A pack of B-C style listening questions based on classical music for the AQA GCSE examination. Answers and a powerpoint are also available. This is also available as part of a bundle with A and A* grade style questions for the same excerpts.

A selection of resources to support in teaching analysis of the 3rd movement of Brahms’ Piano Quintet in F minor. A powerpoint with questions for students of all features is available with differentiation throughout. Homework tasks are included as well as examples of essay questions regarding chamber music and how to structure them. A summary sheet of Brahms’ themes are included and a completed factfile of all key facts relating to musical elements.

A selection of resources to aid students with completing essays for chamber music in the AQA A2 examination. Revision sheets comparing key works are included as well as powerpoints based around essay questions which take students through the process of writing essays. This also includes model responses relating to the set works.

A selection of resources to support in teaching analysis of the 3rd movement of Debussy’s String Quartet in G major. A powerpoint with questions for students of all features is available with differentiation throughout. Homework tasks are included as well as examples of essay questions regarding chamber music and how to structure them. A completed factfile is also included of all key facts relating to musical elements.

A selection of resources to support in teaching analysis of the 3rd movement of Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio in D minor. A powerpoint with questions for students of all features is available with differentiation throughout. Homework tasks are included as well as examples of essay questions regarding chamber music and how to structure them. A summary sheet of Mendelssohn music is also used (answers for teacher) and a completed factfile of all key facts relating to musical elements.

Resources to help students write their own soap script. Includes a high level example and planning sheets to prompt ideas.

Complete PowerPoint covering how to analyse the opening to the film.

A useful model response for students to annotate which focuses on how the play interests a modern day audience.

Write a diary entry for Jonathan Starling in Darkside by Tom Becker. Also includes independent homework tasks and a task examining word choices.

This lesson is focused on Paper 1 Question 3 (AQA - commenting on the structure of the whole text). This seems to be a popular topic for interviews at the moment. I have used a very short extract with lots of shifts which widen and narrow the focus - Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie. Starter: Students rate their understanding of structural devices. Construct: Students try to identify narrative shifts in focus in the text. Main: Students look in more detail at the narrative shifts in the text. This activity is in the form of an A3 table and is differentiated. Bronze Level: Identify what is happening during each shift. Silver: Apply structural devices. Gold: Comment on the effect of structural devices. I have also included the lesson plan. For a more challenging class, students can use the extract from the opening of Kite Runner.

Questions on each scene to review understanding of the plot with an answer sheet

Using Island Man to teach about connotation and denotation of word choices.

Revise 64 carefully selected mini quotations for the closed book examinations. Also includes a short summary of each scene to help students work out when each mini quotations is said. I have kept the quotations as concise as possible to aid with memory.

A worksheet detailing all terminology and definitions for students to revise from for the area of study ‘Texture and Melody’. A powerpoint is also available which explains all terms with musical terminology and musical examples. There is also a texture card matching activity where students must match a key word to a definition and then to a score and listening example (all audio is provided).

Students analyse two adverts for Coca Cola. Students must explore how each text was shaped by its context. They think about attitudes to women in the 1950s compared to attitudes to women in the 21st century and think about how these are reflected in the advert. This always engages students.

Engaging PowerPoint with various resources to teach ‘London’ by William Blake. Wow word differentiated starter Freeze frame activity Listening questions Frame for analysing language, structure, form, context Detailed annotations Annotation activity