100 Key quotations for The Handmaid’s Tale on one A3 for ease of printing and to assist revision.

A revision sheet analysing 10 key quotations on the character of Banquo in Macbeth. Also contains a blank template version. I will ask students to try and complete this first before giving out the answer sheet. Comes in editable word format and pdf. A perfect revision document for this character who may or may not come up in the 2024 exam.

The ‘because, but, so’ method is an excellent tool for teaching students to think analytically about the literature texts This tool is powerful because it encourages students to expand their thinking with precision and detail. This resource collates 9 sample ‘because, but so’ thesis-style introductions to 9 themes that may come up in next year’s An Inspector Calls examination. It also collates 6 sample ‘because, but, so’ introductions on the 6 main characters in the play. Ideal as a revision tool for helping to shape and guide the direction of exam responses.

A grade 9 model answer to the June 2022 AQA question from Romeo and Juliet. The question focused on the character of Romeo. The model answer analyses the extract then moves on to analyse two further moments in the play which present Romeo’s feelings for Juliet.

High level annotations for She Walks in Beauty by Byron that features in the Eduqas and Edexcel anthologies.

A handy revision sheet containing the essential contextual information that students need to know for each of the 15 poems in the AQA power and conflict anthology to meet the requirements for A03. My most comprehensive resource on Power and Conflict poetry is available here with revision posters on every poem: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/power-and-conflict-revision-sheets-12884928

An A* 24/25 mark response to the following question. Compare the significance of inequality in two texts (The Handmaid’s Tale and Feminine Gospels).

A knowledge organiser showing the key quotations in each scene of A Streetcar Named Desire on one handy sheet.

A context sheet to help students understand how Stevenson was influenced by the late Victorian context. It is divided into 6 sections: Victorian London Calvinism Science Fin de Siecle Gothic literature Atavism Each section intertwines contextual knowledge with links to the actual novel.

Highly detailed annotations of Living Space by Imtiaz Dharker to support students with gaining a perceptive and thoughtful understanding of the Eduqas poetry anthology.

A 16 slide PowerPoint that includes an engaging starter, comprehension questions, annotations of key lines in the poem, discussion questions, 2 sample paragraphs to compare and contrast, a task to get students to think about comparing Sub to other poems in the collection and a challenging research task to consolidate ideas in the poem.

A revision sheet focused on Williams’ use of plastic theatre in A Streetcar Named Desire. It offers detailed analysis of 12 moments from the play which use plastic theatre to help express universal truths about the human condition.

A revision sheet for the poem Tissue by Imtiaz Dharker which contains detailed analysis of 7 key quotations from the poem.

A grade 9 response to the AQA November 2018 Paper 2 Question 5 about cars. It starts with a powerful and detailed anecdote to explain why I agree with the statement. It considers and then dismisses the counter argument. It provides a solution. It ends with a return to the powerful anecdote from the start to gain high makrs for sophisticated organisation and structure. Vocabulary and punctuation is sophisticated throughout.

A high grade model response looking at how the theme of guilt is explored in An Inspector Calls.

A detailed lesson, inspired by teaching tip 3 on the recent AQA 2022 examiner report, that guides students on how to write grade 9 topic sentences for a range of literature texts. There are multiple examples for A Christmas Carol, Macbeth, Lord of the Flies and Power and Conflict that all follow the same structure. At each stage of the lesson, students use the models to try and generate their own topic sentences for each studied text.

Part of a series of superhero-themed comprehension worksheets from a reading intervention I ran with Year 6 and Year 7, this text focuses on Iron Man’s origins from the Marvel franchise. Students read the 500 word text and answer the comprehension questions. The answers are included.