Ms Larkin's Resources
I am currently teaching in a state secondary school although I have also taught in primary, independent and international schools. I really hope you find my resources useful!
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I am currently teaching in a state secondary school although I have also taught in primary, independent and international schools. I really hope you find my resources useful!
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Theme of Change in 'A Christmas Carol' Extract Question: Eduqas/AQA GCSE
A super clear 24 slide powerpoint which takes a class through the stages of tackling an exploding extract question for ‘A Christmas Carol’ using the theme of change.
The extract is from Stave 2 after Fezziwig’s party. There are plenty of opportunities for short, focused activities by the student, including an exercise which helps students analyse a quotation closely for AO1, AO2 and AO3.
It finishes with a complete model answer.
This is suitable for the AQA and Eduqas exam boards but can be adapted for other exam boards.
I hope your students find it useful. If they do, please do leave a review and check out other resources in my shop. Thank you!
Gender in 'An Inspector Calls': revision lesson with essay and full model answer
A super clear, colourful 44 slide powerpoint that explores gender in ‘An Inspector Calls’.
There are plenty of opportunities for students to work individually, in pairs or small groups, depending on the class dynamics. There are sample answers for all tasks and engaging activities which help students improve their skills.
There is an AQA/Edexcel style essay question at the end with structured guidance to help the students annotate and plan an answer. There are guided writing tasks as well to support students.
There is a full sample answer at the end.
This lesson takes 1-2 hours, depending on how much writing you ask the students to complete.
My students have found it engaging and really helpful. I hope yours do too!
Violence in 'Romeo and Juliet': revision lesson with Edexcel/Eduqas exam question and full answer
A super clear, colourful 41 slide powerpoint that covers the theme of violence in ‘Romeo and Juliet’.
There are plenty of opportunities for students to work individually, in pairs or small groups, depending on the class dynamics. There are sample answers for all tasks and engaging activities which help students improve their skills.
There is an Eduqas/Edexcel style thematic essay question at the end with structured guidance to help the students plan an answer. There are guided writing tasks as well to support students.
There is a full sample answer at the end.
This lesson takes 1-2 hours, depending on how much writing you ask the students to complete.
My students have found it engaging and really helpful. I hope yours do too!
Mr Birling: 'An Inspector Calls'. Revision and full essay
This is a super clear powerpoint consisting of 52 slides that guides the class through the character of Mr Birling in ‘An Inspector Calls’.
There are lots of activities for the students which can be completed as a class, in groups/ pairs or individually. There are answers on separate slides to all questions/activities.
Use of short key quotations allow plenty of opportunities for students to closely analyse language.
Additionally, there are also some ideas for top-level context and exploring the text in different ways which helps students reach the highest grades.
The lesson finishes with two essay questions so teachers can choose the one they need to teach according to their exam board.
One is an essay question which follows the format of AQA and Edexcel. There is a full top level answer as well for students to read.
One is with an extract-based exam paper suitable for Eduqas students. This includes detailed slides showing how to annotate, how to plan and, really usefully, an example of a top level answer.
My students found this really helpful- I hope yours do too!
If you like this resource, please do leave a review and have a look at my TES shop MsLarkinsResources.
Thank you!
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Themes in 'An Inspector Calls': revision and sample essays
This is a bundle of 6 powerpoints which thoroughly cover the themes in ‘An Inspector Calls.’
There is one powerpoint for each theme. They are all super clear and colourful, each one consisting of at least 40 slides that guides the class through the themes from the start to the end of the play.
There are lots of activities for the students which can be completed as a class, in groups/ pairs or individually. There are answers on separate slides to all questions/activities.
Use of short key quotations allow plenty of opportunities for students to closely analyse language.
Additionally, there are also some ideas for top-level context and exploring the text in different ways which helps students reach the highest grades.
Each lesson finishes with two essay questions so teachers can choose the one they need to teach according to their exam board.
One is an essay question which follows the format of AQA and Edexcel. There is a full top level answer as well for students to read.
One is with an extract-based exam paper suitable for Eduqas students. This includes detailed slides showing how to annotate, how to plan and, really usefully, an example of a top level answer.
So in total, there are 6 lessons and 6 sample essays. Depending on how much you want students to write, these 6 powerpoints will take 6-12 hours in the classroom
My students found these really helpful- I hope yours do too!
If you like this resource, please do leave a review and have a look at my TES shop MsLarkinsResources.
Thank you!
Ms Larkin’s Resources
Gerald: 'An Inspector Calls' Revision and full model answer
This is a super clear powerpoint consisting of 52 slides that guides the class through the character of Gerald Croft in ‘An Inspector Calls’.
There are lots of activities for the students which can be completed as a class, in groups/ pairs or individually. There are answers on separate slides to all questions/activities.
Use of short key quotations allow plenty of opportunities for students to closely analyse language.
Additionally, there are also some ideas for top-level context and exploring the text in different ways which helps students reach the highest grades.
The lesson finishes with two essay questions so teachers can choose the one they need to teach according to their exam board.
One is an essay question which follows the format of AQA and Edexcel. There is a full top level answer as well for students to read.
One is with an extract-based exam paper suitable for Eduqas students. This includes detailed slides showing how to annotate, how to plan and, really usefully, an example of a top level answer.
My students found this really helpful- I hope yours do too!
If you like this resource, please do leave a review and have a look at my TES shop MsLarkinsResources.
Thank you!
Eduqas Unseen Poetry GCSE
A really clear 30 slide powerpoint that takes students step-by-step through the unseen poetry questions of the Eduqas exam board. It uses two lovely, accessible poems that deal with ideas of grief and death.
The first half of the powerpoint tackles the single poem using ‘Do Not Stand by My Grave and Weep’ by Mary Elizabeth Frye and includes a sample top mark answer.
The second half then helps students develop the skills to compare the poems, using ‘Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night’ by Dylan Thomas. Again, there is a sample top mark answer.
I have used this powerpoint many times with my students and it works really well.
With a little adaptation (just cutting down the sample comparison answer), it can easily be used for the AQA unseen poetry question.
Poems not included but easily available with an online search.
Romeo and Juliet: extract question for Edexcel GCSE
A super clear powerpoint which takes a class through the stages of tackling an extract question.
The extract is the Prince’s first speech. There are plenty of opportunities for short, focused activities by the students and also a ‘moving up the bands’ illustration of how to analyse language closely. It finishes with a complete model answer at grade 9 standard.
This is suitable for the Edexcel exam board but can be adapted for other exam boards.
Romeo and Juliet extract question: Eduqas GCSE
A super clear powerpoint which takes a class through the stages of tackling an extract question.
The extract is the Prince’s first speech. There are plenty of opportunities for short, focused activities by the students and also a ‘moving up the bands’ illustration of how to analyse language closely. It finishes with a complete model answer.
This is suitable for the Eduqas exam board but can be adapted for other exam boards.
AQA Poetry Anthology: full revision lesson on theme of identity with lots of guided writing
A super clear, colourful 42 slide powerpoint that covers a comparison of ‘Checking Out Me History’ with ‘Tissue’.
There are plenty of opportunities for students to work individually, in pairs or small groups, depending on the class dynamics. There are sample answers for all tasks and engaging activities which help students improve their skills. There is a model answer at the end.
There are also two planning exercises where the students use the same points for ‘Checking Out Me History’ to compare to ‘Remains’. Students find this very useful.
This lesson takes 1-2 hours, depending on how much writing you ask the students to complete.
My students have found it engaging and really helpful. I hope yours do too!
Romeo: a tragic hero. Revision lesson with essay and full sample answer (AQA/OCR)
A super clear, colourful 50 slide powerpoint that covers the character of Romeo as a tragic hero in ‘Romeo and Juliet’.
There are plenty of opportunities for students to work individually, in pairs or small groups, depending on the class dynamics. There are sample answers for all tasks and engaging activities which help students improve their skills.
There is an essay question at the end with structured guidance to help the students annotate an extract and plan an answer. There are guided writing tasks as well to support students.
There is a full sample answer at the end.
This lesson takes 1-2 hours, depending on how much writing you ask the students to complete.
My students have found it engaging and really helpful. I hope yours do too!
If you find it useful, please do leave a review and have a look at other lessons and activities in my shop.
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An Inspector Calls: thorough revision lessons for the characters
This is a bundle of 6 powerpoints which thoroughly cover the characters in ‘An Inspector Calls.’
There is one powerpoint for each character. They are all super clear and colourful, each one consisting of at least 40 slides that guides the class through the characters from the start to the end of the play.
There are lots of activities for the students which can be completed as a class, in groups/ pairs or individually. There are answers on separate slides to all questions/activities.
Use of short key quotations allow plenty of opportunities for students to closely analyse language.
Additionally, there are also some ideas for top-level context and exploring the text in different ways which helps students reach the highest grades.
Each lesson finishes with two essay questions so teachers can choose the one they need to teach according to their exam board.
One is an essay question which follows the format of AQA and Edexcel. There is a full top level answer as well for students to read.
One is with an extract-based exam paper suitable for Eduqas students. This includes detailed slides showing how to annotate, how to plan and, really usefully, an example of a top level answer.
So in total, there are 6 lessons and 6 sample essays. Depending on how much you want students to write, these 6 powerpoints will take 6-12 hours in the classroom
My students found these really helpful- I hope yours do too!
If you like this resource, please do leave a review and have a look at my TES shop MsLarkinsResources.
Thank you!
Ms Larkin’s Resources
Poetry Lesson: 'Blessing' and 'Living Space'
A super clear, colourful 38 slide powerpoint that explores the poems ‘Blessing’ and ‘Living Space’ and brings them together at the end to start comparing.
Although these poems are on various GCSE specifications, I have delivered this lesson to KS3 students very successfully.
There are plenty of opportunities for students to work individually, in pairs or small groups, depending on the class dynamics. There are sample answers for most tasks and engaging activities which help students improve their skills.
This lesson takes 1-2 hours, depending on how much writing you ask the students to complete.
My students have found it engaging and really helpful. I hope yours do too!
Poetry Lesson: My Last Duchess
A super clear, colourful 46 slide powerpoint that explores the poem ‘My Last Duchess’.
Although this poem is on various GCSE specifications, I have delivered this lesson to KS3 students very successfully.
There are plenty of opportunities for students to work individually, in pairs or small groups, depending on the class dynamics. There are sample answers for most tasks and engaging activities which help students improve their skills.
This lesson takes 1-2 hours, depending on how much writing you ask the students to complete.
My students have found it engaging and really helpful. I hope yours do too!
Edexcel GCSE Time and Place Poetry: Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan/Hurricane Hits England
Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan by Monica Alvi and Hurricane Hits England by Grace Nichols
This is a colourful document in the form of a super clear grid that shows students how to compare the poems.
5-6 short key quotations from each poem
high-end language analysis
context fully covered
tight comparison
It is really useful for effective revision. I created this for a student who went on to get a grade 9 just using this (and others I have made- see bundle) as her revision aid.
Edexcel GCSE Time and Place Poetry: I started early- took my dog/ Stewart Island
I started early-took my dog by Emily Dickinson and Stewart Island by Fleur Adcock
This is a colourful document in the form of a super clear grid that shows students how to compare the poems.
5-6 short key quotations from each poem
high-end language analysis
context fully covered
tight comparison
It is really useful for effective revision. I created this for a student who went on to get a grade 9 just using this (and others I have made- see bundle) as her revision aid.
Edexcel GCSE Time and Place: In Romney Marsh/ Nothing's Changed
In Romney Marsh - John Davidson and Nothing’s Changed - Tatamkhulu Afrika
This is a colourful document in the form of a super clear grid that shows students how to compare the poems.
5-6 short key quotations from each poem
high-end language analysis
context fully covered
tight comparison
It is really useful for effective revision. I created this for a student who went on to get a grade 9 just using this (and others I have made- see bundle) as her revision aid.
Edexcel GCSE Time and Place Poetry: London/ Composed on Westminster Bridge
London by William Blake and Composed on Westminster Bridge September 3, 1802 by William Wordsworth
This is a colourful document in the form of a super clear grid that shows students how to compare the poems.
5-6 short key quotations from each poem
high-end language analysis
context fully covered
tight comparison
It is really useful for effective revision. I created this for a student who went on to get a grade 9 just using this (and others I have made- see bundle) as her revision aid.
Edexcel GCSE Time and Place Poetry: Where the Picnic Was/Absence
Where the Picnic Was by Thomas Hardy and Absence by Elizabeth Jennings
This is a colourful document in the form of a super clear grid that shows students how to compare the poems.
5-6 short key quotations from each poem
high-end language analysis
context fully covered
tight comparison
It is really useful for effective revision. I created this for a student who went on to get a grade 9 just using this (and others I have made- see bundle) as her revision aid.
AQA Poetry Conflict and Power: War Poems
A super clear, colourful 47 slide powerpoint that covers a comparison of ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’ with ‘Exposure’.
There are plenty of opportunities for students to work individually, in pairs or small groups, depending on the class dynamics. There are sample answers for all tasks and engaging activities which help students improve their skills.
There are also two planning exercises where the students use the same points for ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’ and 'Exposure to compare to ‘Bayonet Charge’ and ‘Remains’. Students find this very useful.
There is a full sample answer at the end.
This lesson takes 1-3 hours, depending on how much writing you ask the students to complete.
My students have found it engaging and really helpful. I hope yours do too!