This detailed presentation offers an introduction to teaching Crime for the AQA Crime paper. It covers the course, looks at Crime history, themes, the pleasures of Crime, Crime Genres and conventions etc and would probably - with discussion and debate - offer two/three lessons worth of materials to get the course started. It could also be used as a revision tool later on. My resources are designed to be detailed, useful, and offer value for money. They have all been used in the classroom. If you find these resources useful please give feedback.

These 5 MEMORY MATS summarise key ideas in “Macbeth” in a clear, interesting way. They are hand designed and illustrated, in order to give a more personal touch. Please have a look at my shop and my web site - details are at the shop site, plus lots of other free resources. I try to offer big value bundles and large scale resources to cover a complete topic. I have a range of Big Cat Bundles that offer massive price reductions and offer lots of resources in one place. I also have a range of resources to support A Level teaching, particularly relate to TRAGEDY and CRIME. Many of the resources are handmade in order to provide a more personal, original touch. Many are designed for Interactive White Board presentation, or they can be copied into revision booklets etc. Another option is to download onto a school site, like Sharepoint, and allow students to view on their computers etc. If you like what you find, please offer feedback. Thank you and good luck with your teaching.

WWTBGN This resource offers 11 Essay questions with brainstorm answers for each one. The problem with teaching this text is the lack of assessment material, so this bundle of 11 detailed brainstorm posters attempts to deal with that. Questions include: 1. To what extent does JB satisfy reader’s expectation if detective hero? 2. “Crime fiction is based on formula and stereotypes” .Discuss this statement in relation to WWTBGN 3. “Crime novels are judged on their endings” how effectively does KA end WWTBGN ? 4. “Atkinson never takes crime too seriously – that is a strength and weakness of the novel” Discuss 5. “At the end of the novel, justice triumphs” – discuss 6. “Coincidence is more important in the solving of crimes in WWTBGN” – discuss 7. How does Atkinson subvert the crime genre in WWTBGN ? 8. “Plotting and calculation are central ingredients in crime literature” – explore how important plotting is to KA in WWTBGN 9. “In crime writing there are always victims” Explore the significance of the ways that victims are presented in WWTBGN 10. Explore the significance of places in relation to crime in the WWTBGN etc 11. Explore the significance of justice and injustice in WWTBGN etc I have also thrown in a WWTBGN Chapter summary poster and some Chapter presentation Powerpoints – these are “free” extras and are not part of the main resource which is the 11 Essay Question and Answer Brainstorm Posters. Other similar resources are in my Big Cat Bundles in my shop! Please have a look at my shop and my web site - details are at the shop site, plus lots of other free resources. I offer big value bundles and large scale resources to cover a complete topic. I provide a range of Big Cat Bundles that offer massive price reductions and offer lots of resources in one place. I also have a range of resources to support A Level teaching, particularly relate to TRAGEDY and CRIME. Many of the resources are handmade in order to provide a more personal, original touch. Many are designed for Interactive White Board presentation, or they can be copied into revision booklets etc. Another option is to download onto a school site, like Sharepoint, and allow students to view on their computers etc. If you like what you find, please offer feedback. Thank you and good luck with your teaching.

A PDF with the 5 Acts of the play in detail with key quotes and themes - good for revision with ANY exam board. Please check out my other resources in my shop.

This resource forms part of a range of “Macbeth” resources designed to help teach the play at GCSE. This scanned PDF resource offers a detailed analysis of SEVEN key extracts from the play, which are annotated and designed to be shown on an interactive whiteboard or printed in a booklet. Ideal for revision for the AQA specification.

Stop Press ! Key Moments in Richard II added 17/03/18 ! EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO TEACH “Richard II” FOR A LEVEL in one place –50 PLUS RESOURCES (SEE ALSO SEPARATE FREE RII RESOURCE WHICH HAS TASTER RESOURCES FOR THIS RESOURCE AND A DETAILED CONTENTS PAGE) These resources are part of a package of resources that have one philosophy: to give you all you need to teach a text or a topic IN ONE PLACE. These resources include extensive presentation PowerPoints, lots of model answers, annotated answers, mock questions, extensive background research PowerPoints, and A3 help sheets (Brainstorms, Model Answers, Key Quotes summary posters, Key Acts Summary Posters, Key Themes posters etc). They also ensure that Assessment Objectives and Mark Schemes are addressed. The idea behind these resources is to offer detailed work that has been tested in the classroom and proven to be successful. The resources try to offer value for money, and always offer a free taster resource with a detailed contents page, outlining exactly what is on offer, and some free taster resources. This resource bundle offers approximately 50 detailed resources to support the teaching of Richard 11 and Tragedy in general at A Level. The focus is on looking at critical views, analysing extracts in detail, tracing character development, themes, language and lots more. Key quotes and key scenes and acts are analysed in detail. There are lots of annotated help sheets, model answers, and exam revision materials. In fact there is everything you need here to teach this play in detail. There is also a contents page which suggests how the play could be taught over 8 OR 9 weeks. A lot of the resources are completely original and created by me in the classroom, and they have been “road tested” for 3 years – SOME of the PowerPoints make use of existing resources like Wikipedia, but at least it saves YOU having to spend 3 or 4 hours trawling through these resources and assessing them and summarising them ! With 50 detailed resources on this text for a fiver I still think it offers good value for money and it will save you a lot of time! Other similar resources are in my Big Cat Bundles in my shop! Please have a look at my shop and my web site - details are at the shop site, plus lots of other free resources. Thank you and good luck with your teaching.

The Great Gatsby This resource pulls together 21 key moments in “The Great Gatsby” related to Tragedy. It’s designed to help students revise for the Tragedy element of the AQA Literature exam I’ve also thrown in some other Gatsby support posters with exam brainstorms etc for free Other similar resources are in my Big Cat Bundles in my shop! Please have a look at my shop and my web site - details are at the shop site, plus lots of other free resources. I offer big value bundles and large scale resources to cover a complete topic. I provide a range of Big Cat Bundles that offer massive price reductions and offer lots of resources in one place. I also have a range of resources to support A Level teaching, particularly relate to TRAGEDY and CRIME. Many of the resources are handmade in order to provide a more personal, original touch. Many are designed for Interactive White Board presentation, or they can be copied into revision booklets etc. Another option is to download onto a school site, like Sharepoint, and allow students to view on their computers etc. If you like what you find, please offer feedback. Thank you and good luck with your teaching.

This resource pulls together lots of Othello extracts which I have analysed, plus a few other pieces of exam support. Suitable for AQA A Level Tragedy.

This resource contains a range of support materials for AQA Poetry Power and Conflict including: 30 Dingbats Exam feedback Revision Posters comparing poems Tips for writing about unseen poems etc Monster Revision Powerpoint All the poems on one sheet etc

THIS RESOURCE INCLUDES 10 LESSONS ON TEN DIFFERENT TEXTS, USING THE PAPER 1 FORMAT. EACH RESOURCE INCLUDES AN EXAMPLE PRACTICE PAPER, PLUS MODEL ANSWERS AND A SUPPORT POWERPOINT. USEFUL IF YOU HAVE USED ALL THE MOCK PAPERS ON -LINE AND NEED EXTRA PRACTICE. ALSO USEFUL TO GET YEAR 9 READY FOR YEAR 10. USEFUL FOR YEAR 11 GETTING EXTRA PRACTICE AT HOME - PARENT FRIENDLY!

THESE RESOURCES SUPPORT THE TEACHING OF THOMAS HARDY’S POETRY.

This Powerpoint presents 50 key quotes from the play which are explored and explained in order to support the teaching of A Level english Please also see also my Big Cat Bundles for Othello which pull together my resources on this text

RESOURCES TO SUPPORT TEACHING PHILIP LARKIN AT A LEVEL

This resource offers nearly 20 presentations which compare the poems in the Power and Conflict cluster of AQA Poetry exam.

UPDATED 16/04/18 These handmade pdf posters can be copied as student booklets or displayed on Whiteboards to help students revising for AQA A Level Tragedy and Crime. The posters – as the title suggests – highlight, annotate and make notes on key moments in the texts. Many are also personally illustrated to help with visual memory and to make them more cute/interesting! They are designed to support AQA English Literature A Level spec B – Tragedy and Crime. “The Great Gatsby” and “When Will There Be Good News” are to follow soon! There are over 30 posters in total in this resource, also dealing with Romanticism and Crime elements in Ancient Mariner. Please see my shop for other A Level and GCSE Resources. NOW INCLUDES GATSBY AND GOOD NEWS !

This resource has a few resources to support writing - useful for Year 9 upwards

This is a free resource to assist teaching of AQA A Level Tragedy “Richard II” Other similar resources are in my Big Cat Bundles in my shop! Please have a look at my shop and my web site - details are at the shop site, plus lots of other free resources. I offer big value bundles and large scale resources to cover a complete topic. I provide a range of Big Cat Bundles that offer massive price reductions and offer lots of resources in one place. I also have a range of resources to support A Level teaching, particularly relate to TRAGEDY and CRIME. Many of the resources are handmade in order to provide a more personal, original touch. Many are designed for Interactive White Board presentation, or they can be copied into revision booklets etc. Another option is to download onto a school site, like Sharepoint, and allow students to view on their computers etc. If you like what you find, please offer feedback. Thank you and good luck with your teaching.

Some free resources to support teaching of Rime, with focus on AQA Crime A Level