I have used this lesson to prepare A-Level Literature students to read Blake’s Songs of Innocence & Experience, but this could easily be a stand alone lesson for high level Y11 students and above.

This lesson focuses on the context of Shakespeare’s works - Elizabethan/Jacobean England, treasonous plots, royal affairs, religion and witchcraft.

This lesson is part of a three lesson scheme in which students analyse the origins of the tragic genre. In this lesson, students will become familiar with the themes and characters of the play ‘Medea’.

This is the third lesson in a 3 lesson mini-scheme on Tragedy in Shakespeare. However, this can easily be a standalone lesson. This lesson can be taught even if the students don’t have a prior knowledge of Romeo and Juliet.

Lesson 1: Plot and Themes Lesson 2: The pastoral and anti-pastoral Lesson 3: Fate and Foreshadowing in the early chapters Lesson 4: Fate and Foreshadowing – self assessed exam response Lesson 5: Settings as a symbol of Tess’s tragic journey Lesson 6: How to plan a section B (feedback from lesson 4) Lesson 7: ‘The Nemesis within’ – to what extent is Tess to blame for her demise? Mapping external and internal influences. Lesson 8: Critical reception and Victorian morality Lesson 9: The assault of Tess and critical reviews Lesson 9 (continued optional extra): The assault of Tess – the laws regarding women in Victorian England Lesson 10: The Existentialist Lens Lesson 11: Tess and Existential Crisis Lesson 12: Comparative Analysis

This lesson, suitable for any KS3 class, contains activities to do with International day, including a questionnaire, a mind-mapping and a creative task.

This is the second lesson in a scheme of work that focuses on protest writing, with a specific focus on the Romantic movement. This lesson focuses on the peasant’s revolt of 1381 and the reasons for the discontent in the country. The students will read poetry from and about the time in preparation for learning about the Romantic movement. The other lessons in this scheme are available in my shop, or in a bundle if you want a deal!

This lesson was for my A-Level class, but could be used with a higher ability year 11 set.

This project allows students to work independently, and is split into instructions for 6 lessons. Lesson one and two will be a planning stage, in which the students will find their topic and research. Lesson three and four will be the writing stage, and a clear success criteria and newspaper template is provided for this. Lesson five and six will be the presentation stage, students are given instructions as to how to offer feedback verbally to each group.

This lesson explores Blake’s poem ‘London’ and the key techniques and ideas present in the poem. This is a bit of a fun take on annotation - it allows the students to, using a ‘case file’, match the techniques and key concepts to specific lines in the poem.

This lesson teaches students about the differences between hyphens, en, and em dashes. The students will be able to test their knowledge by completing a section of comprehension, and then writing a creative piece which will be peer-reviewed.

In this lesson, students will understand how to approach an extract with Question 4 in mind. Students will complete a guided annotation, and by the end of the lesson, should have completed a peer-reviewed Question 4-style response.

This lesson includes interesting discussions about ancestry and heritage, a character tracking table, comprehension questions, a creative writing task, and an option for a reflective purple pen plenary.

Lessons and Resources for teaching an Identity Poetry SOW. Suitable for both higher and lower ability learners, differentiated to cater to both.

KS3 creating a Dystopia Worksheet, can stretch more able learners but is also suitablely differentiated for lower ability.

Though this is the second lesson in my Tess scheme, it is also a stand alone lesson. The lesson focus is the pastoral and anti-pastoral, Hardy’s life, and the context of the novel. More info and tips in the preview!

This lesson contains: Creative and critical tasks Multiple challenge opportunities An extract-based task A creative writing opportunity PLUS a preview to help new teachers understand how the lesson works

This lesson was originally made for a bottom set year 7 class, and therefore can easily be used with an intervention Y8 or Y6 group.