pick their own 3 quotations from each poem and analyse the quotations.
Tier 3: Students must pick their own topic sentences, quotations and then analsyse the quotations.
The questions covered are as follows:
2021 question: Compare how poets present ideas about power and control in ‘London’ and in one other poem from ‘Power and conflict’. (30)
Nov 2020 question: Compare how poets present the ways people are affected by difficult experiences in ‘Remains’ and in one other poem from ‘Power and conflict’. (30)
May 2019 question: Compare how poets present the ways that people are affected by war in ‘War Photographer’ and in one other poem from ‘Power and conflict’. (30)
May 2018 question: Compare how poets present ideas about power in ‘Ozymandias’ and in one other poem from ‘Power and conflict’. (30)
These outstanding 5 star revision sheets are aimed at preparing students for the AQA 2017 examination on ‘A Christmas Carol’. With the closed book format in mind, the sheet contains the important quotations from Staves 1 to 5, a range of points to make about context (A03) and a range of AQA style exam questions to work on.
Starter: Students read the 42 quotations and work out which Stave they come from.
Main Activity: A3 revision sheet
Bronze: Identify what we learn about the character in each quotation (A01)
Silver: Identify the key words and language features in each quotation (A02)
Gold: Identify which theme each quotation links to (A01)
Diamond: Relate each quotation to a relevant point about context (A03)
There is a second revision sheet which groups quotations by staves and themes and contains examination questions and context linked to each theme.
There is also a quotation revision sheet containing detailed notes on 20 key quotations linked to A01, A02 and A03.