GCSE lesson on William Blake’s London for the AQA Power and Conlict section of the anthology. Includes context, a model paragraph, success criteria. Ideal for KS4. Focuses on skills of analysis and can be adapted.

Stand alone lesson teaching the literary technique extended metaphors. Lesson focuses on: how to recognise an extended metaphor how to analyse an extended metaphor. For this lesson, there are two examples, starting with Frost’s The Road Not Taken, and then zooming into Martin Luther King’s extended metaphor about a ‘bad check’. The lesson develops skills of analysis, critical thinking and lastly creativity. Ideal for ages 11 - 13, teaching reading skills. This is a general lesson on extended metaphors and doesn’t need to be used within a ‘speeches’ unit.

Unit of lessons exploring the context and key themes explored in Animal Farm. Develops skills of debate, research and argument, as well as critical analysis. Lessons include: Allegory Russian Reolvolution Political systems Animalism Proletariat and Boxer Power Propaganda and Squealer Equality Rhetorical devices NKVD and the dogs 67 slides, approximately 12 lessons.