Focus on section a and b of the exam paper. Aimed at students taking higher tier.

This is a resource that has worked really well with both KS3 and 4 in teaching them how to construct a balanced argument whilst also recapping persuasive devices and thinking about sentence structure to improve writing. Rather than giving them the usual boring topic of 'should school uniform be banned' etc, I looked at the idea of music festivals with them. I found that this was something they could really become enthused about, especially with the aid of the YouTube clips. The powerpoint uploaded will take a series of lessons to work through accompanied by the resources. There is also a peer assessment activity at the end.

This is a group debate task which could easily lead in to a written piece. Students complete an individual task where they have to decide how far their given character is responsible. They then come together as a group to decide together which character is most responsible. Students really enjoyed this lesson and it promoted a lot of discussion/debate. Any feedback welcome!

A lesson which takes students through a section of the scene in order to prepare them for an extended written response.

An annotated version of the poem in detail - would be useful for higher end GCSE students studying the AQA Power and Conflict cluster or teachers who are unfamiliar with the poem. Also contains notes on context/form/structure as well as some discussion questions. Revision quiz also attached which could be used as a homework activity/consolidation task.

An annotated version of the poem in detail - would be useful for higher end GCSE students studying the AQA Power and Conflict cluster or teachers who are unfamiliar with the poem. Also contains notes on context/form/structure as well as some discussion questions. Revision quiz also attached for completion after studying the poem. Could be given as a homework activity/consolidation task.

An annotated version of the poem in detail - would be useful for higher end GCSE students studying the AQA Power and Conflict cluster or teachers who are unfamiliar with the poem. Also contains notes on context/form/structure as well as some discussion questions. Revision quiz also attached which could be used as a homework activity/consolidation task.

An annotated version of the poem in detail - would be useful for higher end GCSE students studying the AQA Power and Conflict cluster or teachers who are unfamiliar with the poem. Also contains notes on context/form/structure as well as some discussion questions. Revision quiz also attached which could be used for homework activity/consolidation task.

A lesson I put together for low ability KS4. It gives them some ‘quick win’ ideas regarding how to improve their own descriptive writing. There is also a resource to get them thinking about how they could use some ideas from the ‘Power & Conflict’ poems and also an activity on improving vocabulary whilst revising poems/texts for the literature exam.

Introductory lesson to OMAM including looking at the American Dream.

I designed this game for students to explore the poem. The idea is that they roll a dice twice in order to land on a square. They then must either answer the question or annotate the word/phrase that they land on. Hopefully this will encourage students to become more independent in their analysis/interpretations.

I produced this resource in order for my classes to write their own questions on various texts we have read. To make it a little more fun, I have given the questions 'chilli&' ratings. Students can write their own questions and then answer each others.

This is a S&L lesson I produced for Yr 10. They were each given a character from the novel and had to decide how their character was powerful. They then had to decide as a group which character had the most power and why.

A lesson which requires students to think about higher order questions and write their own.

I have used this lesson for a low ability KS4 group to help with their creative writing- based on creating a character.

A follow on lesson looking at how to include 2 different sentence types to improve writing. Aimed at low ability class.

A lesson I used with Yr 10s during which they play a game as a stimulus for a piece of descriptive writing. You will need dice for this! They then create their own version of the game but include language techniques in order to up-level their writing. They can use the Treasure Island text/mark scheme to help them think about what they should be including in their own writing in order to improve.

A lesson I used with Year 10 in order for them to practise their 'zooming in' skills when producing descriptive writing. It also encourages them to experiment with structure for effect. Could easily be adapted for any year group.

A really simple resource which could be used for a homework. Students asked to collect key quotes on each character in Act 1. I have only used a few speech bubbles around each character in order to get students evaluating quotes. Which are the most important? Which could they easily remember in an exam situation? Could easily be adapted for other acts.

Help/advice for tackling the exam paper. Please note there are changes to question 3 from 2015. The powerpoint was designed to be used with the May 2013 specimen paper which is also attached.