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Experienced teacher and outstanding practitioner in the classroom. Familiar with a range of exam board requirements. Writer and poet. Resources all developed for my own use in a large department.

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Experienced teacher and outstanding practitioner in the classroom. Familiar with a range of exam board requirements. Writer and poet. Resources all developed for my own use in a large department.
Unseen Poetry for GCSE AQA - Jumper by Tony Harrison
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Unseen Poetry for GCSE AQA - Jumper by Tony Harrison

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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.
Unseen Poetry
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Unseen Poetry

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Lesson exploring how to write an answer on an unseen poem called "AT SEA". Suggests techniques for students to identify and provides the poem with questions for the board and a sample PEE answer to model for students
MEETING POINT by L. MCNEICE- Lesson
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MEETING POINT by L. MCNEICE- Lesson

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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.
AQA English Language Exam
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AQA English Language Exam

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Detailed powerpoint lessons and resources to focus skills based upon AO's needed to achieve success on the Higher Paper. Includes DIRT tasks and sample responses from A* students. Requires recent papers.
The Princess- extracts by Alfred Lord Tennyson
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The Princess- extracts by Alfred Lord Tennyson

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Presentations with lesson plans and activities for AS students to consider some short extracts from The Princess by Tennyson. Includes Tears, Idle Tears and Come Down o Maid. Includes poems and images to consider. Questions for students to support their discussion. Sample essay questions are also included.
Ode to the West Wind by Percy Shelley
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Ode to the West Wind by Percy Shelley

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A series of lessons to support year 9 teaching of the poem To the West Wind by Shelley (first stanza only - as a sonnet). Includes close analysis of the poem, history of the poet and visual prompts to support interpretation of metaphors in the poem. Also includes possible plans for a response from students and sample answers to mark.
Timer - analysis of the POEM
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Timer - analysis of the POEM

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A lesson resource including background contextual material about the poet and his style. Questions and activities to help Year 12 students respond to the poem. From the Poetry since 1900 section of the new AQA AS English Literature Course.
Alliteration and Onomatopoeia - identifying and using
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Alliteration and Onomatopoeia - identifying and using

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A lesson resource using Anzacs from the First World War and an extract from Somme Mud (not provided, but any extract from an appropriate novel or autobiography could be adapted to reveal the sounds of the battlefield being brought to life) Includes links to sound effects and scenes from the War to help students imagine the experiences and uses these techniques successfully in their writing.
The Long Finish by Paul Muldoon
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The Long Finish by Paul Muldoon

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A lesson plan with information about the context of the poet's life and links to other information. Poem is in the new AQA LOVE THROUGH THE AGES POST 1900 poetry anthology. Includes poem with annotations, questions for students and notes to support exploration in the classroom
Anne Sexton's poem To My Lover Returning to His Wife
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Anne Sexton's poem To My Lover Returning to His Wife

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AQA A LEVEL LOVE THROUGH THE AGES post 1900 poetry ANTHOLOGY ANNE SEXTON - To My Lover Returning to His Wife Lesson plans and resources with contextual information about the poet, annotated poem and notes with questions to explore. Also includes a sample essay (first half) for class marking and exemplar use.
Creative Writing- eye witness account of Black Shuck
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Creative Writing- eye witness account of Black Shuck

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A plan for Year 7 to construct their writing of an eyewitness account of the experience of seeing Black Shuck - the demon dog of East Anglia. Includes plan of ideas to use in each paragraph and a checklist to follow to ensure that their account is accurate and interesting. Includes some additional information about the folktales of East Anglia to support students
Creative Writing Autumnal Lesson
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Creative Writing Autumnal Lesson

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A complete lesson plan using autumn poetry and music to stimulate creative ideas. You may want to use some real leaves as well to help the class understand the use of the senses. Includes a copy of the poem by Keats and a sample of A* writing.
Romeo and Juliet - comparing the play with poetry
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Romeo and Juliet - comparing the play with poetry

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Designed originally to support the teaching of a controlled Assessment the presentation includes detailed explanation and illustrations of metaphors used in the play, the language of love and dramatic devices. Suitable for GCSE students to appreciate the levels of meaning in Shakespeare's language.
PORPHYRIA'S  LOVER - detailed Lesson Plan
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PORPHYRIA'S LOVER - detailed Lesson Plan

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GCSE English Literature for AQA Love and Relationships Anthology Detailed Lesson Plan including biographical information about Browning. Copy of poem with annotations for classroom display and discussion. Worksheet accompanies lesson with notes and a sample essay to be marked and annotated. Notes on Browning's use of language, form and structure.
KS3 Writing for specific purposes
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KS3 Writing for specific purposes

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Lesson resources to enable students to construct a powerful, effective and persuasive argument. Includes reminders about where and how to use paragraphs effectively. Gives a suggested question for an argument to be constructed and criteria for success. Designed for KS3 Year 8 classes.
GCSE English Literature - Lord Byron's poems
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GCSE English Literature - Lord Byron's poems

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Resource which explores the Romantic background and the influence of this upon Byron. Some biographical information which considers the attitude towards love and women in the selected two poems. Text of the two poems: "She Walks in Beauty like the Night" and "When we First Parted" with annotations and areas for discussion and questions to focus the students ideas.