A complete lesson on Chapters 4 and 5 from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein ( 1831 ed.). The lesson explores and analyses Victor’s obsession and the dangers of knowledge as well as the birth scene. Allusion to Dante’s inferno explored, as well as critical reception of the birth scene from Anne K. Mellor and Marilyn Butler. **EdExcel AS/A Level English Literature 2015+. Paper 2: ‘Science and Society’. **

A complete lesson on ‘Letters 1-4’ from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein ( 1831 ed.). The lesson explores and analyses the characterisation of Walton, Margret Saville, and Victor Frankenstein, along with focused questions on Letters 1-4. Finally, there is an essay practice activity with a scaffold: ‘Why might Shelley have wanted to use Walton’s letters Ishiguro have wanted to also use the epistolary form in Never Let Me Go?’ **EdExcel AS/A Level English Literature 2015+. Paper 2: ‘Science and Society’. **

An Introduction to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein ( 1831 ed.). Genre, terminology, context and scaffolded research tasks. **EdExcel AS/A Level English Literature 2015+. Paper 2: ‘Science and Society’. **

A flipped learning introduction to narrative voices and postmodern elements in J. M. Coetzee’s Foe (1986). An introduction to postcolonial texts, used as a coursework focus point. AS/A English Literature 2015+

A flipped learning introduction to symbols and motifs in J. M. Coetzee’s Foe (1986). An introduction to postcolonial texts, used as a coursework focus point. AS/A English Literature 2015+

A lesson for this year’s National Poetry Day 2020, on the theme of ‘Vision’. Encourages students to writer and perform a poem.

A flipped learning introduction to postcolonial studies. LO1 to introduce postcolonialism as a critical lens (AO1, AO3, AO5) LO2 to apply this critical lens to different modes of text (AO2, AO5) LO3 to analyse an extract from each of the six novel extracts using a postcolonial perspective (AO2, AO5)

An introduction to AS/A Edexcel English Literature Coursework, including a week by week student friendly SOW, CW script and marking criteria. Suitable for flipped delivery. Edexcel AS/A English Literature (2015+)

A flipped learning introduction to J. M. Coetzee’s Foe (1986). AS/A English Literature 2015+

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 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’. **

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 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’. **

An Introduction to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein ( 1831 ed.). Genre, terminology, context and scaffolded questions for Chapter 1-3. **EdExcel AS/A Level English Literature 2015+. Paper 2: ‘Science and Society’. **

An Introduction to Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go (2005). Genre, terminology, and scaffolded questions for Chapter 1. Key Terminology First person unreliable limited intradiegetic protagonist Narratee Epistolary form Non-linear Foreshadowing ‘The Other’ (AO3/5) Nominalisation & Euphemism (link to genre Sci-fi/New Realism – AO3) Pathos Ecriture feminine Fictive autobiography Flashback Fragmented narrative Metanarrative **EdExcel AS/A Level English Literature 2015+. Paper 2: ‘Science and Society’. **

A comprehensive poetry analysis worksheet for AS/A Level English Literature. Can be used to analyse any poem.

Planning sheets to help A Level English Literature students structure effective pargraphs.

A handout to guide learners through an effective peer review, in line with Edexcel’s A Level English Literature 2015+.

A lesson which explores key structural features of drama texts using a very short one act play. Key content a comparison of script for stage and script for radio a recap of Freytag’s Pyramid Aristotle’s Thee Unities Key terminology explained: peripietia, hamartia, hubris, dues es machina, anagnorisis, catharsis a comparison of drama to poetry and prose scaffolded options for a creative editing task

An introduction to genre and dystopian fiction, using Shirley Jackson’s ‘The Lottery’. Key terms genre convention motif/trope theme intertextuality genrebending dystopia speculative fiction apocalyptic fiction antithesis antagonist conflict analogy