2.5 pages of notes analysing ‘A Valediction of Weeping’ by John Donne (summary, technical terms, title, structure, five important quotes, context).
Designed for A-Level English Edexcel Metaphysical Poetry.
Detailed context notes for A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Includes: Courtly Love, gender, Queen Elizabeth I, the supernatural, Shakespeare’s other plays, Classical/mythological references, literary influences and conventions, historical context of the contemporary theatre, modern productions.
Critical quotes for A Midsummer Night’s Dream, both from the prescribed anthology and from elsewhere.
Designed for the Edexcel A-Level English specification.
Resource helping students to use adjectives and adverbs effectively and strategically, and to find alternative ways of describing.
Includes both notes and activities.
Aimed for 11+ and KS3, but many of the ideas could also be suitable for older students.
2-page handout of biographical information about Tennessee Williams, focusing on details particularly relevant to the play A Streetcar Named Desire for use as context in A-Level essays.
Bullet-point essay plan exploring gender, femininity and masculinity in Macbeth - raises questions and context points for the class to think about, discuss further and find quotes for.
Latin crossword practising vocab, verb conjugation and noun cases. Created for pupils revising for 13+ entrance exams (also appropriate for end of year9/beginning year10).