This is a practice question for Edexcel A Level English Lit/Lang; Paper 1, Section A; ‘Voices Anthology’. This question compares 6.1 (King’s Speech) with a letter
A bank of questions for Paper 1, Section C of the Love Through The Ages paper for the AQA A, A Level spec. I have taught the pre-1900 poetry collection and Tess of the d'Urbervilles, but these questions are applicable to any choice of text when compared with the anthology.
A guide to help students plan for an essay on the question: 'Explore how Dickens presents Scrooge in ‘A Christmas Carol’.
Exemplar paragraph, model planning grid and essay outline provided.
A lesson to help students plan and prepare for an essay / coursework question on Lady Macbeth.
The question is: How does Shakespeare present Lady Macbeth as a complex and interesting character?
The lesson guides students through their thinking; aims to get them to plan in a structured manner that clearly addresses / argues the question and also has a model paragraph to show how to write up one’s plan successfully.
Would work for coursework or exam writing practice.
A huge 19 unseen poetry question convering a broad range of poetic forms; types of love and literary periods.
Also includes a step-by-step planning guide for students.
This is a comprehensive lesson for A Level students to revise Tess of the D’Urbervilles. It focuses specifically on the presentation of love in the novel in preparation for Section C of Paper 1 (Love Through The Ages). Covers: context, key symbols, key quotations, interpretations.
This is a lesson that focuses the students on analysing and writing PEE paragraphs on two extracts from Act 1, Scene 5 and Act 2, Scene 3. It comes with a model paragraph and a scaffolded approach to writing. Focuses on Malvolio.
It could work as part of a unit of work or a standalone lesson on essay writing skills.
An introductory / revision session for Question 2 on Paper 2 of the CIE English Language course (0500). This is for the extended paper.
Notes on the PowerPoint explain what needs to be done / how activites work.
This scheme of work is an exploration of many types of poems through the ages. Students will study poets such as Zephaniah, Blake, Wordsworth and Shakespeare while learning the basics of poetry analysis. The unit will end with an essay style question based on one of the poems studied. A lesson plan is provided as the last slide of each PowerPoint. 'Poetry is truth in its Sunday clothes' - Joseph Roux!
This is a 4 week scheme of learning that focuses on a variety of different poets (other cultures, literary heritage, contemporary). The general theme of the poems is nature and place and the focus is on comparing poems. The unit culminates in a comparative essay on two of the poems studied. Each PowrPoint has the lesson plan on the final slide. 'To have great poets, there must be great audiences' - Walt Whitman!
This is a 4 week scheme of learning that focuses on a variety of different poets (other cultures, literary heritage, contemporary). The general theme of the poems is nature and place and the focus is on comparing poems. The unit culminates in a comparative essay on two of the poems studied. Each PowerPoint has the lesson plan on the final slide. 'To have great poets, there must be great audiences' - Walt Whitman!
This is a 4 week scheme of learning that focuses on a variety of different poets (other cultures, literary heritage, contemporary). The general theme of the poems is nature and place and the focus is on comparing poems. The unit culminates in a comparative essay on two of the poems studied. Each PowerPoint has the lesson plan on the final slide. 'To have great poets, there must be great audiences' - Walt Whitman!
This is a 4 week scheme of learning that focuses on a variety of different poets (other cultures, literary heritage, contemporary). The general theme of the poems is nature and place and the focus is on comparing poems. The unit culminates in a comparative essay on two of the poems studied. Each PowerPoint has the lesson plan on the final slide. 'To have great poets, there must be great audiences' - Walt Whitman!
This scheme of work has been made for a low ability Year 10 group and it leads up to a piece of controlled assessment comparing the poems: Exposure, Dulce et Decorum Est and Anthem for Doomed Youth. I hope these resources go some way to doing the great poet justice!
A new scheme of work that I am currently writing for a high ability Year 10 class. This set of lessons will focus on the poet Christina Rossetti and will culminate in a controlled assessment question relating to Rossetti's presentation of nature. Beautiful poetry...hopefully beautiful lessons!
This is a scheme of work mainly aimed at Year 9 pupils studying Macbeth. The unit will end in a reading assessment on the question: How does Shakespeare present the causes and consequences of greed in the play Macbeth? This could also be adapted for KS4 classes. A lesson plan is included with each lesson so you can understand my thought process. Macbeth is possibly my favourite Shakespeare play, so I hope I have done it justice!
This is a mini scheme of work (8 lessons in total) that covers some of the core reading skills for KS3 (and KS4). It is based around the theme of animal rights and each lesson has a single lesson plan with it for your convenience. Good luck expanding brains with this one!
This is a mini scheme of work (8 lessons in total) that covers some of the core reading skills for KS3 (and KS4). It is based around the theme of animal rights and each lesson has a single lesson plan with it for your convenience. Good luck expanding brains with this one!
This is a mini scheme of work (8 lessons in total) that covers some of the core reading skills for KS3 (and KS4). It is based around the theme of animal rights and each lesson has a single lesson plan with it for your convenience. Good luck expanding brains with this one!