A list of wider listening pieces for each area of study for Edexcel GCSE Music (15 for all with you tube links except Fusions where there are 10). A focus sheet where students must research the context and listen to key musical elements in the piece of music.
A differentiated success criteria is also attached - can be used for up to 50 pieces of homework across the 2 years.
Lesson introducing students to 25 ambitious adjectives to create a gothic atmosphere.
Starter: Find the words in the word search
New information: Find a synonym for each word
Construct: Write a paragraph using the adjectives
Apply: Find a spelling strategy to remember how to spell each word
Review: Spelling test
The collection has grown to 11 consistently thoughtful and sometimes perceptive and assured exam responses to A Christmas Carol. I am not going to claim they are grade 9 because the grade boundaries are volatile but all the essays are coherent, well-argued responses with thoughtful and often perceptive exploration of methods, word choices and writer’s wider ideas.
All responses have been formatted to snugly fit onto one page for ease of printing. I have made up my own extracts and questions. They include responses on places in the novel, Cratchits, Scrooge’s transformation, ghosts.
In this 16 slide powerpoint, I have selected 4 key quotations for each poem to annotate in detail with a focus on all 3 areas of assessment:
A01: meanings
A02: analysis of methods
A03: Context/Themes
This lesson is repeatable in the run up to the exam to revise all 60 quotations and their various layers of meaning. I have also included an answer sheet on A3 paper with all the slides on one page.
How it works:
Show students the 4 quotations and give them time to annotate them then reveal the teacher answers to compare.
The teacher annotations are animated and appear one by one on the mouse click so you can talk through them.
A successful lesson that doesn’t require any photocopying!
Inspired by the image of the old man in the 2018 AQA English Language exam, I have collated and categorised 275 words to describe a face onto a worksheet to help students with their descriptive writing.
Students found this useful in helping them to improve the precision of their characters descriptions for English Language Paper 1.
Complete lesson which gives guidance on how to annotate 15 key quotations from Chapter 5. Also includes a starter, plot summary activity, and guidance on analysing the 3 most significant quotations from the chapter in more depth. Ends with a discussion question on the effectiveness of Ralph’s leadership.
A complete lesson on each Chapter that is all ready and set to teach.
Each lesson includes:
An engaging starter
A brief chapter summary
Comprehension questions
Discussing of key quotations
Detailed notes to help students find, highlight and annotate the key 10-20 quotations from each chapter
The annotations are animated so you can go through each of them one by one.
extension activities relevant to each chapter to get students to explore big ideas in the novel
For even better value, try the full bundle which also includes lots of revison resources:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/lord-of-the-flies-mini-bundle-12072617
Detailed lesson analysing the character of Roger aimed at high ability students. It goes through detailed analysis of quotations with perceptive inferences and prepares students for an exam-style question.
Also includes a full-length grade 9 response on Roger’s character.
Also includes a revision poster on Roger for a visual revision aid.
A detailed lesson which explores 13 quotations about Jack in great detail with inferences aimed at preparing students for attempting an exam question on the character of Jack.
Also includes a grade 9 example response on the character of Jack.
A 40 page revision booklet which brings together my best selling Animal Farm worksheets into one easy to print/download document.
It includes character revision cards, theme trackers, quotation knowledge organiser, chapter questions, 5 graded exemplar responses, 14 sample GCSE questions, essay plans, writing frames and lots more.
6 revision cards containing detailed analysis of how Macbeth’s fears are presented across the play. Ideal preparation for both the 2022 and 2023 AQA exam questions about Macbeth’s fears and about how Macbeth changes during the play.
A 45 slide lesson that teaches students how to identify and comment on the effect of semantic fields in the short extract that is used for AQA Paper 1 Question 2 and Paper 2 Question 3.
There are 6 extracts to work through as students develop the skill to identify a pattern of words within each extract.
Commenting on a semantic field allows students to make a more sophisticated comment about the effect of language than merely commenting on individual words in isolation.
A context sheet to support the teaching of Lord of the Flies. It looks at 8 contextual factors to deepen students’ understanding of the novel:
Golding’s life
WWII
Cold War
British Imperialism
Coral Island
Religion
Existentialism
Thomas Hobbes
A wide range comprehension questions on each Stave of the novella with differentiation to help you find the right level of difficulty for your classes. The previews should give you an idea about the quality and relevance of the questioning. I recommend collating together to make a text book for students to work through.
This Animal Farm Bundle includes the following:
40 page revision booklet covering model answers, writing frames, plot, context, chapter questions, theme trackers and lots more.
High level response to a question on Moses and Benjamin
Revision grid of 60 character quotations and flashcards
4 full model answers
Lesson on Squealer.
Lesson on Snowball.
Lesson on Boxer.
Lesson on Benjamin.
Lesson on themes.
Lesson comparing Snowball and Napoleon’s leadership.
10+ Questions on every chapter
Lesson on Napoleon
Activity analysing key extracts
Plus lots more.Check out all the previews on each individual resource to help gain an impression of the amount of material included.
Full lesson analysing Chapter 7 includes engaging differentiated starter, plot summary and questions, annotations for 14 key quotations and an extension activity looking at the theme of darkness in the chapter.