A collection of 5 grade 9 model responses to AQA questions. Relationships between adults and children Juliet’s feelings for Romeo (2 versions) Romeo’s feelings for Juliet. Romeo and Juliet’s relationship

A grade 9 model answer focusing on the character of Juliet. The model answer starts with a thesis statement. It moves on to analyse the youthful, idealistic nature of Romeo’s feelings for Romeo early in the play. The second half of the essay moves on to explore the growing maturity of Juliet’s feelings later in the play. The word count for the response is 1014 words. Also includes revision cards for critical perspectives into Romeo’s character to really help push for that grade 9 in A03.

A grade 9 model answer to the June 2022 AQA question from Romeo and Juliet. The question focused on the character of Romeo. The model answer analyses the extract then moves on to analyse two further moments in the play which present Romeo’s feelings for Juliet.

‘Because, But, So’ is a tool to help students demonstrate the depth of their understanding. This free resource collates 6 ‘because, but, so’ paragraphs on 6 characters from A Streetcar Named Desire to model how to structure the ‘because, but, so’ method.

The ‘because, but, so’ method is an excellent tool for teaching students to think analytically about the literature texts This tool is powerful because it encourages students to expand their thinking with precision and detail. This resource collates 9 sample ‘because, but so’ thesis-style introductions to 9 themes that may come up in next year’s An Inspector Calls examination. It also collates 6 sample ‘because, but, so’ introductions on the 6 main characters in the play. Ideal as a revision tool for helping to shape and guide the direction of exam responses.

The ‘because, but, so’ method is an excellent tool for teaching students to think analytically about the literature texts. This tool is powerful because it encourages students to expand their thinking with precision and detail. This resource collates 9 sample ‘because, but so’ thesis-style introductions to 9 themes that may come up in next year’s Macbeth examination. Ideal as a revision tool for helping to guide the direction of essays.

‘Because, But, So’ can be a useful tool for helping students write the thesis-style introduction to an essay to help to demonstrate the depth of their understanding. This resource collates 9 ‘because, but, so’ introductions on 9 themes from the novella. Ideal revision to cover the theme that might come up in next year’s exam.

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.

The ‘because, but, so’ method is an excellent tool for teaching students to think analytically about each poem in the Power and Conflict anthology. This tool is powerful because it encourages students to expand their thinking with precision and detail. After studying each poem, I ask students to write a ‘because, but, so’ paragraph on it. This document collates ‘because, but, so’ paragraphs on all 15 poems as examples to assist students with revising the key ideas in each poem. 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

A lesson that teaches students how to identify and comment on the impact of semantic fields within the short extract in AQA Paper 1 Question 2 and Paper 2 Question 3. Students will be familiar with zooming in to analyse the key word choices but they can make a more sophisticated point if they can discuss the combined effect of a range of words which are linked semantically. This lesson gives students lots of opportunities to practice developing this skill using 6 different extracts.

A 76 slide PowerPoint that systematically goes through 30 key quotations from the play chronologically. Students are given the quotation and a prompt question to discuss. The next slide offers analysis of the quotation. This process is repeated for all 30 quotations. The worksheet is used at the end to check how much information students have retained.

I ask students to read these scripts of students discussing Williams’ authorial intentions in A Streetcar Named Desire to model what I am looking for in their own group discussions about Williams’ authorial intentions. A useful resource for encouraging students to improve their oracy in the classroom.

A revision sheet analysing 8 key quotations by Friar Laurence in Romeo and Juliet.

A 20 page booklet containing high level analysis of over 100 key quotations from A Streetcar Named Desire. Includes a revision page of quotations for each scene of the play and for each of the 4 main characters Blanche, Stella, Stanley and Mitch. Also includes a revision sheet on Williams’ innovative use of plastic theatre. Ideal as a revision print out to help students revise content. I give the students the booklet and ask them to create timelines to trace the development of themes across the play.

Character revision sheets for Blanche, Stanley, Stella and Mitch. Each sheet contains high level analysis of key quotations.

A revision sheet for Mitch in A Streetcar Named Desire with detailed and insightful analysis of 8 key Mitch quotations.

A quotation revision sheet offering high level analysis of 8 quotations for Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire.

A handy printable revision sheet which offers high level analysis of 8 key Mercutio quotations from Romeo and Juliet.