Room 101 speaking and listening lesson and resources

An effective lesson on subordinate clauses with learning objectives and 3 accompanying worksheets.

Writing frame for a podcast

Useful when teaching sentences within a wider Romeo and Juliet SOW. The worksheet looks at how to use embedded clauses, subordinate clauses, semi colons and colons.

25 sentence types: differentiated worksheets

21 ways to write interesting sentences guide sheet.

Great Expectations Chapter 1. Questions to explore

An ideal differentiated end of term activity after a series of lessons on writing interesting sentences or at the start of a term to test how much students know about sentences. There is a test on the second page. It covers the following: What is a sentence Varying the subject of a sentence Long and short sentences Subordinate clauses 4 sentence types Varying sentence starts Active and passive voice

Worksheets on prefixes and suffixes.

Identifying the purpose and audience: 2 worksheets

A worksheet looking at the quotes from the 4 best scenes which link to multiple themes that may come up in the AQA 1-9 examination.

Macbeth: How well can you remember quotations from key scenes for the closed book exam?

Macbeth: differentiated activity on quotes that link to themes learn for AQA 1-9 exam.

Macbeth: 3 soliloquies. A differentiated activity with modern translation (A01, A02, A03)

Lesson on Act 5 Scene 1 which prepares students for answering a question about how Lady Macbeth is presented in this scene. Includes general questions on the extract, a table (with answers) to explore the impact of language features and a writing frame for turning the table into an extended analysis. There is also a high level model response that I show to students after they have attempted the question to help them respond to feedback. There is also an extension activity encouraging students to write a psychological evaluation of Lady Macbeth. I have also added comprehension questions to help analyse the scene in great detail. 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

Write a poem based on the play. Bronze: cinquain Silver: haiku Gold: personification poem

Up to 7 lessons worth of material to encourage practical musicianship. Differentiated resources for different instruments in order to create an ensemble performance of Don’t Stop Believing. There are at least 3 tasks for each instrument and the music is also annotated with note names or without. There is also a Sibelius 6 file which can be adapted to suit other instrumentation. The wow word sheet has 3 levels of differentiation and introduces students to musical language by describing the musical features of the song - this works well as a starter and provides a suitable worksheet for students to revise from for an end of unit listening test.

Differentiated instrumental parts to allow students to create an ensemble performance of Jingle Bell Rock. There are up to 3 levels of differentiation for each part and bass tablature and drum-kit parts are also included. This are also differentiated composition templates where students can create their own middle 8 section using notation and composition methods. A differentiated listening test which refers to different versions of Jingle Bell Rock with you tube links and answers are also provided.

Differentiated instrumental parts to allow students to create an ensemble performance of Rocking Around the Christmas Tree. There are up to 3 levels of differentiation for each part and bass tablature is also included. There is also differentiated composition worksheets to encourage students to write a middle 8 section for their performance. A differentiated listening test which refers to different versions of Rocking Around the Christmas Tree with you tube links is also provided.

A series of 2 lessons which use the elements from Mozart’s Horn Concerto (concerto, sonata form, 6/8 time signature) to as a stimulus for a composition task (original music also provided). All instrumental parts and composition tasks are differentiated and Sibelius files are also provided. PowerPoints for the lessons are available with differentiated and push your thinking tasks.