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!
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!
A super clear powerpoint which takes a class through the stages of tackling an extract question.
The extract is from Act 3 scene 5 where the nurse advises Juliet to marry Paris. There are plenty of opportunities for short, focused activities by the students and also a ‘moving up the levels’ 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.
A super clear powerpoint which takes a class through the stages of tackling an extract question.
The extract is from Act 3 scene 5 when the nurse advises Juliet to marry Paris. 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.
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!
An engaging, super clear 51 slide powerpoint which takes a class through the presentation of women in ‘Macbeth’, using key quotations which are then used to tackle an exploding extract question.
There are plenty of opportunities for short, focused activities by the students with slides giving answers for all activities. The lesson finishes with an exam question and guided activities to help students plan and then write their answers.
A full model answer is also included.
The lesson works best as revision. It takes between 1 and 2 hours, depending on how much writing the students complete.
This is suitable for the AQA and OCR exam boards but can easily be adapted for other exam boards.
The new AQA Worlds and Lives cluster is a fantastic collection of poems but there are limited resources for students to access for revision.
This will help! In this pack are two full sets of notes for each poem- one at grade 5 standard (30 pages) and one at grade 9 standard (39 pages)
Each one has
5-6 short key quotations from each poem
high-end language analysis
exploration of the writers’ themes and messages
context fully covered
structure and form fully covered
Lots of images are used to help students remember the quotations.
They are really useful for effective revision.
My students are really pleased to have them- I hope yours find them useful too.
This bundle is a series of documents in the form of super clear grids that shows students how to compare ALL the poems from the Edexcel GCSE Time and Place cluster.
5-6 short key quotations from each poem
high-end language analysis
context fully covered
tight comparison
They are really useful for effective revision. I created these for a student who went on to get a grade 9 just using these grids as her revision aids.
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
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
This is a bundle of 12 powerpoints which thoroughly cover the characters and themes in ‘An Inspector Calls.’
Each powerpoint covers a theme or a character. They are all super clear and colourful, each one consisting of at least 40 slides that guides the class through the characters and 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 12 lessons and 12 sample essays. Depending on how much you want students to write, these 12 powerpoints will take 12-24 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