An essay plan on Jack in Lord of the Flies as follows: Consider the presentation of Jack in ‘Lord of the Flies’ and in the course of your answer comment on the social, cultural and historical context. This also includes all the quotations gathered ready for students to analyse.

An Eduqas style paper built around an old paper that has been adapted to fit the new spec. The resources included two detailed powerpoints that help students to annotate the text and frame the wording of their answers to address the questions 3 and 4

A powerpoint covering the theme of race and in particular the contexts surrounding this and the 17th century attitude to ‘the other’.

This is a very detailed scheme which should last a few weeks. It includes lots of creative writing ideas and exercises to encourage students with the narrative writing task. Although separate presentations will cover other aspects in more details such as character, plot, structure, this presentation covers creating conflict, ensuring your character grips the reader and exercising restraint with regards to the opening gambit of the plot. I also teach the AFA in Creative Writing and have taught the A level in this subject so have included lots of exercises for the budding writer.

This is a very close analysis of Hamlet’s first soliloquy and may be used for teaching all A level specs.

This is the last 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.

A short essay plan comparing the gothic texts of Dracula and Dorian Gray looking at the theme of violence. This was produced for the Edexcel spec but could be useful for others teaching these texts for A level.

This was put together for the Edexcel spec but would work for other specs also. It is looking at the theme of doubles across the two gothic texts, Dracula and Dorian Gray.

This presentation was made for the Edexcel English Literature spec and includes key ideas for an essay on how religion is presented in the play. It includes key quotations and critics and is available both as a pdf or a powerpoint.

A series of A Level lessons on Wilde’s ‘Dorian Gray’ including the quotations and analysis from the text, covering such themes as Influence/gothic/Art and Aesthetics/doubles, dopplegangers and splitting/hereditry/flowers, colour and decadence/ context/women and gender. Some of these themes may be in these first two chapters or may be in subsequent chapters (also uploaded) or you may purchase all together as a bundle.

This is a powerpoint designed to guide the students through the AOs and how to hit them. It is linked to the sample question paper, ‘Compare how the authors of two texts you have studied present ideas about barriers to love.’ It includes exemplar paragraphs, illustrating how the AOs are being tackled.

A series of A Level lessons on Wilde’s ‘Dorian Gray’ including the quotations and analysis from the text, covering such themes as Influence/gothic/Art and Aesthetics/doubles, dopplegangers and splitting/hereditry/flowers, colour and decadence/ context/women and gender. Some of these themes may be in these first two chapters or may be in subsequent chapters (also uploaded) or you may purchase all together as a bundle.

A series of lessons on Wilde’s ‘Dorian Gray’ including the quotations and analysis from the text, covering such themes as Influence/gothic/Art and Aesthetics/doubles, dopplegangers and splitting/hereditry/flowers, colour and decadence/ context/women and gender. Some of these themes may be in these first two chapters or may be in subsequent chapters (also uploaded) or you may purchase all together as a bundle.

Everything you need for covering the teaching of the Eduqas poetry: this first presentation has lessons on Heaney, Wordsworth (comparing them on childhood) then Valentine and Cozy Apologia (comparing them on relationships - finally adding on Manhunt as a bridge between relationships and the next collection I do will look at the war/conflict poems. The slides cover questions on the poems, detailed analysis of the poems, plus modelled essay structures, plus essay charts and assessment titles. Slides include highlighted annotations and links to relevant videos. 65 slides

Everything you need to teach the following poems from the Eduqas poetry anthology for GCSE: Sonnet 43, She Walks in Beauty, London, Living Space, As Imperceptibly as Grief, Afternoons, Hawk Roosting, Ozymandias, To Autumn. This presentation includes 87 slides and covers both the context of each poem and a close anlaysis of each poem. There is also a sample exam question with scaffolded support on power in Living Space and London.

Everything you need to teach the ‘war’ poems from the GCSE Eduqas poetry anthology. 77 slides, include lessons on all of the following: Armitage, Sheers, Owen, Brooke, Hardy. Slides include close analysis of each poem, plus context and essays plans and structures to follow. I also have other resources on the other poems in the anthology and a bundle covering a full term’s work (with over 250 slides)

The slides are arranged with some just containing the quotations for students to ponder and build an argument around and other ‘teacher’ slides padded out with more notes and ideas. Suitable for any A level spec, the essay plan follows the structure of the following key ideas: Aggression and physical dominance - manifested in violence, in order to subjugate the women and preserve his authority. Male pride/ego Sexual desire - manifested in animalistic behaviour, suggesting masculine sexuality is base and primal

This is a brilliant book covering lots of thoughtful issues around friendship, grief and it is also utterly magical and enchanting. This unit of work contains over 170 slides covering comprehension skills, reading implicit meaning, punctuation, report writing, descriptive writing, speech writing to name a few. It was used for year 8 students but could be used for top primary as well as early secondary. Lots of consolidated work here, fun and enough to keep students busy for at least a term.