A lesson comparing the leadership of Snowball and Napoleon in Animal Farm to prepare students for answering an exam style question on the theme of leadership in the novella. A range of activities include:
What makes an effective leader
Explore Orwell’s message about how power corrupts
Adjectives to describe each character
Analyse 5 quotations by each character with answers
Find alternatives to This shows/This suggests
Writing frame included for lower ability students
2 worksheets to 2/3 lessons which encourage students to explore the impact of the stage directions in An Inspector Calls.
Sheet 1: 18 differentiated questions based on the initial stage directions.
Sheet 2: A knowledge organiser which picks out key quotations for each member of the Birling Family before, during and after the interrogation. The students then answer the 15 questions to explore the characters’ subtle changes in behaviour through the play.
I have other resources available for An Inspector Calls:
Bundle
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-aqa-1-9-differentiated-birling-sheila-11412310
Revision Cards:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/theme-revision-cards-for-an-inspector-calls-12124143
Knowledge Organisers
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-4-ultimate-revision-sheets-themes-character-stage-directions-cards-11574057
Revision quotations:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-test-on-10-quotations-per-character-9-1-revision-12138293
2 differentiated planning sheets with writing frame for writing an essay exploring who is responsible for Macbeth’s downfall.
Stronger students can use the version which explores how Macbeth, Lady Macbeth and The Witches are to blame.
Weaker students can use the version that only focuses on how Macbeth is responsible.
Includes an accompanying PowerPoint.
Also includes a model 4 person discussion about who is to blame to showcase the way students should respond to each other’s points.
In my experience, students find beginning comparative paragraphs to be the hardest aspect of writing comparisons on the power and conflict anthology poems.
These two worksheets offer help with starting off discriminating comparisons.
Students use the prompts to complete the opening sentences to various comparative paragraphs.
6 Revision cards for the 6 characters in An Inspector Calls.
Each card contains
a list of adjectives to describe each character
5 key quotations
a brief explanation for each quotation
Also incudes a blank version to help test students’ understanding.
Also includes a PowerPoint to go through the answers.
Higher ability students should be encouraged to expand on the analysis using the success criteria.
Lesson that guides students through how to write an exam response about the character of Napoleon in Animals Farm.
Includes detailed analysis of 6 quotations.
Includes a planning sheet and useful quotations for tackling an exam style question on how Napoleon is presented in Animal Farm.
Also includes a model response on Napoleon to an AQA style question.
Also includes 20 speed-marking targets to show progress between a first and second draft.
A range of colourful and informative revision sheets for An Inspector Calls covering characters and themes in the play. Provided in both pdf and word.
I have other resources available for An Inspector Calls:
Bundle
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-aqa-1-9-differentiated-birling-sheila-11412310
Revision Cards:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/theme-revision-cards-for-an-inspector-calls-12124143
Knowledge Organisers
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-4-ultimate-revision-sheets-themes-character-stage-directions-cards-11574057
Revision quotations:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-test-on-10-quotations-per-character-9-1-revision-12138293
100 question knowledge retention board game on A Christmas Carol. Includes answer sheet.
Works well when used little and often as a 10 minute repeated activity to help commit the knowledge into long term learning.
Check out my shop for other A Christmas Carol resources:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-theme-revision-cards-poverty-isolation-ghosts-christmas-family-11869145
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-gcse-differentiated-revision-sheets-on-themes-and-context-11387723
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/stave-1-and-stave-5-scrooge-s-transformation-in-a-christmas-carol-11503154
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-grade-9-lesson-and-essays-on-ghosts-11552659
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-100-comprehension-questions-with-answer-sheet-12450748
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/revise-themes-in-a-christmas-carol-family-isolation-poverty-charity-christmas-supernatural-11577227
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/grade-9-a-christmas-carol-exam-responses-12220340
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-top-50-quotations-11901568
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-3-grade-9-model-answers-for-eduqas-gcse-exam-style-11797550
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/grade-9-response-on-poverty-in-a-christmas-carol-12512988
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/6-grade-9-model-essays-on-a-christmas-carol-for-aqa-or-eduqas-11896608
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-aqa-1-9-super-bundle-11532059#
6 revision cards covering 6 quotations linked to the theme of isolation in A Christmas Carol. The detailed explanation of the quotations are linked to the 3 A0s and authorial methods are underlined.
Also includes grade 9 model essays on the topic of isolation.
Check out my shop for other A Christmas Carol resources:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-theme-revision-cards-poverty-isolation-ghosts-christmas-family-11869145
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-gcse-differentiated-revision-sheets-on-themes-and-context-11387723
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/stave-1-and-stave-5-scrooge-s-transformation-in-a-christmas-carol-11503154
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-grade-9-lesson-and-essays-on-ghosts-11552659
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-100-comprehension-questions-with-answer-sheet-12450748
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/revise-themes-in-a-christmas-carol-family-isolation-poverty-charity-christmas-supernatural-11577227
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/grade-9-a-christmas-carol-exam-responses-12220340
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-top-50-quotations-11901568
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-3-grade-9-model-answers-for-eduqas-gcse-exam-style-11797550
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/grade-9-response-on-poverty-in-a-christmas-carol-12512988
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/6-grade-9-model-essays-on-a-christmas-carol-for-aqa-or-eduqas-11896608
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-aqa-1-9-super-bundle-11532059#
Revision cards covering 4 big ideas in the play:
Beware the corrupting effects of ambition
Supernatural is evil and deceiving
Guilt is paralysing and inescapable
Violence is cyclical
The revision cards track 6 quotations for each big idea across the play and contains perceptive inferences aimed at meeting the criteria in the top bands of the mark scheme.
I have a similar resource but aimed at students working towards grade 4 or 5 which is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12686070
Choose the one that best suits the ability of your class.
If you find this resource useful, try my bundle for more Macbeth resources including lesson on all scenes, writing frames, model answers, theme and character revision cards and lots more.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-full-unit-12584291
A lesson that revises 16 key quotations each linked to 4 big ideas from the Power and Conflict collection: nature, identity, abuse of power and memory.
Students then move on to complete revision on two further concepts linked to war.
Also contains ‘because, but, so’ summaries of every poem.
Themes in An Inspector Calls: One page revision sheet on 4 themes: responsibility, age, gender and class. Adapted from an existing website into a printer-friendly single A3 page. to download for free.
This is a free taster from my An Inspector Calls bundle which is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-aqa-1-9-differentiated-birling-sheila-11412310
I have other resources available for An Inspector Calls:
Bundle
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-aqa-1-9-differentiated-birling-sheila-11412310
Revision Cards:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/theme-revision-cards-for-an-inspector-calls-12124143
Knowledge Organisers
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-4-ultimate-revision-sheets-themes-character-stage-directions-cards-11574057
Revision quotations:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-test-on-10-quotations-per-character-9-1-revision-12138293
Random generator containing over 60 Macbeth quotations with a key word blanked out.
Students compete to be the first to shout out the missing word when you click the mouse to stop the random generator.
This is a free resource that offers a small glimpse into the large number of resources in my shop. Here are links to some of the best-selling resources in my shop.
Lord of the Flies:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/lord-of-the-flies-mini-bundle-12072617
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/lord-of-the-flies-character-revision-12854559
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/lord-of-the-flies-40-page-study-booklet-12841597
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/lord-of-the-flies-theme-revision-cards-2023-12827767
Macbeth:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-top-50-and-top-100-quotations-explained-12088304
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-revision-resources-quotations-themes-context-aqa-9-1-11868119
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-revision-2023-12768948
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-revision-timelines-12715015
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-revision-cards-on-6-themes-12852726
Romeo and Juliet:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-2018-bundle-11881390
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-gcse-9-1-exam-bundle-11833024
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-notes-for-top-quotes-11894589
An Inspector Calls:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-character-revision-sheets-12862156
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-revision-sheets-11573775
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-43-page-gcse-revision-workbook-12626676
Animal Farm:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/animal-farm-40-page-revision-booklet-12846365
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/animal-farm-bundle-11499747
A Christmas Carol:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-theme-revision-cards-poverty-isolation-ghosts-christmas-family-11869145
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-character-revision-sheets-12853860
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-revision-cards-and-sheets-12852711
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-revision-12829089
Power and Conflict:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/power-and-conflict-poetry-revision-grid-extended-version-11530298
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/power-and-conflict-revision-booklet-2023-12827207
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/power-and-conflict-revision-cards-12107049
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/how-to-structure-a-comparative-paragraph-for-aqa-poetry-power-and-conflict-11387714
Eduqas Poems:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/wjec-eduqas-anthology-poetry-4-revision-lessons-11888938
My Last Duchess 25+ slide lesson or lessons with line by line annotations, comprehension questions, cloze summary activity, extension questions and a writing frame to compare the poem to Ozymandias.
Example high level comparison of War Photographer and Exposure.
Save money by purchasing as part of a bundle of grade 9 responses:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/power-and-conflict-grade-9-model-essays-12213236
Or buy my full power and conflict bundle also containing lessons and various revision activities:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/power-and-conflict-bundle-2018-11881499
20 premium resources created specifically for the GCSE examination on A Christmas Carol. This is a bundle full of lessons and resources that I have consistently developed and improved over the past 7 years based on student and teacher feedback.
Includes:
10 grade 9 model answers
Multiple exam style questions
25 extract revision booklet
19th century context resources
Bob Cratchit analysis and response
Fred lesson
Scrooge’s transformation lesson
Scrooge in Stave 1 analysis
Theme revision cards
Analysis of the ghosts
Generic and specific writing frames
Analysis of Christmas in Stave 3
Comprehension questions on each Stave
Lessons and activities on Stave 2
Analysis of Ignorance and Want extract
Knowledge organiser quotation revision sheets
Revision lesson of big ideas
Revision sheet and task based on 50 key quotations
100 question knowledge quiz
Plus a lot more. Check out all the previews!
A fully resourced model lesson based on analysing an extract in Romeo and Juliet for GCSE 9-1. The lesson is focused on building skills in A01 and A02. The extract is taken from Romeo’s soliloquy in Act 5 Scene 3.
Includes:
TEEP lesson plan
engaging starter activity
learning outcomes
differentiation throughout
PowerPoint
writing frames
Student-friendly mark scheme
3 Grade 9 model responses to Eduqas GCSE style exam questions to analyse and annotate. Includes the question and extract.
Essay topics.
1. Supernatural
2. Bob Cratchit
3. Christmas