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Engaging and accessible resources for GCSE and A-Level English and Drama. Powerpoints, worksheets, quizzes and exam practice developed by a teacher with over 20 years teaching experience. You can feel confident that the resources are classroom tested and up to date. If you liked one of your purchases and want one for free, leave a 5* review and email ravenresources@yahoo.com. Include your TES username and your preferred resource. Before you know it, you'll have a second resource absolutely free.
A varied 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minute end of unit quiz or a good way to start revising The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Eight rounds with 75 questions appropriate for secondary school and college students (key stage 4 and 5, 11 to 18 year olds).
Appropriate for teams or individuals (more fun with teams). Eight different rounds with a total of 75 questions (some with ten questions, some with five depending on the difficulty and level of interest). The quiz will take between an hour and 1 hour 30 minutes to complete. An response sheet is included with a teacher’s sheet that includes all the answers.
Round One: Character Anagrams
Round Two: Context Multiple Choice
Round Three: Who said what?
Round Four: What happened when?
Round Five: Word Meanings
Round Six: Literary Techniques
Round Seven: Who am I?
Round Eight: Complete the Quotation
Tie breakers
Students work through a highly visual PowerPoint answering questions in each round. The animations in the PowerPoint allow you to create interest and allow students time to answer questions. Examples of the Character Anagrams, Who said what?, Word Meanings, Literary Techniques, Who am I? and Complete the Quotation are included to make instructions clear and accessible.
The What said what?, Word Meanings, Literary Techniques and Complete the Quotation have an electronic voice readings. Either turn on your speakers, or not, depending on your preference.
Once the quiz has been completed, students mark the answers of the other teams and work through the questions that can create further discussion.
Questions are appropriate to a secondary school and college aged student.
The eight rounds of questions last for between 50 minutes and 1 hour (depending on how much time you give students to answer the questions). You can also give students longer to complete the questions. For example, the Who am I? clues could be left on the board to allow students to discuss possibilities in groups. The other questions in the quiz can be moved through at a brisk pace. Working through the answers takes between 15 and 20 minutes. You can slow the progress down or speed it up depending on your group or lessons.
Whole quiz time: 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes.
The PowerPoint can be edited and adapted allowing you to change any questions to suit your students.
Try out the free end of term quiz.
A series of seven PowerPoints breaking The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood into sections. The sections are:
Chapter 1 to 6
Chapter 7 to 12
Chapter 13 to 17
Chapter 18 to 23
Chapter 24 to 29
Chapter 30 to 40
Chapter 41 to 46 with Historical Notes
Each section has its own PowerPoint with three to ten slides containing questions on the novel. Questions cover characters, events, narrative perspective and specific quotations. Activities are appropriate for an upper GCSE, A Level or college level student.
In total, the PowerPoints contain 32 pages of slides with questions for students to answer.
A summary sheet is included to provide students with a way of remembering what happens in each chapter.
Three quizzes ideal for the end of Autumn, Spring and Summer term with Christmas, Easter and Summer themes. Quizzes are great for any lesson, form term or group. Appropriate for secondary school and college students (key stage 4 and 5, 11 to 18 year olds). A range of rounds with 60 to 75 questions (some with ten questions, some with five depending on the difficulty and level of interest). Each quiz takes between an hour and 1 hour 30 minutes to complete. Appropriate for teams or individuals, but more fun with teams.
An answer sheet is included with a teacher’s sheet that includes all the answers.
Students work through a highly visual PowerPoints answering questions in each round. The animations in the PowerPoint allow you to create interest and allow students time to answer questions. Examples of the Rank and File round, Actor Anagram, What is that object and Name that number rounds are included to make instructions clear and accessible.
Once each quiz has been completed, students mark the answers of the other teams and work through a range of questions that can create further discussion.
Questions are appropriate to a secondary school and college aged student.
Whole quiz time for each quiz: 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes.
The PowerPoint can be edited and adapted allowing you to change any questions to suit your students.
Christmas Quiz Rounds:
• Round One: Who is in disguise?
• Round Two: Name the Christmas Song
• Round Three: Rank and File
• Round Four: Actor Anagrams
• Round Five: Multiple Choice
• Round Six: Lost in Translation
• Round Seven: What is that object?
• Round Eight: First and Last
• Round Nine: Name that number
• Tie breakers
Easter Quiz Rounds:
• Round One: Chocolate Slogans
• Round Two: Bunny Anagrams
• Round Three: Disguised as a Bunny
• Round Four: What is that object?
• Round Five: Rank and File
• Round Six: First and Last
• Round Seven: Multiple Choice
• Round Eight: Name that number
• Tie breakers
Summer Quiz Rounds:
• Round One: Who is in disguise?
• Round Two: Name the Summer Song
• Round Three: Rank and File
• Round Four: Actor Anagrams
• Round Five: Multiple Choice
• Round Six: Lost in Translation
• Round Seven: What is that object?
• Round Eight: First and Last
• Round Nine: Name that number
• Tie breakers
Try out the free Summer quiz.
A varied quiz for any lesson, form term or group. Appropriate for secondary school and college students (key stage 4 and 5, 11 to 18 year olds). A range of eight rounds of 60 questions (some with ten questions, some with five depending on the difficult and level of interest). Will take between an hour and 1 hour 30 minutes to complete.
Appropriate for teams or individuals.
An answer sheet is included with a teacher’s sheet that includes all the answers.
• Round One: Chocolate Slogans
• Round Two: Bunny Anagrams
• Round Three: Disguised as a Bunny
• Round Four: What is that object?
• Round Five: Rank and File
• Round Six: First and Last
• Round Seven: Multiple Choice
• Round Eight: Name that number
• Tie breakers
Students work through a highly visual PowerPoint answering questions in each round. The animations in the PowerPoint allow you to create interest and allow students time to answer questions. Examples of the Rank and File, Bunny Anagram and Name the Object rounds are included to make instructions clear and accessible.
Once the quiz has been completed, students mark each other’s answers and work through a range of questions that can create further discussion.
Questions are appropriate to a secondary school and college aged student.
The eight rounds of questions last for between 50 minutes and 1 hour (depending on how much time you give students to answer the questions). Round Two (Bunny Anagrams) has a 90 second timer that can be shortened to 45 seconds or removed and made longer. Round Eight (Name the Number) can take longer for students to answer. It can a good idea to give them about five minutes per question. The other questions in the quiz can be moved through at a brisk pace. Working through the answers takes between 15 and 20 minutes. You can slow the progress down or speed it up depending on your group or lessons.
Whole quiz time: 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes.
The PowerPoint can be edited and adapted allowing you to change any questions to suit your students.
Try out the free end of term quiz.
Available in an End of Term Quiz Bundle
A varied 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minute end of term Christmas quiz. Ten rounds with 65 questions appropriate for secondary school and college students (key stage 4 and 5, 11 to 18 year olds). Appropriate for teams or individuals. A response sheet is included with a teacher’s sheet that includes all the answers.
Round One: Who is in disguise?
Round Two: Name the Christmas Song
Round Three: Rank and File
Round Four: Actor Anagrams
Round Five: Multiple Choice
Round Six: Lost in Translation
Round Seven: What is that object?
Round Eight: First and Last
Round Nine: Name the Number
Round Ten: What am I? Christmas Dessert Edition
Tie breakers
Students work through a highly visual PowerPoint answering questions in each round. The animations in the PowerPoint allow you to create interest and allow students time to answer questions. Examples of the Rank and File round, Actor Anagrams, Name the object and Name the number rounds are included to make instructions clear and accessible.
Once the quiz has been completed, students mark each other’s answers and work through a range of questions that can create further discussion.
Questions are appropriate to a secondary school and college aged student.
The nine rounds of questions last for between 50 minutes and 1 hour (depending on how much time you give students to answer the questions). Round Two (Name the Christmas Song) and Round Four (Actor Anagrams) can take longer for students to answer. You could give students longer than the timer in the Round Four anagrams. The other questions in the quiz can be moved through at a brisk pace if you want to cut down the total time. Working through the answers takes between 15 and 20 minutes. You can slow the progress down or speed it up depending on your group or lessons.
Whole quiz time: 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes.
The PowerPoint can be edited and adapted allowing you to change any questions to suit your students.
Try out the free end of term quiz.
A Level and GCSE resources for 1 hour and 30 minutes of teaching on ‘This World is not Conclusion’ by Emily Dickinson. Suggestions for further activities or additional activities are also included.
The pack includes:
• A two page student worksheet with a selection of activities and questions.
• A 26 slide PowerPoint reflecting all activities on the worksheet which some extra explanation. Essay questions and an additional Emily Dickinson poem is provided for a comparison activity.
• A ten question PowerPoint comprehension quiz that can be shown on a whiteboard and students can mark their own answers.
• A lesson plan guide with the task split into three 30 minute sections. Work can, of course, be extended for longer sessions or 30 minute sessions can be put together for an hour lesson.
This resource encourages close reading, critical writing, discussion and retention of important ideas and quotations from ‘This World is not Conclusion’. Students can be set the work independently or the work can be presented in a more collaborative class atmosphere.
The first half of the text of this poem is available at Project Gutenberg. Further details on Emily Dickinson and some manuscript versions of her poems can be found at Poetry Foundation.
All the images used in the pack are available for commercial use.
Emily Dickinson poems also available:
FREE RESOURCE: There’s a certain Slant of light
[I Like to see it Lap the Miles] (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12899529)
He fumbles at your Soul
Going to Heaven!
Also available the Emily Dickinson Poetry Bundle which includes: ‘This World is not Conclusion’, ‘He fumbles at your Soul’, ‘I like to see it lap the Miles’ and ‘Going to Heaven!’
A Level and GCSE resources for 1 hour and 30 minutes of teaching on ‘I like to see it lap the Miles’ by Emily Dickinson. Suggestions for further activities or additional activities are also included.
The pack includes:
• A two page student worksheet with a selection of activities and questions.
• A 22 slide PowerPoint reflecting all activities on the worksheet which some extra explanation. Essay questions and an additional Emily Dickinson poem is provided for a comparison activity.
• A ten question PowerPoint comprehension quiz that can be shown on a whiteboard and students can mark their own answers.
• A lesson plan guide with the task split into three 30 minute sections. Work can, of course, be extended for longer sessions or 30 minute sessions can be put together for an hour lesson.
This resource encourages close reading, critical writing, discussion and retention of important ideas and quotations from ‘I like to see it lap the Miles’. Students can be set the work independently or the work can be presented in a more collaborative class atmosphere.
The text of this poem is available at Project Gutenberg. Further details on Emily Dickinson and some manuscript versions of her poems can be found at Poetry Foundation.
All the images used in the pack are available for commercial use.
Emily Dickinson poems also available:
FREE RESOURCE: There’s a certain Slant of light
This World is not Conclusion
He fumbles at your Soul
Going to Heaven!
Also available the Emily Dickinson Poetry Bundle which includes: ‘This World is not Conclusion’, ‘He fumbles at your Soul’, ‘I like to see it lap the Miles’ and ‘Going to Heaven!’
A Level and GCSE resources for 1 hour and 30 minutes of teaching on ‘There’s a Certain Slant of Light’ by Emily Dickinson. Suggestions for further activities or additional activities are also included.
The pack includes:
• A two page student worksheet with a selection of activities and questions.
• A 25 slide PowerPoint reflecting all activities on the worksheet which some extra explanation. Essay questions and an additional Emily Dickinson poem is provided for a comparison activity.
• A ten question PowerPoint comprehension quiz that can be shown on a whiteboard and students can mark their own answers.
• A lesson plan guide with the task split into three 30 minute sections. Work can, of course, be extended for longer sessions or 30 minute sessions can be put together for an hour lesson.
This resource encourages close reading, critical writing, discussion and retention of important ideas and quotations from ‘There’s a Certain Slant of Light’. Students can be set the work independently or the work can be presented in a more collaborative class atmosphere.
The text of this poem is available at Project Gutenberg. Further details on Emily Dickinson and some manuscript versions of her poems can be found at Poetry Foundation.
All the images used in the pack are available for commercial use.
Emily Dickinson poems also available:
This World is not Conclusion
He fumbles at your Soul
I like to see it lap the Miles
Going to Heaven!
Also available the Emily Dickinson Poetry Bundle which includes: ‘There’s a certain Slant of light’, ‘This World is not Conclusion’, ‘He fumbles at your Soul’, ‘I like to see it lap the Miles’ and ‘Going to Heaven!’
A Level and GCSE resources for 1 hour and 30 minutes of teaching on ‘He fumbles at your Soul’ by Emily Dickinson. Suggestions for further activities or additional activities are also included.
The pack includes:
• A two page student worksheet with a selection of activities and questions.
• A 25 slide PowerPoint reflecting all activities on the worksheet which some extra explanation. Essay questions and an additional Emily Dickinson poem is provided for a comparison activity.
• A ten question PowerPoint comprehension quiz that can be shown on a whiteboard and students can mark their own answers.
• A lesson plan guide with the task split into three 30 minute sections. Work can, of course, be extended for longer sessions or 30 minute sessions can be put together for an hour lesson.
This resource encourages close reading, critical writing, discussion and retention of important ideas and quotations from ‘He fumbles at your Soul’. Students can be set the work independently or the work can be presented in a more collaborative class atmosphere.
The text of this poem is available at Project Gutenberg under the title ‘He Fumbles at your Spirit’ with the final couplet missing.
Further details on Emily Dickinson and some manuscript versions of her poems can be found at Poetry Foundation.
All the images used in the pack are available for commercial use.
Emily Dickinson poems also available:
FREE RESOURCE: There’s a certain Slant of light
[I Like to see it Lap the Miles] (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12899529)
This World is not Conclusion
Going to Heaven!
Also available the Emily Dickinson Poetry Bundle which includes: ‘This World is not Conclusion’, ‘He fumbles at your Soul’, ‘I like to see it lap the Miles’ and ‘Going to Heaven!’
A Level and GCSE resources for 1 hour and 30 minutes of teaching on ‘Going to Heaven!’ by Emily Dickinson. Suggestions for further activities or additional activities are also included.
The pack includes:
• A two page student worksheet with a selection of activities and questions.
• A 22 slide PowerPoint reflecting all activities on the worksheet which some extra explanation. Essay questions and an additional Emily Dickinson poem is provided for a comparison activity.
• A ten question PowerPoint comprehension quiz that can be shown on a whiteboard and students can mark their own answers.
• A lesson plan guide with the task split into three 30 minute sections. Work can, of course, be extended for longer sessions or 30 minute sessions can be put together for an hour lesson.
This resource encourages close reading, critical writing, discussion and retention of important ideas and quotations from ‘Going to Heaven!’. Students can be set the work independently or the work can be presented in a more collaborative class atmosphere.
The text of this poem is available at Project Gutenberg with the second stanza split in two, making the poem four rather than three stanzas long. Further details on Emily Dickinson and some manuscript versions of her poems can be found at Poetry Foundation.
All the images used in the pack are available for commercial use.
Emily Dickinson poems also available:
FREE RESOURCE: There’s a certain Slant of light
[I Like to see it Lap the Miles] (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12899529)
This World is not Conclusion
He fumbles at your Soul
Also available the Emily Dickinson Poetry Bundle which includes: ‘This World is not Conclusion’, ‘He fumbles at your Soul’, ‘I like to see it lap the Miles’ and ‘Going to Heaven!’
A Level and GCSE resources for ‘He fumbles at your Soul’, ‘This World is not Conclusion’, ‘I like to see it lap the Miles’ and ‘Going to Heaven!’.
1 hour and 30 minutes of teaching on EACH poem. Suggestions for further activities or additional activities are also included.
Each poem has:
• A two page student worksheet with a selection of activities and questions.
• A 22 slide PowerPoint reflecting all activities on the worksheet which some extra explanation. Essay questions and an additional Emily Dickinson poem is provided for a comparison activity.
• A ten question PowerPoint comprehension quiz that can be shown on a whiteboard and students can mark their own answers.
• A lesson plan guide with the task split into three 30 minute sections. Work can, of course, be extended for longer sessions or 30 minute sessions can be put together for an hour lesson.
This resource encourages close reading, critical writing, discussion and retention of important ideas and quotations from the poems. Students can be set the work independently or the work can be presented in a more collaborative class atmosphere.
Check out a FREE RESOURCE: There’s a certain Slant of light by Emily Dickinson
The text of these poems are available at Project Gutenberg (with some slight alterations). Further details on Emily Dickinson and some manuscript versions of her poems can be found at Poetry Foundation.
All the images used in the pack are available for commercial use.
An ALL NEW and varied 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minute Easter 2024 fun end of term quiz with nine rounds with 65 questions appropriate for secondary school and college students (key stage 4 and 5, 11 to 18 year olds).
Appropriate for teams or individuals (more fun with teams). Nine different rounds with a total of 65 questions (some with ten questions, some with five depending on the difficulty and level of interest). The quiz will take between an hour and 1 hour 30 minutes to complete. An response sheet is included with a teacher’s sheet that includes all the answers. Many of the rounds resist Googling the answers with cryptic elements or multiple parts. The quiz is not completely Google proof, but provides sufficient challenge (especially if questions are moved briskly by the teacher). The quiz cannot be won by Googling the answers alone but maintains definitive answers.
Round One: Disguised as a Bunny
Round Two: Actor Anagrams
Round Three: Who am I? Game Board Edition
Round Four: Name the Song
Round Five: Rank and File
Round Six: Name the Object
Round Seven: First and Last Movie Lines
Round Eight: Name the Number
Round Nine: International Sweets
Two Tie Breaker Questions
Students work through a highly visual PowerPoint answering questions in each round. The animations in the PowerPoint allow you to create interest and allow students time to answer questions. Examples of the Actor Anagrams, Who am I?, Rank and File, Name the Object and Name the number are included to make instructions clear and accessible.
The Name the Song and First and Last rounds have an electronic voice reading. Either turn on your speakers, or not, depending on your preference.
Once the quiz has been completed, students mark the answers of the other teams and work through the questions that can create further discussion. Working through the answers takes between 15 and 20 minutes. You can slow the progress down or speed it up depending on your group or lessons.
Questions are appropriate to a secondary school and college aged student.
Whole quiz time: 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes.
The PowerPoint can be edited and adapted allowing you to change any questions to suit your students.
Try out the free end of term quiz.
A great 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minute Olympic games quiz. Nine rounds with 80 questions appropriate for secondary school and college students (key stage 4 and 5, 11 to 18 year olds). Appropriate for teams or individuals (more fun with teams) and suitable for any lesson or form group. A response sheet is included with a teacher’s sheet that includes all the answers.
Round One: Olympic Mascots
Round Two: Name the Athlete
Round Three: Rank and File
Round Four: Who Am I? Olympic Sport Edition
Round Five: Match the Nationality
Round Six: Multiple Choice
Round Seven: Country Anagrams
Round Eight: Host Cities
Round Nine: Colourful Olympic Rings
Tie breaker
Students work through a highly visual PowerPoint answering questions in each round. The animations in the PowerPoint allow you to create interest and allow students time to answer questions. Examples of the Mascot, Rank and File, Who am I, Match the Nationality, Country Anagram and Colourful Olympic Rings rounds are included to make instructions clear and accessible.
Once the quiz has been completed, students mark the answers of the other teams and work through a range of questions that can create further discussion. Working through the answers takes between 15 and 20 minutes.
You control the appearance of the answers. This allows you to move quickly through the answers or invite discussion with your class.
Questions are appropriate to a secondary school and college aged student.
You can slow the progress down or speed it up depending on your group or lessons.
Whole quiz time: 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes
The PowerPoint can be edited and adapted allowing you to change any questions to suit your students.
Try out the free Summer quiz.
A varied 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minute end of unit quiz or a good way to start revising Macbeth by William Shakespeare. Eight rounds with 75 questions appropriate for secondary school and college students (key stage 4 and 5, 11 to 18 year olds).
Appropriate for teams or individuals (more fun with teams). Eight different rounds with a total of 75 questions (most with ten questions and an anagram round with five). The quiz will take between an hour and 1 hour 30 minutes to complete. A response sheet is included with a teacher’s sheet that includes all the answers.
Round One: Character Anagrams
Round Two: Context Multiple Choice
Round Three: Who says what?
Round Four: Word Meanings
Round Five: What happens when?
Round Six: Techniques and Terms
Round Seven: Who am I?
Round Eight: Complete the Quotation
Tie breakers
Students work through a highly visual PowerPoint answering questions in each round. The animations in the PowerPoint allow you to create interest and allow students time to answer questions. Examples of the Character Anagrams, Who says what?, Word Meanings, Techniques and Terms, Who am I? and Complete the Quotation are included to make instructions clear and accessible.
The What says what?, Word Meanings, Techniques and Terms and Complete the Quotation have an electronic voice readings. Either turn on your speakers, or not, depending on your preference.
Once the quiz has been completed, students mark the answers of the other teams and work through the questions that can create further discussion.
Questions are appropriate to a secondary school and college aged student.
The eight rounds of questions last for between 50 minutes and 1 hour (depending on how much time you give students to answer the questions). You can also give students longer to complete the questions. For example, the Who am I? clues could be left on the board to allow students to discuss possibilities in groups. The other questions in the quiz can be moved through at a brisk pace. Working through the answers takes between 15 and 20 minutes. You can slow the progress down or speed it up depending on your group or lessons.
Whole quiz time: 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes.
The PowerPoint can be edited and adapted allowing you to change any questions to suit your students.
Try out the free end of term quiz.
30 pages of blank comic book template pages with speech, thought and action bubbles. Useful for many different activities. Get your students to create comic books stories, or storyboard a play or story. Use the boxes to organize ideas and themes. Create character profiles. Use the central circle and surrounding boxes to brainstorm. Use the directional boxes for developing stages in a process. Write instructions. Create information pages.
The speech bubbles, thought bubbles and action bubbles can be cut out and stuck onto the pages. They can be coloured and used to illustrate the comic books pages. Print onto sticker sheets and peel off the bubbles.
In addition to 30 pages of blank comic book pages, there is a set of pages with narrative boxes to add variety to the pages.
All pages are presented in pdfs with clear lines for easy printing and photocopying.
A pack of 10 Hamlet practice examination questions that follow the extract and proposition structure of the OCR A Level English Literature Component 01 (Drama and Poetry Pre-1900) Section 1: Shakespeare (specification number H472).
The materials consist of a two part question with an extract question and a proposition question with an extract from Act 1 of Hamlet by William Shakespeare.
The questions focus on various issues relevant to the study of Act 1 of Hamlet.
The first part of the question provides a specific extract from Hamlet and then asks students to complete a detailed analysis of the extract. In the second part of the question, students are provided with a proposition and asked to discuss the topic in relation to the rest of the play Hamlet. Students are required to engage with the statement and apply it to their analysis of the extract and discussion of the rest of the play.
If you’ve finished studying Hamlet, try the Hamlet Mega Quiz. Great for end of topic or revision.
An ALL NEW highly visual 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minute end of term Summer quiz. Ten rounds with 70 questions appropriate for secondary school and college students (key stage 4 and 5, 11 to 18 year olds). Appropriate for teams or individuals (more fun with teams) and suitable for any lesson or form group. A response sheet is included with a teacher’s sheet that includes all the answers.
Round One: Who is in disguise?
Round Two: Actor Anagrams
Round Three: Odd One Out
Round Four: Name the Summer Song
Round Five: Multiple Choice
Round Six: Name the Object
Round Seven: Rank and File
Round Eight: First and Last
Round Nine: Name the Number
Round Ten: Celebrity Pseudonyms
Tie breakers
Some rounds have ten questions, some with five depending on the difficulty and level of interest.
Students work through a highly visual PowerPoint answering questions in each round. The animations in the PowerPoint allow you to create interest and allow students time to answer questions. Examples of the Actor Anagram, Odd One Out, Name the Object, Rank and File, Name the Number and Celebrity Pseudonyms rounds are included to make instructions clear and accessible.
Once the quiz has been completed, students mark the answers of the other teams. Marking the responses can create further discussion.
Questions are appropriate to a secondary school and college aged student.
The nine rounds of questions last for between 50 minutes and 1 hour (depending on how much time you give students to answer the questions). Round Two (Actor Anagrams), Round Three (Odd One Out), Round Four (Name the Summer Song) and Round Ten (Name the Number) could take longer for students to answer. You could give students up to five minutes per question. Alternatively, the quiz could be moved through reasonably briskly.
Working through the answers takes between 15 and 20 minutes. You can slow the progress down or speed it up depending on your group or lessons.
Whole quiz time: 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes.
The PowerPoint can be edited and adapted allowing you to change any questions to suit your students.
Try out the free end of term quiz.
A varied 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minute end of unit quiz or a good way to start revising Hamlet by William Shakespeare. Eight rounds with 75 questions appropriate for secondary school and college students (key stage 4 and 5, 11 to 18 year olds).
Appropriate for teams or individuals (more fun with teams). Eight different rounds with a total of 75 questions (most with ten questions and an anagram round with five). The quiz will take between an hour and 1 hour 30 minutes to complete. A response sheet is included with a teacher’s sheet that includes all the answers.
Round One: Character Anagrams
Round Two: Context Multiple Choice
Round Three: Who said what?
Round Four: What happened when?
Round Five: Word Meanings
Round Six: Literary Techniques
Round Seven: Who am I?
Round Eight: Complete the Quotation
Tie breakers
Students work through a highly visual PowerPoint answering questions in each round. The animations in the PowerPoint allow you to create interest and allow students time to answer questions. Examples of the Character Anagrams, Who said what?, Word Meanings, Literary Techniques, Who am I? and Complete the Quotation are included to make instructions clear and accessible.
The What said what?, Word Meanings, Literary Techniques and Complete the Quotation have an electronic voice readings. Either turn on your speakers, or not, depending on your preference.
Once the quiz has been completed, students mark the answers of the other teams and work through the questions that can create further discussion.
Questions are appropriate to a secondary school and college aged student.
The eight rounds of questions last for between 50 minutes and 1 hour (depending on how much time you give students to answer the questions). You can also give students longer to complete the questions. For example, the Who am I? clues could be left on the board to allow students to discuss possibilities in groups. The other questions in the quiz can be moved through at a brisk pace. Working through the answers takes between 15 and 20 minutes. You can slow the progress down or speed it up depending on your group or lessons.
Whole quiz time: 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes.
The PowerPoint can be edited and adapted allowing you to change any questions to suit your students.
Looking for Hamlet exam preparation? Try the 10 Hamlet A Level Practice Exam Papers. For OCR proposition exam questions.
Try out the free end of term quiz.