Three lessons focusing on the Animal Farm question on the OCR Literature Paper using the AOs, includes:
Part A and B, including exam question and extracts
Detailed context
Annotated extracts
Form and structure
Hints and tips
Model responses
OCR 2023 grade boundaries
Lesson on demystifying Shakespeare’s language
Includes simple tasks on the development of English and iambic pentameter
Plot of Macbeth
General context
Witches in 1.1 and sergeant’s speech 1.2 for whole class annotation
Macbeth OCR GCSE exam question
Model candidate answer
Can be adapted to all exam boards and KS3
Lessons and resources for the Edexcel A Level Course including:
Wuthering Heights , The Handmaid’s Tale, and Frankenstein Recaps
Unseen poetry
Exam questions - how to approach them, and model responses
AO focused
Scaffolded lesson on descriptive writing including:
SPaG advice
Planning
Step-by-step focus on the description question
Writing tips
Mark Scheme
Easily differentiated
Adaptable to other exam boards
Detailed, scaffolded lessons and resources including:
Essay structure and planning
Exam questions with extracts
Quizzes
Past Papers
Relevant Context
Colour-coded model responses
Easily differentiated
Adaptable to other exam boards
Detailed, scaffolded lessons and resources including:
Essay structure and planning
Exam questions with extracts
Banquo
The Supernatural
Relevant Context
Colour-coded model responses
Easily differentiated
Adaptable to other exam boards
Detailed lessons and resources including:
Act One recap
Essay structure and ‘lesser’ characters
How to approach a theme question
How to approach the exam question on gender
Planning and structure
Colour-coded model responses
Easily differentiated
Adaptable to other exam boards
Detailed, scaffolded lessons on how we interact with our world: social media, climate change, politeness
Tabloid and Broadsheet articles, video and transcript of speech for analysis of rhetorical devices
Do Now Starters
Lots of engaging tasks
Mark scheme
SPaG pointers
Planning
Worst possible introduction tasks
Adaptable to other exam boards
Ideal for exam revision
Detailed Lessons on How to Approach the OCR A Level Literature Exams, includes:
Hamlet
Dystopia (The Handmaid’s Tale)
Ibsen and Rossetti
Detailed early modern context lesson
Resources include extracts and model responses
Scaffolded lesson with resources
Easy to differentiate
Do Now starter
Tabloid and Broadsheet articles for analysis of rhetorical devices
Worst possible introduction task
Adaptable to other exam boards
Scaffolded lesson with resources
Easy to differentiate
Do Now
Articles and video
Greta Thunberg UN Speech video and transcript for analysis
Planning sheet
Adaptable to other exam boards
Two scaffolded and easily differentiatable lessons, and resources, for the AQA syllabus - can easily be adapted to other exam boards
Points of discussion
Do Nows
Broadsheet versus tabloid perspectives
Shocking facts
Simple essay writing resource for Macbeth on the AQA GCSE syllabus, includes:
assessment objectives
mark scheme
timing and planning
introduction and thesis statement
essay questions with model student responses
practice questions
applicable to More and Most Able but can be adapted
Word and PDF included
All AQA GCSE English Literature Exam Questions 2017-2022
Exam tips and technique
Indicative content
Ideal for revision
Easily adaptable
PowerPoint and PDF versions
Very detailed AQA GCSE Literature Paper 1 lesson and resource for The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde focusing on past paper questions 2017-2022. It includes:
Chapter list
Chapter summaries (resource)
All past exam questions from 2017-2022 with indicative content
Exam question (sympathy: June 2017)
Exam technique
Success Criteria
Mark Scheme
Annotated exam extract
Detailed plan
Guided introduction and thesis statement
Colour-coded model paragraph
Easily adaptable
Very detailed AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 1 lesson and resources recapping knowledge of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, includes:
Basic plot of story for visual learners
Detailed chapter summaries
Chapter list and some contextual overview
Quiz with answers
Key vocabulary
Exam technique
Mark Scheme
Annotated exam extract (atmosphere of suspicion)
Success Criteria
Detailed plan
Model introduction and thesis statement
Colour-coded model paragraph
Easily adaptable
Detailed AQA GCSE Literature Paper 1 lesson on Jekyll and Hyde exam practice focusing on Utterson’s dream, includes:
Basic plot of story for visual learners
Chapter list and some contextual overview
Quiz with answers
Exam technique
Mark Scheme
Annotated exam extract (Mysterious dream)
Success Criteria
Detailed plan
Model introduction and thesis statement
Straightforward lesson on exam practice for AQA Literature Paper 1 Jekyll and Hyde includes:
Quiz with answers
Exam technique
Mark Scheme
Annotated exam extract (Good and Evil)
Some context
Chapter Breakdown
Success Criteria
Detailed plan
Model introduction and thesis statement
Very detailed AQA GCSE Literature Paper 1 lesson and resources on how to approach the Jekyll and Hyde exam essays, includes:
Exam technique
Chapter Breakdown
All main and secondary characters
Women in the novella
Contextual overview for both texts
Key Vocabulary including homosocial
Mark Scheme
Annotated exam extracts
Colour-coded introductions with thesis statements
Colour-coded Student exemplar response with examiner’s comments
Easily adaptable
Very detailed lesson on exam essay structure for AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 1 focusing on Macbeth, Jekyll and Hyde, and An Inspector Calls. It includes:
Exam technique
Contextual overview for all three texts
Key Vocabulary
Mark Scheme
Annotated exam extracts (MacB /J&H)
Colour-coded introductions with thesis statements
Student exemplar responses (graded)