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Engaging and accessible resources for GCSE and A-Level English and Drama. Powerpoints, worksheets, quizzes and exam practice developed by a teacher with over 20 years teaching experience. You can feel confident that the resources are classroom tested and up to date. If you liked one of your purchases and want one for free, leave a 5* review and email ravenresources@yahoo.com. Include your TES username and your preferred resource. Before you know it, you'll have a second resource absolutely free.
A varied quiz for any lesson, form term or group. Appropriate for secondary school and college students (key stage 4 and 5, 11 to 18 year olds). A range of eight rounds of 60 questions (some with ten questions, some with five depending on the difficult and level of interest). Will take between an hour and 1 hour 30 minutes to complete.
Appropriate for teams or individuals.
An answer sheet is included with a teacher’s sheet that includes all the answers.
• Round One: Chocolate Slogans
• Round Two: Bunny Anagrams
• Round Three: Disguised as a Bunny
• Round Four: What is that object?
• Round Five: Rank and File
• Round Six: First and Last
• Round Seven: Multiple Choice
• Round Eight: Name that number
• Tie breakers
Students work through a highly visual PowerPoint answering questions in each round. The animations in the PowerPoint allow you to create interest and allow students time to answer questions. Examples of the Rank and File, Bunny Anagram and Name the Object rounds are included to make instructions clear and accessible.
Once the quiz has been completed, students mark each other’s answers and work through a range of questions that can create further discussion.
Questions are appropriate to a secondary school and college aged student.
The eight rounds of questions last for between 50 minutes and 1 hour (depending on how much time you give students to answer the questions). Round Two (Bunny Anagrams) has a 90 second timer that can be shortened to 45 seconds or removed and made longer. Round Eight (Name the Number) can take longer for students to answer. It can a good idea to give them about five minutes per question. The other questions in the quiz can be moved through at a brisk pace. Working through the answers takes between 15 and 20 minutes. You can slow the progress down or speed it up depending on your group or lessons.
Whole quiz time: 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes.
The PowerPoint can be edited and adapted allowing you to change any questions to suit your students.
Try out the free end of term quiz.
Available in an End of Term Quiz Bundle
A varied 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minute end of term Christmas quiz. Ten rounds with 65 questions appropriate for secondary school and college students (key stage 4 and 5, 11 to 18 year olds). Appropriate for teams or individuals. A response sheet is included with a teacher’s sheet that includes all the answers.
Round One: Who is in disguise?
Round Two: Name the Christmas Song
Round Three: Rank and File
Round Four: Actor Anagrams
Round Five: Multiple Choice
Round Six: Lost in Translation
Round Seven: What is that object?
Round Eight: First and Last
Round Nine: Name the Number
Round Ten: What am I? Christmas Dessert Edition
Tie breakers
Students work through a highly visual PowerPoint answering questions in each round. The animations in the PowerPoint allow you to create interest and allow students time to answer questions. Examples of the Rank and File round, Actor Anagrams, Name the object and Name the number rounds are included to make instructions clear and accessible.
Once the quiz has been completed, students mark each other’s answers and work through a range of questions that can create further discussion.
Questions are appropriate to a secondary school and college aged student.
The nine rounds of questions last for between 50 minutes and 1 hour (depending on how much time you give students to answer the questions). Round Two (Name the Christmas Song) and Round Four (Actor Anagrams) can take longer for students to answer. You could give students longer than the timer in the Round Four anagrams. The other questions in the quiz can be moved through at a brisk pace if you want to cut down the total time. Working through the answers takes between 15 and 20 minutes. You can slow the progress down or speed it up depending on your group or lessons.
Whole quiz time: 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes.
The PowerPoint can be edited and adapted allowing you to change any questions to suit your students.
Try out the free end of term quiz.
A Level and GCSE resources for 1 hour and 30 minutes of teaching on ‘This World is not Conclusion’ by Emily Dickinson. Suggestions for further activities or additional activities are also included.
The pack includes:
• A two page student worksheet with a selection of activities and questions.
• A 26 slide PowerPoint reflecting all activities on the worksheet which some extra explanation. Essay questions and an additional Emily Dickinson poem is provided for a comparison activity.
• A ten question PowerPoint comprehension quiz that can be shown on a whiteboard and students can mark their own answers.
• A lesson plan guide with the task split into three 30 minute sections. Work can, of course, be extended for longer sessions or 30 minute sessions can be put together for an hour lesson.
This resource encourages close reading, critical writing, discussion and retention of important ideas and quotations from ‘This World is not Conclusion’. Students can be set the work independently or the work can be presented in a more collaborative class atmosphere.
The first half of the text of this poem is available at Project Gutenberg. Further details on Emily Dickinson and some manuscript versions of her poems can be found at Poetry Foundation.
All the images used in the pack are available for commercial use.
Emily Dickinson poems also available:
FREE RESOURCE: There’s a certain Slant of light
[I Like to see it Lap the Miles] (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12899529)
He fumbles at your Soul
Going to Heaven!
Also available the Emily Dickinson Poetry Bundle which includes: ‘This World is not Conclusion’, ‘He fumbles at your Soul’, ‘I like to see it lap the Miles’ and ‘Going to Heaven!’
20 A Christmas Carol practice exam questions with AQA GCSE Literature extract structure for Paper 1 (Shakespeare and the 19th-century novel) Section B (specification number 8702).
**Practice exam papers in the style of GCSE AQA English Literature.
**
The materials consist of twenty extract questions each with a one-page extract from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
The questions focus on various topics and characters relevant to A Christmas Carol.
The questions provide a specific topic and then asks students to complete a detailed analysis of the extract followed by a discussion of the topic in the rest of the novella. Students are required to engage with the extract and the topic before applying their analysis to the rest of the novella.
The pack includes:
20 AQA style practice exam papers on different sections and different topics in the novella.
A description of student friendly assessment objectives.
An exemplar essay of one of the practice exam questions.
An assessment objective marking grid.
A PowerPoint with details about the structure of the questions, suggestions about how to approach the question, a structure for writing a response, examining board suggestions, instructions for using the marking grid and two student self-assessment activities.
A great 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minute end of term Summer quiz. Nine rounds with 60 questions appropriate for secondary school and college students (key stage 4 and 5, 11 to 18 year olds). Appropriate for teams or individuals and suitable for any lesson or form group. An answer sheet is included with a teacher’s sheet that includes all the answers.Appropriate for teams or individuals, but more fun with teams.
• Round One: Who is in disguise?
• Round Two: Name the Summer Song
• Round Three: Rank and File
• Round Four: Actor Anagrams
• Round Five: Multiple Choice
• Round Six: Lost in Translation
• Round Seven: What is that object?
• Round Eight: First and Last
• Round Nine: Name that number
• Three tie breakers
Some rounds have ten questions, some with five depending on the difficulty and level of interest.
Students work through a highly visual PowerPoint answering questions in each round. The animations in the PowerPoint allow you to create interest and allow students time to answer questions. Examples of the Rank and File round, Actor Anagram, What is that object and Name that number rounds are included to make instructions clear and accessible.
Once the quiz has been completed, students mark the answers of the other teams and work through a range of questions that can create further discussion.
Questions are appropriate to a secondary school and college aged student.
The nine rounds of questions last for between 50 minutes and 1 hour (depending on how much time you give students to answer the questions). Round Two (Name the Summer Song) and Round Four (Actor Anagrams) can take longer for students to answer. It can a good idea to give them about five minutes per anagram in Round Four. You can also give students longer to complete the Name that number round. The calculations are not complex, but working out the numbers in the first place can be challenging. The other questions in the quiz can be moved through at a brisk pace. Working through the answers takes between 15 and 20 minutes. You can slow the progress down or speed it up depending on your group or lessons.
Whole quiz time: 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes.
The PowerPoint can be edited and adapted allowing you to change any questions to suit your students.
Try out the free end of term quiz.
Available in an End of Term Quiz Bundle
A powerpoint with a series of 20 engaging creative writing prompts. Provides a visual motivation with the guidance of activities and questions to get students started with their creative writing.
In additional to 20 prompt images with questions on the powerpoint to motivate student creative writing, there is a set of reflection questions on the powerpoint. Reflection questions are differentiated between dialogue, description and perspective writing to get students to think about their own writing. A revision slide will allow students to consider way of changing their writing. A final slide with ten opening lines provide a final opportunity for creative writing and a set of work that could be set as homework.
This is the second series of creative writing prompts available. The first series is available:
Creative Writing Fiction Prompts Powerpoint and Worksheets
Packs of resources for ‘The Story of an Hour’ by Kate Chopin and ‘The Oval Portrait’ by Edgar Allan Poe. Each pack provides a minimum of 1 hour and 30 minutes of teaching. Both stories is a public domain story that is freely available for use. All the images used in the pack are available for commercial use.
Each pack includes:
• A copy of story in the format of a Word document with an optional glossary.
• A two page student worksheet with a selection of activities and questions.
• A student worksheet with answers to guide the teacher.
• A PowerPoint reflecting all activities on the worksheet which some extra explanation and contains useful links and reference to the creative activities. Each PowerPoint is over 25 slides.
• A ten question PowerPoint comprehension quiz that can be shown on a whiteboard and students can mark their own answers.
• Four creative writing prompt sheets that encourage students to continue to think about the themes and approaches of the story.
• A lesson plan guide with the task split into three 30 minute sections. Work can, of course, be extended for longer sessions or 30 minute sessions can be put together for an hour lesson.
Both resource packs encourage close reading, critical writing and creative responses. Students can be set the work independently or the work can be presented in a more collaborative class atmosphere.
Appropriate to GCSE students and A Level students of English.
A bundle of 10 William Blake and 10 The Importance of Being Earnest practice examination questions that follow the structure of the OCR English Language and Literature A Level Paper 2 (The Language of Poetry and Plays) Section B (specification number H474).
The 10 The Importance of Being Earnest practice exam questions consist of a theme focused question with an extract of The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde. The questions focus on issues relevant to the study of a range of The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde. The questions include an extract from the play which is currently being examined on the 2022 OCR English Language and Literature A Level Paper 2 exam.
Each question provides a different theme and then asks students to complete a detailed analysis of an extract from the play before discussing other sections of the play. Students are required to engage with the theme and apply it to their analysis of the extract included as well as other sections of The Importance of Being Earnest. This is a closed text exam and students are expected to recall the rest of the play from their study.
The 10 William Blake practice exam questions consist of a theme focused question with a William Blake poem. The questions focus on issues relevant to the study of a range of 10 William Blake’s poems from Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience. These are the 10 poems currently being examined on the 2022 OCR English Language and Literature A Level Paper 2 exam.
Each question provides a different theme and then asks students to complete a detailed analysis of a different poems followed by a comparison to other poems by William Blake. Students are required to engage with the theme and apply it to their analysis of the poem included as well as other William Blake poems that they are expected to recall from their study of his poetry.
Three quizzes ideal for the end of Autumn, Spring and Summer term with Christmas, Easter and Summer themes. Quizzes are great for any lesson, form term or group. Appropriate for secondary school and college students (key stage 4 and 5, 11 to 18 year olds). A range of rounds with 60 to 75 questions (some with ten questions, some with five depending on the difficulty and level of interest). Each quiz takes between an hour and 1 hour 30 minutes to complete. Appropriate for teams or individuals, but more fun with teams.
An answer sheet is included with a teacher’s sheet that includes all the answers.
Students work through a highly visual PowerPoints answering questions in each round. The animations in the PowerPoint allow you to create interest and allow students time to answer questions. Examples of the Rank and File round, Actor Anagram, What is that object and Name that number rounds are included to make instructions clear and accessible.
Once each quiz has been completed, students mark the answers of the other teams and work through a range of questions that can create further discussion.
Questions are appropriate to a secondary school and college aged student.
Whole quiz time for each quiz: 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes.
The PowerPoint can be edited and adapted allowing you to change any questions to suit your students.
Christmas Quiz Rounds:
• Round One: Who is in disguise?
• Round Two: Name the Christmas Song
• Round Three: Rank and File
• Round Four: Actor Anagrams
• Round Five: Multiple Choice
• Round Six: Lost in Translation
• Round Seven: What is that object?
• Round Eight: First and Last
• Round Nine: Name that number
• Tie breakers
Easter Quiz Rounds:
• Round One: Chocolate Slogans
• Round Two: Bunny Anagrams
• Round Three: Disguised as a Bunny
• Round Four: What is that object?
• Round Five: Rank and File
• Round Six: First and Last
• Round Seven: Multiple Choice
• Round Eight: Name that number
• Tie breakers
Summer Quiz Rounds:
• Round One: Who is in disguise?
• Round Two: Name the Summer Song
• Round Three: Rank and File
• Round Four: Actor Anagrams
• Round Five: Multiple Choice
• Round Six: Lost in Translation
• Round Seven: What is that object?
• Round Eight: First and Last
• Round Nine: Name that number
• Tie breakers
Try out the free Summer quiz.
A Level and GCSE resources for 1 hour and 30 minutes of teaching on ‘I like to see it lap the Miles’ by Emily Dickinson. Suggestions for further activities or additional activities are also included.
The pack includes:
• A two page student worksheet with a selection of activities and questions.
• A 22 slide PowerPoint reflecting all activities on the worksheet which some extra explanation. Essay questions and an additional Emily Dickinson poem is provided for a comparison activity.
• A ten question PowerPoint comprehension quiz that can be shown on a whiteboard and students can mark their own answers.
• A lesson plan guide with the task split into three 30 minute sections. Work can, of course, be extended for longer sessions or 30 minute sessions can be put together for an hour lesson.
This resource encourages close reading, critical writing, discussion and retention of important ideas and quotations from ‘I like to see it lap the Miles’. Students can be set the work independently or the work can be presented in a more collaborative class atmosphere.
The text of this poem is available at Project Gutenberg. Further details on Emily Dickinson and some manuscript versions of her poems can be found at Poetry Foundation.
All the images used in the pack are available for commercial use.
Emily Dickinson poems also available:
FREE RESOURCE: There’s a certain Slant of light
This World is not Conclusion
He fumbles at your Soul
Going to Heaven!
Also available the Emily Dickinson Poetry Bundle which includes: ‘This World is not Conclusion’, ‘He fumbles at your Soul’, ‘I like to see it lap the Miles’ and ‘Going to Heaven!’
A Level and GCSE resources for 1 hour and 30 minutes of teaching on ‘He fumbles at your Soul’ by Emily Dickinson. Suggestions for further activities or additional activities are also included.
The pack includes:
• A two page student worksheet with a selection of activities and questions.
• A 25 slide PowerPoint reflecting all activities on the worksheet which some extra explanation. Essay questions and an additional Emily Dickinson poem is provided for a comparison activity.
• A ten question PowerPoint comprehension quiz that can be shown on a whiteboard and students can mark their own answers.
• A lesson plan guide with the task split into three 30 minute sections. Work can, of course, be extended for longer sessions or 30 minute sessions can be put together for an hour lesson.
This resource encourages close reading, critical writing, discussion and retention of important ideas and quotations from ‘He fumbles at your Soul’. Students can be set the work independently or the work can be presented in a more collaborative class atmosphere.
The text of this poem is available at Project Gutenberg under the title ‘He Fumbles at your Spirit’ with the final couplet missing.
Further details on Emily Dickinson and some manuscript versions of her poems can be found at Poetry Foundation.
All the images used in the pack are available for commercial use.
Emily Dickinson poems also available:
FREE RESOURCE: There’s a certain Slant of light
[I Like to see it Lap the Miles] (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12899529)
This World is not Conclusion
Going to Heaven!
Also available the Emily Dickinson Poetry Bundle which includes: ‘This World is not Conclusion’, ‘He fumbles at your Soul’, ‘I like to see it lap the Miles’ and ‘Going to Heaven!’
A Level and GCSE resources for 1 hour and 30 minutes of teaching on ‘Going to Heaven!’ by Emily Dickinson. Suggestions for further activities or additional activities are also included.
The pack includes:
• A two page student worksheet with a selection of activities and questions.
• A 22 slide PowerPoint reflecting all activities on the worksheet which some extra explanation. Essay questions and an additional Emily Dickinson poem is provided for a comparison activity.
• A ten question PowerPoint comprehension quiz that can be shown on a whiteboard and students can mark their own answers.
• A lesson plan guide with the task split into three 30 minute sections. Work can, of course, be extended for longer sessions or 30 minute sessions can be put together for an hour lesson.
This resource encourages close reading, critical writing, discussion and retention of important ideas and quotations from ‘Going to Heaven!’. Students can be set the work independently or the work can be presented in a more collaborative class atmosphere.
The text of this poem is available at Project Gutenberg with the second stanza split in two, making the poem four rather than three stanzas long. Further details on Emily Dickinson and some manuscript versions of her poems can be found at Poetry Foundation.
All the images used in the pack are available for commercial use.
Emily Dickinson poems also available:
FREE RESOURCE: There’s a certain Slant of light
[I Like to see it Lap the Miles] (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12899529)
This World is not Conclusion
He fumbles at your Soul
Also available the Emily Dickinson Poetry Bundle which includes: ‘This World is not Conclusion’, ‘He fumbles at your Soul’, ‘I like to see it lap the Miles’ and ‘Going to Heaven!’
A Level and GCSE resources for ‘He fumbles at your Soul’, ‘This World is not Conclusion’, ‘I like to see it lap the Miles’ and ‘Going to Heaven!’.
1 hour and 30 minutes of teaching on EACH poem. Suggestions for further activities or additional activities are also included.
Each poem has:
• A two page student worksheet with a selection of activities and questions.
• A 22 slide PowerPoint reflecting all activities on the worksheet which some extra explanation. Essay questions and an additional Emily Dickinson poem is provided for a comparison activity.
• A ten question PowerPoint comprehension quiz that can be shown on a whiteboard and students can mark their own answers.
• A lesson plan guide with the task split into three 30 minute sections. Work can, of course, be extended for longer sessions or 30 minute sessions can be put together for an hour lesson.
This resource encourages close reading, critical writing, discussion and retention of important ideas and quotations from the poems. Students can be set the work independently or the work can be presented in a more collaborative class atmosphere.
Check out a FREE RESOURCE: There’s a certain Slant of light by Emily Dickinson
The text of these poems are available at Project Gutenberg (with some slight alterations). Further details on Emily Dickinson and some manuscript versions of her poems can be found at Poetry Foundation.
All the images used in the pack are available for commercial use.
A varied 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minute end of unit quiz or a good way to start revising Macbeth by William Shakespeare. Eight rounds with 75 questions appropriate for secondary school and college students (key stage 4 and 5, 11 to 18 year olds).
Appropriate for teams or individuals (more fun with teams). Eight different rounds with a total of 75 questions (most with ten questions and an anagram round with five). The quiz will take between an hour and 1 hour 30 minutes to complete. A response sheet is included with a teacher’s sheet that includes all the answers.
Round One: Character Anagrams
Round Two: Context Multiple Choice
Round Three: Who says what?
Round Four: Word Meanings
Round Five: What happens when?
Round Six: Techniques and Terms
Round Seven: Who am I?
Round Eight: Complete the Quotation
Tie breakers
Students work through a highly visual PowerPoint answering questions in each round. The animations in the PowerPoint allow you to create interest and allow students time to answer questions. Examples of the Character Anagrams, Who says what?, Word Meanings, Techniques and Terms, Who am I? and Complete the Quotation are included to make instructions clear and accessible.
The What says what?, Word Meanings, Techniques and Terms and Complete the Quotation have an electronic voice readings. Either turn on your speakers, or not, depending on your preference.
Once the quiz has been completed, students mark the answers of the other teams and work through the questions that can create further discussion.
Questions are appropriate to a secondary school and college aged student.
The eight rounds of questions last for between 50 minutes and 1 hour (depending on how much time you give students to answer the questions). You can also give students longer to complete the questions. For example, the Who am I? clues could be left on the board to allow students to discuss possibilities in groups. The other questions in the quiz can be moved through at a brisk pace. Working through the answers takes between 15 and 20 minutes. You can slow the progress down or speed it up depending on your group or lessons.
Whole quiz time: 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes.
The PowerPoint can be edited and adapted allowing you to change any questions to suit your students.
Try out the free end of term quiz.
A Level and GCSE resources for 1 hour and 30 minutes of teaching on ‘There’s a Certain Slant of Light’ by Emily Dickinson. Suggestions for further activities or additional activities are also included.
The pack includes:
• A two page student worksheet with a selection of activities and questions.
• A 25 slide PowerPoint reflecting all activities on the worksheet which some extra explanation. Essay questions and an additional Emily Dickinson poem is provided for a comparison activity.
• A ten question PowerPoint comprehension quiz that can be shown on a whiteboard and students can mark their own answers.
• A lesson plan guide with the task split into three 30 minute sections. Work can, of course, be extended for longer sessions or 30 minute sessions can be put together for an hour lesson.
This resource encourages close reading, critical writing, discussion and retention of important ideas and quotations from ‘There’s a Certain Slant of Light’. Students can be set the work independently or the work can be presented in a more collaborative class atmosphere.
The text of this poem is available at Project Gutenberg. Further details on Emily Dickinson and some manuscript versions of her poems can be found at Poetry Foundation.
All the images used in the pack are available for commercial use.
Emily Dickinson poems also available:
This World is not Conclusion
He fumbles at your Soul
I like to see it lap the Miles
Going to Heaven!
Also available the Emily Dickinson Poetry Bundle which includes: ‘There’s a certain Slant of light’, ‘This World is not Conclusion’, ‘He fumbles at your Soul’, ‘I like to see it lap the Miles’ and ‘Going to Heaven!’
A great 30 minute quiz for any subject lesson, form, class or group. Five different rounds of five questions. Appropriate for teams or individuals. A student answer sheet is included with a teacher’s sheet that includes all the answers.
• Round One: Celebrities in Disguise
• Round Two: Song Lyrics
• Round Three: Rank and File
• Round Four: Actor Anagrams
• Round Five: General Knowledge Multiple Choice
• Tie Breaker
Students work through a highly visual PowerPoint answering five questions in each round. The animations in the PowerPoint allow you to create interest and allow students time to answer questions. Examples of the Rank and File round and Actor Anagrams are included to make instructions clear and accessible.
Once the quiz had been completed, students mark each other’s answers, working through a range of questions that can create further discussion.
Questions are appropriate for a high school/secondary school and college aged students.
The five rounds of questions last for between 25 and 30 minutes (depending on how much time you give students to answer the questions). Round Two (Song Lyrics) and Round Four (Actor Anagrams) can take longer for students to answer. It is a good idea to give them about five minutes per anagram in Round Four. The other questions in the quiz can be moved through at a brisk pace. Working through the answers takes about 10 minutes. You can slow the progress down or speed it up depending on your group or lessons.
Whole quiz time: 30 to 45 minutes.
The PowerPoint can be edited and adapted allowing you to change any questions to suit your students.
Try out the Christmas 2023 Quiz
[Or the Easter 2024 Quiz]
Or the Summer 2024 Quiz
[Or the Olympic Games Quiz] (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/olympic-games-quiz-2024-13002373)
