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Five star rated and 'TES Recommended' authors, we are two Heads of English who are passionate about using and developing quality, engaging resources. We recognise the need for resources that are 'ready to go' and that don't require a huge amount of 'polishing' before they can be used. Every resource that we publish is quality assured and, most importantly, has been tried and tested by us in the classroom! We hope you find our resources useful and we welcome any feedback.
A fantastic bundle of high quality, focused lessons exploring 14 key moments from the text. Each lesson follows a consistent format and structure in order to embed new knowledge.
Each lesson has a recall task, key vocabulary, analysis of the scene, opportunities for analytical writing, a model response and self assessment slide.
Marley’s Ghost
Scrooge and Fred Stave One
Scrooge and the Charity Collectors Stave One
Scrooge and Bob Stave One
The First Spirit Stave Two
Fezziwig’s Ball Stave Two
Belle and Scrooge Stave Two
The Second Spirit Stave Three
The Cratchit Family Stave Three
Ignorance and Want Stave Three
The Third Spirit Stave Four
The Death of Tiny Tim Stave Four
Scrooge’s Grave Stave Four
Scrooge in Stave Five
PLUS A printable extract booklet
A high quality, focused lesson exploring the significance of Scrooge’s transformation in Stave Five. The lesson follows a clear format and structure in order to embed new knowledge and consolidate student understanding.
Each lesson has a recall task, key vocabulary, analysis of the scene, opportunities for analytical writing, a model response and self assessment slide.
You can buy this lesson as part of a bundle of fourteen lessons here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-gcse-revision-pack-12415380
AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A Revision - Detailed Focus on Question 4
A series of six revision ‘masterclass’ lessons designed to improve students’ responses to question 4 on Paper 1. Students often struggle with this part of the paper so I have created this resource specifically to build students’ confidence in tackling this question.
Each lesson includes learning objectives, a starter and review activity, model answers and opportunities for students to self/peer assess and reflect upon their own progress.
I have also created a full exam paper for each of the texts so that students can also practise completing questions 1 - 3.
Included in the resource:
89 slide presentation
74 page student revision and workbook
Question 4 knowledge organiser/revision mat
Question 4 writing bookmark
Markscheme and indicative content for the texts
Texts included:
‘Of Mice and Men’, ‘A Monster Calls’, ‘The Graveyard Book’, ‘Rebecca’, ‘The Great Gatsby’, ‘The Goldfinch’
Feedback greatly appreciated - please leave a review!
A high quality, focused lesson exploring the significance of the Cratchit family in Stave Three. The lesson follows a clear format and structure in order to embed new knowledge and consolidate student understanding.
Each lesson has a recall task, key vocabulary, analysis of the scene, opportunities for analytical writing, a model response and self assessment slide.
You can buy this lesson as part of a bundle of fourteen lessons here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-gcse-revision-pack-12415380
A 28 slide, two lesson presentation covering the poem ‘London’ in detail. Annotations for the entire poem as well as example analytical paragraphs. The lessons feature a range of individual and collaborative tasks to develop students’ understanding of the poem.
A high quality, focused lesson exploring the significance of Marley’s ghost. The lesson follows a clear format and structure in order to embed new knowledge and consolidate student understanding.
Each lesson has a recall task, key vocabulary, analysis of the scene, opportunities for analytical writing, a model response and self assessment slide.
You can buy this lesson as part of a bundle of fourteen lessons here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-gcse-revision-pack-12415380
A 35 slide 3 lesson presentation taking students through the November 2017 Paper 1, Section A exam paper.
The exam paper is available on eAQA and the extract is taken from ‘Labyrinth’ by Kate Mosse.
The presentation includes clear learning objectives for each lesson, a number of learning activities and opportunities for self and peer assessment.
Clear guidance is given for each question and model answers are also provided. Differentiation to extend and support students is also incorporated into the lesson presentation.
Clear links are made to the markscheme and assessment objectives throughout.
Could be used to walk students through the paper as they complete it or as a follow up and feedback lesson once students have completed the paper.
Three full lesson presentations, plus exam papers and a lesson plan walking students through the Paper 2, Section A exam for AQA: "Writers' Viewpoints and Perspectives".
Each presentation contains: clear learning objectives, learning start and review activities, model answers, activities and support sheets for each question.
Planning slides also included for teachers to use and adapt for their own texts.
A 36 slide lesson presentation taking students through the November 2018 Paper 1, Section A exam paper.
The exam paper is available on eAQA and the extract is taken from ‘A Sound of Thunder’ by Ray Bradbury.
You can find the extract if you simply google ‘A Sound of Thunder’.
The presentation includes clear learning objectives for each lesson, a number of learning activities and opportunities for self and peer assessment.
Clear guidance is given for each question and model answers are also provided. Differentiation to extend and support students is also incorporated into the lesson presentation.
Clear links are made to the markscheme and assessment objectives throughout.
Could be used to walk students through the paper as they complete it or as a follow up and feedback lesson once students have completed the paper.
An Ofsted judged 'Outstanding' creative writing lesson. The lesson is based around the theme of gothic horror and includes a number of activities to extend students' vocabulary and variety of sentence structures.
A high quality, focused lesson exploring the significance of the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come in Stave Four. The lesson follows a clear format and structure in order to embed new knowledge and consolidate student understanding.
Each lesson has a recall task, key vocabulary, analysis of the scene, opportunities for analytical writing, a model response and self assessment slide.
You can buy this lesson as part of a bundle of fourteen lessons here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-gcse-revision-pack-12415380
A high quality, focused lesson exploring the significance of Ignorance and Want in Stave Three. The lesson follows a clear format and structure in order to embed new knowledge and consolidate student understanding.
Each lesson has a recall task, key vocabulary, analysis of the scene, opportunities for analytical writing, a model response and self assessment slide.
You can buy this lesson as part of a bundle of fourteen lessons here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-gcse-revision-pack-12415380
An engaging creative writing lesson based around the theme of gothic horror. The lesson includes a number of activities to develop students' vocabulary and use of more complex sentence structures.
An anthology of 'unseen poems' to use for revision. The booklet is geared towards students sitting the AQA Certificate in English Literature but could easily be adapted. Teaches students to use the 'MITSL' approach to analyse poems.
A quick and easy GCSE writing skills revision lesson that links to the revision of a key scene and character from 'Romeo and Juliet' to consolidate students' understanding of the play.
The lesson focuses on students revising how to apply different sentence structures and ambitious vocabulary whilst also getting them to reread and sequence an extract from Act 1, Scene 1 of 'Romeo and Juliet'.
12 detailed and engaging slides. Extension and intervention opportunities included.
Ready to go and easy to use!
A detailed knowledge organiser/revision mat for AQA GCSE English Language, Paper 1, Question 4. This question is worth 20 marks and requires students to evaluate a statement in relation to a text. This resource can be used to support students as they write their answers or distributed as a revision resource.
A 33 slide lesson presentation taking students through Paper 2 Section A of the June 2018 paper.
The presentation walks students through each question on Section A and provides opportunity for self assessment and reflection.
Model answers and a generic mark scheme for each question provided.
I have not uploaded the sources due to copyright restrictions but they are available to download from the AQA GCSE English Language page under ‘assessment resources’.
This would be an excellent resource to teach or revise the skills for Paper 2 Section A or to use after students have completed a mock using the 2018 paper to walk them through the strengths and weaknesses of their response.
A high quality, focused lesson exploring the significance of the Ghost of Christmas Present in Stave Three. The lesson follows a clear format and structure in order to embed new knowledge and consolidate student understanding.
Each lesson has a recall task, key vocabulary, analysis of the scene, opportunities for analytical writing, a model response and self assessment slide.
You can buy this lesson as part of a bundle of fourteen lessons here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-gcse-revision-pack-12415380
A 20 slide lesson designed to consolidate students' understanding of how to approach and analyse an unseen poem. The lesson focuses on the poem 'Children in Wartime' and contains a number of engaging activities to stimulate students' responses to the text. There is also a clear focus on how the writer uses structure to convey meaning. The lesson can be used with any GCSE Specification.
