Extremely detailed lesson on each component of the AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 2. It includes:
How to approach An Inspector Calls and Power and Conflict poetry and Unseen poetry
Walk-through of the whole exam paper
Quizzes and answers for AIC and Power and Conflict
Table of all past exam questions for AIC and Power and Conflict
Key vocabulary
Exam technique
Past questions and mark scheme indicative content
Colour-coded introductions with thesis statements
Colour-coded model paragraphs
Mark scheme and examiner’s mark and comments
How to structure your answer resource
How to structure comparative poetry essay (‘Ozymandias’ and ‘MLD’)
Colour-coded model responses for the Unseen section
A Year 9 into Year 10 Transition Booklet to prepare Year 9 students for English Language Paper 1. There is lots of advice, skills practise, differentiated tasks, reading for pleasure, and a practice paper at the end.
Extremely detailed lesson in line with Assessment Objectives – you can get at least three hours from this.
Includes:
Breakdown of Paper 1
All past paper questions up to 2023 inc. possible questions
Tragic conventions (Aristotlelean) and unusual context
Candidate responses
Annotated extract slides
Introductions
Marked Streetcar student response and more!
Very detailed lesson in line with Assessment Objectives.
Includes:
Socioeconomic context
Modernism
Form and Fitzgerald’s language
Imagery and symbolism
Question 2 and mark scheme
Annotated extract from C3 of the novel
AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 1, Macbeth exam question lesson (2.2). It includes:
Annotated mark scheme
Question extract on the theme of Guilt
Detailed historical context- Great Chain of Being, Divine Right of Kings, Gunpowder Plot, Witchcraft
Key Vocabulary
Pre-annotated exam question (annotations can be deleted)
Colour-coded model introduction with thesis statement
Colour-coded model paragraph with examiners mark and comments (aimed at Lower ability)
Scaffolded paragraph
AQA English Literature A Level Elements of Crime: Poetry, ‘Peter Grimes’ by George Crabbe
Very detailed lesson covering all AOs
Includes socioeconomic context for background and elements of crime
Poem includes helpful annotations on key sections
Exam question
Easily adaptable
Three time-saving lessons on unseen poetry from the Edexcel exam board Poetry Section A with candidate answers, tips and examiner’s comments
This is for revision and presupposes knowledge of the Poems of the Decade Anthology and how to express poetry analysis
Easily adaptable
You can use as a mini scheme towards the end of Year 12/13 or in the run up to mocks
AQA English Literature A Level, Elements of Crime Poetry & Atonement
Extremely detailed lesson of 52 slides
Overview of each poem and the novel, including links, key quotes/ideas/themes
Includes plot of Atonement
Exam questions
Examiner advice
Indicative content
Model essays and introductions
Ideal for revision
Detailed revision lesson for AQA A Level Literature, Aspects of Tragedy, covering all the assessment objectives. Includes:
Exam questions for all sections of the Aspects of Tragedy Paper
Candidate responses with commentary
*** Focus on DOAS** – analepsis, theme, motif, annotated extract from play
Detailed lesson on AQA GCSE Literature Paper 2 Exam Essay Structure and lesser Characters in the play. It includes:
General essay tips
Mark Scheme
Exam questions + exam questions resource with 14 questions
Eric model essay resource as a guide
Example paragraph
Examiner’s commentary
Step-by-step approach to an exam question on gender
Analyses of quotes with bullet-point guidance
General historical context on gender
Essay plan including building a clear thesis statement
This can be easily adapted to your class or to other exam boards, hence no AOs on slides
Detailed AQA GCSE English Literature lesson revising the main ideas in the novella. It includes:
Basic plot
Revision template
Quiz with answers
Context
Form and structure
Exam question on Scrooge’s attitude and behaviour (Stave One)
Success criteria and mark scheme
Two student responses
Model introduction with thesis statement
Planning slides
Easily adaptable to other exam boards
Scaffolded lesson on descriptive writing including:
SPaG advice
Planning
Step-by-step focus on the description question
Writing tips
Mark Scheme
Easily differentiated
Adaptable to other exam boards
Very detailed lesson on how to approach AQA GCSE Literature Paper 1 (Macbeth and Jekyll and Hyde) includes:
Exam technique
Quizzes with answers
Contextual overview for both texts
Key Vocabulary
Mark Scheme
GCSE Literature Past Paper Exam Questions 2017-2022
Annotated exam extracts
Colour-coded introductions with thesis statements
Colour-coded Student exemplar responses
Write a lot about little paragraph
AQA English Literature A Level Elements of Crime: Poetry
‘The Laboratory’ by Robert Browning
Very detailed lesson covering all AOs
Includes socioeconomic context for background
Poem includes helpful annotations
Exam questions and colour-coded model answer
Easily adaptable
Very detailed overview lesson for AQA A Level Literature, Aspects of Tragedy, covering all the assessment objectives. Includes:
Post WWII context and the American Dream
Plot and Theme overview
Language, form, and structure
Annotated opening stage directions and early dialogue
Exam question
Ideal for revision
Very detailed AQA GCSE Literature Paper 1 lesson and resource for The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde focusing on past paper questions 2017-2022. It includes:
Chapter list
Chapter summaries (resource)
All past exam questions from 2017-2022 with indicative content
Exam question (sympathy: June 2017)
Exam technique
Success Criteria
Mark Scheme
Annotated exam extract
Detailed plan
Guided introduction and thesis statement
Colour-coded model paragraph
Easily adaptable
Detailed lesson on THT and Frankenstein from the Science and Society section of Edexcel English Literature Paper 2: Prose
Includes:
June 2019 exam questions
Mark scheme
Examiner’s comments & Tips
Candidate responses
Overview of both THT and Frankenstein (plot, context, narrative, character, theme, language etc.)
AQA English Literature A Level, Elements of Crime Poetry
Overview of each poem, including links, key quotes/ideas/ themes
‘Peter Grimes’
‘Ballad of Reading Gaol’
‘My Last Duchess’
‘Porphyria’s Lover’
‘The Laboratory’
Exam question
Examiner advice
Indicative content
Ideal for revision lessons
Detailed lesson for AQA A Level Literature, Aspects of Tragedy, covering all the assessment objectives. Includes:
Audio of poem being read
Annotated poem slides
Context, inc. overview of the Romantic movement
Language, form, and structure
Alternative reading (feminist)
Exam question
Breakdown of Tragedy paper
Mark scheme
Detailed lesson for AQA A Level Literature Aspects of Tragedy covering the poem and all assessment objectives, includes:
Annotated extracts of the poem
Breakdown of narrative
Context, inc. the gothic movement
Language, form and structure
Embedded video of poem recital
Feminist and tragic readings
Practice Question