Guided annotations and questions on essential extracts from Stave 1 of A Christmas Carol.
Each extract is surrounded by questions/boxes which guide students through the annotation and analysis of language.
Extracts include:
Marley was dead
Oh! But he was a tight-fisted…
Merry Christmas uncle
Are there no prisons?
The fog and darkness thickened - Scrooge and Bob Cratchit
The knocker and the supernatural
Marley’s ghost
Ideally printed in A3 and colour
Guided annotations and questions on essential extracts from Macbeth - 27 scenes.
Each scene has colour coded questions/boxes which guides students through the annotation and analysis of language.
Best printed on A3 and in colour.
Guided annotations and questions on essential extracts from Act 1 of Macbeth.
Each scene has colour coded questions/boxes which guides students through the annotation and analysis of language.
Extracts include:
Scene 1: The witches
Scene 2: Brave Macbeth
Scene 3: Macbeth meets the witches
Scene 4: Macbeth meets King Duncan
Scene 5: Lady Macbeth
Scene 7: Is Macbeth a coward?
Ideally these should be printed on A3 and in colour.
Guided annotations and questions on essential extracts from Act 2 of Macbeth.
Each scene has colour coded questions/boxes which guides students through the annotation and analysis of language.
Extracts include:
Scene 1: Banquo grows suspicious
Scene 2: Are the Macbeths OK?
Scene 3: Banquo is murdered!
Scene 4: Banquo’s ghost
Scene 5: Hecate is annoyed with the witches
Scene 6: Lennox becomes suspicious
Ideally these should be printed on A3 and in colour.
Guided annotations and questions on essential extracts from Act 2 of Macbeth.
Each scene has colour coded questions/boxes which guides students through the annotation and analysis of language.
Extracts include:
Scene 1: Is this a dagger?
Scene 2: The deed is done
Scene 3: The King is dead!
Scene 4: Macbeth is King!
Ideally these should be printed on A3 and in colour.
Guided annotation for the poem Kamikaze by Beatrice Garland.
Questions looking at language analysis, structural analysis and context of the poem.
Ideal for independent analysis and revision.
Part of AQA Power and Conflict anthology.
Guided annotations and questions on Act 4 Scene 1 of Macbeth.
The scene has colour coded questions/boxes which guides students through the annotation and analysis of language.
Act 5 Scene 1: Lady Macbeth’s hallucinations.
Act 5 Scene 2: The plot to bring down Macbeth.
Act 5 Scene 3: Macbeth remains determined.
Act 5 Scene 4: Burnham Wood is on the move.
Act 5 Scene 5: The Queen is dead!
Act 5 Scene 7: The battle begins.
Act 5 Scene 8: The end.
Ideally these should be printed on A3 and in colour.
Guided annotations and questions on Act 4 Scene 1 of Macbeth.
The scene has colour coded questions/boxes which guides students through the annotation and analysis of language.
Act 4 Scene 1: Macbeth meets with the witches…again.
Ideally these should be printed on A3 and in colour.
Guided annotation for the poem War Photographer by Carol Ann Duffy.
Questions looking at language analysis, structural analysis and context of the poem.
Ideal for independent analysis and revision.
Part of AQA Power and Conflict anthology.
Lesson focusing on the trailers for The Woman in Black.
Used for a media based unit of work but also looks at GCSE English language assessment objectives AO2, AO3 and AO4.
Task outline:
What are trailers?
Teaser trailer including image and language analysis
Official trailer including image analysis
Which trailer do you think was the most effective?
Works well for a cover lesson or as part of a media/The Woman in Black unit.
The trailers are embedded in the PPT but if they do not work, they can be found on Youtube.
Complete workbook guiding students through creating their own ghost story.
Perfect for the Halloween season or to use alongside The Woman in Black and other gothic texts.
Opportunities to practice GCSE AO1, AO2, AO5 and AO6.
Question 1 practice for language paper 1
Question 2 practice for language paper 1
Two creative writing opportunities at the end - one scaffolded and one independent.
Front sheet also contains requirements for an AQA Unit Award Certificate. The final creative writing opportunity can also be used for AQA Step Up to English Gothic Horror component