AQA GCSE English Literature lesson plans
Lesson plans for AQA 8702 covering the set texts — Shakespeare, 19th century novel, modern text and poetry anthology. Closed-book exam aware, with quote banks and theme maps built in.
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Closed-book exam makes quote memorisation critical
Students who know the themes but can't cite the text lose AO1 marks. Drilling quotes without boring them is its own skill.
Poetry anthology is 15 poems in one exam
Students need to be able to compare any two. Most tutors drill poems individually and skip comparison practice.
Context (AO3) is easy to over- or under-do
Over-do it and it reads like a history essay. Under-do it and you lose a third of the marks.
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Quote banks per character and theme
Generate a 20-quote bank for Macbeth / guilt in one click, tagged with page or act reference. Share with the student as revision material.
Comparison practice for poetry
Plans generate paired poem comparisons from the AQA anthology with scaffolded comparison prompts.
AO3 context, done in proportion
Model responses keep AO3 to the marks available — usually one well-integrated sentence, not a paragraph.
Sample plan: AQA GCSE English Literature, Macbeth — Guilt
Focus: the theme of guilt across Acts 2–5. Starter: quick recall — 5 quotes where Macbeth or Lady Macbeth confronts guilt. Main: map the theme's progression (Act 2 dagger speech → Act 5 "out, damned spot"). Teach the tracked-change essay structure where each paragraph takes one stage and shows evolution. Model paragraph: "In Act 2, Macbeth's guilt is hallucinatory — 'Is this a dagger which I see before me' (AO1 quote, AO2 rhetorical question) — suggesting his conscience outpaces his will. By Act 5, guilt has externalised into Lady Macbeth's sleepwalking, where Shakespeare has her say 'out, damned spot!' (AO1 quote), marking a role reversal from earlier conviction." 8-mark practice question follows.
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Which set texts does TutorLab cover?
All of AQA's current set texts — Shakespeare (Macbeth, Romeo & Juliet, etc.), the 19th century novels, the modern texts (including An Inspector Calls, DNA and others), and the full Power and Conflict / Love and Relationships anthologies.
Can I generate quote banks as revision handouts?
Yes. Quote banks export as a PDF or get sent to the student's profile in the app. Useful for the last two weeks before the exam.
Does the AI know the unseen poetry section?
Yes — you can generate practice unseen poems with the right difficulty and length for AQA Paper 2.
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