Requested by a student- a lesson with questions for students to study and answer a series of questions on Tim Minchin's "Storm" poem. Can be used as unseen practice- an unusual choice of poem.

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.

Lesson plans to support the teaching of the poem with suggested plans for students to use to scaffold their responses. Ideal for KS3 - part of the War Writing and Reading unit.

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.

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.

AQA unseen poetry- Two sample questions with poems included. One sample essay for students to mark and use as a model for their own writing. Poems include Bright Star by Keats and What lips my lips have Kissed by Millay.

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.

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.

AQA Post 1900 Poetry Anthology- Love through the Ages- Robert Frost- Love and a Question A lesson plan and resource for students to explore the poem. Includes background information on the poet, a brief introduction to American Modernism, the Ballad form, and the annotated poem. Questions are included to prompt classroom discussion for A Level students.

KS3 Novel study based upon My Swordhand is Singing by Marcus Sedgewick A series of 3 detailed lessons with resources to support students reading and understanding of the text.

GCSE English Literature AQA An Inspector Calls by JB Priestley A detailed essay plan is included for student to use in a new style AQA answer to the question "How is responsibility shown in the play An Inspector Calls?

AQA A Level Poetry Anthology - Love through the Ages. A Quoi Bon Dire- by Charlotte Mew. A presentation to support the teaching of the poem including the poem and questions to prompt creative thinking by a group of students. Notes to support the teaching of the poem. A sample essay on the poem for students to annotate and use to support their writing.

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.

The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde- ideas for discussion in the class including the meaning of the story. Also some punctuation exercises and ideas for approaching transformation of fairy tales such as Cinderella.

A series of lessons on the Witches in Macbeth- including the "chestnuts" speech and a range of questions to prompt discussion in the class about Shakespeare uses the witches. Images for discussion and a copy of the speech for annotation and for the students to write a analytical paragraph.

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.

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.

A series of lessons designed to support creative writing based upon exploring a haunted house and using the senses. Also includes lesson based upon a ghost story "The Haunting of Chas McGill" and creating your own monster.

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.

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