A set of 7 exam style questions for the Unseen Poetry section of the AQA A English Literature A Level course. This relates to the 'Love Through The Ages' paper.
This is an unseen nonfiction question and a feedback sheet with model paragraphs for students. This relates to the Edexcel English Language and Literature A Level course - Paper 2, Section A.
A pack of questions for question 5 on the IGCSE Edexcel English Language (A) Exam Paper. The unseen passage and question is printed in the booklet (anthology passage not included). Each question is aimed at a different extract.
A second set of 6 exam style questions for the Unseen Poetry section of the AQA A English Literature A Level course. This relates to the ‘Love Through The Ages’ paper.
A lesson to help students plan and prepare for an essay / coursework question on Lady Macbeth.
The question is: How does Shakespeare present Lady Macbeth as a complex and interesting character?
The lesson guides students through their thinking; aims to get them to plan in a structured manner that clearly addresses / argues the question and also has a model paragraph to show how to write up one’s plan successfully.
Would work for coursework or exam writing practice.
An exam style question for the Unseen Prose section of the AQA A English Literature A Level course. This relates to the ‘Modern Times: literature from 1945 to present day’ paper.
This is a lesson focusing on an extract from Animal Farm describing Napoleon. It helps students to write analytically about Orwell’s use of language. Suitable and adaptable for KS3 or KS4.
This is a series of lessons that guides students through a practice analytical essay on Boxer in Animal Farm by George Orwell. It covers planning, writing and feedback on their essays. Also provided are some model paragraphs for students to reflect on. Suitable and adaptable for KS3 and KS4.
A comprehensive list of revision notes for students studying Prayer Before Birth by Louis MacNeice Covers content, themes, feelings, language and structure.
Features on the IGCSE Edexcel English Literature specification.
A lesson taking students through the process of responding to an unseen poem in an exam. Aimed at the IGCE Edexcel Lit spec but would work generally for unseen poetry with a few tweaks. Lesson as follows:
Recap of marks, intros and conclusions
9 steps to take when approach the question (to be done along as a class)
Model paragraph
Reflection on model
A bank of questions for Paper 1, Section C of the Love Through The Ages paper for the AQA A, A Level spec. I have taught the pre-1900 poetry collection and Tess of the d'Urbervilles, but these questions are applicable to any choice of text when compared with the anthology.
This is a scheme of work teaching OMAM to a low ability Year 10 group to prepare them for a controlled assessment on setting. The page numbers on the long term plan relate to the LONGMAN LITERATURE version of the novella. You will need to look at the LTP to see what pages need to be read in each lesson. Happy teaching!
A guide to help students plan for an essay on the question: 'Explore how Dickens presents Scrooge in ‘A Christmas Carol’.
Exemplar paragraph, model planning grid and essay outline provided.
A set of questions on the language and structure in Rossetti’s poem, ‘May’. Designed to enable students to annotate / make notes on Rossetti’s poem (taught as part of the Edexcel A Level Pre 19th Centrury Victorian Verse Selection).
This is a help sheet for students when approaching Paper 1, Section C (Love Through The Ages). The examples are for the pre-twentieth century poems and Tess of the D’Urbervilles but the advise stands for any texts chosen.
The sheets covers: the basics, structure of the essay and content to cover with example sentences / phrasing.
This is a scheme of work teaching OMAM to a low ability Year 10 group to prepare them for a controlled assessment on setting. The page numbers on the long term plan relate to the LONGMAN LITERATURE version of the novella. You will need to look at the LTP to see what pages need to be read in each lesson. Happy teaching!
Here we have lessons focusing on the novel Animal Farm by George Orwell. This is a general introduction and analysis of key moments in the text in preparation for exams. There is also a speaking and listening activity as an introduction to the text. Oink Oink!
This is a comprehensive lesson for A Level students to revise Tess of the D’Urbervilles. It focuses specifically on the presentation of love in the novel in preparation for Section C of Paper 1 (Love Through The Ages). Covers: context, key symbols, key quotations, interpretations.