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A 15 page booklet for students to check their understanding of 4 key quotations for each poem from the Power and Conflict collection. Each quotation is accompanied by an image or symbol for dual coding. The suggested answer booklet with explanations for all the quotations filled in is available here: /teaching-resource/-13238400

Students write a short summary of each Power and Conflict poem using the 4 tier 2 words to help them accurately cover the main ideas in each poem. Students then move on to try and apply these tier 2 words to help explain 2 key quotations in each poem.

A free student workbook version of my 15 page power and conflict revision booklet. There are spaces underneath all of the key quotations from each poem so that students can write down their ideas about each quotation. The full resource with detailed analysis of key quotations from each poem is available here: /teaching-resource/resource-12886246

Walkthrough for the AQA Paper 1 2017 Rosabel extract.

A straight-forward plot summary cloze exercise to reinforce knowledge of the plot to Jekyll and Hyde. Includes the answers on page 2.

Free worksheet to revise advanced punctuation. Ideal as a starter activity. Includes an answer sheet.

A collection of 60 similes. 15 for each of the four seasons to support creative writing.

A simple plot summary cloze activity on Romeo and Juliet. Answer sheet included on page 2.

Low Band 5 response 21/25 Feminine Gospels response.

Quick and simple 20 question multiple choice quiz on A Streetcar Named Desire. Answers included.

A mid-level response analysing the theme of prejudice in To Kill a Mockingbird.

A one page summary of everything Mrs Birling says across the play. Can be used in a lot of ways.

Free basic but effective template for planning responses comparing Handmaid’s Tale and Feminine Gospels. There are 8 questions that try to predict the theme that might come up in the AQA 2B modern times exam.

Students study the list of 40 common symbols in literature alongside their common meanings. They then move on to complete a multiple choice quiz based on matching the symbols to the meaning. Ideal for introducing KS2 or KS3 students to the power of symbolism to help make their creative writing more sophisticated.

A simple cloze exercise for reinforcing knowledge of the basic plot to Macbeth. Answers are on page 2.

A fun end of term spaced learning activity for the end of Year 10 (that could tie in with the Euros) which asks students to select an English literature starting 11. Depending on the combination of texts they have already studied, they might put Scrooge in goal because he doesn’t give anything away or perhaps Lady Macbeth in central midfield because of her ability to dictate play. Students have to justify their positional selections based on their knowledge of the characters. It is a useful activity for promoting conversations between the students about the texts and poems they have studied.

Ideal for spaced learning, here is a 20 question multiple choice test on The Handmaid’s Tale with answers included.

I created this word bank to support my students in their creative writing by providing them with some ambitious words to help describe different weather settings in a sophisticated way. I hope you also find this useful.

‘Because, But, So’ is a tool to help students demonstrate the depth of their understanding. This free resource collates 6 ‘because, but, so’ paragraphs on 6 characters from A Streetcar Named Desire to model how to structure the ‘because, but, so’ method.

A list of 200 ambitious oxymorons for students to have fun using to help create interesting sentences.