A grid template which allows students to make links between the 15 poems from the Belonging cluster from the Edexcel poetry anthology for GCSE English Literature. Simply print off and copy in either A4 or A3! Can be used for word links or pictures. Please check out my individual PowerPoints for each of the poems in the Worlds and Lives Cluster: Belonging Individual PowerPoints

A grid template which allows students to make links between the 15 poems from the Relationships cluster from the Edexcel poetry anthology for GCSE English Literature. Simply print off and copy in either A4 or A3! Can be used for word links or pictures.

A grid template which allows students to make links between the 15 poems from the Conflict cluster from the Edexcel poetry anthology for GCSE English Literature. Simply print off and copy in either A4 or A3! Can be used for word links or pictures.

A grid template which allows students to make links between the 15 poems from the Love and Relationships cluster from the AQA poetry anthology for GCSE English Literature. Simply print off and copy in either A4 or A3! Can be used for word links or pictures.

A grid template which guides students through an analysis of each poem from the Relationships cluster from the Edexcel poetry anthology for GCSE English Literature. Simply print off and copy in either A4 or A3!

A grid template which guides students through an analysis of each poem from the Love and Relationships cluster from the AQA poetry anthology for GCSE English Literature. Simply print off and copy in either A4 or A3!

Two detailed lessons exploring 'Giuseppe’ by Roderick Ford from the Poems of the Decade section of the Edexcel A Level English Literature. The PowerPoint guides students through the poem in the first lesson with detailed annotation guidance, form and structural information and detailed questions. The second lesson guides students through an analysis of the poem based on an exam-style question - there are options for both AS and A Level complete with indicative content and an accompanying unseen poem for the A Level Paper 3 component. The lessons will challenge, extend and engage students. Also suitable for students targeting very high grades. Lesson plan included!

Two detailed lessons exploring 'Nettles’ by Vernon Scannell from the Relationships cluster in the Edexcel GCSE English Literature poetry anthology. The PowerPoint guides students through the poem in the first lesson with detailed annotation guidance, contextual information and detailed questions. The second lesson guides students through an analysis of the poem based on an exam-style question. The lessons will challenge, extend and engage students. Also suitable for students targeting very high grades. Lesson plan included!

Two detailed lessons exploring 'My Father Would Not Show Us’ by Ingrid de Kok from the Relationships cluster in the Edexcel GCSE English Literature poetry anthology. The PowerPoint guides students through the poem in the first lesson with detailed annotation guidance, contextual information and detailed questions. The second lesson guides students through an analysis of the poem based on an exam-style question. The lessons will challenge, extend and engage students. Also suitable for students targeting very high grades. Lesson plan included!

Two detailed lessons exploring 'Love’s Dog’ by Jen Hadfield from the Relationships cluster in the Edexcel GCSE English Literature poetry anthology. The PowerPoint guides students through the poem in the first lesson with detailed annotation guidance, contextual information and detailed questions. The second lesson guides students through an analysis of the poem based on an exam-style question. The lessons will challenge, extend and engage students. Also suitable for students targeting very high grades. Lesson plan included!

This four lesson unit of work is a piece developed on request as a commission for EAL A Level students designed for stretch and challenge and to allow them to practice their speaking and listening skills in English. There are four lessons covering extracts from: Benjamin Zephaniah’s ‘We Refugees’; Zadie Smith’s ‘White Teeth’; and Monica Ali’s ‘Brick Lane’. The final lesson is a scaffolded assessment lesson. The lessons are aimed at those for whom English is not their first language, but other A Level students will find the activities useful as an introductory or independent activity.

A complete lesson for GCSE or Year 9 focusing on Act 3 Scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet. The lesson includes a 10 slide PowerPoint, an extract booklet for annotation and a suggested lesson plan. Students are encouraged to: make links with Shakespearean tragedy, analyse language in the extracts and produce a response to the assessment question ‘How does Shakespeare present tragedy in Act 3 Scene 1?’ Modelled suggestions are included. The suggested learning objectives are: To annotate and explore Act 3, Scene 1 from Romeo and Juliet To understand how Shakespeare makes use of tragic conventions in this scene To evaluate to what extent the relationships between the characters are connected to tragedy This lesson will stretch and challenge students and could easily be extended over two sessions.

This resource is comprised of a set of four lessons exploring the theme of identity in Hamlet. A Powerpoint guides students through revision activities, discussion questions and activities leading to a non-exam board specific question which you can adapt for your own purposes. Enclosed is an extract booklet with three different extracts linked to identity. The opening of each of these is analysed in detail on the Powerpoint slides. A theory document is included for one homework task. There are also questions and answers for two revision quizzes intended to be transferred onto Kahoot or another such app. A detailed assessment guide consolidates the unit. A lesson plan is included with detailed notes for four lessons.

A grid template which guides students through an analysis of each poem from the Edexcel Poems of the Decade anthology for A Level English Literature Paper 3. The first poem, ‘A Minor Role’ has been completed for guidance. Simply print off and copy in either A4 or A3! Please check out my other resources for teaching Poems of the Decade here

Two detailed lessons exploring 'Material’ by Ros Barber from the Poems of the Decade section of the Edexcel A Level English Literature. The PowerPoint guides students through the poem in the first lesson with detailed annotation guidance, form and structural information and detailed questions. The second lesson guides students through an analysis of the poem based on an exam-style question - there are options for both AS and A Level complete with indicative content and an accompanying unseen poem for the A Level Paper 3 component. The lessons will challenge, extend and engage students. Also suitable for students targeting very high grades. Lesson plan included!

Two detailed lessons exploring 'The Furthest Distances I’ve Travelled’ by Leontia Flynn from the Poems of the Decade section of the Edexcel A Level English Literature. The PowerPoint guides students through the poem in the first lesson with detailed annotation guidance, form and structural information and detailed questions. The second lesson guides students through an analysis of the poem based on an exam-style question - there are options for both AS and A Level complete with indicative content and an accompanying unseen poem for the A Level Paper 3 component. The lessons will challenge, extend and engage students. Also suitable for students targeting very high grades. Lesson plan included!

Two detailed lessons exploring 'The Deliverer’ by Tishani Doshi from the Poems of the Decade section of the Edexcel A Level English Literature. The PowerPoint guides students through the poem in the first lesson with detailed annotation guidance, form and structural information and detailed questions. The second lesson guides students through an analysis of the poem based on an exam-style question - there are options for both AS and A Level complete with indicative content and an accompanying unseen poem for the A Level Paper 3 component. The lessons will challenge, extend and engage students. Also suitable for students targeting very high grades. Lesson plan included!

Two detailed lessons exploring 'Chainsaw Versus the Pampas Grass’ by Simon Armitage from the Poems of the Decade section of the Edexcel A Level English Literature. The PowerPoint guides students through the poem in the first lesson with detailed annotation guidance, form and structural information and detailed questions. The second lesson guides students through an analysis of the poem based on an exam-style question - there are options for both AS and A Level complete with indicative content and an accompanying unseen poem for the A Level Paper 3 component. The lessons will challenge, extend and engage students. Also suitable for students targeting very high grades. Lesson plan included!

Two detailed lessons exploring ‘To My Nine-Year-Old Self’ by Helen Dunmore from the Poems of the Decade section of the Edexcel A Level English Literature. The PowerPoint guides students through the poem in the first lesson with detailed annotation guidance, form and structural information and detailed questions. The second lesson guides students through an analysis of the poem based on an exam-style question - there are options for both AS and A Level complete with indicative content and an accompanying unseen poem for the A Level Paper 3 component. The lessons will challenge, extend and engage students. Also suitable for students targeting very high grades. Lesson plan included!

Two detailed lessons exploring ‘Eat Me’ by Patience Agbabi from the Poems of the Decade section of the Edexcel A Level English Literature. The PowerPoint guides students through the poem in the first lesson with detailed annotation guidance, form and structural information and detailed questions. The second lesson guides students through an analysis of the poem based on an exam-style question - there are options for both AS and A Level complete with indicative content and an accompanying unseen poem for the A Level Paper 3 component. The lessons will challenge, extend and engage students. Also suitable for students targeting very high grades. Lesson plan included!