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AQA GCSE English Literature Power and Conflict Poetry Revision
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AQA GCSE English Literature Power and Conflict Poetry Revision

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My students' mock revealed that they were not planning their answers - and that they hadn't got to grips with the need to compare. This ppt was planned to address both of those weaknesses, asking them to think about the most effective choice of poem for the comparison and trying to encourage them to use a double bubble map as part of their planning.
Byron, "When We Two Parted", knowledge/revision ppt, AQA, Eng Lit, Love & Relationships
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Byron, "When We Two Parted", knowledge/revision ppt, AQA, Eng Lit, Love & Relationships

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A short and bog-standard revision powerpoint on “When We Two Parted”, from the AQA GCSE English Literature Love and Relationships poetry cluster. There is a slide offering some brief information about context and then one slide per verse, each slide offering five notes. Created for my year 11 class to support their revision. If you find this useful, it would be great if you could take the time to leave a review.
"Ozymandias" KS4, GCSE, Eng Lit, AQA, revision, analysis, questioning, ppt, whole lesson
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"Ozymandias" KS4, GCSE, Eng Lit, AQA, revision, analysis, questioning, ppt, whole lesson

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I made this for my year 11 class at their request, to revise “Ozymandias” prior to their February mock exam in English Lit. Please feel free to use/amend for your own classes. The intention is that the ppt slides provide prompts for probing questioning and whole-class discussion of the poem. Just to be clear - this wasn’t used for first teaching of the poem - my students had a (in many cases, very hazy) knowledge and understanding before they went through this lesson. I hope very much that you will find this resource useful and will be really grateful if you’ll take a minute to leave a review. Thank you.
"Romeo and Juliet" AQA exam style question Act 5 Scene 3 effect of love.
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"Romeo and Juliet" AQA exam style question Act 5 Scene 3 effect of love.

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Made for my class as part of their revision, this extract is longer than they’ll have in the exam - to give them more scope for choosing evidence - and is Romeo’s long speech as he enters the Capulet tomb. The question, divided into two bullets as in the exam, asks the students to focus on Shakespeare’s presentation of the effects of love.
Fiction Short Story "Moon Face" Jack London Unreliable Narrator Inference Reading Skills Analysis
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Fiction Short Story "Moon Face" Jack London Unreliable Narrator Inference Reading Skills Analysis

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This lesson uses Jack London’s brilliant story “Moon Face” which would sit really well alongside Poe’s “The Tell Tale Heart”. Planned for a year 9 class as part of a unit on short stories but has potential to be used elsewhere at KS3. The aim of the lesson is to use inference to explore the idea of an unreliable narrator. The lesson takes the students through discussion of the effect of a simile, of personification and begins to explore the idea of the narrator’s hypocrisy. After a short time in paired discussion, students are then asked to respond to this question - In ‘Moon Face’, what do we understand about London’s unreliable narrator?
"An Inspector Calls" Act 1, Stage Directions, close reading, effect, GCSE English Literature
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"An Inspector Calls" Act 1, Stage Directions, close reading, effect, GCSE English Literature

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Prior to using this lesson, my class had watched the BBC adaptation of “An Inspector Calls” so already had knowledge of the plot and a basic understanding of the roles of the characters in terms of Priestley’s intentions. Watching the adaptation first worked really well in my 4/5 target group. This is a short lesson (only 8 slides on the ppt) together with a multiple-choice quiz focusing the students on Priestley’s use of stage directions in “An Inspector Calls”. The aim of the lesson is to draw inferences from Priestley’s stage directions. For more able classes, the multiple-choice quiz could be used prior to the lesson to identify gaps in the students’ understanding so that subsequent teaching can be very precisely focused. With my own class (targets 4 and 5), I used the powerpoint first and then set the quiz as homework for consolidation and a little extension of knowledge. If you find either aspect of this resource useful, I would very much appreciate you taking the time to leave a review.
Wilfred Owen "Anthem for Doomed Youth" - writing a P.E.E response.
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Wilfred Owen "Anthem for Doomed Youth" - writing a P.E.E response.

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Aim: to comment on the effect of some of Owen’s specific language in “Anthem for Doomed Youth”. Lesson plan originally created for year 9 to develop their skills of writing a P.E.E structured answer, exploring the effect of Owen's language choices in the poem. Includes an opportunity for a whole-class model answer which then forms the basis for some independent responses.
Editable Display Language Methods Structural Methods PPT
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Editable Display Language Methods Structural Methods PPT

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This is a very basic powerpoint display - one ppt is a list of language methods; one is a list of structural methods. Useful on the classroom wall for students to remind themselves which is which so they don’t analyse language when asked to explore structure - or vice versa. Could be made more detailed with examples of each method or could be jazzed up with colour or images.
KS3 KS4 Unseen Poetry "Ashes of Life" Edna St Vincent Millay CRR Cover HW
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KS3 KS4 Unseen Poetry "Ashes of Life" Edna St Vincent Millay CRR Cover HW

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This is a simple comprehension activity drawing pupils’ attention to the effect of language and structure. Created as a homework task but could also be used for cover or to structure a guided reading activity. Suggested responses are provided to make this more useful for someone who’s not a subject specialist.
Pandora's Box, James Baldwin "Old Greek Stories" CRR Comprehension Guided Reading Cover HW
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Pandora's Box, James Baldwin "Old Greek Stories" CRR Comprehension Guided Reading Cover HW

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This is a straightforward comprehension activity using an excerpt from James Baldwin’s “Old Greek Stories” (public domain). There are ten questions. This could be used as a homework task, a reading assessment or for cover. Alternatively, the questions could be used to structure a guided reading session. Suggested answers are provided. Originally created for a year 7 class but might also be useful at KS2.
Gothic fiction "Lot 249" Conan Doyle CRR Guided Reading HW Cover
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Gothic fiction "Lot 249" Conan Doyle CRR Guided Reading HW Cover

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This is a straightforward comprehension activity using an excerpt from Conan Doyle’s gothic horror story, “Lot 249”. At this point in the story, Smith is being pursued by a re-animated mummy! There are ten questions. These could be set for homework or as cover as part of a unit on gothic horror. Alternatively, the questions could be used to structure a guided reading session.
KS3 Shakespeare "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Fairyland and the moon
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KS3 Shakespeare "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Fairyland and the moon

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This 9-slide powerpoint has the aim: link ideas about the moon to characters in the play. Pupils are invited to think about how the moon is used to deepen the characters of the fairies. The lesson invites discussion and the sharing of ideas, to be recorded in a Venn diagram which is then used as the basis of a more formal written response.
AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 2 Unseen Poetry Winter
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AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 2 Unseen Poetry Winter

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This lesson uses questioning to elicit students’ knowledge of methods used by the writers and understanding of some of their effects. Students are asked to annotate their copies of the poems in the questioning phase of the lesson so that they can then use their notes to spend 40 minutes working independently on both sections of an exam-style question. The two poems used are by John Clare and Walter de la Mare, both called “Winter” (and both in the public domain so no issues with copyright).