The resource includes 20 key quotes linked to the themes of: fear, appearance vs reality, violence and ambition. Students need to explode the key quotations using two layers of meaning, links to context, writer’s intentions and references to subject terminology.

A booklet full of retention exercises to help develop pupils’ knowledge of the play, key characters and the plot. There are a range of activites to help boost pupils’ memory of critical ideas - perfect for a homework booklet or an intervention pack.

This is a detailed A3 revision grid that has information on all 15 poems from the love and relationship cluster for AQA. It includes points on the theme of love/relationships, five key quotes for each poem, comments on the form/structure and points on context for each one. Use this as a revision tool so that students have a secure understanding on the main ideas linked to each one.

A great resource that helps students revise key details for the poems from the anthology. It focuses on ideas, five key quotes, structure and context.

The resource includes 20 key quotes linked to the themes of: violence, love, friendship and fate. Students need to explode the key quotations using two layers of meaning, links to context, writer’s intentions and references to subject terminology.

A fully differentiated lesson for the theme of violence that links to the AQA GCSE Literature examination. The extract and question are included at the back of the PPT. Includes - bell task, Starter Main 1 Reflection point Main 2 Plenary

Fully differentiated (with Bronze, Silver, Gold) narrative writing frame designed to focus GCSE students for all exam boards on the key structure of the creative writing question. Students need to fill in the frame before then writing their own narrative. A fantastic resource that can support students who struggle to write an extended narrative that has a clear focus characterisation and plot.

A revision sheet that helps students analyse key quotations within four core themes in the play: social responsibility, class, gender and age. The students need to use two layers of meaning, make links to Edwardian context, and identify and comment on writer’s methods. There is an extension task - students need to comment conceptually on Priestley’s intentions. I get students to annotate around the quotes.

A free Macbeth model answer that uses a differentiated task to get students to assess it. This can be used for revision or before students do a mock exam to get them to consider how to deveop their ideas. The focus of the question is ‘how Macbeth’s hallucinations and visions are important’ in the extract and across the play.

A model answer that covers the theme above across the whole play. I have used this in a lesson against an extract and asked students to synthesise this into a new response. It has a bronze silver, gold task and an additional challenge task to stretch the most able. You could use this for a homework task or a main activity like I did above.

Key quotes along side a task differentiated by bronze, silver, gold - great as a revision tool for students to learn key quotes for exams.

The character that teachers forget to focus on in detail! An important set of lessons all focused on the influence Macduff has on the play. They are fully differentiated and will focus students on exam skills.

An answer for the whole play for the importance of the character of Macduff. This has an activity attached, which is differentiated using bronze, silver, gold and a challenge task to push the most able. I have used this in class for an activity, and have also given it out as a homework task.

If you are teaching GCSE Macbeth and need more extracts and questions, here is an extract on the play with an extract question 1a) and then a question relating to the wider play 1b) for them to revise for the exam. Spend five minutes of the lesson annotating the extract and then spend 20 minutes to answer 1a). Then get the students to consider the essay question, which they have to spend 40 minutes answering.

An easy worksheet for students to use to scaffold their revision on the play Macbeth. It is differentiated using bronze, silver gold to help challenge students.

This is a useful resource to laminate and have on every table in the classroom as it will encourage the students to vary their punctuation to improve their writing.

A progressive, age-related assessment system that has been created working up from KS2 with the raised expectation of the new SATS 2017, and then up to the assessment objectives at KS4. The assessment grid offers guidance on how to use it, and also includes how students could be assessed across the year. This will focus your KS3 curriculum so the skills are developed ready for the increased expectation of the Grade 5 at GCSE.