4 lessons analysing the importance of Act 2 in Romeo and Juliet with accompanying worksheets. Lesson 1: Learning journey on Romeo’s monologue at the start of Act 2 Scene 2 Lesson 2: Analysing Romeo and Juliet’s conversation in Act 2 Scene 2 Lesson 3: Is the Friar right to agree to the marriage in Act 2 Scene 3 Lesson 4: Summary lesson covering Act 2 Scenes 4, 5 and 6.

A great way to relieve stress and create a relaxing classroom environment at the end of a long term while helping students embed quotations into their long term memory I have selected 16 key quotations from Christmas Carol and including a relevant image with each quotation that can be coloured in. Students annotate the 16 quotations following the differentiated success criteria and annotate the 16 key quotations for various shades of meaning. After they finish annotating, I allow them to colour in the images. Also contains drawings of characters to colour in and label with quotations or what students know about each character.

A test on the significance 10 key quotations for each of the 6 characters in the play. The answers appear one by one by mouse click to allow you to control how you reveal the answers. The quote explanations are basic inferences and aimed at a lower ability class or a class just beginning to study the play. Contains both pdf and editable versions of the resources. 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

Full lesson analysing Chapter 7 includes engaging differentiated starter, plot summary and questions, annotations for 14 key quotations and an extension activity looking at the theme of darkness in the chapter.

Full lesson with starter, chapter summary task and notes to help students annotate 15 key quotations from Chapter 6 following by a task encouraging students to look for deeper inferences in the 5 most important quotations in the chapter.

A detailed and complete lesson looking at the impact of 6 symbols in Lord of the Flies. Includes judicious quotations and perceptive inferences aimed at high ability students.

6 revision cards covering 6 quotations linked to the theme of poverty in A Christmas Carol. The detailed explanation of the quotations are linked to the 3 A0s and authorial methods are underlined. Also includes a 20+ slide lesson aimed at encouraging students to explode quotations about poverty to meet the AOs. Also includes a grade 9 model response about poverty and suffering in the novel. 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#

A high level grade 8 or 9 exam-style response to a question about Banquo. Starting with this extract, explore the significance of Banquo in the play. Includes a mark and an examiner comment. Also includes a revision poster looking at key Banquo quotations.

Lesson looking at how Macbeth and Banquo react differently to the witches’ predictions with two model paragraphs. Also includes 15 questions aimed at understanding Act 1 Scene 3 and teacher annotations of Act 1 Scene 3.

A worksheet in which students have to match 50 key A Christmas Carol quotations to 50 brief explanations. Also includes a follow up worksheet for students to then explain each quotation independently.

Exam walk-through with model answers for an EDUQAS English Language Paper 2 GCSE examination (9-1). The two texts are about royal weddings. Includes model answers.

20 interesting sentences to use for writing Paper 1: creative writing. 20 interesting sentences to use for writing paper 2: transactional writing. To set it up, simply introduce a Paper 1 image or Paper 2 topic and ask students to create the sentences at random. You can use the random generator PowerPoint to pick any of the 20 sentences at random which is particular effective for engaging students. After this, I give each student a 20 sided dice so they can explore the sentences at their own writing pace and make their own decisions about their writing.

A detailed lesson looking at Simon’s character in Lord of the Flies. The lesson is geared around helping students prepare an exam response to the following question and includes detailed annotations of 8 key Simon quotations. How does Golding present Simon as different from the other boys on the island? Write about: • what Simon says and does that suggest he is different from the other boys • how Golding presents him as different. Also includes a grade 9 response on Simon.

A 19 slide revision lesson for Paper 1 Question 5. Best used over 2/3 lessons. Using the image of a haunted house as the inspiration, students complete a series of tasks on a worksheet (attached) aimed at developing skills for Paper 1 Question 5 (covering sentence types and openers, advanced punctuation and figurative language) before completing the description. Students then evaluate their work using the suggested strategies. Also contains a lesson which goes through some high level exemplars of a lighthouse.

A complete ready to teach lesson containing a starter activity, 6 pages of line by line annotations of Act 4 Scene 1 followed up with various extension activities to test students’ understanding of this scene. Ends with students completing an analytical paragraph on the scene. Includes a modelled example.

A lesson looking at Act 2 Scene 1 with annotations and follow up questions and various resources to support the teaching of this key scene.

A lesson which explores how women characters are presented in A Christmas Carol. It looks at key quotations from Belle, Mrs Cratchit, Mrs Fezziwig, Fan and other characters. Then it encourages to examine and evaluate whether or not Dickens presents women characters in a positive or problematic way in the novel.

Complete lesson analysing key quotations from Chapter 8. Includes starter, comprehension questions and answers, simple plot summary, notes to annotate key quotations and an extension activity.

100 Question Macbeth Direct Knowledge retention quiz presented in the form of a board game with answer sheet included. This works well when used as a repeated starter activity to help with the long term retention of knowledge.

Revision lesson looking at 12 key extracts from A Christmas Carol. Using the revision clock concept, students spend 5 minutes on each extract by answering 3 questions which focus on A01, A02 and then A03. Works really in the run up to mock exams or actual exams. Includes a 5 minute PowerPoint timer embedded into the slides which has an alarm so you don’t lose your timings. Also includes analysis of the top 10 single words to analyse in the novella with high level explanations of how to zoom in and then how to zoom out to explore Dickens’ authorial purpose. Also includes: A timeline revision activity for A Christmas Carol that asks students to offer 3 layers of analysis for 13 key Scrooge quotations to help track his transformation in the novel from a solitary miser to a redeemed philanthropist. A01: What is the meaning of the quotation? A02: What is the impact of words/methods? A03: What is Dickens’ message in this quotation? Comprehensive answer sheet is included. I give this out at the end of the lesson so students can compare their answers to it. Ideal revision activity in the run up to the May examinations.