Pre-2024 exam lesson in line with the Assessment Objectives Includes: List of previous and possible question foci Plastic theatre, music, lighting, and scene-by-scene Annotated analysis slides of the play’s ending Detailed plan for a question on vulnerability Marked student answer on confrontation question

Edexcel A Level Paper 1 Drama, Section B: A Streetcar Named Desire Overview and Exam Questions in line with the Assessment Objectives Includes: Mark Scheme All past paper question up to 2023 Plot, tragic form and structure Context Overview of Theme, Symbol, Motif, Language June 2017 Practice Question Guided Plan

Very detailed lesson in line with Assessment Objectives. Includes: Key Terminology Brief individual publishing context for all texts on the main reading list General contextual overview – manifest destiny and the American Dream Advice from the exam board and model paragraph Question 1 Extract Analysis (Thomas Wolfe) with full candidate response and examiner’s commentary

Lesson focusing on tips on how to approach OCR English Literature A Level Paper 2 Question 6: essay, including: Detailed slides Mark scheme Typical Question 6 on language and control Language in THT Literary and socioeconomic context How to build an essay starting with a thesis statement, through to argument and conclusion (AO focused) Model introductions including one colour coded and one student model introduction Colour-coded model essay for discussion Suggestions for wider reading Easily adaptable

A question-by-question run through of AQA Language Paper 2 with reading strategies, differentiated resources and colour-coded model responses.

Lesson on AQA GCSE Literature Paper 2 An Inspector Calls Act One Recap. It includes: Form and structure General historical context Key speeches from Act One Detailed plot resource Exam question and model paragraph Sentence starters This can be easily adapted to your class or to other exam boards, hence no AOs on slides

Lesson providing a general overview of the play includes: Annotated mark scheme and simplified mark scheme Question extract on the theme of Guilt Detailed historical context- Great Chain of Being, Divine Right of Kings, Gunpowder Plot, Witchcraft Key Vocabulary Main and secondary characters - each one explained in snapshot Plot summary and detailed plot resource Pre-annotated exam question on the Sergeant’s speech from 1.2 (annotations can be deleted) Actual student response on the exam question (resource too) Should be used to recap in Year 11

Detailed lesson on AQA GCSE Literature Paper 2 on how to approach a theme question. It includes: Exam questions Mark Scheme in a nutshell Theme with a focus on collective responsibility Excerpt from the play General essay tips Example responses Examiner’s commentary Tips for signposting the examiner Writing a thesis statement This can be easily adapted to your class or to other exam boards, hence no AOs on slides

Scaffolded lesson with resources Easy to differentiate Do Now Articles and video Greta Thunberg UN Speech video and transcript for analysis Planning sheet Adaptable to other exam boards

AQA English Literature A Level, Elements of Crime ‘Porphyria’s Lover’ Very detailed lesson covering all AOs Includes socioeconomic context and elements of crime Form and Structure Symbolism Theme Alternative Readings Exam question Examiner advice Colour-coded model paragraph

Very detailed lesson focusing on: Plot (inc. key scenes for Romeo and Juliet) Character Theme Key Quotes Extract Analysis Lesson can be split - it’s effectively two lessons - and is easily differentiated for all KS3 abilities

Detailed lesson in line with Assessment Objectives Includes: 2023 grade boundaries June 2018 exam questions Excerpt from critical anthology Mark scheme and examiner’s guidelines Iambic pentameter, Great Chain of Being Theme and Key Terminology Sample response Plan Marked student answer to masculinity question

Very detailed lesson in line with Assessment Objectives. Includes: Socioeconomic context Modernism Form and Fitzgerald’s language Imagery and symbolism Question 2 and mark scheme Annotated extract from C3 of the novel

A lesson/lecture covering the socioeconomic conditions of the early modern - English renaissance - era. This can be taught as a masterclass to the Most Able at Year 11, or as general contextual background for an early modern A Level text. The focus in the second part is Macbeth but having personally taught many early modern texts, I know it can easily be adapted to all exam boards for GCSE and A Level.

Differentiated lesson and resources covering AQA Language Paper 2 with simple strategies and model responses.

Some quick and easy resources to aid GCSE English Literature students with retrieval practise [and revision] for Macbeth Resource includes Acts One to Five on separate documents, and the whole play on one document.