Worksheet explaining plastic theatre and encouraging pupils to find and analyse examples from the play. Encourages the development of AO2 (language analysis) skills and an awareness of genre.

A pre-reading activity aimed at AS students, which explores the significance of the epigraph. Encourages students to consider potential themes/subject matter. Followed by an activity that requires them to closely analyse the opening stage directions.

8 questions (aimed at AS students) to accompany the opening scene of the play. Questions test their understanding and cover characters, symbolism, dramatic techniques and staging. The second resource provides them with numerous prompts for a close analysis of the stage directions describing Stanley’s character. Excellent for developing AO2 analysis skills.

Detailed worksheet exploring the play as a tragedy. Focus on structure, characterisation and critical approaches with essay question to finish.

9 questions (aimed at AS students) to accompany Scene 10 of the play. Questions test their understanding and cover characters, symbolism, dramatic techniques and staging.

A series of prompts to help students effectively annotate Scene 9 of the play. Focus on developing AO2 (language analysis).

8 questions on Scene 8 of the play, covering character, symbolism, imagery and context.

Lesson covering the presentation of Mr Rochester in the novel. Includes discussion of the trope of the Byronic Hero, key quotations for analysis, allusions made in the novel concerning Rochester and critical views for students to engage with. Covers all assessment objectives.

Lesson covering the presentation of St John Rivers in the novel. Includes: historical and social context, key quotations for analysis, character questions, critical views for students to engage with, extract and essay exam question. Covers all assessment objectives.

Lesson focusing on the presentation of Helen Burns in the novel. Covers all assessment objectives. Includes key quotations for analysis, critical views to engage with, historical and social context, essay question.

Lesson resources designed for students to explore the presentation of Bertha Mason and attitudes towards mental health in the Victorian Era. Includes extracts from medical journals/articles for pupils to consider, extracts from the novel focusing on Bertha, a table to compare the different depictions of ‘madness’, questions on the presentation of Bertha, a discussion of the post-colonial approach of criticism and an academic article on the way she is presented in the novel. Covers all assessment objectives.

A range of activities focusing on Scene 6 of the play. Explores AO2 (language analysis) and AO3 (context) skills.

Guided annotation of Rochester’s proposal to develop students’ AO2 analysis.

A worksheet explaining social context regarding women during the time that the play was written and encouraging pupils to find parallels in the play. Focus on developing AO3 (context) skills.

Detailed notes designed to encourage students to make more specific links to context (AO3) while writing about the play.

A table encouraging students to engage with different critical approaches (AO5) to the play by considering critical views of different key parts.

Questions (aimed at AS students) to accompany Scene 3 of the play. Questions test their understanding and cover characters and structure.