Very detailed lesson focusing on:
Plot (inc. key scenes for Romeo and Juliet)
Character
Theme
Key Quotes
Extract Analysis
Lesson can be split - it’s effectively two lessons - and is easily differentiated for all KS3 abilities
Full lessons on: Colonialism, Immigration, Social media
Lots of questioning
Topical media extracts for analysis
Scaffolding
Model answers
Good preparation for GCSE but can be used across KS3
AQA English Literature A Level, Elements of Crime ‘Porphyria’s Lover’
Very detailed lesson covering all AOs
Includes socioeconomic context and elements of crime
Form and Structure
Symbolism
Theme
Alternative Readings
Exam question
Examiner advice
Colour-coded model paragraph
AQA English Literature A Level, Elements of Crime Poetry & Atonement
Extremely detailed lesson of 52 slides
Overview of each poem and the novel, including links, key quotes/ideas/themes
Includes plot of Atonement
Exam questions
Examiner advice
Indicative content
Model essays and introductions
Ideal for revision
AQA English Literature A Level, Elements of Crime Poetry
Overview of each poem, including links, key quotes/ideas/ themes
‘Peter Grimes’
‘Ballad of Reading Gaol’
‘My Last Duchess’
‘Porphyria’s Lover’
‘The Laboratory’
Exam question
Examiner advice
Indicative content
Ideal for revision lessons
AQA English Literature A Level, Elements of Crime: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Very detailed lesson covering all AOs
Includes socioeconomic context for background, theme, motif, elements of crime
Key sections for whole class analysis
Exam practice question and indicative content
Easily adaptable
AQA English Literature A Level Elements of Crime: Poetry, ‘Peter Grimes’ by George Crabbe
Very detailed lesson covering all AOs
Includes socioeconomic context for background and elements of crime
Poem includes helpful annotations on key sections
Exam question
Easily adaptable
AQA English Literature A Level Elements of Crime: Poetry
‘The Laboratory’ by Robert Browning
Very detailed lesson covering all AOs
Includes socioeconomic context for background
Poem includes helpful annotations
Exam questions and colour-coded model answer
Easily adaptable
Three lessons focusing on the Animal Farm question on the OCR Literature Paper using the AOs, includes:
Part A and B, including exam question and extracts
Detailed context
Annotated extracts
Form and structure
Hints and tips
Model responses
OCR 2023 grade boundaries
Lesson on demystifying Shakespeare’s language
Includes simple tasks on the development of English and iambic pentameter
Plot of Macbeth
General context
Witches in 1.1 and sergeant’s speech 1.2 for whole class annotation
Macbeth OCR GCSE exam question
Model candidate answer
Can be adapted to all exam boards and KS3
Lessons and resources for the Edexcel A Level Course including:
Wuthering Heights , The Handmaid’s Tale, and Frankenstein Recaps
Unseen poetry
Exam questions - how to approach them, and model responses
AO focused
Scaffolded lesson on descriptive writing including:
SPaG advice
Planning
Step-by-step focus on the description question
Writing tips
Mark Scheme
Easily differentiated
Adaptable to other exam boards
Detailed, scaffolded lessons and resources including:
Essay structure and planning
Exam questions with extracts
Quizzes
Past Papers
Relevant Context
Colour-coded model responses
Easily differentiated
Adaptable to other exam boards
Detailed, scaffolded lessons and resources including:
Essay structure and planning
Exam questions with extracts
Banquo
The Supernatural
Relevant Context
Colour-coded model responses
Easily differentiated
Adaptable to other exam boards
Detailed lessons and resources including:
Act One recap
Essay structure and ‘lesser’ characters
How to approach a theme question
How to approach the exam question on gender
Planning and structure
Colour-coded model responses
Easily differentiated
Adaptable to other exam boards
Detailed, scaffolded lessons on how we interact with our world: social media, climate change, politeness
Tabloid and Broadsheet articles, video and transcript of speech for analysis of rhetorical devices
Do Now Starters
Lots of engaging tasks
Mark scheme
SPaG pointers
Planning
Worst possible introduction tasks
Adaptable to other exam boards
Ideal for exam revision
Detailed Lessons on How to Approach the OCR A Level Literature Exams, includes:
Hamlet
Dystopia (The Handmaid’s Tale)
Ibsen and Rossetti
Detailed early modern context lesson
Resources include extracts and model responses