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.
A Macbeth revision sheet that organises 25 quotations and explanations into characters and themes. Also includes some ideas about context for each theme.
I give students the blank version first and compare it to the final version after they have attempted to fill each box.
This resource now also includes a resource that explores how BIG IDEAs are presented in the text. There are two version. The Grade 5 version provides 6 quotations with clear and relevant inferences for each BIG IDEA. The Grade 9 version provides 6 quotations with perceptive and assured inferences to meet the top band of the mark scheme.
For more Macbeth resources try the following links:
grade 9 model responses:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-6-grade-7-9-model-responses-12187985
Revision Cards
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-revision-cards-12173097
Full bundle
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-revision-bundle-2019-12115685
Other popular Macbeth resources include:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-revise-20-extracts-11868136
Revision cards
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-theme-revision-cards-ambition-supernatural-guilt-violence-deceit-courage-11868831
Grade 9 model ansers
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-6-grade-7-9-model-responses-12187985
Knowledge organisers
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-character-revision-sheet-quotations-themes-context-aqa-9-1-11868119
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/how-is-lady-macbeth-presented-in-act-5-scene-1-worksheets-and-a-model-response-11422450
Several helpful and printable revision sheets and activity sheets covering key quotations for characters, themes and stage directions with links to examination questions and context.
The themes covered include:
Responsibility
Class
Age
Gender
Wealth, Power and Influence.
Student-friendly, double-sided revision cards to cover 6 themes in Macbeth:
ambition
supernatural
deceit
violence
courage
*guilt
Each revision card has 3 sections:
key parts of the play that link to the theme
key quotations linked to each theme
ideas about context/Shakespeare’s purpose for each theme.
The back of the card has space for students to make analytical notes on quotations.
I have now added revision cards for the 6 main characters and 9 revision cards to cover the character of Macbeth.
I have also added a sheet to revise quotations for 6 motifs in the play.
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.
This comprehensive revisions sheet contains key points, quotations and context to help students write essays responding to exam style questions on 6 different themes:
Poverty
Christmas
Supernatural
Isolation
Charity
Family
I have also included my older revision sheet that includes key Scrooge quotations from each Stave and differentiated activities.
I have also included some theme revision cards.
PowerPoint revising theme and character quotations.
Each quotation is click activated so you can go through them one by one after first giving students a chance to select and explaining quotations themselves.
Covers 4 themes:
Don’t trust the supernatural
Don’t trust appearances
Ambition is toxic
Guilt is inescapable
and covers 3 characters
Macbeth
Lady Macbeth
Banquo
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.
A handy revision grid containing key quotations for the main characters in Animal Farm. Can be used in lots of ways such as to help plan exam responses on characters and themes.
Contains an activity where students convert the character revision grid into a theme revision grid by finding character quotations to transfer onto the theme grid.
I also have a similar version which also includes brief explanations of the key quotations:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/dashboard/resource-management/add-resource/12272556/published
Double sided revision cards on 6 themes in A Christmas Carol.
Before giving students the cards, I go through the lesson and make them fill in notes for each quotation on the separate worksheet to ensure they understand the importance of each quotation.
Includes PowerPoint lesson with success criteria, starter, differentiated tasks, plenary.
Includes a test on the key quotations for each theme with answers on the PowerPoint.
Also includes concise notes on 20 key words from the novella.
A complete lesson about ghosts in the novel to help lead students towards creating a grade 9 response to a GCSE style question on the theme of ghosts in A Christmas Carol using a 9 step process. Students go on to read the grade 9 exemplars and trace how I have followed the 9 step process.
Also includes 6 revision cards about the supernatural in the novella.
This PowerPoint guides students through how to plan and structure 5 exam responses.
Each plan has click-activated animations to talk through the process of constructing an answer. The plan is written in short hand to help students with note-taking.
Each plan guides students to work through the text chronologically.
Each question plan includes:
Thesis
Context
4 topic sentences for 4 content paragraphs
Quotations for each paragraph
Inferences and methods (A02)
Conclusion considering authorial purpose and universal truths (A03)
The 5 questions cover the following topics:
How is Banquo presented? (2023 prediction)
How is Macbeth presented as a violent character?
How does Shakespeare present Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s marriage?
How do the witches influence the play?
How does Shakespeare present hallucinations?
New for 2023. Also includes a sixth essay plan and a step by step essay plan and grade 9 response looking at how the concept of kingship is presented in the play.
Popular Macbeth revision resource that are repeatable and can be adapted in lots of ways. Includes the following:
A Quotation organiser grid containing quotations linked to characters, acts themes, context and exam-style questions.
Also includes a second page activity which gets students to use the revision sheet to plan 6 AQA style theme questions.
Various Revision flash cards covering characters and themes in Macbeth
Revision of 50 quotations in Macbeth.
A comprehensive bank of 20 resources for ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’. This is arguably ‘worth’ a lot more but I have reduced the price considerably since the novel was taken off the GCSE spec; however, this may still be essential for teachers in international schools or for teachers who are now teaching it at Key Stage 3 to prepare students for Key Stage 4.
Includes:
Essay responses
Differentiated learning journeys
Writing frames
Planning frames
Revision booklet
Differentiated character investigation lessons
Knowledge Organiser for Lord of the Flies along with a PowerPoint slide that contains questions explaining how students should use the knowledge organiser to revise each character’s development in the novel.
I have selected crossover quotations that link to both characters and themes.
I have also included some ideas for how to approach A03 context for each character and theme.
The second page has a blank version of the knowledge organiser. I ask students to fill as much of the blank one in as they can and then show them my answers at the end.
Use the A3 sheet to revise inferences for 10 quotations per character then compare against the answer sheet. The animations on the PowerPoint reveal each answer one by one so you can go through them in turn.
Activity is differentiated to encourage higher-level students to push for more advanced inferences and to identify and comment on language features and Priestley’s wider purpose.
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
Lessons and resources for the EDUQAS 9-1 anthology.
Lesson 1: Pairing compatible poems and writing discriminating comparisons
Lesson 2: Learn 3 quotations for each poem.
Lesson 3: Memorise 3 quotations for each poem.
Lesson 4: Memorise 3 words for each poem. Poetry grid.
Also includes a revision grid and a quiz.
Also contains PowerPoint animated annotations for all 18 poems. Free for teachers to adapt to suit their classes.
Also contains a 23 page booklet with analysis of key quotations in each poem.
A composite of various resources combined together to form one A3 revision sheet on the poem.
This is a free taster from my Power and Conflict bundles which are available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/power-and-conflict-2019-revision-bundle-12072615