This is a fully annotated version of ‘Cetacean’ that incudes line by line analysis of imagery, language, structure, tone etc. The analysis is also colour-coded so that points are already divided into suggested topics / paragraphs. It also includes a helpful student handout to support study (pre annotation) that gives an overview, key structural / form observations and a suggested division of the poem into topics.

This is a poetry podcast in support of ‘Stormcock in Elder’ - currently on offer as part of Stories of Ourselves on the CIE English Literature specification. It is a great resources for both teachers as students alike. It includes detailed analysis of the entire poem, a suggested division into main topics / paragraphs and some suggested personal responses.

A straightforward and easy to use lesson plan / scaffold to help in the teaching of Journey’s End. This resource focuses on the opening of the play (pp. 2-8) and encourages the students to consider how military leaders are portrayed and how Stanhope is characterised through the eyes of Osborne and Hardy. I include a screen shot of the first slide / page as PDFs and ActivInspire Flipcharts do not always show up on pre-views.

This resource focuses on whether the audience ought to feel sympathy for Hibbert and then structures a debate about the issue using the evidence from the play. I include a screen shot of the first slide / page as PDFs and ActivInspire Flipcharts do not always show up on pre-views.

This resource and example essay are for use in developing students’ ideas about the extent to which Stanhope is deserving of the audience’s sympathy. I include a screen shot of the first slide / page as PDFs and ActivInspire Flipcharts do not always show up on previews.

These resources directly correlate to the lessons / SoW that I have on sale in my ‘shop’, but they can be used entirely in their own right alongside other approaches to the teaching of the text. It includes a range of tables for language analysis, worksheets and point-quote-match-ups for example. Naturally, it is available as part of the bundle for Journey’s End in the shop that makes the best sense.

This is a poetry podcast in support of ‘Request to a Year’ - currently on offer as part of Stories of Ourselves on the CIE English Literature specification. It is a great resources for both teachers as students alike. It includes detailed analysis - including close language / imagery / tone analysis and explanation - of the entire poem, a suggested division into main topics / paragraphs and suggested personal responses. It also includes a simple supporting PowerPoint and handout that includes the key points about the author (i.e. brief context) and some starter ideas and the points about form / structure and personal response that are also covered in the podcast.

This ‘Purple Hibiscus’, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adihie, workbook is designed to be printed as a booklet / wire-bound handout to help students to organise their notes on the text and teachers with their planning. It is designed to help lesson planning - as it included starter activities for discussion or mind-mapping for each chapter as well - though its main focus is to help students to extract some of the most important quotations from the text (whilst also helping them to practise important passage-based skills along the way).

This is a poetry podcast in support of ‘The Spirit is too Blunt an Instrument’ - currently on offer as part of Stories of Ourselves on the CIE English Literature specification. It is a great resources for both teachers as students alike. It includes detailed analysis - including close language / imagery / tone analysis and explanation - of the entire poem, a suggested division into main topics / paragraphs and suggested personal responses. It also includes a simple supporting PowerPoint and handout that includes the key points about the author (i.e. brief context) and a starter idea.

This is an annotated version of ‘The City Planners’ (PDF) which includes suggested starter / discussion, personal responses, topics, structure / form observations etc. Note: This is only a subjective suggestion created by a teacher (I am only human!). I would have loved to have this at the release of the poems, and I sincerely hope that it helps and supports your delivery of the poem!

This is an annotated version of ‘The Man with Night Sweats’ (PDF) which includes suggested starter / discussion, personal responses, topics, structure / form observations etc. Note: This is only a subjective suggestion created by a teacher (I am only human!). I would have loved to have this at the release of the poems, and I sincerely hope that it helps and supports your delivery of the poem! (COMPLETE booklet of ALL poems annotated and in Word available in my ‘shop’!)

This is an annotated version of ‘The Planners’ (PDF) which includes suggested starter / discussion, personal responses, topics, structure / form observations etc. Note: This is only a subjective suggestion created by a teacher (I am only human!). I would have loved to have this at the release of the poems, and I sincerely hope that it helps and supports your delivery of the poem!

This is an annotated version of ‘He Never Expected Much’ (PDF) which includes suggested starter / discussion, personal responses, topics, structure / form observations etc. Note: This is only a subjective suggestion created by a teacher (I am only human!). I would have loved to have this at the release of the poems, and I sincerely hope that it helps and supports your delivery of the poem! (COMPLETE booklet of ALL poems annotated and in Word available in my ‘shop’!)

This is an annotated version of ‘The Telephone Call’ (PDF) which includes suggested starter / discussion, personal responses, topics, structure / form observations etc. Note: This is only a subjective suggestion created by a teacher (I am only human!). I would have loved to have this at the release of the poems, and I sincerely hope that it helps and supports your delivery of the poem! (I also have a COMPLETE bundle / booklet with ALL of the CIE poems from Songs of Ourselves that includes a Word Document version and a blank anthology for students in my shop).

This resource is an essay plan for setting in Journey’s End (e.g. How and in what ways is the setting in the play so significant?). It suggests topic sentences / sub-themes and selects a range of suitable examples for each section. No analysis included, but with the clarity of the topic sentence / argument, the analysis of the language and imagery etc. is pretty straight-forward. I hope that it is helpful!

This is a fully annotated version of ‘The Poplar-Field’ that incudes line by line analysis of imagery, language, structure, tone etc. The analysis is also colour-coded so that points are already divided into suggested topics / paragraphs. It also includes a helpful student handout to support study (pre annotation) that gives an overview, key structural / form observations and a suggested division of the poem into topics.

This is a fully annotated version of ‘Coming’ that incudes line by line analysis of imagery, language, structure, tone etc. The analysis is also colour-coded so that points are already divided into suggested topics / paragraphs. It also includes a helpful student handout to support study (pre annotation) that gives an overview, key structural / form observations and a suggested division of the poem into topics.

This is a fully annotated version of ‘Cetacean’ that incudes line by line analysis of imagery, language, structure, tone etc. The analysis is also colour-coded so that points are already divided into suggested topics / paragraphs. It also includes a helpful student handout to support study (pre annotation) that gives an overview, key structural / form observations and a suggested division of the poem into topics. This one also includes additional questions to support independent analysis and annotations.

This is a fully annotated version of ‘The Caged Skylark’ that incudes line by line analysis of imagery, language, structure, tone etc. The analysis is also colour-coded so that points are already divided into suggested topics / paragraphs. It also includes a helpful student handout to support study (pre annotation) that gives an overview, key structural / form observations and a suggested division of the poem into topics. This one also includes an ActivInspire and questions to support independent annotation.