Oliver Twist: Nancy’s Death. How does Dickens use language to make the scene dramatic?
There are two differentiated versions of the task with differentiated writing frame guidelines.
There are also differentiated resources to help students answer this GCSE style question.
Includes a revision of language features in the extract.
Analysis sheet and key quotations sheet for 6 key motifs in Macbeth: blood, darkness, weather, animals, clothing and illness. The sheets can be used in lots of different ways to assist with revision.
6 AQA-style examination questions on characters and themes in A Christmas Carol.
A structured planning sheet to plan responses to various questions.
Best value when bought as part of my much larger bundle.
A differentiated learning journey exploring Scrooge in Stave 1 and 2 with accompanying resources.
Contains instructions to follow at tough, tougher and toughest level to encourage students to explore the character independently.
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.
An A3 revision resource to remind students about the following:
connectives
persuasive techniques
cohesion
punctuation
complex sentences
figurative language
Also includes an extension activity which models a first paragraph to 3 different Paper 2 Question 5 style questions and asks students to write the next paragraph.
Also includes a revision mat with tips and writing frame for Paper 2 questions 2-4.
Differentiated sentence starts to guide students through an exam style to the following question:
How is Scrooge presented as a character lacking in humanity?
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.
A sample 8 mark question from the AQA Paper 1 2017 exam.
It includes a writing frame for answering the question. The extract is taken from 'To Kill a Mockingbird'.
3 poems ideal for guiding students through the process of unpicking the meaning of unseen poems by noticing features of form, language and structure. Includes worksheets and PowerPoint.
The 3 poems are
TOUGH: In a Station of the Metro by Ezra Pound
TOUGHER: Take One Home for the Kiddies by Philip Larkin
TOUGHEST: Tamed Cat by Sylvia Kantaris
Each poem has prompt questions to encourage students to explore the effect of the writer’s methods.