If you are teaching GCSE Macbeth and need more extracts and questions, here is an extract on the play with an extract question 1a) and then a question relating to the wider play 1b). Spend five minutes of the lesson annotating the extract and then spend 20 minutes to answer 1a). Then get the students to consider the essay question, which they have to spend 40 minutes answering.

Fully differentiated lessons on the themes in Macbeth to focus students on exam skills for this play.

A five-step process for building an answer for this new structure question, which is differentiated to help develop student progress.

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.

Question: How are the Cratchit's presented in the novella? If you are teaching GCSE Lit A Christmas Carol and need more extracts and questions, here is an extract on the novella with an exam question for year 11 students to practice their skills. Spend ten minutes of the lesson annotating the extract and then consider the wider novella. Then get the students to answer the question in exam conditions, or collaboratively to support each other.

If you are teaching GCSE Macbeth and need more extracts and questions, here is an extract on the play with an extract question 1a) and then a question relating to the wider play 1b). Spend five minutes of the lesson annotating the extract and then spend 20 minutes to answer 1a). Then get the students to consider the essay question, which they have to spend 40 minutes answering.

A great resource that allows students to know the key five moments for each character. Super for revision in the run up to the exams or it can also be laminated and used a resource within your lesson to support students' learning.

Question: How does Dickens create mood and atmosphere throughout the novella? If you are teaching GCSE Lit A Christmas Carol and need more extracts and questions, here is an extract on the novella with an exam question for year 11 students to practice their skills. Spend ten minutes of the lesson annotating the extract and then consider the wider novella. Then get the students to answer the question in exam conditions, or collaborative to support each other.

Question: How do the Spirits create an impact on Scrooge’s emotions? If you are teaching GCSE Lit A Christmas Carol and need more extracts and questions, here is an extract on the novella with an exam question for year 11 students to practice their skills. Spend ten minutes of the lesson annotating the extract and then consider the wider novella. Then get the students to answer the question in exam conditions, or collaborative to support each other.

Question: How do Scrooge's fear change throughout the novella? If you are teaching GCSE Lit A Christmas Carol and need more extracts and questions, here is an extract on the novella with an exam question for year 11 students to practice their skills. Spend ten minutes of the lesson annotating the extract and then consider the wider novella. Then get the students to answer the question in exam conditions, or collaboratively to support each other.

If you are teaching GCSE Macbeth and need more extracts and questions, here is an extract on the play with an extract question 1a) and then a question relating to the wider play 1b). Spend five minutes of the lesson annotating the extract and then spend 20 minutes to answer 1a). Then get the students to consider the essay question, which they have to spend 40 minutes answering.

Three fully differentiated lessons that focus on Macbeth. They are exam focused and will help all learners make progress through differentiated tasks.

A fantastic poster that students can stick in their books so they know what they need to do for each component of the examination. This is specifically for the WJEC course and details % of each component, how many marks you get for each question and the type of texts required. This is very handy for students to refer to in each lesson to remind them about what they are studying and why.

Question: How does Dickens present poverty in the novella? If you are teaching GCSE Lit A Christmas Carol and need more extracts and questions, here is an extract on the novella with an exam question for year 11 students to practice their skills. Spend ten minutes of the lesson annotating the extract and then consider the wider novella. Then get the students to answer the question in exam conditions, or collaborative to support each other.

Question: How do the Spirits create an impact on Scrooge's emotions? If you are teaching GCSE Lit A Christmas Carol and need more extracts and questions, here is an extract on the novella with an exam question for year 11 students to practice their skills. Spend ten minutes of the lesson annotating the extract and then consider the wider novella. Then get the students to answer the question in exam conditions, or collaboratively to support each other.

An easy worksheet for students to use to scaffold their revision on the play Macbeth. It is differentiated using bronze, silver gold to help challenge students.

A detailed and very useful guide specifically designed for English teachers to give them top tips on how to 'mark smartly' to ensure their assessment and feedback is most effective to ensure student progress, but that it is also manageable so it can be sustained.

A useful exemplar to show how an exam response could be written for 'An Inspector Calls' with a focus on Gerald. It is differentiated to allow students to make progress at an appropriate level of challenge.

Two differentiated lessons on this GCSE anthology poem that uses a game of Pictionary to engage students as a way to develop their understanding of the ideas in the poem. It is differentiated with LOs that are on every slide so they can easily be referred to. A scaffold is provided to help support students when they write their exam response.

Four lessons on the poem that help students look at the poet's main ideas. The students are given opportunities to work independently, collaboratively or with the teacher (I,C,T). The lessons are differentiated and include starters, mains and plenaries.