A series of SPaG worksheets for 20 minute intervention sessions aimed at KS32/3.
Topics covered include:
Apostrophes
Comma splices
Semi Colons
Colons
Brackets
Embedded clauses
Subordinate clauses
Literacy board game
Making inferences
Word classes
A pack of 4 sheets which describe each section of the Eduqas GCSE Set Work Since You Been Gone. All features of the set works are included so students can annotate their scores. There is also a short test (with answers) to be completed after each sheet is completed so you can test their understanding.
Each sheet has graded success criteria as well as extra tasks e.g. notating chord patterns to ensure students can apply their knowledge.
Revision bookmarks including key terms for different styles of music and elements of music.
They are different level (A2 bookmarks include much more detailed and more complicated harmonic terms).
They should be printed and cut up so students can have a paper clip pack each. They can then be referred to for listening questions and when completing essays.
Literacy training ideal for whole school teacher training. The session goes through ten strategies teachers can implement instantly to help incorporate literacy more meaningfully into their lessons - whatever their subject specialism.
There are 65 slides.
Also includes a list of ways each department within a school can support literacy in a meaningful way within their curriculum area.
Also contains a list of 5 key priorities/achievements for a literacy coordinator.
Lessons covering each scene from Act 3 of the play.
Lessons include detailed annotations for each scene along with a range of comprehension and analytical style tasks.
7 Lessons covering each scene from Act 1 of Macbeth.
All lessons include a starter, scene summary, questions, detailed annotations and extension activities.
A Grade 9 (or close to grade 9 response because examiner marking is always highly subjective) to a range of typical exam-style questions. There are 8 responses in total. This will be be a useful resource for students preparing for mock exams in 2024 or as a tool for teachers to use to help plan follow up tasks and walk-through mocks.
Topics include:
Isolation
Happiness
Suffering
Poverty
Fears
Family
Also contains a 9th grade 9 response answering what I predict will be the topic for May 2024: places and settings.
All the responses are between 800 and 1250 words in length and were completed within 50 minutes to replicate actual exam conditions. All are consistently thoughtful and, for me, demonstrate sufficient examples of assuredness and conviction to reach level 6 in the mark scheme.
All have been adapted to fit snugly onto one page for ease of printing/downloading. You might decide to increase the font size to improve readability with some classes or print A3 rather than A4.
Also includes:
A timeline revision activity for A Christmas Carol that asks students to offer 3 layers of analysis for 13 key Scrooge quotations to help track his transformation in the novel from a solitary miser to a redeemed philanthropist.
A01: What is the meaning of the quotation?
A02: What is the impact of words/methods?
A03: What is Dickens’ message in this quotation?
Comprehensive answer sheet is included. I give this out at the end of the lesson so students can compare their answers to it.
Ideal revision activity in the run up to the May examinations.
This resource contains 15 AQA style exam questions for Power and Conflict - one for each poem.
There is a grid to help students create two lines or argument for comparing the poems. The grid contains information about power, conflict, key quotations, structure and context for each poem.
A PowerPoint is also included to help model how to plan lines of argument on the interactive whiteboard.
Also includes 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)
Lessons and resources for the EDUQAS 9-1 anthology.
Lesson 1: Pairing compatible poems and writing discriminating comparisons
Lesson 2: Learn 3 quotations for each poem.
Lesson 3: Memorise 3 quotations for each poem.
Lesson 4: Memorise 3 words for each poem. Poetry grid.
Also includes a revision grid and a quiz.
Also contains PowerPoint animated annotations for all 18 poems. Free for teachers to adapt to suit their classes.
Also contains a 23 page booklet with analysis of key quotations in each poem.
A Christmas Carol comprehension questions on Stave 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
It is differentiated; there are various forms of questions on each Stave to allow you to tailor it to suit students of different abilities.
It is useful to accompany a first reading of the novel in class or to encourage a second reading of the novel for homework.
Revision cards for all 18 Eduqas anthology poems in the 9-1 GCSE.
Also includes a revision lesson PowerPoint along with a revision quiz to help get students to use the revision cards.
Links to other Eduqas poetry resources:
Revision Cards
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/eduqas-wjec-poetry-revision-cards-gcse-12107545
Lessons on all poems
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/wjec-anthology-bundle-2-lesson-on-each-poem-11896591
Revision resources:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/wjec-eduqas-poetry-anthology-revising-all-poems-11894072
Bundle:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/wjec-eduqas-poetry-anthology-bundle-gcse-9-1-11815065
Also contains a 23 page revision booklet.
Revision cards and a 23 page booklet of revision pages for the Eduqas GCSE poems.Also has a PowerPoint with annotations for all 18 poems.
Links to other Eduqas poetry resources:
Revision Cards
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/eduqas-wjec-poetry-revision-cards-gcse-12107545
Lessons on all poems
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/wjec-anthology-bundle-2-lesson-on-each-poem-11896591
Revision resources:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/wjec-eduqas-poetry-anthology-revising-all-poems-11894072
Bundle:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/wjec-eduqas-poetry-anthology-bundle-gcse-9-1-11815065
7 top band perceptive model exam responses to the following 7 exam-style questions. All responses would achieve 4/4 for SPaG. My gradings are detailed below. Some are full mark responses. Some are not quite full marks but they all should fit into the top band.
Explore how Shakespeare presents the marriage of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. (34/34)
Explore how far Shakespeare presents Macbeth as a violent character. (34/34)
Explore how Shakespeare presents Lady Macbeth as a character who changes. (30/34)
Explore how Shakespeare presents ambition. (34/34)
Explore the importance of Banquo’s character. (30/34)
Explore how far Shakespeare presents Lady Macbeth as a powerful woman. (29/34)
Explore how Shakespeare presents Macbeth’s fears (33/34)
Explore how Shakespeare presents the attitudes of Macbeth and Banquo to the supernatural. (30/34)
Large 40+ slide PowerPoint covering key quotations with high grade analysis from across the novel linked to 9 themes.
There are 3 suggested revision activities to accompany the PowerPoint to ensure students use the resource efficiently and effectively:
a. Select the 3 best quotations for each of the 9 themes
b. Complete essay plans for 6 exam-style questions
c. Create a mindmap to revise big ideas in the
Also includes analysis of the top 10 single words to analyse in the novella with high level explanations of how to zoom in and then how to zoom out to explore Dickens’ authorial purpose.
Also includes: A timeline revision activity for A Christmas Carol that asks students to offer 3 layers of analysis for 13 key Scrooge quotations to help track his transformation in the novel from a solitary miser to a redeemed philanthropist.
A01: What is the meaning of the quotation?
A02: What is the impact of words/methods?
A03: What is Dickens’ message in this quotation?
Comprehensive answer sheet is included. I give this out at the end of the lesson so students can compare their answers to it.
Ideal revision activity in the run up to the May examinations.
A scheme of work lasting up to 9 weeks using Titanic as a stimulus.
Lesson 1 - 3 is based around the film soundtrack ‘My Heart Will Go On’. Differentiated instrumental parts are provided along with a Sibelius file of the parts (melody, chords and bass line).
Lesson 4 -8 focus on rooms of the Titanic and students must de the room descriptions and differentiated success criteria to create music that would be heard in these rooms.
Lesson 9 focusses on the survivors of the Titanic and uses real names to create a vocal piece celebrating the survivors.
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 pack of listening questions to suit all abilities in a GCSE music classroom.
A pack of B-C, A and A* grade questions using the same audio tracks.
An answer booklet is also available so this can be used within a lesson or as part of independent study.
A pack of listening questions to suit all abilities in a GCSE music classroom.
A pack of C-D, B-C, A and A* grade questions using the same audio tracks.
An answer booklet is also available so this can be used within a lesson or as part of independent study. This pack is particularly helpful as all extracts are based on classical music.