Revision guide for play. Decent.

I made these bits for the story Vendetta by Guy de Maupassant literature which is useful for lower GCSE groups- hope they are useful. Write an essay which answers the question; does the story ‘Vendetta’ by Guy de Maupassant show that revenge is justified (right)?

As we all know (as with all mark schemes) the AQA GCSE English Literature mark scheme is far from user friendly for students. This resource is a very detailed breakdown of the requirements for Band 6 on the poetry comparison question- it tells students exactly what they need to do for each of the six criteria using easily understandable language. It contains descriptors for the absolute top grade so that the students can easily get the sense of what an A* essay on poetry requires. Naturally this means the resource is aimed at middle to high ability students. Personally I use a traffic light system with these grids (green/ amber/ red dots next to each statement) but you may just want to highlight and you can adjust these to your own school's marking policy easily. Suitable for any assessed poetry work and will enable you to save a lot of time and stress as you won't need to write exhaustive comments and/ or can allow students to self assess. I have had excellent feedback on this so far and hope you find it as useful as I do. Please do browse my other resources and contact me directly with any queries. Happy marking :) DISCLAIMER: THESE ARE MY OWN PERSONAL INTERPRETATIONS OF THE MARK SCHEME. OFFICIAL MARK SCHEMES AVAILABLE AT AQA.ORG.UK

Easy resources for this excellent short story- useful for low ability groups. hope they are helpful to someone!

Various activities on Titus Andronicus. I read this play at uni and LOVED it. It is certainly Shakespeare’s most violent and perhaps also most comical play, and has been left behind with teachers overwhelmed by Romeo and Juliet etc etc. If you want to do something DIFFERENT this play has much to offer both KS3 students in terms of Shakespearean characterization and language especially visual imagery (see death of Lavinia). Also has some of the most memorable speeches in Shakespeare (see the ultimate villain; Aaron’s speech before his execution; when asked whether he is sorry, he says he is only sorry he did not do a thousand more crimes and goes on to list the most incredible horrific and darkly humourous crimes). Boys particularly love this play. I haven't been able to teach it in ages- I actually did it with a top set year 8 class which raised a few eyebrows!

set of sheets I made- basic comprehension of text extracts.

An Inspector Calls

SHORT CONNECTIVES/ ESSAY ACTIVITY FOR FILM

This seller donates to charity. Full pack of resources for teaching A Christmas Carol A large number of class/ group/ paired/ independent tasks throughout to engage and enthuse/ promote a deep and confident understanding of the novella. Incorporates; - Literary devices used by Dickens - Analysing language - Analysing structure - Character analyses - How to quote and analyse effectively - Social context and its relevance - Assessments - Exemplars Please visit my shop and read reviews of my other resources to reassure you of quality. There is an additional Christmas Carol resource available at my shop.

This seller donates to charity. ***FULL PACK*** to teach the Communicating information and ideas section of the OCR English Language course. This pack uses the subject of SHARKS to engage and enthuse the students. I have already used this pack and can officially confirm that students love to learn about sharks! Aimed at lower to lower- middle ability, or as revision for higher sets. Includes; - Student booklet with a range of exam activities (both reading and writing). - Source booklet with various stimulating texts about sharks - Companion power point presentation with additional intro activities and some tasks -Teacher notes

Full lesson with resources

**Full pack** Everything you need to enable students to write a high quality piece of description using a film clip as stimulus. You may wish to purchase the DVD of Bram Stoker's Dracula (it's a couple of pounds on Amazon). It is an 18 Certificate, but this particular clip is fine. This clip is also available on youtube, but is not fantastic quality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFAu3vT5wUg Do check your criteria as you may be doing a different course to me so mark scheme included may need adjusting a little to your needs.

Various activities including reading comprehension and book review task.

This seller donates to charity. This will be useful for: students to get through whole narrative quickly , learn key quotes and understand Scrooge's character. Designed for teachers very short on time. Great way for lower ability reluctant students to understand the text. Totally self-contained work book to teach this novella- this work can be completed even if you don’t have the actual text and no other resources are needed. Students work through a series of tasks which generates a GCSE essay which can then be typed up- great for teaching skills and revision. This is an ideal work book for weaker students at Key Stage 4, or for more able younger students. Also, fantastic if you are short on time. Focus: How does Scrooge change throughout the novel? Task One useful link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unKuZ2wlNdw I use the JIM CARREY film version to support this task: GREAT FILM TO USE AS MINUTES OF FILM LARGELY CORRESPOND WITH THE PAGE NUMBERS IN THE WORDSWORTH CLASSICS EDITION and this pack contains a guide to using the film with the book (including time and page references). Full pack also available: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-gcse-english-literature-full-pack-11471318

Power points on play. Credit to another teacher- I didn't make these I am just sharing them because I found them really useful.

This seller donates to charity. ***FULL PACK*** to teach the ‘Exploring effects and impact’ section of the OCR GCSE English course. Aimed at lower ability groups Includes; - 16 page student booklet with various texts on the theme of crime to grab students’ attention . Booklet contains a range of activities and exam paper tasks based on Paper 1 The booklet is designed to engage students and is all about ‘Crime’. - Teacher notes -Scaffold for weaker students Please visit my TES shop to read customer reviews.

Full student work book for essay.

Relationships poems from Moon on the Tides anthology. Detailed notes on every poem- photocopies nicely into an A5 booklet. Hope it's useful. have also uploaded my own annotated anthology.

Born Yesterday

MANY OF THESE RESOURCES ARE NOT MINE but are edited (non premium) resources from other users and external sources which I have organised for my own use. I am only uploading this to keep all my files together and to ensure I don't lose them! If they are helpful to you- grand.