Useful as a final revision lesson, this lesson revise key quotations for the main characters and themes that might come up in the 2024 Lord of the Flies exam. The 40 slide PowerPoints goes over a large key quotations and students note down and explain their top 3 quotations for each.

A detailed and complete lesson looking at the impact of 6 symbols in Lord of the Flies. Includes judicious quotations and perceptive inferences aimed at high ability students.

A timeline revision activity where students track and explain Romeo key quotations across the play to help understand how his character develops across the play. Includes an answer sheet. I give this out at the end of the lesson for students to compare their answers to. Ideal revision activity in the run up to the May exam.

104 PowerPoint slides containing annotations for the whole play - Macbeth. A great resource to accompany a reading of the play or to help students address gaps in their learning through absence. I originally created this resource to help some students who missed a large proportion of the curriculum due to absence. Annotations are click activated so the teacher can talk through them one by one. There are over 300 annotations covering every scene of the play. Obviously, I have prioritised the key moments from the key scenes for the most detailed annotations. The PowerPoint is fully editable so you can add extra annotations so you add, remove or change the amount of annotations to suit the ability of your students. I have included a revision task sheet that encourages students to go through the PowerPoint and explain what is happening in each scene, explore the language in the key quotations and evaluate the thematic significance of the scene.

3-5 lessons which revise the Beethoven set work-Sonata in C minor. Lesson 1 focuses on the key features of the movement and categorises the musical elements into the main features of the piece e.g. piano and sonata form. The lessons is differentiated with success criteria and has answers included. This also focuses on the main musical elements and how you would describe them in an essay. This would take more than 1 hour long lesson. Lesson 2-3 focuses on the extended answer for Question 9 in the exam by picking out the main features for all the musical elements and trying to explain them to ensure AO4 is achieved in the answer. Lesson 3 also focuses on wider listening and uses 3 example piece from different time periods (sheet music provided). There is also a document with a summary of the Beethoven movement on just over 2 sides of A4 with the main features students need to know for the exam (this is in prose). There are 20 differentiated questions where answers can be found in the text. Ideal for revision lesson, homework or a cover lesson. Answer are provided.

Differentiated resources which aid students in developing the rhythm of an original idea. This was originally used over 3 lessons with a sixth form class but could also be used with GCSE students. Students must firstly define rhythmic development methods (definitions provided). They must then identify how this looks by using musical examples. The gold task then asks students to apply at least one method to their own composition. All worksheets are in word so they can be further adapted in order to differentiate for your students.

20 interesting sentences to use for writing Paper 1: creative writing. 20 interesting sentences to use for writing paper 2: transactional writing. To set it up, simply introduce a Paper 1 image or Paper 2 topic and ask students to create the sentences at random. You can use the random generator PowerPoint to pick any of the 20 sentences at random which is particular effective for engaging students. After this, I give each student a 20 sided dice so they can explore the sentences at their own writing pace and make their own decisions about their writing.

Two revision resources covering big ideas in Macbeth which allow students to chart how the major themes of the novel develop through the course of the play. There is a version aimed at grade 9 students which contains perceptive inferences for the key quotations linking. There is also a version aimed at students working towards grade 4 or 5 with clear and relevant comments on the quotations.

A Power and Conflict Knowledge organiser. For all 15 poems it includes: How conflict is shown in the poem How power is shown in the poem 5 quotations briefly explained A structural element in each poem A point about context in each poem

2-3 lessons focused on unfamiliar listening of the Baroque and Classical genres and focus on key terminology in the questions (Qu 8 on the exam). All pp is differentiated with success criteria. 4 questions - 1 with a score and extension questions for target grade 8/9 students. 1x question includes a short score and becomes the focus for an essay question comparing to Beethoven. PP includes answers and breaks them down into AO3 and 4 possibly answers to encourage top mark essay writing skills and content.

Stave 4 differentiated comprehension questions on A Christmas Carol.

Differentiated resources which aid students in developing the harmony of an original idea. This was originally used over 3 lessons with a sixth form class but could also be used with GCSE students. Students must firstly define harmonic development methods (definitions provided). They must then identify how this looks by using musical examples. The gold task then asks students to apply at least one method to their own composition. All worksheets are in word so they can be further adapted in order to differentiate for your students.

An sample exam response 24/30 to the following question which is on the AQA sample exam for 2021. How does Orwell use the character of Squealer to explore ideas about truth and lies in Animal Farm? Grade boundaries are subject to change but I am confident this would attain a grade 7 or 8. Also includes a revision sheet on Squealer. I give students the blank version then go through the more detailed explanations for each quotation later in the lesson.

A grade 9 response to the AQA May 2017 power and conflict question in which Bayonet Charge was the named poem. This response was completed in 45 minutes so replicates the amount of writing expected within the time frame of the examination. In other grade 9 power and conflict responses on Tes I wrote comparative-style paragraphs. For this essay I used a different method. In the first half of the essay I focused solely on the named poem Bayonet Charge and then referred back to Bayonet Charge in the second half of the response when analysing Remains. Both methods are effective. This resource can also be purchased as part of the bundle of multiple grade 9 power and conflict comparative responses: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/power-and-conflict-grade-9-model-essays-12213236 Or as part of a bigger bundle covering revision materials for all 15 poems: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/power-and-conflict-bundle-2018-11881499

A grade 9 critical and exploratory response to an exam-style generic question about how Romeo and Juliet’s relationship develops during the play. Also contains a response adapted for a question on Romeo’s feelings for Juliet. I have included the extract and a brief examiner commentary to help explain why the response would achieve grade 9. The response is 662 words along which is about the average length of a grade 9 essay in 45 minutes of exam conditions. Also available as part of a group of model responses: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-grade-9-grade-8-and-grade-7-model-responses-to-aqa-gcse-questions-11580421

100 Question Macbeth Direct Knowledge retention quiz presented in the form of a board game with answer sheet included. This works well when used as a repeated starter activity to help with the long term retention of knowledge.

Analysis of 6 key quotations linked to the theme of ambition in Macbeth.

Planning sheet and writing frame to guide students through how to answer a GCSE style exam question on the theme of family in A Christmas Carol (GCSE 1-9).

Students read and analyse 20 short key extracts from the play. I have selected the extracts most likely to feature in the exam. Bronze: Explain what is happening. Silver: Analyse 3 key quotes Gold: Link to context and answer the question Students can then check their answers on the PowerPoint which contains sample annotations for each extract. They are colour coded. Includes 2 versions. AQA (with context) and EDUQAS (without context). There are also extension activities: Bronze: Revise 64 mini quotations Silver: Find 3 key extracts which link to each theme Gold: Attempt an exam question.

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.