A powerpoint that works through a unit on poetry, exploring and revision poetic devices, the importance of structure, terminology and types of figurative language with mixed ability groups. The unit begins with a reminder of what Year 7 students know about poetry already - do they know any off by heart? What terminology can they remember - there is a brief quiz with answers to highlight any gaps in knowledge they may have. The ubit then goes on, with supporting worksheets to explore haikus, kennings, personification and similes, encouraging students to write their own. The final task is an analysis of Katy Perry’s ‘Firework’ to explore the effect of each of these devices, and begin to understand how to write about poetry within an essay. This uses a point structure to help lower ability students write about language called TEDWE. Sentence starters are included for this.

An A level introduction to Freudian Literary theory. Examples of how to use this in an answer are included at the end - the WJEC unit on PLath/Hughes is used as an example.

An introduction to context, theme and a start to literary criticism for A Level study of F Scott Fitzgerald’s ‘The Great Gatsby’. Discussion task and ideas for further reading included. To be used at the start of the study pf the novel to introduce literary and historical context.

A lesson on the role of religion and its relationship to justice in the course of the play. Students are asked to think about and discuss whether the play is Christian in its portrayal of justice, or pagan in its lack of justice at the end. Includes literary criticism and an essay task at the end of the presentation.

Tasks and examples included for how to begin to think about the structure and features of succesful creative writing.

A structured lesson including examples and stem sentences on how to approach GCSE Eng Language Paper 1 Q3. Homework/group work task at the end based on AQA resource booklet.

One week’s worth of lessons with activities and contextual detail on the way in which women are presented within the play. Includes quotes, literary criticism and contextual detail.

A KS3 resource on how to identify a clause and how to join them correctly, with activities and examples. A supporting worksheet to practise examples.

This is a way to help lower ability or ESL students think about the structure of a literature point based on one text, providing a checklist to allow them to hit GCSEs AOs. The example text used is Priestley’s An Inspector Calls.