A presentation which focuses on the teaching of The Princess and others. Extracts include plans for answering an essay with attention paid to the Assessment Objectives. Also includes a sample essay for marking based upon Tennyson being the "Master of Melancholia"

A resource which uses the story of warrior women from ancient Greece to support the writing of an eye witness account. Includes a series of activities which include illustrations of the warrior women, a link to a film on the internet and a historical eye witness account of the tribe. Prompts interesting discussions and creative writing ideas using the Greek system of hyperbole and extended imagery.

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.

A lesson plan which includes presentation and resources to support students in improving their response to the unseen element of the course. Includes a grid of skills for students to self assess and sample model answers from students demonstrating skills. Uses the poem "At Sea" and "My Little Sister" which have been used in specimen and past papers for AQA. Presentation also includes more model answers for discussion. Class group task also included breaking poem down into sections for feedback. Lesson graded good.

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.

A lesson plan for discussion of the main themes explored in the Tennyson collection of poems. Focus is on feedback from an essay that the students have already written and identification of improvements needed. Designed to use the AOs from the old AQA spec -Victorian Literature. Can be adapted.

A series of 3 lessons to support the teaching of the new spec language exam paper 2. You will need to refer to the specimen paper on the AQA website and the extracts used. Includes support for students to identify the skills required. sample student written response for peer marking opportunity. Designed as a feedback and DIRT lesson

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

From the new AQA English Literature Love and Relationships Cluster. Neutral Tones provides the poem with annotations to help the students focus their ideas. It provides questions to help the students unpick the emotions and provides a comparison grid to link the poem to "When we First Parted" by Byron

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.

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.

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.

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.

Presentation to support lesson on the teaching of the poem by Keith Douglas- Vergissmeinnicht. Includes contextual information and questions to focus students thinking using the AO's.

A series of detailed lessons and resources to support mostly revision of the play. Includes how to analyse language uses and literary devices. Aimed at Higher ability students.