A revision resource with activities for students to address the assessment objectives in exams and make a note of key vocabulary for each poem. The template document can be shared with students for a collective revision through shared documents or can be printed and students can fill in during a lesson or for personal revision
Revision materials for pre 1900 AQA Poetry Anthology. Covers aspects of planning and hitting the Assessment Objectives, along with some re-call activities to get those synapses working in embedding poems and their poets into long term memory. Most significant part of this power point is for students to develop an effective way of planning to hit all Assessment Objectives and developing their LINE OF ARGUMENT to improve AO1
a power point presentation introducing the assessment objectives, the types of question encountered, the importance of personal reading and research and a starting point for students reading the poem for the first time
a power point to introduce the importance of personal reading and research but also to get students to attempt an analysis of the poem. An outline of the assessment objectives and the sort of questions they will need to understand in preparation for the exam
Study booklet with lots of background information on Millay's life and the poem. There'sa suggestion for an exam essay style question with mark scheme guidelines based on guidance from the AQA website.
There's a look at Marvell as well, in order to enable students to start looking at the historical context and literary tradition of poems about love and desire.
This unit allows the students to read and enjoy a range of poems, including Ulysses by Tennyson, Invictus and contemporary poems by Grace Nichols, Muhhammed Ali and others! Some simple worksheets, activities with opportunities for research, speaking and listening and writing! The unit uses DeBono thinking styles although theses are not explicitly referenced
Based on the Winning Words campaign to put poetry on permanent display in and around the Olympic village,
pre-reading materials on the poem "Punishment", giving an overview of Heaney's context and the political message of the poem. there are also links made with Blake in terms of the historicism of poetry of protest. Some prompts for students to formulate their own essay questions
A complete scheme of work for A level Literature, there are lessons on every scene of the play and also on contextual information.
There are guides to examination style questions and whole areas to support the exploration and study of the Tragic genre.
This is a fabulous resource, built up over years of teaching the play and demonstrating the years of experience and expertise of the writer.
Wonderful vocabulary tips and knowledge of characters and events.
Brilliant guides to essay planning and writing.
This is a comprehensive and invaluable source for any teachers of A level Literature or teachers considering the text for IB study.
Resources to identify how to respond to a speech writing question, with video clips of excellent speeches and notes on language techniques and structure
An outline of the new A level AQA Literature course, designed for students but also useful for teachers new to the course. Outlines Assessment Objectives, set texts (you will have to adapt this for your own chosen set texts), expectations, wider reading, literary vocabulary and a possible route through the course in preparation for examination at end of Year 12.
A comprehensive booklet with background information on Jennings and Rossetti (for contextual historicism links). There is also a Shakepeare poem to consider changing attitudes to love "through the ages". Lots of background information on jennings and Rossetti, exam style questions based on teh AQA guidelines, as weill as hints and tips on how to respond to this type of question using AQA assessment Objectives.
This power point was designed for a lecture style revision session geared towards the new AQA Literature syllabus. The lecture covers key revision points, key terminology, contextual information and video clips of rising action and dramatic climaxes in the play. It's a good 40 minutes in lecture format or could be adapted to 2 to 3 lessons.
A literary terminology quiz designed for students studying Othello at AS or A level. Could be used as a baseline test or after preparation. Specific tragic genre vocabulary as well as language terminology. A cover teacher could deliver this. Whole activity from beginning to end takes approx 40 minutes