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An Inspector Calls Visual Revision Guide
This “Bundle” is a highly visual revision resource for all students who are studying J.B. Priestley’s An Inspector Calls.
Each section is divided and separated by alternative designs. This makes this resource perfect for visual learners and also students who are revising key information for their forthcoming GCSE examinations.
This resource is perfect as a revision aid for both students and teachers and comes in both PDF format for printing and Power-point for presentation for classwork and revision.
The sections are divided into the following sections:
Key Character Quotes
Plot: Act One
Plot: Act Two
Plot: Act Three
Timeline: Family Celebrations plus key quotes
Timeline: The Inspector Arrives plus key quotes
Timeline: Mr Birling refuses to accept responsibility plus key quotes
Timeline: Sheila accepts responsibility plus key quotes
Timeline: Gerald refuses to accept responsibility plus key quotes
Timeline: Mrs Birling refuses to accept responsibility plus key quotes
Timeline: Eric accepts responsibility plus key quotes
Timeline: The Inspector’s final speech plus key quotes
Context: J.B. Priestley
Context: Early 20th Century
Context: Victorian Influences
Context: The class system in 1912
Context: The class system in 1945
Theatrical Stagecraft and dramatic devices
Form
Structure
Themes: Social Responsibility - key quotes
Themes: Generational Divide - key quotes
Themes: Gender - key quotes
Themes: Class - key quotes
This resource is perfect as a revision aid for both students and teachers and comes in both PDF format for printing and Power-point for presentation for classwork and revision.
Soliloquy - What is it?
A complete lesson on what the soliloquy reveals and how writer’s, specifically Shakespeare, use it as a dramatic form.
No other resources are needed - except student’s English books!
This lesson is excellent for Key Stage 3 and 4 students who are studying Shakespeare or drama and there is plenty of opportunity for students to practice their speaking and listening skills as well as their writing skills. This lesson also works well with SEN students because teachers can adapt the lesson towards more towards speaking and listening participation.
This is a standalone lesson but would fit well into any SOW that is focused on Shakespeare. This makes it perfect for NQTs; cover teachers; supply teachers; and of course English and drama teachers!
The Power Point covers:
What is a soliloquy?
The purpose of a soliloquy
Written Task One: Write your own internal thoughts
What a soliloquy reveals
Shakespeare
Soliloquy in action!
Written Task Two: List what a soliloquy can reveal
Plenary
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A Christmas Carol Knowledge Organiser
A colour coded one page knowledge organiser on A Christmas Carol - perfect for visual learners!
This is a perfect prompt for students and an excellent revision aid for students studying at Key Stages 3 and 4.
The revision aid covers:
Plot
Key Themes
Character summaries
Key quotes
Form and structural features
Context
Key vocabulary
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Romeo and Juliet: Key Quotes
A visually appealing, colour coded revision resource covering all of the key quotes for the characters in Romeo and Juliet.
This five paged resource covers the key quotes for:
Romeo
Juliet
Nurse
Friar Laurence
Lord Capulet
Lady Capulet
Tybalt
Lord Montague
Prince of Verona
Mercutio
Benvolio
All quotes are colour coded, referenced and contextualised to support students who are learning their quotes. It also helps them to formulate their PEEL paragraphs.
Perfect as a standalone revision resource to support student’s revision at home or in school. As well as a support within the lessons whilst perfecting character analysis.
Macbeth Colour Coded Knowledge Organiser
A one page colour coded knowledge organiser on Macbeth. A perfect revision tool for all GCSE students. Aimed at AQA learners but it can also be used for all examination boards. Each section is colour coded, which makes it perfect for visual learners.
Sections are divided as follows:
Synopsis: Overview of the plot broken down into acts
Shakespeare’s methods
Language: Symbolism; light and dark imagery; blood motif
Structure: Rhyme; order of ideas; foil
Form: Soliloquy; dramatic irony; hamartia; blank verse; prose
Characters
Context: Witchcraft; patriarchal society; divine right of kings; great chain of being
Key Themes and key quote: Appearance Vs Reality; violence; supernatural; ambition; femininity; deception; guilt; evil; regret
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Tutor Time Activity: Identify the Food Types
A colourful 8 slide Power Point of various landscapes and images - all made up of food. Students have to identify as many food types as they can. One slide will occupy students for the whole of Tutor Time.
A perfect resource for Tutor Time; assembly; lesson warm-up activity ; ice-breaker; speaking and listening work and team work.
An easy activity which is highly visual and students love it. Perfect for all learners!
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Charge of the Light Brigade Revision Lesson
A complete revision lesson on Alfred Lord Tennyson’s Charge of the Light Brigade from AQA’s Power and Conflict cluster.
Ideal for students who are studying the poem at Key Stage 3 or 4.
The lesson covers:
Context
Structure
Form
Complete annotation of each stanza
Language Notes
Biblical Allusions
Tone
Macbeth Revision: Context (AO3)
A dyslexic friendly 45 slide Power Point covering the social, historical and literary background of Macbeth.
A thorough and detailed GCSE revision resource that can be spread over several lessons or, alternatively, over one intense lesson before an assessment, mock examination or perfect for the real thing!
The Power Point covers:
What context is
Synopsis of Macbeth
Genre
Catharsis
Setting
Pathetic Fallacy
William Shakespeare
Soliloquy
Popularity
Shakespeare wrote for the monarch
King James l
17th Century
Patriarchal Society
Succession and Order
Animals react to the disorder
The real Macbeth
Who should have authority?
Disturbing the natural order
The Divine Right
Going against God
Witchcraft and King James
The impact of witchcraft
Society’s fears
Witches tended to be women
Religion
The threat of assassination
Punishment for treason
Can you spot a witch?
Recap!
Also included:
There are additional notes which makes this resources ideal for NQTs and supply teachers, as well as teachers delivering or revising context.
Two comprehension worksheets complete with answers (5 Pages)
Macbeth glossary (3 Pages)
Visual time line of Shakespeare’s plays complete with relevant historical events (1 Page)
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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Revision Lesson on Key Themes
Revision lesson for GCSE students studying Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and it is appropriate for all examination boards.
A 20 slide Power Point covering all the main themes followed by questions on each theme for students to consider.
This lesson works well as a stand alone session - so perfect for cover teachers, supply teachers or NQTs. Equally, it is an excellent revision lesson before any assessment, mock exam or - the real thing!
Contents:
Good Vs Evil
Questions About Good Vs Evil
Violence
Questions About Violence
Repression
Questions About Repression
Religion
Questions About Religion
Friendship
Questions About Friendship
Women and Femininity
Questions about Women and Femininity
Appearances
Questions About Appearances
Curiosity
Questions About Curiosity
Lies and Deceit
Questions About Lies and Deceit
Violence
Questions About Violence
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An Inspector Calls Colour Colour Coded Knowledge Organiser
A two page colour coded knowledge organiser on: An Inspector Calls.
A perfect revision tool for all GCSE students. Aimed at AQA learners but it can also be used for all examination boards. Each section is colour coded, which makes it perfect for visual learners!
Sections are divided as follows:
Synopsis
Character Breakdown and key traits
Themes: Social Responsibility, Age, Class, Gender, Capitalism/Socialism, Workers Rights and Hypocrisy
Subject Terminology: Allegory, foreshadowing, pathos, hubris, dramatic irony, Ouspenky’s Theory of Time, cyclical narrative
Context: Worker’s rights, 1912, 1945, Socialism, Capitalism, class
Dramatic Devices: Setting, lighting, dramatic irony, morality play, characterisation
Key Quotes for each character
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Frankenstein Context Lesson Plan
An extremely thorough 23 slide dyslexic friendly lesson plan covering the context for Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.
The resource can be used over two or three sessions and gives learners plenty of opportunity for further research.
The resource is ideal for learners studying Frankenstein at Key Stages 3 and 4.
The resource covers:
Mary Shelley
Mary Wollstonecraft
William Godwin
Percy Shelley
Autobiographical Links
The Age of Enlightenment
The Romantic Movement
Scientific Discovery
Galvanism
Social Unrest
Gender
Paradise Lost
Prometheus Myth
The Gothic Genre
Science Fiction
Revision: How to Write an Effective Description
This is a complete lesson plan on how to write effective descriptive writing. The focus is to help prepare students for any assessments in creative writing.
This session plan is appropriate to use with students studying at both Key Stages 3 and 4. No other resources are necessary except for students’ own books.
The lesson is compiled of 8 separate slides and are divided as follows:
The eight elements that make descriptive writing effective.
Writing task based on an image.
How to plan a piece of descriptive writing.
Look at an example of descriptive writing.
Writing task based on a different image.
Plenary: Recap the eight ingredients required for descriptive writing.
If students are less confident with: sentence structure; using effective punctuation; figurative language; sentence openers; whole text structure; applying ambitious vocabulary; using the senses in writing - then the session plan could be used over two or three lessons.
A great visually appealing session plan that students really enjoy!
Sonnet - What is it?
This lesson plan is a must for all students who are studying Shakespeare and are trying to get to grips with the sonnet structure.
This is perfect for students studying at Key Stages 3 or 4.
This is an interactive and fun session making the structure of the sonnet less intimidating. The session helps student’s understand Shakespeare’s writing by applying his sonnet structure to their own sonnets.
There are additional foot notes for teachers on: meter; iambic measure, the iambic pentameter and the structure of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18.
The lesson comprises of 12 slides divided into the following sections:
What is a sonnet?
Revise figurative language techniques
Compile a list of your “Top Ten” techniques
Structure of a sonnet
Revise meter
Revise iambic measure
Iambic pentameter
What’s Your Problem?
Explore Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18
Write your own sonnet
Plenary: Devise three more problems
Figurative Language Lesson
This is a standalone lesson complete with fun activities that students engage with and enjoy!
Perfect for newer teachers or supply as no preparation or resources are required - except for children’s English exercise books!
A perfect lesson for children studying at Key Stage 3 or 4 and for those learners that really find inference reading analysis tricky.
The lesson is broken down into:
Ice-breaker: Language riddles
What is figurative language?
Figurative Language can do different things
Types of figurative language:
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Idioms
Spot the language device
Idiomatic expressions an their meanings
Humorous hyperbole
Plenary and recap
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Revision Lesson On A Christmas Carol
Are you ready for a fun and exhilarating end to Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol?
Then look no further than our highly engaging “A Christmas Carol Quiz” - tailor-made for students who have completed studying the text in Years 10 and 11!
This is a standalone lesson and is perfect for pre-examination revision; a Christmas Quiz; or consolidation of knowledge. This captivating quiz consists of eight rounds of questions based on Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol which will keep pupils in high spirits as the module concludes.
Perfect for NCT or supply teachers or the more experienced teachers who wish to use it as the basis for speaking and listening and discussion activities.
This resource is for students studying the text at GCSE or Key Stage 3. Each round comprises of 10 questions and are separated into the following sections:
Round 1: Stave 1
Round 2: Stave 2
Round 3: Stave 3
Round 4: Stave 4
Round 5: Stave 5
Round 6: Context
Round 7: Who Said…
Round 8: Define the Words
Each round is then followed by the answers.
This is a fun and interactive lesson which students really enjoy!
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