The premise of this lesson is that a new policy is being considered that will triple the amount of English homework students receive in a week. They have to a write a letter to the Principle persuading them that this is not a good idea. The lesson focuses on 3 devices: rhetorical questions, hyperbole and flattery.

This is a lesson designed to explore rhythm in poetry; a precursor to a more thorough exploration of meter. Slide 3 of the PowerPoint has a hyperlink to W.H. Auden's reading of his poem &'The Night Mail&'; and the Royal Mail's promotional video that went with it.

Having reached Act 3, this lesson looks at the five act structure of tragedy. The powerpoint has a hyperlink to a 10 minute James Shapiro video giving an overall view of the play. It looks at the importance of equivocation to the plot and uses Freytag's pyramid to help realise the overall structure.

The text in slide 1 of the ppt is a hyperlink to a music video, the transcript of which is the resource (always nice to inject a bit of Pink Floyd into a lesson, though it is a piece about WWII, not WWI). It is a lesson designed for students to explore how narratives can convey emotion.

This is a carousel lesson designed for a low ability year 8 group. The premise is that the Macbeths are on trial for Duncan’s murder and that half the class will prosecute, whilst the other half will defend (for a large retainer and the threat of not being murdered themselves). I found it a great way of getting them to write in a P.E.E. format without them even realising.

This is a quick 10-15 minute starter activity. It was designed to give a yr10 top set a bit of a nudge on their use of apostrophes.

This PowerPoint runs through all the Eduqas poems. It follows the same format throughout: encouraging students to deal with each poem unseen and then giving them contextual information. There are hyperlinks to readings etc hidden in some titles and notes to indicate what those links are.

This PowerPoint moves through the play after a brief introduction to Shakespeare's language. It also has a selection of quotes for the students to learn for homework.

Exploring the question of the price paid by soldiers in WWI, this lesson draws on the influences of Sassoon on Owen's poetry (if you have time you might want to look at &'The Deathbed&';) and the wider influences of Freud's work in this era. It might also be useful to look at some of Freud&'s work on dreams and the effect of the physical world on the unconscious mind.

This is a lesson designed to look at Owen's word choice and the imagery he is able to create. Getting the students to think about the mental and physical connotations of the word &'exposure&'; and, hopefully, getting them to think about why it was chosen as the title. The wordle is a fun group task, but also gets them to think about value of word choice.

This PowerPoint has various activities and questions relating to 'Lord of Flies'. It includes some language work and an end of unit assessment.

Trying to show how form can mirror content, this lesson attempts to make a connection between the two. It looks at useful terminology that relates to the poem. There is also a hyperlink on slide 1 of the ppt that goes to the Bitesize reading of the poem.

This is a lesson designed to give a brief, overall view of the type of word play to be found in 'Much Ado&'.

This PowerPoint assumes that the class has already read 'The War of the Worlds' and has activities designed to look back and study the text.

This lesson explores some of the poetical features of Marianne Moore's poem &'The Fish&';. It has students consider the layout of a poem on the page, as well as tensions between form and content and devices such as enjambment and caesura.

Does anyone remember Mark and Lard's 'Fish or Fowl&' game. Here is a quick ten minute version to use in form time for a bit of fun.