9-10 lessons (253 slides total) on The Return Of The King and The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, on AQA Language Paper 1 Section A, Questions 1-4, plus two creative writing lesson on AQA Language Paper 1 Section B Question 5, where pupils describe a dragon, and a volcano erupting.

The Return Of The King extract focuses on the the destruction of the ring at Mount Doom. The Hobbit extract focuses on the moment Bilbo creeps down the tunnel and encounters Smaug and the treasure.

Resources include:

• Assessment objectives
• Exploring conventions of fantasy
• Context of the text information
• Probing questions to help students upon first reading the text.
• Model paragraphs for each question
• Sentence stems for each question
• Recap activity on language and structure techniques
• Planning activities for question 2, 3& 4
• A close examination of language and structure for question 2, 3 and 4
• A table to help with planning for question 2, 3& 4.
• Self assessment activities
• Multiple choice quizzes
• And more.
• For the creative writing lesson, a variety of activities, including an annotated model paragraph, activities on narrative hooks, a planning activity, and more.
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  These lessons has been altered in line with the 2026 changes.
  Due to copyright, the extracts has not been included, but a link to it is in the notes of the first slide of each set of lessons.