This four lesson unit of work is a piece developed on request as a commission for EAL A Level students designed for stretch and challenge and to allow them to practice their speaking and listening skills in English. There are four lessons covering extracts from: Benjamin Zephaniah’s ‘We Refugees’; Zadie Smith’s ‘White Teeth’; and Monica Ali’s ‘Brick Lane’. The final lesson is a scaffolded assessment lesson. The lessons are aimed at those for whom English is not their first language, but other A Level students will find the activities useful as an introductory or independent activity.

A 9 lesson unit comprising a 70 slide PowerPoint, 9 different worksheets (8 include a text for analysis) and a summary terminology and theory sheet, exploring the topic of lexis and semantics. This unit can be used for any of the major exam boards. Each lesson includes a starting discussion prompt which acts as a learning objective, detailed notes on the terminology listed below, a worksheet containing a text (or revision cards for lesson 9), and a homework task. The following terminology is covered: Open and closed word classes – noun, verb, adjective, adverb, determiner, conjunction, preposition and pronoun Types of noun – proper, abstract, concrete, collective, count, non-count Types of pronoun – personal, possessive, reflexive, demonstrative, relative, indefinite, interrogative Types of verb – dynamic, stative, transitive, intransitive, primary auxiliary, modal auxiliary, linking (copula) and imperative Verb processes – material, relational, mental, verbal, dynamic, stative Adjective and adverb forms – base, comparative and superlative Types of adjective – descriptive/qualitative, evaluative, quantitative, interrogative, proper, demonstrative, indefinite, possessive, compound, degrees of comparison Types of determiner – article, demonstrative, possessive, interrogative, quantifier, cardinal and ordinal number Types of conjunction – co-ordinating, sub-ordinating, correlative/paired Cognitive and structural semantics Denotative and connotative meaning- Semantic/lexical fields and collocates Lexical connectors – addition, consequence, comparative, temporal, enumeration and summative Anaphoric and cataphoric references, substitution, ellipsis Synonymy, antonymy and hyponymy Euphemism and dysphemism Metaphor The final lesson is a consolidation activity complete with guided revision cards. Alternatively, you could use an app such as Quizlet so that the students could produce digital revision resources. Check out some of my most popular English Language A Level resources! Grammar Phonetics, Phonology and Prosodics Analysing Discourse - Spoken Language Pragmatics Graphology Language and Gender Language and Power and Occupation Language and Global and World Englishes Language Change Language Discourses Child Language Acquisition - Speech

Two detailed lessons exploring 'Love’s Dog’ by Jen Hadfield from the Relationships cluster in the Edexcel GCSE English Literature poetry anthology. The PowerPoint guides students through the poem in the first lesson with detailed annotation guidance, contextual information and detailed questions. The second lesson guides students through an analysis of the poem based on an exam-style question. The lessons will challenge, extend and engage students. Also suitable for students targeting very high grades. Lesson plan included!

Two detailed lessons exploring 'Nettles’ by Vernon Scannell from the Relationships cluster in the Edexcel GCSE English Literature poetry anthology. The PowerPoint guides students through the poem in the first lesson with detailed annotation guidance, contextual information and detailed questions. The second lesson guides students through an analysis of the poem based on an exam-style question. The lessons will challenge, extend and engage students. Also suitable for students targeting very high grades. Lesson plan included!

Two detailed lessons exploring 'My Father Would Not Show Us’ by Ingrid de Kok from the Relationships cluster in the Edexcel GCSE English Literature poetry anthology. The PowerPoint guides students through the poem in the first lesson with detailed annotation guidance, contextual information and detailed questions. The second lesson guides students through an analysis of the poem based on an exam-style question. The lessons will challenge, extend and engage students. Also suitable for students targeting very high grades. Lesson plan included!

Two detailed lessons exploring 'The Lammas Hireling’ by Ian Duhig from the Poems of the Decade section of the Edexcel A Level English Literature. The PowerPoint guides students through the poem in the first lesson with detailed annotation guidance, form and structural information and detailed questions. The second lesson guides students through an analysis of the poem based on an exam-style question - there are options for both AS and A Level complete with indicative content and an accompanying unseen poem for the A Level Paper 3 component. The lessons will challenge, extend and engage students. Also suitable for students targeting very high grades. Lesson plan included!

Two detailed lessons exploring 'Giuseppe’ by Roderick Ford from the Poems of the Decade section of the Edexcel A Level English Literature. The PowerPoint guides students through the poem in the first lesson with detailed annotation guidance, form and structural information and detailed questions. The second lesson guides students through an analysis of the poem based on an exam-style question - there are options for both AS and A Level complete with indicative content and an accompanying unseen poem for the A Level Paper 3 component. The lessons will challenge, extend and engage students. Also suitable for students targeting very high grades. Lesson plan included!

A 9 lesson unit comprising a 74 slide PowerPoint and 10 different worksheets exploring the topic of the AQA Language Discourses opinion article (Paper 2, Section B, Question 4). Each lesson includes a starting discussion prompt which acts as a learning objective, detailed guidance on the skills and ideas listed below, a worksheet and activities, worked questions and exemplar responses, and a homework task. The following skills are covered: How to approach the question Developing an argument How to plan for and use theories, concepts and linguistic terminology Writing for a non-specialist audience Writing to position an audience or reader Consciously crafting an opinion piece using particular techniques Using relatable examples and anecdotes in the piece How to develop self-presentation as a writer using specific strategies Writing effective openings and endings How to evaluate and challenge viewpoints and arguments The final lesson includes a full exemplar response to a question. Check out my other English Language resources: Language and Gender Language and Region Language and Power and Occupation Language and Global and World Englishes Language Change Language and Technology Language and Ethnicity Language and Social Groups Analysing Spoken Language Child Language Acquisition - Speech Child Language Acquisition - Reading and Writing Language Discourses - Section B, Question 3

A grid template which guides students through an analysis of each poem from the Love and Relationships cluster from the AQA poetry anthology for GCSE English Literature. Simply print off and copy in either A4 or A3!

A grid template which allows students to make links between the 15 poems from the Love and Relationships cluster from the AQA poetry anthology for GCSE English Literature. Simply print off and copy in either A4 or A3! Can be used for word links or pictures.

A grid template which guides students through an analysis of each poem from the Conflict cluster from the Edexcel poetry anthology for GCSE English Literature. Simply print off and copy in either A4 or A3!

A grid template which allows students to make links between the 15 poems from the Conflict cluster from the Edexcel poetry anthology for GCSE English Literature. Simply print off and copy in either A4 or A3! Can be used for word links or pictures.

A grid template which guides students through an analysis of each poem from the Relationships cluster from the Edexcel poetry anthology for GCSE English Literature. Simply print off and copy in either A4 or A3!

A grid template which allows students to make links between the 15 poems from the Relationships cluster from the Edexcel poetry anthology for GCSE English Literature. Simply print off and copy in either A4 or A3! Can be used for word links or pictures.

A series of lessons to introduce students to the analysis of English Literature A Level novels through a practical criticism-style exercise with follow up lessons if required. These resources could be used to introduce English Literature A Level at the start of Year 12 or as a taster lesson. The resources are not tied to any specification and do not reference any assessment objectives (although these are implied). The following documents are included: An extract booklet with eight short extracts from the opening of the following texts: The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood; Persuasion by Jane Austen; Grief is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter; Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie; The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett; Atonement by Ian McEwan; The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald; and Frankenstein by Mary Shelley A teacher copy of the booklet with additional, contextual information A task booklet with four different tasks to encourage analysis and connections (Task one is a ranking exercise; task two is an analysis exercise; task three is a connection exercise; and task four is a homework research exercise). Suggestions for other tasks are given A lesson plan with guidance for one or more lessons

A revision lesson (or lessons if you want to do more with the initial card revision activity) for the Edexcel Belonging poetry anthology question for GCSE English Literature. Students will use the enclosed resources to briefly revise the poems from the cluster before identifying the four or five key poems they should revise for the examination. This encourages analytical and evaluative connections. This is best used once the students know the poems well and understand the requirements of this question. Included: Blank revision cards for a starter activity which can be extended into a whole lesson activity (with one card modelled) Poem linking and choice grid with eleven example exam questions Lesson PowerPoint with 18 slides Lesson plan with guidance as to how to adapt this activity across two lessons Check out my individual Edexcel Belonging anthology poem lesson PowerPoints here

A grid template which allows students to make links between the 15 poems from the Belonging cluster from the Edexcel poetry anthology for GCSE English Literature. Simply print off and copy in either A4 or A3! Can be used for word links or pictures. Please check out my individual PowerPoints for each of the poems in the Worlds and Lives Cluster: Belonging Individual PowerPoints

A grid template which guides students through an analysis of each poem from the Belonging cluster from the Edexcel poetry anthology for GCSE English Literature. Simply print off and copy in either A4 or A3! Please check out my individual PowerPoints for each of the poems in the Belonging Cluster: Belonging Individual PowerPoints

Two detailed lessons exploring 'Island Man’ by Grace Nichols from the Belonging cluster in the Edexcel GCSE English Literature poetry anthology. The Powerpoint guides students through the poem in the first lesson with detailed annotation guidance, contextual information and detailed questions. The second lesson guides students through an analysis of the poem based on an exam-style question. The lessons will challenge, extend and engage students. Also suitable for students targeting very high grades. Lesson plan included! I am offering this resource completely free so that you can try the quality of my poetry resources before you buy!