An Introduction to Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go (2005). Genre, terminology, and scaffolded questions for Chapter 1. Key Terminology First person unreliable limited intradiegetic protagonist Narratee Epistolary form Non-linear Foreshadowing ‘The Other’ (AO3/5) Nominalisation & Euphemism (link to genre Sci-fi/New Realism – AO3) Pathos Ecriture feminine Fictive autobiography Flashback Fragmented narrative Metanarrative **EdExcel AS/A Level English Literature 2015+. Paper 2: ‘Science and Society’. **

A full lesson, suitable for flipped learning, on Chapters 13-15 of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (ed. 1831). This lesson guides students to analyse the characterisation and narrative purpose of the DeLacey family, evaluate Safie’s embedded narrative and research the significance of the books the Creature reads in Chapter 15, along with concept checking qeestions for the three chapters. AS/A Level English Literature (2015+) Paper 2: Prose Comparision, 'Science and Society

A complete lesson on ‘Letters 1-4’ from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein ( 1831 ed.). The lesson explores and analyses the characterisation of Walton, Margret Saville, and Victor Frankenstein, along with focused questions on Letters 1-4. Finally, there is an essay practice activity with a scaffold: ‘Why might Shelley have wanted to use Walton’s letters Ishiguro have wanted to also use the epistolary form in Never Let Me Go?’ **EdExcel AS/A Level English Literature 2015+. Paper 2: ‘Science and Society’. **

A full lesson, including a ‘do now’ activity as students settle, an overarching session question, detailed context, scaffolded guided questions for analysis of sound, language, figurative language, structure and form. Includes a Massolit llecture link, but your school will have to have a subscription to access it (lbut the lesson is still complete without it!) EdExcel AS/A Level English Literature Paper 3: Poetry, Section B: The Romantics

An Introduction to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein ( 1831 ed.). Genre, terminology, context and scaffolded questions for Chapter 1-3. **EdExcel AS/A Level English Literature 2015+. Paper 2: ‘Science and Society’. **

A full lesson on the poem ‘The Furthest Distance I’ve Travelled’ by Leonitia Flynn Poems of Decade, Forward Poetry (2011) Edexcel AS/A English Literature, 2015+

A full lesson exploring Chapters 6 and 7 of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, (ed.1831). This session introduces the Sublime, with reference to Edmund Burke and William Wordsworth, as well as concept checking questions for the end of Chapter 5, Chapter 6 and Chapter 7. **EdExcel AS/A Level English Literature 2015+. Paper 2: ‘Science and Society’. **

LO1 To analyse Othello’s opening soliloquy in Act 5 scene 2 and consider how he finds ‘cause’ for Desdemona’s death (AO2) LO2 To explore the final fate of each character at the end of the play and consider whether there was ‘cause’ for their ending (AO2 and AO5) LO3 To reflect on whether there is any justice in the play overall (AO5) Extension and stretch and challenge activities are embedded throughout; the lesson has an overarching question which encourages the development of higher order thinking. Opportunities for paragraph writing and peer assessment are also utilised. AS/A Level English Literature (2015+) Paper 1, Section A: Shakespeare

A complete lesson on Chapters 4 and 5 from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein ( 1831 ed.). The lesson explores and analyses Victor’s obsession and the dangers of knowledge as well as the birth scene. Allusion to Dante’s inferno explored, as well as critical reception of the birth scene from Anne K. Mellor and Marilyn Butler. **EdExcel AS/A Level English Literature 2015+. Paper 2: ‘Science and Society’. **

A complete lesson on Chapters 24 from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein ( 1831 ed.). The lesson explores the final chapter of Frankenstein through analysis of Victor, Walton and the Creature’s final statements. The second task is a set of group tasks, examining how the themes of the novel are treated by the end of the novel. The final part of the lesson is a game of ‘beat the teacher’. **EdExcel AS/A Level English Literature 2015+. Paper 2: ‘Science and Society’. **

A complete lesson on Chapter 8 from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein ( 1831 ed.). The lesson explores the trial of Justine, including close text analysis ‘Enquiry Concerning Political Justice’ (1793) and four guided group analysis tasks. **EdExcel AS/A Level English Literature 2015+. Paper 2: ‘Science and Society’. **

A full lesson, suitable for flipped learning, on Chapters 16-19 of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (ed. 1831). This 17 slide lesson guides students to explore the creature’s reasoning for an ‘Eve’, Victor’s journey to the Orkney Islands ( with extracts from Southey and Carlyle for context), and an examination of the ‘Gothic Hero-Villain’ with a Fin de Siècle Gothic research task, along with concept checking qestions and detailed close text analysis of the four chapters. AS/A Level English Literature (2015+) Paper 2: Prose Comparision, 'Science and Society

A full lesson on the poem ‘Out of the Bag’ by Seamus Heaney. Poems of Decade, Forward Poetry (2011) Edexcel AS/A English Literature, 2015+

LO1 To explore the symbolic and dramatic significance of Desdemona’s handkerchief in Act 3 scene 4 (AO2) LO2 To consider how Shakespeare uses the concept of the four humours in Act 3 scene 4 (AO2 and AO3) LO3 To analyse the role of Bianca in Act 3 scene 4 (AO2) Extension and stretch and challenge activities are embedded throughout; the lesson has an overarching question which encourages the development of higher order thinking. Opportunities for paragraph writing and peer assessment are also utilised. AS/A Level English Literature (2015+) Paper 1, Section A: Shakespeare

A complete lesson on Chapters 20 and 21 from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein ( 1831 ed.). The lesson explores the destruction of the female monster, using Anne K Mellor’s ‘Possessing Nature: the female in Frankenstein’ as a basis for a scaffolded paragraph task. **EdExcel AS/A Level English Literature 2015+. Paper 2: ‘Science and Society’. **

A complete lesson on Chapters 22 and 23 from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein ( 1831 ed.). The lesson explores the events of Chapters 22 and 23, with a paticular focus on the death of Elizabeth and Victor’s reaction to it; close text analysis of key evidence from both chapters. **EdExcel AS/A Level English Literature 2015+. Paper 2: ‘Science and Society’. **

A full lesson on the poem ‘Ode on a Grayson Perry Urn’ by Tim Turnball. Poems of Decade, Forward Poetry (2011) Edexcel AS/A English Literature, 2015+

LO1 To explore the connotations of different settings used within Othello and the impact on the characters of this setting shift (AO1/AO2/AO3) LO2 To summarise Shakespeare’s presentation of characters and structure of the plot in this scene (AO1/AO2/AO3) LO3 To consider, plan and write a paragraph in response to an exam question, considering staging and proxemics. (AO1/AO2/AO3) Extension and stretch and challenge activities are embedded throughout; the lesson has an overarching question which encourages the development of higher order thinking. Opportunities for paragraph writing and peer assessment are also utilised. AS/A Level English Literature (2015+) Paper 1, Section A: Shakespeare

LO1 To develop our ability to respond to alternative readings of the opening to Act 4 (AO5) LO2 To explore how Iago stages ‘ocular proof’ of Desdemona’s unfaithfulness in Act 4 scene 1 (AO2) LO3 To introduce the significance of Shakespeare’s use of verse and prose (AO2) and analyse how Shakespeare uses this to suggest Othello’s collapsing state of mind (AO1 and AO2) Extension and stretch and challenge activities are embedded throughout; the lesson has an overarching question which encourages the development of higher order thinking. Opportunities for paragraph writing and peer assessment are also utilised. AS/A Level English Literature (2015+) Paper 1, Section A: Shakespeare

A comprehensive poetry analysis worksheet for AS/A Level English Literature. Can be used to analyse any poem.