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.
Full lesson PowerPoint with 3 differentiated worksheets for exploring the 4 ghosts in A Christmas Carol.
Includes carefully selected extracts and a table for students to plan their analytical responses.
Also including some example high level analytical paragraphs about the 4 ghosts and how they help to transform Scrooge.
8 student friendly high-quality literacy worksheets to support students at KS2/3.
1. Embedded clauses
2. Subordinate clauses
3. Sentences and fragments
4. Semi colons
5. Apostrophes
6. Parts of speech part 1
7. Parts of speech part 2
8. Colon
A 9 page booklet containing comprehension questions on all chapters. Ideal to use in the first reading of the text with a class. In total there are 92 questions.
Also contains a storyboard.
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.
These outstanding 5 star revision sheets are aimed at preparing students for the AQA 2017 examination on ‘A Christmas Carol’. With the closed book format in mind, the sheet contains the important quotations from Staves 1 to 5, a range of points to make about context (A03) and a range of AQA style exam questions to work on.
Starter: Students read the 42 quotations and work out which Stave they come from.
Main Activity: A3 revision sheet
Bronze: Identify what we learn about the character in each quotation (A01)
Silver: Identify the key words and language features in each quotation (A02)
Gold: Identify which theme each quotation links to (A01)
Diamond: Relate each quotation to a relevant point about context (A03)
There is a second revision sheet which groups quotations by staves and themes and contains examination questions and context linked to each theme.
There is also a quotation revision sheet containing detailed notes on 20 key quotations linked to A01, A02 and A03.
This comprehensive lesson and pack contains a full range of resources to help students understand the character of Mrs Birling in ‘An Inspector Calls’. The resources have been created for the AQA 9-1 2017 onwards English Literature Paper 2 examination.
A list of her lines throughout the play
A mid/high level model essay
An incomplete model essay to develop
A differentiated carousel activity to promote insightful thinking about the character
An essay plan
An essay checklist
An evidence finding worksheet
A mind map to complete
There is also an essay plan for a response on Mr Birling.
10+ Resources to teach students methods for comparing poems from the AQA anthology. Includes ideas for discriminating comparisons by both theme and method. The model examples come from the Power and Conflict AQA anthology and include plans for…
The Emigree and Kamikaze
Exposure and War Photographer.
Exposure and Storm on the Island
Tissue and Ozymandias
Remains and Bayonet Charge
Prelude and Ozymandias
London and My Last Duchess
There is also a blank template for students to practise using the 12 point comparative method on a question comparing Ozymandias and My Last Duchess.
There is also a choice over a simple 4 paragraph methods based approach or a more advanced 2 paragraph conceptual approach.
There is also a diamond ranking starter activity to get students to engage with the criteria for grade 8 and 9.
There is also a resource with 3 tiers of difficulty depending on how confident students are at planning their own comparisons.
Tier 1: Students add the analysis of the quotations. The topic sentences and recommended quotations are already filled in for them.
Tier 2: Students must pick their own 3 quotations from each poem and analyse the quotations.
Tier 3: Students must pick their own topic sentences, quotations and then analsyse the quotations.
The questions covered are as follows:
2021 question: Compare how poets present ideas about power and control in ‘London’ and in one other poem from ‘Power and conflict’. (30)
Nov 2020 question: Compare how poets present the ways people are affected by difficult experiences in ‘Remains’ and in one other poem from ‘Power and conflict’. (30)
May 2019 question: Compare how poets present the ways that people are affected by war in ‘War Photographer’ and in one other poem from ‘Power and conflict’. (30)
May 2018 question: Compare how poets present ideas about power in ‘Ozymandias’ and in one other poem from ‘Power and conflict’. (30)
Teaching instructions:
There are 20 key extracts from the novel grouped into bronze, silver and gold for difficulty.
Give each student an extract to focus on.
Each student completes differentiated questions based on the extract.
The next step is to carousel and share answers.
Students then jot down notes for all characters on the graphic organiser which is also provided.
The worksheet contains over 100 key quotes from the novel in chapter order.
Students are asked to link each quotation with one of the main themes using a code.
Students found this to be a highly effective revision tool.
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.
This popular pack offers great value. It contains various worksheets to support with the teaching of A Christmas Carol for 2022 AQA GCSE examinations.
The pack includes plans to help students respond to various AQA style examination questions.
There is also a comprehensive list of the key quotations from stanzas 1 to 5.
There is also a list of possible AQA style questions and a list of key context points.
There are also helpsheets to structure responses on the character of Scrooge.
This huge Romeo and Juliet pack has been adapted for home learning. This comprehensive collection of worksheets have been designed to help prepare students for the 9-1 GCSE examinations on Romeo and Juliet. Look through the 65+ preview pages to have a look at the range of resources on offer.
The pack includes the following resources:
Quotation revision sheets.
Examination Style Questions
Model high quality paragraphs
Writing frames
Planning sheets to help tackle exam questions
Analysis questions of key scenes
Abridged version of the whole play
20 key extracts to analyse
Revising the 6 main characters
Flashcards
3 A3 sheets which contain short easy to remember quotations for Romeo, Juliet, Mercutio, Nurse, Friar and Capulet from across the play. It has been created with the closed book AQA 1-9 examination in mind to help students remember quotations to use in their responses.
The activity is differentiated:
Bronze level: Identify where in the play the quotes come from
Silver: Relate the quotations to key themes.
Gold: Identify key words and language features within the quotations
Diamond: Relate the quotations for context.
2I have also added AQA-style examination questions based on 5 characters (Mercutio, Friar, Nurse, Prince, Capulet) which works well as a differentiated carousel activity.
An AQA-friendly writing frame to help students to structure a response to the play.
Model paragraphs aimed at grade 7-9 students.
Planning sheets for exam questions on the theme of fate and the character of Capulet.
Differentiated comprehension questions on Mercutio.
Analysis questions on Juliet’s speech in Act 4 Scene 3 and Romeo’s final speech in Act 5 Scene 3.
10 exam questions written in the style of the AQA 1-9 new spec.
Also includes PowerPoints for all scenes.