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Hawk Roosting Eduqas
Lesson 1 introduces the poem Hawk Roosting and prepares students for an exam style question using the writing frame.
Lesson 2 includes a writing frame to help compare how power is presented in Ozymandias and Hawk Roosting.
EDUQAS POETRY REVISION GRID
EDUQAS/WJEC revision grid containing precise, bite-sized chunks of information about all 18 of the anthology poems under the following categories: main ideas, language, structure, context, themes.
An adaptable resource that can be used in lots of different ways to suit different styles of teaching and learning.
Also available as part of my Eduqas poetry bundle.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/wjec-eduqas-poetry-anthology-bundle-gcse-9-1-11815065
Alternatively try my lessons on all 18 poems:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/wjec-eduqas-poetry-anthology-revising-all-poems-11894072
Or maybe you’d prefer the information in the form of revision cards:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/wjec-eduqas-poetry-revision-cards-for-anthology-poems-gcse-9-1-11807604
Or maybe a quick poetry quiz:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/eduqas-9-1-gcse-poetry-anthology-quiz-11803192
The 18 poems:
The Manhunt
Sonnet 43
Cozy Apologia
The Soldier
London
Ozymandias
A Wife in London
Afternoons
Hawk Roosting
Valentine
She walks in beauty
As imperceptibly as grief
To Autumn
Dulce et Decorum Est
Death of a Naturalist
Mametz Wood
Extract from The Prelude
Living Space
Power and Conflict Revision Booklet 2024
Newly updated for 2025, a 53 page revision booklet which compiles my most popular resources into one easy to print document.
Includes:
Knowledge organisers
Revision page of key quotations (with detailed inferences) for every poem
Knowledge tests
Revision cards
Writing frames
Model responses
Planning sheets
and a range of activities to complete focused on making comparisons.
Bundle
ROMEO AND JULIET 9-1
A huge bundle of resources created specifically for the new 9-1 GCSE Romeo and Juliet examination. Several resources have received 5 star reviews. There are over 100 pages of resources, worksheets and powerpoints sharply focused meeting the assessment objectives A01, A02 and A03.
Includes:
- differentiated revision sheets for the characters of Romeo and Juliet
- activity revising the 20 key extracts
- grade 9 model essays
- planning sheets using my 9 step method
- differentiated revision sheet for supporting characters (Capulet, Mercutio, Nurse, Friar)
- differentiated AQA style exam questions
- differentiated worksheets on the prologue and Act 1 Scene 1
- Comprehension questions on Acts 1-5
- model responses
- Activities working on double zoom ins to explore Romeo's desperation in Act 3 Scene 3
- Is Capulet a good father essay guide
- Is Juliet a conventional Elizabethan woman essay guide
- exam walk through for male aggression
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
A Christmas Carol 25 key quotations
I have carefully selected 25 key quotations from A Christmas Carol from across the novel. . Each card contains detailed notes linked to the three assessment objects A01, A02 and A03. The notes are colour-coded to help with this. Also methods are underlined to help students see how they meeting the requirements for A02.
There is also a blank template which I give students first to see how much they already know about these top 25 quotations.
Also contains analysis of the 10 key words to analyse in the text.
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.
Scrooge Revision Sheet
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.
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Macbeth's fears - 6 key quotations
6 revision cards containing detailed analysis of how Macbeth’s fears are presented across the play. Ideal preparation for both the 2022 and 2023 AQA exam questions about Macbeth’s fears and about how Macbeth changes during the play.
Supernatural in Macbeth - Walkthrough
A lesson that walks students through how to structure a high level Macbeth response on the theme of the supernatural.
It gives students the start of each paragraph and asks them to finish each off with analysis of methods and context.
It then goes over model examples for each section of the essay.
Also includes a prior learning activity and a timeline for knowledge retention to prepare for writing up the response.
275 adjectives to describe a face for English Language Paper 1 Question 5
Inspired by the image of the old man in the 2018 AQA English Language exam, I have collated and categorised 275 words to describe a face onto a worksheet to help students with their descriptive writing.
Students found this useful in helping them to improve the precision of their characters descriptions for English Language Paper 1.
Snowball Animal Farm
Lesson that prepares students for answering the AQA 2017 question about Snowball’s leadership.
Includes a Grade 7 exemplar response.
Includes an engaging starter looking at ambitious vocabulary to describe Snowball - answers included.
It then moves on to annotate and analyse 10 key quotations about Snowball.
There are also extension questions to review the learning.
Ideal preparation lesson before asking students to complete an exam question on Squealer.
For other Animal Farm resources, try the following links:
Revision:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/themes-in-animal-farm-8-revision-resources-11389822
Bundle:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/animal-farm-bundle-11499747
Revision cards:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/animal-farm-character-revision-cards-12167869
Analysis of ending
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/animal-farm-chapter-10-lesson-compare-orwell-s-ending-with-two-film-versions-11532867
Romeo and Juliet: Final soliloquies (4.3 and 5.3) comprehension worksheets.
Two comprehension worksheets analysing the language in the following two soliloquies:
Juliet in Act 4 Scene 3
Romeo in Act 5 Scene 3.
Bundle
Macbeth 2025 Bundle
An updated collection of my top 20 most popular resources on Macbeth updated for the 2023 exam. Check out the wide range of previews.
Includes the following:
9 high grade model answers to GCSE questions.
104 slide PowerPoint providing annotations for every scene of the play
20+ lessons covering almost all scenes in the play.
100 question Knowledge quiz with answers
various revision/quotation knowledge organisers
Various revision cards
20 key extracts revision booklet
Revision of big ideas in the play
7 writing frames for 7 exam-style questions
50 key quotation task with answer question
Scene plot questions with answer sheet
Sample exam-style questions
Quotation revision game
Macbeth Final revision lesson - revising Big Ideas in the play using the top 50 quotations.
Use for a final revision lesson on Macbeth.
Present students with the 6 big ideas about the play.
Give students the attached top 50 quotations revision sheet.
Ask them to make notes on each big idea using the sheet.
Then go through the model answers on the PowerPoint. Each answer appears on a mouse click so you can talk through each answer one by one.
Also includes 6 exam questions to plan on one printer-friendly planning sheet.
Also includes a 100 question quiz on the play with accompanying answer sheet that is useful to use throughout Year 11 to assist with knowledge retention.
Also contains the top 100 quotations with a brief explanation to help students get started with developing their inferences on each quotation. Alternatively, ask students to use a code to link each quotation to one or more themes such as a for ambition, g for guilt, s for supernatural.
Also includes theme and character revision cards.
The 50 quotation quiz comes in two forms. One will take a full lesson while one is ideal as a repeatable recap activity (spaced learning).
Women in A Christmas Carol
A lesson which explores how women characters are presented in A Christmas Carol. It looks at key quotations from Belle, Mrs Cratchit, Mrs Fezziwig, Fan and other characters. Then it encourages to examine and evaluate whether or not Dickens presents women characters in a positive or problematic way in the novel.
Of Mice and Men. Chapter 6. Analysing the setting
Full lesson and worksheet for analysing the setting at the start of Chapter 6. The focus is on commenting on the impact of word choices and the impact of the cyclical structure.
A Christmas Carol Final Revision lesson of big ideas using the top 50 quotations.
Use for a final revision session or series of sessions on A Christmas Carol
Present the students with 6 big ideas about the novel.
Students use the attached top 50 quotations sheet to help add their ideas about each big idea.
I have also included a top 100 quotation version for higher ability students.
Then go through possible answers on the PowerPoint. The PowerPoint is animated and each answer appears on the mouse click so you can talk through each one as it appears.
I have also included 6 predictions about what extract might come up. Now we are 3 years into the 9-1 syllabus, I predict they might use a more obscure extract so I have picked 6 less obvious extracts. Students read each extract and complete the planning grid.
Also includes some sample exam style responses to different generic questions.
New for 2022 is a large PowerPoint encouraging students to choose and explain their top 3 quotations for 9 different themes.
Bundle
Punctuation Worksheets and lessons
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.
Stave Revision A Christmas Carol
90 slide powerpoint that revises and makes thoughtful inferences on over 100 key quotations across the novel. This is best used across a series of 3-5 revision lessons with students guided to create a revision page on each stave.
Also contains an A3 help sheet with 100 key quotations and brief explanations displayed in chronological order.
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.
Also includes 5 lessons to cover the initial first reading of the novella.
Simon Lord of the Flies Character Revision Sheet
Character revision sheet for Simon in Lord of the Flies. Includes a thesis introduction and 10 key quotations with thoughtful and exploratory comments.
A Christmas Carol Last Minute Revision Session Updated for 2024
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.