A 'Wuthering Heights' review guide; includes: character descriptions, themes, critical analysis, essay prompts, and study guide.

Full lesson plan and activity, leading to an essay

A selection of a few bits:- Lesson plan and resource comparing Crooks and Curley's wife as one of the weak ones- Scaffolded chart to compare George and Lennie- Essay title and guidance for George and Lennie in chapters 1 and 2- Character chart on all characters in novel; completed by me; exploring their significance to plot and to themes. You could give this to students or delete and get them to fill in it- you'll have the answers ready-done!

A lesson plan and resources for a persuasive writing revision lesson - year 10 or 11. Includes fun starter activity and could be developed as to include writing a longer piece. Lots of fun and can be adapted to suit different abilities. The support sheet includes writing prompts. Taught this several times, also with a year 9 high ability. works a treat.

Lesson (fully explained in PowerPoint) on Anglo Saxon poetry more generally (linked into Beowulf); with a focus on kennings. Homework activity uses modern kennings poem as a model and lets them have a go at writing their own.Lots of fun! Aligned with Common Core Standards: RL.6.4, RL.6.5, RL.8.4, W.6.4, W.6.5, W.7.5, RL.8.5

A plethora of resources for teaching Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber... powerpoints, resources and tasks. Taught for OCR A-level English Literature as part of Gothic comparative and contextual study (to be taught alongside Frankenstein) but would work equally well as stand-alone for other components or as a coursework text. You also have here some extract question activities on presentation of 'the other' in Gothic literature and some teaching material and activities on Bram Stoker's 'Dracula', focusing particularly on narrative form and perspective. NB Puss in boots not there - we just read and discussed as it doesn't fit as part of our unit so we covered it unofficially) and the final three worksheets are designed by students - I got them to prep their own in the style of mine.... they did pretty well but if you are not going to adopt the same approach, I would check them before using as may need some editing. We then used them as teaching resources in a sequence of university seminar style sessions.

I love, love Ted Hughes and finally, I got to teach 'Birthday Letters' as a coursework text this year. . . very little in the way of teaching resources exists so I've created some. Here's an introductory powerpoint on Hughes and a very comprehensive guide to 'Birthday Letters' - absolutely indebted to Erica Wagner's brilliant book on BL, 'Ariel's Gift...' as well as other miscellaneous activities.I've got to say, I've never taught something that the students have truly LOVED so much. Give it a go...

A two-page timeline of Gothic literature, covering typical texts and context. Useful overview for teacher and student and gives them a sense of Gothic literature as a whole.

VALUE FOR MONEY alert... powerpoint, handouts, questions, key extracts and some teacher notes... all labelled and ready to just pick up and teach. A full scheme of work also included - I am teaching for OCR (extract then an interpretation question), but this covers off all A-level AOs... critics, analysis and some context.

A fun and engaging lesson to hone descriptive writing skills - I used for year 7 revision but could be adapted to suit other year groups. Works really well and has produced some fab writing.

PowerPoint contains some contextual overview and objectives. Explains a pre-reading activity and includes discussion of ways of reading. Extracts for students to apply their knowledge to. Can be done if they've read the novel but would work equally we

A full A-level scheme of work for The Duchess of Malfi - taught for OCR A-level English Literature. Comprehensive, detailed and challenging… hours of planning done for you, so you can just enjoy teaching this wonderful text. Powerpoints and accompanying hand-outs with questions, activities and some teacher notes on Acts 1 and 2. Also includes some exemplar essays on women, rank and social status and Bosola; some revision quizzes. Edition used for study New Mermaids, 5th edition, ed Brian Gibbons All material clearly labelled… good to go in and teach as is, but easy enough to adapt/add in activities depending on what you are teaching the text for. OCR delivery guide also worth a look for additional activities http://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/183439-the-duchess-of-malfi-delivery-guide.pdf

Using the excellent material provided by AQA and the TES, i put together powerpoints/ activities for the poems in the 'Relationships&' anthologies. They include activities, information, audio, video links. \n\nYou can pick them up and go. The only one missing is &';To His Coy Mistress' as we approached that in a different way and also, i think some of the audio might be mixed up (don&'t know how or why?!) so do check before you go into lessons.

Designed for OCR English Literature A-level where it is taught as a comparative Gothic text I am comparing with The Bloody Chamber. Easily editable scheme of work proforma also attached. PowerPoint also include lesson by lesson approach, which includes some exam questions as well as passage based questions on extracts from other Gothic texts. Some additional teacher notes included but I also direct you to my FREE revision guide on this text. Edition used: 1831, Penguin Classics 1992 edition with intro by Maurice Hindle

A scheme of work, comparing Milton's 'Paradise Lost' and Marlowe's 'Dr Faustus'. Challenging but very rewarding - lots of links for classicists too.

A recource for Wuthering Heights'. Provides background information, critical resources, and a study guide.

Powerpoint should be explanatory but: a starter activity on semiotics to get them thinking about signification (interesting links can be drawn between boom of advertising in 1920s). Then group work focusing on the opening description of The Valley of Ashes and first intro to Myrtle and Wilson. \nPlenary activity on magical realism of Fitzgerald (taken from EMC guide) and then a homework essay, closely analysing this passage.(with OCR objectives but could be adapted for other boards)

Designed for OCR AS English Literature, but easily adapted, a range of lesson activities, powerpoints, essay plans on Yeats - including revision 'quote quest&' game.

<p>Objectives: 1. To learn how to select relevant details from an extract and present them in a relevant way 2. To understand how texts present an impression or image of their subject PowerPoint should explain all but focuses on conflicting opinions of Bear Grylls- ‘survival’ expert so should be vaguely interesting for those apathetic students!</p>

Identify strategies to compare and contrast two texts and to understand how to evaluate two texts. Easily adaptable activity- I've used two articles about Pamplona bull running - nice and gory.