A context sheet for the poem War Photographer - to be used as display or resource within lessons. Suitable for AQA 9-1 Conflict Cluster.
To download the full set, go to https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/poetry-context-sheets-11349297
An image and past questions to support students in revising macro imagery within the play. Questions are coloured to reflect confidence levels link to an editable Google slide is included in the resource.
A homework project to allow students to research war poetry.
This resource allows students to choose tasks to suit their own choice of challenge as well as allowing them to share their ideas back in the classroom. Students can use these tasks in preparation for unseen poetry or to look across a war poetry scheme of work in KS3.
A learning mat to take students through Paper 2, Question 3 of the AQA English Language paper. This one is based on the sample materials released in August 2016, available on the secure website.
This mat challenges students at all levels and is linked to the mark scheme.
A customisable introductory lesson to AO1 (AQA Paper 2, Question 2). Students are asked to infer information about children in Victorian London and Modern London from pictures by John Leech and Banksy (links within the lesson).
This is a good lesson for introducing students to the skill of summary and also directing them away from AO3 style answers.
UPDATED: link within the Powerpoint for the Banksy picture is no longer working. Picture can be accessed here:
A resource exploring the AO1 questions on both question papers. This can be used as the basis of a lesson or for independent work.
This resource includes 2 19th Century extracts with questions in the style of:
1x "find four things..."
2x "tick four things that are true"
1x "summarise the similarities between..."
UPDATED: there was an error on the line numbers on one of the questions. This has been amended.
A lesson using an extract from A Christmas Carol for students to analyse and evaluate language in the style of Paper 1 Question 4.
This allows students of all abilities to access a very challenging text. This has been used with all abilities in year 11.
The resource is aimed at AQA but could be used across exam boards.
Resource includes:
-Powerpoint that leads the lesson
-The extract from A Christmas Carol (just the portion from the question)
-A breakdown of quotations from the text with analysis and question prompts
-Example answers (from levels 3-6/7) to show that the style of writing matters as much as the analysis.
Four differentiated activities focusing on an extract from A Christmas Carol (“Are there no prisons?..”). Could be used as homework or as part of a lesson.
A learning mat to take students through Paper 1, Question 2 of the AQA English Language paper. This is based on an extract from a text about a youth hostel.
This mat challenges students at all levels and is linked to the mark scheme.
Includes Nandos lesson menu and takeaway homework templates (coffee shop and burger bar).
I have used these very successfully with KS3 and 4 leading to high quality work and levels of engagement.
Two non-fiction text extracts to support students’ contextual understanding of Ozymandias. Each extract accompanied by multiple choice and short response comprehension questions, and questions to support critical thinking.
Extract pair also accompanied by questions in the style of AQA English Language Paper 2. Further questions support students to make connections between the texts and the poem.
Can be used as an independent pre-reading resource or one to use with students in class.
2 non fiction extracts to support students in understanding contextual information about the living conditions in the WW1 trenches and feelings towards the British Government.
Each text is accompanied with 9 questions to support comprehension.
The text pair also includes English Language Paper 2 style questions:
How does the writer use language to describe the suffering of the soldiers? (AO2)
Use details from both sources to write a summary of what you understand about the similarities between the living conditions in the trenches. (AO1)
Compare how the writers convey their attitudes towards life in the trenches. (AO3)
Further questions encourage students to make links between the poem and the ideas raised within the extracts.
Extracts for the other 14 poems will be available soon.