pre-reading materials on the poem "Punishment", giving an overview of Heaney's context and the political message of the poem. there are also links made with Blake in terms of the historicism of poetry of protest. Some prompts for students to formulate their own essay questions
a resource with Flip classroom materials so that students can read and analyse the poems and make annotations before the lesson. the lesson can then be spent on social context and comparative skills
A great revision resource with clear outline of how to address the assessment objectives. There are 5 suggestions for model past paper style questions, two mini quizzes to test recall and an opportunity to gather key quotations.
An outline of the new A level AQA Literature course, designed for students but also useful for teachers new to the course. Outlines Assessment Objectives, set texts (you will have to adapt this for your own chosen set texts), expectations, wider reading, literary vocabulary and a possible route through the course in preparation for examination at end of Year 12.
A revision resource with activities for students to address the assessment objectives in exams and make a note of key vocabulary for each poem. The template document can be shared with students for a collective revision through shared documents or can be printed and students can fill in during a lesson or for personal revision
A lovely two lesson model, could be brilliant for an Inspection lesson, includes plenty of progress evidence and opportunities for self assessment. This resource pack includes a power point, an outline of an exam style question and a model answer with self assessment worksheet.
A range of resources for the new AQA syllabus, with literature and language components and some A level literary terminology quizzes which would suit more able candidates
Pre-1900 poetry revision for AQA English Literature, covers aspects of context for each poem, some re-call activities to embed poems in the long term memory and some essay suggestions with example responses. A thorough consideration of planning models and tactics for addressing the AOS
A literary terminology quiz designed for students studying Othello at AS or A level. Could be used as a baseline test or after preparation. Specific tragic genre vocabulary as well as language terminology. A cover teacher could deliver this. Whole activity from beginning to end takes approx 40 minutes