A range of revision lessons on plot, extract analysis and whole text questions on theme and character development.

15+ lessons and resources for A Christmas Carol preparing students for the GCSE closed book extract and whole text questions. Focusing on character development, key themes, analysis of language and contextual information. Suitable for any GCSE examination board.

A range of powerpoints focusing on different poems that could be used for the GCSE unseen poetry aspect of the exam. This resource would work with any of the exam specifications as it focuses on understanding formed from comprehension activities, analysis of language and structural features and developing layers of interpretations. This could also be used with KS3 if the questions were broken down or as an introduction in Year 9.

A lesson focusing on key terminology linked to context, writer’s intentions and finishing with a detailed look at Mr Birling as a way of linking all elements together in an essay plan and response.

A fully resourced PowerPoint to run through a walking talking mock with students, preparing them for the GCSE exam focusing on extract analysis, textual choices, whole play understanding and essay structure including thesis statements and descriptive vocabulary.

A unit of work, guiding students through a step-by-step approach to the story writing section of Language Paper 1. This would suit all exam boards but uses many images as stimulus, including film trailers so that students can build their own images, ready to describe.

A full unit of lessons as a week of activities or a WTM walkthrough, taking students through each question for Language Paper 1, stage by stage.

A range of lessons working through the conformity section of the exam; focusing on famous studies for social influence, conformity, minority influence and more… Recall activities, exam questions, scaffolded responses.

A guided set of lessons working through the topic of Attachment focusing on key theories with video clips, exam questions, mark schemes and assessment objective focuses.

A guided approach to Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Prisetley’s, An Inspector Calls. Scaffolded response support, textual detail analysis, extract break down and revision support.