2 high level model answers for the AQA Language Paper 2 June 2022 paper. The question was about holidays. Response A primarily agrees with the statement while response B ostensibly disagrees with it. Both answers have been written in a deliberate attempt to meet the criteria for the top band of the markscheme.

For students aiming to really impress their examiner in their pursuit of grade 9, here are a summary of 8 critical perspectives into Macbeth’s character to help meet and exceed the criteria for A03. Includes Marx, Freud, Aristotle, Machiavelli, feminism, Locke and Jung.

A sheet analysing 12 key quotations from Scene 1 of A Streetcar Named Desire. Contains a blank template version for students to have a go at analysing the quotations themselves. I then reveal the model explanations for each quotation. Also contains analysis sheets for the epigraph and the opening stage directions. Also contains a lesson exploring the whole scene.

Detailed analysis of 16 key quotations from Scene 2 on one handy printable revision sheet. Also includes a blank version for students to have a go at first exploring the significance of the quotations themselves. Also contains a PPT exploring the scene.

Lesson on Macbeth Act 1 Scene 1 with accompanying question sheet and answer sheet.

Character and theme revision cards for Much Ado About Nothing. Contains brief analysis of key quotations linking to the main 6 characters and themes.

Question bank and an interactive board to revise Macbeth in a fun and engaging way in the style of a famous 80s quiz show. Ideal for the start and end of lessons. Simply divide the class into 2. Move the hexagon to the corresponding letter when a question is answered correctly.

Revision notes for 50 carefully selected key quotations from Romeo and Juliet suitable to be used in a wide range of potential exam questions. Analysis is in 3 parts: method analysis, authorial message and Elizabethan context. Also contains a blank version of the table so students can attempt to analyse the quotations themselves.

Multiple lessons on The Handmaid’s Tale. Well over 200 slides with detailed notes, questions and annotations for key extracts and chapters across the novel.

A thorough and detailed 33 lesson scheme of learning for A Christmas Carol. This resources contains 33 fully resourced lessons totalling over 500 PPT slides alongside accompanying worksheets. The unit starts with a cold read then goes through each stave in detail before ending with revision lessons looking at big ideas, key quotations and key extracts. Each lesson has been labelled clearly with a lesson number to make everything easy to find and ready to teach. Lessons 1-5. Cold read of each Stave with comprehension questions. Lesson 6. 19th century Context Lesson 7. Preface and Marley was dead to begin with extract Lesson 8. Scrooge’s introduction Lesson 9. Scrooge’s isolation Lesson 10. Marley’s Ghost Lesson 11. Ghost of Christmas Past Lesson 12. Scrooge’s Childhood in Stave 2 Lesson 13. Fezziwig Lesson 14 and 15. Belle Lesson 16. Ghost of Christmas Present Lesson 17. Christmas Morning Lesson 18. Cratchit Family Christmas Lesson 19. Tiny Tim Lesson 20. Christmas in remote places (miners, solitary lighthouse, ship) Lesson 21. Fred’s Party Lesson 22. Ignorance and Want Lesson 23. Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come Lesson 24 and 25. Stave 4 vignettes Lesson 26. Stave 5 and Scrooge’s transformation Lesson 27. Big Idea of poverty as a problem in society Lesson 28. Big idea of Christmas as a joyful time Lesson 29. Big idea of Family as the fabric of society Lesson 30. Character Revision Lesson 31. Revising 100 key quotations. Lesson 32. Revising key quotations in each stave. Lesson 33. Revision 12 key extracts Also contains a 62 page revision booklet collating revision resources on motifs, characters, themes, key quotations, model answers and more.

A grade 9 response exploring how Dickens presents the suffering of the poor in A Christmas Carol.

A handy one page A3 sheet with a quick but precise overview of every poem in the conflict section of the Edexcel poetry anthology. Ideal to stick in your exercise book or on your wall for revision to act as a quick knowledge recall to help support making the right choices for comparisons. My most popular resource on Edexcel conflict poetry, which puts together all my resources into one booklet, is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/edexcel-conflict-poetry-revision-booklet-12955594

6 model responses/model paragraphs comparing The Handmaid’s Tale and Feminine Gospels for AQA English Literature Paper 2B ‘Modern Times’ 7712/2B. Each response has been written deliberately to try and target the 5 Assessment objectives and has been designed to fit snugly onto one side of A4 for ease of printing. Each response uses a specific chapter or poem to exemplify wider ideas across the whole novel/collection. For A02 there is a particular focus on macro methods with Offred’s unreliable/discontinuous narration in The Handmaid’s Tale and Duffy’s use of conceits, listing, surrealism. For A03 there is a particular focus on the conservative backlash of the 1980s in The Handmaid’s Tale and consumerist culture, shifting identities and societal pressures on women at the beginning of the 21st century in Feminine Gospels. Students are instructed to identify how each of the AOs have been covered across the response through labelling or colour coding. The 6 themes of ‘modern times’ covered are the human body, degradation, isolation, contrasting ideas, motherhood and rebellion. Personally, I find these exemplars are useful for teaching students how to meet the different Assessment Objectives without compromising the fluency of their response - something that is obviously essential for A01. I have used AI to help generate some ideas for comparison but the human element is still very evident.

A card match up activity for reinforcing knowledge of persuasive techniques. Cut out the coloured cards. Students then need to match the technique to the definition and the example.

A revision sheet containing detailed analysis of 10 significant quotations in this key poem from The Feminine Gospels collection by Carol Ann Duffy.

A handy revision sheet for the opening poem from The Feminine Gospels collection. It contains detailed analysis of 10 key quotations from The Long Queen.

Character revision sheets for Blanche, Stanley, Stella and Mitch. Each sheet contains high level analysis of key quotations.