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.

Some historical background to the poet and his environment- Scotland and an examination of what Burn's night is and why it is celebrated all over the world. Students are to read the poem in the Scottish dialect (a challenge) and then write a PEE analysis. Includes a copy of the poem.

WAR WRITING LESSON - a series of activities to improve use of punctuation. Includes a range of illustrations about the navy at Scapa Flow and letters and eye witness accounts to help students understand the context behind the sources. Written for KS3 Year 9 Middle ability - but easily adapted for a range of classes to complement any scheme of work centered upon the First World War. Explores the often ignored naval contributions.

An introduction to the novel with photographs from the era to prompt class discussion about the historical context and how the novel was inspired. Other lessons refer to racism of the age and how crooks represents the inherent racism in the USA. Other slides look at how to analyse a section from the novel with examples of how to look carefully at language use and link it to context.

A detailed lesson plan - for at least 2-3 lessons based upon the skills required for AQA PAPER 2 Reading and analysing writer’s points of view. (SECTION A) Based upon two contrasting sources (also supplied) which are a modern section of journalism from famine conditions in Somalia and a 1849 comment on poor living conditions in Bermondsey in London. Detailed explantions of the requirements for each question- with sample answers. Sheets included of possible answers for students to annotate. Visuals include discussions points for the language techniques used by the writer. Opportunities for PEER marking and DIRT with feedback on performance.

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!

A range of lessons designed to introduce the novel to GCSE students HPA ability with a focus upon the characters and historical background (racism in the American South). Other resources designed to support students in their planning and creation of an essay based upon an exploration of the character of Atticus Finch.

Includes a powerpoint with objectives based upon including a variety of vocabulary in creative writing. Presents students with images and sounds to interest them and provoke discussion into using a range of words to describe what they can see. Students should then start to create a short descriptive piece based upon a stormy image. Opportunity to work in pairs and groups. Students will then use an extract from a student’s piece of writing and fill in the gaps with vocabulary choices. They have the opportunity to grade the work. Finally they can peer assess each others writing and set targets to improve. Links to the GCSE English Language Paper 1 Creative Writing section.

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

LOVE THROUGH THE AGES AQA AS/A LEVEL LITERATURE POST 1900 POETRY THE LOVE POEM by Duffy. Includes background info, the poem and the poetry mentioned in the poem itself. Copy of poem included and questions to focus students responses.

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.

AQA English Literature A Level Poetry Anthology Love through the Ages Information on the poets referred to by Duffy in the poem. Questions for class discussion Biographical information Copy of the poem for display in the classroom without and with annotations Suggestions for analysis

Lessons focus on symbolism of the windows, shadows and darkness, Gothic imagery, creation of puzzles and how the end of the novel is prepared for. Includes extracts from the novel with activities and questions differentiated for students. Aimed at the new AQA English Literature Spec. Includes ideas for an essay question on the nature of good and evil.

English Literature AQA GCSE The Unseen Poetry Question Resources to teach a pair of poems - The Way through the Woods by Kipling and Echo by de la Mare. Includes annotated poems for display and discussion. Sample answers to be marked by the students in class. Ideas for comparison and sample answer to compare Form Structure and Language

A presentation for a lesson using MITSL to help students structure a response to the question, and how to answer the requirements of the exam. KS4 - includes details of the new AQA spec and the old. Will require copies of poems

A collection or resources designed for Year 9 students to explore the levels of power in the play - between Prospero, Ariel and Caliban. The focus is on writing and improving an assessment entitled "Is Prospero a character obsessed by power- or is he a man of his age?" Includes paintings for discussion and extracts from the play for students to analyse. Slides focus their attention on use of language particularly imagery. Explores how the Elizabethans viewed other cultures.

Lesson plan and resources to support the teaching of the poem. Designed for the Legacy Spec of AQA poetry for the Anthology- would be useful for the unseen section of the new Spec. Also includes other poems - The hunchback in the Park, Alison- Case history, Give. Les Grandes Seigneurs, Portrait of a Deaf Man. Also includes activities to teach understanding of poetry.

A series of lessons based upon writing skills using extracts from the novel "The Lovely Bones". Students use the inspiration to write their own piece entitled "My Perfect Place" where they describe their perfect world using a range of writing devices. Originally designed for GCSE controlled assessment but can be easily adapted to teach narrative writing skills for the new AQA Paper1. Lessons and resources all provided in an accompanying booklet.

99 slides of lessons on a variety of poems from the old Literature Spec from AQA but would be useful for unseen practice. Includes (CHARACTER and VOICE) Clown Punk, Checkin out me History, Brendan Gallacher, Horse Whisperer, Medusa, Singh Song and To his Coy Mistress. Also includes a range of activities to teach the techniques necessary to explore meaning in poems.

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.