A worksheet in which students have to match 50 key A Christmas Carol quotations to 50 brief explanations. Also includes a follow up worksheet for students to then explain each quotation independently.

A lesson for exploring Storm on the Island in the Power and Conflict AQA anthology. Step 1: Students use the hint questions to prompt them to gain an independent understanding of the poem. Step 2: Read through the answer and complete. Step 3: Questions to test understanding of new annotations. Step 4: Review by creating thesis statement about Heaney’s purpose.

Selected annotations on Tissue and Ozymandias followed by a writing frame to compare the ways power presented in the two poems. Ideal for low ability students or for students writing comparative responses for the first time. To push the more able, there are questions to encourage students to annotate Tissue independently. Also includes a high level exemplar response.

This acts as useful stimulus for travel writing about a place. There are short extracts on Liverpool, Blackpool. Llandudno and Milton Keynes. The questions ask students to locate positive and negative information about each place. Alternatively in the second worksheet they can be adapted into GCSE Paper 2 Eduqas style exam questions.

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.

Now we are several years into the new syllabus, I predict they might go for a more obscure extracts. I have been through the text and come up with 6 predictions about extracts that might come up in 2024. Students read each extract and complete the planning grid for each. Ideal to use in a final revision lesson. Also includes a planning 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.

A 45 minute (871 word) high level top band response to the following question: Starting with this extract, how does Dickens present Scrooge as an outsider to society. Includes the extract. Also includes 6 revision cards looking at 6 quotations about isolation.

6 revision cards covering 6 quotations linked to the theme of poverty in A Christmas Carol. The detailed explanation of the quotations are linked to the 3 A0s and authorial methods are underlined. Also includes a 20+ slide lesson aimed at encouraging students to explode quotations about poverty to meet the AOs. Also includes a grade 9 model response about poverty and suffering in the novel. Check out my shop for other A Christmas Carol resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-theme-revision-cards-poverty-isolation-ghosts-christmas-family-11869145 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-gcse-differentiated-revision-sheets-on-themes-and-context-11387723 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/stave-1-and-stave-5-scrooge-s-transformation-in-a-christmas-carol-11503154 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-grade-9-lesson-and-essays-on-ghosts-11552659 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-100-comprehension-questions-with-answer-sheet-12450748 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/revise-themes-in-a-christmas-carol-family-isolation-poverty-charity-christmas-supernatural-11577227 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/grade-9-a-christmas-carol-exam-responses-12220340 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-top-50-quotations-11901568 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-3-grade-9-model-answers-for-eduqas-gcse-exam-style-11797550 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/grade-9-response-on-poverty-in-a-christmas-carol-12512988 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/6-grade-9-model-essays-on-a-christmas-carol-for-aqa-or-eduqas-11896608 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-aqa-1-9-super-bundle-11532059#

In this 98 page booklet, I have compiled my most popular resources on Romeo and Juliet from the last 10 years of teaching into one easy to print booklet. The booklet includes: quotation posters for 5 characters revision cards on themes and Romeo’s character high grade model answers theme trackers comprehension questions writing frames key extract worksheets abridged version of the play and lots more.

4 detailed and comprehensive revision booklets covering 4 of the most popular GCSE literature texts: Macbeth, A Christmas Carol, An Inspector Calls and Power and Conflict. All the booklets compile my most popular individual resources into 4 easy to print booklets/pdfs. Each booklet contains high grade model responses, attractive revision cards, colourful knowledge organisers, scaffolding to help with planning, plot overviews, comprehension questions and much more. I have tried to include lots of previews to give you an idea. Buying the bundle of 4 booklets is more cost effective than purchasing all 4 booklets from my shop individually. An Inspector Calls - 43 page booklet Macbeth - 58 page booklet (newly updated for 2024) Power and Conflict - 51 page booklet (newly updated for 2024) A Christmas Carol - 40 page booklet

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Lesson on Act 5 Scene 1 which prepares students for answering a question about how Lady Macbeth is presented in this scene. Includes general questions on the extract, a table (with answers) to explore the impact of language features and a writing frame for turning the table into an extended analysis. There is also a high level model response that I show to students after they have attempted the question to help them respond to feedback. There is also an extension activity encouraging students to write a psychological evaluation of Lady Macbeth. I have also added comprehension questions to help analyse the scene in great detail. Other popular Macbeth resources include: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-revise-20-extracts-11868136 Revision cards https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-theme-revision-cards-ambition-supernatural-guilt-violence-deceit-courage-11868831 Grade 9 model ansers https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-6-grade-7-9-model-responses-12187985 Knowledge organisers https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-character-revision-sheet-quotations-themes-context-aqa-9-1-11868119 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/how-is-lady-macbeth-presented-in-act-5-scene-1-worksheets-and-a-model-response-11422450

An essay plan and Band 6 (grade 8/9) exemplar for an exam-style question on Sheila. Points and evidence are included. Students are encouraged to use the worksheet to explore the quotations in more detail. Also includes a revision slide of 10 quotations and comprehension questions.

PowerPoint for an exam walk-through looking at the AQA Question from May 2017. Differentiated starter: define the key words linked to male aggression and make links. Main: Analyse 5 key extracts that demonstrate male aggression with a focus on A01 and A02. Suggested answers are on the PowerPoint to guide students through each extract. Plenary: Draw a line graph to chart the intensity of male aggression across the play. Also includes a band 5/6 model response to the question so students can look at how to develop their writing into a top band style response.

Ideas to help guide students through answering a question on the difference between the young and old generation in the play. Includes a planning sheet to use alongside the PowerPoint. I have other resources available for An Inspector Calls: Bundle https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-aqa-1-9-differentiated-birling-sheila-11412310 Revision Cards: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/theme-revision-cards-for-an-inspector-calls-12124143 Knowledge Organisers https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-4-ultimate-revision-sheets-themes-character-stage-directions-cards-11574057 Revision quotations: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-test-on-10-quotations-per-character-9-1-revision-12138293

A worksheet containing a literacy board game to be used in an intervention session to revise key literacy terms.

Writing frame for comparing Storm on the Island and Exposure (AQA Power and Conflict). The AQA style exam question is as follows: Compare the ways the poets in Storm on the Island and one other poem (Exposure) present conflict with nature.

2 differentiated writing frame to help students write a comparison of how Prelude and Storm on the Island present conflict with nature. There are 2 writing frames so students can select their level of challenge and independence.