Fun, engaging and hassle-free resources for secondary English and Drama. Developed by a lead practitioner and AQA examiner, you can be sure all resources are geared towards the latest specifications.
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Fun, engaging and hassle-free resources for secondary English and Drama. Developed by a lead practitioner and AQA examiner, you can be sure all resources are geared towards the latest specifications.
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Everything you need to teach Act 1 Scene 2 of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. This is also available as part of a complete scheme of work whereby a considerable saving can be made; further details can be found here.
The lessons have been created specifically for teaching at GCSE level, and cover the key assessment objectives for AQA: understanding of the text, language and structure, context/themes/author intent (although equally applicable to other exam boards).
Differentiated outcomes and tasks allow you to reach all learners, although I would recommend the lessons specifically for middle to higher ability students. Throughout the scheme, students are encouraged to make notes and annotate the text, as this will be a valuable revision tool when preparing for exams.
Teacher notes are provided to help explain and guide you through all phases of the lesson, with a range of interesting and engaging tasks for you to choose from. Importantly, full analysis is provided for all the tasks set, to enable you to lead interesting and engaging discussions which will deepen the students’ appreciation of the text. Strictly speaking, there is probably a lot more here than you would fit into a 1 hour lesson, so you may wish to spread this over a couple of lessons, or perhaps be a little selective with the tasks you wish to do.
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Everything you need to teach Act 1 Scene 1 of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. This is also available as part of a complete bundle whereby a considerable saving can be made; further details can be found here.
The lessons have been created specifically for teaching at GCSE level, and cover the key assessment objectives for AQA: understanding of the text, language and structure, context/themes/author intent (although equally applicable to other exam boards).
Differentiated outcomes and tasks allow you to reach all learners, although I would recommend the lessons specifically for middle to higher ability students. Throughout the scheme, students are encouraged to make notes and annotate the text, as this will be a valuable revision tool when preparing for exams.
Teacher notes are provided to help explain and guide you through all phases of the lesson, with a range of interesting and engaging tasks for you to choose from. Importantly, full analysis is provided for all the tasks set, to enable you to lead interesting and engaging discussions which will deepen the students’ appreciation of the text. Strictly speaking, there is probably a lot more here than you would fit into a 1 hour lesson, so you may wish to spread this over a couple of lessons, or perhaps be a little selective with the tasks you wish to do.
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Have some fun this Halloween with this complete set of resources to teach an amazing one off Halloween spectacular!
Using the Gothic Horror genre and Halloween tradition as inspiration, students will undertake a range of exciting and engaging comprehension and creative writing activities.
The pack includes a series of worksheets which accompany the lesson PowerPoint. The lesson structure is as follows:
Halloween general knowledge quiz
Video exploring the traditions of halloween
Class discussion about how Halloween has influenced film and literature
Analysing Gothic creatures in extracts from classic literature (inference and language analysis)
Creative writing activity in which students create their own monster
Partners draw the monster based on the description given
Learning review and exit ticket
Fun, action packed lesson that your students will never forget. Ideal for Key stage 2 and 3. Extension tasks, scaffolding and differentiation built in. Ready to roll with no adaptation required. Please leave feedback if you enjoyed teaching the lesson! Buy in confidence from a TES recommended author.
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Here is the random drama improvisation generator! Who knows which direction your drama lesson will take this time!? 170 varied and exciting improvisation and devising scenarios that your students will love.
The generator is a bank of 170 stimulus items/scenarios which can be selected completely at random simply by clicking on one of the coloured buttons on the menu slide. Don’t like the scenario? Simply click the ‘back’ button and try again!
Students absolutely LOVE the generator, it promotes intrigue, curiosity and most of all creativity in your drama lessons. You may wish to use the generator to create a short scene as a starter, or dedicate a whole lesson to a more developed improvisation piece.
The ability to devise and improvise is an essential bedrock upon which practically all other drama skills are based. Therefore, training your students to respond to a range of random stimulus items is a sure fire way to make them stronger performers and students of drama generally.
This is ideal to use across all key stages and is a useful follow on to the ‘Complete Introduction to Drama’ unit available here
I have also used the generator to prepare students for the GCSE ‘Devising Drama’ unit for OCR.
Transform your drama lessons and turn each lesson into a mystery! Ready to roll with no adaptation needed. Potentially 170 lessons here!
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Hello! Here I have a workbook for devising a piece of drama from a stimulus. This would be ideal as both a 'dry run' for the OCR GCSE new specification 'devising drama' unit, or for a standalone unit at key stage 3.
In the booklet, students will:
- Respond to a stimulus image
- Come up with a range of concepts in relation to the image
- Storyboard their main idea
- Create character profiles for major characters
- Write a portion of a script for the performance
- Evaluating rehearsals
-Evaluating performances
-Engaging in a range of design work activities (such as set and costume designs)
Has proved popular with studnets (fun) and staff (low maintenance)
Feedback welcomed and appreciated!
The mother of all GCSE Animal Farm revision resources.! Huge range of (107 to be precise!) activities to fully prepare students for the new specification 9-1 GCSE exam. This is focused on George Orwell’s Animal Farm.
Each slide is a stand-alone activity designed to improve students’ awareness of character, plot, themes, key subject terminology, context, writer’s intentions and those all important quotes!
Many of the activities make ideal starters, and plenaries, whilst some of the more extensive tasks can take a whole lesson. Ideal in the run up to the exam!
I’ve tried to approach the text from lots of different angles to keep it feeling ‘fresh’ for you and your students. I created this with the AQA spec in mind but am sure it’s equally applicable to other exam boards.
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Huge range of revision activities based around J.B. Priestley’s An Inspector Calls. Fully prepare students for the AQA paper 2 English Literature 9-1 GCSE exam with this exciting and varied range of activities.
Each slide is a stand-alone activity designed to improve students’ awareness of character, plot, themes, key subject terminology, context, writer’s intentions and those all important quotes! The PowerPoint covers all the assessment objectives for all the major exam boards, but was created specifically with AQA in mind.
Many of the activities make ideal starters, and plenaries, whilst some of the more extensive tasks can take a whole lesson. Ideal in the run up to the exam!
I’ve tried to approach the text from lots of different angles to keep it feeling ‘fresh’ for you and your students. Many of the acitivites aim to stretch and challenge students, introducing them to new concepts and ideas I created this with the AQA spec in mind but am sure it’s equally applicable to other exam boards.
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Everything you need to prepare your students for the AQA English Language Paper 1 (creative texts) exam.
Full scheme of work for writing and mini-scheme for reading. Concise, skills focused sessions guaranteed to boost competency and confidence.
See individual resources for more information. Feedback welcomed and appreciated. Save big buying the bundle over individual resources.
150 sensational starters for English thrown in free of charge!
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An ideal solution to ensure your students can work from home independently and effectively in this critical run up to the exams.
Everything you could possibly want or need to teach and revise for Jekyll and Hyde as part of the 19th Century Texts component of the AQA English Literature GCSE exam. A complete scheme of work and plenty more besides! 60%+ saving through buying the bundled resources.
Further information on each of the resources can be found by clicking on their links. Here is a broad breakdown:
Comprehension booklets for all chapters for students to study and explore the text as they read (essentially a scheme of work). These booklets are a priceless teaching tool as they allow you to actively teach the novel, with students exploring key characters, themes, plot developments and context after every chapter. This is ideal as a low maintenance way of teaching the text, requiring little adaptation and allowing your students to explore the text independently. Also ideal for tutors/home schooling.
Revision guide is provided once they have finished or to return back to the text in the run up to the exam.
Exam practice and questions booklet is provided to further aid revision and exam strategy in the run up to the exam. Students become confident answering exam style questions from different points in the text.
Cue cards provided to enable your students to memorise key quotes and ideas.
Everything is ready to roll. Little to no adaptation required. If you like low maintenance teaching you will love this! Buy in confidence from a TES recommended author.
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Complete schemes of work for the writing sections of papers 1 and 2 of the English Language GCSE qualification. Concise, skills driven lessons to boost your student’s skills in a number of key areas.20+ hours worth of lesson content.
Everything you need to teach these papers is here. Fully resourced and ready to go. Additional freebies thrown in:
* 40 worksheets for papers 1 and 2 (writing tasks worded in the AQA language format with guidance)
* 150 sensational starters for English
Save big compared to buying these separately. 74% saving! Please see the individual resources for more information about them.
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This scheme of work equips your students with a range of skills to tackle the writing section of their English Language Paper 2 exam. Tailored to the latest 9-1 specifications.
All lessons are packed with fun and engaging activities, as well as being visually appealing. Each ‘lesson’ is packed with activities that are more likely to take a couple of lessons than just one.
Save big compared to buying these resources separately!
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Lesson 5 in this revision/skills building scheme of work around the writing section of the paper 2 examination.
This is a full lesson with a wide range of activities in order to develop and master this important aspect of argumentative and persuasive writing in preparation for the examination.
The lessons have been designed around (and make reference to) the AQA specification. However, I'm sure they are equally applicable to other specifications and exam boards.
Ready to roll, very little adaptation required. Ideal as a skills boost or revision session in the run up to the exams, or can be used as part of the wider scheme (available as a bundle).
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Lesson 4 in this revision/skills building scheme of work around the writing section of the paper 2 examination.
This is a full lesson with a wide range of activities in order to develop and master this important aspect of argumentative and persuasive writing in preparation for the examination.
The lessons have been designed around (and make reference to) the AQA specification. However, I'm sure they are equally applicable to other specifications and exam boards.
Ready to roll, very little adaptation required. Ideal as a skills boost or revision session in the run up to the exams, or can be used as part of the wider scheme (available as a bundle).
If you make a purchase and find the resource useful, why not get another one absolutely free? Simply leave a review for the resource purchased, email ireviewedajs@outlook.com with your TES username alongside a link to the resource you would like. Your free resource will then be sent over right away!
Lesson 3 in this revision/skills building scheme of work around the writing section of the paper 2 examination.
This is a full lesson with a wide range of activities in order to develop and master this important aspect of argumentative and persuasive writing in preparation for the examination.
The lessons have been designed around (and make reference to) the AQA specification. However, I'm sure they are equally applicable to other specifications and exam boards.
Ready to roll, very little adaptation required. Ideal as a skills boost or revision session in the run up to the exams, or can be used as part of the wider scheme (available as a bundle).
If you make a purchase and find the resource useful, why not get another one absolutely free? Simply leave a review for the resource purchased, email ireviewedajs@outlook.com with your TES username alongside a link to the resource you would like. Your free resource will then be sent over right away!
Lesson 2 in this revision/skills building scheme of work around the writing section of the paper 2 examination.
This is a full lesson with a wide range of activities in order to develop and master this important aspect of argumentative and persuasive writing in preparation for the examination.
The lessons have been designed around (and make reference to) the AQA specification. However, I'm sure they are equally applicable to other specifications and exam boards.
Ready to roll, very little adaptation required. Ideal as a skills boost or revision session in the run up to the exams, or can be used as part of the wider scheme (available as a bundle).
If you make a purchase and find the resource useful, why not get another one absolutely free? Simply leave a review for the resource purchased, email ireviewedajs@outlook.com with your TES username alongside a link to the resource you would like. Your free resource will then be sent over right away!
An ideal solution to ensure your students can work from home independently and effectively in this critical run up to the exams.
Here is the complete collection of comprehension booklets foe Robert Louis Stevenson’s ‘Jekyll and Hyde’.
Save a massive 60% compared to buying these resources separately!
7 action packed booklets full of an exciting range of activities. Each booklet will allow your students to master all the key assessment objectives for their AQA 9-1 English Literature exam (though equally useful for other exam boards). Here you have all you need to teach this important set text.
Would work as a scheme of work, independent study work or revision before the exam. See individual resources for further information.
Ready to go - no adaptation required. Feedback welcomed and appreciated!
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Developed specifically for the new AQA 9-1 GCSE English Literature specification (yet equally suitable for other examination boards), here is a detailed comprehension work book for Chapter 10 - ‘Henry Jekyll’s full statement of the case’ of Robert Louis Stevenson’s ‘Jekyll and Hyde’.
This is basically a mini scheme/unit of work in a booklet and would work brilliantly as either revision for your students, independent study work for cover, tutoring and home schooling or for students to actively read the text and consolidate their understanding as they read.
Huge range of comprehension questions exploring plot, character, themes, context and writer’s messages and intentions. Questions are in chronological order (in line with events from the text) so very easy to follow and is an ideal teaching tool to ensure students are actively reading and engaging with the text. Ideal preparation for the AQA English Literature qualification as all the Assessment Objectives are covered. Covers everything they need to know for the chapter really. Due to the challenging nature of the source text, I’d say this is more geared towards middle and higher ability students.
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Developed specifically for the new 9-1 AQA GCSE English Literature specification (yet equally suitable for other examination boards), here is a detailed comprehension work book for Chapter 9 - ‘Dr Lanyon’s Narrative’ of Robert Louis Stevenson’s ‘Jekyll and Hyde’.
This is basically a mini scheme/unit of work in a booklet and would work brilliantly as either revision for your students, independent study work for cover, tutoring and home schooling, or for students to actively read the text and consolidate their understanding as they read.
Huge range of comprehension questions exploring plot, character, themes, context and writer’s messages and intentions. Questions are in chronological order (in line with events from the text) so very easy to follow and is an ideal teaching tool to ensure students are actively reading and engaging with the text.
Ideal preparation for the AQA English Literature qualification as all the Assessment Objectives are covered. Covers everything they need to know for the chapter really. Due to the challenging nature of the source text, I’d say this is more geared towards middle and higher ability students.
Resource is absolutely ready to go!
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Developed specifically for the new AQA GCSE English Literature specification (yet equally suitable for other examination boards), here is a detailed comprehension work book for Chapters 7 and 8 - ‘Incident at the window’ and ‘The last night’ of Robert Louis Stevenson’s ‘Jekyll and Hyde’.
This is basically a mini scheme/unit of work in a booklet and would work brilliantly as either revision for your students, independent study work for cover, tutoring and home schooling, or for students to actively read the text and consolidate their understanding as they read.
Huge range of comprehension questions exploring plot, character, themes, context and writer’s messages and intentions. Questions are in chronological order (in line with events from the text) so very easy to follow and is an ideal teaching tool to ensure students are actively reading and engaging with the text. Ideal preparation for the AQA English Literature qualification as all the Assessment Objectives are covered. Covers everything they need to know for the chapter really. Due to the challenging nature of the source text, I’d say this is more geared towards middle and higher ability students.
Resource is absolutely ready to go!
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Developed specifically for the new AQA 9-1 GCSE English Literature specification (yet equally suitable for other examination boards), here is a detailed comprehension work book for Chapters 5 and 6 - ‘Incident of the letter’ and ‘The remarkable incident of Dr Lanyon’ of Robert Louis Stevenson’s ‘Jekyll and Hyde’.
This is basically a mini scheme/unit of work in a booklet and would work brilliantly as either revision for your students, independent study work for cover, tutoring and home schooling, or for students to actively read the text and consolidate their understanding as they read.
Huge range of comprehension questions exploring plot, character, themes, context and writer’s messages and intentions. Questions are in chronological order (in line with events from the text) so very easy to follow and is an ideal teaching tool to ensure students are actively reading and engaging with the text.
Ideal preparation for the AQA English Literature qualification as all the Assessment Objectives are covered. Covers everything they need to know for the chapter really. Due to the challenging nature of the source text, I’d say this is more geared towards middle and higher ability students.
Resource is absolutely ready to go!
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