I'm a passionate secondary English and History teacher and am the main planner of resources for my department; as such, I thought I would start sharing them here with the wider community of teachers and professionals. I am Australian trained, but currently teaching GCSE and A- Level (AQA specifications). All lessons are very visually engaging, with images, clips and a variety of activities. You won't find any boring/blank resources here!
I'm a passionate secondary English and History teacher and am the main planner of resources for my department; as such, I thought I would start sharing them here with the wider community of teachers and professionals. I am Australian trained, but currently teaching GCSE and A- Level (AQA specifications). All lessons are very visually engaging, with images, clips and a variety of activities. You won't find any boring/blank resources here!
I’m very proud to share with you my 12 week unit of work on Macbeth. This unit is aimed at a high ability class and includes 12 weeks worth of lessons, power-points, worksheets, resources, homework etc. The first few weeks focuses primarily on contextual details, followed by elements of tragedy, higher order terminology, and skills pertaining to form, genre, language and structure.
Furthermore, this unit is designed as a flipped-model project. Students should read the play at home and focus on discussion and writing skills in class. I’ve included the 12 week program I wrote for my students, that details the breakdown of lessons, key terms for each week and required readings prior to each lesson. Feel free to adapt this to suit your own schedules. My students really engaged with the program and the flipped-model fosters independence, study skills, and student autonomy.
Enjoy!
Please note that character profile sheets are based on the Schmoop resources.
Apologies for having to break this into two parts, TES has size limits.
I designed this SOW (all power-points and worksheets included) for the GCSE study of Macbeth (Lit paper). Power-points work through the text scene by scene and investigate language, build analysis skills and connections made between text and context. Formative assessments also included.
Analysis character sheets credit to Schmoop- these can be downloaded online if needed.
Apologies for having to break this into two parts, TES has size limits.
I designed this SOW (all power-points and worksheets included) for the GCSE study of Macbeth (Lit paper). Power-points work through the text scene by scene and investigate language, build analysis skills and connections made between text and context.
Apologies for having to break this into two parts, TES has size limits.
I designed this SOW (all power-points and worksheets included) for the GCSE study of Mice & Men (Lit paper). Power-points work through the text scene by scene and investigate language, build analysis skills and connections made between text and context.
Apologies for having to break this into two parts, TES has size limits.
I designed this SOW (all power-points and worksheets included) for the GCSE study of Macbeth (Lit paper). Power-points work through the text scene by scene and investigate language, build analysis skills and connections made between text and context.
Included in part two: Iambic Pentameter (always hard to teach!)
Apologies for having to break this into two parts, TES has size limits.
I designed this SOW (all power-points and worksheets included) for the GCSE study of Mice & Men (Lit paper). Power-points work through the text scene by scene and investigate language, build analysis skills and connections made between text and context.
In Pt2, essay writing skills and a summative assessment are included.
This power-point is designed to be taught over a term/two terms for the GCSE topic in the literature paper. Find included all resources on themes, context, investigation of language and stagecraft and everything else you need for teaching this play. A01-3 are covered in complex detail, and there are about 25-30 lessons of content included altogether.
I designed this resource for my higher ability year 10 class, who have just started their GCSE course.
Find included a scheme of work with all activities, power-points and resources for teaching a broad introduction to Shakespeare, geared at KS3.
Part one includes a "Why Study Shakespeare?" lesson, plus four other lessons on context, the Globe and genres. Part two includes three lessons on the Comedies (Midsummer Night's Dream, Twelfth Night and Taming of the Shrew). Part three comprises the histories (Richard III, Henry V and Julius Ceasar) and also the tragedies (Romeo & Juliet and Antony & Cleopatra) .
Key skills: plot and character overviews, introductions into Shakespeare's language (looking at extracts) plus creative activities.
Find included whole lessons and activities that teach students the skills required for responding to unseen non-fiction texts in Language Paper 2.
Lessons start with Q2-5, and I've also included a whole practise paper which can be done over the course of two lessons as a "walking, talking mock" (power-point included).
Enjoy!
Find enclosed all resources required for teaching an entire scheme of work for "The Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde" (AQA GCSE).
- All lessons and activities covering themes, plot, characters, language, context and critical theory
- Formative "Hot Task" assessment
- Worksheets
- Termly homework grid
- How to write an essay- two part lessons for surmising the unit.
25-30 lessons of content in total.
I am teaching this currently- enjoy!
Parts 1-3 combined into this bundle. Find included all power-points, lessons and worksheets for every scene within each act. Some things included:
- Strong focus on AO1 and AO2
- Model texts (such as essays)
- Talk for Writing pedagogic strategies
- Creative writing and other creative activities
- Essay writing skills
- A lesson on iambic pentameter
- Diagnostic, formative and summative assesments.
I'd recommend the Justin Kurzel film to complement some of the lessons, though it is not 100% accurate to the storyline so only to be used sparingly!
25-30 lessons of material in total.
A two part lesson that walks students through question 1-5 of Language Paper 1. The extract is from "The Fellowship of the Ring". An excellent resource for revising the whole paper in class.
This power-point covers all content for teaching "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding for the AQA GCSE specification.
25-30 lessons (all power-points and activities are included) explore A01-3 in depth; themes, language and context. A few lessons are dedicated to the examination of critical theory (Plato's Republic and Social Contract Theory), and additionally essay writing projects, creative writing, formative assessments and a summative quiz are included.
Enjoy!
A single lesson for higher set classes studying "Macbeth." Examines the role of women (Lady Macbeth, Hecate, Lady Macduff and the witches) in the play.
Original analysis by myself included- can be printed as a "write on the reading" activity for students.
A one off lesson looking at George Orwell's essay "The Sporting Spirit" as non-fiction stimulus for building the skills required for AQA's English Language Paper 2.
A single lesson that builds on the skills required for the GCSE Language Paper 1. Activities include analysis of language and some creative writing. Can be used as a one off for any critical writing based lesson.
A single lesson introducing students to the structure of the GCSE Language papers, and then genre based activities that familiarise them with conventions.
A helpful revision tool for GCSE Language Paper 1. Looking at an extract from "The Secret Garden", students analyse language devices, respond to a 20 mark style question, and then attempt a creative writing activity.
Higher ability lesson that can be used as a one off, or as part of teaching the GCSE Language Paper 1. Skills: language analysis, applying context, genre and creative writing.
Great for a high ability class, these 4-5 lessons look at an extract from Treasure Island and build skills in:
- Language analysis
- Identifying language techniques
- Creative writing
- Peer and self marking.
A good introduction if you're starting to look at 19th century texts with younger groups. Enjoy!