2 lessons to support the teaching of the context of Macbeth before reading the play Includes: - Shakespeare facts activity - imaginative writing - group work carousel opportunity

9 activities that that can be used to help interleave with other texts studied for GCSE English literature. Each activity takes a particular theme that arises in the novella and encourages students to make connections to the same theme within other texts. This helps students to revise previous texts while studying a different component. The other texts that connections are made with are: Romeo and Juliet An Inspector Calls Power and conflict poetry

Two templates for students to complete once they have received their marked mock paper. The template provides space for students to record their mark for each question and review their performance. The 2017 grade boundary is also provided. Students identify areas of strength and weakness and use the areas of weakness as a starting point for revision. The idea is that students will complete a pupil response task on the question that they did less well on. Students are given time to revise before completing the pupil response. The aim is that in their response the mark for the question will improve. Mark scheme is also provided so that students can drill down into how and why they achieved particular marks. grade boundaries based on summer 2017

2 pages of quiz cards for the power and conflict poetry to use as part of revision with answers. Each question has a quotation and requires students to: 1. identify the poem 2. identify a technique used by the poet 3. Answer a deeper question relating to the effect of the technique When printed off and photocopied back to back each card will have the answer on the reverse. I use these in folders (as shown in the image attached) and students spend the first 5-10 mins of certain lessons revising silently. Every correctly answered question moves a step back in the folder. Any question answered incorrectly moves back to the front. This is known as the Leitner method for retaining knowledge as part of regular testing. The Leitner method dictates which sections of the folder should be revised. The rota for his is also attached.

3 pages of quiz cards for Jekyll and Hyde to use as part of revision with answers. Each question has a quotation and requires students to: 1. identify who said it 2. identify a technique used by Stevenson 3. Answer a deeper question relating to the effect of the technique When printed off and photocopied back to back each card will have the answer on the reverse. I use these in folders (as shown in the image attached) and students spend the first 5-10 mins of certain lessons revising silently. Every correctly answered question moves a step back in the folder. Any question answered incorrectly moves back to the front. This is known as the Leitner method for retaining knowledge as part of regular testing. The Leitner method dictates which sections of the folder should be revised. The rota for his is also attached.

With very few sample assessment materials provided by the exam boards I have created my own. They have been made to look exactly like the assessments that students will sit in the real 9-1 examinations and are phrased in the same ways too. The student responses can then be marked using the relevant mark scheme for literature. Extract is taken from chapter 9

With very few sample assessment materials provided by the exam boards I have created my own. They have been made to look exactly like the assessments that students will sit in the real 9-1 examinations and are phrased in the same ways too. The student responses can then be marked using the relevant mark scheme for literature. The extract in this assessment is taken from chapter 3.

4 differentiated (by colour) lessons to support the teaching of context for Animal Farm. Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher Resources oinclude research opportunities and exploration of democracy and dictatorship. Students will also hold class elections to help understanding of democratic society. Information resources provided on the following: - Stalin - Trotsky - Napoleon - Nicholas II - Karl Marx - Propaganda - Internationale - Hammer and sickle - Communism - Secret police - Russian revolution - George Orwell

A revision timetable template that takes students from January until the end of June with dates so that they can: - write in when exams are - schedule their revision effectively around their exams

2 differentiated (by colour) lessons to support the teaching of chapter 5 of Animal Farm for the new linear specification (9-1) Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher Resources are planned around the new specification and provide opportunities to: - explore context- dictatorship - analyse writer's methods - language focus - explore character presentations - write imaginatively - develop skills for new specification language paper

Differentiated (by colour) lesson to support the teaching of Romeo and Juliet Act 4 scene 2 with a focus on the skill of evaluation of language paper 1 Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow = higher ability Resources provide opportunities to: - prepare for language paper 1 Q4 - agree or disagree question - explore the presentation of character and theme - evaluate the Friar's plan - link to context - use structure strips to elicit better responses

2 fully differentiated (by colour) lessons to support the teaching of synthesis (writing a summary of differences) Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher Resources use modern and 19th century non fiction texts on prisons and tattoos to guide students in responding to the synthesis task on the new specification language paper. Texts included

15 fully differentiated (by colour) lessons to support the teaching of context for the 15 Edexcel new specification 9-1 GCSE English literature poems. (Conflict poetry) Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow = higher ability

4 fully differentiated (by colour) lessons to support the teaching of chapter 1 of Animal Farm for the new linear specification (9-1) Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher Resources are planned around the new specification and provide opportunities to: - explore context - analyse writer's methods - language focus - explore character presentations - write persuasively - develop skills for new specification language paper - use mark schemes

With very few sample assessment materials provided by the exam boards I have created my own. They have been made to look exactly like the assessments that students will sit n the real 9-1 examinations and are phrased in the same ways too. This paper uses Bayonet as the printed poem. The student responses can then be marked using the relevant mark scheme for Power and conflict poetry.

5 lessons that support the teaching of act 2 of the Stone Cold play script. Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher Resources provide opportunities for: - imaginative writing - Speaking and listening - comparing the novel and play - reading the play and novel - analysing the writer's use of language - comprehension

2 differentiated (by colour) lessons to support the teaching of chapter 6 of Animal Farm for the new linear specification (9-1) Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher Resources are planned around the new specification and provide opportunities to: - explore context- Russia and Stalin - events and allegory form - analyse writer's methods - language and structure of the chapter - explore character presentations - write imaginatively in role of a character on the farm