A full lesson, including a ‘do now’ activity as students settle, detailed context, scaffolded guided questions for analysis of sound, language, figurative language, structure and form, and a final Marxist lense reading for developing arguments and context. EdExcel AS/A Level English Literature Paper 3: Poetry, Section B: The Romantics

A full lesson, including a ‘do now’ activity as students settle, an overarching session question, detailed context, scaffolded guided questions for analysis of sound, language, figurative language, structure and form. Ends on a ‘critical readings’ activity, to demonstrate the flexibility of this poem to most exam questions. EdExcel AS/A Level English Literature Paper 3: Poetry, Section B: The Romantics

A full lesson, including a ‘do now’ activity as students settle, an overarching session question, detailed context, scaffolded guided questions for analysis of sound, language, figurative language, structure and form. Includes a Massolit llecture link, but your school will have to have a subscription to access it (but the lesson is still complete without it!) EdExcel AS/A Level English Literature Paper 3: Poetry, Section B: The Romantics

A lecture on Jeanette Winterson’s 1985 novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, used to support as a coursework text for AS/A EdExcel English Literature NEA Component. The lecture encourages students to consider several contextual points in relation to the novel, overviews key elements of postmodern devices used by Winterson, and includes some criticism to further the learners’ ideas about the text.

This session overviews Julia Kristeva’s ‘Abjection’ from her ‘Powers of Horror’. The session then encourages learners to apply the theory to Frankenstein, The Handmaid’s Tale and Never Let Me Go. This session is part of a ‘Stretch and Challenge’ series I designed to run in my institution. The sessions are targeted at learners who are achieving at the very top of the cohort.

A full lesson which takes a psychoanalytical focus to Chapters 2 and 3 of Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go (2005). **EdExcel AS/A Level English Literature 2015+. Paper 2: ‘Science and Society’. **

A full lesson on the poem ‘The Lammas Hireling’ by Ian Duhig. hieved a Grade 1 observation. Poems of Decade, Forward Poetry (2011) Edexcel AS/A English Literature, 2015+

A full lesson on the poem ‘Guiseppe’ by Roderick Ford. Poems of Decade, Forward Poetry (2011) Edexcel AS/A English Literature, 2015+

A full lesson on the poem ‘From the Journal of a Disappointed Man’ by Andrew Motion. Poems of Decade, Forward Poetry (2011) Edexcel AS/A English Literature, 2015+

A full lesson which guides student to closely consider Chapters 12 and 13 of Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go (2005). Students will also produce an essay plan for a comparative answer on ‘the presentation of desire’. **EdExcel AS/A Level English Literature 2015+. Paper 2: ‘Science and Society’. **

This lesson introduces Tenessee Williams’ 1947 play, A Streetcar Named Desire. The lesson encourages learners to predict probable complications which may develop in the play based on an introduction to the themes, and begins an analysis of the scene opening of Scene One.

LO1 to complete notes on how class has been presented and dramatised (AO1, AO3) LO2 to read, analyse, and evaluate critical perspectives (AO5) LO3 to plan a response to a class question, using context and critics (AO1, AO2, AO3, AO5) Extension and stretch and challenge activities are embedded throughout; the lesson has an overarching question which encourages the development of higher order thinking. Opportunities for paragraph writing and peer assessment are also utilised. AS/A Level English Literature (2015+) Paper 1, Section A: Shakespeare

A Contextual introduction to Romanticism and Poetry Unitbook Overview for Edexcel AS/A English Literature Paper 3: Poetry.

A full lesson, including a ‘do now’ activity as students settle, an overarching session question, detailed context, scaffolded guided questions for analysis of sound, language, figurative language, structure and form. EdExcel AS/A Level English Literature Paper 3: Poetry, Section B: The Romantics

A full lesson on the poem ‘EAT ME’ by Patience Agbabi. Poems of Decade, Forward Poetry (2011) Edexcel AS/A English Literature, 2015+

Introduction to characterisation in drama texts using Tennessee Williams’ one act play, ‘Why do you smoke so much, Lily?’

Comprehensive powerpoint-led lesson on Chapters 6, 7, and 8 of Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go (2005). Lesson includes: links to other dystopian literature concerned with censorships Concept checking questions for each chapter Close text analysis examples abd further questions Context for WWII concentration camps Analysis notes for students **Edexcel AS/A Level English Literature (2015+) Paper 2: Prose Comparison - Science and Society**

A full lesson which guides student to closely consider Chapters 9, 10 and 11 of Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go (2005). **EdExcel AS/A Level English Literature 2015+. Paper 2: ‘Science and Society’. **

A full lesson which guides student to closely consider Marxist and Neo-marxist readings of Chapters 4 and 5 of Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go (2005). Key content: Discussion of Bentham’s Panopticon A Neo-marxist reading of the Sales and Exchanges Concept checking questions for both chapters Guided essay practice, and self assessment activity **EdExcel AS/A Level English Literature 2015+. Paper 2: ‘Science and Society’. **

A full lesson on the poem Ros Barber’s ‘Material’ Poems of Decade, Forward Poetry (2011) Edexcel AS/A English Literature, 2015+