A self standing quiz, takes about 40 minutes, could be ideal for a cover lesson as it involves self assessment and the possibility of a useful and worthwhile lesson with no teacher input whatsoever. Possibly more useful if students are given the A4 Literary Terminology Sheets for revision a week before!
A revision resource with activities for students to address the assessment objectives in exams and make a note of key vocabulary for each poem. The template document can be shared with students for a collective revision through shared documents or can be printed and students can fill in during a lesson or for personal revision
A great resource if you're teaching the post 1900 poetry for the new A level Literature syllabus. there are power points for almost every poem. This is great for long term cover, as a revision bundle or just to save teachers new to the syllabus load of work.
3 power points and a booklet for use with AS and A level AQA students to revise the pre-1900 poetry. Range of activities for planning, addressing the Assessment Objectives and essay writing. Activities can also be used for revising and embedding poets and poems into long term memory
complete A level English Literature resource bundle for revision. Many of these resources can be set for independent study or used for teacher led revision sessions. Poetry pre- 1900, Gatsby, Othello, Streetcar and Handmaid resources
Another Revision Resource for AQA A Level English Literature poetry. Covers aspects of recall to embed poems in long term memory, as well as tactics for addressing all of the assessment objectives in planning. Essay questions suggested and model responses provided
This power point was designed for a lecture style revision session geared towards the new AQA Literature syllabus. The lecture covers key revision points, key terminology, contextual information and video clips of rising action and dramatic climaxes in the play. It's a good 40 minutes in lecture format or could be adapted to 2 to 3 lessons.
an overview of Burns' poem Ae Fond Kiss, with a careful look at the use of vernacular and links with AO3. Key questions for analysing aspects of language and structure and suggestions for possible timed essay questions
A power point to support teaching of Lovelace's poem AS WELL AS looking at an exemplar response from AQA outlining how to address the assessment objectives in the exam. Includes key literary terminology to address the historicist aspect of the syllabus as well as key poijts to aid with understanding of the poem itself.
a resource with Flip classroom materials so that students can read and analyse the poems and make annotations before the lesson. the lesson can then be spent on social context and comparative skills
a specific explanation of how to integrate a historicist perspective into the poetry and Othello in order to address AO3 effectively. Good range of historicist vocabulary specifically for poetry analysis and links, as well as an outline of Revenge Tragedy and ways in which students can give alternative interpretations of Othello based on gender/race/class changes in society.
Lesson plan, worksheets and power point presentation covering three 50 minutes lessons. Lessons use Assessment Objective criteria in analysing aspects of love and presentation of Desdemona in Act One Scene Three. Enough here for two lessons preparation culminating in a timed exam style assessment
a lesson on effective planning and strategies for success in addressing the AOs in Othello, planning in general, learning key quotations and a methodical approach to rubric and essay writing in timed conditions.
Worksheets to help support students in analysing Gothic texts (you will need a copy of the film Van Helsing for one exercise - you only need watch the first ten minutes!) Self and paired assessment sheets for when the students are ready to assess coursework.
Looking closely at the scary stories genre, the genre worksheet is designed to work with the story Winter Pruning by Chris Priestley from the short story anthology Uncle Montague´s Tales of Terror. The other two sheets are generic genre or horror or scary story worksheets. For the characteristics sheet, I viewed lots of youtube clips of genres and looked at book covers to get the students to fill in the characteristics.