A lesson to guide students on how to write a film review of Stone Cold by Robert Swindells.
The writing frame on the PowerPoint is differentiated which works well as a carousel activity so that students can write up the review first in a group before working independently.
There is also a graphic organiser to help students plan their film review.
As I am sure you are aware, the film is available on youtube.
A huge collection of my popular revision cards ideal for students who are studying any of the following combination texts for English Literature.
Paper 1:
Macbeth or Romeo and Juliet
A Christmas Carol
Paper 2:
An Inspector Calls or Animal Farm or Lord of the Flies
Power and Conflict
The multiple low-resolution previews should give you a pretty good idea about the quality of the resources.
Also includes a quote revision game for Macbeth and A Christmas Carol and quiz on the Power and Conflict poems.
Useful as a final revision lesson, this lesson revise key quotations for the main characters and themes that might come up in the 2024 Lord of the Flies exam.
The 40 slide PowerPoints goes over a large key quotations and students note down and explain their top 3 quotations for each.
4 revision sheets containing what I consider to be the top 10 quotations for Ralph, Jack, Simon and Piggy in Lord of the Flies. Each quotation is accompanied by high grade analysis of the quotation linked to the A0s. Each character sheet also starts with a thesis-style overview of the character. There is also a blank template of the sheet. I give this to students first to see how much they can remember before going through the answer sheet.
This PowerPoint contains detailed annotations of 34 key quotations to the novel.
There are 4 annotations for each quotation which link to
A01 - meaning
A02 - writer’s methods
A03 - context/themes/wider ideas
Start by showing the students the 4 quotations and asking them to annotate them. Then talk through the annotations which appear one by one on the mouse clicl
The following characters and themes are covered:
Simon
Roger
Jack
Ralph
Piggy
Hair
Evil
Island
Conch
Also includes a random generator quotation PowerPoint. Simply stop the PowerPoint on a slide and students must guess the missing word.
A full unit of work on Lord of the Flies that covers a full term alongside comprehensive revision resources to revise content in Year 11.
Full lesson PowerPoints included on the following
12 detailed lessons on each of the 12 chapters clearly labelled
40 page revision booklet
Full lesson on mob mentality
Full lesson Roger with grade 9 full essay
Full lesson on Ralph
Full lesson on Piggy with structure to follow for writing up own essay
Full lesson Jack with grade 9 full essay
Full lesson on symbols
Full lesson on Simon
Revision lessons with revision cards containing the top 50 quotations, top 10 quotations per character, differentiated writing frames, sample questions, knowledge organisers and a big ideas mind map
Also includes extensive notes to help students annotate over 200 quotations from the novel independently.
Check out the previews by clicking on each individual resource to gain an idea about a wide range of resources on offer.
5 lessons on the following 5 characters from Lord of the Flies:
Ralph
Piggy
Jack
Roger
Simon
All 5 lessons include detailed exploration of a range of quotations to prepare students for answering an exam question about the character. Also contains a printable revision sheet with key quotations for each character. Also includes some grade 9 model responses.
Also contains an activity where students complete 4 partially completed exam responses. This is differentiated with an easier and harder version depending on the ability of your group.
Also contains a lesson on how to write thesis style character introductions.
Extensive notes to help guide students in finding and annotating over 200 key quotations from Lord of the Flies. The page numbers link to the popular Faber version of the text. This quotation organiser is especially useful for helping students catch up with any missed learning.
Ideal for teachers new to teaching the book or for students who want to increase the depth of the whole text on a second reading.
I have carefully selected what I consider the 50 most important quotations from Lord of the Flies and included a brief explanation about why each quotation is important.
They have been put into 10 categories covering characters and themes. Of course, some quotations can apply to more than category.
The resource has an accompanying PowerPoint.
There are lots of ways of using this resource to help with revision:
convert into revision cards
peer testing/quizzing
use to plan and write exam responses on characters and themes
This Animal Farm Bundle includes the following:
40 page revision booklet covering model answers, writing frames, plot, context, chapter questions, theme trackers and lots more.
High level response to a question on Moses and Benjamin
Revision grid of 60 character quotations and flashcards
4 full model answers
Lesson on Squealer.
Lesson on Snowball.
Lesson on Boxer.
Lesson on Benjamin.
Lesson on themes.
Lesson comparing Snowball and Napoleon’s leadership.
10+ Questions on every chapter
Lesson on Napoleon
Activity analysing key extracts
Plus lots more.Check out all the previews on each individual resource to help gain an impression of the amount of material included.
A 9 page booklet containing comprehension questions on all chapters. Ideal to use in the first reading of the text with a class. In total there are 92 questions.
Also contains a storyboard.
Ideal as a cover worksheet, this worksheet gets students to choose from a range of learning journey tasks to help them compare how a parallel universe is presented in two popular fiction extracts from Hunger Games and The Wizard of Oz.
100 Key Quotations from Lord of the Flies (with brief explanation) arranged in chronological order, by chapter, through the novel.
This can be used for revision in many ways.
I have included a range of exam questions so students can select 6 numbered quotations (from the 100) to help answer each question.
For example:
Narrow down the list to the top 10/20 most important quotations.
Find 5 quotations for each of the main characters.
Find 5 quotations for each of the main themes.
Alternatively look at exam questions and ask students to select 5 quotations they would use to help answer each question.
Huge 50+ slide PowerPoint covering key quotations with several layers of analysis on the key characters and themes in the novel.
It comes with accompanying revision activities to ensure students use the information in the powerpoint efficiently and effectively:
a) plan responses to 6 topics
b) revise big ideas in the novel
Also includes a revision sheet for analysing 15 key word choices in the novel.
Also includes a resource looking at exploring multiple interpretations of the text.
Use for a final revision session or series of sessions on A Christmas Carol
Present the students with 6 big ideas about the novel.
Students use the attached top 50 quotations sheet to help add their ideas about each big idea.
I have also included a top 100 quotation version for higher ability students.
Then go through possible answers on the PowerPoint. The PowerPoint is animated and each answer appears on the mouse click so you can talk through each one as it appears.
I have also included 6 predictions about what extract might come up. Now we are 3 years into the 9-1 syllabus, I predict they might use a more obscure extract so I have picked 6 less obvious extracts. Students read each extract and complete the planning grid.
Also includes some sample exam style responses to different generic questions.
New for 2022 is a large PowerPoint encouraging students to choose and explain their top 3 quotations for 9 different themes.
20 premium resources created specifically for the GCSE examination on A Christmas Carol. This is a bundle full of lessons and resources that I have consistently developed and improved over the past 7 years based on student and teacher feedback.
Includes:
10 grade 9 model answers
Multiple exam style questions
25 extract revision booklet
19th century context resources
Bob Cratchit analysis and response
Fred lesson
Scrooge’s transformation lesson
Scrooge in Stave 1 analysis
Theme revision cards
Analysis of the ghosts
Generic and specific writing frames
Analysis of Christmas in Stave 3
Comprehension questions on each Stave
Lessons and activities on Stave 2
Analysis of Ignorance and Want extract
Knowledge organiser quotation revision sheets
Revision lesson of big ideas
Revision sheet and task based on 50 key quotations
100 question knowledge quiz
Plus a lot more. Check out all the previews!
A term’s worth of ready-to-teach resources created for the 2021 examination on A Christmas Carol.
Includes:
Revision sheets containing key quotes and context points and differentiated revision tasks
Context match up sheet
9 grade 9 model answers
Writing frames
5, Sample AQA-style questions
Partially completed essay plans to finish
Difficult vocabulary glossary activity
Carousel activity on key extracts
Differentiated questions on stave 2
Differentiated questions on Marley’s ghost
Which vision in Stave 2 affects Scrooge the most worksheet
Activities with model responses on how Dickens presents ideas about Christmas in Stave 3
Comprehension questions on all staves
Top 50 quotations revision sheets
Fred lesson
Fezziwig lesson
Lesson on more obscure extracts
Lesson on women in the novella
Plus lots more
Updated bundle for 2023 containing all my best resources on A Christmas Carol.
Includes:
9 grade 9 model answers
Comprehension questions on all staves
Revision Flash Cards
Writing frames
Scrooge Analysis lessons
Fred Analysis lesson
Bob Analysis lesson
9 Step method for grade 9
Quotation/Knowledge organisers.
Sample exam questions
Revision of big ideas
Top 50 quotation revision task with answers
Differentiated worksheets for exploring the ghosts
Lesson on Fezziwig
Lesson on women in the novel
Lessons on the ghosts
30+ page printable booklet.
Plus lots more.
I have tried to fit all my best A Christmas Carol resources into here. If I have missed any, send me a message and I will send them over.
To save time on the download, click on the resource called ‘A Christmas Carol - everything you need to teach the novella’. Most of the resources can be found in here.
A large collection of my post popular revision cards and sheets for A Christmas Carol collated into one bundle.
Includes:
Top 20 quotations
Top 50 quotations
Top 100 quotations
Effects of greed - top 6 quotations
Poverty - top 6 quotations
Supernatural - top 6 quotations
Joy and happiness - top 6 quotations
Isolation - top 6 quotations
100 comprehension questions (with answer sheet)
Comprehension questions on all staves.
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