The ‘because, but, so’ method is an excellent tool for teaching students to think analytically about the literature texts This tool is powerful because it encourages students to expand their thinking with precision and detail. This resource collates 9 sample ‘because, but so’ thesis-style introductions to 9 themes that may come up in next year’s An Inspector Calls examination. It also collates 6 sample ‘because, but, so’ introductions on the 6 main characters in the play. Ideal as a revision tool for helping to shape and guide the direction of exam responses.

A grade 9 response to the following question on An Inspector Calls from the 2022 EdExcel exam: Explain how the chain of events is important in An Inspector Calls

A grade 9 815 word response to the following question which was a question on the EdExcel 2022 paper: In what ways is anger significant in An Inspector Calls?

Revision flashcards for 6 key themes in Romeo and Juliet: love, violence, fate, family honour, individual versus society and duality.

A grade 9 response about how cruelty is presented in An Inspector Calls. It examines the overt and subtle cruelty administered by The Birling Family. It also looks at how the Inspector exposes the cruelty and how he uses Eva Smith to portray the consequences of cruelty.

A character revision sheet analysing 10 key quotations for Inspector Goole. Also includes a thesis style introduction. Ideal for helping guide students on how to produce a high grade response on this character from An Inspector Calls.

A high level response on the character of Mrs Birling. Also includes various support sheets and worksheets for analysing the character of Mrs Birling in depth.

An 18 slide lesson covering this key poem from the Feminine Gospels collection in detail. Includes discussion of key ideas in the poem, comprehension questions, detailed annotations of each stanza, 2 exemplar analytical paragraphs and extension tasks.

Over 75 slides containing detailed annotations for all the poems in the collection. A useful starting point for helping to develop your own interpretations of the poems within the collection.

Character revision sheet on Sybil Birling which analyses 10 key quotations. Also includes a thesis style introduction. Great revision tool for helping to prepare for writing an essay on this character.

Worksheet with answer sheet for analysing 12 key quotations for Lennie and 12 for George in Of Mice and Men.

A 28 slide PowerPoint that includes an engaging starter, detailed annotations of each stanza, discussion about the overall message in the poem, comprehension questions, a band 5 sample paragraph and extension tasks involving analytical writing and researching archetypes. Also includes 5 sample essays ranging from low band 5 down to band 2 answering the following question: Examine the view that in Feminine Gospels 'women are presented as victims of society.’ Ideal for moderation or looking at looking at how to build up through the bands. Also contains a revision sheet with analysis of 10 key quotations from the poem on one handy printable sheet.

Lesson looking at The Light Gatherer. Includes an engaging starter, a range of comprehension and exploratory questions, detailed annotations of the poem, high level model paragraphs. Overall, an ideal introduction for teachers who are new to teaching Feminine Gospels. Also contains a range of essays at bands 2, 3, 4 and 5 exploring the theme of motherhood in the collection.

A revision sheet exploring the difficulties Juliet faces across the play Romeo and Juliet. I have picked out 10 key quotations to analyse that track Juliet’s various difficulties across the play. Also includes a thesis-style introduction and a conclusion which examines Shakespeare’s authorial message.

A 16 slide PowerPoint that includes an engaging starter, comprehension questions, annotations of key lines in the poem, discussion questions, 2 sample paragraphs to compare and contrast, a task to get students to think about comparing Sub to other poems in the collection and a challenging research task to consolidate ideas in the poem.

Detailed revision cards for 12 of the most significant poems in the Feminine Gospels collection. Each revision card contains an overview of the poem and detailed analysis of what I consider to be the 3 most significant quotations in each poem. I have also attached a blank version for students to have a go at creating their own versions of the revision cards. Also available as a bundle containing 15 lessons looking in detail at most of the poems in the collection: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12586188

Hugely detailed and lengthy PowerPoint that includes an overview of key ideas in the poem, annotations of the whole poem and a range of tasks to help students explore the ideas in the poem. Tasks encourage students to explore authorial methods, historicism, and feminist critics. Also guides students towards completing an exam question looking at the position of the poem within the collection as a whole.

A 21 slide PowerPoint lesson introducing the elegies: North-West, Death and the Moon and Wish - the three final poems in the Feminine Gospels collection. Includes an overview of each poem, detailed line by line annotations, exploratory questions linking the themes in the poem to themes in the wider collection and a comparative task focusing on the theme of death.

Lesson introducing this key poem from The Feminine Gospels collection. Includes discussion questions, annotations of each section of the poem, research tasks, comparison tasks and an analytical paragraph to guide students towards producing their own response to the poem.

Free basic but effective template for planning responses comparing Handmaid’s Tale and Feminine Gospels. There are 8 questions that try to predict the theme that might come up in the AQA 2B modern times exam.