Historical background to Oscar Wilde's Plays and poems- an exploration of the Aesthetic Movement illustrating the main features of the movement and its influences on literature of the age.

Cryptoids- animals and creatures from fantasy. Students are given a range of ideas for discussion and argument in class. They have tasks to accomplish based upon creative writing and investigative journalism style. The Cryptoids include Bigfoot, UFOS, Mermaids and the KRAKEN.

A lesson designed to complement lessons on Treasure Island. Students have discussed and researched pirates and how they are stereotyped in Treasure island. In this extract a completely different type of pirate is presented. The extract and lesson is designed for students to focus on language used by the writer, and how pirates are presented in a completely different way to Treasure Island. Includes extract and model paragraphs for students to use to support their responses. Designed for LAP year 9 classes.

AQA Unseen Poetry Exam. A lesson plan to introduce the sonnet of Spenser with two examples to be compared. Also includes two more comparable sonnets- Whoso lists to Hunt and Shakespeare's sonnets. Essay question and a copy of the sonnets included for students to try to answer an exam style question.

Resource includes a wide range of poetry accessible for the A Level student to give them a good grounding in Love through the Ages and the common themes which appear in poetry. Arranged in sections according to the time period. Includes Chaucer, Shakespeare, Byron, Duffy and many other famous poets.

KS3 Lesson plan with resources for students to improve their writing once they have written a comparison of two pirates- Blind Pew from Treasure Island and Captain Hook from Peter and Wendy by Barrie. Includes samples of good writing from students with identification of the skills displayed in their work. Also included are the extracts needed for the lesson, and a checklist of skills for students to use in the DIRT part of the lesson

Lesson resources to explore the possibility of the existence of cryptoids such as Mermaids and Bigfoot. Includes story and pictures to illustrate the ideas and promote discussion in class

An exploration of an extract from the opening of the Handmaid’s Tale by Atwood. Students have a short literary quiz to recap information previously learned. There is then a discussion of the possible symbolism in an image from the current TV series to explore and comment on. Students are then given an extract to write an analytical paragraph and explore Atwood’s use of language and structure. Suitable for preparation for GCSE English Language Question 3

A series of lessons which focus on the dramatization of the FIRST WORLD WAR. Uses Journey's End and Blackadder extracts to reveal the use of black humour to students. Drama activity included. Students encouraged to write their own World War One script in the style of selected pieces and to perform.

Lesson, extract from the play and scaffolding for students to help them improve an essay based upon the first appearance of Gerald in the play. Includes ideas for analysis, focus on improving writing by using Feedforward.

Simple break down of the new AQA English Literature and Language course for students to glue into the front of their books. Will save hours in questions being asked. (How many marks....?)

A resource to prompt discussion about the active role played by women in the first two world wars. It leads to a class discussion about the role of women in the wars today around the world. Skills developed are reading and comprehension.

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.

Posters for display in the classroom to support A Level teaching of Love through the AGES. Greek definitions of Love with illustrations.

Uses extracts from "To Kill a Mockingbird" and John Steinbeck's biography to focus students techniques for Question 1 and 2- could be adapted for new spec.

A range of resources to support the teaching of the Victorian period including the changes the steam train made to society and the impact of poverty. Uses extracts from Elizabeth Gaskell for discussion. Uses a range of Victorian art and cartoons to show the attitudes of the day.

AQA A Level post 1900 Poetry Wendy Cope- Waterloo Bridge A presentation to support the teaching of the poem from the Anthology with questions to stimulate class discussion.

Tennyson's The Lotus Eaters Poem presentation including background information and questions for A Level students to consider uses of Form, Structure and Language Selection of the poem for Display and discussion. A Level Literature.

KS3 Macbeth- The Witches A range of images from original woodcuts illustrating witches from the Elizabethan age. Excellent points of discussion for the class to think about and consider why people thought that they existed. Range of questions for students to consider and work on answers. Then they look at the opening speeches and analyse the use of language and how Shakespeare is presenting these women.

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"