The attached document, “Macbeth Guide by Scenes”, is a scene-by-scene summary of Macbeth by William Shakespeare. It offers concise explanations of the key events, character developments, and thematic elements in each scene across all five acts of the play. It includes: Thematic prompts (e.g., greed, ambition, fear, evil, fate) with brief explanations linking them to Macbeth’s actions. Revision Aid: Helps students quickly recap the plot and main developments of each scene. Thematic Analysis: Encourages students to link events and actions to broader themes such as ambition and fate.

Star Wars Dirt Doc is a reflection and improvement (DIRT: Dedicated Improvement and Reflection Time) activity designed for students to evaluate and redraft a section of their own writing, themed around Star Wars. A PowerPoint slide guiding students through a self-assessment and improvement task. Students are instructed to: Choose a paragraph from their previous work. Use teacher feedback and self-reflection to redraft it with attention to structure, vocabulary, grammar, spelling, and/or content. Explain the changes they’ve made and what they’ve learned. Useful for: Self-reflection: Helps students think critically about their writing and take ownership of their learning. Promotes active revision: reinforces the importance of redrafting and refining work using feedback. Improves technical accuracy and creativity: Focuses on language mechanics as well as content enhancement.

Slides containing past paper questions from the Oct/Nov speaking exam - task 2 only - along with the examiner feedback for each question. There also a recording of a model answer of the first question sourced from YouTube.