A short PowerPoint, guiding students through Act 3 Scene 2 of the play. It’s focused on analysis and is question based to encourage independent thought. Only 7 slides long, so not a long one, but might save you a job! Final slide is a writing task based on the scene.

GCSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE (8700) Paper 1 Explorations in creative reading and writing A full practice paper based on ‘The Bear and the Nightingale’. I’ve not included pages and pages of lines for students to write on, as thought lined paper was more user friendly. Includes an extract from the novel, 4 ‘Reading’ questions and a choice of two ‘Writing’ questions. Does not include mark scheme or indicative content, but the generic AQA mark scheme can be used in conjunction with this resource.

A PowerPoint presentation, which takes students through Act One Scene Three of Macbeth. Includes a variety of tasks with focus on: reading for meaning, language, context and empathy. About an hour - 2 hours worth of work, depending on whether some tasks are set as homework or whether they are all completed in class time.

A worksheet including information about the making of the film and the reception to it, as well as questions to prompt consideration of the audience and context of both the novel and the film. Designed with A Level English Literature in mind, there is a question comparing the film with 'A Streetcar Named Desire', but this could be taken out and replaced with your own comparison text, or omitted altogether. I'll be setting as a homework to read and complete and then using the questions and answers as a discussion base for the following lesson, but could equally be used in class.

A very visual activity which takes students through comparing the imagery of the two poems. Focused on student discussion and interpretation and leading to a short writing task. An hour long lesson. Created for AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 2

A practice paper based on an extract from Pullman’s ‘The Subtle Knife’ as well as a lengthy PowerPoint presentation taking students through the paper. Several lessons-worth of material here. I’m using with Key Stage 3 as preparation for the GCSE skills, but could be used at Key Stage 4 too, particularly with a lower ability group.

GCSE English Literature 8702/1 Paper 1 Shakespeare and the 19th-century novel A selection of 11 practice examination questions for the Macbeth section of the paper. (No prose questions included).

Designed as practice for AQA - Texts in Shared Contexts: Modern Literature from 1945 to the present day (A Level English Literature Paper 2B) Unseen Prose Question. This resource includes a worksheet including the extract from ‘I Am Charlotte’ from the June 2017 paper with prompt questions. The PowerPoint takes students through a possible plan.

GCSE English Literature 8702/1 Paper 1 Shakespeare and the 19th-century novel A selection of 8 practice questions for the novel. Extracts included. Please note, questions are based on ‘A Christmas Carol’ only.

A short plot summary of each of the stories, followed by an overview of themes, emblems and key quotes.

Created for A-level ENGLISH LITERATURE A (7712/2B) Paper 2B: Texts in Shared Contexts: Modern Times: Literature from 1945 to the Present Day , Option 1, this is an example modern unseen extract taken from Maya Angelou’s ‘I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings’ and includes a question on the extract itself, and the follow up question where students need to compare prose and drama.

Created for A-level ENGLISH LITERATURE A (7712/2B) Paper 2B: Texts in Shared Contexts: Modern Times: Literature from 1945 to the Present Day , Option 1, this is an example modern unseen extract taken from Delillo’s ‘White Noise’ and includes a question on the extract itself, and the follow up question where students need to compare prose and drama.

A worksheet style resource, which includes a table with detailed comparative analysis of Du Maurier’s ‘Rebecca’ with Blake’s ‘The Garden of Love’ and Keats’s ‘La Belle Dame Sans Merci’. The table is followed up with a task which prompts students to do the same thing with the remaining poems. (I’ve not included the two Hardy poems as I don’t think they’re great together, but you could differentiate by getting weaker students to just compare with one Hardy poem at a time in a similar fashion. Or, could be a homework/follow up task). The main detail is on Blake, Keats and the novel. References to AOs are specifically tailored to AQA A-level ENGLISH LITERATURE A (7712/1) Paper 1: Love through the Ages

Introductory lesson for studying Stockett's 'The Help'. Created with new A Level English Literature Specification in mind. Includes discussion stimulus and research tasks.

Designed with the new AQA GCSE English Language Specification in mind, this resource takes students through writing a description based on a picture stimulus and provides a group based activity for writing descriptions.

Three tasks exploring tension and writing to create tension based on the end of Dowd's novel, 'The London Eye Mystery'. Could be group work, individual tasks, or a carousel where each group completes each activity and feeds back at the end as a plenary.

A whole lesson's worth of activities including starter, PowerPoint instructions, worksheets, plenary and formal lesson plan with spaces for your own details. This lesson explores levels of formality in the language used in various points of the play. It includes some role play, group work and individual work. Could be used over two lessons depending on ability range.