Students plan responses to four GCSE style theme questions on A Christmas Carol using my simple 9 Step method. Includes a model response that uses the 9 STEP METHOD. Set up to be printed as a 6 page revision booklet. Students have found this method really helpful in structuring their responses to the text. New for 2023 is a resource which offers 3 levels of differentiation to help guide students on how to structure a full length response on the following 4 themes/topics: children, materialism, ghosts, Christmas. Tier 1 difficulty (I do): Big idea, topic sentences and quotations are provided. Students add the analysis of the quotations. Tier 2 difficulty (We do): Students must choose 2 quotations to support each topic sentence and analyse the quotations. Tier 3 difficulty (You do): Students have to generate the big idea, the topic sentences, 2 quotations a paragraph and the quotation analysis.

Full lesson with PowerPoint and resources for analysing Juliet’s changing emotions. Learning Outcomes: Analyse Juliet’s changing feelings across the play. Main: Students read and analyse 8 key extracts in the play featuring Juliet. Plenary: Students chart Juliet’s changing emotions onto a graph. Also contains revision sheets and a high level model answer charting Juliet’s change.

A revision grid contains notes for all 15 poems on the themes of power, conflict as well as notes structure and context. The activity asks students to engage with the revision grid in order to look for discriminating comparisons. After finding a pair, students write comparative sentences. Another way of using this revision sheet is to colour code the poems that go well together.

Fully resourced and ready to teach PowerPoint lessons on Act 1 of Romeo and Juliet for the 9-1 GCSE.

In this six page A3 revision booklet, students read 25 carefully selected key extracts covering all Staves. It usually takes around 2/3 lessons for students to complete the booklet or you can set it as an extended homework task. After reading each extract, students must complete the following process: WHAT: Identify what ideas are being communicated in each extract and pick 2 quotations. (A01) HOW: Analyse how the use of methods and language in the extract impacts meaning. (A02) WHY: Consider why Dickens made the decisions he did. What was his wider message within the context of the 19th century. (A03) I

Simple but effective revision lesson. Starter: Ask students to try and remember quotations for the main characters using the A4 worksheet. 10 Romeo, 10 Juliet, 5 Capulet, 5 Tybalt, 5 Friar, 5 Mercutio. Main: Give out the list of the 40 best quotations on the A3 sheet and ask students to analyse the quotations. Review: Go through answers which appear on the PowerPoint one by one on each mouse click. There is also a worksheet with more detailed answers on.

60 quotations from Animal Farm each with a brief explanation on one helpful sheet. This resource is very adaptable. It can be used to memorise quotations and explanations or to support exam-style answers on characters or themes. Includes a pdf version and an editable version. Also includes a blank version without the explanations which you can use to help test students on whether they can explain the quotations. Also includes a test on the 30 quotations to get students to actively engage with the revision grid.

Revision flash cards that contain 4 key quotations for each poem along with 4 annotations for each quotation. The purpose of the cards is the encourage students to find as much as they can to say about each key quotation by searching for deeper inferences which link to A02 (methods) and A03 (context). Also includes the information as a PowerPoint with animated annotations so students can attempt to explain the 4 quotes before you reveal the answers. Also contains a quiz with 5 questions per poem and answer sheet.

A guide for how to write a comparison of Ozymandias and Hawk Roosting using a 13 step guide to ensure comparisons are discriminating. Includes lesson and worksheet. Also includes an alternative differentiated version of the writing frame with more scaffolding.

Lesson on Act 5 Scene 1 which prepares students for answering a question about how Lady Macbeth is presented in this scene. Includes general questions on the extract, a table (with answers) to explore the impact of language features and a writing frame for turning the table into an extended analysis. There is also a high level model response that I show to students after they have attempted the question to help them respond to feedback. There is also an extension activity encouraging students to write a psychological evaluation of Lady Macbeth. I have also added comprehension questions to help analyse the scene in great detail. 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

22 strategies for promoting extended writing across the curriculum. The PowerPoint looks at various ways of using various modelling, planning and assessment strategies to promote extended writing . They are applicable for all subject areas that involve extended writing. Originally created for whole school staff literacy training in my role as a literacy coordinator. Also includes a staff survey to measure how literacy and extended writing is promoted across each department in your school.

A revision booklet focusing on 20 short key extracts from Macbeth. I have picked the 20 extracts most likely to come up in an examination. For each extract, students revise the main ideas (A01), select 2 quotations to analyse (A02), and make a link to context (A03). Also includes questions on every single scene of the play (with answers) to help students recap the plot.

A lesson revising key themes and quotations for Macbeth and A Christmas Carol. It goes over 6 themes in each text in detail. Students fill in the grid as the teacher goes through the PowerPoint and make notes. Also contains detailed analysis of 6 quotations for each theme in both texts for students to takeaway with them to revise.

Differentiated assessment/planning sheets to support students with a response to the following exam style GCSE question: How does Shakespeare present Lady Macbeth as an unconventional Elizabethan woman? A focus on how Lady Macbeth is presented in Act 1 Scene 5 and Act 1 Scene 7. There is a writing frame and easier planning sheets for lower ability students.

My top 50 Macbeth quotations on one sheet with some analysis about why each quotation is important in the play as well as the scene each quotation has been taken from. Also now updated to contain the top 100 quotations too. Also includes a blank version with space to add the explanations in to test yourself. A good way to use the sheet to revise is to group the quotations into themes to help prepare for the possible exam questions that might come up. a) ambition b) appearance versus reality c) guilt d) animal imagery e) supernatural Also includes an additional sheet matching the 50 quotations to 50 brief explanations. Also contains a Macbeth quotation random generator quiz and a sheet to revise 6 motifs in Macbeth.

I have carefully selected what I consider the 50 most important quotations from Lord of the Flies and included a brief explanation about why each quotation is important. They have been put into 10 categories covering characters and themes. Of course, some quotations can apply to more than category. The resource has an accompanying PowerPoint. There are lots of ways of using this resource to help with revision: convert into revision cards peer testing/quizzing use to plan and write exam responses on characters and themes

Writing frames and essay plans designed to help lower ability GCSE students write about the whole of the text not just the given extract. There are 7 writing frames in total using two different styles. Some with an introduction and conclusion and some without. For each question I have identified 5 points with 5 quotations. Students must then develop each point by adding language analysis, inferences zoom in to language and zoom out to context. 2023 update: Extra 4 essay plans added. Also includes some advice on thesis statements with an easy to follow 3 sentence formula. Also includes advice on how to create a thesis-style introduction. ‘A thesis-style introduction that demonstrates your understanding of the question can be a really helpful way of starting your answer. It shows that you are ‘in charge’ of your essay and that you know what you think. It can provide a strong foundation for the rest of the essay. Keep referring back to the introduction to create a coherent response.’ AQA examiner’s report 2022 Creating a thesis-style introduction is a challenge for many students but is essential in helping students to reach levels 4-6 in the mark scheme. I have produced a simple 3 point structure to help students quickly generate a thesis statement in timed exam conditions. There is an example of the 3 point structure being used and then students attempt to imitate the structure for 4 other exam-style questions.

Revision cards for the main characters in the play. I have also included a blank templates for students to create their own version. Also includes a colouring in activity which is ideal for the end of term.

Various resources to help students explore Stave 2. PowerPoint included. Worksheets include: Stave 2 questions Stave 2 exam style question Stave 2 revision poster activity Comparing Stave 1 and 2 Analysing key quotations Lesson analysing the Ghost of Christmas Past Lesson Analysing Fezziwig

This PowerPoint guides students through how to plan and structure 5 exam responses. Each plan has click-activated animations to talk through the process of constructing an answer. The plan is written in short hand to help students with note-taking. Each plan guides students to work through the text chronologically. Each question plan includes: Thesis Context 4 topic sentences for 4 content paragraphs Quotations for each paragraph Inferences and methods (A02) Conclusion considering authorial purpose and universal truths (A03) The 5 questions cover the following topics: How is Banquo presented? How is Macbeth presented as a violent character? How does Shakespeare present Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s relationship? How do the witches influence the play? How does Shakespeare present hallucinations? New for 2024. Also includes a sixth essay plan and a step by step essay plan and grade 9 response looking at how the concept of kingship is presented in the play.