A condensed study guide to give direction to students who say ‘You can’t revise English language!’

A series of lessons (5) designed to help students revisit ‘Macbeth’ having studied it previously. The opening slides look at how to get the most out of quotations, choosing which ones to learn carefully. Following ‘lessons’ include ‘Lady Macbeth’, ‘Power and Ambition’, selecting lesser known quotations or scenes to impress the examiner, mindmapping, and ‘Kingship’ I’ve also included an additional lesson I did using two reviews of Macbeth as a way of revising the story but also to tackle English Language Paper 2, question 4. It is lighthearted and supposed to be a bit of a mental break from the grind of revision.

Using exam level descriptors from AQA (1-4) which can be converted to grades using grade percentage boundaries, this resource will be applicable every year. I have used this successfully with my GCSE AQA students for self/peer/teacher assessment and it allows them to set their own targets. Levels 4-6 also available as separate resource.

Concentrated notes for key aspects of the poem, using: Expectations; Narrative; Form and Structure; Language; Transformation. Taught with ‘Love through the Ages’ module for AQA A Level Literature A in order to compare with The Great Gatsby.

Concentrated notes for key aspects of the poem, using: Expectations; Narrative; Form and Structure; Language; Transformation. Taught with ‘Love through the Ages’ module for AQA A Level Literature A in order to compare with The Great Gatsby.

A3 grid where students can fill in their suggestions for how to connect different issues and characters within the novella to ‘build’ paragraphs for an essay. Has some key quotations and relevant contextual ideas. Teacher copy has spaces filled in!

The presentation recaps students on the three main sentence types (simple, compound and complex), reviewing their knowledge with a quick quiz. The resource asks students to label the different parts of the sentence. A series of descriptions follows with students asked to analyse the impact different sentence structures have . Students are then asked to apply what they have learned to an image, similar to AQA Paper 1 Question 5. However, the activities on sentence structures applies to all GCSE Board expectations. This lesson is also effective when preceding author analysis.

This resource guides GCSE students through the creative impact of paragraphing including: Contrasting paragraphs Changes in pace and action Single sentence paragraphs A circular structure It asks students to consider paragraphing past a purely organisational feature. The resource has references to shared Google sheets as it has been used for remote learning and for students working on a shared Google drive in school. There are stimulation images included for students to imply what they have learned about paragraphing. It references AQA English Language GCSE Paper 1 Question 5 but can easliy be adapted for any GCSE specification. Additionally, upper ability KS3 may find it accessible too.

Short unit of work for creative writing - four lessons but could easily be extended into six or seven. Good to set for cover if necessary. Includes extracts from classic literature. Genre sorting table has proven to be a great starter for every key stage and gets students thinking about what they already know about genre.

Designed for students who have already studied the play, this resource includes direction for how to break down quotations and explicit consideration of stage directions.

This is a step by step guide which works through Structure, Message, Imagery, Language and Emotions. Each element has a series of guided questions where students can choose what path to follow by checking them against their poem. They can then choose which basic interpretation most suits their poem. Each element can be used separately in lessons, or the PP can be used as an entire lesson of independent study. This is an excellent starting point for students who say they find poetry to hard but also to train students how to approach unseen poetry independently.

A series of over 20 lessons which include an exploration of the play and its themes, an introduction of context and its relevant issues, how to construct analytical essays and the importance of writing skills in preparation for KS4.