This resource is a Macbeth booklet including key scenes necessary for GCSE study. The booklet can be used flexibly, highlighting further scenes that can be omitted, should you wish to work with less of the text with a lower ability set. The full play has been carefully edited, removing parts of dialogue not entirely necessary for GCSE pupil understanding, whilst maintaining the integrity and flow of the narrative. There is a cover page and the booklet totals 27 A4 pages, helpfully formatted into columns with a contents page for easy navigation. The original text sits at 18121 words, whereas this edited version brings it down to 11754 - far more manageable with the time constraints of GCSE. The scenes included are as follows: Act 1 scene I: witches Act 1 scene II: camp after battle ** Act 1 scene III: Macbeth and Duncan meet witches Act 1 scene V: Lady Macbeth – the Raven Act 1 scene VII: Lady Macbeth and Macbeth argue Act 2 scene I: Macbeth and Duncan Act 2 scene II: Lady Macbeth covers up Act 2 scene III: Porter and discovery of Duncan ** Act 2 scene IV: Old man and Lennox ** Act 3 scene I: Banquo betrayed Act 3 scene II: shielding Lady Macbeth Act 3 scene IV: banquet and ghost Act 4 scene I: Witches and Macbeth – prophecies Act 4 scene II: Macduff’s castle Act 4 scene III: Macduff meets Malcolm ** Act 5 scene I: Doctor tends to Lady Macbeth Act 5 scene II: soldiers ** Act 5 scene III: Scotland is sick ** Act 5 scene IV: Birnam wood moves Act 5 scene V: Young Siward ** Act 5 scene VI: The ending ** these scenes can also be omitted entirely for lower ability pupils.

This resource contains a 2 sided A4 key quote handout for pupils revising Macbeth. The key quotes are organised into themes/ by character and starts with a rundown of key themes, context, characters and symbols before a brief outline of each act plot. The themes/characters covered are: appearance v reality Lady Macbeth Macduff Hallucination Cycles Tragic hero Guilt/ anxiety Macbeth Deception Duncan Banquo Macbeth’s thoughts Quotes have been carefully chosen so as not to be too lengthy and to match a range of questions

This resource is a 6 page document of key quotations for An Inspector Calls, divided into characters. Characters included are: Sheila Gerald Eric Mr Birling Mrs Birling Inspector The quotes have been taken from the entire play and are mostly quite short to aid with revision and memory retention. There are around 15-20 quotes selected for each character.

This resource is a full lesson on Armitage’s poem, ’ Resistance’, inspired by the Russia - Ukraine conflict currently in the news. The lesson PPT includes: discussion around our expectations of war discussion of images from the Russia - Ukraine war copy of the poem first impressions task Links to 2 videos on context to further develop critical opinions Comprehension / analysis questions to guide pupil analysis of the poem Detailed annotations for feedback following the questions

This resource contains enough for 2 full lessons on the poem Bayonet Charge for the AQA power and conflict cluster. Lesson tasks are as follows: opening using a video link and recording plot/ emotions WW1 context mini quiz Ted Hughes context opportunity for unseen skills annotation guided annotation questions full annotation notes imagery analysis task drawing task to consolidate Created March 2022

This resource was designed as a revision block on Lord of the Flies for higher ability GCSE pupils (grades 5-9), having already studied the novel. (There is also a full scheme of work PPT available for the first teaching of this). Updated Feb 2022 It includes 32 slides of activities and information (approx 6 lessons), including: plot and character recap theme recap (group activity) provocative statements to provoke discussion Images to prompt discussion of symbols Recap of allusion (specifically biblical) historical context - Golding A nihilist view, Nietzsche Discussion questions Advice on exam questions and example questions Quote finding exercise 2 exemplar responses to exam questions (level 5 and 6) planning an exam response advice on thesis statements for good intros an exemplar high grade paragraph All of the above is included in the powerpoint file itself, not as separate documents

This resource is a fully comprehensive scheme of work on Christmas Carol, designed for higher ability pupils with plenty of challenge and stretch (grades 5-9). It was originally designed for AQA but can easily be tweaked for other boards. All resources are included along the 191 slide PPT, with everything you need to teach the novel. It also utilises language paper cross-over tasks and non-fiction resources to build contextual knowledge/ cultural capital and provides a focus on core vocabulary to aid understanding. Updated Jan 2022. The PPT covers the following: core vocabulary categories and booklet atmosphere through language imagery based tasks (Gothic conventions) Scrooge’s nomenclature context - Victorian times A range of task styles including group, independent, paired work and videos Summary skills Quote finding and analysis Links to Literature (London poem) creative writing opportunities character study for all key characters connotation and layers of meaning Using PEEZL to construct exam responses peer assessment opportunities allusion and allegory symbolism and metaphor Utilitarian philosophy, Malthus and Bentham Authorial intent inference exemplar responses key plot developments irony drawing comparisons structure - framed narrative, foreshadowing Writing intros and conclusions tracking change guided exam planning thesis statements reference to mark schemes

This resource is a 15 slide PPT (1-2 lessons) on the poem ‘London’ by William Blake, for the AQA power and conflict cluster. The lessons include tasks/ info on the following: Task describing modern London Task comparing this to Victorian London (using images) A summary of the differences Biographical info on Blake Pupil annotation task plus a full set of notes for teaching Figurative language quote explosion task Task on structure (iambic tetrameter) Challenge and stretch discussion of structure Creative cross-over task (write a poem inspired by a city) Comparison task - table comparing London with Emigree Lesson created April 2022

This resource includes a 1-2 lesson PPT on the poem ‘Exposure’ by Wilfred Owen, for the AQA power and conflict poetry cluster (Eng lit). Tasks as follows: reflection on the title crunched poem categorising task (allows close word level analysis) image reflection task (WW1 images) Wilfred Owen contextual info Discussion task around the biggest threat in war focus question for a close analysis task exemplar response paragraph full notes on the poem 2nd discussion task on what is meant by ‘exposure’ creative writing cross-over task (soldier writes a letter home) Created March 2022

This resource includes 1-2 lessons worth of activities on Wordsworth’s Prelude, for AQA power and conflict poetry. The lesson PPT includes: 2 imagery tasks (thoughts and feelings on a natural image of a foreboding mountain/ what nature is) contextual info on Romantic poetry and questions on links to this poem Language and tone guided annotation questions + Youtube video link autobiographical info on Wordsworth for note making fully annotated poem further sub-textual reading questions (sexual awakening - requires a mature audience) challenge and stretch discussion task around the Enclosure Acts Ordering statement task (overview of the poem’s meaning/ subject) further analysis link through Youtube video + exam practice question (focused on single poem, not comparative) Written April 2022

This resource is a full lesson PPT on Heaney’s Storm on the Island, for AQA literature power and conflict poetry cluster. The lesson includes: imagery task considering connotations of storms and islands first reading task (with glossary) sketching the island language analysis questions biographical info on Heaney fully annotated poem subtextual reading task including a video on the NI Troubles and note making from info provided comparison to Ozymandias task, including exam question and planning table Created April 2022

This resource is a full lesson PPT on Jane Weir’s ‘Poppies’ for AQA power and conflict poetry. The lesson includes: imagery task discussing thoughts on poppies, soldiers, war and aggrieved relatives task considering the different thoughts and feelings of mothers and sons on war link to President Zelensky appealing to Russian mothers (video) biographical info on Jane Weir and link to a video of her discussing the poem Fully annotated poem Challenge and stretch task on the role of women in war (discussion) Lesson created April 2022

Includes a 13 slide PPT for revision of Macbeth for Literature Paper 1 AQA (paper 2 in 2022 due to changes) Covers exam technique, mark scheme, plot, characters, quotes, themes, tragedy genre, context and an example exam question. New for 2022

This resource is 1-2 lessons on Carol Ann Duffy’s War Photographer for AQA power and conflict poetry cluster, English lit. It includes the following tasks/slides: series of war photographs and prompt questions discussion and table task - pros and cons of being a war phorographer contextual info on photo processing from film + 2 video links perspectives task on the photographer, the public and the editor matching quotes to images task language analysis table task guided annotation questions for each verse (can be a group task) fully annotated poem

This resource includes a full lesson PPT for the poem ‘Remains’ by Simon Armitage, for the AQA power and conflict cluster for English Literature. The lesson includes: dictionary definition task for close analysis of title Role of a soldier task (role on the wall style) Guided annotation questions Group annotation task (stanza each) Biographical info on Armitage Fully annotated poem Exam question slide (1 paragraph, PEEZl acronym) Created April 2022

This resource is a 20 slide revision PPT for Animal Farm AQA GCSE English Literature examination (modern text). It covers all you need to revise the text with pupils, including: plot recap task + diagram key character mind mapping task + quote finding suggested key character quotes minor character task + suggested quotes key context image task key context information quote exploding task with modelled example themes table task with scaffolded option key vocab task (find definitions) past exam questions planning task - 8 past exam questions included with 1 modelled planning example AQA mark schemes This resource was created April 2022