A fully-resourced one hour lesson to introduce students to the character of Shylock in The Merchant of Venice in the context of the history of anti-Semitism. Students will read the scene and consider how Antonio and Shylock treat each other as well as considering how Shakespeare presents Shylock. Students will be scaffolded to independently find quotes from act 1 scene 3 and explain what this shows us about the characters. Learning Objective: Explore Shakespeare’s portrayal of Shylock. Learning Outcomes: Students will understand a basic history of anti-Semitism. Students will understand the events of act 1 scene 3 and consider how Shylock is introduced. Students will work in pairs to independently find and analyse quotes to show what they learn about Shylock. Lesson Outline: Do it now: Think – Pair – Share: What do we learn about Shylock from his opening quote? Activity 1: The history of anti-Semitism teacher explanation and student discussion of anti-Semitic propaganda. Group and class discussion of propaganda posters. You may want to edit this down if you feel it would be distressing to members of your class. Activity 2: Read act 1 scene 3. Activity 3: In pairs, students complete worksheet by finding quotes and considering what this tells us about the characters. Plenary: Who do you have more sympathy for: Antonio or Shylock? Class discussion More Resources for The Merchant of Venice Click here for a bundle of all the lessons to take you through the play plus a quiz, knowledge organiser and character revision posters. Freebies: For character revision posters for your classroom, click here. For an English/Drama lesson based on Portia’s choice in Act 1 Scene 2, click here. For a Scheme of Work overview for the unit, click here. Leave a review and choose any other resource for free from the LikeAnExpert shop.

This one-hour lesson focuses on independent analysis of Macbeth or Lady Macbeth using the STEAL framework (Speech, Thoughts, Effect on others, Actions, Looks). Perfect for students studying Act 2, Scene 2, this lesson promotes deep understanding through a structured approach to character analysis. This resource includes: A fully editable PowerPoint with step-by-step teacher instructions, ready for immediate download and use. Learning Objective: Complete STEAL analysis on Macbeth or Lady Macbeth. Learning Outcomes: Students will read and summarise Act 2 Scene 2. Students will answer questions to check their understanding and inference of the scene. Students will use the STEAL framework to analyse either Macbeth or Lady Macbeth in detail. Lesson Outline: Do it now: How would you describe the end of act 2 scene 1? How would the audience be feeling? Starter: Read act 2 scene 2 and discuss questions Activity 1: Independent STEAL analysis of either Macbeth or Lady Macbeth Activity 2: Carousel to peer assess each other’s work Plenary: What did you learn about the characters from your analysis? For more Macbeth resources, check out our Macbeth Bundle (some freebies in there too). Leave a review and choose any other resource for free from the LikeAnExpert shop.

This dynamic one-hour lesson is designed to engage students in understanding how Macbeth is introduced as both a violent and loyal character. Perfect for exploring themes and character development, this lesson encourages students to think critically and creatively and prepares students to analyse how Macbeth changes later in the play. What’s Included: A complete PowerPoint with ready-to-use teacher instructions, allowing you to download and teach immediately. Interactive activities where students will order the events of the battle and craft a compelling news war report based on the scene. Ideal for: Enhancing comprehension of Macbeth’s character and motivations. Encouraging students to connect with the text through creative writing and discussion. Lesson Objective: Write a news report about the battle in Act 1 Scene 2. Learning Outcomes: Read the scene multiple times to decipher the orders of events in battle. Infer details about Macbeth’s character. Add imaginative details to create a news report about the battle in this scene. Lesson Outline: Do it now: Think – Pair – Share What are the key features of a news war report? Starter: Reading focus – as you read the scene as a class, students write down quotes that describe Macbeth’s character followed by an activity to list adjectives that describe him. Activity 1: Re-read the scene in pairs and put the events in the correct order. Activity 2: Students discuss features of a news report and then write their own based on Act 1 Scene 2. Plenary: What are your predictions about Macbeth now that you know more about his as a character? Leave a review and choose any other resource, of up to the same value, for free from the LikeAnExpert shop.

Unlock your students’ critical thinking skills with this 90-minute, fully resourced lesson focused on teaching inference through crime scene investigation. Designed to captivate students’ imagination, this lesson challenges them to propose solutions to a fictional crime based on evidence found at the scene, before creating their own crime scene scenarios. The lesson ends with students inferring information about their classmate’s criminals based on the clues at the crime scene. Perfect for a range of settings, this versatile lesson can be easily adapted for different age groups and abilities. It provides a balanced mix of independent and group work, with both oracy and writing activities included to reinforce learning. Ideal as part of a detective fiction unit, a precursor to crime writing, or as a standalone lesson dedicated to honing inference skills. This resource includes: An 18-slide PowerPoint presentation guiding the entire lesson. A scaffolded inference worksheet for individual student use. Leave a review and choose any other resource for free from the LikeAnExpert shop.

A detailed and engaging one hour lesson to support students in their analysis of Christopher in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (play by Simon Stephens) for Edexcel English Literature IGCSE 4ET1. This lesson supports students to analyse the use of dramatic irony for dramatic effect. This resource contains a ready-to-teach Powerpoint with all teacher instructions included. If you find this resource helpful, please leave a review and have a look at other resources available in my shop.

A detailed and engaging one hour lesson to support students in their analysis of Ed in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (play by Simon Stephens) for Edexcel English Literature IGCSE 4ET1. This lesson supports students to consider Ed’s personality and his relationship with Christopher. This resource contains a ready-to-teach Powerpoint with all teacher and printing instructions included. If you find this resource helpful, please leave a review and have a look at other resources available in my shop.

A detailed and engaging one hour lesson to support students in their analysis of Siobhan in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (play by Simon Stephens) for Edexcel English Literature IGCSE 4ET1. This resource contains a ready-to-teach Powerpoint with all teacher and printing instructions included. If you find this resource helpful, please leave a review and have a look at other resources available in my shop.

An engaging hour-long lesson which introduces students to the main characters and themes in The Merchant of Venice before studying the play. This is aimed at students in Key Stages 3 and 4. This resource includes: A full Powerpoint including all teacher instructions (including printing instructions) A graphic organiser for students to record their notes. 5 detailed character profiles: Antonio, Bassanio, Shylock, Jessica and Portia. Learning Objective: Understand the main themes and characters in The Merchant of Venice. Learning Outcomes: Students will consider the title and posters of the play to mind-map themes. Students will work in groups to use an example summary and success criteria to write their own summary of a character from the play. Students will share features of their character with other students in the class. Lesson Outline: Do it now: Mind-map your ideas about the play based on the title. Starter: Look at these covers and posters; add your ideas you have about themes and ideas in the play to your mind-map. Think-pair-share ideas with the class. Activity 1: Modelling of an effective summary. Students read character profiles in groups and write a summary. Activity 2: Students circulate, share information and write down notes about the other characters. Plenary: Character quiz. More Resources for The Merchant of Venice Click here for a bundle of all the lessons to take you through the play plus a quiz, knowledge organiser and character revision posters. Freebies: For character revision posters for your classroom, click here. For an English/Drama lesson based on Portia’s choice in Act 1 Scene 2, click here. For a Scheme of Work overview for the unit, click here. Leave a review and choose any other resource for free from the LikeAnExpert shop.

A fully-resourced one hour lesson to introduce students to the character of Jessica in act 2 scene 3 of The Merchant of Venice . Students will complete a guided annotation and then consider different ways of staging the scene to make Jessica appear more or less sympathetic. Learning Objective: Explore Jessica’s Character in Act 2. Learning Outcomes: Students will read a summary of act 2 scenes 1 and 2. Students will read act 2 scene 3 and be guided through annotation of the scene before participating in a class discussion. Students will consider different ways of staging the scene to make Jessica more or less sympathetic to the audience. Lesson Outline: Do it now: Summarise act 1 in five sentences and then five words. Starter: As a class, read a summary of Act 2 Scenes 1 & 2. Then as a class, read Act 2 Scene 3. Students then answer questions and share in a class discussion. Activity 1: Guided annotation of scene. Activity 2: Stage the scene with Jessica portraying different emotions to make her sympathetic to the audience. Plenary: Personal response – to what extent is Jessica a victim? More Resources for The Merchant of Venice Click here for a bundle of all the lessons to take you through the play plus a quiz, knowledge organiser and character revision posters. Freebies: For character revision posters for your classroom, click here. For an English/Drama lesson based on Portia’s choice in Act 1 Scene 2, click here. For a Scheme of Work overview for the unit, click here. Leave a review and choose any other resource for free from the LikeAnExpert shop.

A comprehensive and engaging one hour lesson to help students to improve their group discussion skills. This lesson looks at two short examples of discussions and asks students to explicitly label what techniques are being used and how the chairperson is moving the discussion forward. The lesson ends with students completing a short discussion on the topic of ‘which subject should be removed from the timetable?’ They then self-reflect upon this using the success criteria that they created earlier. This could be used with key stages 3 or 4 to introduce group discussion skills or to revise them. 11 slides in total plus a worksheet. Leave a review and choose any other resource for free from the <a href="https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/LikeAnExpert ">LikeAnExpert</a> shop.

A detailed one hour lesson to support students to write their strongest answers in the IGCSE exam for Edexcel English Literature 4ET1 on the question on The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (play by Simon Stephens) . This lesson gives students a clear five step technique for approaching the exam in order to maximise their own critical engagement and language analysis skills. This resource contains a ready-to-teach Powerpoint with all teacher and printing instructions included. If you find this resource helpful, please leave a review and have a look at other resources available in my shop.

A detailed one hour lesson to support students to explore the theme of curiosity and investigation as preparation for the IGCSE exam for Edexcel English Literature 4ET1 on the question on The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (play by Simon Stephens) . This lesson explores the term ‘marking the moment’, and also prompts students to consider how the play has conventions of both a murder mystery and an anti-murder mystery. If you find this resource helpful, please leave a review and have a look at other resources available in my shop.

A detailed and engaging one hour lesson to support students in their analysis of Christopher in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (play by Simon Stephens) for Edexcel English Literature IGCSE 4ET1. This lesson helps students to think about how Christopher is presented at the start of the play and how he changes as a character by the end of the play. This resource contains a ready-to-teach Powerpoint with all teacher instructions included. If you find this resource helpful, please leave a review and have a look at other resources available in my shop.

Fully resourced and ready-to-teach 1 hour lesson which introduces students to sibilance and encourages them to question why writers use it and what its effect is. Students then write a poem using sibilance. This lesson is aimed at KS3 and would be suitable for an introduction to poetry unit - but it could easily be adapted to younger or older students. This lesson includes: Differentiated learning outcomes An extract from Harry Potter for students to discuss the use of sibilance Leave a review and choose any other resource for free from the LikeAnExpert shop.

A detailed lesson/series of lessons which show students how to reach the top band of the mark scheme for AO5 when evaluating critic quotes for King Lear. This includes: A 25 slide PPT including the lesson overview and printing instructions A worksheet for students to fill in when practising AO5 A model answer Leave a review and choose any other resource of up to the same value for free from my shop.

An interactive advent calendar for use in English lessons or as literacy activities in form time. Each day links to a new literacy or English activity such as descriptive writing, comprehension questions, games or critical thinking exercises. These work especially well as 10 minute starters for the beginning of your lessons. Happy Christmas! Leave a review and choose any other resource for free from the LikeAnExpert shop.

A detailed fully-resourced and ready to teach one hour lesson that supports students to analyse World War 1 propaganda posters using AFOREST devices and direct address. After analysing posters as a class and in groups, students then create their own posters using AFOREST devices and direct address. Leave a review and choose any other resource for free from the LikeAnExpert shop.

A thorough revision quiz that covers all 30 of the Gillian Clark poems on the CIE AS level English Literature syllabus (9695). This takes between one and two hours to complete. Round one asks students to identify the poem and the poetic techniques used in quotes from the poems. Round two asks them to identify poems with specific themes. Poems covered: Advent Apples Baby-sitting Blaen Cwrt Burning Nettles Catrin Climbing Cader Idris Cold Knap Lake Death of a Cat Death of a Young Woman February Hare in July Hearthstone Icthyosaur Journey Lunchtime Lecture Miracle on St David’s Day My Box Neighbours Pipistrelle Post Script Ram Scything Seal Stealing Peas Sunday (‘From the mahogany…’) Sunday (‘Getting up early…’) The Lighthouse Times Like These White Roses Leave a review and choose any other resource of up to the same value for free from my shop.

A full paper 1 for CIE 0500 IGCSE English Language. This resource includes a full practice paper for Language paper 1 with three texts, answers/marking guide and references. All the questions and answer scheme have been based on the Cambridge IGCSE First Language English 0500 syllabus and the questions have been worded so that they are similar/identical to the specification paper. The resource is included as a pdf for easy printing or as a word doc in case you wish to edit it. This has been updated according to the 2024 change of specification. Freebies: A free lesson giving an overview of CIE 0500 Language Paper One here. A free lesson giving an overview of CIE 0500 Language Paper Two here. Free marking templates for CIE 0500 here. If you find this lesson helpful, have a look at my CIE 0500 Language Paper 1 bundle here or the Language Paper 2 bundle here. If you’re interested in both, there is a combined bundle here which is cheaper than buying them separately. Please leave a review as I value all the feedback I receive, and have a look at other resources available in my shop. **

This 50-question Macbeth quiz is designed for key stage 3 and 4 students, covering all key areas of the play—from characters and famous quotes to symbols, language techniques, structure, and social context. Ideal for teachers aiming to assess comprehension, reinforce learning, or prepare students for exams, this quiz is both thorough and accessible. This also works really well for students revising for their GCSE or IGCSE exams. This quiz not only assesses comprehension but also encourages critical thinking. It highlights key themes, character motivations, and the societal backdrop that shaped the play. Plus, the answer key saves you time, making it easy to review answers with students or provide instant feedback What’s Included in This Macbeth Quiz Resource: 5 Unique Rounds of Questions: Characters: Analyse major figures like Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, Duncan, and the Witches. Quotes: Identify missing words, understand famous lines, and connect quotes to characters. Symbols: Explore symbols such as blood, light, darkness, and the supernatural. Language & Structure: Test knowledge of Shakespeare’s language and structural techniques. Social Context: Contextual questions on the historical, social, and political background of Jacobean England. Why Choose This Resource? Engagement for All Levels: With a range of question difficulties, this quiz suits both beginner and advanced students, making it perfect for mixed-ability classrooms. Ready to Use: Download and start teaching immediately with no prep required. Leave a review and select another resource of equal value for free from the LikeAnExpert shop.