A growing collection of grade 8/grade 9 band 5 and band 6 exam-style responses to A Christmas Carol exam-style questions. . All responses have been formatted to snugly fit onto one page for ease of printing.
Includes responses to the following questions:
Starting with the extract …
How does Dickens present Scrooge’s fears?
How is Bob Cratchit presented?
How is Scrooge presented as an isolated character?
Explore the significance of the ghosts in the novel?
How does Dickens present Scrooge’s attitude to charity?
How is Scrooge presented as an outsider to the world around him?
How are places presented in the novel?
How is Scrooge presented as an outcast to the world around him? (different extract)
Explore how Dickens uses the ghosts to help Scrooge change his beliefs and actions?
How does Dickens present the hardship of the poverty-stricken?
How does Dickens present Christmas as a joyful time?
How does Dickens explore the effects of greed.
Also contains additional material such as the 9 step method for grade 9.
A Grade 9 (or close to grade 9 response because examiner marking is always highly subjective) to a range of typical exam-style questions. There are 8 responses in total. This will be be a useful resource for students preparing for mock exams in 2024 or as a tool for teachers to use to help plan follow up tasks and walk-through mocks.
Topics include:
Isolation
Happiness
Suffering
Poverty
Fears
Family
Also contains a 9th grade 9 response answering what I predict will be the topic for May 2024: places and settings.
All the responses are between 800 and 1250 words in length and were completed within 50 minutes to replicate actual exam conditions. All are consistently thoughtful and, for me, demonstrate sufficient examples of assuredness and conviction to reach level 6 in the mark scheme.
All have been adapted to fit snugly onto one page for ease of printing/downloading. You might decide to increase the font size to improve readability with some classes or print A3 rather than A4.
Also includes:
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.
A worksheet that encourages students to develop their A03 analysis in A Christmas Carol.
Students are provided with partially completed high grade analysis of 14 key quotations from the text. The A02 analysis of methods is already present. Students must then complete the table by adding in the A03 analysis.
The following prompts are provided to help students come out of the text to explore A03.
A03 – Zoom out of the text. What is Dickens’ authorial message/big idea for his 19th century reader? What are the relevant 19th century contextual factors?
A03+ What makes the ideas in this text relevant to human beings NOW? What key concepts or universal truths about being human, or part of society, or a part of a relationship, or alive in the world, are being presented in this text?
Also contains a revision sheet on the 12 moral lessons in the book. Answer sheet included.
Also includes:
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.
4 handy revision sheets covering the following 4 characters in A Christmas Carol:
Scrooge
Fred
Cratchit Family
Ghost of Christmas Past
Also includes analysis of the 10 key words in the novella for zooming in on.
Also includes:
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.
Also contains a lesson and resource to help students explore multiple interpretations for what each character symbolises or represents.
Revision cards for all 18 Eduqas anthology poems in the 9-1 GCSE.
Also includes a revision lesson PowerPoint along with a revision quiz to help get students to use the revision cards.
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
Also contains a 23 page revision booklet.
A bundle of resources covering the WJEC/EDUQAS grade 9-1 anthology poems with lessons on individual poems and resources to revise the whole collection.
Includes: revisions cards and a revision grid, revision lessons by theme, lessons on learning key quotations, quizzes and lots more. Have a look through the previews.
If you don't want to buy the full bundle, here are some ;inks to some of my other Eduqas poetry resources:
Revision grid:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/eduqas-poetry-revision-grid-11388967
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
20+ lessons covering the anthology poems in the EDUQAS GCSE anthology. Also includes revision cards and a revision quiz.
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
A bundle of resources to use in the final few weeks after you have taught all 18 poems.
The resources encourage students to learn quotations, explore comparisons and write up comparative paragraphs.
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
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
Revision cards and a 23 page booklet of revision pages for the Eduqas GCSE poems.Also has a PowerPoint with annotations for all 18 poems.
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
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.
4 detailed revision booklets covering 4 of the most popular GCSE literature texts: Macbeth, 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
Macbeth - 57 page booklet (newly updated)
Power and Conflict - 51 page booklet (newly updated)
A Christmas Carol - 56 page booklet (newly updated)
This bundle is for students and teachers who are studying the following combination of texts: Romeo and Juliet, A Christmas Carol, An Inspector Calls and Power and Conflict.
This 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)
Large 40+ slide PowerPoint covering key quotations with high grade analysis from across the novel linked to 9 themes.
There are 3 suggested revision activities to accompany the PowerPoint to ensure students use the resource efficiently and effectively:
a. Select the 3 best quotations for each of the 9 themes
b. Complete essay plans for 6 exam-style questions
c. Create a mindmap to revise big ideas in the
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.
Also includes: 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.
A new and vastly improved character revision sheet for 2023-2024
This A3 sheet contains a thesis-style introduction and 10 key quotations analysed in detail for the 4 main characters in Lord of the Flies:
Piggy, Simon, Ralph and Jack.
Also contains a blank template version. I give students the blank template first to see how much they can recall before going over the answers.
Which character do you think is going to come up in the 2023 exam?
A full unit of work on Lord of the Flies that covers a full term alongside comprehensive revision resources to revise content in Year 11.
Full lesson PowerPoints included on the following
12 detailed lessons on each of the 12 chapters clearly labelled
40 page revision booklet
Full lesson on mob mentality
Full lesson Roger with grade 9 full essay
Full lesson on Ralph
Full lesson on Piggy with structure to follow for writing up own essay
Full lesson Jack with grade 9 full essay
Full lesson on symbols
Full lesson on Simon
Revision lessons with revision cards containing the top 50 quotations, top 10 quotations per character, differentiated writing frames, sample questions, knowledge organisers and a big ideas mind map
Also includes extensive notes to help students annotate over 200 quotations from the novel independently.
Check out the previews by clicking on each individual resource to gain an idea about a wide range of resources on offer.
5 lessons on the following 5 characters from Lord of the Flies:
Ralph
Piggy
Jack
Roger
Simon
All 5 lessons include detailed exploration of a range of quotations to prepare students for answering an exam question about the character. Also contains a printable revision sheet with key quotations for each character. Also includes some grade 9 model responses.
Also contains an activity where students complete 4 partially completed exam responses. This is differentiated with an easier and harder version depending on the ability of your group.
Also contains a lesson on how to write thesis style character introductions.
Newly updated 46 page revision booklet for Lord of the Flies which my best selling resources into one easy to print/download document to aid with revision.
The booklet includes:
Plot recap questions
Cloze plot summary activity
Chapter questions
Storyboard plot summary
Theme quotation revision cards
Knowledge organisers
Top 10 quotations for each character posters
Blank templates to test understanding of key points
High grade model responses on Ralph, Piggy, Jack and Roger
Sample GCSE questions
Contextual revision notes
Writing frames (differentiated)
Notes on topic sentences
Extension links to Freudian analysis
Also now includes 6 extra character pages with more detailed quotation analysis on the 5 main characters and the island setting.
7 attractive and informative literature revision booklets covering the following 7 popular GCSE texts. I have compiled my most popular resources for each set text into 7 easy to print pdfs. There are also word versions if you wish to edit and add to the booklets yourself.
The 7 texts that are covered should hopefully cover the 4 set texts you will be studying or teaching:
Macbeth
Romeo and Juliet (98 pages)
A Christmas Carol (56 pages)
Power and Conflict (51 pages)
An Inspector Calls (43 pages)
Lord of the Flies (46 pages)
Animal Farm
All the booklets contain knowledge organisers, revision cards, plot/knowledge tests, high grade model exemplars, writing frames, support with planning and much more.
Please look at the previews to sample the wide range of resources on offer.
Can be printed in A4 or A3. Some pages may benefit from an A3 print out.
Huge 50+ slide PowerPoint covering key quotations with several layers of analysis on the key characters and themes in the novel.
It comes with accompanying revision activities to ensure students use the information in the powerpoint efficiently and effectively:
a) plan responses to 6 topics
b) revise big ideas in the novel
Also includes a revision sheet for analysing 15 key word choices in the novel.
Also includes a resource looking at exploring multiple interpretations of the text.
Character revision sheets for the 5 main characters in Lord of the Flies - Piggy, Ralph, Jack, Roger and Simon. Each sheet explores 10 key quotations from across the novel. Also includes a revision sheet on the island because this is a common exam question that hasn’t come up for a couple of years. Perfect revision preparation for 2024.
Includes a pdf version or an editable word version in case you need to swap around any of the top 10 quotations to suit your teaching.