A full lesson, including a ‘do now’ activity as students settle, an overarching session question, detailed context, scaffolded guided questions for analysis of sound, language, figurative language, structure and form. EdExcel AS/A Level English Literature Paper 3: Poetry, Section B: The Romantics

A full lesson, including a ‘do now’ activity as students settle, an overarching session question, detailed context, scaffolded guided questions for analysis of sound, language, figurative language, structure and form. Includes a Massolit llecture link, but your school will have to have a subscription to access it (but the lesson is still complete without it!) EdExcel AS/A Level English Literature Paper 3: Poetry, Section B: The Romantics

A full lesson, including a ‘do now’ activity as students settle, an overarching session question, detailed context, scaffolded guided questions for analysis of sound, language, figurative language, structure and form. EdExcel AS/A Level English Literature Paper 3: Poetry, Section B: The Romantics

A full lesson, including a ‘do now’ activity as students settle, an overarching session question, detailed context, scaffolded guided questions for analysis of sound, language, figurative language, structure and form. EdExcel AS/A Level English Literature Paper 3: Poetry, Section B: The Romantics

A full lesson, including a ‘do now’ activity as students settle, an overarching session question, detailed context, scaffolded guided questions for analysis of sound, language, figurative language, structure and form. Includes a Massolit llecture link, but your school will have to have a subscription to access it (lbut the lesson is still complete without it!) EdExcel AS/A Level English Literature Paper 3: Poetry, Section B: The Romantics

A full lesson, including a ‘do now’ activity as students settle, an overarching session question, detailed context, scaffolded guided questions for analysis of sound, language, figurative language, structure and form. Includes a complete analysis of the poem. EdExcel AS/A Level English Literature Paper 3: Poetry, Section B: The Romantics

A lecture on Jeanette Winterson’s 1985 novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, used to support as a coursework text for AS/A EdExcel English Literature NEA Component. The lecture encourages students to consider several contextual points in relation to the novel, overviews key elements of postmodern devices used by Winterson, and includes some criticism to further the learners’ ideas about the text.

A full lesson, including a ‘do now’ activity as students settle, an overarching session question, detailed context, scaffolded guided questions for analysis of sound, language, figurative language, structure and form. EdExcel AS/A Level English Literature Paper 3: Poetry, Section B: The Romantics

This session overviews Julia Kristeva’s ‘Abjection’ from her ‘Powers of Horror’. The session then encourages learners to apply the theory to Frankenstein, The Handmaid’s Tale and Never Let Me Go. This session is part of a ‘Stretch and Challenge’ series I designed to run in my institution. The sessions are targeted at learners who are achieving at the very top of the cohort.

A full lesson on the poem ‘EAT ME’ by Patience Agbabi. Poems of Decade, Forward Poetry (2011) Edexcel AS/A English Literature, 2015+

A full lesson on the poem ‘The Gun’ by Vicki Feaver. Poems of Decade, Forward Poetry (2011) Edexcel AS/A English Literature, 2015+

A scaffolded lesson introducing Hemingway’s Iceberg theory using his short story ‘Hills Like White Elephants’.

A scaffolded lesson introducing students to different narrative structures using film stills and Kate Chopin’s ‘Story of an Hour’. Key content Freytag’s Pyramid Kurt Vonnegut’s Story Shapes Linear structure In medias res circular structure open structure closed structure framed narrative Chinese box structure Conflict

An scaffolded introduction to using critical lenses using Angela Carter’s ‘The Werewolf’. Theories explored Formalism Marxism Gender Studies Psychoanalysis Eco-criticism Postcolonialism

A full lesson on the poem ‘Chainsaw Versus the Pampass Grass’ by Simon Armitage. Poems of Decade, Forward Poetry (2011) Edexcel AS/A English Literature, 2015+

Introduction to characterisation in drama texts using Tennessee Williams’ one act play, ‘Why do you smoke so much, Lily?’

An introduction to genre and dystopian fiction, using Shirley Jackson’s ‘The Lottery’. Key terms genre convention motif/trope theme intertextuality genrebending dystopia speculative fiction apocalyptic fiction antithesis antagonist conflict analogy

Planning sheets to help A Level English Literature students structure effective pargraphs.

A comprehensive poetry analysis worksheet for AS/A Level English Literature. Can be used to analyse any poem.

A handout to guide learners through an effective peer review, in line with Edexcel’s A Level English Literature 2015+.