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.
PowerPoint lesson on Owen with colour coded animated annotations covering language, structure and form.
Includes exemplar paragraphs, notes on 5 key quotations, questions on each stanza and a range of follow up activities and 4 worksheets looking at the exploring 4 different types of conflict in the poem:
4 types of conflict in Exposure
Conflict with the weather
Conflict with religious faith
Conflict between the present and the past memories of home
Conflict between anticipated action and inaction.
Updated PowerPoint with annotations, differentiated question worksheets and differentiated writing frames for analysing Act 1 Scene 6 and Act 1 Scene 7 from Macbeth. Also includes questions to recap the main events in Act 1 as a whole.
EDUQAS/WJEC revision grid containing precise, bite-sized chunks of information about all 18 of the anthology poems under the following categories: main ideas, language, structure, context, themes.
An adaptable resource that can be used in lots of different ways to suit different styles of teaching and learning.
Also available as part of my Eduqas poetry bundle.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/wjec-eduqas-poetry-anthology-bundle-gcse-9-1-11815065
Alternatively try my lessons on all 18 poems:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/wjec-eduqas-poetry-anthology-revising-all-poems-11894072
Or maybe you’d prefer the information in the form of revision cards:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/wjec-eduqas-poetry-revision-cards-for-anthology-poems-gcse-9-1-11807604
Or maybe a quick poetry quiz:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/eduqas-9-1-gcse-poetry-anthology-quiz-11803192
The 18 poems:
The Manhunt
Sonnet 43
Cozy Apologia
The Soldier
London
Ozymandias
A Wife in London
Afternoons
Hawk Roosting
Valentine
She walks in beauty
As imperceptibly as grief
To Autumn
Dulce et Decorum Est
Death of a Naturalist
Mametz Wood
Extract from The Prelude
Living Space
A partially completed plan for an essay response focusing on how Scrooge is presented as cold heart.
The big points and quotations are included. Students must add language analysis and context.
A PowerPoint containing carefully selected annotations on the poem, learning outcomes, questions and opportunities for making comparisons to other poems in the Power and Conflict section of the anthology. There is also a 4 page booklet containing a copy of the poem and two sets of comprehension questions.
I have carefully selected what I consider to be the 5 key extracts from Stave 4 . They are differentiated by colour. Each extract has an AQA style GCSE question attached to it. This works well as a home and away task. There is also a grid for students to fill in to show their understanding of each extract.
Also includes a revision PowerPoint which guides students on how to make a mindmap of the key quotations from the chapter.
A simple but effective and engaging scenario for a speaking and listening group discussion.
Students must take into account the biographies of all the guests before deciding on the best possible seating plan for the bus trip.
There is also a sheet with useful discussion prompts to help promote effective discussions.
A handy revision sheet covering characters, themes and context with key quotations and examination style questions.
Also I have added the scenes from which all the quotations have been taken.
A Grade 7 exemplar response to the following AQA 2017 exam question on Animal Farm.
How does Orwell use the character of Snowball to present ideas about leadership? (34 marks)
The essay is colour-coded so that students can see the different sections of an analytical paragraph.
The essay was written for a low/mid ability class to show them how to use a writing frame.
8 worksheets and resources focused on exploring themes in Animal Farm. Includes resources focused on:
- Identifying the key themes in the novel
- Identifying ‘super extracts’ which can be used to cover various themes
- Model responses to themes in the novel
- Structuring responses
Revision lesson for Elizabethan context in Romeo and Juliet.
Task 1: What do they already know.
Task 2: Watch a short video and make notes.
Task 3: Link words
Task 4: Use the revision sheet for a carousel activity.
Task 5: Review learning.
Grouped under 5 headings (women, marriage, fate, death and honour, love) the worksheet works really well as a home and away group task.
Structured worksheets supporting students with understanding how Romeo’s attitude to love changes between Act 1 Scene 1 where he is lovesick over Rosaline and Act 1 Scene 5 when he meets Juliet.
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.
Push more able towards the highest grades by using this worksheet to explore contrasting quotations to bring out the complexities and contradictions within the language of the 5 main characters.
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
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.
Resources to support students with the planning and writing of an expose on Romeo and Juliet’s secret love for a gossip column. Includes model responses to analyse along with structured planning grids focused on punctuation and sentence skills.