A lesson with accompanying worksheet and answer sheet that asks students to think about how the key poems from the collection can be interpreted from a Marxist, feminist and psychoanalytical critical approach.

An A05 revision lesson with accompanying worksheet and answer sheet that gets students to consider how 11 key moments from A Streetcar Named Desire would be viewed differently by Marxist critics, feminist critics and psychoanalytical critics. Students then compare their ideas to the answer sheet at the end of the lesson before moving on to review the key concepts in the 3 types of criticism. It ends with an independent task focusing on hegemonic masculinity in the play.

I have selected 10 quotations from each text to help students prepare some comparisons between The Handmaid’s Tale and Feminine Gospels for the comparative question. After this activity, I would ask students to create their own sets of pairs from each text. The modern times theme is hard to predict so students may find it useful, taking into consideration the time limits of the exam, to have a store of good quotations from each text that pair up well. Students may be able to adapt these pairs to match the modern times theme in the question.

12 lessons for KS3 aimed to developing skills in using show not tell to describe characters.

A grade 9 response exploring the theme of redemption in A Christmas Carol. Although marking is subjective, I would say that this response strongly meets the criteria required for the top band of the mark scheme.

62 page booklet packed with everything you need to revise A Christmas Carol. Includes analysis of key quotations, themes, motifs, model answers, quiz questions and more.

Revision sheet with analysis of key quotations linked to 6 motifs in A Christmas Carol: light, darkness, hands, eyes, voice and time. Also includes a blank version for students to develop their own ideas first.

Worksheets with step by step guidance, questions and prompts on how to use the drop, shift, zoom, leave method to describe a place.

2 model responses using the drop, shift, zoom, leave method to describe a wooded area. Also includes a step by step prompt helpsheet for guiding students on how generate their own drop, shift, zoom, leave narrative about a wooded area.

Worksheets with step by step questions and prompts to help students go through the full process of generating a drop, shift, zoom, leave response for Paper 1 Question 5.

A lesson exploring the significance of Serena’s garden in Chapter 25 of The Handmaid’s Tale.

A lesson exploring how Offred’s internal conflict is presented in 7 key extracts from the second half of the novel. Includes some suggested answers for each extract. Students focus on how Offred’s narrative voice oscillates between conformity and rebellion.

Revision sheet analysing 4 key quotations for 6 motifs in Macbeth.

4 revision sheets with analysis of key quotations for each of the 4 ghosts in A Christmas Carol.

3 timelines that chronologically explore 3 motifs in A Christmas Carol: weather, children and fire. Each timeline includes analysis of 13 carefully selected quotations relating to each motif. There is also a blank template version for students to attempt to explain the quotations themselves. Also contains a revision sheet for 6 other motifs. Discussing the use of motifs is one way of showing the examiner that you have a thorough understanding of the text.

A timeline revision sheet exploring the motif of weather with 13 carefully selected quotations allowing students to chronologically trace how the motif of weather is used by Dickens to convey his authorial messages about ignorance, isolation, the transformative power of redemption. Also includes a blank student version to encourage students to explore the impact of the quotations themselves.

A timeline revision sheet exploring the motif of children with 13 carefully selected quotations allowing students to chronologically trace how the motif of children/childhood is used by Dickens to convey his authorial messages about poverty, isolation, kindness, family and the transformative power of redemption. Also includes a blank student version to encourage students to explore the impact of the quotations themselves.

2 lessons exploring the ignorance and want extract from A Christmas Carol.