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Mitch 3 full length exam responses to compare Band 3, Band 4, Band 5 A Streetcar Named Desire
This resource contains 3 different responses to the following question:
‘Mitch is presented as a one-dimensional character who contributes little to the tragic impact of the play’.
There is a band 3 response, a band 4 response and a band 5 response. This is useful for helping students to clearly see the difference between the attainment bands on the mark scheme.
Feminine Gospels - intro lesson
26 slide PowerPoint offering an introductory lesson for Feminine Gospels providing some context to the collection, some critical perspectives on her work and an activity investigating Duffy’s poetic style and themes in some of her most popular poems outside of the FG collection.
Also sample revision sheets for The Long Queen and The Map - Woman.
The Laughter of Stafford Girls' High - Feminine Gospels
Hugely detailed and lengthy PowerPoint that includes an overview of key ideas in the poem, annotations of the whole poem and a range of tasks to help students explore the ideas in the poem. Tasks encourage students to explore authorial methods, historicism, and feminist critics. Also guides students towards completing an exam question looking at the position of the poem within the collection as a whole.
The Long Queen - Feminine Gospels
A 28 slide PowerPoint that includes an engaging starter, detailed annotations of each stanza, discussion about the overall message in the poem, comprehension questions, a band 5 sample paragraph and extension tasks involving analytical writing and researching archetypes.
Also includes 5 sample essays ranging from low band 5 down to band 2 answering the following question:
Examine the view that in Feminine Gospels 'women are presented as victims of society.’
Ideal for moderation or looking at looking at how to build up through the bands.
Also contains a revision sheet with analysis of 10 key quotations from the poem on one handy printable sheet.
AQA Language Paper 2 2023 Model Answers questions 2, 3, 4 and 5
High level model answers for questions 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the 2023 AQA Language Paper 2 paper on trains which was, by all accounts, a challenging pair of extracts. Also includes some notes for helping to answer the reading questions.
How does Shakespeare present Macbeth as a male character who changes? Timeline and exemplars. 2023
A timeline focusing on how the character of Macbeth changes during the play. There is also a question template to help students explore their own interpretations of the different stages of Macbeth’s descent into evil.
Also includes 2 exemplar high grade exemplars to the question for students to compare and consider which are the most perceptive in meeting the criteria for level 6/grade 9.
Also includes 12 character flashcards to help trace how the different aspects of Macbeth’s complex personality are communicated in the play.
AQA Language Paper 1 Model Answers 2022-23 (3 sets)
High level model answers for questions 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the following 3 exam series:
Summer 2022 - The Pearl
November 2022 - The Old Man and the Sea
June 2023 - Life of Pi
Ideal revision for Paper 1 in 2024.
Extracts are available on the AQA website.
Power and Conflict Final Revision Lesson
A lesson revising the big ideas in each poem and the 2 key quotations in each poem. Ideal as a final revision lesson or lessons before the exam.
For each poem, students are presented with 3 thesis statements about the authorial message in each poem. Students discuss and rank order the most valid interpretations.
Then students move on analyse the 2 key quotations in every poem before comparing their ideas against the model answers.
Also contains a 15 page revision booklet on the poems with detailed analysis on every poem and knowledge organisers.
Paper 2 Question 5 Exemplars
A wide range of high grade exemplars for Paper 2 Question 5 covering a range of typical topics including cars, zoos, homework, travel, school uniform, sport, careers and national service
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Paper 2 Question 5 Exemplars
A huge range of high grade Paper 2 Question 5 exemplars covering a range of familiar topics including zoos, sport, travel, cars, school uniform and homework.
'Because, But, So' Paragraphs for GCSE English literature
If you want your students to write better exam responses which demonstrates more depth to their thinking, you should consider using the ‘because, but, so’ method from the writing revolution.
This resource collates a wide range of exemplar ‘because, but, so’ paragraphs on the most popular GCSE English literature texts for AQA;
Macbeth
A Christmas Carol
Romeo and Juliet
An Inspector Calls
Lord of the Flies.
After studying the wide range of models, students should gain the ability to write their own ‘because, but, so’ paragraphs in the same style.
A Streetcar Named Desire: Quotation analysis of each scene
A 15 page booklet analysing the key quotations from every scene of A Streetcar Named Desire.
A great revision guide. I give this to students and ask them to use it to help create timelines to chart the development of characters and themes across the play.
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Jekyll and Hyde Revision
2 revision sheets on character and theme quotations and 2 quizzes. One is multiple choice looking at the whole play and one contains comprehension questions on each chapter. Both come with answer sheets.
Also contains 2 high level model exam responses on settings and Mr Utterson.
Also contains a Victorian context sheet.
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Paper 2 Question 5 Model Responses
A wide collection of AQA Paper 2 Question 5 high grade model responses.
Macbeth Revision
A range of Macbeth revision resourcess. Includes 5 character quotation revision sheets covering Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, Banquo, Macduff and The Witches. Also contains critical ideas about characters and moral lessons/big ideas across the play.
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Macbeth Model responses
A range of high grade responses on Macbeth. All responses aim to be critical and convincing with judicious use of references and perceptive analysis of methods aligned closely with authorial motives.
While I think all responses would achieve grade 9, I am reluctant to claim they are definitely grade 9 because there are always some teachers who claim nothing short of degree-level writing will achieve a 9.
Feminine Gospels - 12 Revision Cards
Detailed revision cards for 12 of the most significant poems in the Feminine Gospels collection.
Each revision card contains an overview of the poem and detailed analysis of what I consider to be the 3 most significant quotations in each poem.
I have also attached a blank version for students to have a go at creating their own versions of the revision cards.
Also available as a bundle containing 15 lessons looking in detail at most of the poems in the collection: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12586188
Power and Conflict: Annotations for all 15 poems
Detailed annotations for all 15 poems on one PowerPoint. 60 animated slides in total. Ideal for revision lessons.
My most comprehensive resource on Power and Conflict poetry is available here with revision posters on every poem:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/power-and-conflict-revision-sheets-12884928
The Handmaid's Tale 100 Key Quotations
100 Key quotations for The Handmaid’s Tale on one A3 for ease of printing and to assist revision.
The Handmaid's Tale 100 Key Quotations Revision Organiser
An A3 sheet containing 100 key quotations in chronological order from The Handmaid’s Tale alongside brief explanations.
Students find this useful.
Start with asking students to RAG rate.
Red - Little understanding/unlikely to use in an essay
Amber - Some understanding/some chance of using in an essay
Green - Good understanding/likely to use in an essay
After this, I would ask students to group quotations in terms of different themes such as the following:
The Body
Rebellion
Duality
Fertility