Differentiated resources which aid students in developing the harmony of an original idea. This was originally used over 3 lessons with a sixth form class but could also be used with GCSE students.
Students must firstly define harmonic development methods (definitions provided). They must then identify how this looks by using musical examples.
The gold task then asks students to apply at least one method to their own composition.
All worksheets are in word so they can be further adapted in order to differentiate for your students.
Themes in Animal Farm. Differentiated carousel activity to push more able students.
Assign each coloured group a theme in explore in the novel.
Ask them to prepare a presentation on that theme.
During the presentation, students fill in the carousel grid to make notes on how all 5 themes are presented in the novel.
Lesson resources to analyse I wanna be yours by John Cooper Clarke.
The worksheets are designed to encourage students to come up with two ways of interpreting key lines in the poem to help them answer the overall question: would the speaker be a good boyfriend?
3 sets of lessons which revise Chamber music, Musical theatre and Jazz and blues music under the Music for ensemble category.
Students must revise key words and categorise them into a revision grid. Powerpoints are provided for each lesson with differentiation embedded.
There are listening questions for each style of music and musical theatre and jazz and blues also provide longer answer questions and options to plan these answers and a hint sheet to support lower ability students.
A worksheet to help explore Act 3 Scene 4.
Read the scene
Task 1. Find quotations to support each point.
Task 2: Convert 3 quotations in PEE paragraphs
Extension:
Give acting directions to Macbeth and draw an image of the scene on stage.
Worksheet 2: Analyse the impact of Macbeth’s word choices when speaking to the ghost.
Students read the Grade 9 GCSE model answer on the theme of love and trace how the 9 step method has been used to write about the extract and the play as a whole.
They then plan 3 GCSE style questions on the themes of death, fate and family honour using the 9 step method.
I have made it so you can print them separately or as part of a 4 page booklet.
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.
A clearly structured worksheet to help students vary sentence openers in 6 different ways.
Students can use the 3 model examples and the word bank at the bottom to help them create interesting versions of the boring sentences in 6 ways:
ing word
ly word
ed word
preposition
abstract noun
adjective
There is also a tougher version looking at 10 different openers.
3-5 lessons which revise the Beethoven set work-Sonata in C minor.
Lesson 1 focuses on the key features of the movement and categorises the musical elements into the main features of the piece e.g. piano and sonata form. The lessons is differentiated with success criteria and has answers included. This also focuses on the main musical elements and how you would describe them in an essay. This would take more than 1 hour long lesson.
Lesson 2-3 focuses on the extended answer for Question 9 in the exam by picking out the main features for all the musical elements and trying to explain them to ensure AO4 is achieved in the answer. Lesson 3 also focuses on wider listening and uses 3 example piece from different time periods (sheet music provided).
There is also a document with a summary of the Beethoven movement on just over 2 sides of A4 with the main features students need to know for the exam (this is in prose). There are 20 differentiated questions where answers can be found in the text. Ideal for revision lesson, homework or a cover lesson. Answer are provided.
A lesson aimed an understanding and analysing the prologue to Romeo and Juliet. Originally aimed at a relatively low ability group but there are extension tasks on the main activity to stretch the more able. There is a further optional extension worksheet attached.
Lesson 1 introduces the poem Hawk Roosting and prepares students for an exam style question using the writing frame.
Lesson 2 includes a writing frame to help compare how power is presented in Ozymandias and Hawk Roosting.
This revision lesson includes 9 possible exam questions for English language paper 2 writing. For each task, students are asked to come up with 3 ideas and to write an effective opening paragraph.
The starter activity asks students to analyse 9 effective openings to letters, articles and speeches.