A whole SoW for teaching Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, aimed at Edexcel’s Literature spec, including two lessons outlining key context. These lessons were planned to be at comparing with The Handmaid’s Tale, but can be easily adapted for other specs if needed. There are two or three chapters covered in each lesson, with a focus on extract analysis, literary terms, and contextual links reinforced throughout (such as how Shelley’s writing fits in to other Romantic writing). Most lessons end with a slide to consider three links to The Handmaid’s Tale. The slides consist of a clear title, main task, and extension task, and have a variety of tasks in each lesson - engaging starters, discussion, group work, quote finding, extract analysis, and evaluative plenaries.

A full scheme of work for teaching Tennessee William’s A Streetcar Named Desire at English Literature. Includes two context lessons, two lessons on Scenes 1 and 3 and then one lesson per scene for the rest. Activities include quote finding, extract analysis, discussion tasks, group work, and evaluative plenaries. The lessons invite students to analyse the text as a play rather than just a written text by linking to the conventions of a tragedy, dramatic techniques, and stagecraft. Check out my other Streetcar resources: revision lessons, blocking characters, and a bundle of the whole lot!

9 lessons, with accompanying activities, to revise A Streetcar Named Desire. Considers characters, themes, motifs, and wider context, with reference to past exam questions. Aimed at Edexcelfor Key Stage 5 English Literature but useful across all exam boards.

A 24 lesson Scheme of Work to teach Child Language Acquisiton for A Level English Language. Includes lessons, transcripts, and other resources. Some resources taken from the OCR textbook. Covers stages of development, key theorists, and transcript analysis. With a whole anthology of texts to analyse.

Full SoW for teaching Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, including full lessons, context, and some wider reading articles. Planned for Edexcel’s Literature A Level to be compared with Frankenstein, but easily adaptable. I have where possible linked events in the novel to real world events and/or current affairs, to make the text as relevant as possible. The slides consist of a clear title, main task, and extension task, and have a variety of tasks in each lesson - engaging starters, discussion, group work, quote finding, extract analysis, and evaluative plenaries.

A complete scheme of work to teach Jean Rhys’ Wide Sargasso Sea. Each file contains 2 lessons (as I have been teaching double periods!) and each lesson contains a starter, plenary and 3-4 tasks, each with an extension task. Links to Jane Eyre are also made throughout. There are 4 lessons in there comparing to Seamus Heaney’s ‘North’ as that is what we are comparing WSS to, but the vast majority of the lessons just focus on WSS. Page references refer to the Penguin Classics edition. See also my WSS/Jane Eyre introductory lessons, giving a quick overview of Jane Eyre to allow greater understanding of WSS.

A complete Scheme of Work (15 lessons) to teach A Streetcar Named Desire, aimed towards the English Language and Literature spec. This SoW will teach the entirety of the play, looking at characters, themes, and context, and analysing linguistic and dramatic features, such as spoken language features, word/sentence types, and conventions of a tragedy. PLEASE NOTE: I already sell a scheme of work to teach Streetcar for the Literature spec; these two schemes are very similar, except for the Lang-Lit one having a much more linguistic focus!

A complete scheme of work to teach Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray, including relevant context. The documents called “Summer term” lessons come first as they focus on the first couple of chapters and key context. This is aimed at A Level Literature coursework but are perfectly suited to teaching the text overall. The slides consist of a clear title, main task, and extension task, and have a variety of tasks in each lesson - engaging starters, discussion, group work, quote finding, extract analysis, and evaluative plenaries.

10 lessons focusing on different non-fiction texts, including their conventions and key features of language (lesson numbers can be ignored and done in pretty much any order). I’ve also included my anthology of texts which has the non-fiction texts to analyse as well as other ones too. Planned for OCR Paper 1 Section A but applicable to all specs/non-fic analysis.

These are 3 lessons covering the critical articles provided in the Edexcel critical anthology. They can be used after Twelfth Night has been read to develop analysis and evaluation of the play. PLEASE NOTE: The relevant critical essays are provided by Edexcel; they are not part of these resources as I do not own them. They can be accessed by logging into the Edexcel website.

A lesson analysing the scene where Dr Faustus makes his pact with the devil and summons Mephistophilis. It provides some context about the life of Christopher Marlowe, and breaks down the scene with questions to help analysis. There are questions aimed at discussing the lesson over Microsoft Teams which can easily be used in a regular classroom setting. Also included is the part of the scene focused on, with a summary and glossary. There is a slide making links to The Picture of Dorian Gray which can be easily adapted or removed as desired!

A complete scheme of work of lessons and resources. Aimed at A Level/KS5 English Language OCR Paper 2 Section C - Language Change, exploring variations in language from 1600 to the present. All lessons should come with necessary texts to analyse, as well as links to clips or videos. Most slides include extension tasks. Note: This is several weeks’ worth of lessons, so ‘Lesson 1’ is not for all the same lesson, but might be Week 1 Lesson 1, Week 2 Lesson 1 etc, but appear in order

A whole 16 lesson scheme of work covering Shakespeare’s Othello. This was to teach Edexcel’s Key Stage 5 A-Level “Society and the Individual” module (which we compared to The Great Gatsby).

A complete scheme of work to teach Seamus Heaney’s collection ‘North’. Each lesson is designed for a double period, so this is a 28 lesson SoW. There is also one essay prep lesson. The first lesson covers context of the history of Ireland, The Troubles, and Heaney’s life. Each lesson contains attractive slides, clear instructions, and exentsion tasks on every slide. I taught this to compare with Jean Rhys’ Wide Sargasso Sea, but any slides linked to this can be easily removed - it does not impact the teaching of the poems. Check out my other resources and schemes of work for English Literature and/or Language! Poems from ‘North’ covered are: Antaeus Funeral Rites North Bog Queen The Grauballe Man Punishment Strange Fruit Act of Union Hercules and Antaeus Whatever you say, say nothing Ministry of Fear A Constable Calls Orange Drums Summer 1969 Exposure

This is four lessons (in one document) which helps students understand Postmodernism, and applies this in detail to the ‘Historical Notes’ section of The Handmaid’s Tale. First, students look at 3 poems to explore Victorian, Modernist, and Postmodern themes. They also look at how painting styles have changed over the centuries to less realistic and more abstract forms. They also consider the relative reliability of different ways of researching the past. The Historical Notes is then broken up into 6 sections, with specific questions linking to Postmodernism for each section. Finally, other theories (such as Marxism and Feminism) are used to analyse the text through different lenses. See my complete SoW on The Handmaid’s Tale for more useful lessons!

These are 20 lessons to teach the 20 Voices anthology texts for Paper 1 of the Edexcel Language and Literature A Level. Each lesson is designed to be taught over a double period, so this is essentially 40 lessons! There is context for each text/writer, and tasks to examine genre/audience/purpose, tone, text conventions, and other features more specific to the text. The second text of each genre is also encouraged to be compared with the first (i.e. so you compare both articles in the final articles lesson) The research might require students to go online - perhaps on phone or laptop. Enjoy!

2 lessons analysing Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper. These lessons cover the main characters, biographical context, settings, and themes of the short story, as well as some prompts to analyse the end of the text. It also has some questions for Microsoft Teams discussions, which could also be used for class discussion, and a slide to make links to The Picture of Dorian Gray (which can be easily adapted/removed if unwanted) Useful for GCSE or A Level English Literature.