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I have been teaching English for 16 years in the state and independent sectors in the UK and internationally. I am also an Examiner so specialise in producing high level, tactical resources with excellent knowledge content for students, especially at GCSE and A Level.

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I have been teaching English for 16 years in the state and independent sectors in the UK and internationally. I am also an Examiner so specialise in producing high level, tactical resources with excellent knowledge content for students, especially at GCSE and A Level.
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Essentials
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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Essentials

4 Resources
Several lessons’ worth of revision materials for the novella - includes a handy themes grid for students to fill in as well as a quotations quiz. Key quotations and a practice exam paper all included.
Poetic techniques grid
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Poetic techniques grid

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KS3 or GCSE. A list of key terminology needed when analysing poetry. Handy grid format so pupils can come up with their own definitions and examples to make it more memorable. Can be done as a class activity or individually/as homework.
Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?'
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Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?'

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Everything you need to teach this sonnet! Includes an engaging PowerPoint with several lessons’ worth of activities, a poetic techniques grid and a copy of the sonnet itself. Explanations of all poetic devices included on the slides, leads pupils to completing a guided essay.
Hamlet A Level Essentials
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Hamlet A Level Essentials

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Hamlet A Level exam revision essentials. Detailed essay plans, key themes with quotations matched to them from the play, key context and critics to illuminate their arguments. All they need for the exam in one place and presented as handy crib sheets.
Greek Myth: Zeus
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Greek Myth: Zeus

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A fantastic PowerPoint focusing on Zeus in this half-term long scheme of work on Greek Mythology. Includes Grammar activity, spellings, information card task (including sources for pupils to base their information on). Differentiated grids provided to support completion of the task included.
Greek Myth: Odysseus 2
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Greek Myth: Odysseus 2

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Full lesson developing understanding of Odysseus' adventures. Includes do now, spellings, grammar time and lesson focus on analysis of language using PEEZL (Point, Evidence, Explain, Zoom in, Link). Detailed help provided to structure pupils' ability to analyse language and its effect.
Greek Myth: Odysseus 3
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Greek Myth: Odysseus 3

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Full lesson including do now, spellings, grammar time (prepositions), oral drill. Main lesson is exploring the conventions of a monologue, looking at an example and starting to plan ideas for their own monologue as the Cyclops.
Greek Myth: Odysseus 4
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Greek Myth: Odysseus 4

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Full lesson including do now, grammar time, spellings, oral drill. Main lesson leads pupils towards writing their own monologue as a character of their choice from Greek Myth. Detailed help with structure provided.
Greek Myth: Theseus and the Minotaur
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Greek Myth: Theseus and the Minotaur

5 Resources
Five detailed 1 hour lessons on engaging PowerPoints around the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur. Includes grammar time, spellings and oral drill for each lesson as well as story structuring, newspaper article writing and paired speaking and listening activity.
Edexcel GCSE English Language Paper 1 'War of the Worlds' Extract
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Edexcel GCSE English Language Paper 1 'War of the Worlds' Extract

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This extract is from 'War of the Worlds' and describes the Martian's appearance. Designed in the style of the Edexcel GCSE English Language Paper 1 Fiction and Imaginative Writing but useful for any 19th century language practice. Tasks provided for both Reading Section A and Writing Section B.
The Great Gatsby Essentials
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The Great Gatsby Essentials

4 Resources
Includes important extracts from each chapter, key quotations from the whole novel, and a list of context presentations for students to research. Also includes a ‘coursework guidance’ sheet if comparing Gatsby with another text for coursework (includes over 20 possible essay questions and partner texts).
Greek Myth: Odysseus and his adventures
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Greek Myth: Odysseus and his adventures

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A series of five 1 hour lessons (or realistically longer if all activities completed) taking pupils through some of Odysseus’ adventures. Each lesson is engagingly presented on a PowerPoint with a Do Now, spellings, oral drill and Grammar Time included for each lesson as well as the main task. Tasks include analysing language for effect, planning and writing a monologue as your own monster from myth and Speaking and Listening performances.
The Great Gatsby: Coursework Guidance
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The Great Gatsby: Coursework Guidance

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Designed to support students completing their English Literature A Level coursework on The Great Gatsby and a second text of their choice. Includes more than 20 possible coursework questions as well as a reading list of over 25 texts. Also includes a rough schedule which you can doctor or delete!
The Handmaid's Tale Essentials
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The Handmaid's Tale Essentials

5 Resources
Everything your students need to know for the exam. Detailed key context (3 sides), key quotations for them to learn, as well as a suggested essay structure for how to approach the exam. Also includes 20 practice exam questions as well as essay plans to give students a starting point/spark ideas off for class discussion. Includes comparison to 'Frankenstein' but also useful if teaching 'Handmaid' with a different text or on its own.
Greek Myth: Theseus 5
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Greek Myth: Theseus 5

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Paired role play improvising a special news report live from Athens about the death of King Aegeas and Theseus' experience with the Minotaur. Includes a homework reading activity on Medusa.
Greek Myth: Theseus and the Minotaur 3
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Greek Myth: Theseus and the Minotaur 3

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This lesson guides pupils through the components and language of writing a newspaper article. Exemplar article provided with conventions gone through in detail. Also includes Do Now, spellings and Grammar Time.