A 56 page newly updated for 2024 revision booklet which pulls together my most popular resources over the last 10 years into one document for ease of printing/downloading. Includes theme revision cards, knowledge organisers, theme trackers, top 100 and top 20 quotation sheets, planning sheets, writing frames, 10 high grade exemplar responses, contextual reminders, comprehension questions covering all staves, key extract revision and lots more. Also includes analysis of the top 10 single words to analyse in the novella with high level explanations of how to zoom in and then how to zoom out to explore Dickens’ authorial purpose.

A range of resources to support the teaching of how Macbeth’s character changes across the play. Includes a timeline to complete to track Macbeth’s changes. Includes a revision sheet with high level analysis of 13 key quotations linked to the AOs. Includes a simple writing frame for a low ability to help them write about Macbeth as a character who changes to grade 4 or grade 5 level. Include a list of key quotations (with brief explanations) to pick from to help them write about Macbeth at different points of the text. Includes a high-level direct knowledge statement which I explain and regularly encourage them to keep referring back to when it comes to discussing Shakespeare’s authorial message in the play at the end of each analytical paragraph.

The worksheet contains over 100 key quotes from the novel in chapter order. Students are asked to link each quotation with one of the main themes using a code. Students found this to be a highly effective revision tool.

A range of worksheets focusing on figurative language. Using the examples as a guide, students come up with an A to Z of similes, metaphors, alliteration, oxymoron, personification. It works well as a home and away group activity. There is also an extension on hyphenated words that can be used to replace one of the sections.

Comprehension questions on Stave 4 of A Christmas Carol. Also contains a revision PowerPoint guiding students through how to make a mind map to revise the key quotations from the two staves.

10 Sample exam questions for the GCSE 9-1 Eduqas Poetry Anthology. Includes the 15 mark a) question and the 25 mark b) question. Also includes 14 sample comparative b) questions for a carousel revision lesson. In pairs, students will respond to all 14 questions over the course of the lesson. Also includes 6 unseen poems with questions. Links to other Eduqas poetry resources: Revision Cards https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/eduqas-wjec-poetry-revision-cards-gcse-12107545 Lessons on all poems https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/wjec-anthology-bundle-2-lesson-on-each-poem-11896591 Revision resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/wjec-eduqas-poetry-anthology-revising-all-poems-11894072 Bundle: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/wjec-eduqas-poetry-anthology-bundle-gcse-9-1-11815065

Use for a final revision session or series of sessions on A Christmas Carol Present the students with 6 big ideas about the novel. Students use the attached top 50 quotations sheet to help add their ideas about each big idea. I have also included a top 100 quotation version for higher ability students. Then go through possible answers on the PowerPoint. The PowerPoint is animated and each answer appears on the mouse click so you can talk through each one as it appears. I have also included 6 predictions about what extract might come up. Now we are 3 years into the 9-1 syllabus, I predict they might use a more obscure extract so I have picked 6 less obvious extracts. Students read each extract and complete the planning grid. Also includes some sample exam style responses to different generic questions. New for 2022 is a large PowerPoint encouraging students to choose and explain their top 3 quotations for 9 different themes.

I like to revise BIG IDEAS for my final revision lesson. This lesson is student led. Students create a mind map 6 BIG IDEAS about Romeo and Juliet using the 3 knowledge organisers to help them form their ideas. Also includes 6 sample exam questions on one A3 sheet for ease of photocopying. The 6 questions are my predictions for what might come up in 2019.

This acts as useful stimulus for travel writing about a place. There are short extracts on Liverpool, Blackpool. Llandudno and Milton Keynes. The questions ask students to locate positive and negative information about each place. Alternatively in the second worksheet they can be adapted into GCSE Paper 2 Eduqas style exam questions.

A detailed lesson looking at Simon’s character in Lord of the Flies. The lesson is geared around helping students prepare an exam response to the following question and includes detailed annotations of 8 key Simon quotations. How does Golding present Simon as different from the other boys on the island? Write about: • what Simon says and does that suggest he is different from the other boys • how Golding presents him as different. Also includes a grade 9 response on Simon.

6 revision cards covering 6 quotations linked to the theme of isolation in A Christmas Carol. The detailed explanation of the quotations are linked to the 3 A0s and authorial methods are underlined. Also includes grade 9 model essays on the topic of isolation. Check out my shop for other A Christmas Carol resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-theme-revision-cards-poverty-isolation-ghosts-christmas-family-11869145 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-gcse-differentiated-revision-sheets-on-themes-and-context-11387723 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/stave-1-and-stave-5-scrooge-s-transformation-in-a-christmas-carol-11503154 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-grade-9-lesson-and-essays-on-ghosts-11552659 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-100-comprehension-questions-with-answer-sheet-12450748 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/revise-themes-in-a-christmas-carol-family-isolation-poverty-charity-christmas-supernatural-11577227 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/grade-9-a-christmas-carol-exam-responses-12220340 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-top-50-quotations-11901568 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-3-grade-9-model-answers-for-eduqas-gcse-exam-style-11797550 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/grade-9-response-on-poverty-in-a-christmas-carol-12512988 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/6-grade-9-model-essays-on-a-christmas-carol-for-aqa-or-eduqas-11896608 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-aqa-1-9-super-bundle-11532059#

‘A thesis-style introduction that demonstrates your understanding of the question can be a really helpful way of starting your answer. It shows that you are ‘in charge’ of your essay and that you know what you think. It can provide a strong foundation for the rest of the essay. Keep referring back to the introduction to create a coherent response.’ AQA examiner’s report 2022 Creating a thesis-style introduction is a challenge for many students but is essential in helping students to reach levels 4-6 in the mark scheme. I have produced a simple 3 point structure to help students quickly generate a thesis statement in timed exam conditions. There is an example of the 3 point structure being used and then students attempt to imitate the structure for 4 other exam-style questions.

6 worksheets to support the teaching of descriptive writing about WW1 trench warfare. To prepare KS2 and 3 students for the AQA GCSE exam on creative writing, the writing is inspired by a specific image. The worksheets cover figurative language, sensuous descriptions, planning and model examples.

A 16 slide PowerPoint which contains detailed animated annotations for 6 soliloquies from the play along with modern translations and follow up comprehension questions on each speech. Act 1 Scene 5 (Unsex me here) Act 1 Scene 7 (If it were done) Act 2 Scene 1 (Is this a dagger) Act 3 Scene 1 (To be thus is nothing) Act 5 Scene 3 (Seyton! I am sick at heart) Act 5 Scene 5 (She should have died hereafter)

Ideal lesson to check the students’ understanding of the 15 poems and work out which poems to go over again. In each round there are 15 questions (one on each poem). Round 1: Opening Lines Round 2: Conflict Round 3: Power Round 4: Key phrase Round 5: Structure Round 6: Context Extra quiz on thesis statements for each poem. Also includes an extra quiz on 5 questions per poem. Another quiz is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/power-and-conflict-revision-quiz-12352453

This resource contains 8 exemplar responses on character and theme questions for An Inspector Calls with marks and examiner comments. The model essays range in quality from grade 4 to a full mark grade 9 response. This is an excellent resource to use in departmental moderation or to show students the different quality expected at each grade from 4 to 9. Thanks for your feedback. I have taken on board your comments and made significant improvements to the resource. Include model answers to the following questions about Sheila, Mr Birling, Gerald, Eva Smith, Mr Birling, Mrs Birling, responsibility, egotism. UPDATE 2022: I have converted this popular resource into a 36 page booklet combining essay plans, model essays, plot summary, theme revision cards, quotation revision tasks into one document for ease of printing. Update 2023: new responses added on the following: cruelty anger chain of events

This resource contains 15 AQA style exam questions for Power and Conflict - one for each poem. There is a grid to help students create two lines or argument for comparing the poems. The grid contains information about power, conflict, key quotations, structure and context for each poem. A PowerPoint is also included to help model how to plan lines of argument on the interactive whiteboard. Also includes 4 differentiated writing frames to 4 actual AQA power and conflict past exam questions. Each writing frame has 3 tiers of difficulty to allow for the fact different students in the class require different levels of support and guidance in the run up to the examinations. Tier 1: Students add the analysis of the quotations. The topic sentences and recommended quotations are already filled in for them. Tier 2: Students must pick their own 3 quotations from each poem and analyse the quotations. Tier 3: Students must pick their own topic sentences, quotations and then analsyse the quotations. The questions covered are as follows: 2021 question: Compare how poets present ideas about power and control in ‘London’ and in one other poem from ‘Power and conflict’. (30) Nov 2020 question: Compare how poets present the ways people are affected by difficult experiences in ‘Remains’ and in one other poem from ‘Power and conflict’. (30) May 2019 question: Compare how poets present the ways that people are affected by war in ‘War Photographer’ and in one other poem from ‘Power and conflict’. (30) May 2018 question: Compare how poets present ideas about power in ‘Ozymandias’ and in one other poem from ‘Power and conflict’. (30)