A short essay plan comparing the gothic texts of Dracula and Dorian Gray looking at the theme of violence. This was produced for the Edexcel spec but could be useful for others teaching these texts for A level.
This is a short plan I put together for the theme of heroes and villains for the Edexcel A level English Literature spec comparing the gothic texts, Dracula with Dorian Gray.
A detailed essay plan on the theme of fear and threat comparing the gothic texts Dracula and Dorian Gray. This was prepared for the Edexcel spec but would suit other A levels.
This is a comparative essay plan I put together for the texts of Dracula and Dorian Gray looking at the theme of power. It was for the Edexcel spec but would work for other specs also.
This presentation was made for the Edexcel English Literature spec and includes key ideas for an essay on how religion is presented in the play. It includes key quotations and critics and is available both as a pdf or a powerpoint.
Support your students preparing for the Edexcel spec comparing Dracula and Dorian Gray — exploring how both writers present gothic elements in their texts. This has paragraph planning sheets on the following and includes quotations, analysis and context prompts.
Settings:
portrait/mirror/poisonous book/ crucifix/ animals/
Windows:
Faustian bargain
Violence:
Secrets:
Influence: mesmeric/psychic in its suggested power.
This presentation was produced for an Edexcel class and includes key ideas for an essay plan including quotations and critics and is available as either a pdf or a powerpoint. The ideas within would also suit other specifications.
A very detailed presentation on the presentation of the Duke in the play. This is available as pdf or a powerpoint and includes pointers, followed by teacher notes and critics’ quotations. It was produced for edexel but is suitable for other specifications
A series of A Level lessons on Wilde’s ‘Dorian Gray’ including the quotations and analysis from the text, covering such themes as Influence/gothic/Art and Aesthetics/doubles, dopplegangers and splitting/hereditry/flowers, colour and decadence/ context/women and gender. Some of these themes may be in these first two chapters or may be in subsequent chapters (also uploaded) or you may purchase all together as a bundle.
A detailed collection of essay plans with either a powerpoint or pdf version, covering the comparison of The Great Gatsby and pre 1900 poems from the AQA English Literature specification. This includes context and ideas/close textual analysis for essay preparation on the theme of the following titles:
BARRIERS TO LOVE
INFIDELITY.
DESIRE.
IDEALISED LOVE.
UNFULFILLED LONGING.
POSSESSIVE LOVE
HOW SOCIAL CONVENTIONS IMPEDE LOVE.
PLUS A BONUS POWERPOINT ON ESSAY SKILLS
This is a pack of material I put together for an Ofsted lesson which received an outstanding/1. The objective is to develop the students' ability to both provide an overview and to zoom in on the detail. The structure of the lesson is provided as well as all the materials. Particularly helpful is an essay grid to help students word their responses which I have found invaluable for other texts.
A selection of essay plan presentations with slides containing quotations and then teacher notes slides with further ideas. Alternatively, some of these essay plan presentations are put together in a seminar style form with quotations and commentaries already integrated - as points for discussion. Bundle is suitable for any A level spec and contains the following essay plans:
The significance of the past
Fantasy/illusion/delusion/appearance and reality
Masculinity
Sexuality
Love
This is a detailed presentation with close analysis of both Prayer Before Birth and La Belle, with an essay plan comparing the two poems. This is for the Pearson Edexcel iGCSE poetry anthology question.
This is a brilliant book covering lots of thoughtful issues around friendship, grief and it is also utterly magical and enchanting. This unit of work contains over 170 slides covering comprehension skills, reading implicit meaning, punctuation, report writing, descriptive writing, speech writing to name a few. It was used for year 8 students but could be used for top primary as well as early secondary. Lots of consolidated work here, fun and enough to keep students busy for at least a term.
A background presentation on Bronte, a contexts presentation, close analysis and chapter by chapter close textual analysis throughout the central Thornfield chapters plus other helpful banded answers
Two essay titles with all the appropriate quotations gathered together for students to analyse:
Why do you think it is important that Golding portrays the natural world as a character with malevolent characteristics?
How does Golding establish a contrast between the two boys in the first five pages?
Poetry often manages to engage our interest in issues and characters which we do not necessarily like or admire. How far would you support this remark?
A detailed essay plan on ‘The Wife of Bath’ with quotations