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Ozymandias by Percy Shelley: Revision Resource: AQA English Literature Power and Conflict
KS4 revision resource for the new AQA English Literature Power and Conflict poetry unit for Ozymandias by Percy Shelley
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
Accent and Dialect Theory
Lesson includes key information and activities to support learning of the following theories
Introduction to Howard Giles’ Accommodation Theory
Howard Giles’ Capital Punishment Experiment
Discussion/video surrounding the Birmingham accent and prejudice
Dixon, Mahoney and Cocks Birmingham accent study
The Workman Survey
Review activity - what is meant by ‘matched guise’
The Workman Survey (2008) + The OnBuy Survey (2020)
Peter Trudgill’s Norwich Study (1970s) - Including comprehension questions (answers provided)
Nikolas Coupland’s Cardiff Travel Agent Study (1984)
Discussion development video in response to Coupland’s study - current attitudes toward Welsh Accent
Includes homework task - survey into attitudes to accents
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.
War Photographer by Carol Ann Duffy Lesson: AQA English Literature
Whole lesson for teaching War Photographer including:
Starter activity to consider the role of a war photographer with quotations from Duffy to support discussion
Slide to encourage pupils to summarise the poem and identify key themes.
Slide with summary and key themes
Key contextual information about Duffy with quotes from and about her; information on Nick Ut’s ‘Napalm Girl’ and quotations from war photographers to enhance understanding about the nature of the job.
References to language and structural techniques.
Review to identify key quotations that fit the key themes of the poem.
Homework activity
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.
Nativism: Key Critical Perspective of Child Language Acquisition
Introductory discussion activity
Key ideas associated with Nativism, including video, such as Universal Grammar and Poverty of the Stimulus
Key supporting study: Nicaraguan sign language study
Short transcript activity to apply and consider whether Chomsky’s theory can be applied
Review activity where students are asked to define key terms associated with the theory in their own words
Social Interactionism Theory of Child Language Acquisition: Key Theoretical Perspectives
Key information about Jerome Bruner’s theory of social interaction, including key terms and the 3 modes of representation
Information about how to apply Bruner’s theory to an examination question
Key information about Michael Tomasello’s theory, including key information about intention reading and pattern finding
Bundle
Spoken Child Language Acquisition: Bundle
Full SOW for teaching of key theoretical concepts for the spoken language aspect of Child Language Acquisition, alongside inclusion of practice exam questions and revision resources.
Gender Theory Bundle
Bundle SOW for teaching of AQA A Level English Language, Diversity and Change - Gender Theory.
The lessons are structured to be taught through the different ‘models’ of gender theory: Deficit, Difference, Dominance and Diversity and are interspersed with exam style questions to prepare students for the styles of questions presented at both AS and A Level.
Key revision materials for the content are also included, and accompanied with a lesson to introduce the ‘Waves of Feminism’ to support contextualisation of the key areas of theory.
The lessons are structured as follows:
Lesson 1: Introduction to English Language and Gender & Representation
Lesson 2: Deficit Model: Robin Lakoff and Women’s Place
Lesson 3: Difference Model
Lesson 4: Introduction to the Dominance Model and Conversation Terminology
Lesson 5: Review and Exam Style Question
Lesson 6: The Dominance Model Continued
Lesson 7: The Diversity Model
Lesson 8: Exam Question
Additional Lessons: Gender and Interaction Revision & Gender & Representation Revision
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
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Power and Conflict Poetry SOW: AQA English Literature
All 15 poems included. High quality SOW for teaching Power and Conflict Poetry (Resources are applicable to AQA English Literature Paper 2 exam 2017 onwards: Grade 9-1 course). Great to use for revision and first teaching of the poems.The materials include:
Precise summaries of each poem
Links to key themes (Assessment Objective 1)
Overviews of the context of each poem (Assessment Objective 3).
Extensive focus on subject terminology for each poem to support students with identifying the language/structure/form of each poem. (AO2)
Homework tasks which are accessible for all pupils with a key focus on independent research and unseen poetry practice (Section C).
Practice exam questions
References to success criteria with a ready-made plan to support all learners.
Final slide on preparing for an exam style question lesson includes a poetry grid to allow pupils to visually present their knowledge as they move through their study of the poems.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
An Inspector Calls: Form and Genre Revision Lesson: AQA English Literature
Applicable to new AQA English Literature Paper 2 Exam: Modern Texts
A lesson exploring the features of form/genre within An Inspector Calls including:
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.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
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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.
A Level English Language: Gender Theorist Grid
Appropriate for study of A Level English Language - used for AQA exam board currently.
This blank grid allows students to display information about gender theory.
Great to use whilst studying Language & Gender or as a revision aid in the lead up to the exam.
The grid allows students to visually display the following information:
Name and information about theorist and the date of publication of their theory
Gender Theory Model: ie Deficit, Difference, Diversity, Dominance
Information about the theory
Criticisms of the theory to aid evaluation
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Frankenstein Plot Revision Lesson: AQA English Literature
This resource will allow pupils to thoroughly revise the plot and narrative framing of Frankenstein. Easily differentiated.
The PowerPoint includes the following activities:
Starter with a fill in the gaps activity for key quotations from the novel. Answers included in notes section.
A detailed plot sort activity (including summaries which can be printed) of the whole novel
A quotation hunt activity
A fill in the gaps activity about the narrative framing of the novel
Key quotations about the narrative framing from the novel which has been adapted as a fill in the blanks activity. Answers included in notes section.
Narrative framing consolodation questions
Exam style question about how Shelley uses narrative framing in the novel
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Checking Out Me History by John Agard Lesson: AQA English Literature
Whole lesson for teaching Checking Out Me History including:
Starter activity to introduce the poem through the use of images and a key quotation from John Agard.
Questions to enable students to summarise content of the poem, followed by poem summary.
Key contextual information
Identified language and structural techniques
Twist to fit activity for key themes to encourage students to select one or more key quotes to fit each of the themes.
Review to summarise the deeper meaning of the poem.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
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.
Power and Conflict Poetry: Planning an Exam Response: AQA English Literature
An excellent revision resource which includes the following:
Whole lesson for teaching how to prepare for the new Section B English Literature Power and Conflict 2017 examination including:
Starter activity to invite meta-cognition about the importance of planning and the rating activity allows students to visibly demonstrate their understanding at the beginning and end of the lesson (AfL)
Review activity to revise language/structure/form terminology (teacher to provide)
Review of exam format and top tips
Assessment Objective grid phrased as questions
2 x exam style question (1 for Power and Conflict; 1 for Love & Relationships) for class deconstruction.
4 x options for planning an exam response
Revision activity: Create a text profile
Revision grid
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.