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Lord of the Flies - Character Revision Sheet 2023-2024
A new and vastly improved character revision sheet for 2023-2024
This A3 sheet contains a thesis-style introduction and 10 key quotations analysed in detail for the 4 main characters in Lord of the Flies:
Piggy, Simon, Ralph and Jack.
Also contains a blank template version. I give students the blank template first to see how much they can recall before going over the answers.
Which character do you think is going to come up in the 2023 exam?
A Christmas Carol Revision
4 handy revision sheets covering the following 4 characters in A Christmas Carol:
Scrooge
Fred
Cratchit Family
Ghost of Christmas Past
Also includes analysis of the 10 key words in the novella for zooming in on.
Also includes:
A timeline revision activity for A Christmas Carol that asks students to offer 3 layers of analysis for 13 key Scrooge quotations to help track his transformation in the novel from a solitary miser to a redeemed philanthropist.
A01: What is the meaning of the quotation?
A02: What is the impact of words/methods?
A03: What is Dickens’ message in this quotation?
Comprehensive answer sheet is included. I give this out at the end of the lesson so students can compare their answers to it.
Ideal revision activity in the run up to the May examinations.
Also contains a lesson and resource to help students explore multiple interpretations for what each character symbolises or represents.
Bundle
Macbeth
Contains ready to teach lessons on over 20 scenes, revision cards, grade 9 model answers, revision resources on quotations, along with strategies for planning and approaching exam questions. The bundle offers much better value than buying the resources separately. Look through the extensive previews to appreciate the wide range of resources on offer.
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
Bundle
Macbeth Revision BUNDLE
Selection of 20 premium resources to support the teaching of GCSE 9-1 specification. Includes:
popular revision sheets
9 grade 9 model answers
revision cards
exam-style questions
20 key exam length extracts
7 writing frames
model responses
comprehension questions on select scenes
20 lessons covering almost all scenes in the play
Writing frame for comparing As imperceptibly as grief with Prelude.
Very simple writing frame to help students .ompare how ‘As Imperceptibly as Grief’ and one other poem (‘Prelude’) present the passing of time. (25 marks)
Animal Farm Storyboard
A simple free storyboard activity to help recap the plot to the novel. Useful at an early stage of the scheme of learning.
Mr Birling wordsearch 18 adjectives An Inspector Calls
Just a short wordsearch to introduce 18 adjectives to describe Mr Birling’s character.
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
Macbeth Act 2 Scene 4 annotations and model paragraph.
Brief PowerPoint with annotations for Act 2 Scene 4 and a model analytical paragraph for explaining the importance of this often overlooked scene.
Also includes a test on ten quotations from Act 1 and Act 2.
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
Pop Music - Stand By Me Differentiated Scheme of Work and Instrumental Parts
A scheme of work and powerpoints to ensure students understand popular music and the key features as well as improving their ensemble performance.
Stand By Me is used as the prime example however this can also be mashed up with Just the Way You Are and Beautiful Girls.
Band parts for the following instruments are available and differentiated into multiple tasks: drum-kit, keyboard (riff and chords), ukulele, bass guitar, lyrics.
Sibelius files are also available so you can adapt the music to suit your needs.
This scheme of work can last up to 7 weeks and also includes the option of adding in the middle 8 or student’s composing their own.
Who is responsible for the death of Eva Smith: An Inspector Calls differentiated worksheet
A simple but effective and ready to go worksheet to promote a group activity exploring who is responsible for the death of Eva Smith.
After splitting your class into 5 groups, ask students to create their argument for their character by finding further quotations to support their point and adding them to the structured grid.
Students can then share their ideas in a carousel style.
Much ado about nothing plot summary cloze activity
Much ado about nothing plot summary cloze activity.
Two Scavengers in a truck writing frame and model answer and planning sheets
Resources to teach ‘To Scavengers in a Truck’ by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Includes help sheets, questions, writing frames and a model essay to help with responding to feedback.
An Inspector Calls - Revision Cards
Revision cards for the main characters in the play.
I have also included a blank templates for students to create their own version.
Also includes a colouring in activity which is ideal for the end of term.
Chapter 3 Of Mice and Men 3 lessons
3 lessons exploring Chapter 3.
Lesson 1: A differentiated comprehension worksheet to help students of different abilities engage with Chapter 3 of Steinbeck’s novel.
Tough: Storyboard
Tougher: Comprehension Questions
Toughest: Analysis Questions
There is also a differentiated writing task included on the PowerPoint:
Tough: Lennie wanted poster
Tougher: Diary entry for girl from Weed
Toughest: Newspaper report of what happened in Weed
Lesson 2 involves analysing the language to describe the fight between Lennie and Curley.
Lesson 3 is a skills lesson which looks at how to deliberately use a combination of simple, compound and complex sentences in paragraphs.
Guilt in Macbeth. Moving from level 4 to level 5
Lesson explaining how to answer a Macbeth question on the theme of guilt for AQA GCSE.
Also includes a clear level 4 example response and a more thoughtful level 5 response so students can examine the difference between these two bands on the AQA mark scheme.
Also includes worksheets for exploring the extract.
Also includes a grade 5 model paragraph to assist lower ability students with writing about the extract and then moving to outside the extract.
Grade 9 response to Romeo and Juliet 2018 AQA question (relationship adults and children)
A grade 9 exemplar essay to the 2018 AQA question on Romeo and Juliet which was as follows:
Starting with this moment in the play, explore how Shakespeare presents relationships between adults and young people in Romeo and Juliet. (30+4 marks)
Includes some examiner comment for A01, A02, A03.
Key Stage 3 Music - Film Music composition using music technology
Resources to support students with a film music composition taking minimum of 5 lessons (1x motif composition, 1x intro, 1x build up, 1x climax and 1x resolution).
3 different composition briefs are provided which are split into introduction, build-up, climax and resolution so students can ensure structure to their composition. There is also an introduction to motifs (garageband lesson 1) and how to develop their use.
The planning sheet provides key musical devices which should be defined on the sheet (using the planning instructions powerpoint which has musical examples and audio embedded) and describes the choice students have for each section.
Differentiation is clear on the powerpoint and differentiates by the use of composition device.
This has been created for KS3 but could also support GCSE students beginning to compose film ideas.
Also check out my free radar assessment sheets: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/music-radar-assessments-12211849
Stave 3 A Christmas Carol 3 lessons
3 lessons on Stave 3 of A Christmas Carol
Lesson 1:
Introductory lesson covering the main events, quotations and big ideas in Stave 3 with accompanying worksheet.
Lessons 2:
Using 5 carefully selected short extracts, students are encouraged to select precise quotations (A01), analyse language choices (A02) and make wider links to context (A03) to explore how Dickens presents ideas about Christmas in Stave 3.
The 5 extracts are coloured to allow for a differentiated group carousel activity.
This resource contains the worksheets and a powerpoint for 1-2 lessons with learning outcomes for exploring how Dickens presents ideas about Christmas in Stave 3 of A Christmas Carol.
There is a differentiated version with boxes for lower ability students to complete.
I have also written 5 model answers for each extract for students to annotate.
Lesson 3:
Also includes a lesson which asks students to compare Scrooge’s room in Stave 1 and 3.
A Christmas Carol: Revising 25 key extracts for A01, A02 and A03 (Revision Booklet)
In this six page A3 revision booklet, students read 25 carefully selected key extracts covering all Staves. It usually takes around 2/3 lessons for students to complete the booklet or you can set it as an extended homework task.
After reading each extract, students must complete the following process:
WHAT: Identify what ideas are being communicated in each extract and pick 2 quotations. (A01)
HOW: Analyse how the use of methods and language in the extract impacts meaning. (A02)
WHY: Consider why Dickens made the decisions he did. What was his wider message within the context of the 19th century. (A03)
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