AQA English Literature A Level, Elements of Crime Poetry & Atonement Extremely detailed lesson of 52 slides Overview of each poem and the novel, including links, key quotes/ideas/themes Includes plot of Atonement Exam questions Examiner advice Indicative content Model essays and introductions Ideal for revision

AQA English Literature A Level Elements of Crime: Poetry ‘The Laboratory’ by Robert Browning Very detailed lesson covering all AOs Includes socioeconomic context for background Poem includes helpful annotations Exam questions and colour-coded model answer Easily adaptable

AQA English Literature A Level, Elements of Crime Poetry Overview of each poem, including links, key quotes/ideas/ themes ‘Peter Grimes’ ‘Ballad of Reading Gaol’ ‘My Last Duchess’ ‘Porphyria’s Lover’ ‘The Laboratory’ Exam question Examiner advice Indicative content Ideal for revision lessons

Pre-2024 exam lesson in line with the Assessment Objectives Includes: List of previous and possible question foci Plastic theatre, music, lighting, and scene-by-scene Annotated analysis slides of the play’s ending Detailed plan for a question on vulnerability Marked student answer on confrontation question

Detailed lesson for AQA A Level Literature Aspects of Tragedy covering the poem and all assessment objectives, includes: Annotated extracts of the poem Breakdown of narrative Context, inc. the gothic movement Language, form and structure Embedded video of poem recital Feminist and tragic readings Practice Question

Detailed lesson in line with Assessment Objectives. Includes: Summary of Paper 1, Section 2 with sample exam questions Broad Victorian context on women narrows to Rossetti Form and structure Analysis and alternative interpretation Annotated poem slides

Very detailed lesson in line with Assessment Objectives. Includes: Key Terminology Brief individual publishing context for all texts on the main reading list General contextual overview – manifest destiny and the American Dream Advice from the exam board and model paragraph Question 1 Extract Analysis (Thomas Wolfe) with full candidate response and examiner’s commentary

Lesson focusing on tips on how to approach OCR English Literature A Level Paper 2 Question 6: essay, including: Detailed slides Mark scheme Typical Question 6 on language and control Language in THT Literary and socioeconomic context How to build an essay starting with a thesis statement, through to argument and conclusion (AO focused) Model introductions including one colour coded and one student model introduction Colour-coded model essay for discussion Suggestions for wider reading Easily adaptable

A question-by-question run through of AQA Language Paper 2 with reading strategies, differentiated resources and colour-coded model responses.

Lesson providing a general overview of the play includes: Annotated mark scheme and simplified mark scheme Question extract on the theme of Guilt Detailed historical context- Great Chain of Being, Divine Right of Kings, Gunpowder Plot, Witchcraft Key Vocabulary Main and secondary characters - each one explained in snapshot Plot summary and detailed plot resource Pre-annotated exam question on the Sergeant’s speech from 1.2 (annotations can be deleted) Actual student response on the exam question (resource too) Should be used to recap in Year 11

Scaffolded lesson with resources Easy to differentiate Do Now Articles and video Greta Thunberg UN Speech video and transcript for analysis Planning sheet Adaptable to other exam boards

AQA English Literature A Level, Elements of Crime ‘Porphyria’s Lover’ Very detailed lesson covering all AOs Includes socioeconomic context and elements of crime Form and Structure Symbolism Theme Alternative Readings Exam question Examiner advice Colour-coded model paragraph

Very detailed lesson focusing on: Plot (inc. key scenes for Romeo and Juliet) Character Theme Key Quotes Extract Analysis Lesson can be split - it’s effectively two lessons - and is easily differentiated for all KS3 abilities

Edexcel A Level Paper 1 Drama, Section B: A Streetcar Named Desire Overview and Exam Questions in line with the Assessment Objectives Includes: Mark Scheme All past paper question up to 2023 Plot, tragic form and structure Context Overview of Theme, Symbol, Motif, Language June 2017 Practice Question Guided Plan

Very detailed lesson in line with Assessment Objectives. Includes: Socioeconomic context Modernism Form and Fitzgerald’s language Imagery and symbolism Question 2 and mark scheme Annotated extract from C3 of the novel

A lesson/lecture covering the socioeconomic conditions of the early modern - English renaissance - era. This can be taught as a masterclass to the Most Able at Year 11, or as general contextual background for an early modern A Level text. The focus in the second part is Macbeth but having personally taught many early modern texts, I know it can easily be adapted to all exam boards for GCSE and A Level.

Differentiated lesson and resources covering AQA Language Paper 2 with simple strategies and model responses.

Some quick and easy resources to aid GCSE English Literature students with retrieval practise [and revision] for Macbeth Resource includes Acts One to Five on separate documents, and the whole play on one document.