Handy revision sheet about Eva Smith from An Inspector Calls which looks at 11 key quotations. There is also a blank template that I get students to fill in first before going over my answers.
Fully resourced unit of 5 lessons which introduce the unseen prose element to A Level students. Can also work for high ability GCSE students as a transition/bridging to A Level.
Extracts from 19th century classic are used to give students a grounding of themes within classic literature before the transition to post-1945 texts.
Each lesson is focused on how to answer an exam-style theme question based on a short extract.
Lesson 1:
Great Expectations - Miss Havisham extract.
Explore the significance of degeneration in this extract.
Lesson 2:
Frankenstein - Chapter 5 extract.
Explore the significance of disappointment in this extract.
Lesson 3:
Jane Eyre - Extract about Bertha
Explore the significance of restriction in this extract.
Lesson 4:
Jekyll and Hyde - Extract from Jekyll’s statement
Explore the significance of duality in this extract.
Lesson 5:
The Catcher in the Rye - opening paragraph
Explore the significance of cynicism in the extract.
Complete ready to teach lesson on Act 5 Scene 2 of Macbeth. Includes a differentiated starter activity, scene summary, detailed line by line annotations of the scene, comprehension questions and then an activity exploring how the motif of clothing is presented across the play. Includes answers. Ends with students writing an analytical paragraph on the motif of clothing.
A detailed revision lesson covering many key quotations from Stave 1 of A Christmas Carol.
Each quotation appears chronologically to assist with annotating the text.
Instructions for the lesson.
Give out the worksheet with the 28 key quotations from Stave 1 and asked students to jot down their ideas in the blank boxes.
Then in the second half of the lesson, go through the teacher answers either on the PowerPoint or on the answers worksheet.
A grade 9 response about the theme of ambition.
This is one of a number of high level Macbeth responses that can be purchased in a bundle from here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-6-grade-9-responses-12242190
An example of high level analytical writing in An Inspector Calls about how Priestley presents ideas about selfishness in An Inspector Calls.
Includes an examiner comment and grade at the end.
This resource is also available as one 9 sample responses at different grades:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/9-an-inspector-calls-model-responses-11453529
It is also available as a bundle covering the whole play:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-aqa-1-9-differentiated-birling-sheila-11412310
A lesson analysing the character of Boxer from Animal Farm.
Includes detailed annotations of 10 key Boxer quotations to prepare students for answering an exam style question on Boxer.
The lesson is aimed at students with a grade 5/6 target.
This Animal Farm Bundle includes the following:
20 lesson scheme of learning.
40 page revision booklet covering model answers, writing frames, plot, context, chapter questions, theme trackers and lots more.
High level response to a question on Moses and Benjamin
Revision grid of 60 character quotations and flashcards
4 full model answers
Lesson on Squealer.
Lesson on Snowball.
Lesson on Boxer.
Lesson on Benjamin.
Lesson on themes.
Lesson comparing Snowball and Napoleon’s leadership.
10+ Questions on every chapter
Lesson on Napoleon
Activity analysing key extracts
Plus lots more.Check out all the previews on each individual resource to help gain an impression of the amount of material included.
Differentiated activity for building word power.
Bronze:Ffind words in the wordsearch
Silver: Find definitions of words
Gold: Use the words in a paragraph
Diamond: Identify spelling strategies to prepare for a spelling test
Instead of buying my power and conflict revision cards, why not download this template for free and have a go at creating your own personal revision cards.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/power-and-conflict-revision-cards-12107049
Alternatively try the full power and conflict bundle with lessons, model essays and lots more revision resources and writing frames.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/power-and-conflict-bundle-2018-11881499
Romeo and Juliet into 15 pages to help students with revising the plot and key quotations to the novel.
The abridged version includes:
- A short summary of each scene.
- The key quotation(s) from each scene.
- Extended extracts from what I consider to be the key scenes from the play.
Worksheets aimed at helping students consciously use a range of simple, compound and complex sentences to describe an image.
Task 1: Students combine the sentences already provided to describe the image.
Task 2: Students must come up with their own examples of simple, compound and complex sentences and then produce their description.
This task is very repeatable - just change the image each time. It is worth repeating until students find it easy to come up with simple, compound and complex sentence examples.
A random generator powerpoint that is useful for encouraging students to experiment with using alternative sentence openers.
Simply give students a topic to describe.
Turn on the random generator and students must begin each sentence with whatever word the random generator lands on. It may be ad adverb, present particple verb, preposition etcetera.
Students always seem to enjoy this activity.