This heavily discounted bundle combines detailed revision booklets covering 4 of the most popular GCSE literature texts: Romeo and Juliet, A Christmas Carol, An Inspector Calls and Power and Conflict.
All the booklets compile my most popular individual resources into 4 easy to print booklets/pdfs.
Each booklet contains high grade model responses, attractive revision cards, colourful knowledge organisers, scaffolding to help with planning, plot overviews, comprehension questions and much more.
Buying the bundle of 4 booklets is more cost effective than purchasing all 4 booklets from my shop individually.
An Inspector Calls - 43 page booklet
Romeo and Juliet - 88 page booklet
Power and Conflict - 51 page booklet (newly updated)
A Christmas Carol - 56 page booklet (newly updated)
A timeline revision activity for A Christmas Carol that asks students to offer 3 layers of analysis for 13 key Scrooge quotations to help track his transformation in the novel from a solitary miser to a redeemed philanthropist.
A01: What is the meaning of the quotation?
A02: What is the impact of words/methods?
A03: What is Dickens’ message in this quotation?
Comprehensive answer sheet is included. I give this out at the end of the lesson so students can compare their answers to it.
Ideal revision activity in the run up to the May examinations.
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Revision sheet on the character of Roger in Lord of the Flies. Roger is the only main character who has not yet come up on an exam question for AQA. Could 2024 be Roger’s year?
If so, this revision sheet will help prepare for this possibility. It contains detailed analysis of 8 key Roger quotations. The analysis is aimed at students aiming for grades 8-9. Ideas outside of the text such as references to Freud’s id and defence mechanisms along with Himmler are used to help meet the criteria for A03.
It also includes a thesis-style introduction to model how to begin a response with an arguable statement.
A Napoleon Animal Farm revision sheet ideal for preparing for a possible question on this character in the exam.
There is a thesis-style overview followed by thoughtful analysis of 11 key quotations with explicit reference to the impact of authorial methods (A02) and regular considerations of wider contextual ideas outside of the text (A03).
A3 revision sheet that explores the characters of Snowball and Napoleon. Includes thesis style introductions and detailed and thoughtful analysis of 11 key quotations for each character.
A 23 page booklet containing detailed analysis and annotations for all 18 poems alongside knowledge organisers covering the main ideas, context and structure in each poem.
Character revision sheet for Simon in Lord of the Flies. Includes a thesis introduction and 10 key quotations with thoughtful and exploratory comments.
A revision sheet that explores the character of Snowball from Animal Farm in detail. It includes a thesis style introduction and then makes thoughtful comments on 11 key Snowball quotations from across the novel.
Revision sheet analysing and exploring 10 key Piggy quotations from Lord of the Flies. Each explanation strives to explore how Golding uses the character of Piggy of Piggy as a conduit to explore bigger ideas. Also includes a thesis-style introduction. Perfect revision for preparing for the possibility for a character question on Piggy in 2024.
An exercise which asks students to think deeply about the reasons why Golding uses 15 specific words in the novel.
Students are encouraged to come up with 3 different reasons why that specific word was used. They can zoom in to the word connotations and then zoom out to think about Golding’s authorial messages.
The answer sheet with examples of thoughtful and perceptive inferences for each word choice is included for students to compare their answers to at the end of the lesson.
With Lady Macbeth being the focus for the AQA May 2024 exam, here are a range of resources exploring Lady Macbeth’s character in detail. Includes timeline, poster, model answers, lessons and worksheets.
Includes a 34 page work booklet adapted to help students extend their knowledge of An Inspector Calls. The 34 page booklet includes:
Plot Summary with answer sheet
Revising the top 10 quotations for each character with answer sheet
Template to plan exam style responses for each character
9 model answers at grades ranging from 4 to 9 with examiner comments
Instructions for how to annotate the play
Revision cards on themes
Home learning booklets for Macbeth which draw together a range of my most popular resources. In total there are over 50 pages which are broke up into clear sections to provide clear instructions for students, teachers or parents.
There are also easy to follow PowerPoints covering every scene of the play.
Pack 1:
Quotation organisers and revision guides to the whole play
Pack 2:
Plot summary activities and questions on specific key scenes
Pack 3:
6 Exam style questions and 6 grade 9 exemplar responses.
Pack 4:
An abridged version of the play in 20 key extracts to analyse and annotate.
Also includes a 100 question knowledge quiz with answer sheet provided.
Also contains 104 slides of annotations covering the whole play.
Also contains 20 revision cards on 20 key quotations aimed at grade 7-9 students.
25 lessons covering every scene from the play.
Also includes 20 revision cards with detailed analysis of 20 of the most important quotations in the play aimed at grade 7-9 students.
All lessons include scene summaries, detailed annotations and often includes extension activities, comprehension questions, differentiated starters example paragraphs to guide students on how to effectively write analytical paragraphs.
Also includes a PowerPoint with the whole play annotated.
A full lesson analysing the character of Old Benjamin in Animal Farm.
The PowerPoint/pdf includes the following:
3 question starter with detailed answers on slide 2.
Then student attempt to explain 6 key quotations before comparing their explanations to the teacher explanations.
Students are then given a model paragraph and asked to write their own paragraph analysing Benjamin.
The included writing frame is optional for weaker students.
Lesson that guides students through Act 3 Scene 1 of Macbeth with a scene summary, detailed annotations followed by comprehension questions to test understanding of the annotations.