These days, we tend to type and text as opposed to write. Grammar, spelling and punctuation is given less importance on the social media platforms that we communicate on. However, secure levels of written and spoken literacy still hold significant purpose when studying English. This PowerPoint test helps you to measure the overall literacy of a new class or tutoring client. This lesson focuses on the purpose and application of hyperbole and understatement, through a series of structured exercises, and is suitable for teenagers and adults alike. This specific resource has proven to be an invaluable tool in the formation and strategy of future lessons. This dynamically illustrated PowerPoint quiz contains a total of 28 slides. This is a complete resource with no additional work required from the teacher. Enjoy! All the answers are supplied too.

This presentation is beautifully illustrated and very engaging for the students. It contains a starter, a recap on previous learning, a slide containing key words and phrases, summary and analysis questions, an academic writing task, an extension task and a plenary All tasks are structured with the AOs in mind, and all materials have been 'road tested' in my own classes.

This powerpoint presentation is beautifully illustrated and very engaging for the students. This presentation focuses on the students being able to use a variety of sentence structures for differing purposes through structured exercises. This of course helps in the development of their writing skills but also empowers them to identify these elements in the work of other authors. A critical exam skill.

This beautifully detailed 22 slide presentation is both engaging and challenging for A level students. This lesson provides a short biography and overview of the play in the starter section of this powerpoint, in the main body the plays leading themes are explored both traditionally and from a post-modern perspective. Students are empowered to explore Webster’s ideas through structured tasks, guided discussion and academic writing. An excellent bridge into the text.

This beautifully detailed and illustrated presentation covers act 1 scene 1, and has proven to be extremely popular with my A level students. This presentation contains 13 slides and endeavours to explore all the key events of the scene. I have used this resource successfully in class, as a revision material and also as a homework assignment – all have worked well for the students. This presentation is structured to work with the A level AOs and has a very strong academic writing focus. This lesson contains a starter activity, summary and analysis questions, an academic writing task, an extension task and a plenary.

William Shakespeare’s Othello is brought wonderfully to life with these colourfully illustrated and wonderfully detailed slides. This resource has been fully road tested in my own classes and refined in 2019. I have used this resource to lead my teaching in class, as a homework assignment/distance learning material and even a tool of revision – All have worked well for the students. This power point lesson contains the following elements; a starter activity, a glossary of terms, summary and analysis questions, an academic writing task, an extension task, a homework assignment and a plenary. This is a complete resource, enjoy!

William Shakespeare’s Othello is brought wonderfully to life with these colourfully illustrated and wonderfully detailed slides. This resource has been fully road tested in my own classes and refined in 2019. I have used this resource to lead my teaching in class, as a homework assignment/distance learning material and even a tool of revision – All have worked well for the students. This power point lesson contains the following elements; a starter activity, a glossary of terms, summary and analysis questions, an academic writing task, an extension task, a homework assignment and a plenary. This is a complete resource, enjoy!

‘La Belle Dame sans Merci’ by John Keats remains an inspirational text that resonates strongly for the adolescent audience. I have used this detailed PowerPoint lesson (25 slides, approximately 2 hours teaching time) to lead my learning in class, as a distance learning material/homework and even as a tool of revision – all have worked well for the students. This beautifully illustrated lesson contains a brief author biography, a starter activity, content and narrative questions, language device questions, structure questions, an academic writing task, an extension task, a homework assignment and a plenary. All the time-consuming work has been done for you, this is a complete resource. Enjoy

These days, we tend to type and text as opposed to write. Grammar, spelling and punctuation is given less importance on the social media platforms that we communicate on. However, secure levels of written and spoken literacy still hold significant purpose when studying English. This PowerPoint test helps you to measure the overall literacy of a new class or tutoring client. This lesson focuses on the purpose and application of personification, through a series of structured exercises, and is suitable for teenagers and adults alike. This specific resource has proven to be an invaluable tool in the formation and strategy of future lessons. This dynamically illustrated PowerPoint quiz contains a total of 24 slides. This is a complete resource with no additional work required from the teacher. Enjoy! All the answers are supplied too.

Agbabi’s ‘Eat Me’ is a dynamic text that explores the (sometimes) subtle nature of spousal abuse and the covert control of masculinity, it remains a significant text for our post-modern society. I have taught this text a number of times, and I have used this specific resource (revised in 2021), to lead my teaching in class, as a distance learning material (Google Meet/Skype lessons), as a homework assignment and even as a tool for revision – all have worked well for the students. This dynamically illustrated 29 slide PowerPoint lesson contains, a starter activity, a text overview, exploration tasks connected to content, summary and analysis questions connected to language and its devices, questions pertaining to structure and theme, an academic writing task, an extension task, a homework assignment and a plenary. No further work is required from the teacher. This is a complete resource. Enjoy!

Roald Dahl’s second autobiography ‘Going Solo’ is a dynamic KS3 text that provides a high number of learning opportunities in both reading, writing and creative tasks. I have taught this text a number of times in the last twenty years and I have used this specific resource (revised in 2022) to lead my teaching in class, as a homework assignment and even as a distance learning resource. This dynamically presented 13 slide PowerPoint presentation is most suitable for a year 6 or year 7 mixed ability group. This lesson contains a starter activity, summary and analysis questions, an academic writing task, an extension task, a homework assignment and a plenary. This is a complete resource with no further work required from the teacher. Enjoy!

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is brought beautifully to life with these dynamically illustrated slides and the thoughtful tasks contained within. I have taught this text many times in my own classroom and it remains a personal favourite. This year I revised all my Gatsby resources. I have now used this particular resource to lead my teaching in class, as a distance learning material/homework and even as a tool of revision – all have worked well for the students. This power point lesson contains a starter activity, summary and analysis questions, an academic writing task, an extension task, a homework assignment and a plenary. This is a complete resource. Enjoy!

This dynamically detailed and illustrated power point lesson is connected to the Edexcel AS and A Level English Language and Literature anthology (Voices in Speech and Writing). This specific lesson explores the text, ‘Book Review: Boxer Handsome by Anna Whitham’ This colossal 23 slide presentation explores the genre, the audience and the purpose of this text. It introduces the students to the key critical terms of: conventions, overview, alliteration, inference, enigma, tone and caesura. This presentation also includes an academic writing task, an extension task and a plenary. This is a complete resource. Enjoy!

This dynamically detailed and illustrated power point lesson is connected to the Edexcel AS and A Level English Language and Literature anthology (Voices in Speech and Writing). This specific lesson explores the text, ‘Riding the Iron Rooster: By Train Through China by Paul Theroux’ This colossal 20 slide presentation explores the genre, the audience and the purpose of this text. It introduces the students to the key critical terms of: Imagery, Repetition, Aphorism, Amplification, Allusion, Cacophony, Understatement, Motif and Periphrasis. This presentation also includes an academic writing task, an extension task and a plenary. This is a complete resource. Enjoy!

The academic jump between GCSE and A level is significant. Often there isn’t a transition program or materials in place, and some students struggle. I have created an ever-growing set of materials to compensate for this skill’s gap and students have found these materials incredibly helpful. I have used these materials after students have completed their GCSEs and indicated that they are planning to move onto ‘A’ level, as homework assignments and even as tools of revision. All have worked well for the students. This power point lesson focuses on the skills required to write a basic ‘A’ level essay. Through a series of structured exercises: the students learn how to create structured paragraphs, seek simple ways to write an introduction, and think carefully on how dynamic their conclusions should read. This is a complete resource. Enjoy.

The academic jump between GCSE and A level is significant. Often there isn’t a transition program or materials in place, and some students struggle. I have created an ever-growing set of materials to compensate for this skill’s gap and students have found these materials incredibly helpful. I have used these materials after students have completed their GCSEs and indicated that they are planning to move onto ‘A’ level, as homework assignments and even as tools of revision. All have worked well for the students. This power point lesson focuses on ´advanced rhetorical devices´ – this is essential knowledge. Through a series of structured exercises: the students learn how to differentiate between rhetorical questions, hypophora, polysyndeton, and anaphora - and adopt these observations into their academic writing. Colourful and interactive, I have received good feedback on this lesson. This is a complete resource. Enjoy.

This extensive presentation covers two chapters. It is beautifully illustrated and very engaging for the students. This presentation is structured with a starter, a reading task, summary and analysis questions, a structured writing/essay writing task (PEACE Paragraph, Point, Evidence, Audience Cross Reference and Evaluation) an extension task and a plenary. It has been created with the A level A0s in mind and aims to explore academic writing and thought. All materials have been used in my own classes and refined/reviewed once an academic year.