A way of preparing lower ability students for an 'Explode the Extract' style question in line with the EDUQAS/WJEC exam board. Pupils will be provided with an A3 timeline that they work on for the duration of the lesson. This will allow them to simultaneously recap on the novella and create a handy revision aid in an independent manner. Worked perfectly for a lower ability year 10 group in the run up to the Christmas holidays and could work equally as well after the break to re-jog memories! Could also be set as homework or revision or work perfectly for a cover lesson.

A lesson focusing on the EDUQAS/WJEC spec where pupils are expected to discuss an extract from A Christmas Carol before 'exploding' it by linking to other parts of the text. This lesson has worked particularly well with a low ability year 10 group to chunk the various stage of approaching the question - forming points based upon the extract, selecting and retrieving evidence and linking to other parts of the novella. The introduction and a modelled paragraph for a response are also included and are a perfect way to extend the lesson over two or provide some assistance with revision.

This lesson is perfect to consolidate pupils' understanding of the text after they have completed their reading of the entire novella. Pupils are challenged to create an open question to ask Scrooge. They then have to answer a selection of questions from Scrooge's perspective at the start and end of the novella. There are examples of responses students should be aiming for further inspiration!

A lesson that encourages pupils to create their own quotation revision guide following the EDUQAS/WJEC closed book specifications. There are a variety of quotations taken from the text for quick fire starters.

This lesson focuses on a scene from stave 3 where the Ghost of Christmas Present introduces Scrooge to the entire Cratchit family. Pupils are encouraged to consider their own associations with Christmas, complete a quick fire round of questions that can be used in a speed dating fashion before empathising with one of the Cratchits by completing a diary entry from their perspective.

A lesson focussing on the EDUQAS/WJEC spec where pupils are expected to discuss an extract from A Christmas Carol before 'exploding' it by linking to other parts of the text. This lesson has worked particularly well with a low ability year 10 group to chunk the various stage of approaching the question - forming points based upon the extract, selecting and retrieving evidence and linking to other parts of the novella.

Inspire by Bloom's Taxonomy! A handy pupil friendly Bloom's Taxonomy guide is included to help pupils develop their questioning and can easily be adapted to any section of the text or even another text altogether! I've used this lesson format on a number of different texts and it works every time, saving teacher input and also cutting marking by allowing pupils to respond to their peers' questions!

This lesson focuses on the transition between stave 4 and stave 5. Its main focus is how Scrooge has transformed as a character. Pupils are encouraged to consider the entire text and how they might adjust it for the starter, there is a suggestion of how to select readers using raffle tickets, before pupils are asked to engage in a 'snowball' activity culminating in language analysis. This lesson worked particularly well with a low ability group of year 10s!

Analysis of all 18 poems from the WJEC poetry anthology. All AOs covered (content, language and structure and context) for each poem. Not all analysis is my own! I have put this onto Show My Homework for all my pupils to help with their revision. This has proven particularly helpful for pupils who may have been absent or are lacking confidence with some of the poems from the selection.

A recap lesson of the three AOs (content, language and structure and context) in relation to the theme of change in Afternoons by Philip Larkin and Death of a Naturalist by Seamus Heaney.

A recap lesson of the three AOs (content, language and structure and context) in relation to the theme of relationships in Cozy Apologia by Rita Dove and As Imperceptibly as Grief by Emily Dickinson.

A recap lesson of the three AOs (content, language and structure and context) in relation to the theme of nature in To Autumn by Joh Keats and The Prelude by William Wordsworth.

A recap lesson of the three AOs (content, language and structure and context) in relation to the theme of war in The Soldier by Rupert Brooke and A Wife in London by Thomas Hardy.

A recap lesson of the three AOs (content, language and structure and context) in relation to the theme of war in The Manhunt by Simon Armitage, Mametz Wood by Owen Sheers and Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen.