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FOR THE LOVE OF LITERATURE

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I love creating resources and spend far too much time doing it. Currently teaching mostly A-level English Literature, but there are a range of free and paid resources for all ages. I believe in challenging students with a range of ambitious material, but also believe that this needs to be underpinned by explicit direction on HOW students can develop their ideas in written form. Write better... think better... think better...write better... and so on.

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I love creating resources and spend far too much time doing it. Currently teaching mostly A-level English Literature, but there are a range of free and paid resources for all ages. I believe in challenging students with a range of ambitious material, but also believe that this needs to be underpinned by explicit direction on HOW students can develop their ideas in written form. Write better... think better... think better...write better... and so on.
KS3 Poetry over time activity
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KS3 Poetry over time activity

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Best to read the uploaded instructions doc but essentially, an easily adaptable resource providing an introduction to poetry. It will also set them up for the poetry anthology to be completed at the end of the scheme of work.
Hamlet revision activities for OCR A-level
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Hamlet revision activities for OCR A-level

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Some revision activities, quizzes, exemplar essay to help revise Hamlet... Designed for OCR A-level English Literature but transferable, especially the big revision quiz and the mini quizzes (some designed using Socrative)
To Kill a Mockingbird chapters 7 and 8
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To Kill a Mockingbird chapters 7 and 8

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Focusing on chapters 7 and 8, PowerPoint talks through lesson. Focus in gap between Jem and Scout's understanding, but has a focus on narrative perspective/theory in order to challenge the more able.
Glossary of Poetic Devices
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Glossary of Poetic Devices

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A glossary of poetic devices suitable for advanced study e.g. dactyl, pararhyme, diegesis etc. Can be simply given to students or used as a base for making a starter activity e.g. dominoes, bingo, match etc
William Blake activities
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William Blake activities

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Resources include a background Powerpoint about Blake and two creative tasks linked to 'Auguries of Innocence' - illustrating a stanza in style of Blake, then modeling and creating a modern-day 'Auguries of Innocence'.The second task is on
'Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' vocabulary glossary
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'Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' vocabulary glossary

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I created a vocabulary glossary for the entire novel, containing words that may be unfamiliar to students. They have to find the definitions themselves - a good weekly homework task I think and could be used for spelling tests too... which students enjoy
Aspects of Narrative
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Aspects of Narrative

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A PowerPoint that allows you introduce narrative in a critical yet accessible way. Filched from critical anthology, David Lodge, Montgomery et al (who's Al? classic student comment). We then applied some of these ideas to McEwan's 'Enduring Love', but could be used with any prose text where narrative is a significant feature! The final slide contains an extract based activity with leading questions.
Answering back to poems
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Answering back to poems

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... could be easily adapted and used half way through any study of contemporary or literary heritage poems. The students have to 'answer back' to a poem of their choice in the anthology, showing their understanding of language, style and thematic
Moment of truth - target setting
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Moment of truth - target setting

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The teacher document explains how the students should go about this... Developed from a marketing/branding ideas, it gets students to consider worries/fears/set targets etc. I used this for the first time this year, and have revisited throughout the year - good results.
Close analysis  and interpretation skills
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Close analysis and interpretation skills

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This resource was developed when I was teaching 'The Handmaid's Tale' in Year 12 on the OCR spec for comparative c/work but could be used/adapated for any study of a prose text. The idea is to get the students 'asking the right questions' of texts, with a solid focus on assessment objectives (in this case A03/4). Hopefully the powerpoint explains it but essentially, each student (or in pairs) is a that allow the best possible answer. . . The 'steps' outlined in the powerpoint give them guidance.
Introducing Charles Dickens
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Introducing Charles Dickens

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Inspired by a Teachit activity on the opening to ‘A Christmas Carol’, this activity is intended for y7/8 when introducing them to Dickens. There are four different extracts from Dickens’ novels and two group tasks associated with each - analysing how he ‘hooks’ the reader in, then preparing a dramatic reading for the rest of the class, intended to inspire them to read more. Lots of fun… and gives them ownership over their text.
Chapter 10 Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
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Chapter 10 Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

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Two activities linked to Chapter 10 of Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'. One is a matching activity for cause and effect. The other is a workbook which breaks down chapter 10 into more manageable chunks. Students could do the whole thing with whole class/teacher-led, or you could split them off into groups and manage feedback...
The Ruby in the Smoke resources
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The Ruby in the Smoke resources

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A number of resources created for 'The Ruby in the Smoke'. Includes an essay plan for writing about character, synonym and antonym starter with words taken from the book, a list of items to research for homework linked to b/ground of book and shor
Paradise Lost intro
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Paradise Lost intro

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Powerpoint providing background to Milton's Paradise Lost. Used to compare Marlow and Milton. Must have studied Marlow previously.
Persuasive techniques
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Persuasive techniques

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<p>Understand the ways in which texts target particular individuals or organizations Identify the ways writers use language to try and influence readers you know the routine</p>
An Inspector Calls essay plans
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An Inspector Calls essay plans

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Two structured essay plans on 'An Inspector Calls' - could be cut up and offered to the students to organize and/or add quotations to... Then there's a third essay question scaffold for them to fill in themselves.Again, could be adapted and us
'Jerusalem', Jez Butterworth - Full scheme of work
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'Jerusalem', Jez Butterworth - Full scheme of work

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I really recommend teaching this wonderful text - currently on OCR AS English Literature spec, I taught it for a comparative coursework task instead (comparing with The God of Small Things). Students loved it... yes lots of swearing but all in context, and you will see I made the swearing into a learning activity about language prestige! Includes scheme of work, lesson PowerPoints and resources. More importantly, all my teacher notes are also included with the slides. Also, really recommend purchasing David Ian Rabey's critical guide to Jez Butterworth, published 2015.