A worksheet focusing solely on Eduqas English Language Paper 1 Question 1 - retrieving 5 pieces of information from the text.
There are 10 examples to work through.
Useful when teaching sentences within a wider Romeo and Juliet SOW.
The worksheet looks at how to use embedded clauses, subordinate clauses, semi colons and colons.
Learning outcomes:
To understand a code for identifying language features in Shakespeare (word level, imagery, structure)
To Apply understanding by locating the language features in key quotations.
To evaluate the effect of the language features.
Romeo and Juliet Starter: Finish off each key quote. I use an activity like this regularly because the AQA 2017 examination is a closed book examination.
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This huge Romeo and Juliet pack has been adapted for home learning. This comprehensive collection of worksheets have been designed to help prepare students for the 9-1 GCSE examinations on Romeo and Juliet. Look through the 65+ preview pages to have a look at the range of resources on offer.
The pack includes the following resources:
Quotation revision sheets.
Examination Style Questions
Model high quality paragraphs
Writing frames
Planning sheets to help tackle exam questions
Analysis questions of key scenes
Abridged version of the whole play
20 key extracts to analyse
Revising the 6 main characters
Flashcards
3 A3 sheets which contain short easy to remember quotations for Romeo, Juliet, Mercutio, Nurse, Friar and Capulet from across the play. It has been created with the closed book AQA 1-9 examination in mind to help students remember quotations to use in their responses.
The activity is differentiated:
Bronze level: Identify where in the play the quotes come from
Silver: Relate the quotations to key themes.
Gold: Identify key words and language features within the quotations
Diamond: Relate the quotations for context.
2I have also added AQA-style examination questions based on 5 characters (Mercutio, Friar, Nurse, Prince, Capulet) which works well as a differentiated carousel activity.
An AQA-friendly writing frame to help students to structure a response to the play.
Model paragraphs aimed at grade 7-9 students.
Planning sheets for exam questions on the theme of fate and the character of Capulet.
Differentiated comprehension questions on Mercutio.
Analysis questions on Juliet’s speech in Act 4 Scene 3 and Romeo’s final speech in Act 5 Scene 3.
10 exam questions written in the style of the AQA 1-9 new spec.
Also includes PowerPoints for all scenes.
25 lessons covering every scene from the play.
Also includes 20 revision cards with detailed analysis of 20 of the most important quotations in the play aimed at grade 7-9 students.
All lessons include scene summaries, detailed annotations and often includes extension activities, comprehension questions, differentiated starters example paragraphs to guide students on how to effectively write analytical paragraphs.
Also includes a PowerPoint with the whole play annotated.
A slide to encourage students to think about Shakespeare’s Macbeth explores universal, abstract, conceptual ideas about the human condition. Useful for setting as a development task to stretch students.
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
A 63 page booklet containing knowledge organisers, revision cards, quizzes, planning sheets, writing frames, timelines, character revision sheets and lots more. Best printed in A3.
A quotation revision game for Macbeth and A Christmas Carol. There are 98 key quotations on the board (49 from each text).
To advance, students roll the dice and must explain the quotation.
This is a follow up to my other game which reverses the process and prompts students to think of the quotations.
Currently in A4 but you may wish to enlarge it to A3.
‘A thesis-style introduction that demonstrates your understanding of the question can be a really helpful way of starting your answer. It shows that you are ‘in charge’ of your essay and that you know what you think. It can provide a strong foundation for the rest of the essay. Keep referring back to the introduction to create a coherent response.’ AQA examiner’s report 2022
Creating a thesis-style introduction is a challenge for many students but is essential in helping students to reach levels 4-6 in the mark scheme. I have produced a simple 3 point structure to help students quickly generate a thesis statement in timed exam conditions. There is an example of the 3 point structure being used and then students attempt to imitate the structure for 4 other exam-style questions.
Examples apply for Lord of the Flies, Macbeth and A Christmas Carol.
Lesson analysing 4 more obscure extracts from A Christmas Carol. Over time, examiners tend to set more challenging extracts. This features 4 of the more obscure extracts that could come up in May 2021 or May 2022.
Boat out at sea (Stave 3)
Facetious snowball (Stave 3)
Fred’s Party (Stave 3)
Cheap funeral (Stave 4)
Each extract includes exploratory questions, answers and there is a model paragraph for the first 3 extracts.
Lesson analysing the initial description of The Ghost of Christmas Past.
Includes a differentiated starter, detailed analysis of 5 key quotations, activity to boost analytical word power followed by an analytical writing task.
A planning sheet and example grade 7 response answering the following exam-style extract-based question on Macbeth.
Starting with this extract from Act 4 Scene 2, how does Shakespeare present women in the play?
Also includes some annotations to help students see the positive features of the response.
3 intervention catch-up sessions aimed at Paper 2 Question 3.
Each session looks at a short extract and includes annotations, a model paragraph and a writing frame for students who require it.
Students then use the model to attempt their own paragraph in the same style on a different quotation.
Differentiated assessment/planning sheets to support students with a response to the following exam style GCSE question:
How does Shakespeare present Lady Macbeth as an unconventional Elizabethan woman?
A focus on how Lady Macbeth is presented in Act 1 Scene 5 and Act 1 Scene 7.
There is a writing frame and easier planning sheets for lower ability students.
Lesson on Act 1 Scene 2. Includes a recap starter with sample answers, annotations of the scene, scene summary and an example paragraph to help students craft their own analysis of how Macbeth is presented in this scene.