A lesson revising key themes and quotations for Macbeth and A Christmas Carol. It goes over 6 themes in each text in detail. Students fill in the grid as the teacher goes through the PowerPoint and make notes.
Also contains detailed analysis of 6 quotations for each theme in both texts for students to takeaway with them to revise.
Lesson exploring the importance of Fezziwig in the novel.
There is a differentiated starter with answers followed by analysis of 8 quotations. Once again possible answers are provided.
Then students attempt to write an analytical paragraph using one or more of the quotations.
Complete lesson analysing Act 4 Scene 3 from Macbeth. Includes a starter activity, scene summary, 9 slides of line by line annotations for this extended scene and analytical questions (covering how Scotland and Macbeth are presented in the scene) to test understanding of the annotations.
Also contains a revision sheet on the character of Macduff.
PowerPoint to guide students through Act 3 Scene 2 of Macbeth.
Includes a scene summary, annotations of the scene, comprehension questions based on the annotations and then an extension activity analysing the use of animal imagery with an example paragraph as a guide.
A complete ready to teach lesson that includes a differentiated starter, detailed line by line animated annotations of the full scene following by comprehension questions to text students’ understanding of the annotations.
Lesson introducing the character of Squealer.
It starts by looking at adjectives to describe Squealer and his function of the play.
Then students make inferences about 11 Squealer quotations and then compare their explanations to my teacher explanations.
The lesson is aimed at a mid ability class. However, there are some concepts aimed more at higher ability students such as obfuscation and gas-lighting and contextual links to Molotov and Pravda that can be explored in greater depth with higher-ability classes.
A description writing lesson based on the Tempest.
Students complete exercises which encourages them to make conscious choices about their sentence lengths, sentence types, sentence openers and use of punctuation.
Free comprehension questions on Act 3 of Romeo and Juliet.
Other popular Romeo and Juliet resources include:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-grade-9-and-grade-7-model-responses-to-aqa-gcse-questions-11580421
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-notes-for-top-quotes-11894589
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-theme-revision-cards-violence-love-family-honour-fate-death-isolation-11869598
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-6-exam-questions-on-one-a3-page-2019-predictions-12119104
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-analyse-20-key-short-extracts-with-answers-11601152
A differentiated carousel activity based on the Edwardian context to An Inspector Calls.
Red (highest ability) make notes on socialism and capitalism
Orange (high ability) make notes on 1912 versus 1945
Yellow (middle ability) make notes on the role of women
Blue (low ability) makes notes on JB Priestly’s life.
Students then carousel to share answers and create a mind map.
Free comprehension questions on Act 1 of Romeo and Juliet.
Other popular Romeo and Juliet resources include:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-grade-9-and-grade-7-model-responses-to-aqa-gcse-questions-11580421
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-notes-for-top-quotes-11894589
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-theme-revision-cards-violence-love-family-honour-fate-death-isolation-11869598
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-6-exam-questions-on-one-a3-page-2019-predictions-12119104
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-analyse-20-key-short-extracts-with-answers-11601152
Useful as a quick revision activity.
Give students the opportunity to think of quotations to match the 6 themes/ideas and then go through the suggested answers one by one on the animated PowerPoint.
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
Structured worksheets supporting students with understanding how Romeo’s attitude to love changes between Act 1 Scene 1 where he is lovesick over Rosaline and Act 1 Scene 5 when he meets Juliet.
Resources to support students with the planning and writing of an expose on Romeo and Juliet’s secret love for a gossip column. Includes model responses to analyse along with structured planning grids focused on punctuation and sentence skills.
Stave 4 differentiated comprehension questions on A Christmas Carol.
Includes a differentiated starter which asks students to summarise the Stave using 7 images.
Aimed at mid - ability GCSE with target grades 4-6.
A revision grid contains notes for all 15 poems on the themes of power, conflict as well as notes structure and context.
The activity asks students to engage with the revision grid in order to look for discriminating comparisons. After finding a pair, students write comparative sentences.
Another way of using this revision sheet is to colour code the poems that go well together.