Two detailed lessons exploring ‘Wild Oats’ by Philip Larkin from the Love Poetry Through the Ages anthology for AQA A Level English Literature. The PowerPoint guides students through the poem in the first lesson with detailed annotation guidance, form and structural information and detailed questions. The second lesson guides students through an analysis of the poem based on an exam-style question - there are options for both AS and A Level complete with indicative content. The lessons will challenge, extend and engage students. Also suitable for students targeting very high grades. Lesson plan included!

Two detailed lessons exploring ‘Talking in Bed’ by Philip Larkin from the Love Poetry Through the Ages anthology for AQA A Level English Literature. The PowerPoint guides students through the poem in the first lesson with detailed annotation guidance, form and structural information and detailed questions. The second lesson guides students through an analysis of the poem based on an exam-style question - there are options for both AS and A Level complete with indicative content. The lessons will challenge, extend and engage students. Also suitable for students targeting very high grades. Lesson plan included!

Two detailed lessons exploring ‘Meeting Point’ by Louis MacNeice from the Love Poetry Through the Ages anthology for AQA A Level English Literature. The PowerPoint guides students through the poem in the first lesson with detailed annotation guidance, form and structural information and detailed questions. The second lesson guides students through an analysis of the poem based on an exam-style question - there are options for both AS and A Level complete with indicative content. The lessons will challenge, extend and engage students. Also suitable for students targeting very high grades. Lesson plan included!

Two detailed lessons exploring ‘For My Lover, Returning to His Wife’ by Anne Sexton from the Love Poetry Through the Ages anthology for AQA A Level English Literature. The PowerPoint guides students through the poem in the first lesson with detailed annotation guidance, form and structural information and detailed questions. The second lesson guides students through an analysis of the poem based on an exam-style question - there are options for both AS and A Level complete with indicative content. The lessons will challenge, extend and engage students. Also suitable for students targeting very high grades. Lesson plan included!

A table-based revision document where students write down an evaluative statement (possibly lifted from a past question beginning ‘Evaluate the idea…’ before adding their own argument, a supporting theorist and a real world example. Four rows have been completed to guide students through the process. This is an excellent way of supporting students to plan for an evaluative response, and demonstrates how to bring in theory and supporting ideas. Check out my other English Language resources: Language and Gender Language and Region Language and Power and Occupation Language and Global and World Englishes Language Change Language and Technology Language and Ethnicity Language and Social Groups Language Discourses Analysing Spoken Language Child Language Acquisition - Speech Child Language Acquisition - Reading and Writing AQA Language Discourses - Paper 2 Question 3 AQA Language Discourses - Paper 2 Question 4 Language Levels Bundle Lexis and Semantics Grammar Phonetics, Phonology and Prosodics Pragmatics Discourse - Spoken Language Graphology

A complete unit of work for teaching The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas. This is a dynamic and engaging unit for teaching this text. A range of activities are included, incorporating textual analysis, comprehension, contextual linking, comparison and creative writing. The main resource includes 87 Powerpoint slides which stretch over at least 15 lessons. If class reading time is incorporated into the lessons, then this would double the number of lessons available. Additional consolidation and assessment activities are included to extend the unit further. Any worksheets mentioned are included in the pack as are detailed lesson plans with learning objectives, suggestions for differentiation and variety in activities. This unit will stretch and challenge even the most able students whilst supporting those learners who require it. In addition, the Powerpoint slides are visually engaging and accessible.

A comprehesive 15 slide Powerpoint which takes students through both scenes of Act V. Included: The Merchant of Venice audit document Contextual background to the play Analysis and discussion questions for the scene Modelled textual analysis Longer exam-style questions Extension questions for higher ability students This resource can be used with higher ability GCSE or A Level groups.

This resource is comprised of a 32 slide Powerpoint with four lessons on Scene One from Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire. The resource is aimed at A Level English Literature, but could also be used as a starting point for English Language and Literature. The slides cover: Contextual background to New Orleans at the time the play is set Discussion of the epigraph (Hart Crane’s ‘The Broken Tower’) Guided close analysis of key sections of the text with reference to key terminology, e.g. ‘motif’ and ‘in media res’ Teaching questions for each section of the first scene Learning objective slides and homework tasks for each lesson This resource will stretch and challenge more confident students and support those less confident. It was not created with any particular exam board in mind so can be used with any specification.

A comprehesive 40 slide Powerpoint which takes students through an introduction to The Merchant of Venice; a background to Shakespearean tragedy; and all three scenes of Act I. Included: A comprehensive guide to tragedy with a terminology matching exercise Contextual background to the play Analysis and discussion questions for each scene Modelled textual analysis Longer exam-style questions Extension questions for higher ability students This resource can be used with higher ability GCSE or A Level groups. The slides in yellow are aimed at A Level students or those GCSE students who are aiming for a grade 8 or 9.

A comprehesive 46 slide Powerpoint which takes students through all nine scenes of Act II. Included: Contextual background to the play Analysis and discussion questions for each scene Modelled textual analysis Longer exam-style questions Extension questions for higher ability students This resource can be used with higher ability GCSE or A Level groups.

A series of lessons to introduce students to the analysis of English Literature A Level novels through a practical criticism-style exercise with follow up lessons if required. These resources could be used to introduce English Literature A Level at the start of Year 12 or as a taster lesson. The resources are not tied to any specification and do not reference any assessment objectives (although these are implied). The following documents are included: An extract booklet with eight short extracts from the opening of the following texts: The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood; Persuasion by Jane Austen; Grief is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter; Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie; The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett; Atonement by Ian McEwan; The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald; and Frankenstein by Mary Shelley A teacher copy of the booklet with additional, contextual information A task booklet with four different tasks to encourage analysis and connections (Task one is a ranking exercise; task two is an analysis exercise; task three is a connection exercise; and task four is a homework research exercise). Suggestions for other tasks are given A lesson plan with guidance for one or more lessons

A fourteen page revision workbook for students to revise Lord of the Flies for GCSE (for any specification). This workbook focuses on analysis rather than knowledge recall and is perfect for those aiming for very high grades. The booklet can be used in class or for independent revision. Enclosed are: A question activity to encourage students to think perceptively about ideas in the text. A quotation gathering template with half the quotations given. An AO3 focused table where students write up an analytical link between context, quotations and links to language form and structure (one example modelled and all contextual points given). A table which encourages deeper exploration of effects, with an extract and one example modelled. An exercise where students identify and analyse ambitious literary terminology. An effects table encouraging a What How Why approach to writing about effects. A follow up activity where students then make contextual links with their analysis. A set of questions, introductions and topic sentences. A modelled introduction and main paragraph with a follow up activity for students to write their own. Two guides to essay structure. A modelled full response to a question. The booklet is designed to be used by students with knowledge of the text and is perfect for use in the run up to examinations. There is scaffolding but also appropriate stretch and challenge for those who are aiming for the highest grades. This booklet works well with my knowledge organiser and A3 quotation posters which can be downloaded for free here: [https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12835151] and [https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12836254]

A fourteen page revision workbook for students to revise Frankenstein and The Handmaid’s Tale (focused on the Edexcel specification but can easily be adapted for others - the focus is on connections and comparisons). Enclosed are: A quotation gathering template where students link common themes with examples from both texts (two examples modelled). An AO4 focused table where students write up an analytical link between two short quotations from each text (one example modelled). A more complex table which encourages links between a question focus; a quotation from each text; a contextual link; and analytical connections (one example modelled). A more developed linking table providing quotations of which students produce a developed comparative analysis (all quotations provided and one example and a paragraph modelled). A blank copy of the previous table. A linking grid focused on ambitious narrative techniques, linked with quotations, context and themes (one example modelled). A series of longer linked extracts from both texts where students analyse these in response to a question (eight pages of extracts). The booklet is designed to be used by students with knowledge of both texts and is perfect for use in the run up to examinations. There is scaffolding but also appropriate stretch and challenge for those who are aiming for the highest grades. This booklet works well with my free essay guidance for this particular question (Edexcel A Level Paper 2) which you can find here: [https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12853413]

A comprehesive 25 slide Powerpoint which takes students through both scenes of Act IV. Included: An Act IV Scene i ‘chunked’ resource to use as a pre-reading activity Contextual background to the play Analysis and discussion questions for each scene Modelled textual analysis Longer exam-style questions Extension questions for higher ability students This resource can be used with higher ability GCSE or A Level groups.

A comprehesive 33 slide Powerpoint which takes students through all five scenes of Act III. Included: Contextual background to the play Analysis and discussion questions for each scene Modelled textual analysis Longer exam-style questions Extension questions for higher ability students This resource can be used with higher ability GCSE or A Level groups.

This PDF workbook is designed to support the revision of the World Englishes topic in Paper 2, Section A of AQA A Level English Language. The booklet is comprised of 15 pages covering terminology, key theory and concepts, including Crystal, Jenkins, Ostler, Graddol, Seidlhofer, Kachru and McArthur amongst others. Activities and questions are used to support learning, along with guided examination question practice and a model answer. The final two pages are comprised of revision cards. All content is taken from my World and Global Englishes teaching unit (aside from the model answer) and is primarily designed to be used by students, especially those aiming for an A or A*. Please note - this resource is offered in PDF form to preserve formatting.

Two detailed lessons exploring ‘Punishment’ by Seamus Heaney from the Love Poetry Through the Ages anthology for AQA A Level English Literature. The PowerPoint guides students through the poem in the first lesson with detailed annotation guidance, form and structural information and detailed questions. The second lesson guides students through an analysis of the poem based on an exam-style question - there are options for both AS and A Level complete with indicative content. The lessons will challenge, extend and engage students. Also suitable for students targeting very high grades. Lesson plan included!