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An Inspector Calls: Context and Setting Revision Lesson: AQA English Literature
Applicable to new AQA English Literature Paper 2 Exam: Modern Texts
Revision lesson which contains the following:
References to Assessment Objective 3 using AQA wording
Questions to prompt thinking about society in 1912 and Priestley
Information on social class and how society changed between 1912 (set) and 1945 (first performance)
Information about the police force in 1912
References to ‘fallen women’ and a table activity to generate analytical thought
Information on politics and working life
Activities to encourage pupils to consider key settings, particularly the opening of the play with Priestley’s use of stage directions.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
A Christmas Carol: Context and Themes Revision 'Clock' Organiser: AQA English Literature
This excellent revision resource allows pupils to revise the key themes and contextual features of A Christmas Carol.
The ‘clock’ is split in half, with one half focused on context and the other on key themes.
All key themes and contextual headings are listed, with clear Stave numbers given for pupils’ reference. Copies of the text will be required if pupils are using the template to find ‘killer’ quotations.
This activity encourages independent revision, but also ensures that the revision is focused. Further independent reading can also be used to develop their notes.
Once the activity is complete, I would encourage pupils to anticipate how these key themes may be phrased as a question and how they could apply their contextual understanding to this.
Ozymandias by Percy Shelley Lesson: AQA English Literature
Whole lesson for teaching Ozymandias including:
Starter activity includes key quotes, images and key themes to invite pupils to infer what the poem may be about and what views Shelley may have had on society.
Extra starter activity (can be used as a review) for pupils to summarise the poem in 10 words or less.
Copy of the poem for annotations and link of reading on YouTube.
Key contextual information.
References to language and structural techniques including match up activity with definitions.
Review to identify key quotations that fit the key themes of the poem.
Two home learning activities - research and exam style question.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
The Emigree by Carol Rumens Lesson: AQA English Literature
Whole lesson for teaching The Emigree including:
Starter activity to encourage pupils to remember a place from their childhood - introduces the main ideas of the poem and involves SMSC; a quote from Rumens about her views on poetry can also be used to aid initial discussion around the poem.
Another starter with key quotations that asks pupils to identify the poem.
Link to a syrian refugee story to build contextual understanding
Key contextual information about Rumens
References to language and structural techniques. Also includes a name the technique slide for revision of the poem.
SMILE mnemonic for revision/Unseen poetry.
2 x homework activity: One to summarise the poem and one to write a creative piece about a place visited to support Eng Lang Paper 1 Q 5.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Tissue by Imtiaz Darker Lesson: AQA English Literature
Whole lesson for teaching Tissue including:
Starter activity for pupils to consider the significance of paper
Key contextual information about Dharker
Word cloud to aid summary of the poem
Copy of the poem for annotation
Summary of the poem and references to key themes
References to language and structural techniques
Review to identify key quotations that fit the key themes of the poem.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Power and Conflict Poetry: Introductory Lesson: AQA English Literature
Introductory lesson for the new Power and Conflict Unit (AQA 2017 exam onwards) including:
Starter activity asking pupils to consider what they associate with power and conflict with challenges to prompt thinking.
An overview of the 4 English AQA exams and of the exam format
References to key themes.
Slide to encourage pupils to consider how a poem can be successfully analysed which encourages them to link this knowledge to the Literature Assessment Objectives from memory.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Macbeth: Act One: Revision Grid: AQA English Literature
Grid revision resource to use for KS4 pupils to review and revise Act One of Macbeth.
For each scene, there is an abridged version in the first column to focus pupils and support differentiation.
The remaining columns require pupils to review, revise and make notes on the following areas:
Why the scene is important
Key Themes
Key Characters
Key Quotations
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
An Inspector Calls: Plot Summary Grid: AQA English Literature
A blank revision grid designed for revision for KS4 learners for the new English Literature Paper 2: Section A (Modern Texts)
Can be easily adapted for other plays or texts in this unit.
The grid has been designed for pupils to comprehensively revise each of the acts, with each column inviting them to consider different areas within each of the three acts, all linked with the Assessment Objectives.
The grid invites them to review/revise:
The plot
Key characters
Key quotes
Form, language and structure
Context
This would be great on A3 paper or double sided.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Introduction to Child Language Acquisition - Early Language Profile & The Key Stages of Development
Introductory discussion activity - child language profile
Pre-birth overview
The stages of language development - table to print
Activities based on the holophrastic stage and holophrastic utterances when a child moves beyond the pre-verbal stage
Bayonet Charge by Ted Hughes Lesson: AQA English Literature
Whole lesson for teaching Bayonet Charge including:
Starter activity to introduce the poem and encourage links to key themes.
Slides to support summary of each stanza followed by poem summary.
Key contextual information
Identified language and structural techniques
Review activity to encourage students to succinctly summarise the poem
Detailed analysis of structure/language techniques with supporting quotations to model to students.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Poppies by Jane Weir Lesson: AQA English Literature
Whole lesson for teaching Poppies including:
Starter activity based around a quote from Jane Weir (link with Duffy’s poetic ideals as she commissioned the poem). The starter also includes a challenge and prompts pupils to consider the significance that Weir’s textile business may have in relation to the poem.
Key contextual information about Armistice and Weir
Key themes and summary of the poem.
References to language and structural techniques.
Review activity to consolidate understanding.
Review to identify key quotations that fit the key themes of the poem.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
A Level English Language Representation Theory Grid
Clear, blank grid for the new A Level English Language Section B.
This grid has been created in response to the AQA 2017 exam, in which students were asked to consider how gender is represented through language.
Great to use whilst studying gender and preparing for Section B or as a revision aid in the lead up to the exam.
The grid allows students to visually display the following information:
Theorist and Date (This column is flood filled with theorists that I have selected, but can be adapted and changed as necessary)
Features of the theory and definitions of any key terms
Studies used to support the theory
Criticisms of the theory
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Child Directed Speech (CDS) - Key Aspect of Child Language Acquisition
Introduction to definition of Child Directed Speech
Key features of Child Directed Speech: Phonology, grammar & syntax, lexis and pragmatics
Slides 5-8 ask students to identify what features of CDS are present in the example utterances
Clarke Stewart’s theory of CDS
Criticism of CDS e.g. Papa New Guinea, Somoa and recent research into the benefits of CDS
Introduction to the concept of scaffolding used in CDS
Bundle
An Inspector Calls Plot, Context, Setting, Form and Genre Bundle
An Inspector Calls Plot Revision Grid:
A blank revision grid designed for revision.
Can be easily adapted for other plays or texts in this unit.
Form and Genre Revision Lesson:
A starter to encourage pupils to consider how An Inspector Calls is a morality/whodunit/well-made play with links to AO2.
Top tips on how to analyse form in relation to the play.
A grid activity with information stations to allow pupils to retrieve information about the three forms of the play, building on the starter activity and space for them to consider the effects of form.
A slide exploring the Three Unities - pupils to consider where these are evidence in the play.
A review comprised of questions to check understanding.
Context and Setting Revision Lesson:
References to Assessment Objective 3 using AQA wording
Questions to prompt thinking about society in 1912 and Priestley
Information on social class and how society changed between 1912 (set) and 1945 (first performance)
Information about the police force in 1912
References to ‘fallen women’ and a table activity to generate analytical thought
Information on politics and working life
Activities to encourage pupils to consider key settings, particularly the opening of the play with Priestley’s use of stage directions.
Storm on the Island by Seamus Heaney Lesson: AQA English Literature
Whole lesson for teaching Storm on the Island including:
Starter activity with key images and a quote from Seamus Heaney to promote discussion about the content of the poem and to challenge pupils to consider the hidden metaphorical meanings.
Quiz on language/structural techniques (used in Storm on the Island). Another starter that tests pupils knowledge of other poems in the cluster
Slide to encourage pupils to infer what the poem is about based on key themes.
Clear mind-map slide for annotations for summary
Poem dictionary for unfamiliar words in the poem
Key contextual information about Heaney and Ireland
References to language and structural techniques.
Review to identify key quotations that fit the key themes of the poem.
Homework tasks for pupils to annotate another Seamus Heaney poem for unseen poetry practice.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Kamikaze by Beatrice Garland Lesson: AQA English Literature
Whole lesson for teaching Kamikaze including:
Starter activity to introduce ‘kamikaze’ with a quote from a pilot that allows a route into the poem.
Key contextual information about Kamikaze pilots and Japanese society.
A clear summary of the poem and its key themes
Identified language and structural techniques
A review activity to stretch and challenge pupils about the presentation of the father.
Review to identify key quotations that fit the key themes of the poem.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Remains by Simon Armitage Lesson: AQA English Literature
Whole lesson for teaching Remains including:
Starter activity to consider the connotations of the poem’s title and quotes from Armitage to prompt discussion.
Another starter activity that challenges pupils to identify other poems in the cluster through clues.
Link to Channel 4 doc on YouTube
Homework activity (Unseen poetry practice - Section C) for Mother Any Distance (Love and Relationships cluster)
Key contextual information
Poem summary
References to language and structural techniques.
Review to identify key quotations that fit the key themes of the poem.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Love and Relationships: Porphyria's Lover: Revision Lesson: AQA English Literature
Great for revision or initial teaching.
Lesson for AQA Love and Relationships poem, Porphyria’s Lover including:
3 x starter/review activities to encourage pupils to recall key information about the poem.
Links to English Literature Paper and Assessment Objective match-up activity
Sorting activity for chronology of the poem
Links to key themes and feelings in the poem (table that explores feelings and attitudes in more depth)
References to language/structure/form techniques
Review to identify key quotations that fit the key themes of the poem.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
London by William Blake: Revision Resource: AQA English Literature Power and Conflict
KS4 revision resource for the new AQA English Literature Power and Conflict poetry unit for London by William Blake
This 3 page resource provides pupils with different activities that will facilitate their revision of the poem, covering all 3 Assessment Objectives (AO1, 2 & 3) for this section of the exam.
Activities include:
A series of images that tell the ‘story’ behind the poem to help revise what the poem is about (AO1),
2 x tabula rasa (blank copy of the poem) for poem summary and annotations (AO1);
A list of key language/structure/form techniques (AO2);
Quotes, images and information to support and revise contextual knowledge (AO3);
‘Twist to fit’ activity for key quotations (AO1).
This allows pupils to rearrange their existing knowledge of the poem in a new format and visually displays their knowledge - very quick and easy to refer back to.
Activities are also differentiated to support mixed ability classes.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated
When We Two Parted by Lord Byron: Revision Resource: AQA English Literature Love and Relationships
KS4 revision resource for the new AQA English literature Love and Relationships poetry unit for When We Two Parted - Lord Byron.
This 3 page resource provides pupils with different activities that will facilitate their revision of the poem, covering all 3 Assessment Objectives (AO1, 2 & 3) for this section of the exam.
Activities include:
A series of images that tell the ‘story’ behind the poem to help revise what the poem is about (AO1),
2 x tabula rasa (blank copy of the poem) for poem summary and annotations (AO1);
A list of key language/structure/form techniques (AO2);
Quotes, images and information to support and revise contextual knowledge (AO3);
‘Twist to fit’ activity for key quotations (AO1).
This allows pupils to rearrange their existing knowledge of the poem in a new format and visually displays their knowledge - very quick and easy to refer back to.
Activities are also differentiated to support mixed ability classes.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated