Eye-catching display for English classrooms, intended to promote a love of reading, Contains over 30 literary setting signposts.

An English classroom display intended to help students to improve their analysis by using adjectives to characterise the effect and / or tone of different texts. Features a large-scale, pixelated background image of Romeo and Juliet.

A revision lesson intended to help students make fluid connections between the extract and the whole text. Introduces the definition of the term motif, and a number of important motifs in A Christmas Carol. Contains an example exam question and answer, as well as a related homework task.

A revision lesson for AQA English Literature B, Elements of Crime. The lesson focusses on key quotations which link to the pastoral features and settings of Atonement, The Ballad of Reading Gaol, and Browning’s Poems. It invites students to analyse how each texts subverts elements of the pastoral genre. Contains vocabulary tasks, exemplar responses and information on the pastoral genre.

Who studied English and why?

Two creative writing lessons for KS4 or KS3. Students develop allusions to the work of different artists as well as extended metaphors for use in descriptive or creative writing tasks. Prepares students for Language Paper One Question Five.

Complete lesson designed to help students to write more original and thoughtful similes. Uses the writing of Raymond Chandler as inspiration. Suitable for both KS3 and KS4.

Complete lesson focussing on the theme of equivocation and the context of the Gunpowder Plot. Allows students to make links to specific quotations from the play.

A challenging context lesson that introduces the theory of the four humours. The lesson explores the question ‘why does Lady Macbeth die?’ using medical theories from the sixteenth and seventeenth century. 23 slides including vocabulary tasks, writing frames and contextual information.

A fun, end-of-term escape room lesson, based on locations from the Harry Potter series. Six interactive puzzles to complete, including answers, and an interactive leader board.

Two lessons focusing on the context of Darwinian Evolution, which allow students to make detailed links to the novel. Lessons include contextual information, vocabulary tasks, recall quizzes, worksheets and model answers. 45 slides in total.

A fully resourced lesson focusing on analysing the narrative structure of Shakespeare’s plot. Intended to allow students to strengthen their understnding and analysis of links between an individual extract and the whole text. Contains vocabulary tasks, exemplar paragraph and writing frames.

Two challenging lessons analysing the context and symbolism of fog in Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel Jekyll and Hyde. The lessons contain contextual information on London’s notorious pea-soupers, vocabulary tasks, exemplar paragraphs, recall quizzes and links to an extract from the text.

Two challenging lessons, focusing on analysing Shakespeare’s use of the motif of hands across the play Macbeth. The lessons include recall of key quotations, vocabulary tasks, and contextual information about ‘The Royal Touch’; a form of laying on of hands used to cure subjects of disease. Links are made to an extract from Act Four of the play, and model answers are included.

Two challenging lessons introducing students to the context of manners and etiquette. Students analyse links between restrictive and oppressive cultural norms and the character of Edward Hyde. Contains vocabulary tasks, academic reading, modeled responses and detailed scaffolding.

A complete study guide for the poem Peter Grimes by George Crabbe, which can be used as a revision guide, a class work book, or a remote home study guide. Contains key vocabulary, review tasks, context, notes on the poem and essay writing tips. For AQA A Level Lit B.

More than 20 quotations from A Christmas Carol for display.

A homework postcard for home learning. Set a revision task - parents / carers test the student’s knowledge.

Amazon A3 book review homework task.

Revision guide / Home Study Guide for the Crabbe, Browning and Wilde poetry collection. Over 80 pages of revision actvities, including critical views, context and essay writing guidance. For AQA A Level Lit B.