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An Inspector Calls themes: Responsibility
A lesson exploring the theme of responsibility in An Inspector Calls, focusing on key quotations and language analysis. Useful as a revision lesson or review of the key themes in the text.
Romeo and Juliet Context Booklet and Activities
A booklet and accompanying activities to assist with the teaching of social/political/historical context in Romeo and Juliet.
Aimed at KS4 all abilities. Ideal as a revision/homework resource but can be completed in class.
Romeo and Juliet: Essay Skills and Exam Practice
A series of 5 lessons designed to help students plan and write exam responses for the AQA GCSE Romeo and Juliet question on English Literature Paper 1.
Includes:
Writing templates and essay planning sheets
Past Paper questions
Guidance on how to write thesis statements
Successful sample responses
An Inspector Calls: The Opening Stage Directions
Two lessons examining the opening stage directions of An Inspector Calls in detail, considering:
Priestley’s use of dramatic devices
Close language analysis of how the Birling family are presented at the beginning of the play.
Consideration of social and historical context
Students guided to write an exam-style response with success criteria and model response
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AQA Power and Conflict Poetry Comparison Bundle
A series of full lessons and photocopiable resources with a guide designed specifically to compare poems for the GCSE AQA Power and Conflict exam.
Includes comparison lessons on:
Exposure and Bayonet Charge
Storm on the Island and The Prelude
Ozymandias and My Last Duchess
Remains and Poppies
Tissue and The Emigree
Kamikaze and Charge of the Light Brigade
London and Ozymandias
An Inspector Calls themes: Inequality
A lesson exploring the theme of inequality in An Inspector Calls, focusing on key quotations and language analysis. Useful as a revision lesson or review of the key themes in the text.
Romeo and Juliet: Fate
A lesson exploring the theme of fate in Romeo and Juliet, focusing in particular on the Prologue and Act 1 Scene 4.
Photocopiable resources included.
Journey's End full SOW
A 15 lesson SOW on R.C. Sherriff’s Journey’s End, guiding students through the play with an exploration of:
Character
Theme
Context
Language Analysis
Photocopiable resources included
Romeo and Juliet: the Prince's final speech/ the ending
A worksheet analysing the final lines of the play spoken by the Prince and their significance.
AQA GCSE Spoken Language preparation
Four lessons to launch and help prepare students for the AQA GCSE Spoken Language component of their exam.
Lesson 1 focuses on exam guidelines and reviewing persuasive techniques
Lesson 2 studies a speech and how these techniques are used effectively
Lesson 3 focuses on rhetoric, using Ethos, Logos and Pathos
Lesson 4 goes through how to structure a speech
Limbo by Edward Kamu Brathwaite
Two lessons studying the poem ‘Limbo’ by Edward Kamu Brathwaite.
Lesson 1 focuses on context and studies an account of life aboard an African slave ship
Lesson 2 focuses on a close reading of the poem and language analysis
Romeo and Juliet Act 2 Scene 2
Two lessons on Act 2 Scene 2 of Romeo and Juliet.
The first lesson looks at Romeo’s soliloquy and explores how far he is presented as a hopeless romantic
The second focus on how Shakespeare uses language to present Juliet’s feelings
Photocopiable resources included.
Comparing poems: Ozymandias and My Last Duchess
Two lessons inviting pupils to draw comparisons between Ozymandias and My Last Duchess from the AQA Power and Conflict cluster and write their own comparative responses, with worksheets provided.
Comparing Kamikaze and The Charge of the Light Brigade
A lesson inviting pupils to draw comparisons between Kamikaze and The Charge of the Light Brigade from the AQA Power and Conflict poetry cluster and write their own comparative responses, with worksheets provided.
AQA English Language Paper 1 walkthrough (Nov. 2021)
A series of lessons guiding students through English Language Paper 1, Sections A and B, using the November 2021 paper.
Lessons include:
Practice tasks and planning
Insert and Questions
Mark schemes
Model Responses for Qs 1-4
Strategies and Success Criteria for each question
Timings
A Christmas Carol Stave 2: Scrooge's Childhood
A lesson exploring how Dickens uses language to present Scrooge’s childhood and how this might affect the reader’s attitude towards the character of Scrooge.
An Inspector Calls: Old and Young
A lesson exploring the differences between the older and younger generation in An Inspector Calls, focusing on key quotations and language analysis. Useful as a revision lesson or review of the key themes in the text.
A Christmas Carol: Fezziwig
A worksheet aimed at developing students’ vocabulary, exploring some of the word choices used to describe Fezziwig. Ideal as a homework/supplementary resource.
Power and Conflict exam question guide
A brief guide on how to approach answering the Power and Conflict question on the AQA Literature Paper 2, with key information and examples.
Benvolio and Tybalt: Act 1 Scene 1
A worksheet exploring how the characters of Benvolio and Tybalt are presented in Act 1 Scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet, particularly their attitudes towards violence, with focus on AO2 language analysis.