Two detailed lessons exploring 'In a London Drawingroom’ by George Eliot from the Worlds and Lives Cluster in the AQA 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 'Peckham Rye Lane’ by A.K. Blakemore from the Belonging 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!

A 9 lesson unit comprising a 66 slide PowerPoint and 9 different worksheets (8 include a transcript for analysis) exploring the topic of spoken language analysis and a summary terminology and theory sheet. This unit can be used to teach A Level English Language or A Level Language and Literature and is not linked to any particular exam board. Each lesson includes a starting discussion prompt which acts as a learning objective, detailed notes on the theories and terminology listed below, a worksheet containing a transcript (or revision cards for lesson 9), and a homework task. The following theories and terminology are covered: Discourse – Michel Foucault (1969) Narrative Categories – William Labov (1972) Turn taking; adjacency pairs; backchanneling IRF Model – Sinclair and Coulthard (1975) Charles Goodwin – Storytelling Structure (1984) Discourse markers; tag questions; skip connectors; overlap Speech Acts – J.R. Searle (1969) Transactional talk; phatic talk; monitoring features Cooperative Principle and Gricean Maxims – Paul Grice (1975) Contraction; elision; ellipsis; interruption Register and Context – Michael Halliday (1985) Situational Factors Affecting Language Use – David Crystal (1995) Assimilation; false start; filler; intonation; non-fluency features; paralinguistic features; prosodic features Face-work - Erving Goffman (1967) Politeness Theory - Brown and Levinson (1987) Accommodation; colloquialisms; comment clauses; deixis; hedging - The final lesson is a consolidation activity complete with guided revision cards. Alternatively, you could use an app such as Quizlet so that the students could produce digital revision resources. Check out my other English Language A Level resources! Language and Gender Language and Region Language and Power and Occupation Language and Global and World Englishes Language Change Language and Technology Language and Ethnicity Language and Social Groups Language Discourses Language Discourses Opinion Writing Child Language Acquisition - Speech Child Language Acquisition - Reading and Writing

A 10 lesson unit comprising a 71 slide PowerPoint, 10 different worksheets (including texts for analysis) exploring the topic of Language Discourses and a summary terminology and theory sheet.The following are covered and taught as part of the unit: self-representation of the writer; positioning of the audience; evaluating and challenging discourses; applying different linguistic levels; context and genre; comparison. Each lesson includes a starting discussion prompt which acts as a learning objective, detailed notes on the theories and concepts listed below, a worksheet (with the exception of lesson nine) and activities, and a homework task. The following theories and concepts are covered: Definition of language discourses Descriptivism and prescriptivism Sticklerism – Robert Lane Greene (2011) Eats, Shoots & Leaves – Lynne Truss (2003) Declinism – Robert Lane Greene (2011) Crumbling Castle, Infectious Disease and Damp Spoon – Jean Aitchison (1996) Standard and Non-Standard English Complaint Tradition – James and Lesley Milroy (1987) Complaint Tradition – John McWhorter (2013) The Language Wars – Henry Hitchings (2011) Verbal Hygiene – Deborah Cameron (1995) David Crystal – A Sea of Language Change The final lesson is a consolidation activity complete with guided revision cards. Alternatively, you could use an app such as Quizlet so that the students could produce digital revision resources. Check out my other English Language resources: Language and Gender Language and Region Language and Power and Occupation Language and Global and World Englishes Language Change Language and Technology Language and Ethnicity Language and Social Groups Analysing Spoken Language Child Language Acquisition - Speech Child Language Acquisition - Reading and Writing Language Discourses - Question 4 Opinion Article

A 10 lesson unit comprising a 67 slide PowerPoint, 9 different worksheets (including texts for analysis) exploring the topic of Language and Social Groups (with lots of work on Language and Age) and a summary terminology and theory sheet. Each lesson includes a starting discussion prompt which acts as a learning objective, detailed notes on the theories and concepts listed below, a worksheet (with the exception of lesson nine) and activities, and a homework task. The following theories and concepts are covered: Idiolect, dialect, sociolect and ethnolect Communication Accommodation Theory (Convergence, Divergence, Interpersonal & Intergroup Communication) – Giles (1971) Communities of Practice – Lave and Wenger (1991 and 1998) Social Network Theory Belfast Study – Milroy (1975) New York Study & Martha’s Vineyard Study – Labov (1966 and 1963) Follow up to Martha’s Vineyard Study – Blake and Josey (2003) Reading study and ‘Age and Generation-specific use of language’ – Cheshire (1982 and 2006) Emerging Adulthood in Sociolinguistics – Bigham (2012) Trends in Teenage Talk – Stenström, Andersen and Hasund (2002) Age in Sociolinguistics – Eckert (1997) Age identity in Japan and the US – Ota, Harwood, Williams and Takai (2000) Teenage Talk – Eckert (2003 and 1989) Teenage language in West Yorkshire – Ives Bolton Study – Moore (2010) Teenage Slang – de Klerk (1997) and Zimmerman (2009) Teenage Talk - Stenström (2014) The Language of British Teenagers - Martínez (2011) Use of tags – Berland (1997) ‘Like’ as a discourse maker – Odato (2013) Creative linguistic processes in teenage slang – Fajardo (2018) Elaborated and Restricted Code – Bernstein (1964 and 1971) Criticisms of Bernstein – Rosen and Labov (1972) and Ivinson (2017) Discourse Community – Swales (1990) There are some references to AQA-style A Level specification questions, but you can adapt these if needs be. These can be found on slides 56-64. Lesson 9 is based on an AQA A Level question. The final lesson is a consolidation activity complete with guided revision cards. Alternatively, you could use an app such as Quizlet so that the students could produce digital revision resources. Check out my other English Language A Level resources! Language and Gender Language and Region [Language and Power and Occupation] (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12975755) Language and Global and World Englishes Language Change Language and Technology Language and Ethnicity Language Discourses

A 10 lesson unit comprising a 70 slide PowerPoint and 10 different worksheets exploring the topic of child language acquisition (reading and writing) and a summary terminology and theory sheet. The first 2 lessons are about reading and the final 8 are about writing. This unit can be used for any exam board. Each lesson includes a starting discussion prompt which acts as a learning objective, detailed notes on the theories and terminology listed below, a worksheet containing examples of writing or a transcript (or revision cards for lesson 10), and a homework task. The following theories and terminology are covered: Early literacy – Shirley Brice Heath (1983) Stages of Reading Development – Jeanne Chall (1983) Features of reading schemes Language Acquisition Support System – Jerome Bruner (1983) Synthetic phonics Stages of writing development – Barry Kroll (1981) Emergent writing Stages of writing development – Kathy Barclay (1996) Emergent literacy – Marie Clay (1975) Initial literacy – Yetta Goodman (1985) Ascender/descender graphemes, cursive handwriting and different types of join The impact of touchscreen technology on children’s writing – Dunn and Sweeney (2018) Homophones, graphemes and digraphs Stages of spelling - Bear, Invernizzi, Templeton & Johnston (2004); Bear & Templeton (1998); Gentry (1977; 1982) Categories of spelling errors Functions of punctuation – David Crystal (1995) Learning About Punctuation – Nick Hall and Susan Robinson (1996) Playful punctuation – Andrew Burrell and Roger Beard (2022) Genre theory in children’s writing – J.R. Martin and Jean Rothery (1981) How genre is linked to schoolwork – Frances Christie (1987) Modes of children’s writing – James Britton (1982) Chronology in texts – Katherine Perera (1984) The final lesson is a consolidation activity complete with guided revision cards. Alternatively, you could use an app such as Quizlet so that the students could produce digital revision resources. Check out my other English Language resources: Language and Gender Language and Region Language and Power and Occupation Language and Global and World Englishes Language Change Language and Technology Language and Ethnicity Language and Social Groups Language Discourses Analysing Spoken Language Child Language Acquisition - Speech

Contains 15 short quotation cards from Lord of the Flies for student analysis. One card completed for modelling purposes. Instructions for analysis attached and the activity can take a whole lesson. These are quotations which can be easily learned for the examination. Includes a follow up analysis grid to build on student understanding in a subsequent lesson. Lesson plan with suggestions and learning objectives included. Suitable for Edexcel, AQA and Eduqas GCSE English Literature specifications.

Two detailed lessons exploring John Davidson’s 'In Romney Marsh’ from the Time and Place 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!

An extract analysis booklet which contains 26 examination-length extracts from Pride and Prejudice and guidance as to what to look for when analysing the extract in Edexcel Paper 2, Section A (can also be used for AQA, Paper 1, Section B; Eduqas, Paper 2, Section B; or OCR, Component 1, Section B, by using the second part of the question and adapting the wording). Also included are the accompanying questions, and a lesson plan with suggestions for usage. This resource can be used throughout the teaching of the unit. You could use this to teach students how to analyse sections of the text closely, or as short assessment pieces. The guidance for analysis is aimed at students who are aiming for grade 5 and above, but could easily be simplified.

This resource is comprised of a 32 slide Powerpoint with four lessons on Scene One from Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire. The resource is aimed at A Level English Literature, but could also be used as a starting point for English Language and Literature. The slides cover: Contextual background to New Orleans at the time the play is set Discussion of the epigraph (Hart Crane’s ‘The Broken Tower’) Guided close analysis of key sections of the text with reference to key terminology, e.g. ‘motif’ and ‘in media res’ Teaching questions for each section of the first scene Learning objective slides and homework tasks for each lesson This resource will stretch and challenge more confident students and support those less confident. It was not created with any particular exam board in mind so can be used with any specification.

A fourteen page revision workbook for students to revise Lord of the Flies for GCSE (for any specification). This workbook focuses on analysis rather than knowledge recall and is perfect for those aiming for very high grades. The booklet can be used in class or for independent revision. Enclosed are: A question activity to encourage students to think perceptively about ideas in the text. A quotation gathering template with half the quotations given. An AO3 focused table where students write up an analytical link between context, quotations and links to language form and structure (one example modelled and all contextual points given). A table which encourages deeper exploration of effects, with an extract and one example modelled. An exercise where students identify and analyse ambitious literary terminology. An effects table encouraging a What How Why approach to writing about effects. A follow up activity where students then make contextual links with their analysis. A set of questions, introductions and topic sentences. A modelled introduction and main paragraph with a follow up activity for students to write their own. Two guides to essay structure. A modelled full response to a question. The booklet is designed to be used by students with knowledge of the text and is perfect for use in the run up to examinations. There is scaffolding but also appropriate stretch and challenge for those who are aiming for the highest grades. This booklet works well with my knowledge organiser and A3 quotation posters which can be downloaded for free here: [https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12835151] and [https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12836254]

A complete set of seven ‘Learning Checkpoint’ sheets for A Level AQA English Literature A. Included are templates for every section of each exam paper and for the NEA. The sheets allow you to set a short task or paragraph response with pre-filled lines for students to write on. Students write in their own graded target. All you need to do is to tick the appropriate box as to whether they met their target and highlight or underline any of the pre-populated targets appropriate for that task or response. You can easily mark a class set of responses in 10 to 20 minutes and students quickly receive appropriate targets/feedback. I use these every other lesson in the run up to mocks or exam season and they are a game changer. Easily adaptable for your own targets, these low stakes templates will reduce your workload.

This is a quick and easy poetry worksheet resource to encourage students to focus on the effects of poetry quotations rather than just feature spotting. After an initial focus on ‘My Last Duchess’, students consider a set of quotations, one from each poem in the cluster, in response to a prompt. Lesson plan included!

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

A grid template which allows students to make links between the 15 poems from the Power and Conflict 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 allows students to make links between the 15 poems from the Time and Place 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 guides students through an analysis of each poem from the Time and Place cluster from the Edexcel poetry anthology for GCSE English Literature. Simply print off and copy in either A4 or A3!

An A3 sheet detailing small flash cards for all fifteen poems from the ‘Time and Place’ cluster from the Edexcel Poetry anthology. The cards encourage students to revise key details. One card is completed for modelling purposes and the rest are blank so that students can complete these as part of their revision. This can be completed as students work through their anthologies or as an end of unit task. Especially useful for students aiming for grade 7+.

This document is a blank template knowledge organiser for any GCSE or A Level text. Simply print off in A3 (the colour is easily removed if you wish). Makes for an easy and productive revision lesson! You can see what the document looks like fully populated by downloading one of my pre-filled resources: Jane Eyre [https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12835139] Lord of the Flies [https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12835151] The Merchant of Venice [https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12835148]