A-Z quiz on the contextual elements of Paradise Lost. Ideal for revision, interleaved learning, and recap. Question and Answer Sheet included. Created for Books 9 and 10 OCR A Level, but relevant for all books.

Great cover work, homework, or activities for students to work through in a lesson. Contains sections on: Events and Characters (contains ‘find and fix’ activity, 3 for each chapter; quotation quilt for key quotations, A-Z quiz) Contexts and Concepts (contains mind map to complete with links to videos; activity to justify to what extent J+H is a gothic novel, and question with a model answer, success criteria activity, and space for students to have a go) Themes Symbols and Motifs (contains spider diagram for students to fill in with link to video, hexagon activity to find links between texts) Practice (question and mark scheme). This took my students a good 8 lessons to complete this. Sets of all abilities have used it and have found it invaluable. Contains PDF for formatting, and word document for easy editing.

6 lessons (broken up into 3 sections) of non-fiction and language work to supplement teaching of The Hobbit. Just print and go! Ideal for cover lessons, shared teachers, introductory, homework, or post-assessment work. Sections include: Section 1- Biography: The Life of J.R.R. Tolkien After looking at a biography of J R R Tolkien, thinking about the context of The Hobbit, students are given a fact file to complete improving their comprehension, skimming and scanning skills. Then, students will complete research on an author of their choice and create their own biography. Section 2: Travel Brochure Writing Firstly, students will look at the features of a travel brochure for real life Hobbiton in New Zealand. They will look more closely at persuasive devices, before imagining a literary themed tourist attraction of their own, and create a leaflet advertising it. Section 3: Banned Books Article / Letter Students will complete some investigation into reasons why books (including The Hobbit) have been banned historically by watching a video and reading an article. After comprehension questions, there are speaking and listening and debate tasks, before students write a formal letter in response to an imagined scenario. Note- Resource contains PDF and word versions, so that formatting is preserved but you can edit as well if needed!

A help sheet and video for students on How to take Cornell Notes. https://youtu.be/eKhn7UXFCpg

Comprehension questions for every chapter Most pages include ‘excel’ tasks to extend thinking about a range of skills, including exploration of writer’s methods, concepts and contexts, and extra reading and analysis 34 page booklet, with bonus AQA style exam questions at the end Also contains Teacher Booklet with answers provided Word and PDF versions for easy printing and editing

A fully resources assessment, containing: AQA choice of two questions in a booklet ready to print and go Mark scheme with indicative content A feedback sheet with two model answers (one grade 5/6, one grade 8/9), tasks encouraging deeper quotation analysis, reflection on the mark scheme and success criteria, and a chance to improve own essays. _ TRIED AND TESTED! I used this as an end of unit assessment and feedback cycle, taking three lessons. Students completed paper (1 lesson) I marked (giving a positive comment and highlighting the AO on the mark scheme that they needed to improve) Students used the feedback sheet task to reflect on quotations, and analyse in detail using the linked quizlet deck (1 lesson) Students looked at model answers and reflected on success criteria on feedback sheet. They then highlighted where they had achieved that success criteria in the same colour coding as on models, and then made improvements to their essays. _ All resources in PDF for easy printing, and Word for editing.