A simple cover lesson worksheet for an extract about Dracula.

A Christmas Carol comprehension questions on Stave 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. It is differentiated; there are various forms of questions on each Stave to allow you to tailor it to suit students of different abilities. It is useful to accompany a first reading of the novel in class or to encourage a second reading of the novel for homework.

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

A comprehensive A3 revision sheet for ‘A Christmas Carol’ with differentiated tasks. It includes key quotations from each stave and various ways of making links to context for A03. The differentiated tasks encourage students to Bronze: Find language features in the quotations Silver: Match the quotations and context to themes Gold: Work out the 10 quotations which can be adapted to suit the most themes. Also includes a planning resource offering 3 levels of differentiation to help guide students on how to structure a full length response on the following 4 themes/topics: children, materialism, ghosts, Christmas. Tier 1 difficulty (I do): Big idea, topic sentences and quotations are provided. Students add the analysis of the quotations. Tier 2 difficulty (We do): Students must choose 2 quotations to support each topic sentence and analyse the quotations. Tier 3 difficulty (You do): Students have to generate the big idea, the topic sentences, 2 quotations a paragraph and the quotation analysis.

A worksheet for comparing quotations from Stave 1 and 2 of A Christmas Carol. Also includes detailed PowerPoints containing analysis of the key quotations in Stave 1 and 2. Students complete a mind map on each Stave with the PowerPoint guiding students through each section.

My students voted this as their most useful revision resource for A Christmas Carol. First ask students to annotate the top 50 quotations in the text and then give out the answer sheet to check their responses. For weaker students, there is a matching version where students match the 50 quotations to 50 brief explanations. Also contains more advanced notes on my top 20 quotations linked to A01, A02 and A03. For students wanting a comprehensive knowledge of the text there is also a 100 quotation version with meanings, methods and message briefly explained for all 100 quotations.

15 exam style questions (one for each poem) for the Power and Conflict section of the AQA examination. If you would like to purchase the revision grid as well as the questions, follow the link below: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/power-and-conflict-planning-responses-to-15-exam-questions-using-a-revision-grid-11538288

Writing frame for comparing Storm on the Island and Exposure (AQA Power and Conflict). The AQA style exam question is as follows: Compare the ways the poets in Storm on the Island and one other poem (Exposure) present conflict with nature.

Full lesson and annotations of Act 1 Scene 3.

A detailed and comprehensive lesson looking at how violence is presented in Act 3 Scene 1 to prepare students for an assessment. Includes a range of planning sheets and a learning journey along with annotations of the scene on the powerpoint and a model response to help with follow up tasks after the assessment. Aimed at mid ability groups.

Questions on each scene to review understanding of the plot with an answer sheet

Lesson with annotations and questions on the poem from the EDUQAS GCSE Anthology. Links to other Eduqas poetry resources: Revision Cards https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/eduqas-wjec-poetry-revision-cards-gcse-12107545 Lessons on all poems https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/wjec-anthology-bundle-2-lesson-on-each-poem-11896591 Revision resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/wjec-eduqas-poetry-anthology-revising-all-poems-11894072 Bundle: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/wjec-eduqas-poetry-anthology-bundle-gcse-9-1-11815065

Differentiated PowerPoint with learning outcomes to help students answer the following question based on Chapter 8 and 9 of Oliver Twist: To what extent is Fagin an out and out villain? Lower ability students will look at how Fagin is an absolute villain. Higher ability students will also look at his redeeming qualities. Also includes a model response to annotate to help students improve their second draft or respond to feedback.

Word search for the main characters.

Full lesson and worksheet for analysing the setting at the start of Chapter 6. The focus is on commenting on the impact of word choices and the impact of the cyclical structure.

Full lesson exploring the role of the narrator in Blood Brothers written in a TEEP style will success criteria. Includes a vocabulary building activity, a diamond ranking activity and apply questions.

Two paragraph writing frame on language and structure. These two poems go well together if the question is on identity or speaker’s feelings as they both use a dramatic monologue to express frustration but in very different ways.

2 A3 worksheets revising stage directions in the play. Sheet 1: A list of key stage directions for each character split into before, during and after the interrogation combined with questions to help students understand the subtle changes in the characters’ behaviour at each stage of the play. Sheet 2: Differentiated questions linking to A01, A02, A03 based on the opening stage directions.

A grade 9 exam response answering a question about Scrooge’s fears in A Christmas Carol. I have also included a writing frame that I used with a much lower ability class (target grades 4 and 5).

Three revision lessons for the 15 mark a) question in the Eduqas 9-1 Romeo and Juliet exam. Exam 1 is from Act 4 Scene 1 Exam 2 is from Act 5 Scene 3 Exam 3 is from Act 3 Scene 1 All include a powerpoint with annotations, a planning sheet and there is also a writing frame of useful sentence stems. Also includes grade 9 model answers which students can compare to their own work.