A compilation of my most popular Macbeth GCSE revision resources onto one 58 page booklet in word or pdf to make for easy printing. All the resources are aimed at students aiming towards grades 7-9
Includes:
Character revision cards
Theme revision cards
Revision timelines
Top 20 and top 100 quotation revision sheets
6 grade 9 exemplar responses
Planning sheets
Sample exam questions
Key Extract analysis sheets
Motifs
Critical Perspectives
And lots more.
Can be printed in A3 or simply change your printer settings to print in A4.
Also includes 5 essay plans for 5 different Macbeth questions.
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?
‘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.
A large collection of my post popular revision cards and sheets for A Christmas Carol collated into one bundle.
Includes:
Top 20 quotations
Top 50 quotations
Top 100 quotations
Effects of greed - top 6 quotations
Poverty - top 6 quotations
Supernatural - top 6 quotations
Joy and happiness - top 6 quotations
Isolation - top 6 quotations
100 comprehension questions (with answer sheet)
Comprehension questions on all staves.
Check out the previews.
4 detailed and comprehensive revision booklets covering 4 of the most popular GCSE literature texts: Macbeth, A Christmas Carol, An Inspector Calls and Power and Conflict.
All the booklets compile my most popular individual resources into 4 easy to print booklets/pdfs.
Each booklet contains high grade model responses, attractive revision cards, colourful knowledge organisers, scaffolding to help with planning, plot overviews, comprehension questions and much more. I have tried to include lots of previews to give you an idea.
Buying the bundle of 4 booklets is more cost effective than purchasing all 4 booklets from my shop individually.
An Inspector Calls - 43 page booklet
Macbeth - 58 page booklet (newly updated for 2024)
Power and Conflict - 51 page booklet (newly updated for 2024)
A Christmas Carol - 40 page booklet
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.
Writing frame for comparing Storm on the Island and Exposure (AQA Power and Conflict).
The AQA style exam question is as follows:
Compare the ways the poets in Storm on the Island and one other poem (Exposure) present conflict with nature.
Theme revision sheets covering key themes in the play:
kingship
ambition
supernatural
motif of blood
Fear
Guilt
Each revision sheet analyses 6 quotations relating to the theme in detail to meet the requirements for A01, A02, A03.
2 differentiated writing frame to help students write a comparison of how Prelude and Storm on the Island present conflict with nature.
There are 2 writing frames so students can select their level of challenge and independence.
50 carefully selected concise quotations to learn by heart.]
The revision activity is differentiated.
Bronze: Explain what the quotations reveal.
Silver: Identify language features in each quotation
Gold: Explore deeper meanings by linking to wider themes, context and Dickens' purposes.
I have also included an answer sheet which briefly explains why each quotation is important.
A growing collection of grade 8/grade 9 band 5 and band 6 exam-style responses to A Christmas Carol exam-style questions. . All responses have been formatted to snugly fit onto one page for ease of printing.
Includes responses to the following questions:
Starting with the extract …
How does Dickens present Scrooge’s fears?
How is Bob Cratchit presented?
How is Scrooge presented as an isolated character?
Explore the significance of the ghosts in the novel?
How does Dickens present Scrooge’s attitude to charity?
How is Scrooge presented as an outsider to the world around him?
How are places presented in the novel?
How is Scrooge presented as an outcast to the world around him? (different extract)
Explore how Dickens uses the ghosts to help Scrooge change his beliefs and actions?
How does Dickens present the hardship of the poverty-stricken?
How does Dickens present Christmas as a joyful time?
How does Dickens explore the effects of greed.
Also contains additional material such as the 9 step method for grade 9.
6 revision cards covering 6 quotations linked to the theme of supernatural in A Christmas Carol. The detailed explanation of the quotations are linked to the 3 A0s and authorial methods are underlined.
Also contains a revision sheet with 30 quotations linking to the supernatural.
Also contains critical perspectives about the witches.
Check out my shop for other A Christmas Carol resources:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-theme-revision-cards-poverty-isolation-ghosts-christmas-family-11869145
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-gcse-differentiated-revision-sheets-on-themes-and-context-11387723
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/stave-1-and-stave-5-scrooge-s-transformation-in-a-christmas-carol-11503154
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-grade-9-lesson-and-essays-on-ghosts-11552659
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-100-comprehension-questions-with-answer-sheet-12450748
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/revise-themes-in-a-christmas-carol-family-isolation-poverty-charity-christmas-supernatural-11577227
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/grade-9-a-christmas-carol-exam-responses-12220340
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-top-50-quotations-11901568
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-3-grade-9-model-answers-for-eduqas-gcse-exam-style-11797550
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/grade-9-response-on-poverty-in-a-christmas-carol-12512988
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/6-grade-9-model-essays-on-a-christmas-carol-for-aqa-or-eduqas-11896608
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-aqa-1-9-super-bundle-11532059#
A timeline that traces the development of the supernatural across the whole play.
Also included as a cut and stick kinesthetic activity where students must put the boxes into the correct order.
Also contains revision cards containing high level analysis of 6 key quotations linked to the supernatural.
Also contains a high grade response to a question on the supernatural in the play.
Comprehension revision for this key theme that could come up in the 2023 exam.
Also includes a lesson looking at how to structure a response.
4 detailed essay plans on A Christmas Carol to convert into 4 essays.
A detailed success criteria is provided for each paragraph.
This A Christmas Carol resource offers 3 levels of differentiation to help guide students on how to structure a full length response on the following 4 themes/topics: children, materialism, ghosts, Christmas.
Tier 1 difficulty (I do): Big idea, topic sentences and quotations are provided. Students add the analysis of the quotations.
Tier 2 difficulty (We do): Students must choose 2 quotations to support each topic sentence and analyse the quotations.
Tier 3 difficulty (You do): Students have to generate the big idea, the topic sentences, 2 quotations a paragraph and the quotation analysis.
6 sets of revision cards on the following 6 themes in Macbeth:
Kingship
Macbeth’s fears
Supernatural
Blood and violence
Guilt
Ambition
Each set has 6 key quotations analysed in detail to meet the requirements for A01, A02 and A03.
A range of resources to support the teaching of how Macbeth’s character changes across the play.
Includes a timeline to complete to track Macbeth’s changes.
Includes a revision sheet with high level analysis of 13 key quotations linked to the AOs.
Includes a simple writing frame for a low ability to help them write about Macbeth as a character who changes to grade 4 or grade 5 level.
Include a list of key quotations (with brief explanations) to pick from to help them write about Macbeth at different points of the text.
Includes a high-level direct knowledge statement which I explain and regularly encourage them to keep referring back to when it comes to discussing Shakespeare’s authorial message in the play at the end of each analytical paragraph.
Three writing frames to help low-ability students structure exam-style response to questions based on the themes of ambition and deception.
Students are provided with a very short extract and an exam-style question. I made the extracts shorter than normal to make it more accessible for the students.
The writing frame starts off each paragraph for the student. There is then space for the students to use their knowledge of the play to add further analysis of each quotation.
It has been designed to fit onto A4 sheets for ease of printing. For some students it may be necessary to enlarge the sheet to A3.
These resources help build student confidence and is an important step for helping them structure their answers independently.
Also contains guidance on thesis-style introductions.
‘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.
A collection of continually updated PowerPoints, writing frames, model essays, revision grids, planning sheets, guided annotations and comprehension worksheets on the poems from the ‘Power and Conflict’ section of the AQA anthology. There are also various resources examining how best to structure discriminating comparisons.
I do have other power and conflict resources available:
Bundle
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/power-and-conflict-revision-11626301
Model answers:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/power-and-conflict-grade-9-model-essays-12213236
Revision cards:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/power-and-conflict-revision-cards-12107049