<p>This bundle of essay planning sheets provide a visually appealing and formulaic approach to literature essay writing. One sheet is available for each of the following questions/essays:</p> <ul> <li>Jekyll and Hyde;</li> <li>Macbeth;</li> <li>Poetry comparison (conflict cluster).</li> </ul> <p>The resources are saved both in PDF (un-editable) and PPT formats so that they can be tailored to individual questions/students or provided as a guide only.</p> <p>The flow-diagram style of these resources encourage/ensure that students address all of the AOs.</p>

<p><strong>This resource includes:</strong></p> <ul> <li>An introductory video and associated questions relating to trench warfare and its dangers;</li> <li>A definition of the word exposure (to the elements) followed by an active viewing task which shows exposure in action;</li> <li>A sequencing task that builds upon the contextual information students have gathered in previous tasks, enabling them to predict the narrative of the poem;</li> <li>Directed highlighting of key aspects of the poem in preparation for class discussion;</li> <li>Summative notes on the poem - content; theme; mood; structure and language;</li> <li>A suggested essay question with simplistic starter sentences;</li> <li>A guided peer assessment task.</li> </ul>

<p><strong>This resource includes:</strong></p> <ul> <li>An introductory video and associated questions relating to trench warfare and the futility/danger of going “over the top”;</li> <li>A definition of the word bayonet and visual representation of one in both English and several Slavonic languages;</li> <li>A sequencing task that builds upon the contextual information students have gathered in previous tasks, enabling them to predict the narrative of the poem;</li> <li>Full, colour-coded annotations of the poem with specific focus on AO2 skills and the explicit referencing of noun/verb/adjectival phrases etc;</li> <li>Directed highlighting of key aspects of the poem in preparation for class discussion;</li> <li>Summative notes on the poem - content; theme; mood; structure and language;</li> <li>A suggested essay question with simplistic starter sentence;</li> <li>A guided peer assessment task.</li> </ul>

<p><strong>This resource includes:</strong></p> <ul> <li>An introductory video and associated questions relating to the concept of <em>respect through fear</em>;</li> <li>A definition of two forms of respect - <em>respect through fear</em> and <em>respect through admiration</em>;</li> <li>Key contextual information relating to the renaissance Duke and Duchess that the action of the poem is based upon;</li> <li>A definition of the term sociopath/sociopathy;</li> <li>Full, colour-coded annotations of the poem with specific focus on AO2 skills and the explicit referencing of noun/verb/adjectival phrases etc;</li> <li>Class discussion/recap of the key aspects of the poem, its narrative structure etc;</li> <li>Summative notes on the poem - content; theme; mood; structure and language;</li> <li>A suggested essay question with simplistic starter sentence;</li> <li>A guided peer assessment task.</li> </ul>

<p>This whole lesson resource introduces students to the CCTV method of approaching creative writing i.e. imagining they are looking at an image/scene through a camera that can pan, tilt and zoom in and out.</p> <p>This lesson focuses on an engraving by William Hogarth called Southwark Fair and includes an introductory video and a “walking-talking” model response.</p>

<p>This whole lesson resource introduces students to the CCTV method of approaching creative writing i.e. imagining they are looking at an image/scene through a camera that can pan, tilt and zoom in and out.</p> <p>This lesson focuses on a freak weather incident that affected a train. The picture has been used by AQA in specimen materials so would be an ideal and realistic resource to familiarise students with.</p>