Year 9

Electronic version of Of Mice and Men - this does not have page numbers but the chapters are short and the questions usually go in chronological order.

1. The Context of the Novel

2. The Life of a migrant worker

3. Chapter 1: The Clearing

4. Chapter 2: The Bunkhouse

5. Chapter 3: Candy's Dog & Curly's Attack

6. Revise what you've covered so far

7. Chapter 4: Crook's Room

8. Chapter 5: The Barn

9. Chapter 6: The Clearing...again

10. George's Character

11. Lennie's Character

12. George & Lennie's Relationship

13. Curley's Character

14. Curley's Wife's character

15. Crooks' Character

16. Candy's Character

17. Slim's Character

18. The Lifestyle of a Ranch Worker

19. Dreams & Foreshadowing

20. Prejudice

21. Outsiders

22. Settings

23. The Origin of the Title

24. Steinbeck's writing style

25. Revision exercises

26. Making links

27. Speaking & Listening: Drama focus

28. Essay planning

29. Essay questions

30. Sample essay

Read the play

• Scenes from Shakespeare | Listen to the play

Learn your quotations:

• Lord Capulet Quotation Quiz

Practice Exam Questions

• Exam questions booklet -lots of different extract questions to help you to revise.

• BBC GCSE Bitesize sample question - this link takes you to a sample question and tells you how you could answer the question.

Example student essays on Romeo and Juliet

These examples are from a different exam which is why they don't mention an extract. They are useful for revision because they make you think about what methods, ideas and quotations might be useful for different characters and themes.

• Essay on the theme of death

• Essay on how Tybalt is presented as a villain

• Essay on the theme of love in the play -just read the first essay. The second one included is not a model answer but you could think about how you would improve it.

• Essay on Romeo's thoughts and feelings in Act 3, scene 3

• Extract question from old AQA paper to go with the model essay above on Act 3, scene 3

Useful Internet Links

• 2009 Globe Production of Romeo and Juliet - excellent revision resources

• BBC GCSE Bitesize Romeo and Juliet

• Sparknotes for Romeo and Juliet

• John Green's Crash Course on Romeo and Juliet

• John Green's Crash Course on Romeo and Juliet - Part 2

Learn your quotations: Complete the quizzes below to help you to memorise important quotations from the play

• Quotations on the theme of good and evil

• General Macbeth quotations

Shakespeare's Writing Techniques: Language, Structure and Form

• Notes on the context of Macbeth

Practice Essay Questions on Macbeth

• BBC Bitesize extract question on Macbeth

• Question on how Macbeth is presented as evil

• Question on Lady Macbeth as influential - extract and ideas planner

• Question on how the witches are presented in the play

• Question in the power of the supernatural in the play - Banquo's ghost extract -extract and ideas planner

• Question on good and evil

• Question on Duncan's sons and the presentation of fear in the play

• Question on Lady Macbeth and weakness

• Question on deceit in the play

• Question on difficult decisions in the play

• Question on Macduff and bravery

Model examples of student's exam answers on Macbeth

• Model essay on Lady Macbeth This is based on Act 5 scene 1, where Lady Macbeth is sleepwalking and revealing her guilt.

• Model essay on Act 1, scene 7, where Macbeth is having second thoughts about killing Duncan

• Extra challenge: A Level exam answer on whether Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are 'mad, bad and dangerous'

Online resources

• BBC Bitesize revision resources for Macbeth

• Sparknotes on Macbeth

• BBC animated extracts from Macbeth

Paper 2: 19th/20th and 21st Century Non-Fiction

This unit is designed to introduce you to important examination skills as well as extend the breadth of your reading. You will have the opportunity to tackle some challenging reading and to practise responding to the Assessment Objectives.

• AQA English Language Markscheme | Paper 2 details

• The Navy: Source A | Source B | Questions about the sources

• London: Source A | Source B | Questions about the sources

• Nurses: Source A | Source B | Questions about the sources

• Women: Source A | Source B | Questions about the sources

• Prisons: Source A | Source B | Questions about the sources