12 PAGE BOOKLET WITH VARIOUS COMPREHENSION STYLE ACTIVITIES COVERING EACH SCENE FROM THE PLAY.
Includes a test at the end with the 64 most important quotations.
Questions to encourage students to annotate Act 1 Scene 4 from Romeo and Juliet.
Also an activity analysing the 3 key moments from Act 1 Scene 4:
1. Romeo and Mercutio’s witty exchanges
2. Queen Mab speech
3. Romeo’s premonition of death
3 poems ideal for guiding students through the process of unpicking the meaning of unseen poems by noticing features of form, language and structure. Includes worksheets and PowerPoint.
The 3 poems are
TOUGH: In a Station of the Metro by Ezra Pound
TOUGHER: Take One Home for the Kiddies by Philip Larkin
TOUGHEST: Tamed Cat by Sylvia Kantaris
Each poem has prompt questions to encourage students to explore the effect of the writer’s methods.
Macbeth Character Analysis: Differentiated writing frame for lower ability.
Grade 4: Point, Evidence, Analysis of language
Grade 5: Add second zoom in to language
Grade 6: Add alternative interpretations
Grade 7: Add supporting/complicating quotations
Also includes advice on how to create a thesis-style introduction.
‘A thesis-style introduction that demonstrates your understanding of the question can be a really helpful way of starting your answer. It shows that you are ‘in charge’ of your essay and that you know what you think. It can provide a strong foundation for the rest of the essay. Keep referring back to the introduction to create a coherent response.’ AQA examiner’s report 2022
Creating a thesis-style introduction is a challenge for many students but is essential in helping students to reach levels 4-6 in the mark scheme. I have produced a simple 3 point structure to help students quickly generate a thesis statement in timed exam conditions. There is an example of the 3 point structure being used and then students attempt to imitate the structure for 4 other exam-style questions.
Differentiated Writing frame that can be adapted to any text from Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet to A Christmas Carol and Jekyll and Hyde. Ideal to use with lower ability students.
Aiming for Grade 4: Point, evidence, analysis
Aiming for Grade 5: Double zoom in to language
Aiming for Grade 6: Double zoom in and alternative interpretations
Aiming for Grade 7: 2 contrasting quotations, double zoom in, alternative interpretations, summative comment
Also contains advice on how to write thesis statement introductions in an easy to emulate 3 sentence structure.
PowerPoint lesson with differentiated worksheets to help students explore the importance of the Friar.
Students read the key quotations and decide how far they think Shakespeare presents The Friar as a wise man.
Includes GCSE exam style question adapted for AQA (34 mark question) and EDUQAS (25 mark question)
24 techniques and tricks to include in a piece of descriptive writing.
2 versions with differentiation.
Also includes a lesson that looks at some high grade examples of descriptive writing based on a picture of a lighthouse.
PowerPoint for an exam walk-through looking at the AQA Question from May 2017.
Differentiated starter: define the key words linked to male aggression and make links.
Main: Analyse 5 key extracts that demonstrate male aggression with a focus on A01 and A02. Suggested answers are on the PowerPoint to guide students through each extract.
Plenary: Draw a line graph to chart the intensity of male aggression across the play.
Also includes a band 5/6 model response to the question so students can look at how to develop their writing into a top band style response.
A range of differentiated resources for teaching students how to compare the writer's perspectives in two non-fiction texts (Red Dust and Touching the Void).
Engaging PowerPoint with various resources to teach ‘London’ by William Blake.
Wow word differentiated starter
Freeze frame activity
Listening questions
Frame for analysing language, structure, form, context
Detailed annotations
Annotation activity
Full lesson with PowerPoint and resources for analysing Juliet’s changing emotions.
Learning Outcomes: Analyse Juliet’s changing feelings across the play.
Main: Students read and analyse 8 key extracts in the play featuring Juliet.
Plenary: Students chart Juliet’s changing emotions onto a graph.
Revision tasks for AQA Power and Conflict.
Lots of revision activities for the Power and Conflict poems including:
10 writing frames
Revision grids
Revision card templates
Graphic Organisers
Model essays
Writing comparative sentences
Revision Quiz
The revision card template asks students to identify the following information in each poem to ensure they have a basic understanding of the poem that comes up.
Type of power and/or conflict
3 essential quotations
Structure
Form
Context
Works well when bought in conjunction with my 5 star rated revision grid.
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.
A writing frame for responding to any question on the 19th century novel section of the English Literature exam. Will work equally well with A Christmas Carol or Jekyll and Hyde - the two most popular texts.
Effective at guiding students towards high quality responses.
lso includes advice on how to create a thesis-style introduction on A Christmas Carol.
‘A thesis-style introduction that demonstrates your understanding of the question can be a really helpful way of starting your answer. It shows that you are ‘in charge’ of your essay and that you know what you think. It can provide a strong foundation for the rest of the essay. Keep referring back to the introduction to create a coherent response.’ AQA examiner’s report 2022
Creating a thesis-style introduction is a challenge for many students but is essential in helping students to reach levels 4-6 in the mark scheme. I have produced a simple 3 point structure to help students quickly generate a thesis statement in timed exam conditions. There is an example of the 3 point structure being used and then students attempt to imitate the structure for 4 other exam-style questions.
Page by page comprehension questions for Book 1 from Pages 1 -118. An average of one question per page.
Also includes:
- an activity analysing an extract from Paradise Lost and other resources for analysing Act 1 and some resources for writing a film review of The Golden Compass.
- a character analysis activity on Lord Asriel
- a character analysis for Lyra
- a planning frame to writing a newspaper article about Iorek kill Iofur