A differentiated simple activity involving colouring in visual representations of quotations before attempting to analyse the quotations for various layers of meaning.
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 comprehension questions on Act 3 of Romeo and Juliet.
Other popular Romeo and Juliet resources include:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-grade-9-and-grade-7-model-responses-to-aqa-gcse-questions-11580421
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-notes-for-top-quotes-11894589
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-theme-revision-cards-violence-love-family-honour-fate-death-isolation-11869598
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-6-exam-questions-on-one-a3-page-2019-predictions-12119104
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-analyse-20-key-short-extracts-with-answers-11601152
Students read the Grade 9 GCSE model answer on the theme of love and trace how the 9 step method has been used to write about the extract and the play as a whole.
They then plan 3 GCSE style questions on the themes of death, fate and family honour using the 9 step method.
I have made it so you can print them separately or as part of a 4 page booklet.
Essential A3 revision sheets on 6 characters from Romeo and Juliet
These 3 sheets have been created with the closed book AQA examination in mind. They contain key quotations from Romeo and Juliet in short easy-to-remember chunks. There is also a third revision sheet on 4 supporting characters (Friar, Nurse, Capulet, Mercutio)
My students really enjoyed highlighting and colour coding the revision sheet to demonstrate their understanding.
The sheets have 4 levels of difficulty:
Bronze: Identify where the quotations come from in the play.
Silver: Work out which themes each quotation links to.
Gold: Identify language features within each quote.
Diamond: Link each quotation to context.
I like to revise BIG IDEAS for my final revision lesson. This lesson is student led.
Students create a mind map 6 BIG IDEAS about Romeo and Juliet using the 3 knowledge organisers to help them form their ideas.
Also includes 6 sample exam questions on one A3 sheet for ease of photocopying. The 6 questions are my predictions for what might come up in 2019.
Free comprehension questions on Act 2 of Romeo and Juliet.
Other popular Romeo and Juliet resources include:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-grade-9-and-grade-7-model-responses-to-aqa-gcse-questions-11580421
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-notes-for-top-quotes-11894589
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-theme-revision-cards-violence-love-family-honour-fate-death-isolation-11869598
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-6-exam-questions-on-one-a3-page-2019-predictions-12119104
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-analyse-20-key-short-extracts-with-answers-11601152
Ideal to set as an assessment after reading the first 5 chapters.
Contains 3 carefully selected short extracts from chapters 2, 3 and 5.
Students analyse how power is abused in each extract and answer the overall question: who is worse the humans or the pigs?
There is a writing frame for students to follow to help analyse each extract and ensure they meet the criteria for A01, A02 and A03.
4 differentiated writing frames to 4 actual AQA power and conflict past exam questions. Each writing frame has 3 tiers of difficulty to allow for the fact different students in the class require different levels of support and guidance in the run up to the examinations.
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)
Also includes a selection of more than 10 other writing frames that I created a few years ago but are still fairly popular on here.
Includes:
Bayonet Change and Charge of the light brigade
Ozymandias and Prelude x2
War Photographer and Remains
Ozymandias and My Last Duchess
London and Emigree
Storm on the Island and Exposure
Poppies and Remains
Ozymandias and Tissue
Checking out me History and My Last Duchess
Four A3 revision sheets for An Inspector Calls.
Sheet 1 revises character points, quotations and context and has 3 differentiated activities.
Sheet 2 revises themes and has an exam style question for each of the 5 themes:
age
gender
class
responsibility
wealth
power and influence.
Sheet 3 explores the stage directions for each character across the play and asks students to evaluate the changes.
Sheet 4: Revision cards on the characters
I have other resources available for An Inspector Calls:
Bundle
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-aqa-1-9-differentiated-birling-sheila-11412310
Revision Cards:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/theme-revision-cards-for-an-inspector-calls-12124143
Knowledge Organisers
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-4-ultimate-revision-sheets-themes-character-stage-directions-cards-11574057
Revision quotations:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-test-on-10-quotations-per-character-9-1-revision-12138293
Essay planning sheets for Inspector Goole to assist with writing an exam response for An Inspector Calls.
The questions on the second sheet are based on a youtube video. Link is included at the bottom of the worksheet.
Very basic free plot storyboard to help lower ability students grasp the plot to Macbeth.
More Macbeth resources are available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-full-unit-12584291
3 versions of a simple but highly engaging board game to revise key quotations in Macbeth and A Christmas Carol for Paper 1 English Literature.
Game 1:
Use the 98 prompts to help revise 98 quotations from Macbeth and A Christmas Carol.
Game 2:
Explain the 98 quotations (49 from each text) to advance.
Game 3:
100 questions on Macbeth (includes answers)
Dice and counters not included!
Also includes a Macbeth random generator activity.
Updated PowerPoint with annotations, differentiated question worksheets and differentiated writing frames for analysing Act 1 Scene 6 and Act 1 Scene 7 from Macbeth. Also includes questions to recap the main events in Act 1 as a whole.
Lesson on Act 5 Scenes 8 and 9 from Macbeth.
Includes engaging starter, detailed annotations and comprehension activities to test students’ understanding of the key ideas within the scene.
6 Sample AQA style exam questions on Macbeth.
Put onto one A3 sheet for ease of printing.
Includes a suggested planning frame that you can edit and adapt to suit your classes.
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
A fully resourced model lesson based on analysing an extract in Romeo and Juliet for GCSE 9-1. The lesson is focused on building skills in A01 and A02. The extract is taken from Romeo’s soliloquy in Act 5 Scene 3.
Includes:
TEEP lesson plan
engaging starter activity
learning outcomes
differentiation throughout
PowerPoint
writing frames
Student-friendly mark scheme
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.
A PowerPoint containing carefully selected annotations on the poem, learning outcomes, questions and opportunities for making comparisons to other poems in the Power and Conflict section of the anthology. There is also a 4 page booklet containing a copy of the poem and two sets of comprehension questions.