Line by line explanation/close analysis of THE FLEA by John Donne. For lower to high grade A level candidates. Includes questions and historical background. Successfully used with students, who found it very useful.

This resource answers students’ question, “Why does Shakespeare write in poetry? It’s not realistic.” It enables students to understand verse, prose, iambic pentameter, rhyming couplets within and at the ends of scenes. Excellent material for “How does Shakespeare write?”, context questions and historical context.

The lovers’ first meeting is packed with difficult Christian concepts and witty language. R&J’s lines are carefully broken down for students and explained. There is also a bonus exercise in the style of the WJEC context question. A very helpful resource for students who struggle with Shakespeare’s language and the Christian context of the play. Different ways of playing the scene are also explained.

A line by line analysis of TO HIS COY MISTRESS, with questions and notes on historical background. For candidates of all ability at A level and GCSE English Literature. Used successfully with students, who said it was very helpful and useful!

An easy-to-remember guide to LITERARY TERMS for GCSE and A level. Features a 3 word mnemonic which allows students to remember the terms and use them properly. Successfully used by my students for over twenty years for A level and GCSE English Literature and GCSE English Language. Helps students gain marks for the correct use of technical terms.

Top tips for students from an AQA GCSE Eng Lit examiner and a former Head of English with 36 years of teaching experience: how to maximise your marks in the Eng Lit AQA GCSE. A guide for students and a series of lessons. How to: plan; stick to the timings; use quotations; write about context; write a paragraph; satisfy the AOs; detailed breakdowns of how to answer each question - prose, poetry, unseen poetry, plays; how to write about style (“How is it written?”); how to punctuate quotations. This is both a set of notes for your students and a set of lesson plans: take your students through these notes to create a series of lessons; excellent for revision! Used by over 1000 students in different schools. 27 pages, 8000 words.

Sample AQA style practice paper for Section A, English Language paper 1; the opening of Orwell’s 1984 with AQA style qs. Excellent text leads to stimulating answers!

ESOL resource for elementary/intermediate adult learners. Funny dialogue: Tracey and Tiffany discuss private or state schools for their children. Real world problems and good starting point for discussions of UK education. Used very successfully with adult learners.

For students unfamiliar with Christianity, this 6 page resource introduces basic Christian concepts. It’s a lesson plan or for self-supported study. For use with: year 8/9 /GCSE students about to start the Christianity component or ESOL students studying English Literature. The resource covers, in 2300 words: Jesus as founder of Christianity; The Old Testament; the Ten Commandments; the New Testament; links with Islam and Judaism; the Gospels; Christian teaching; examples of Jesus’ teachings (the parables: sheep and the goats and The Good Samaritan; the Sermon on the Mount/Beautitudes; heaven and hell; different denominations’ interpretations of Christianity; questions for students.

8 pages, 2447 words. Everything your students need to revise “Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde”: CONTEXT - novels, short stories and novellas defined; shilling shockers and penny dreadfuls; gothic fiction; character of Mr Utterson; Soho; appearance and reality; Science, Darwin, evolution and devolution; recommendation of translation of the text into modern English, available from this author.

Media/film/ English: DOCTOR WHO - adaptable SOW for different ages. Compare two episodes from 1963 and 2005; history of show and British tv; why is DOCTOR WHO important as a media phenomenon? History of British television and how the programme slots into it (BBC 100 this year); case study 1 - “Rose”, episode one of revised show 2005 compare with original episode 1 from 1963, “An Unearthly Child”. Students analyse each episode and prepare and give presentations on each episode AND a comparison between them. 17 pages / 5000 words of material for your students. VERY ADAPTABLE for KS3 and TEFL students. Successfully used with TEFL and year seven students!

Basic vocabulary for shopping in a supermarket: pictures and words.

Basic transactional English - how to order food in a cafe. Used successfully with adult Ukrainian refugee students.

A history of the English language for EAL learners, which attempts to explain irregular spellings, history of the English speaking peoples. With questions and a comprehension.

ESOL. The top 80 British slang expressions and phrases are in this fun dialogue; two women meet in a pub and discuss a new boyfriend. Slang from “all right?” to “zonked”, “chippie” to “chuck”, this resource is the bees’ knees. Successfully used with older learners; promotes discussion about slang and informal English, which people actually speak, as opposed to the formal English of the text book. Makes learners laugh and learn.

DETAILED notes for students on Grimbert’s UN SECRET: teachers - use as a bases for lessons. Covers: themes; guilt; identity; history/context; motifs; l’occupation; storytelling; form and structure of the novel; Laval; treachery; motifs of dogs, the body and bodies. History covered - occupied France, Laval, the Holocaust. This resource is in English. 2994 words, 7 sides. Successfully used with A level French students.

Lesson plans and student notes on: exam technique; themes - regicide, the natural order, witches/the supernatural; tragedy, tragic hero, free will, fate, Fortune. This is both a set of notes for your students and a series of lesson plans: take them through the notes, use them as a basis for discussion. Excellent for context and extension work for higher ability students. 17 pages, 5926 words. Used by over 300 students.

Sample practice paper, written in the style of AQA English Language paper 1; the opening of Graham Greene’s “Brighton Rock” with AQA style qs. Excellent text leads to stimulating answers!