A PowerPoint exploring the poetic voice, including annotation key themes and emotion within the poem 'Inheritance' by Evan Boland. Also includes student tasks to promote independent thought and analysis and some information on the poet. Also includes a poetry study checklist and advice on how to approach reading a poem. For AS and A level English Literature.

A 10 slide PowerPoint analysing language, symbolism and key themes within Armitage’s ‘Chainsaw Versus the Pampas Grass’. Includes questions to inspire independent analysis and thought. Also includes a poetry study checklist and advice on how to approach reading a poem. Suitable for AS and A level Literature.

An 11 slide PowerPoint exploring deeper meaning and language/structural techniques for each line in the poem including questions to promote students’ independent learning. Also includes a poetry study checklist and advice on how to approach reading a poem. For AS/A Level Post-2000 poetry

An 11 slide PowerPoint detailing the origins of Gothic Fiction, its key features and support for writing your own text including ideas for setting, timing, characters, plot and supernatural elements. Includes a Gothic Vocabulary help sheet for students to use in their own creation of a Gothic Fiction text. Fun and engaging for all! Lots of beautiful images and whizzy animation!

A 14 slide PowerPoint on sensory descriptive gore writing, selecting effective vocabulary and describing in detail while avoiding cliched horror writing. Includes model gory paragraph and opportunity for peer assessment! (nothing too horrific, don’t worry!)

A suggested structure for extended essay writing in English with a catchy RAINBOW acronym! Suitable for GCSE and AS/A-Level.

A PowerPoint covering the definitions and use of: Homophones Homographs Heteronyms It also covers the importance of good spelling and includes tasks for students to complete. Suitable for primary and secondary ages as well as as a whole school Literacy tool.

An Ofsted graded 'Outstanding' lesson on the opening chapter of TRASH by Andy Mulligan. This lesson encourages students to work independently, exploring language employed by the writer.

A 21 slide PowerPoint including detailed analysis of the poem as a whole and then with explicit focus on language, structure, tone and deeper meaning with a conclusion listing poems to be encouraged to use for comparison with Doshi’s ‘The Deliverer’. Also includes a poetry study checklist and advice on how to approach reading a poem. For AS / A -level Edexcel Poetry

Engaging lesson on creative writing in which the students describe the experience of going camping Includes snippets of other writing to analyse for linguistic/structural techniques used for effect and to engage a reader. Includes interesting adjectives list and model written piece with questions for students to analyse. Suitable for KS2-KS3!

An analysis lesson of Marcia Douglas’ poem ‘Electricity comes to Cocoa Bottom’. Includes line by line annotation and discussion opportunities surrounding the genre of Magical Realism. Also includes a model response to an analysis question on personification and an ‘over to you’ opportunity for independent student response to the poem. Easily adaptable and suitable for KS3/KS4!

A 21 slide detailed character analysis lesson for 'An Inspector Calls' by J.B. Priestley. This lesson encourages students to closely analyse Priestley's characters, his intentions as a socialist playwright, the role of key characters within the play and their relationships with one another. Also includes a key quotes sheet for key characters.

A 12 slide lesson on the changing role of women in WWII as well as focus on propaganda and the Land Army. Ends in tasks for pupils to consider the role of women during the war and their return to ‘domestic duties’ once the war-effort was over. KS3 - supports contextual learning for English Literature lessons.

A lesson based on Roald Dahl’s descriptive passage on Mrs Pratchett from his autobiography ‘Boy’. Activities on identifying descriptive techniques in the passage, writing about them and then also employing descriptive devices in your own writing. KS3 Year 7/8

Engaging lesson on creative writing in which the students develop magical powers. Includes snippets of other writing to analyse for linguistic/structural techniques used for effect and to engage a reader. Includes interesting adjectives list and model written piece with questions for students to analyse. Suitable for KS2-KS3!

198 slide Unit of Work on John Boyne's novel 'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas'. This pack includes 17 lessons and 1 bonus lesson analysing book covers! Lessons are also colour coordinated with Hyperlink Contents Page for ease of access! Includes: Bonus Lesson – Analysing Book Covers Lesson 1 – Context Lesson 2 – John Boyne – Getting to know the Author Lesson 3 – Key Characters Lesson 4 – Setting Lesson 5 – Through the Window Lesson 6 – Clothing as a theme Lesson 7 – The relationship between Bruno & Shmuel Lesson 8 – Division and Distance (The Fence Imagery and Symbolism) Lesson 9 – Storyboarding Lesson Lesson 10 – Key Scenes Roleplay Lesson Lesson 11 - Key Quotes Revision Lesson 12 – PEA practice Lesson 13 - Understanding an essay question and Planning Response Lesson 14 – Writing an essay Lesson 15 – Peer assessment & Understanding the Success Criteria Lesson 16 – The Importance of Redrafting Lesson 17 – Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Quiz All lessons help students to deduce, infer and analyse language in depth. Also includes how to structure an essay and advice with redrafting. Engaging, easily adaptable and educational for KS3 and KS4!

A 13 slide PowerPoint lesson aiding students in writing mystery stories. With key mystery writing vocabulary and success criteria as well as examples of famous ‘real-life’ mysteries for students to discuss, this is an engaging lesson for KS3 or can be easily amended for other abilities!

Based on Katherine Braun Mankin’s ‘Gorilla Track’, this lesson advises students on how to approach a question on a non-fiction text requiring you to explain thoughts and feelings of the writer. This 12 slide PowerPoint analyses the text line by line and includes thought-provoking question to promote independent thought. Students then approach the question by themselves with a success criteria checklist.

Key Quotes for the central characters within J.B. Priestley's 'An Inspector Calls'.

FREE! Handout detailing the ingredients for analytical writing at KS3/KS4!