Full, comprehensive GCSE scheme of differentiated lessons and resources for An Inspector Calls includes:
Three lessons per act, each with differentiated resources
Retrieval practice
Focus on language, form and structure
Detailed analysis of character and theme
Exam practice and building convincing essays from planning to thesis statement to argument and conclusion
It is designed for AQA but can be adapted to suit the other boards.
There is a separate lesson on exam practice with lots of exam-style questions.
The lessons were planned for doubles, but can easily be adapted to singles.
There is a good ten weeks of teaching here, depending on timetabling.
Lesson on AQA GCSE Literature Paper 2 An Inspector Calls Act One Recap. It includes:
Form and structure
General historical context
Key speeches from Act One
Detailed plot resource
Exam question and model paragraph
Sentence starters
This can be easily adapted to your class or to other exam boards, hence no AOs on slides
Detailed lesson on Macbeth Act Five focusing on the key moments
includes:
The plot of Act Five
Crucial moments from the playscript
Key Vocabulary
Mark Scheme
Exam Question
Detailed AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 1 lesson on the character of Banquo- his status, motivation and significance to plot and context. It includes:
Banquo’s Character and Purpose
Banquo’s Scenes with relevant excerpts from the playscript
Exam question (3.1) - extract pre-annotated
Colour-coded model introduction with thesis statement
Colour-coded model paragraph (aimed at Grade 5)
Easily adaptable to other exam boards and iGCSE
Very detailed lesson on exam essay structure for AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 1 focusing on Macbeth, Jekyll and Hyde, and An Inspector Calls. It includes:
Exam technique
Contextual overview for all three texts
Key Vocabulary
Mark Scheme
Annotated exam extracts (MacB /J&H)
Colour-coded introductions with thesis statements
Student exemplar responses (graded)
Scaffolded lesson with resources
Easy to differentiate
Do Now starter
Tabloid and Broadsheet articles for analysis of rhetorical devices
Worst possible introduction task
Adaptable to other exam boards
AQA English Literature A Level, Elements of Crime ‘Porphyria’s Lover’
Very detailed lesson covering all AOs
Includes socioeconomic context and elements of crime
Form and Structure
Symbolism
Theme
Alternative Readings
Exam question
Examiner advice
Colour-coded model paragraph
Lesson on demystifying Shakespeare’s language
Includes simple tasks on the development of English and iambic pentameter
Plot of Macbeth
General context
Witches in 1.1 and sergeant’s speech 1.2 for whole class annotation
Macbeth OCR GCSE exam question
Model candidate answer
Can be adapted to all exam boards and KS3
AQA English Literature A Level, Elements of Crime: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Very detailed lesson covering all AOs
Includes socioeconomic context for background, theme, motif, elements of crime
Key sections for whole class analysis
Exam practice question and indicative content
Easily adaptable
AQA English Literature A Level, Elements of Crime Poetry
Overview of each poem, including links, key quotes/ideas/ themes
‘Peter Grimes’
‘Ballad of Reading Gaol’
‘My Last Duchess’
‘Porphyria’s Lover’
‘The Laboratory’
Exam question
Examiner advice
Indicative content
Ideal for revision lessons
Full lessons on: Colonialism, Immigration, Social media
Lots of questioning
Topical media extracts for analysis
Scaffolding
Model answers
Good preparation for GCSE but can be used across KS3
Very detailed lesson focusing on:
Plot (inc. key scenes for Romeo and Juliet)
Character
Theme
Key Quotes
Extract Analysis
Lesson can be split - it’s effectively two lessons - and is easily differentiated for all KS3 abilities
Detailed revision lesson for AQA A Level Literature, Aspects of Tragedy, covering all the assessment objectives. Includes:
Exam questions for all sections of the Aspects of Tragedy Paper
Candidate responses with commentary
*** Focus on DOAS** – analepsis, theme, motif, annotated extract from play
Detailed lesson for AQA A Level Literature, Aspects of Tragedy, covering all the assessment objectives. Includes:
Audio of poem being read
Annotated poem slides
Context, inc. overview of the Romantic movement
Language, form, and structure
Alternative reading (feminist)
Exam question
Breakdown of Tragedy paper
Mark scheme
Detailed lesson for AQA A Level Literature, Aspects of Tragedy, covering all the assessment objectives. Includes:
Context
Plot
Setting
Language, form, and structure
Tragedy Paper Section C format, mark scheme, question and model answer with commentary
Practice Question
Detailed lesson on writing exam answers in line with the Assessment Objectives
Includes:
Mark Scheme and questions(June 2018)
Important technical background
Hegemonic masculinity from gender order theory
Examiner’s report
Context
Overview of Theme, Symbol, Motif, Language
June 2017 Practice Question
Indicative content
Detailed plan
Model introductory paragraphs