110 slide powerpoint with lesson plans and activities to go alongside reading of Wonder by RJ Palacio.
Used with an extra literacy class in year 8 but can be adapted.
A collection of poems for Section C of the AQA Literature Exam. Suitable for classwork or homework.
16 poems / 8 example exams broken up into sections. Each section has two scaffold sheets and sheets to write up an answer. On the answer sheets, there is a copy of the mark scheme and space to self/peer/teacher assess.
Includes a front cover to explain how to answer the paper.
Can be editted.
Resources linked to the pilot papers provided by AQA. They are designed for Year 9 but I have used them with low ability GCSE.
Starter to help pupils understand tone and perspective, particularly in 19th century texts.
PPT to scaffold answers to Questions 1 - 5.
Worksheets to help with Q2, 3 and 4.
A lesson exploring the theme of oppression in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
I have used this as part of a poetry scheme but also as a bridge into texts such as Of Mice and Men.
Worksheets are included and students from Year 7 to Year 10 have loved studying this poem.
A Powerpoint to help students analyse the Biden speech, picking out rhetorical devices and discussing their effects. Includes an extension to write up the analysis or write their own speech. Could be used in KS or as GCSE prep. Works for home learning.
8 Resources.
Prompts for Language Analysis (AQA AO2)
Key quotes from Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. I have used these with sets 8, 6 and 1 so they are quite versatile!
There are also character profile sheets for both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth as well as a context card sort.
All worksheets can be edited.
This is a writing skills worksheet to use for feedforward activities.
The sheet has instructions that students can follow independently to improve a piece of writing.
It could also be adapted to use when drafting their first piece.
Instructions encourage students to write slowly and carefully, using ambitious sentence structures, punctuation and vocabulary.
Students write a description of New York using extended metaphors - worksheet to scaffold understanding of this.
Several worksheets on using subordinate clauses, colons and semi colons.
Worksheet for developing a character - we first discussed this as a class and used mini drama tasks to bring the character to life and generate more interesting descriptions (show don’t tell)
Additional story mountain sheet if students need support with planning.
A set of retrieval challenge grids - could be used for short responses or more detailed revision.
An Inspector Calls
A Christmas Carol
Jekyll and Hyde
Anthology Poetry
Unseen Poetry
Macbeth
A sheet which outlines achievements of students across the year. I have used it to scaffold conversations at parents’ evenings and the data is useful for evidence when having difficult discussions!
- Option to copy and paste last official report
- Review of effort, behaviour, organisation and homework
- General comments
- Review of results in each topic/assessment
- Targets to circle/highlight as appropriate
18 lesson plans for AQA Relationships Poetry - new anthology.
Lessons are for a low ability Year 10 class and cover the poems about romantic love only (not Climbing My Grandfather etc)
There is also a homework booklet with two task per week to develop skills for the unseen exam.
Full PPT will be available shortly.
Lesson plan, PPT and worksheet.
A lesson designed to help students explore the portrayal and development of Sheila - could be used for one lesson or two depending on how much detail you want to go into/level of your students.
There is a photo worksheet to help students map out key quotes and how Sheila changes then
the lesson is set out as a court room debate with sheets to scaffold students’ reponses.
There is an additional focus on vocabulary to support AO4.
The lesson is linked to AQA assessment objectives but could easily be adapted and / or used with lower school.