A quick PowerPoint retrieval activity with 15 quotations from Act 1 of the play. Useful for revision or when you start studying the play with your class.

This is a full lesson based on an extract from Act 5, Scene 5 - Macbeth’s hubris and Lady Macbeth’s death. There is a ‘do now’ activity and a model what/how/why paragraph based the the extract. Useful for revision. I’ve used it recently and have told my Year 11s this is one of my predictions for the the real AQA English literature paper 1 exam this year.

A quick revision resource for An Inspector Calls. A revision clock looking at the the Inspector’s involvement in the play. Ideal for a lesson or a homework activity.

A revision clock for the play ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ A quick revision activity that is suitable for use in the classroom, as a cover activity or for home study.

A one page sheet for Othello revision before the exam. There are 12 questions and the students have to local an appropriate extract for each question.

This is a full lesson based on two questions from AQA’s English Literature paper 2- one based on Power and Conflict - Remains by Simon Armitage. There is a quick ‘do now’ activity and a model what/how/why paragraph based on the question. This is very useful for revision, that also looks in depth at the park scheme and indicative comment. I’ve used it recently and have told my Year 11s and they responded really well to the lesson.

This is a full lesson based on a comparison between Poppies by Jane Weir and Kamikaze by Beatrice Garland from AQA’s English Literature paper 2, Power and Conflict. There is a quick ‘do now’ activity and two model what/how/why paragraph based on the question. This is very useful for revision, that also looks in depth at the park scheme and indicative comment. I’ve used it recently and have told my Year 11s and they responded really well to the lesson.

A revision activity designed to help students compare Mr Birling to another character of their choice from An Inspector Calls.

Whole school literacy marking codes poster.

This is an author study booklet with two separate studies - the first one is a generic study in which students can choose their own author, while the second study focusing on a comparison between Jane Austen and Charles Dickens in which the students work in a pair to decide who is the ‘best’ author. There are eleven activities in total, five in the first study and six in the second.

A PowerPoint investigating the presentation of Mrs Birling. The PowerPoint includes a starter activity and an exemplar piece of analysis.