This is a straightforward resource that focuses on analysing the final scene of Journey’s End and developing the students’ understanding of how and why it is so moving.

This Journey’s End introductory work uses the well known accusation that soliders in WWI were ‘Lions led by donkeys’; using some images and a clip from Blackadder and verious discussion points, pupils are asked to reflect on the nature of the military leaders at the time. This resource can be used at the very start of the play for pp. 2-8 too (alongside the other resource in my shop if that is helpful).

These resources directly correlate to the lessons / SoW that I have on sale in my ‘shop’, but they can be used entirely in their own right alongside other approaches to the teaching of the text. It includes a range of tables for language analysis, worksheets and point-quote-match-ups for example. Naturally, it is available as part of the bundle for Journey’s End in the shop that makes the best sense.

This resource is a podcast on Othello (page and line numbers correspond to the Oxford School Shakespeare Version) that analyses the language in detail. It can be used by teachers to develop their own annotations and understanding of the text - you won’t necessarily agree with all interpretations or observations - or set as homeworks for the pupils in order for them to annotate their own texts / write detailed notes. Some of the scenes selected in this series of podcasts are most suitable for homeworks as that leaves extended lesson time to focus on the ‘most important’ examples / quotations / scenes in the play.

This resource is a podcast on Othello (page and line numbers correspond to the Oxford School Shakespeare Version) that analyses the language in detail. It can be used by teachers to develop their own annotations and understanding of the text - you won’t necessarily agree with all interpretations or observations - or set as homeworks for the pupils in order for them to annotate their own texts / write detailed notes. Some of the scenes selected in this series of podcasts are most suitable for homeworks as that leaves extended lesson time to focus on the ‘most important’ examples / quotations / scenes in the play.

This is an annotated version of ‘The City Planners’ (PDF) which includes suggested starter / discussion, personal responses, topics, structure / form observations etc. Note: This is only a subjective suggestion created by a teacher (I am only human!). I would have loved to have this at the release of the poems, and I sincerely hope that it helps and supports your delivery of the poem!

This is an annotated version of ‘The Planners’ (PDF) which includes suggested starter / discussion, personal responses, topics, structure / form observations etc. Note: This is only a subjective suggestion created by a teacher (I am only human!). I would have loved to have this at the release of the poems, and I sincerely hope that it helps and supports your delivery of the poem!

This is an annotated version of ‘Night Sweat’ (PDF) which includes suggested starter / discussion, personal responses, topics, structure / form observations etc. Note: This is only a subjective suggestion created by a teacher (I am only human!). I would have loved to have this at the release of the poems, and I sincerely hope that it helps and supports your delivery of the poem! (COMPLETE booklet of ALL poems annotated and in Word available in my ‘shop’!)

This is an annotated version of ‘He Never Expected Much’ (PDF) which includes suggested starter / discussion, personal responses, topics, structure / form observations etc. Note: This is only a subjective suggestion created by a teacher (I am only human!). I would have loved to have this at the release of the poems, and I sincerely hope that it helps and supports your delivery of the poem! (COMPLETE booklet of ALL poems annotated and in Word available in my ‘shop’!)

This is an annotated version of ‘Funeral Blues’ (PDF) which includes suggested starter / discussion, personal responses, topics, structure / form observations etc. Note: This is only a subjective suggestion created by a teacher (I am only human!). I would have loved to have this at the release of the poems, and I sincerely hope that it helps and supports your delivery of the poem! (I also have a COMPLETE bundle / booklet with ALL of the CIE poems from Songs of Ourselves that includes a Word Document version and a blank anthology for students in my shop).

This is an annotated version of ‘The Telephone Call’ (PDF) which includes suggested starter / discussion, personal responses, topics, structure / form observations etc. Note: This is only a subjective suggestion created by a teacher (I am only human!). I would have loved to have this at the release of the poems, and I sincerely hope that it helps and supports your delivery of the poem! (I also have a COMPLETE bundle / booklet with ALL of the CIE poems from Songs of Ourselves that includes a Word Document version and a blank anthology for students in my shop).

This is an annotated version of ‘Request to a Year’ (PDF) which includes suggested starter / discussion, personal responses, topics, structure / form observations etc. Note: This is only a subjective suggestion created by a teacher (I am only human!). I would have loved to have this at the release of the poems, and I sincerely hope that it helps and supports your delivery of the poem! (I also have a COMPLETE bundle / booklet with ALL of the CIE poems from Songs of Ourselves that includes a Word Document version and a blank anthology for students in my shop).

This resource is an essay plan for setting in Journey’s End (e.g. How and in what ways is the setting in the play so significant?). It suggests topic sentences / sub-themes and selects a range of suitable examples for each section. No analysis included, but with the clarity of the topic sentence / argument, the analysis of the language and imagery etc. is pretty straight-forward. I hope that it is helpful!

This is a fully annotated version of ‘The Poplar-Field’ that incudes line by line analysis of imagery, language, structure, tone etc. The analysis is also colour-coded so that points are already divided into suggested topics / paragraphs. It also includes a helpful student handout to support study (pre annotation) that gives an overview, key structural / form observations and a suggested division of the poem into topics.

This is a fully annotated version of ‘Watching for Dolphins’ that incudes line by line analysis of imagery, language, structure, tone etc. The analysis is also colour-coded so that points are already divided into suggested topics / paragraphs. It also includes a helpful student handout to support study (pre annotation) that gives an overview, key structural / form observations and a suggested division of the poem into topics.

This is a fully annotated version of ‘Coming’ that incudes line by line analysis of imagery, language, structure, tone etc. The analysis is also colour-coded so that points are already divided into suggested topics / paragraphs. It also includes a helpful student handout to support study (pre annotation) that gives an overview, key structural / form observations and a suggested division of the poem into topics.

This is a fully annotated version of ‘The Caged Skylark’ that incudes line by line analysis of imagery, language, structure, tone etc. The analysis is also colour-coded so that points are already divided into suggested topics / paragraphs. It also includes a helpful student handout to support study (pre annotation) that gives an overview, key structural / form observations and a suggested division of the poem into topics. This one also includes an ActivInspire and questions to support independent annotation.

This is a fully annotated version of ‘Cetacean’ that incudes line by line analysis of imagery, language, structure, tone etc. The analysis is also colour-coded so that points are already divided into suggested topics / paragraphs. It also includes a helpful student handout to support study (pre annotation) that gives an overview, key structural / form observations and a suggested division of the poem into topics. This one also includes a PowerPoint and questions to support independent annotation.

This is a fully annotated version of ‘Stormcock in Elder’ that incudes line by line analysis of imagery, language, structure, tone etc. The analysis is also colour-coded so that points are already divided into suggested topics / paragraphs. It also includes a helpful student handout to support study (pre annotation) that gives an overview, key structural / form observations and a suggested division of the poem into topics.

This is a fully annotated version of ‘Cetacean’ that incudes line by line analysis of imagery, language, structure, tone etc. The analysis is also colour-coded so that points are already divided into suggested topics / paragraphs. It also includes a helpful student handout to support study (pre annotation) that gives an overview, key structural / form observations and a suggested division of the poem into topics.