This lesson is perfect for a lesson in a school library to get students to think about opening their minds to new genres. To prepare for the lesson you need 7 tables. Each table must include 4-7 books in the following genres: fantasy crime realistic historical fantasy action and adventure horror In a carousel, students visit each table and make a note of the best opening, blurb and cover.

A differentiated end of term colouring-in exercise to help revise 16 key quotations from A Christmas Carol. Ideal for the end of term to fill some time.

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.

50 carefully selected concise quotations to learn by heart.] The revision activity is differentiated. Bronze: Explain what the quotations reveal. Silver: Identify language features in each quotation Gold: Explore deeper meanings by linking to wider themes, context and Dickens' purposes. I have also included an answer sheet which briefly explains why each quotation is important.

Detailed lessons analysing the significance of the 4 ghosts in the novel. A differentiated worksheet to invite students to explore the impact of each ghost in A Christmas Carol independently. A key extract is selected for each ghost and students answer the tough, tougher or toughest challenges. Also includes a full lesson analysing the Ghost of Christmas Past extract in greater detail. Also includes a grade 9 style response on the importance of ghosts to Scrooge’s change and transformation.

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.

3 lessons exploring the presentation of The Cratchit Family, Tiny Tim and the wider concept of family in the novel. Includes 2 high level model answers about The Cratchit’s for higher ability and a writing frame for supporting weaker students.

Stave 2 and 3 comprehension questions: A Christmas Carol

2 differentiated worksheets to support students with gaining a perceptive understanding of how Dickens presents Scrooge’s past in Stave 2. Worksheet 1: I have broken up Stave 2 into 5 extracts. Each group will explore the an extract in detail and carousel to share their ideas with the other groups. Worksheet 2: Differentiated questions to help students explore Stave 2.

There are lots of good A Christmas Carol teaching resources on this site but this bundle is, arguably, the most comprehensive. Please check the many previews to see what I mean. It includes: Detailed lessons on all 5 Staves Lessons and revision sheets on the main characters 10+ High level responses to familiar past exam questions Revision Cards Revision knowledge organisers Comprehension questions And lots more.

A grid of key quotations from Stave 2, a model example and a success criteria. Students analyse the quotations which have the biggest impact on Scrooge.

A carousel style activity inviting students to understand the meaning of the challenging vocabulary in A Christmas Carol. The words are broken up into Staves. After learning the words, students should have the opportunity to put the words into context by producing a paragraph, poem or song.

A simple but effective and engaging scenario for a speaking and listening group discussion. Students must take into account the biographies of all the guests before deciding on the best possible seating plan for the bus trip. There is also a sheet with useful discussion prompts to help promote effective discussions.

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 task involving transforming a simple 3 paragraph grade 3 piece of narrative writing into a grade 4/5 response. Students rewrite the grade 3 description with improvements in the following areas: varied sentence types varied openers varied punctuation ambitious vocabulary similes and metaphors

An AQA Paper 2 Question 4 activity based around comparing a Donald Trump presidential speech (2019) with the Gettysburg address by Abraham Lincoln (1864). The first two tasks guide students towards writing up their comparison.

10 small activities to help students improve their creative writing based on an image for Paper 1 Question 5.

Uses Chapter 5 from Frankenstein to teach students how to answer Question 2 on the AQA Paper 1 English language exam. Includes animated annotations to help students tackle the 3 separate questions and also includes model examples so students can peer assess their work against the models.

A partially completed plan for an essay response focusing on how Scrooge is presented as cold heart. The big points and quotations are included. Students must add language analysis and context.