This is a powerpoint I have made for the new spec of WJEC. Alot of the texts used come from the old WJEC text book or from past papers - they can be easily adapted to your own texts.

Designed with higher ability students in mind for WJEC writing examination, but could be adapted for other boards or general writing skills for articles. There should be enough here for 5 or so lessons.

A couple of ppts for Y12 students to be introduced to the basic poetic devices for A Level study.

Powerpoint presentation resource to introduce the techniques used to analyse speech, for the AS Level Unit 2.

Lesson used for AQA LITA3 Love through the Ages unit. Focus on Marriage as a theme in the play.

A booklet to be used to aid students' studies of the play - used for LITA3 exam prep.

Most of the lesson is on Ted_ed (link included on the power point to follow.) This is a lesson exploring the language used by Poe to present his view of death. Designed with top set Y7 in mind.

Group activity for analysing Nicole, Francis and Larry.

This is a powerpoint I used for my Year 12 lang/lit group for analysing prepared speech.

A power point that goes back to basics for the reading skills for WJEC reading paper. The resource will require copies of the following past papers found on WJEC website: Silver Sprinters 2011 Fairtrade 2012 Grand National 2013 Thorpe Park 2014 The lesson that points to a model answer will need to be adapted using your school's responses. I cannot share pupil's work online.

Some resources for analysing poetry for examination. This is specific for Edexcel exam board based on Home poetry.

Some activities designed for more able students studying key characters in the novel.

Activities linking to language analysis of the novel.

Some resources linked to WJEC poetry CA - used as a comparison with Shakespeare.

Unseen poetry resource for IGCSE AQA English Literature, but easily adapted for other exam boards/year groups.

Detailed outline for a 6 week scheme of work for the play Journey's End by RC Sheriff. Designed for IGCSE AQA but easily adaptable for other exam boards.

This is a series of 4-5 lessons that explore 3 of Shakespeare's sonnets (1 for homework) as a way to introduce Y7 to analysis for Shakespeare in a light hearted and quirky way. The scheme starts with a comparison between Shakespeare and Justin Beiber lyrics as way to explore the commonalties in language of love. It then progresses to analysing sonnets 116 and 104. The lessons finish with students working in groups to create their own sonnets, using images and words as challenge stimulus. The resource also includes a homework investigation that can be done as a lesson or as a project to then be presented in a Shakespeare market place as another lesson led by the students.

This is a revision lesson that shows students how to best utilize their exam time to successfully answer an unseen poetry question. The lesson is designed with new spec AQA GCSE Paper 2 in mind, but skills could be easily applied to any unseen poetry question.

Resource designed with Y7 in mind to highlight some of the basic skills required for descriptive writing for the new GCSE Paper 1 Section B. It is a series of lessons that tracks students through creating atmosphere, a wide shoot and movement to specific objects/people, using picture stimulus. It has a gothic theme that runs throughout the lessons and allows for students to draft and re-draft work to see how to change and improve their creative writing. Aimed at middle ability groups.

A lesson that breaks down how to best use their time to answer the Shakespeare question in the Literature exam. There are also two examples of mock exam questions for students to practice and a simple revision task that allows students to collect and analyse quotations. The resource is based on Macbeth but can be adapted to any of the Shakespeare plays.