A 10 lesson scheme of work to teach Oscar Wilde’s comedy “The Importance of Being Earnest”, including context on Wilde’s biography and Victorian attitudes to sexuality. There is a focus on comedic and dramatic conventions. Planned to teach for coursework but easily adapted to suit any need. The slides consist of a clear title, main task, and extension task, and have a variety of tasks in each lesson - engaging starters, discussion, group work, quote finding, extract analysis, and evaluative plenaries.

6 lessons, with accompanying activities, to revise the poetry of John Donne. Considers characters, themes, motifs, and wider context with reference to past exam questions. Aimed at Edexcel for Key Stage 5 English Literature but useful across all exam boards.

10 lessons focused on spoken language in different forms, including an introduction to accent and dialect. I’ve also included an anthology of texts to analyse (including other non-fiction texts) such as interviews and speeches. Aimed at OCR’s A Level Paper 1 but relevant to a variety of courses.

A complete scheme of work to teach Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray, including relevant context. The documents called “Summer term” lessons come first as they focus on the first couple of chapters and key context. This is aimed at A Level Literature coursework but are perfectly suited to teaching the text overall. The slides consist of a clear title, main task, and extension task, and have a variety of tasks in each lesson - engaging starters, discussion, group work, quote finding, extract analysis, and evaluative plenaries.

A complete scheme of work to teach the Metaphysical poems from the Edexcel English Literature spec. There are 17 lessons in total, including a context lesson, assessment lesson, and mock exam prep lesson. All poems are in the powerpoint. There is a lesson on overall context, as well as key context for each poet in relevant lessons. Each lesson has homework questions to prep students for the poem in the next lesson. These, as well as the main tasks, will allow the poems to be analysed in detail, with oppportunities for evaluative discussions.

A whole 16 lesson scheme of work covering Shakespeare’s Othello. This was to teach Edexcel’s Key Stage 5 A-Level “Society and the Individual” module (which we compared to The Great Gatsby).

Complete lessons for 19 of the 20 set poems from the Forward Book of Poetry/Poems of the Decade (the exception being “The Gun”) Poems set for the Edexcel English Literature A-Level.

A complete scheme of work to teach Seamus Heaney’s collection ‘North’. Each lesson is designed for a double period, so this is a 28 lesson SoW. There is also one essay prep lesson. The first lesson covers context of the history of Ireland, The Troubles, and Heaney’s life. Each lesson contains attractive slides, clear instructions, and exentsion tasks on every slide. I taught this to compare with Jean Rhys’ Wide Sargasso Sea, but any slides linked to this can be easily removed - it does not impact the teaching of the poems. Check out my other resources and schemes of work for English Literature and/or Language! Poems from ‘North’ covered are: Antaeus Funeral Rites North Bog Queen The Grauballe Man Punishment Strange Fruit Act of Union Hercules and Antaeus Whatever you say, say nothing Ministry of Fear A Constable Calls Orange Drums Summer 1969 Exposure

A whole SoW for teaching Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, aimed at Edexcel’s Literature spec, including two lessons outlining key context. These lessons were planned to be at comparing with The Handmaid’s Tale, but can be easily adapted for other specs if needed. There are two or three chapters covered in each lesson, with a focus on extract analysis, literary terms, and contextual links reinforced throughout (such as how Shelley’s writing fits in to other Romantic writing). Most lessons end with a slide to consider three links to The Handmaid’s Tale. The slides consist of a clear title, main task, and extension task, and have a variety of tasks in each lesson - engaging starters, discussion, group work, quote finding, extract analysis, and evaluative plenaries.

A 24 lesson Scheme of Work to teach Child Language Acquisiton for A Level English Language. Includes lessons, transcripts, and other resources. Some resources taken from the OCR textbook. Covers stages of development, key theorists, and transcript analysis. With a whole anthology of texts to analyse.

A complete scheme of work of lessons and resources. Aimed at A Level/KS5 English Language OCR Paper 2 Section C - Language Change, exploring variations in language from 1600 to the present. All lessons should come with necessary texts to analyse, as well as links to clips or videos. Most slides include extension tasks. Note: This is several weeks’ worth of lessons, so ‘Lesson 1’ is not for all the same lesson, but might be Week 1 Lesson 1, Week 2 Lesson 1 etc, but appear in order

A complete scheme of work to teach Jean Rhys’ Wide Sargasso Sea. Each file contains 2 lessons (as I have been teaching double periods!) and each lesson contains a starter, plenary and 3-4 tasks, each with an extension task. Links to Jane Eyre are also made throughout. There are 4 lessons in there comparing to Seamus Heaney’s ‘North’ as that is what we are comparing WSS to, but the vast majority of the lessons just focus on WSS. Page references refer to the Penguin Classics edition. See also my WSS/Jane Eyre introductory lessons, giving a quick overview of Jane Eyre to allow greater understanding of WSS.

A full scheme of work to teach Twelfth Night, covering every scene and key context. Planned to coincide with the wonderful 2012 Globe production starring Mark Rylance, Johnny Flynn, and Stephen Fry. The slides consist of a clear title, main task, and extension task, and have a variety of tasks in each lesson - engaging starters, discussion, group work, quote finding, extract analysis, and evaluative plenaries.

Full SoW for teaching Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, including full lessons, context, and some wider reading articles. Planned for Edexcel’s Literature A Level to be compared with Frankenstein, but easily adaptable. I have where possible linked events in the novel to real world events and/or current affairs, to make the text as relevant as possible. The slides consist of a clear title, main task, and extension task, and have a variety of tasks in each lesson - engaging starters, discussion, group work, quote finding, extract analysis, and evaluative plenaries.

A complete Scheme of Work to teach the poetry of John Donne. Includes context lessons. Most poems are given their own lesson but some are 2 per lesson if there are obvious links, for example. The slides consist of a clear title, main task, and extension task, and have a variety of tasks in each lesson - engaging starters, discussion, group work, quote finding, extract analysis, and evaluative plenaries.

These are 20 lessons to teach the 20 Voices anthology texts for Paper 1 of the Edexcel Language and Literature A Level. Each lesson is designed to be taught over a double period, so this is essentially 40 lessons! There is context for each text/writer, and tasks to examine genre/audience/purpose, tone, text conventions, and other features more specific to the text. The second text of each genre is also encouraged to be compared with the first (i.e. so you compare both articles in the final articles lesson) The research might require students to go online - perhaps on phone or laptop. Enjoy!

A Scheme of Work to teach Dickens’ Hard Times. Designed to be compared to McEwan’s Atonement but easily adapted for other purposes.