Scaffolded lesson on descriptive writing including:
SPaG advice
Planning
Step-by-step focus on the description question
Writing tips
Mark Scheme
Easily differentiated
Adaptable to other exam boards
AQA English Literature A Level Elements of Crime: Poetry, ‘Peter Grimes’ by George Crabbe
Very detailed lesson covering all AOs
Includes socioeconomic context for background and elements of crime
Poem includes helpful annotations on key sections
Exam question
Easily adaptable
Detailed lesson on Hamlet & Ibsen/Rossetti question for the OCR Drama and Poetry Pre-1900 paper, including:
Summer 2022 grade boundaries
Mark scheme
Candidate responses
Examiner’s comments
Literary and socioeconomic context
Lesson focusing on tips on how to approach OCR English Literature A Level Paper 2 Question 5: language analysis, including:
2019&2022 grade boundaries compared
Mark scheme
Dystopian reading list
Dystopian conventions
Typical Question 5 based on an extract from Nineteen Eighty-Four THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF OLIGARCHICAL COLLECTIVISM
Consolidation questions
Easily adaptable
AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 1, Macbeth exam question lesson (2.2). It includes:
Annotated mark scheme
Question extract on the theme of Guilt
Detailed historical context- Great Chain of Being, Divine Right of Kings, Gunpowder Plot, Witchcraft
Key Vocabulary
Pre-annotated exam question (annotations can be deleted)
Colour-coded model introduction with thesis statement
Colour-coded model paragraph with examiners mark and comments (aimed at Lower ability)
Scaffolded paragraph
Detailed lesson on AQA GCSE Literature Paper 2 Exam Essay Structure and lesser Characters in the play. It includes:
General essay tips
Mark Scheme
General historical context
Key Vocabulary
Analyses of Gerald, Edna, Joe Meggarty and Eva Smith
Exam question with colour-coded introduction and thesis statement
Model exemplar response
General plan
This can be easily adapted to your class or to other exam boards, hence no AOs on slides
Detailed AQA GCSE Literature Paper 1 lesson on Jekyll and Hyde exam practice focusing on Utterson’s dream, includes:
Basic plot of story for visual learners
Chapter list and some contextual overview
Quiz with answers
Exam technique
Mark Scheme
Annotated exam extract (Mysterious dream)
Success Criteria
Detailed plan
Model introduction and thesis statement
Simple essay writing resource for Macbeth on the AQA GCSE syllabus, includes:
assessment objectives
mark scheme
timing and planning
introduction and thesis statement
essay questions with model student responses
practice questions
applicable to More and Most Able but can be adapted
Word and PDF included
Detailed lesson on THT and Frankenstein from the Science and Society section of Edexcel English Literature Paper 2: Prose
Includes:
June 2019 exam questions
Mark scheme
Examiner’s comments & Tips
Candidate responses
Overview of both THT and Frankenstein (plot, context, narrative, character, theme, language etc.)
OCR English Literature Paper 2 Dystopian Fiction overview lesson on THT, includes:
Theme
Background Plot
Narrative Structure
Language
Sociopolitical context
Literary context and links to other dystopian texts
This should be used as a recap lesson or in conjunction with revision/exam practice.
Detailed Recap lesson for Edexcel Lit Paper 2 prose, Wuthering Heights WOMEN IN SOCIETY
Includes:
June 2018 Exam Questions
Key terms
Narrative structure
Plot
Context
Theme
Characters
Setting
Indicative content
Mark schemes
Candidate responses
Examiner’s comments and tips
Two scaffolded and easily differentiatable lessons, and resources, for the AQA syllabus - can easily be adapted to other exam boards
Points of discussion
Do Nows
Broadsheet versus tabloid perspectives
Shocking facts
Detailed, scaffolded lessons and resources including:
Essay structure and planning
Exam questions with extracts
Quizzes
Past Papers
Relevant Context
Colour-coded model responses
Easily differentiated
Adaptable to other exam boards
Detailed, scaffolded lessons and resources including:
Essay structure and planning
Exam questions with extracts
Banquo
The Supernatural
Relevant Context
Colour-coded model responses
Easily differentiated
Adaptable to other exam boards
AQA English Literature A Level, Elements of Crime Poetry & Atonement
Extremely detailed lesson of 52 slides
Overview of each poem and the novel, including links, key quotes/ideas/themes
Includes plot of Atonement
Exam questions
Examiner advice
Indicative content
Model essays and introductions
Ideal for revision
AQA English Literature A Level Elements of Crime: Poetry
‘The Laboratory’ by Robert Browning
Very detailed lesson covering all AOs
Includes socioeconomic context for background
Poem includes helpful annotations
Exam questions and colour-coded model answer
Easily adaptable
Pre-2024 exam lesson in line with the Assessment Objectives
Includes:
List of previous and possible question foci
Plastic theatre, music, lighting, and scene-by-scene
Annotated analysis slides of the play’s ending
Detailed plan for a question on vulnerability
Marked student answer on confrontation question
Extremely detailed lesson in line with Assessment Objectives – you can get at least three hours from this.
Includes:
Breakdown of Paper 1
All past paper questions up to 2023 inc. possible questions
Tragic conventions (Aristotlelean) and unusual context
Candidate responses
Annotated extract slides
Introductions
Marked Streetcar student response and more!
Detailed lesson in line with Assessment Objectives.
Includes:
Summary of Paper 1, Section 2 with sample exam questions
Broad Victorian context on women narrows to Rossetti
Form and structure
Analysis and alternative interpretation
Annotated poem slides
Very detailed lesson in line with Assessment Objectives.
Includes:
Key Terminology
Brief individual publishing context for all texts on the main reading list
General contextual overview – manifest destiny and the American Dream
Advice from the exam board and model paragraph
Question 1 Extract Analysis (Thomas Wolfe) with full candidate response and examiner’s commentary