The resource includes 20 key quotes linked to the themes of: fear, appearance vs reality, violence and ambition. Students need to explode the key quotations using two layers of meaning, links to context, writer’s intentions and references to subject terminology.

This is a detailed A3 revision grid that has information on all 15 poems from the love and relationship cluster for AQA. It includes points on the theme of love/relationships, five key quotes for each poem, comments on the form/structure and points on context for each one. Use this as a revision tool so that students have a secure understanding on the main ideas linked to each one.

A booklet full of retention exercises to help develop pupils’ knowledge of the play, key characters and the plot. There are a range of activites to help boost pupils’ memory of critical ideas - perfect for a homework booklet or an intervention pack.

The resource includes 20 key quotes linked to the themes of: violence, love, friendship and fate. Students need to explode the key quotations using two layers of meaning, links to context, writer’s intentions and references to subject terminology.

A retention grid to revise key themes, characters, plot and context and chronological order. Used for homework and for revison.

A fully differentiated lesson for the theme of violence that links to the AQA GCSE Literature examination. The extract and question are included at the back of the PPT. Includes - bell task, Starter Main 1 Reflection point Main 2 Plenary

A progressive, age-related assessment system that has been created working up from KS2 with the raised expectation of the new SATS 2017, and then up to the assessment objectives at KS4. The assessment grid offers guidance on how to use it, and also includes how students could be assessed across the year. This will focus your KS3 curriculum so the skills are developed ready for the increased expectation of the Grade 5 at GCSE.

A model answer that covers the theme above across the whole play. I have used this in a lesson against an extract and asked students to synthesise this into a new response. It has a bronze silver, gold task and an additional challenge task to stretch the most able. You could use this for a homework task or a main activity like I did above.

A model answer for the question of loyalty for the whole play. It is differentiated and includes a PYT (extension task - push your thinking to challenge the most able). I have used this for an activity in a lesson or you could use it for a homework task.

A grid to fill in that focuses on why the characters are important, key quotes/subject terminology and then five key frames. A great way to revise the key concepts for the examination.

A fully differentiated and focused lesson on the theme of men and women in the play 'An Inspector Calls.' The lesson includes, bell task, interactive starter, main and plenary.

A revision sheet that helps students analyse key quotations within four core themes in the play: social responsibility, class, gender and age. The students need to use two layers of meaning, make links to Edwardian context, and identify and comment on writer’s methods. There is an extension task - students need to comment conceptually on Priestley’s intentions. I get students to annotate around the quotes.

A full mark response that provides a conceptual response for the theme violence. The extract used is the scene with the old man discussing the night of Duncan’s death. This responses hits the highest level of the mark scheme as it provides a critical response to the theme of violence, uses a range of judicious quotes and fluently explores the use of writer’s methods. The opening paragraph uses the ‘define the the question,’ then ‘refine’ it to the most significant moment.

A fun and interactive lesson on the poem that uses videos and collaborative tasks to get students to consider the meaning of the poem. This is fully differentiated to challenge all learners.

A great resource that helps students revise key details for the poems from the anthology. It focuses on ideas, five key quotes, structure and context.

Fully differentiated (with Bronze, Silver, Gold) narrative writing frame designed to focus GCSE students for all exam boards on the key structure of the creative writing question. Students need to fill in the frame before then writing their own narrative. A fantastic resource that can support students who struggle to write an extended narrative that has a clear focus characterisation and plot.

A great revision sheet that includes three model answers for an exam question on Scrooge. The students have a differentiated task linked to asnwers, with the opportunity of then writing their own response.

A free Macbeth model answer that uses a differentiated task to get students to assess it. This can be used for revision or before students do a mock exam to get them to consider how to deveop their ideas. The focus of the question is ‘how Macbeth’s hallucinations and visions are important’ in the extract and across the play.