Part 1 of a whole school Literacy scheme, designed to be taught through one 15 minute session per week by non-specialists. Suitable for all Key Stage 3 students. Includes definitions, examples and answers to all the activities; fortnightly spelling tests and additional challenge activities. Weeks 1 to 8 covers: Capital letters; Full stops, Question marks and Exclamation marks; Homophones (of and have); Commas for listing; Apostrophes for omission; Prepositions; Adverbs and Consolidation tasks.

Part 2 of an eight week scheme of work to accompany students' first reading of the play in preparation for their AQA English Literature examination. There is a PowerPoint presentation for each week with details of all activities as well as accompanying resources. Resources include worksheets, handouts and quizzes. An overview of the whole scheme is included in the Week 1 resource which can be downloaded for free - additional weeks and accompanying resources can be purchased separately or as a bundle.

Part 5 of an eight week scheme of work to accompany students' first reading of the play in preparation for their AQA English Literature examination. There is a PowerPoint presentation for each week with details of all activities as well as accompanying resources. Resources include worksheets, handouts and quizzes. An overview of the whole scheme is included in the Week 1 resource which can be downloaded for free - additional weeks and accompanying resources can be purchased separately or as a bundle.

Part 4 of an eight week scheme of work to accompany students' first reading of the play in preparation for their AQA English Literature examination. There is a PowerPoint presentation for each week with details of all activities as well as accompanying resources. Resources include worksheets, handouts and quizzes. An overview of the whole scheme is included in the Week 1 resource which can be downloaded for free - additional weeks and accompanying resources can be purchased separately or as a bundle.

Part 3 of an eight week scheme of work to accompany students' first reading of the play in preparation for their AQA English Literature examination. There is a PowerPoint presentation for each week with details of all activities as well as accompanying resources. Resources include worksheets, handouts and quizzes. An overview of the whole scheme is included in the Week 1 resource which can be downloaded for free - additional weeks and accompanying resources can be purchased separately or as a bundle.

Part 6 of an eight week scheme of work to accompany students' first reading of the play in preparation for their AQA English Literature examination. There is a PowerPoint presentation for each week with details of all activities as well as accompanying resources. Resources include worksheets, handouts and quizzes. An overview of the whole scheme is included in the Week 1 resource which can be downloaded for free - additional weeks and accompanying resources can be purchased separately or as a bundle.

Part 5 of a whole school Literacy scheme, designed to be taught through one 15 minute session per week by non-specialists. Suitable for all Key Stage 3 students. Includes definitions, examples and answers to all the activities; fortnightly spelling tests and additional challenge activities. Weeks 27 to 32 cover: Simile and metaphor; Figurative language; Idioms; Homophones (your and you're); Paragraphs and Consolidation tasks.

Part 6 of a whole school Literacy scheme, designed to be taught through one 15 minute session per week by non-specialists. Suitable for all Key Stage 3 students. Includes definitions, examples and answers to all the activities; fortnightly spelling tests and additional challenge activities. Weeks 33 to 38 cover: Spelling strategies; Synonyms; Antonyms; Homophones; Comparatives and superlatives and Consolidation tasks.

This is an interactive random question generator for GCSE English Literature students who have studied the Power & Conflict Poetry. Ideal for a starter or plenary activity, it develops students’ recall skills in preparation for their Literature exams. Simply click to generate 5 questions about the poems. Click again to reveal the answers. Questions cover key quotations and subject specific terminology. Questions can be edited if you wish to add your own. There are also some hidden worksheets to create questions for your own texts. If you like this format I do have two other versions available for purchase. One version is fully loaded with additional questions on An Inspector Calls, Macbeth and Jekyll & Hyde. The second version can be edited for any topic of your choice!

This is part 7 of an 8 week unit of work preparing students for their AQA Paper 2 English Literature exam. This scheme of work assumes that students have already been introduced to all the poems (presentation on each poem also available separately). A PowerPoint guiding teachers (and students) through all the activities is included as are all the handouts and worksheets referred to. In this week students develop a deeper understanding of the poems ‘London’ and ‘The Prelude’. The lessons/activities include: recap what you can remember about the poems; recap on SLIME as a structure to poetry analysis; prompt questions about structure in the poems; ‘explode a quote’ activity exploring deeper meaning of quotations; planning and writing a paragraph; revision flashcards and homework sheets to develop higher level thinking. An overview of the whole Unit of Work is included with Week 1 as a free resource. Subsequent weeks can be purchased separately or are available as a bundle.

This is part 6 of an 8 week unit of work preparing students for their AQA Paper 2 English Literature exam. This scheme of work assumes that students have already been introduced to all the poems (presentation on each poem also available separately). A PowerPoint guiding teachers (and students) through all the activities is included as are all the handouts and worksheets referred to. In this week students develop a deeper understanding of the poems Ozymandias’, ‘My Last Duchess’ and ‘Checking Out Me History’. The lessons/activities include: recap what you can remember about the poems; video clip introductions; recap on SLIME as a structure to poetry analysis; prompt questions about structure in the poems; analysis of language and devices in the poems; revision flashcards and homework sheets to develop higher level thinking. An overview of the whole Unit of Work is included with Week 1 as a free resource. Subsequent weeks can be purchased separately or are available as a bundle.

This is part 2 of an 8 week unit of work preparing students for their AQA Paper 2 English Literature exam. This scheme of work assumes that students have already been introduced to all the poems (presentation on each poem also available separately). A PowerPoint guiding teachers (and students) through all the activities is included as are all the handouts and worksheets referred to. In this week students develop a deeper understanding of the poem ‘War Photographer’. The lessons/activities include: recap what you can remember about the poem; video clip exploring the poem further; context of the poem; recap on SLIME as a structure to poetry analysis; prompt questions about structure in the poem; prompt questions about language and imagery in the poem; planning and writing a paragraph; revision flashcard and a homework sheet to develop higher level thinking. An overview of the whole Unit of Work is included with Week 1 as a free resource. Subsequent weeks can be purchased separately or are available as a bundle.

Part 3 of a whole school Literacy scheme, designed to be taught through one 15 minute session per week by non-specialists. Suitable for all Key Stage 3 students. Includes definitions, examples and answers to all the activities; fortnightly spelling tests and additional challenge activities. Weeks 16 to 21 cover: Adjectives; Verbs (modal and imperative); Homophones (where, wear, we're and were); Singular and plurals; Semicolon and Consolidation tasks.

This is a PowerPoint presentation and accompanying student worksheets to support students in their revision of Macbeth. Students have to place the events into the order they appear in the play; identify which quotations appear when and add themes and try to find links between scenes. All answers are included. Other revision activities can be purchased separately or as a bundle.

This is a PowerPoint presentation and accompanying student worksheet to guide students towards planning and writing an answer in preparation for their GCSE exam. Includes an explanation of how the exam question is assessed and a step by step approach to planning an exam answer using the EASY acronym. In this unit students explore Lady Macbeth as influential (Act 1 Scene 5) and how Shakespeare presents women (Act 5 Scene 1). Other essay plans can be purchased separately or as a bundle.

This is a PowerPoint presentation and accompanying student worksheet to guide students towards planning and writing an answer in preparation for their GCSE exam. Includes an explanation of how the exam question is assessed and a step by step approach to planning an exam answer using the EASY acronym. In this unit students explore the theme of loyalty (Act 4 Scene 3) and the role of Kingship (Act 3 Scene 6). Other essay plans can be purchased separately or as a bundle.

This is a PowerPoint presentation and accompanying student worksheet to guide students towards planning and writing an answer in preparation for their GCSE exam. Includes an explanation of how the exam question is assessed and a step by step approach to planning an exam answer using the EASY acronym. In this unit students explore the theme of revenge (Act 1 Scene 4) and the theme of deceit (Act 1 Scene 5). Other essay plans can be purchased separately or as a bundle.

This is a PowerPoint presentation and accompanying student worksheets to support students in their revision of Macbeth. Students are given a copy of the Macbeth revision sheet. As they watch the video they should make notes about context under each of the headings; they complete an activity where they sort out the key events into the correct order; they look at key quotations and how these link to the main characters. All answers are included. Other revision activities can be purchased separately or as a bundle.

This is a PowerPoint presentation and accompanying student worksheets to support students in their revision of Macbeth. Students complete a cloze exercise for each act and a quotations quiz. All answers are included. Other revision activities can be purchased separately or as a bundle.

This unit of work is for students studying the play for the first time in preparation for their GCSE English Literature exam with AQA. Here are the lessons for teaching Act 2. Each activity has an accompanying PowerPoint slide to guide teachers (and students) through all of the tasks. All resources, handouts and worksheets are included. Students should also be given an extracts booklet with practice questions. At key moments in the unit of work there are opportunities to annotate these booklet and record key quotations (pages at the back). Approximately 4 1 hour lessons in a week. Details of each lesson are provided in the accompanying Unit of Work Overview. You can download a sample of the first 3 lessons for free. Then each Act can be purchased separately or the whole play is available as a bundle.