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 AQA GCSE Literature lesson and resources on the supernatural in Macbeth includes:
Quiz with answers
Supernatural context, and early modern versus modern audience interpretation
Each relevant scene in the play annotated
All the characters in the supernatural plot
Exam question (1.3)
Colour-coded model introduction with thesis statement
Colour-coded student response
Planning focus
Easily adapatable to other exam boards
Very detailed AQA GCSE Literature Paper 1 lesson and resources on how to approach the Jekyll and Hyde exam essays, includes:
Exam technique
Chapter Breakdown
All main and secondary characters
Women in the novella
Contextual overview for both texts
Key Vocabulary including homosocial
Mark Scheme
Annotated exam extracts
Colour-coded introductions with thesis statements
Colour-coded Student exemplar response with examiner’s comments
Easily adaptable
Very detailed AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 1 lesson and resources recapping knowledge of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, includes:
Basic plot of story for visual learners
Detailed chapter summaries
Chapter list and some contextual overview
Quiz with answers
Key vocabulary
Exam technique
Mark Scheme
Annotated exam extract (atmosphere of suspicion)
Success Criteria
Detailed plan
Model introduction and thesis statement
Colour-coded model paragraph
Easily adaptable
Very detailed lesson on how to approach AQA GCSE Literature Paper 1 (Macbeth and Jekyll and Hyde) includes:
Exam technique
Quizzes with answers
Contextual overview for both texts
Key Vocabulary
Mark Scheme
GCSE Literature Past Paper Exam Questions 2017-2022
Annotated exam extracts
Colour-coded introductions with thesis statements
Colour-coded Student exemplar responses
Write a lot about little paragraph
Very detailed lesson on the fundamentals of building AQA English Literature Paper 1 essays focusing on Macbeth and J&H. Includes:
Contextual overview for both texts
Key Vocabulary
Mark Scheme
Annotated exam extracts
Colour-coded introductions with thesis statements
Student exemplar responses
Very detailed exam practice lesson in line with Assessment Objectives.
Includes:
Plot Quiz and answers
Basic plot and more detailed plot (on document)
Form, Language, and Structure; Context
2022-2024 Literature Grade Boundaries
Exam question on change and annotated extract (Marley’s Ghost)
Indicative content
Examiner’s tips and comments
Plan, model introduction, and model paragraph
Very detailed lesson in line with Assessment Objectives.
Includes:
Question 1 extract with mark scheme and Question 2s from sample paper
The Great Depression, Crash of 29, New Deal
Form, structure, and language (including dialect)
Theme and Symbol
Extracts from chapters one and two
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
Very detailed lesson in line with Assessment Objectives.
Includes:
Socioeconomic context
Modernism
Form and Fitzgerald’s language
Imagery and symbolism
Question 2 and mark scheme
Annotated extract from C3 of the novel
Very detailed overview lesson for AQA A Level Literature, Aspects of Tragedy, covering all the assessment objectives. Includes:
Post WWII context and the American Dream
Plot and Theme overview
Language, form, and structure
Annotated opening stage directions and early dialogue
Exam question
Ideal for revision
Very detailed lesson on the Supernatural component (The Picture of Dorian Gray and Beloved) in line with Assessment Objectives.
Includes:
Summary and analytical overview of both texts inc. themes and key contextual ideas with links
Key moments from both texts for analysis
Exam question, Mark scheme, Indicative Content
Candidate responses
Ideal for recap and revision
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 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
Detailed lesson in line with Assessment Objectives
Includes:
Focus on imagery exam question
Key imagery in the play
Animal and insect
Light and dark and shadows
Flowers and synaesthesia
Main characters
Extracts from key moments
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
Detailed lesson in line with Assessment Objectives
Includes:
2023 grade boundaries
June 2018 exam questions
Excerpt from critical anthology
Mark scheme and examiner’s guidelines
Iambic pentameter, Great Chain of Being
Theme and Key Terminology
Sample response
Plan
Marked student answer to masculinity question
Detailed lesson in line with Assessment Objectives
Includes:
June 2018 &19 exam questions
Indicative content
Critical opinion for AO5
Overview of main character dynamics and timeline of events
The concept of ‘The Other’ and the Madonna/Whore dichotomy
Coloured-coded candidate response
Marked student answer to disturbing aspects of human nature question
Edexcel A Level Paper 1 Drama, Section B: A Streetcar Named Desire Overview and Exam Questions in line with the Assessment Objectives
Includes:
Mark Scheme
All past paper question up to 2023
Plot, tragic form and structure
Context
Overview of Theme, Symbol, Motif, Language
June 2017 Practice Question
Guided Plan
Detailed lesson in line with Assessment Objectives
Includes:
November 2021 exam questions
Mark Scheme, Indicative Content, Examiner’s guidelines
Transcribed candidate response (annotated)
Critical opinion for AO5
The concept of ‘The Other’ and the Madonna/Whore dichotomy
Quotes on Masculinity
Detailed perfect paragraph hitting all AOs