A powerpoint with critical literary perspectives and context for A Streetcar Named Desire. The first section explores context of Southern Gothic Literature with summaries of Fall of House of Usher and a Rose for Emily for students to draw on for context this is roughly a one hour lesson. The second section is a debate format with quotes to engage with. Students take a different literary perspective and must debate from that stance, using the quotes to start their talking points. Critical literary perspectives cards provided as a worksheet and can be copied and given to students to prepare for the debate.

Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 one page worksheet with the poem, translation of unusual words and a selection of questions for students to complete. Independent working after poetry study recommended.

Introductory lesson on the French New Wave (Nouvelle Vague) for media and film students with case study and video links for the film movement.

Slides which address assessment objectives and a copy of the poem. Simple outline and key points with a copy of the poem across slides for board annotation.

Powerpoint outline for a mock trial set up a courtroom drama: Is Napoleon guilty of crimes against his fellow animals? Includes guide worksheet for lawyers and characters to aid their research and preparation.

An introductory lesson for the theory of Strauss’ binary opposition. Includes explanation, worked examples and activities for students. Can be adapted to fit with different media area of studies: film, tv, advertising etc.

Powerpoint outline of hypodermic syringe theory by Bandura. Presented for Eduqas A-level but a transferable resource. Powerpoint explores original psychological experiment, news controversy and limitations of the model.

A basic outline of Stuart Hall’s reception audience theory for use with Eduqas exam board. Examples taken from set text products but can be changed to suit different examples.

Animal Farm revision cards to play as a whole class with stepped questioning or could be used as a team quiz set up. Designed for GCSE revision of characters, quotes and ideas.

A powerpoint with suggested activities and writing tasks to take you through key scenes and points for the graphic novel The Arrival by Shaun Tan. Suitable for home learning.

A simple visual guide for teaching Freud’s theory of the id, ego and super ego in relation to Jekyll and Hyde.

Two lessons worth of resources which includes a powerpoint to teach from and a double sided A3 learning mat/worksheet for annotating and writing about the poem. The resources use images to introduce The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus, context, form and key techniques as well as an assessment style question which is scaffolded on the powerpoint and worksheet. This resource could be used as unseen poetry or in conjunction with a class novel which explores ideas of immigration or the American Dream.

A lesson that could be used for film or media to introduce students to mise-en-scene. Lesson to explain the term and examples for students to work on.

A stepped introduction to the skills needed to answer language paper 1 with an extract from Katherine Arden’s The Bear and the Nightingale. An independent exercise that could be used in class or set for homework or as a mini mock for questions 2 and 3 of the paper.

A blank planning grid in A3 for students to plan a response to: How does Priestley explore responsibility in An Inspector Calls?

Powerpoint covering key terminology and theory from the Eduqas media A-level specification. Worksheet for students to add detail to psychographic profiles with key theory explained as a handout. Young and Rubicam’s psychographic profiles.

Powerpoint with Camus’ theory of The Absurd, The Myth of Sisyphus, socio/historical context and essay question with suggested points to check understanding.

A comprehensive powerpoint for teaching the music video Formation by Beyonce as part of the WJEC/Eduqas A-level for media. The powerpoint includes the infromation from the fact sheet available to download from the Eduqas website. It includes video links to contextual information and disucssion points for students as well as the key theorists and terminology.