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I write schemes of work for English literature as well as English language and creative writing. My lessons have all been used to teach my classes and have been adapted to work well. I teach in a school which uses its own GCSE-level literature qualification, so I have some lessons on unusual texts. I've also got lessons on many of the Edexcel A Level texts. I've taught AQA, Edexcel GCSE and iGCSE, so have a range of useful resources to share.

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I write schemes of work for English literature as well as English language and creative writing. My lessons have all been used to teach my classes and have been adapted to work well. I teach in a school which uses its own GCSE-level literature qualification, so I have some lessons on unusual texts. I've also got lessons on many of the Edexcel A Level texts. I've taught AQA, Edexcel GCSE and iGCSE, so have a range of useful resources to share.
Rhythm in poetry
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Rhythm in poetry

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These notes give an overview of how rhythm is used in poetry and how you can link it to meaning.
Keats L2 first sonnets and life
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Keats L2 first sonnets and life

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This lesson has an overview of how the Edexcel A Level’s requirements work for Keats as well as looking at Keats’ early life and the first 2 sonnets on the Edexcel list: O Solitude and On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer. I’ve also written a summary of what to expect from a sonnet and put all the Keats sonnets in a Word Doc.
L6 Keats Eve of St Agnes
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L6 Keats Eve of St Agnes

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This lesson looks at the first half of The Eve of St Agnes as well as suggesting it’s all about states of consciousness. There’s a selection of critical comments on the poem which can help inform students’ opinions.
L3 Keats Negative Capability
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L3 Keats Negative Capability

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This lesson gives some context about Keats’ life and has slides for annotating ‘On the Sea’ and ‘In Drear nighted December’. There’s a resource on negative capability too.
L9 Keats Psyche and letters
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L9 Keats Psyche and letters

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This lesson explores more Keats context and the poem ‘Ode to Psyche’. There’s a selection of Keats’ writing from his letters which includes all his well-known concepts like negative capability, life being a vale of soul-making, life being a mansion of many apartments etc.
L8 Keats final sonnets
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L8 Keats final sonnets

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This lesson includes context on Keats’ life as well as slides for annotating To Sleep and Bright Star. There’s a little quiz too.
L7 Keats St Agnes part 2
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L7 Keats St Agnes part 2

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This lesson examines the second half of the Keats poem ‘The Eve of St Agnes’ with a focus on consciousness. There’s an essay question to try too.
L4 Keats Lear and Fear
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L4 Keats Lear and Fear

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This lesson includes more Keats context and slides for annotating ‘On sitting down to read King Lear once again’ and ‘When I have fears that I may cease to be’. It has suggestions for research and wider reading.
L2 Macbeth prophesies and relationships
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L2 Macbeth prophesies and relationships

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This lesson looks at Act 1 of Macbeth with a focus on prophesies and the relationship between Macbeth and his wife. It ends with a drama activity on imagining breakfast with the Macbeths.
L1 Macbeth witches speeches
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L1 Macbeth witches speeches

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This lesson starts with reading as a form of memorising and leads into considering staging and costumes for the first scene of Macbeth.
L5 Macbeth ghosts
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L5 Macbeth ghosts

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This lesson works with the way ghosts were seen and how Macbeth and Lady Macbeth express their emotions through animal imagery. There’s also an activity based on the ghost at the feast.