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 GCSE exam question for students to revise for their GCSE Literature examination. Focus on annotating the extract for 5 minutes (making sure students use subject terminology) then consider the question with regards to the whole play. The students can either write collaboratively, or in exam conditions after the teacher has modelled how to write one point on the board.

Fully differentiated (using Bronze, Silver and Gold) lessons on the plot of ACC. The LOs run on each slide and engaging pictures link to the students' progress mid way through the lessons. These are a useful set of revision lessons to ensure students know what happens in the novella.

A handy resource to give out over a holiday as homework to help with the retention of the key ideas of the AQA Love and Relationships poems. It is differentiated to add challenge if pupils want to push their revision to help consolidate their understanding.

A differentiated resource to help students revise a key character from the novella.

A fully differentiated resource for Macbeth that includes bronze, silver, gold, teacher example PEE chain for students to assess, a gossip activity to share information in a fun and collaborative way and PEER assessment.

A fab resource that can be laminated and placed on tables to support students when writing. This considers the five ways you can vary your sentences to make writing more engaging and imaginative for readers.

If you are teaching GCSE Macbeth and need more extracts and questions, here is an extract on the play with an extract question 1a) and then a question relating to the wider play 1b). Spend five minutes of the lesson annotating the extract and then spend 20 minutes to answer 1a). Then get the students to consider the essay question, which they have to spend 40 minutes answering.

Three fully differentiated lessons that focus on the character of the Witches in the play. The lessons are exam focused for year 11 and use bronze, silver and gold to challenge all learners.

A GCSE exam question for students to revise for their GCSE Literature examination. Focus on annotating the extract for 5 minutes (making sure students use subject terminology) then consider the question with regards to the whole play. The students can either write collaboratively, or in exam conditions after the teacher has modelled how to write one point on the board.

A fully differentiated lesson for the unseen poems used for the EDUQAS WJEC examination in 2015. This is a fantastic lesson to get students to consider how to compare two poems and what they should consider.

An interactive lesson focused on the theme of class, which includes: - LOs on every slide - An interactive information gathering exercise - A task to evaluate an exemplar paragraph - A fun mini review where students pick an image to represent their progress midway through the lesson - An exam question, which is differentiated to help scaffold answers - Peer assessment with success criteria

This handy resource breaks down what you need to do for each question. Laminate this so students can grab them when they answer questions as this will boost their independence and focus them on the specific points they need to remember.

A model answer that allows students to see the importance of the supernatural in the play. It has a differentiated task, bronze, silver, gold and includes a challenge activity using PYT (push your thinking) to stretch the most able.

A model answer for the whole play that you can add to an extract of your choice. I have used this as a starter activity then changed the question focus to ambition so students could apply the points they had read. It has a bronze, silver, gold task with a PYT challenge to stretch the most able.

An easy worksheet for students to use to scaffold their revision on the play Macbeth. It is differentiated using bronze, silver gold to help challenge students.

Ten exam questions for An Inspector Calls which can be used for revision. The students need to think of ten points they could include for each one to revise key characters and themes.

If you need more paper 1 practice, but are running out of papers, then here is one I have created for your yr 11s to develop their exam responses. It includes all four questions for reading and both writing tasks for Q5 for AQA. It could easily be adapted for different specifications. I hope you find this useful :)