Writing an article on an issue related to pets. Planning sheet.

Death penalty model response to assess

How does the opening of Educating Rita interest the audience? Essay checklist.

Great Expectations questions based on extracts from Chapter 1. Working towards an analysis of how themes are introduced.

Extended writing self assessment grid

Media terminology - card sort activity

How to use appositive phrases in English literature texts. Includes examples for Animal Farm, An Inspector Calls, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Lord of the Flies and A Christmas Carol.

6 lessons exploring how Caliban is presented in The Tempest.

I have carefully selected 20 brief key extracts from the play. They are the 20 extracts I consider to be most likely to come up in the exam. To complete the revision activity, students must work out what is happening in each extract, analyse two key quotations and make links to context, themes and ideas. This booklet is helping my students revise for the closed book examination. There are 4 A3 sheets covering Acts 1-5. Of the hundreds Romeo and Juliet resources I have created, this is probably the most effective. Also includes a PowerPoint with suggested answers for each extract. Includes an AQA version (with context) and an Eduqas version (without context).

PowerPoint for 2 lessons on Poppies. Lesson 1 uses differentiated prompt questions to give students enough hints to allow them to be more engaged and independent with their annotations. Lesson 2 involves applying knowledge and developing deeper annotations. Lesson comes with success criteria, annotations, starter, plenaries. Also includes a revision sheet to prepare students for an exam style question on the poem: How does the writer present the effects of war. Also includes a responding to feedback helpsheet for after students have attempted to write about the effects of war in the poem.

Writing frame for comparing how London and Emigree present the power of a place. AQA power and conflict. Also includes comprehension questions on London and Emigree to prepare for the comparison. Also includes revision sheets on the two poems.

My Last Duchess 25+ slide lesson or lessons with line by line annotations, comprehension questions, cloze summary activity, extension questions and a writing frame to compare the poem to Ozymandias.

A timeline revision activity where students track and explain Romeo key quotations across the play to help understand how his character develops across the play. Includes an answer sheet. I give this out at the end of the lesson for students to compare their answers to. Ideal revision activity in the run up to the May exam.

Theme and Character Quotation Revision Cards/Posters on the 6 key themes and the 4 key characters in Lord of the Flies.

100 Key Quotations from Lord of the Flies (with brief explanation) arranged in chronological order, by chapter, through the novel. This can be used for revision in many ways. I have included a range of exam questions so students can select 6 numbered quotations (from the 100) to help answer each question. For example: Narrow down the list to the top 10/20 most important quotations. Find 5 quotations for each of the main characters. Find 5 quotations for each of the main themes. Alternatively look at exam questions and ask students to select 5 quotations they would use to help answer each question.

A fully resourced model lesson based on analysing an extract in Romeo and Juliet for GCSE 9-1. The lesson is focused on building skills in A01 and A02. The extract is taken from Romeo’s soliloquy in Act 5 Scene 3. Includes: TEEP lesson plan engaging starter activity learning outcomes differentiation throughout PowerPoint writing frames Student-friendly mark scheme

3 lessons exploring the presentation of The Cratchit Family, Tiny Tim and the wider concept of family in the novel. Includes 2 high level model answers about The Cratchit’s for higher ability and a writing frame for supporting weaker students.

An exercise which asks students to think deeply about the reasons why Golding uses 15 specific words in the novel. Students are encouraged to come up with 3 different reasons why that specific word was used. They can zoom in to the word connotations and then zoom out to think about Golding’s authorial messages. The answer sheet with examples of thoughtful and perceptive inferences for each word choice is included for students to compare their answers to at the end of the lesson.

Ozymandias: PowerPoint for at least 3 lessons with worksheets and resources. Also includes annotations focused on power and a writing frame for comparing the poem to Tissue.

6 Comprehension worksheets covering the prologue and Acts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.