A PowerPoint containing 2 lessons with resources and differentiated activities. Lesson 1: Analyse a key section of the fight scene. Tough, Tougher, Toughest Questions. Lesson 2: Analyse Romeo’s lovesickness.

Inspired by the image of the old man in the 2018 AQA English Language exam, I have collated and categorised 275 words to describe a face onto a worksheet to help students with their descriptive writing. Students found this useful in helping them to improve the precision of their characters descriptions for English Language Paper 1.

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.

Suitable for introducing Shakespeare to KS2/3 students. Task 1: Quiz (with sound effects) asking students to recognise the difference between Shakespearean English and modern English. Task 2: Write parodies of some of Shakespeare’s most famous lines. Task 3: Have a go at some Shakespearean insults.

Full lesson analysing Chapter 7 includes engaging differentiated starter, plot summary and questions, annotations for 14 key quotations and an extension activity looking at the theme of darkness in the chapter.

A grade 9 response on the theme of greed in A Christmas Carol. It includes a thesis style introduction. Point 1 explores the Marley’s Ghost section. Point 2 explores the Belle section. Point 3 explores the criminals stealing Scrooge’s possessions in Stave 4. Also presented in the form of 6 revision cards.

20 question printable multiple choice quiz on Of Mice and Men. Includes answers.

Students often struggle with starting off their creative writing to describe a setting. Here is a list of prepositional fronted adverbials to help students to describe different settings.

Analytical verbs and phrases to help sharpen critical analysis in both English language and English literature. This is a free resource that offers a small glimpse into the large number of resources in my shop. Here are links to some of the best-selling resources in my shop. Lord of the Flies: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/lord-of-the-flies-mini-bundle-12072617 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/lord-of-the-flies-character-revision-12854559 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/lord-of-the-flies-40-page-study-booklet-12841597 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/lord-of-the-flies-theme-revision-cards-2023-12827767 Macbeth: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-top-50-and-top-100-quotations-explained-12088304 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-revision-resources-quotations-themes-context-aqa-9-1-11868119 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-revision-2023-12768948 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-revision-timelines-12715015 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-revision-cards-on-6-themes-12852726 Romeo and Juliet: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-2018-bundle-11881390 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-gcse-9-1-exam-bundle-11833024 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-notes-for-top-quotes-11894589 An Inspector Calls: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-character-revision-sheets-12862156 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-revision-sheets-11573775 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-43-page-gcse-revision-workbook-12626676 Animal Farm: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/animal-farm-40-page-revision-booklet-12846365 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/animal-farm-bundle-11499747 A Christmas Carol: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-theme-revision-cards-poverty-isolation-ghosts-christmas-family-11869145 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-character-revision-sheets-12853860 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-revision-cards-and-sheets-12852711 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-revision-12829089 Power and Conflict: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/power-and-conflict-poetry-revision-grid-extended-version-11530298 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/power-and-conflict-revision-booklet-2023-12827207 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/power-and-conflict-revision-cards-12107049 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/how-to-structure-a-comparative-paragraph-for-aqa-poetry-power-and-conflict-11387714 Eduqas Poems: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/wjec-eduqas-anthology-poetry-4-revision-lessons-11888938

A list of 120 analytical verbs to help students sharpen their expression to support their critical thinking. There are 20 alternatives for this shows, this demonstrates, this suggests, this reinforces, this motivates and this highlights.

A list of ambitious synonyms for a range of common words and emotions.

A simple plot summary cloze activity and card sort to help students become familiar with the basics of the plot. For more Macbeth resources try the following links: grade 9 model responses: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-6-grade-7-9-model-responses-12187985 Revision Cards https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-revision-cards-12173097 Full bundle https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-revision-bundle-2019-12115685 Other popular Macbeth resources include: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-revise-20-extracts-11868136 Revision cards https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-theme-revision-cards-ambition-supernatural-guilt-violence-deceit-courage-11868831 Grade 9 model ansers https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-6-grade-7-9-model-responses-12187985 Knowledge organisers https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-character-revision-sheet-quotations-themes-context-aqa-9-1-11868119 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/how-is-lady-macbeth-presented-in-act-5-scene-1-worksheets-and-a-model-response-11422450

Free Macbeth plot card sort activity to help students consolidate their knowledge of the basic plot. For a huge range of further Macbeth resources, try my bundle: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-full-unit-12584291

There are a limited number of topics that are recycled for Paper 2 Question 5. Use this worksheet to anticipate some of the topics that could come up. Typical topics include the environment, school uniform, school trips, voting, internet-related issues.

Lesson primarly focused on analysing Act 5 Scenes 6 and 7 from Macbeth. The lesson includes: Differentiated starter. Simple scene summaries of both scenes. Detailed annotations of each scene. Activity analying the motif of blood across 10 quotations - with answers. Activity exploring the impact of animal imagery across the play.

A quick and free to download test on quotations for An Inspector Calls. Students must identify who speaks each line.

Comprehension questions for each chapter of Lord of the Flies. Also includes a random generator for revising key quotations.

In this free resource I have converted 3 specimen AQA Paper 2 Section A inserts/questions from pdf into word so they can be edited by teachers and for ease of printing in A4 or, even better, A3.

A free, simple and basic plot summary cloze exercise on Lord of the Flies. Answers on page 2.

Worksheet to help students avoid using The as a sentence start.