Using Heroes by Robert Cormier to revise language features

Oliver Twist model response to exam question on Nancy’s death (Chapter 47).

Draw lines to link poems by themes related to power and conflict.

A worksheet for testing understanding of each of the main characters in the book.

A range of differentiated resources for teaching students how to compare the writer's perspectives in two non-fiction texts (Red Dust and Touching the Void).

A model essay written with the grade 7-9 criteria in mind. Also includes a gossip activity aimed at 10 techniques for writing analytical paragraphs.

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.

A worksheet and Powerpoint to help students answer a question on Russell’s use of dramatic irony and foreshadowing to engage the audience.

4 pages of worksheets looking at how Curley and Curley’s wife are presented in Chapter 2. Includes a writing frame for Curley’s Wife and a planning frame for Curley. Includes a high level model answer on Curley’s Wife. Also includes a lesson annotating the extract which first introduces Curley’s Wife.

Differentiated activities on Chapter 2 with an accompanying PowerPoints Lesson 1. Understanding Chapter 2. Differentiated comprehension activity. Lesson 2. The bunkhouse. Differentiated resources leading to PEE responses. Lesson 3. Curley meets Lennie. Differentiated resources leading to PEE responses. Lesson 4: How is Curley’s Wife presented. Worksheet with writing frame.

Lesson revising 4 war poems from the Eduqas GCSE anthology: Dulce et Decorum Est Mametz Wood The Manhunt The Soldier Includes carefully selected essential annotations for each poem following by an extension activity asking students to write the opening sentences to discriminating comparisons that identify similarities and differences. 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

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.

Lesson introducing Cozy Apologia to students with questions, annotations and some context.

Lesson introducing students to 25 ambitious adjectives to create a gothic atmosphere. Starter: Find the words in the word search New information: Find a synonym for each word Construct: Write a paragraph using the adjectives Apply: Find a spelling strategy to remember how to spell each word Review: Spelling test

Following on from my lesson on revision 3 quotations from each poem, this lesson revises 3 key words from each poem. Remembering the key words should activate students to remember the whole quotation and the significance of it. There are also two extension acitivites: an A to Z code for comparing the poems a quiz on context in all 18 poems.

Lesson with 3 differentiated worksheets for checking students understand the plot to Romeo and Juliet.

A review sheet to test students’ understanding of Act 1. I use it while students watch a film of Act 1.

Revision lesson. Students identify language features in 8 short key extracts from the novella. Can be printed in A4 but A3 is recommended.

Lesson teaching November by Armitage as an unseen poem for GCSE. Includes success criteria for grades 7, 8 and 9, annotations and an exemplar paragraph.

Complete lesson analysing language in the opening to Great Expectations with a focus on the skills for English Language Paper 1 Question 2. Contains detailed annotations of the extract along with exemplar responses to the exam-style questions. Plenary asks students to review the features of a successful analytical paragraph.