The Feminine Gospels by Carol Ann Duffy- Anon and The Virgin's Memo. Notes for discussion in class and annotated copies of the poems for display in the classroom. Notes and questions for students to work through in groups. GCE A Level The Struggle for Modern Identity

Reading exercises for students at KS3 to help them understand the use of language and answer the question "How does Peter change during the course of the novel?" Includes extracts to help students and suggested structures for scaffolding a PEE response.

A series of lessons showing students how to compare two poems from the POWER and CONFLICT anthology for AQA English Literature. The presentation gives a series of ideas to explore the context of the poems. The poems are included on the presentation in unannotated form and also with annotations. Students are shown in stages how to construct a comparison based on the idea of the experiences of people in both poems. A marking grid is included for students to peer mark and construct a DIRT response. Finally - a sample essay is included to A* standard.

Series of lessons for AQA PAPER 2 SECTION A and B based upon Gender equality. Uses Emma Watson’s UN speech (extract) and compares to Emmeline Pankhurst’s Speech for women’s Right To Vote. Provides opportunities for interesting class discussion as well as writing to persuade. Identifying language techniques and the impact they can have on a reader. Sections and examples for students to use in their books with “model” answers. Links to songs and recordings of the speeches. Provides a very thought provoking lesson for all!

AQA English Literature - the Struggle for Modern Identity - the Feminine Gospels- A quiz designed to revisit the poems to check knowledge and understanding of the class. Includes picture round and samples of techniques used by Duffy, as well as recognising the poems and quotes. Revision resource.

A series of lessons to introduce students to the idea of love across time- with information about each era and a selection of writers they might encounter. There is then an introduction to Chaucer, the Medieval world and the Franklin's Tale is used as an example of early Literature of Love.

Unseen poetry for AQA unseen. 3 poems for Analysis including full poems with on screen display and annotations for class. Questions for discussion. Techniques explained. Finally 2 poems on a similar theme to compare including plans to follow and basic scaffolding for less confident students to build their written response. Poems include "Handbag" by Ruth Fainlight, "Don't Say I Said "by Sophie Hannah "Flowers" by Wendy Cope

A lesson designed to give students an introduction to the early development of the genre of love poetry with a focus on Ovid, Dante and Petrarch. Includes poems to consider and trace the themes.

Lesson presentation to support the teaching of the Feminine Gospels - AQA the Struggle for Modern Identity - the poem SUB by Carol Ann Duffy from the Feminine Gospels. Includes questions for the students to consider women's position in History and attitudes to woman and sport. Annotated poem for display in the classroom and further notes on the techniques used by Duffy and questions to focus the students ideas and analysis.

Dystopian Fiction- a series of lessons helping students to identify a range of literary techniques. They then use the chapter where Thomas meets the Grievers as a stimulus for a creative writing piece-can they create their own monster? Can they use a range of literary devices? Will require extracts from the novel.

Resources to teach 3 unseen poems - Ninetieth Birthday, Manhunt and Sonnet 116. Originally designed for old spec- but can be easily adapted to help support students with looking at a range of unseen poems. Includes annotated copies of the poems for classroom display and discussion. Images accompany the slides to illustrate the use of metaphors in the poems. Includes sample plans to approach an unseen poem.

Writing for Review aimed at year 9 - ideas and styles for them to use to create an exciting an accurate piece of writing in the style of an "Empire" type piece. Uses Shrek and Guardians of the Galaxy as the main focus, but can be adapted for all other types of film

A range of resources to support the teaching of a Gothic series of lessons with a focus on building atmosphere and creating unusual settings which stir the imagination and engage the reader. Designed for year 9 originally, but can be adapted across the key stage as the resource uses so many visual stimulus. Gives students a success criteria to work towards.

A series of lessons for KS3 students to help them understand and identify Gothic features in the novel, and to write about language features in a short assessment using PEE paragraphs structure. Includes presentations, extracts and worksheets to support the lessons

AQA A Level Poetry post 1900- One Flesh by Elizabeth Jennings A presentation to support the teaching of the poem. Includes the contextual information on the poet and the poem with annotations to assist classroom discussions.

A resource designed to help my students understand the 20th century context of the selected poems. A grid designed for flexibility - for the students to complete and add as they wish with any relevant historical events, poetic and literary movements and the dates of famous writers. In addition- the poets from the Anthology are placed on the timeline so that students can more clearly understand the contextual background to the poems. Students found this very helpful.

A resource to support the teaching of the two poems by Robert Frost and Micheal Symonds. Includes the poems with annotations, biography of the poets and questions to focus the discussion in class on requirements of the AOs.

A presentation to support teaching of the new AQA poems. Includes biographical information about the poet, his style and the poems from the collection with ideas for class discussion

A lesson for GCSE students preparing for the UNSEEN poetry question. Includes annotated version of the poem for display in the classroom and questions for students to consider to help them explore the meaning in the poem and start to become more confident in exploring this type of question. Also includes a brief sample paragraph in PEE style to show them how to explore the language and connotations of the poem.

LOVE THROUGH THE AGES The new AQA AS/A Level- Poetry from 1900 A presentation including historical contextual information about McNeice and his poetic style. Copy of poem and questions to focus A Level student responses based upon the Assessment Objectives.