A high level model response to the AQA 2024 question on Romeo and Juliet. The question was focused on the character of Juliet and the featured extract was from Act 2 Scene 5. To obtain the exact wording of the question, you will need to download the paper from the AQA website.

Revision notes for 50 carefully selected key quotations from Romeo and Juliet suitable to be used in a wide range of potential exam questions. Analysis is in 3 parts: method analysis, authorial message and Elizabethan context. Also contains a blank version of the table so students can attempt to analyse the quotations themselves.

Analysis of 21 key quotations from this seminal poem from the Feminine Gospels collection.

Revision Cards/Revision Notes for all 21 of the poems in the Feminine Gospels collection. It gives an overview of themes, main ideas and Duffy’s authorial message and selects three key quotations to analyse. A useful resource for revising the whole collection.

6 theme revision cards for 6 key themes in Jekyll and Hyde.

Revision flashcards for 6 key themes in Romeo and Juliet: love, violence, fate, family honour, individual versus society and duality.

Theme revision cards for 6 themes in An Inspector Calls. For each theme there are 3 key moments and quotations alongside ideas about Priestley’s message and relevant context.

Theme revision cards for 6 thenes in Macbeth: ambition, fate, supernatural, kingship, appearances versus reality and guilt. Each card explains 3 key moments in the play which demonstrate the theme along with 3 keu quotations, Shakespeare’s message and Jacobean context. A handy knowledge organiser for consolidating understanding of the play in an easy to print form.

Revision flashcards for the 15 poems in the Worlds and Lives Poetry Anthology. Each card has brief notes on main ideas, 3 key quotations, structure and context. Ideal for anyone in the same position as me and teaching these poems for the first time.

A knowledge organiser containing a brief overview of the main ideas, key quotations, structure and context for the 15 poems from the AQA Worlds and Lives new poetry anthology. Useful for anyone, like me, who is trying to prepare to teach these largely unfamiliar poems for the first time.

Character revision sheets for Romeo and Juliet. Check out the previews.

A scheme of work covering every scene in the play A Streetcar Named Desire alongside a range of revision resources. Includes PowerPoint lessons and key quotation knowledge organisers on all 11 scenes.

Model answers for the AQA language paper 2 November 2023 exam where the topic of the two extracts was environmental issues. For each question (2-5) there are two model responses so students can compare the merits of each. I have not included question 1 because it is just multiple choice. The extracts and questions for this paper are available to teachers on the AQA website.

A collection of character revision sheets covering the main characters in Romeo and Juliet. Suitable for all exam boards.

A high level thorough model response which explores the importance of the littluns in Lord of the Flies. The thesis style introduction establishes a conceptualised response. The inclusion of judicious quotations lead on to perceptive comments about Golding’s authorial methods which leads to discussion of authorial message.

4 responses to the AQA Lnaguage Paper 1 Question 5 in the May 2024 exam. Exemplars A and B are responses to the describe question. Exemplars C and D are responses to the narrative question. All 4 responses follow the familiar drop, shift, zoom, leave method. I have not included the exact wording questions themselves but these can be downloaded from the AQA website.

A high level consistently thorough model response that tracks Juliet’s difficulties across the play. It starts with a thesis-style introduction to help establish a conceptualised approach to the task. The essay then tracks through the text analysing difficulties that Juliet faces which are supported by judicious textual references and insightful comments on methods. To meet the criteria for A03, the response focuses on how universal big ideas are explored in the text.

A one page summary of everything Mrs Birling says across the play. Can be used in a lot of ways.

A revision sheet exploring the difficulties Juliet faces across the play Romeo and Juliet. I have picked out 10 key quotations to analyse that track Juliet’s various difficulties across the play. Also includes a thesis-style introduction and a conclusion which examines Shakespeare’s authorial message.

A revision grid for exploring unchecked ambition in Macbeth. It breaks the big idea of unchecked ambition into 4 concepts and analyses 3 quotations for each concept. Also includes 2 model answers on the theme of ambition to compare and contrast.