A clear and attractive presentation which gives students the chance to focus in on key sections of this novel. I use the page numbers for the Penguin edition.

A very carefully crafted pack which is accessible to a wide range of student ages and abilities. The pack revises and develops knowledge of poetic terminology and gets students to explore different verses of the poem in focus groups. Ideal way to encourage students to focus in on a stanza, make notes, discuss and present findings. Good for GCSE poetry students as there is a poetic terms glossary and the poem could be used as timed practice or compared to another in the Anthology, such as 'Bayonet Charge' or another's animal poem for the unseen option. The pack is a useful planning springboard for a first essay on the poem. There are six groups for each of the six stanzas, and a range of good varied group questions for each group, so every student can contribute.

These sheets are all you need to create a challenging yet enjoyable lesson. Kids love this task as it enables them to legitimately insult one another whilst following thes elearning objectives: 1) How to write and Shakespearean phrases, use new vocabulary, use the grammatical structures and create word coinages. 2) Mastering the archaic vocabulary with their partners. 3) How to deliver short but effective lines dramatically, ad-libbing and varying according to context. I've used this with boys studying 'Henry V' (English troops insulting French ones and vice versa) with girls students studying 'Richard III' (Lady Anne and Richard trade insults) - and for students of 'The Tempest'. Students can, if they wish, adapt their language choices for a particular play. Caliban and Prosero's language is a mix of magical and eloquent for Prospero, with more nature-themed curses for Caliban, whereas the historical plays can bring in more historical, supernatural and military language.

A very thorough and detailed resource which defines difficult terms, provides students with a range of fun and varied examples and explores gender bias in speech and carefully sourced written texts. The scanned pdf is fine and readable, but is an early ‘work’ from when I examined the A level, so is a little old and not full of fancy images and video clips. However, it is a complete teaching pack, ideal for a teacher having to plan this fascinating unit at short notice. I am currently uploading a range of recently created Language and Gender resources this month, so do follow me.

Handy quick reference guide for students. It helps boost their confidence with writing tasks as it shows them how the language has altered, how verb suffixes and primary verbs have altered, and keeps it simple. Also triggers interesting discussions about grammar today! Please see my other Shakespeare resources, which include creative and analytical tasks.

A thorough unit of work with full instructions and a clear mark scheme. Students imagine that they are a well to do Elizabethan lady (or lord!) from the fifteenth or early sixteenth century country shires, visiting seedy Southwark for the first time. Students have to write a letter home to the country Manor House in a suitably formal style, telling their loved ones all about the sights, smells and sounds of Shakespearean London. Included is a good sample response and some useful handouts about the area. Globe education also offer students excellent information too. You could start the students off with the task, get them to brainstorm, research the playhouses and city using the handouts as a starting point, look at the sample letter, then ask them to write their own letters. The responses look great as wall displays. This task will encourage students to enjoy Shakespeare rather than fear him!

An ideal pre-prepared lesson with some great ways to introduce your students to the delights of gothic horror. The files include a copy of the short story, focused lesson plan and a useful glossary list of archaic vocabulary, to help students understand the trickier sections of the story. A great set of resources. Please also see my shop’ s ‘What is the Gothic genre?’ PowerPoint file, and my ‘The Gothic’ slideshow, aimed at older students.

This handout is ideal for students working on the horror, murder mystery or even detective genre. Students often find it hard to explain WHY and HOW an effect creates suspense; this worksheet helps them to form clear explanations and is an ideal launchpad for their own work on allocated phrases and sections from your focus text. Great for when teaching 'Jekyll and Hyde', 'Dorian Gray' or murder mysteries.

I created this pack for my year eight students, but I have also delivered it very successfully to year nines and tens. It is huge, with well over thirty pages and over twelve sections, such as: Introduction to Orwell, his social and political beliefs Focused chapter comprehension tasks What is an allegory? What is satire and irony? The language of political persuasion Numerous student-centred tasks, from research to speaking and listening, creative writing to political speech-writing. I deliberately designed the pack so that teachers can customise it by intended year group. Older kids will get more from the contextual background materials than younger ones. They do so well on this unit and love the political hustings orals, making a persuasive speech and getting confident with persuasive and satirical language. I prefer the older Halas and Bachelor film to teach alongside this scheme.

A very useful resource with a list of 123 substitute synonyms for the dreaded verb 'said', plus example sentences. Ideal for GCSE writers and for any age range. Designed in a clear and easy to follow format with licence options on this version. Enjoy!

A very useful and well-designed resource which is invaluable for creative writing students. Ideal for narrative writing as it offers detailed explanations of the various plot styles and structures you can use in creative writing. Jam packed with a comprehensive list of interesting creative terminology; a lot of them will be the labels for features you knew of but didn't know there was a term for! I have used this with all ages, from GCSE to Common Entrance. I will also update this resource again over summer, so keep following me. Enjoy!

Great PowerPoint which guides students through a range of heroes and villains, then sets up a task where they have to write a short description of a character of their own. Included is a sample piece of creative writing; a description of a dastardly Gothic villain. Full of exciting images and ideal for younger kids. I've taught this to year 7-9, GCSE students as a fn starter, and even as an enrichment class to local schoolchildren from feeder primaries. It always works and is guaranteed to produce fun responses!

A thorough and attractively designed handout which introduces students to the idea of a lierary motif and gives examples of them in 'Skellig'. Opportunities for extended work and homework. Please do see my other Skellig resources in my hop, 'The Full English'

Fun and enjoyable resource. Please see my other 'Skellig' resources in the 'Full English' shop. I teach the grammar through literary texts. 'Skellig' is very descriptive so is an ideal way to teach students about the differences between nouns, verbs, adverbs and so on.

This is a short 6 slide PowerPoint with useful summaries of the context to Gothic. Ideal for able younger students aged 11 and up, or as a simple recap for mixed ability GCSE students. It also offers students the chance to think about what generic features are and to complete a fun activity where they imagine as many examples as they can. Handy starter with a task!

Contains: poetic terms knowledge checklist to use as a starter, the main lesson in PowerPoint, including questions and tasks, copy of the poem with some brief context included on the sheet and finally, a set of group work tasks. I created these for another lesson ob. It works well if you show the PowerPoint after you have assessed how many poetic terms the students know (see file for this) and before you get them to read the poem. The slides work as parts of the lesson with Q &A sections on them. Other resources offer students background info on St George and the dragon and on the painting. Overall, a high quality detailed lesson which makes for a great introduction to an enjoyable poem: everything's prepared and ready to go.

I created this lesson for an observed lesson and it covers both poems in depth and offer them wider contextual points to enrich their answers. Ideal preparation for the comparative skills section of the AQA poetry exam, and for revising Blake. The 'odd one out' activity differentiates by outcome and gets students thinking carefully about the city and what it might represent. Lots of extension tasks and homework opportunies. Over 16 slides and structured to take a lesson.