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I am a secondary school English teacher with a BA in English Language and Literature, and an MA in English Literature with a speciality in poetry. I create classroom display resources, English teaching tools and revision material.
Thank you for visiting my shop!
I am a secondary school English teacher with a BA in English Language and Literature, and an MA in English Literature with a speciality in poetry. I create classroom display resources, English teaching tools and revision material.
A PowerPoint presentation and Word worksheet that recaps key moments in Act 4 of Macbeth. The lesson includes:
- Summarising task and comprehension tasks for key moments.
- Key moments that are condensed, sequenced and extracted (can easily be printed for pupils).
- Tasks asking students to link to themes, evaluate the importance of themes, depict the act and explain key quotations.
- Consolidation worksheet for students to complete in class or as homework revision.
I have used this resource with my KS4 students to revise for AQA English Literature, Paper 1. We spent several lessons going through this presentation in detail, but it can also be skimmed through at a quicker pace if you have less time.
This A4 sheet provides an overview of the requirements of AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 including marks, AOs assessed, question types and time management suggestions, as well as:
- Instructions for differentiating between structure and language, and how to tackle the different questions relating them
- How to plan answers for the writing components of the exam
Hope you find it hepful!
This bundle contains all the Blood Brothers resources in my TES store, including:
- A complete scheme of work covering the whole play.
- All of my standalone lessons, which can be incorporated into any scheme of work.
- Display posters and postcards featuring key character quotations on my custom watercolour background.
- Revision resources, including a knowledge organiser, character timelines, and plot sequencing activity.
You save 56% by buying all of these resources together!
20 important quotations from 'Blood Brothers' on my custom-painted watercolour background. File is PDF format for your convenience: adjust your printer settings to '2 pages per sheet' to get these posters in postcard size.
-Please note: there are similar prints like this available in my store for 'Macebth', 'A Christmas Carol', and AQA 'Power and Conflict' poetry if you happen to be teaching these texts like me!
An A4, alphabetical list of key categorised key terms and what they mean. Originally used for AQA English Literature revision, this is an editable document that can be adapted for your requirements. Works as a great revision tool or a quick check list to help sturggling students.
For more resources like this please take a look at my other resources and follow me on twitter: @MissGOToole.
Printable bunting for your classroom! Print onto coloured paper, hole punch and hang your display.
If you like this, please take a look at my other TES store products, and follow me on Twitter @MissGOToole.
A fully editable knowledge organiser on Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol', suitable for AQA English Literature revision. A4 and A3 size included in the download. Resource contains:
- Plot summary by act with key moments in bold
- Character list
- Contextual information
- Key techniques used by the author
- Key Quotations
- High-level vocabulary that can be used to describe the main characters/ act as topic sentence starters
If you like this then please take a look at my other TES resources and follow me on twitter @MissGOToole.
A fully editable knowledge organiser on Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet', suitable for AQA English Literature revision. A4 size. Resource contains:
- Plot summary by act with key moments in bold
- Character list
- Contextual information
- Key techniques used by the author
- Key Quotations
- High-level vocabulary that can be used to describe the main characters/ act as topic sentence starters
If you like this then please take a look at my other TES resources and follow me on twitter @MissGOToole
A fully editable knowledge organiser on Willy Russell's 'Blood Brothers', suitable for AQA English Literature revision. A4 and A3 versions of the resource are included in the download for your convenience. Resource contatins:
- Plot summary by act and song
- Character list
- Contextual information
- Key techniques used by the author
- Key Quotations by character
- High-level vocabulary that can be used to describe the main characters/ act as topic sentence starters
If you like this then please take a look at my other TES resources and follow me on twitter @MissGOToole.
An editable version of my AQA English Literature paper 1 and paper 2 writing mats. If you would prefer a free, uneditable version you can find one here: http://tinyurl.com/gp3soy6
These writing mats provide a quick guide for pupils to help them write effective answers for AQA English Literature paper 1 and paper 2 with poetry on one side and fiction on the other. Keep them on your classroom desks, or give them to students to revise from. Each one features:
-A breakdown of each question, and suggestions of how to plan for each one,
- sentence starters,
- discourse markers,
- analysis prompts,
- poetic, structural and language technique lists.
- PREMIUM BONUS FEATURE: adverbial phrases
A3 size. Print on both sides to make them flippable!
For more resources like this please take a look at my other resources and follow me on twitter: @MissGOToole.
This resource is a handout for students that details the steps of writing an excellent Engish Lierature essay. The handout is provided in word and JPG format for your convenience. The word document will print at A5 size.
PLEASE NOTE - this handout also appears in my 'How to Write an English Essay - Classroom Display' resource, where it is accompanied by a full set of classroom display signage: http://tinyurl.com/z98s6bn
Please take a look at my other resources and follow me on twitter @MissGOToole if you enjoy this product.
A complete, editable, A3 knowledge organiser for all 15 poems in the AQA English Literature Power and Conflict cluster. Each section contains:
- Name of the poem
- Name of the poet
- Key Context
- Structural features
- 5 key quotations from the poem
- Language features in each of the 5 key quotes
- Connections to themes of power and conflict
If you like this resource then please take a look at my other TES resources and follow me on twitter: @Miss GOToole
I use this TEACH framework as an alternative to PEE paragraphs or other writing structures, as I find that it can be adapted for all ability levels and is more attuned to the new AQA GCSE literature mark scheme. Rather than being restrictive, it allows students to build to a more detailed analysis.
A simple worksheet that encourages students to track key imagery and motifs across the text as a whole. Can be used to consolidate knowledge in a lesson or for homework. Prints A3.
A revision worksheet designed to be used after students have finished studying the whole play. Ecourages students to consolidate their knowledge of:
Each character in the play: their responsibility for Eva Smith’s death, what they do in the play and key quotes, relevant context, writer’s intentions, connections to themes
Major themes: ideas about the most significant moments and characters linked to the theme, and a question prediction/mini planning space.
Fully editable - easy to change the themes if you have focussed on different ones during your teaching.
Prints A3. Set printer to print on both sides for a 1 page sheet.
This fully editable revision worksheets invite students to consolidate their knowledge on:
Each character in the text: what they do in every chapter they appear in, relevant context, and key quotations
The setting: includes references to specific pages in the text for ease (EMC version), but these can of course be removed if you prefer.
Key themes
Key methods
They make a great activity within a lesson, or for homework revision.
Prints A3 - set to print on both sides to get a double-sided document.