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A Head of English, Examiner my resources span 26 years of teaching.
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Dracula and Dorian Gray comparative essay plans Edexcel
This is a collection of comparative essay plans which I put together for the teaching of Edexcel A level spec. They cover deviant sexuality, heroes and villains, violence, doubles, fear and threat and power. I have another bundle with further plans. Some are perhaps too detailed to just give out to a class but others are for students to develop.
Whale Rider iGCSE complete notes
A set of slides with detailed notes on the entire novel with specialised vocabulary glossary to accompany each section. The notes include close analysis of the text and contextual points.
Whale Rider essay plans
Essay plans with quotations and analysis for iGCSE English Literature Whale Rider looking at themes of: the significance of nature, masculinity, modernity versus tradtion, the Maori culture, and the relationship between Koro and nature
Key Stage 3 Poetry full unit
Everything you need to teach a detailed unit of poetry at Key Stage 3. Texts range from Beowulf to contemporary poetry from today: covering War poems, Ballads, sonnets, Romantic…this is a really comprehensive unit with sections on caesura, enjambement, plosives, etc…
Unseen Poetry Love Through the Ages 7 paired poems with questions AQA
All you need to teach a unit on unseen poetry. I have put this presentation together which includes AQA spec A type questions for the new syllabus Love Through the Ages Unseen Poetry. However, the tasks would work for any A Level unseen poetry work. I have tried to cover a range of literary periods and include brief bios on poets and key words to prompt students with each poem.
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Lord of the Flies writing essays and Coral island
This bundle includes an ofsted prepared group of lessons (probably would last 3/4 lessons at least depending on ability) which covers how to write an essay on Lord of the Flies with the objective for students to provide both an overview and to zoom in on detail. Also included in this bundle is a presentation on comparing Lord of the Flies to Coral Island which is very useful context considering how Golding satirises the genre. It also includes three essay plans on conflict/power and Fear
Narrative writing: beginnings and endings
A presentation I used to help students to think about both the openings of their stories but mostly the endings.
Gatsby's Girls: A consideration of Fitzgerald's presentation of women in The Great Gatsby
A powerpoint presentation covering Fitzgerald’s presentation of women in The Great Gatsby, looking at Flappers; Androgyny; the liberated woman; war, work and freedom; with a look also at Zelda’s perspective.
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Narrative writing GCSE
A bundle of resources for teaching plot, beginnings and endings, disturbance, dialogue, and variety in sentence structure.
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Eduqas Anthology of Poetry bundle of lessons
Everything you need to teach the Eduqas poetry anthology. These lessons are grouped together according to theme such as war, love, hardship, growing up and include close analysis of each poem, with detailed annotations on mood, language and structure and also contexts. There are also essay plans for both single poems and comparative essays.
Othello - Love Through the Ages - Desire
A powerpoint on the presentation of desire in the play as deviant. This can be used to prepare the students for an essay on this theme - the extract and question are also included. The presentation covers: jealousy, homoerotic desire, homosocial desire, desire of the exotic and of the whore. The essay question is on slide 2.
AQA Love Through the Ages Gatsby and pre 1900 poems: essay plan barriers to love.
A detailed powerpoint or pdf covering the comparison of The Great Gatsby and pre 1900 poems from the AQA English Literature specification. This includes context and ideas/close textual analysis for essay preparation on the theme of barriers to love.
A Level Dracula unit chapters 13 -19 contexts, themes, exemplars, lessons
This is the third of a set of presentations covering the whole of Dracula for teaching it to A level for the Edexcel spec. It includes questions, exemplars, contexts, themes and builds across a total of 169 slides (see my other 3 in the set. Also, please see my Dorian Gray unit produced in the same way and the comparative essay plans which I have put together as a bundle.
Dracula and Dorian Gray comparative essay plan - power
This is a comparative essay plan I put together for the texts of Dracula and Dorian Gray looking at the theme of power. It was for the Edexcel spec but would work for other specs also.
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A level Dracula unit edexcel complete chapter by chapter analysis, context and questions
This is the complete unit (169 slides) which I put together over the course of several months during the teaching of Dracula for Edexcel spec. It includes everything you will need such as context, themes and questions with some teacher exemplars. Please also see my Dorian Gray unit, produced in the same way and my comparative essay bundles on these two texts.
Othello essay plans: jealousy and idealised love
Two detailed essay plans on ‘Othello’. These have been put together to aid the teaching of AQA’s spec A English Literature course ‘Love Through the Ages’ but would be suitable for any A level course or to support more able students at GCSE. The pdfs include the essay titles and the passage with suggested ideas on both the passage and elsewhere in the play.
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A Streetcar Named Desire essay plan bundle
A selection of essay plan presentations with slides containing quotations and then teacher notes slides with further ideas. Alternatively, some of these essay plan presentations are put together in a seminar style form with quotations and commentaries already integrated - as points for discussion. Bundle is suitable for any A level spec and contains the following essay plans:
The significance of the past
Fantasy/illusion/delusion/appearance and reality
Masculinity
Sexuality
Love
A View From The Bridge - Miller. Eddie Carbone essay
A detailed powerpoint on the character of Eddie, looking at aspects of Greek tragedy and whether he conforms to the definition of a tragic hero. This powerpoint will lead students towards a detailed essay on his character.
Othello Christmas Quiz
A Christmas Quiz on the play ‘Othello’ which should also help students to learn quotations. The first letter of each answer is a clue to a final well-known Christmas carol. The team that also works out the carol could have extra points. Enjoy!
Othello essay question with annotated text: presentation of the jealous husband
Written for the AQA Literature A spec but suitable for other A Level study of ‘Othello’ an essay question on:
Read the passage from Othello, provided below, and respond to the following:
• ‘Othello is too easy to pity, too hard to like’.
• In light of this view, discuss the presentation of Othello as the jealous husband, here and elsewhere in the play.
With an annotated text version for teaching close analysis to the class.