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Hi everyone! I'm Kayleigh. I'm head of English and EAL with more than 8 years of teaching experience. I hope my resources will save you time planning, engage students in learning and guide them to academic success.
YouTube Videos: www.youtube.com/c/EnglishwithKayleigh
Hi everyone! I'm Kayleigh. I'm head of English and EAL with more than 8 years of teaching experience. I hope my resources will save you time planning, engage students in learning and guide them to academic success.
Are you teaching Ted Hughes for pupils’ upcoming exams, or are you a student who wants to revise essay structures and ideas for Hughes’ work? Then, this pack is for you.
This pack includes three real essays with real marks from CAIE from June 2023.
It includes:
A response that was awarded 21/25
A response that was awarded 17/25 (after a remark)
A response that was awarded 14/25
Please note: As these are real essays, there are mistakes present.
This is a 5-page PDF that includes tailored questions about Jackie Kay’s Brendon Gallacher poem. It can be used as a pre-analysis worksheet to allow students to engage with the poem and explore important themes, messages, and points of interest. It comes with a FULL answer key for teachers, so you can save time and work to help students achieve the best scores in any examination! There is also a link to a FREE analysis video for teachers and students to access after completing the questions and discussing.
YouTube videos can also be found here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeDlGRh1CEo5Ku3JQyTzxecrMiemcqhUF
This is a 5-page PDF that includes tailored questions about Jackie Kay’s Love Nest poem. It can be used as a pre-analysis worksheet to allow students to engage with the poem and explore important themes, messages, and points of interest. It comes with a FULL answer key for teachers, so you can save time and work to help students achieve the best scores in any examination! There is also a link to a FREE analysis video for teachers and students to access after completing the questions and discussing.
YouTube videos can also be found here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeDlGRh1CEo5Ku3JQyTzxecrMiemcqhUF
No planning needed - lesson ready to teach!
This 18 slide PPT (with accompanying resources) gives students a comprehensive introduction into the 15 Ted Hughes poems of study on the 0475 CAIE syllabus.
The lesson includes:
An overview of the exam and the fifteen poems of study
Station tasks in which students read and answer higher order questions about various poem of study (including The Jaguar and Wind).
Plenary and thematic concern predictions ready for the unit study.
Do your students use the same sentence structure over and over again in their writing? Use these display posters that guide students in ways to upgrade their sentences by varying their structure.
Posters come in three different styles including a black and white option. Each set has a total of ten posters, meaning you have 30 posters in your downloaded pack to choose from!
Structures include:
Simile start
Not only, but also
Double adjective
Triple and colon
Adverb and comma
Verb to begin
It isn’t/it is or it wasn’t / it was
So, so, so
(Brackets & although),
Analyse the climax (the physical altercation) of Long Day’s Journey into Night, considering how Jamie’s character is presented and why.
Lesson Eighteen | Jamie Tyrone
In this lesson pack, you will receive:
A lesson PPT with step-by-step guide to the lesson
General question
No prep needed - print and teach!
Made for the 9695 CAIE A-Level Literature syllabus, but it can be adapted for GCSE / any other syllabus.
Analyse Edmund’s character through close language analysis, consider A05 analysis to further understanding and personal response.
Lesson Fourteen | Edmund Tyrone
In this lesson pack, you will receive:
A lesson PPT with step-by-step guide to the lesson
A05 analysis
No prep needed - print and teach!
Made for the 9695 CAIE A-Level Literature syllabus, but it can be adapted for GCSE / any other syllabus.
Analyse the end of the play, considering how O’Neill makes it such a saddening moment in the play.
Lesson Nineteen | The Ending
In this lesson pack, you will receive:
A lesson PPT with step-by-step guide to the lesson
Analysis questions
No prep needed - print and teach!
Made for the 9695 CAIE A-Level Literature syllabus, but it can be adapted for GCSE / any other syllabus.
Help students understand the theme of familiar love in Act Three of Long Day’s Journey Into Night.
Lesson Twelve | Theme: Familiar Love
In this lesson pack, you will receive:
A lesson PPT with step-by-step guide to the lesson
Guided reading questions
No prep needed - print and teach!
Made for the 9695 CAIE A-Level Literature syllabus, but it can be adapted for GCSE / any other syllabus.
Close language analysis of Mary Tyrone’s utterances in Act Three, considering how she contradicts herself as she falls deeper into her addiction.
Lesson Eleven | Mary Tyrone
In this lesson pack, you will receive:
A lesson PPT with step-by-step guide to the lesson
Collaborative PPT
No prep needed - print and teach!
Made for the 9695 CAIE A-Level Literature syllabus, but it can be adapted for GCSE / any other syllabus.
Help students analyse the symbolism of the fog and foghorn in Long Day’s Journey Into Night (Act Three).
Lesson Ten | Symbolism
In this lesson pack, you will receive:
A lesson PPT with step-by-step guide to the lesson
Analysis Handout
No prep needed - print and teach!
Made for the 9695 CAIE A-Level Literature syllabus, but it can be adapted for GCSE / any other syllabus.
Help students critically engage with the question, ‘how far is Mary to blame for her downfall?’ through examaning A05 analysis informing their personal response.
Lesson Nine | Mary Tyrone
In this lesson pack, you will receive:
A lesson PPT with step-by-step guide to the lesson
A05 Analysis
No prep needed - print and teach!
Made for the 9695 CAIE A-Level Literature syllabus, but it can be adapted for GCSE / any other syllabus.
Help students improve their conclusion writing with this structure. They also have the opportunity to self-assess their recent essay by engaging with the marking rubric.
Lesson Eight | Writing: Conclusions
In this lesson pack, you will receive:
A lesson PPT with step-by-step guide to the lesson
Marking Rubric
No prep needed - print and teach!
Made for the 9695 CAIE A-Level Literature syllabus, but it can be adapted for GCSE / any other syllabus.
Analyse Edmund’s character through close language analysis, consider an extract question taken from Act Four.
Lesson Fifteen | Edmund Tyrone
In this lesson pack, you will receive:
A lesson PPT with step-by-step guide to the lesson
Extract question
No prep needed - print and teach!
Made for the 9695 CAIE A-Level Literature syllabus, but it can be adapted for GCSE / any other syllabus.
Analyse Jamie’s character through close language analysis.
Lesson Sixteen | Jamie Tyrone
In this lesson pack, you will receive:
A lesson PPT with step-by-step guide to the lesson
A05 analysis
No prep needed - print and teach!
Made for the 9695 CAIE A-Level Literature syllabus, but it can be adapted for GCSE / any other syllabus.
Analyse Jamie’s character through independent close language analysis.
Lesson Seventeen | Jamie Tyrone
In this lesson pack, you will receive:
A lesson PPT with step-by-step guide to the lesson
Collaborative PPT
No prep needed - print and teach!
Made for the 9695 CAIE A-Level Literature syllabus, but it can be adapted for GCSE / any other syllabus.
Research lesson into Williams’ life, making connections between him and the play of A Streetcar Named Desire.
Lesson One | Williams’ Life
In this lesson pack, you will receive:
A lesson PPT with step-by-step guide to the lesson
Lesson worksheet
No prep needed - print and teach!
Made for the 0475 CAIE GCSE Literature syllabus, but it can be adapted for A-Level / any other syllabus.
Research lesson into the context in which A Streetcar Named Desire was written (biographical, historical, and literary) to better understand the play’s content and wider message/themes.
Lesson Two | Context
In this lesson pack, you will receive:
A lesson PPT with step-by-step guide to the lesson
Lesson worksheet
No prep needed - print and teach!
Made for the 0475 CAIE GCSE Literature syllabus, but it can be adapted for A-Level / any other syllabus.
Close reading analysis of the play’s setting and Blanche’s entrance to the play.
Lesson Three | Blanche’s Arrival
In this lesson pack, you will receive:
A lesson PPT with step-by-step guide to the lesson
Lesson worksheet
No prep needed - print and teach!
Made for the 0475 CAIE GCSE Literature syllabus, but it can be adapted for A-Level / any other syllabus.
Are you teaching Jackie Kay’s Darling: New and Selected Poems to your A-level students? Don’t know where to start? This scheme of work shows you how I teach the 32 poems (organised by theme) and essay questions for each section we cover.