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I am a secondary school English teacher with a BA in English Language and Literature, and an MA in English Literature with a speciality in poetry. I create classroom display resources, English teaching tools and revision material.
Thank you for visiting my shop!
I am a secondary school English teacher with a BA in English Language and Literature, and an MA in English Literature with a speciality in poetry. I create classroom display resources, English teaching tools and revision material.
I used this lesson to revise with my GCSE pupils in preparation for the exam. It includes:
- Discussion of the role of these characters in the play
- List of key moments for each character and related activities
- Key vocab words to describe character relationships
- Opportunities for pupils to plan and predict questions featuring these characters
These fully editable revision worksheets invite students to consolidate their knowledge on:
Each act and scene of the play
Their top five moments for each act
Key actions and quotations for each character at various points in the play
Key themes
Key methods
They make a great activity within the scheme of learning, for cover lessons, or for revision.
Prints A3.
20 important quotations from Macbeth on my custom-painted watercolour background. File is PDF format for your convenience: adjust your printer settings to '2 pages per sheet' to get these posters in postcard size.
-Please note: there are similar prints like this available in my store for 'Blood Brothers' and 'A Christmas Carol', if you happen to be teaching these texts like me!
This lesson focuses on how Mrs Johnstone is presented at the start of the play, using the Marilyn Monroe song for close analysis. Students are encouraged to think of Marilyn Monroe as a motif, and to consider other motifs in the play. A tracker is included for students to add to as they read.
Included in this bundle are three fully editable resources:
- My best selling Blood Brothers knowledge/organiser, revision mat, which consolidates quotes, plot summary, key vocabulary, context, themes, and more into an A3 or A4 document (your choice!). Originally created with AQA in mind, this will work for other exam reports.
- Two A3 revision worksheets that allow pupils to demonstrate their knowledge of characters, songs, quotes and plot moments from the play.
- An A4 double-sided document that shows the each of the main characters’ key moments in the play and their associated songs (includes Sammy and Linda)
-Plot sequence in chronological order and mixed up to be used as a sort activity
All of these resources are available separately in my shop, but buy them together in this bundle and you will save 50%!
This full size display shows students the steps they need to take in order to write an effective English Literature essay at GCSE level. Simply print onto coloured paper and arrange in your classroom.
The resource includes:
- All signage for the display, including titles and the steps for writing an essay
- 'Top tips' sheets which can be filled out by students or the teacher
- A5 printable version of the display that can be given to students to refer to (can also be bought separately - see my store for details).
- A photograph of the completed display that can be used to help with arrangement or inspiration
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This display is a famiy tree of for form, structure and language. It has really helped my GCSE pupils understand how the elements of writing are linked and they refer to it frequently. Simply print onto coloured paper and use the map to position your display.
The file includes
- Close up, zoomable image of the display
- Map of the display
- All of the labels in an uneditable version and editable version, in sections so you can simply load up your printer with coloured paper and the 'families' will print together e.g. all of the punctuation words will be together, all of the forms etc.
- Blank templates so you can add your own words
- The title cards
PLEASE NOTE: I used washi tape to create the lines connecting my labels so you will need this or something similar (such as masking tape) to do this.
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This A4 sheet provides an overview of the requirements of AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 including marks, AOs assessed, question types and time management suggestions, as well as:
- Instructions for differentiating between structure and language, and how to tackle the different questions relating them
- How to plan answers for the writing components of the exam
Hope you find it hepful!
This bundle contains all the Blood Brothers resources in my TES store, including:
- A complete scheme of work covering the whole play.
- All of my standalone lessons, which can be incorporated into any scheme of work.
- Display posters and postcards featuring key character quotations on my custom watercolour background.
- Revision resources, including a knowledge organiser, character timelines, and plot sequencing activity.
You save 56% by buying all of these resources together!
This is a complete set of 14 lessons on ‘Blood Brothers’, designed for KS4 students preparing for AQA English Literature. The lessons are broken down by song so no matter which version of the text you have copies of, it should be easy to follow. It covers the whole play and I used these lessons as an accompaniment to reading the text for the first time.
Also included in this set is a copy of my best-selling Blood Brothers knowledge organiser, which is a great revision tool and can be used for setting homework. In addition to this, I have included my consolidation sheets for Act 1 and Act 2, which make a great independent revision activity.
Please take a look in my TES store for other Blood Brothers resources and additional standalone lessons on key topics from the play.
NOTE: this resource is different to my mega bundle - the mega bundle contains posters and standalone revision lessons as well.
20 important quotations from 'A Christmas Carol' on my custom-painted watercolour background. File is PDF format for your convenience: adjust your printer settings to '2 pages per sheet' to get these posters in postcard size.
-Please note: there are similar prints like this available in my store for 'Blood Brothers', AQA 'Power and Conflict' poetry and 'Macbeth', if you happen to be teaching these texts like me!
15 posters on my custom-painted watercolour background. Each poster contains the title of the poem from the AQA 'Power and Conflict' anthology, the poet, and a selection of key quotes from that poem. File is PDF format for your convenience: adjust your printer settings to '2 pages per sheet' to get these posters in postcard size.
-Please note: there are similar prints like this available in my store for 'Macebth', 'Blood Brothers' and 'A Christmas Carol', if you happen to be teaching these texts like me!
Key quotes for a variety of important characters in 'Blood Brothers', on my custom watercolour background. These posters aim to show the development of characters throughout the play, and act as a quick guide for students to refer to when writing and revising.
Key quotes for a variety of important characters in 'A Christmas Carol', on my custom watercolour background. These posters aim to show the development of characters throughout the novel, and act as a quick guide for students to refer to when writing and revising.
This lesson focuses on getting students to form opinions of Mrs Lyons at the start of the play, and introducing them to the concepts of hero, antihero and villain. Students find evidence for their opinions in the text, and are exposed to sophisticated vocabulary to describe Mrs Lyons as they read.
A PowerPoint presentation and Word worksheet that recaps key moments in Act 4 of Macbeth. The lesson includes:
- Summarising task and comprehension tasks for key moments.
- Key moments that are condensed, sequenced and extracted (can easily be printed for pupils).
- Tasks asking students to link to themes, evaluate the importance of themes, depict the act and explain key quotations.
- Consolidation worksheet for students to complete in class or as homework revision.
I have used this resource with my KS4 students to revise for AQA English Literature, Paper 1. We spent several lessons going through this presentation in detail, but it can also be skimmed through at a quicker pace if you have less time.
A full lesson on the significance and purpose of the narrator in the 'Blood Brothers'. Includes:
- The use of staging and what this suggests about the character
- Skimming and scanning activities to track the narrator through the text
- Discussion of why the narrator is presented as he is
- Links to GCSE Language Paper 1 (AQA) with an opinion question in the style of question 4.
A fully editable knowledge organiser on Shakespeare's 'Macbeth', suitable for AQA English Literature revision. A4 size. Resource contains:
- Plot summary by act with key moments in bold
- Character list
- Contextual information
- Key techniques used by the author
- Key Quotations
- High-level vocabulary that can be used to describe the main characters/ act as topic sentence starters
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A list of the key events in 'Macbeth', in chronological order. I have also included a mixed up version of the plot which I used with my class for revision in case this is helpful to anyone.
Simply play the powerpoint and these key quotations will cycle rapidly until you click your mouse. Ask students to name who said the quote, what it's about, and when in the novel it occurs. Great as a quickfire starter to check pupil knowledge.
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