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I'm a university lecturer of Drama and English Literature. On this page you'll find loads of powerpoint presentations filled with useful resources for teachers and students interested in English Literature, Drama, Art History, and Academic English / Research. Useful for all levels.

I'm a university lecturer of Drama and English Literature. On this page you'll find loads of powerpoint presentations filled with useful resources for teachers and students interested in English Literature, Drama, Art History, and Academic English / Research. Useful for all levels.
Academic English Exam Practice
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Academic English Exam Practice

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This resource contains 1 examination (2 hours) in Academic English skills. The exam is divided into 4 sections: reading, source credibility, critical thinking, and writing. Students will be tested on the following essential skills: Section 1: Reading and comprehension (multiple choice & true / false / not given questions) Section 2: Identifying whether an article is peer-reviewed (comment on the main features of academic publications) Section 3: Understanding & documenting findings from visual data (describing main findings of a graph) Section 4: Essay writing, accurate source integration and correct referencing (final essay question with marking rubric) The examination comes with a rubric (for the final essay question) and an answer key for Section 1. It is a perfect resource for students and teachers taking Academic English at A Level and Foundation level. It can also be used for high-level GCSE students. Students will gain exam practice, improve their reading and comprehension skills, and will develop their knowledge and critical thinking. The exam can also be used for revision classes. **This academic English mock exam will lead to: better understanding of texts, confident use of academic research, improved fluency and accuracy in writing, ability to think critically about a range of topics. ** This resouce can be purchased in a bundle with 2 additional practice exams.
Academic English Exam Practice
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Academic English Exam Practice

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This resource contains 1 examination (2 hours) in Academic English skills. The exam is divided into 4 sections: reading, source credibility, critical thinking, and writing. Students will be tested on the following essential skills: Section 1: Reading and comprehension (multiple choice & true / false / not given questions) Section 2: Identifying whether an article is peer-reviewed (comment on the main features of academic publications) Section 3: Understanding & documenting findings from visual data (describing main findings of a graph) Section 4: Essay writing, accurate source integration and correct referencing (final essay question with marking rubric) The examination comes with a rubric (for the final essay question) and an answer key for Section 1. It is a perfect resource for students and teachers taking Academic English at A Level and Foundation level. It can also be used for high-level GCSE students. Students will gain exam practice, improve their reading and comprehension skills, and will develop their knowledge and critical thinking. The exam can also be used for revision classes. **This academic English mock exam will lead to: better understanding of texts, confident use of academic research, improved fluency and accuracy in writing, ability to think critically about a range of topics. ** This resouce can be purchased in a bundle with 2 additional practice exams.
Academic English Exam Practice
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Academic English Exam Practice

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This resource contains 1 examination (2 hours) in Academic English skills. The exam is divided into 4 sections: reading, source credibility, critical thinking, and writing. Students will be tested on the following essential skills: Section 1: Reading and comprehension (multiple choice & true / false / not given questions) Section 2: Identifying whether an article is peer-reviewed (comment on the main features of academic publications) Section 3: Understanding & documenting findings from visual data (describing main findings of a graph) Section 4: Essay writing, accurate source integration and correct referencing (final essay question with marking rubric) The examination comes with a rubric (for the final essay question) and an answer key for Section 1. It is a perfect resource for students and teachers taking Academic English at A Level and Foundation level. It can also be used for high-level GCSE students. Students will gain exam practice, improve their reading and comprehension skills, and will develop their knowledge and critical thinking. The exam can also be used for revision classes. **This academic English mock exam will lead to: better understanding of texts, confident use of academic research, improved fluency and accuracy in writing, ability to think critically about a range of topics. ** This resouce can be purchased in a bundle with 2 additional practice exams.
Milton's Paradise Lost
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Milton's Paradise Lost

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This presentation explores John Milton’s Paradise Lost. It discusses Milton’s poetic form (blank verse), as well as issues regarding gender, free will, and religion. Sandra Gilbert’s discussion of Eve’s fall is outlined for some useful secondary criticism. There are also extracts (from Books 9 and 10 of Paradise Lost) with helpful pointers for close textual analysis and ideas that will prompt further discussion and exploration. The final slides recommend further reading, offer later poetic responses to Eve’s plight, and also encourage critical engagement with early scholarship on Milton’s epic poem. A great resource for A Level students and undergraduates.
Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'
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Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'

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This presentation on Shakespeare’s Hamlet explores the main themes - revenge, death, madness, power, corruption - of this play. It refers to Aristotle’s writings on tragedy to explore what makes the play a revenge tragedy. It then explores Ophelia’s madness and death in detail, referring to scholarship and close scene analysis. This powerpoint is useful for GCSE, A Level, and undergraduate university students focusing on Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
Jhumpa Lahiri's 'The Namesake'
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Jhumpa Lahiri's 'The Namesake'

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This package includes a PowerPoint presentation and detailed handout on **Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake ** It is ideal for university and A Level students looking to write essays on Lahiri’s work and get a better understanding of ideas behind postcolonial studies. The work package includes: Carefully selected extracts from The Namesake to encourage discussion and analysis An explanation of Homi K. Bhabha’s theories of hybridity, liminal spaces, and the Third Space Comments made by Jhumpa Lahiri on her creative process when writing The Namesake Questions to encourage analytical thinking Scholarly engagements with Lahiri’s work
Morgan Lloyd Malcolm's 'Emilia'
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Morgan Lloyd Malcolm's 'Emilia'

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This handout is designed for students studying **Morgan Lloyd Malcolm’s **Emilia. It discusses the life and poetry of Aemilia Lanyer and includes carefully selected quotes from the play for discussion and analysis. The handout includes questions that help students understand the play’s concern with gender inequality during the time of Shakespeare and today. The handout is aimed at students at any level.
'Frankenstein' - close analysis
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'Frankenstein' - close analysis

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This resource is designed to help students write a close analysis essay on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, focusing on Victor Frankenstein. The extract and question have been taken from a recent A Level English Literature past paper. The resource goes through the extract line-by-line to explore the themes of **suffering, ambition, responsibility, isolation, Gothic literature, and the Romantic Sublime **in the novel, Frankenstein. The text has been annotated with helpful advice, literary criticism, context, and quotes. It also includes a full sample answer. This resource will be useful for students who need to practice close textual analysis, and/or are working on Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus.
Shakespeare's King Lear
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Shakespeare's King Lear

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This PowerPoint presentation on **Shakespeare’s King Lear **is a great introductory lesson that includes: A brief plot summary Historical context (referring to James I of England) Why Shakespeare is relevant today (drawing on Coleridge) A close textual analysis of Lear’s reconciliation with Cordelia King Lear’s **‘madness / enlightenment’ ** Scholarship on major concepts in King Lear: religion and psychoanalysis Actors’ commentary on playing King Lear and Edmund *** Essay questions ** ‘Thinking Further’ activities that focus on Lear’s famous quote: ‘nothing will come of nothing’ **Fact File ** Quick Quotes Recommended Research References This research is great for exam revision. It also provides useful context for writing an essay on Shakespeare’s King Lear.
THE LITERATURE QUIZ
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THE LITERATURE QUIZ

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This quiz is designed for GCSE and AS/A Level English literature students studying the National Curriculum with any exam board. There are 10 rounds with several fun, interactive activities. There are picture rounds, word-jumbles, famous quotes, true-or-false, word-wheel, and emoji-plot questions. Some of the texts include: Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, The Great Gatsby, Of Mice and Men, Harry Potter, Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice, poetry etc. The answers are provided in the ‘notes section’ on the powerpoint. There are a total of 80 points to be won. Enjoy!
Cause / Effect Essay Writing
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Cause / Effect Essay Writing

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This resource is useful to students and teachers covering cause and effect essay writing. It contains lots of in-class tasks linked to cause and effect essays. What a cause &/ effect essay is The block / chain structure of a cause and effect essay How to identify cause and effect Vocabulary to express cause & vocabulary to express effect Tasks and exercises for activity work Sample essay with cause / effect highlighted Further essay questions The PowerPoint is also useful for English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners and for IELTS preparation.
Lady Macbeth & Guilt - GCSE Sample Answer
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Lady Macbeth & Guilt - GCSE Sample Answer

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This document contains a sample answer aimed at GCSE students looking at Shakespeare’s tragedy, Macbeth. It focuses on Shakespeare’s presentation of Lady Macbeth’s guilt in Act 5 Scene 1 of Macbeth. This is a great revision aid for students studying Macbeth and will also help students to work on their essay writing. It makes use of literary terminology and contains close textual analysis.
In-yer-face Theatre: Sarah Kane
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In-yer-face Theatre: Sarah Kane

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This presentation is about Sarah Kane’s exploration of National Identity in her infamous play Blasted. Each slide contains quotes, images, factual information, and videos about Sarah Kane and In-Yer-Face Theatre. The powerpoint focuses on extracts from Blasted that examine human frailty, compassion, brutality, and powerlessness. It asks how Kane manages to evoke compassion through violence and uses the theory of Susan Sontag and the history of the Bosnian War (1992-1995) to unpick the relationship between the Soldier, Ian and Kate in the play. There are also many ‘thinking points’, including a video discussion of the (un)ethical nature of Kane’s drama and theorist Hanna Arendt’s ‘Reflections on Violence’.
Bertolt Brecht's 'Mother Courage and All Her Children'
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Bertolt Brecht's 'Mother Courage and All Her Children'

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Bertolt Brecht’s famous play Mother Courage and All Her Children is the focus of this handout. It includes: Carefully selected extracts from Mother Courage to discuss An explanation of Brecht’s Verfremdungseffekt or ‘Alienation effect’ Some scholarly quotes on Brecht’s playwriting to discuss in relation to Mother Courage This handout is ideal for university seminars and A Level classes. It will help with in-class discussions and essay writing.
Ibsen's A Doll's House
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Ibsen's A Doll's House

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Handout for students discussing Ibsen’s A Doll’s House. Includes quotes from the play to discuss as well as an extract from Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own. The handout focuses on themes of gender and patriarchal society in A Doll’s House. Perfect for A Level students studying Ibsen and naturalism in theatre. Also useful for university seminars working on A Doll’s House.
Oscar Wilde - An Ideal Husband
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Oscar Wilde - An Ideal Husband

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This presentation looks at Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband. It outlines the key themes of the play: suffrage, gender differences, sexuality, class conflict, Victorian society, and aestheticism. There are lots of sections for close analysis, as well as interesting biographical information relating to Wilde’s imprisonment. The presentation then explores the role of women in 19th century society, focusing on The New Woman in fin de siècle literature. The final slide contains a practice exam question with useful pointers and quotes from scholars and theatre critics such as Michael Billington.
Brian Friel's 'Translations'
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Brian Friel's 'Translations'

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This presentation looks at the history of the English Language in Ireland through the drama of Brian Friel. It contains several extracts for close scene analysis and discusses the play in relation to its major theme: the colonisation and dominance of the English Language (tradition vs modernity). The slides also cover the history of the Abbey Theatre and several quotes from the playwright himself (Brian Friel), the poet Seamus Heaney, and critics such as Desmond Rushe. The last two slides outline Claude Lévi-Strauss’ ‘hot and cold societies’ theory and then look towards Welsh identity, mentioning the play Mother Tongue by Roger Williams.
Academic English Exam Practice
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Academic English Exam Practice

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This bundle contains 3 examinations (2 hours each = total of 6 hours) in Academic English skills. The exams are divided into 4 sections: reading, source credibility, critical thinking, and writing. Students will be tested on the following essential skills: Section 1: Reading and comprehension (multiple choice & true / false / not given questions) Section 2: Identifying whether an article is peer-reviewed (comment on the main features of academic publications) Section 3: Understanding & documenting findings from visual data (describing main findings of a graph) Section 4: Essay writing, accurate source integration and correct referencing (final essay question with marking rubric) All examinations come with a rubric (for the final essay question) and an answer key for Section 1. This bundle is perfect for students and teachers taking Academic English at A Level and Foundation level. It can also be used for high-level GCSE students. Students will gain exam practice, improve their reading and comprehension skills, and will develop their knowledge and critical thinking. The bundle can also be used for revision classes. The themes of the examinations are as follows: Tourism in the Dubai Sustainability and climate change in Abu Dhabi The impact of robotics and AI on society in the UAE **This bundle will lead to: better understanding of texts, confident use of academic research, improved fluency and accuracy in writing, ability to think critically about a range of topics. **
Ibsen and Gender: Hedda Gabler
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Ibsen and Gender: Hedda Gabler

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This presentation looks at Ibsen’s drama focusing on his major play: Hedda Gabler. The sildes offer detailed information on and colourful examples of the historical context, gender politics, and themes of Ibsen’s drama. The powerpoint then examines Hedda’s character with links to short videos of performers such as Ruth Wilson discussing playing the role and what makes Hedda tick. This presentation is useful for anyone interested in Ibsen’s drama, feminism in his work, and performing his tragic heroine: Hedda Gabler.