Resources used to introduce rhythm to GCSE students (could be used with year 9 key stage 3).
This includes performance, composition and listening all based around rhythm skills only - with a short introduction to structure and texture. This can then be extended to look at melody.
All resources are differentiated with set tasks for different levels of students and begins with writing rhythms, developing them using specific development methods, performing a rhythmic piece as an ensemble and then composing a similar piece in groups.
Homework individual composition is also attached as well as a feedback lesson.
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.
Lesson on A Wife in London by Thomas Hardy.
Includes starter, differentiated questions for students to explore the poem independently followed by answers and then detailed annotations. The final slide is an examination question in the style of EDUQAS 9-1.
3 lessons building students up to compare Prelude and As Imperceptibly as Grief for the WJEC comparative poetry question.
Lesson 1. Teach Prelude using PowerPoint lesson and worksheet.
Lesson 2. Teach As Imperceptibly as Grief using PowerPoint and worksheet.
Lesson 3. Write a comparison. There are two versions. One version is very structured; the other version gives higher ability students more scope for structuring their comparisons independently.
11 fully resourced and ready to teach PowerPoint lessons on Act 1 of Romeo and Juliet for the 9-1 GCSE.
Lesson 1: prologue
Lesson 2: Plot
Lesson 3: Act 1 Scene 1 fight
Lesson 4: Act 1 Scene 1 Romeo
Lesson 5: Act 1 Scene 1 Redraft
Lesson 6: Act 1 Scene 2
Lesson 7: Act 1 Scene 3
Lesson 8: Act 1 Scene 4
Lesson 9: Act 1 Scene 5 (Tybalt’s anger)
Lesson 10: Summary of Act 1
Lesson 11: Act 1 Scene 5 Romeo and Juliet first meet
A wide range of lessons and worksheets aimed at getting students to use a full range of punctuation accurately.
Take a look through the previews to see the variety of resources on offer. These can be used as starters, homeworks or to promote literacy across the curriculum.
Includes lessons and worksheets on colons, apostrophes, brackets, semi colons, relative clauses, subordinate clauses and avoiding comma splices.
A second bundle of GCSE resources for Romeo and Juliet containing 20 resources I could not fit into my primary 2018 Romeo and Juliet bundle as there are only 20 resources allowed in one bundle.
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
Task 1: List the best quotes for each character.
Task 2: Analyse the best quotes.
Task 3: Compare explanations to the teacher answer sheet.
Extension: Use the key character quotes to complete the 25 mark b) question on different characters.
Useful for a final revision lesson.
A huge bundle of detailed lessons and resources to comprehensively cover the play.
PowerPoints include annotations, questions, revision activities, starters.
There are also posters and revision cards for the whole play.
Hopefully the previews will offer a good guide to the range of resources on offer.
For best value, try my bundles that provide detailed lessons, high grade model answers, various theme and character revision sheets, quizzes, writing frames and lots more.
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A full scheme of learning focusing on the Eduqas GCSE Music Chamber Music strand. This scheme of learning has differentiated tasks and worksheets throughout as well as success criteria for all homework. All resources are attached.
It combines theoretical knowledge with composition ideas and listening tasks.
A document with a summary of the Wicked - Defying Gravity set work 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. Lower grade questions ask students to recall musical facts. Higher grade questions require students to analyse and evaluate the musical facts in order to answer questions on context as well (in preparation for AO4 on the essay).
Ideal for revision lesson, homework or a cover lesson. Answers are provided.
A resource which compares the set work of Wicked to 2 other pieces in preparation for the essay question (question 9). The scores for the unfamiliar pieces are attached. The links to audio are on the pp along with ideas and plans for each of the 2 questions. This could take 2 lessons (along with writing the essays) or be the preparation for an assessment or homework.
There is differentiated success criteria which shows students how to access higher bands.
A comprehensive list of 32 A Level style exam questions.
The table invites students to plan a response to each question by creating a thesis statement and thinking of 3 main points to support their thesis.
Lesson looking at how Macbeth and Banquo react differently to the witches’ predictions with two model paragraphs.
Also includes 15 questions aimed at understanding Act 1 Scene 3 and teacher annotations of Act 1 Scene 3.
A full lesson on Act 1 Scene 5 including discussion about the role of women in Jacobean society, annotations of the whole scene followed up with an analytical writing task with an example paragraph as guidance. There is also an alternative version of the lesson included for differing abilities.