This is a detailed A3 revision grid that has information on all 15 poems from the love and relationship cluster for AQA. It includes points on the theme of love/relationships, five key quotes for each poem, comments on the form/structure and points on context for each one. Use this as a revision tool so that students have a secure understanding on the main ideas linked to each one.

A booklet full of retention exercises to help develop pupils’ knowledge of the play, key characters and the plot. There are a range of activites to help boost pupils’ memory of critical ideas - perfect for a homework booklet or an intervention pack.

The resource includes 20 key quotes linked to the themes of: fear, appearance vs reality, violence and ambition. Students need to explode the key quotations using two layers of meaning, links to context, writer’s intentions and references to subject terminology.

This is a useful resource to laminate and have on every table in the classroom as it will encourage the students to vary their punctuation to improve their writing.

A fully differentiated lesson for the theme of violence that links to the AQA GCSE Literature examination. The extract and question are included at the back of the PPT. Includes - bell task, Starter Main 1 Reflection point Main 2 Plenary

A Grade 8+ Model answer for the character of Mrs Birling. To achieve a high mark in the exam, students need to create a convincing, perceptive argument about the character where they can thread a critical stance through their response. The thread through this response is - could we pity Mrs Birling for her bourgeoisie, supercilious attitude instead of the initial dislike we have for her. After reading the model answer and assessing it using a bronze, silver gold differentiated task, students need to plan their own response and add in the higher level terminology included: hubris, allegorical, supercilious, proletariat and bourgeoisie.

This handy A3 resource is ideal for revising key themes and characters from Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. The sheet has 12 questions linked to the AQA spec (but could be adapted for other specs easily) and has 12 extracts, which provide key moments from across the whole of the novella. I am using this myself to prepare my year 11s for their Literature examination.

The resource includes 20 key quotes linked to the themes of: violence, love, friendship and fate. Students need to explode the key quotations using two layers of meaning, links to context, writer’s intentions and references to subject terminology.

A revision sheet that helps students analyse key quotations within four core themes in the play: social responsibility, class, gender and age. The students need to use two layers of meaning, make links to Edwardian context, and identify and comment on writer’s methods. There is an extension task - students need to comment conceptually on Priestley’s intentions. I get students to annotate around the quotes.

A model answer for the question of loyalty for the whole play. It is differentiated and includes a PYT (extension task - push your thinking to challenge the most able). I have used this for an activity in a lesson or you could use it for a homework task.

A great revision sheet that includes three model answers for an exam question on Scrooge. The students have a differentiated task linked to asnwers, with the opportunity of then writing their own response.

A fully differentiated and focused lesson on the theme of men and women in the play 'An Inspector Calls.' The lesson includes, bell task, interactive starter, main and plenary.

A progressive, age-related assessment system that has been created working up from KS2 with the raised expectation of the new SATS 2017, and then up to the assessment objectives at KS4. The assessment grid offers guidance on how to use it, and also includes how students could be assessed across the year. This will focus your KS3 curriculum so the skills are developed ready for the increased expectation of the Grade 5 at GCSE.

A question and an extract that students can use to prepare for the examination. Spend at least 5 minutes highlighting the extract (remembering to identify subject terminology which is needed) and then get students to write up their response on the extract. Then spend 5 minutes considering how to answer the question with regards to the whole play.

A fun and interactive lesson on the poem that uses videos and collaborative tasks to get students to consider the meaning of the poem. This is fully differentiated to challenge all learners.

A colour coded grid of retention questions for Macbeth that helps to ensure secure understanding of plot, characters, themes, context and key quotes.

A free Macbeth model answer that uses a differentiated task to get students to assess it. This can be used for revision or before students do a mock exam to get them to consider how to deveop their ideas. The focus of the question is ‘how Macbeth’s hallucinations and visions are important’ in the extract and across the play.