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.

49 slides to take you through these four poems with a scaffolded structure for writing both the a) and b) essays. This resource should help students to phrase the comparative element and also to include the context. Success criteria included for students to peer assess. All videos and poetry annotations included. This should cover a couple of weeks work if you are taking them through the assessment in class in order to teach them how to approach it.

An excellent revision session which involves the students working in teams to work out the clues to quotations and questions from An Inspector Calls. The first letter of the answers will then need to be unscrambled to name a well known Easter food. There are two rounds. This took my class all lesson (50 minutes)

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)

Ever wondered what the significance of Coral Island was to Lord of the Flies? I made myself read it and put together this presentation which takes you through all the connections. It was a painful but fascinating read and provides useful context for the class as Golding clearly drew on this little book and satirised its contents.

A collection of all the references to the sea in the play, with blank slides for students to interact with the quotation followed by my teacher notes, analysing each quotation. This would be useful if you were setting up an essay perhaps on this theme.

An overview of the settings in the play and their significance. Suitable for all A level specs and available as both a powerpoint and a pdf

The slides are arranged in a lecture style with quotations and ideas combined. The outline covers the following main points: Blanche’s manipulation of her sexuality and how this is linked to her guilt the tragedy of her diminishing sexuality and her deception surrounding this Stanley’s raw animal sexuality Mitch’s uncertain sexuality and attempt to fulfil Blanche’s past code for gentleman callers with chivalry disguising sexuality Marital sexuality is presented as controlling and marked by infidelity Sexuality as a destructive force within the play Useful for any A level spec and available as either a pdf or powerpoint

Suitable for any A level spec, the slides cover the theme of Love and are structured to cover the following ideas: Love is unbalanced and dependent Lust/sex is expressed in place of love Self-preservation is more important than love Available as both a pdf or powerpoint

A presentation which covers the theme of the past and how Williams presents it in A Streetcar Named Desire, covering the main ideas of: The past is significant to personal identity. The past is traumatic and detrimental The past is symbolised through music Some slides have just the relevant quotations for the students to reflect and plan around with other ‘teacher’ slides padded out with ideas related to these quotations.

Close analysis of the Thornfield chapters of Jane Eyre. This has been produced in a powerpoint format so that teachers may use it in front of the class enabling students to annotate their texts and to discuss the implicit meanings that Bronte hints at in her narrative. This was produced for an A level class but could equally suit a high achieving GCSE group.

quotations and paragraph ideas for an essay on how gender is presented in An Inspector Calls. This has contextual prompts, quotations and analysis.

A detailed resource on how Priestley presents the character of Gerald with quotations, analysis and context.