A frontline teacher with 18 years sharp end experience, currently based in Valencia. This shop specialises in literature and language resources but also offers a generous selection ESL resources. All of my resources are road tested in my own classes and refined/polished at the end of the academic year.
A frontline teacher with 18 years sharp end experience, currently based in Valencia. This shop specialises in literature and language resources but also offers a generous selection ESL resources. All of my resources are road tested in my own classes and refined/polished at the end of the academic year.
Bram Stoker’s masterpiece ‘Dracula’ continues to enjoy worldwide popularity in its many different forms and reboots. This gothic horror text shadows a tragic love story, exploring a number of key themes that remain significant to post-modern audiences. I have taught this text a number of times in the last twenty years and I have used this specific resource (revised in 2021) to lead my classroom teaching, as a distance learning material for SKYPE lessons, as a homework assignment and even as a tool of revision – all have worked well for the students.
This dynamically illustrated PowerPoint lesson (28 slides, approximately 2 hours of teaching time) includes: a starter activity, summary and analysis questions, an academic writing task, a theme tracking exercise, an extension task, a homework assignment and a plenary. This is a complete resource with no additional work required from the teacher. Enjoy!
Bram Stoker’s masterpiece ‘Dracula’ continues to enjoy worldwide popularity in its many different forms and reboots. This gothic horror text shadows a tragic love story, exploring a number of key themes that remain significant to post-modern audiences. I have taught this text a number of times in the last twenty years and I have used this specific resource (revised in 2021) to lead my classroom teaching, as a distance learning material for SKYPE lessons, as a homework assignment and even as a tool of revision – all have worked well for the students.
This dynamically illustrated PowerPoint lesson (18 slides, approximately 2 hours of teaching time) includes: a starter activity, summary and analysis questions, an academic writing task, a theme tracking exercise, an extension task, a homework assignment and a plenary. This is a complete resource with no additional work required from the teacher. Enjoy!
Bram Stoker’s masterpiece ‘Dracula’ continues to enjoy worldwide popularity in its many different forms and reboots. This gothic horror text shadows a tragic love story, exploring a number of key themes that remain significant to post-modern audiences. I have taught this text a number of times in the last twenty years and I have used this specific resource (revised in 2021) to lead my classroom teaching, as a distance learning material for SKYPE lessons, as a homework assignment and even as a tool of revision – all have worked well for the students.
This dynamically illustrated PowerPoint lesson (25 slides, approximately 2 hours of teaching time) includes: a starter activity, summary and analysis questions, an academic writing task, a theme tracking exercise, an extension task, a homework assignment and a plenary. This is a complete resource with no additional work required from the teacher. Enjoy!
Bram Stoker’s masterpiece ‘Dracula’ continues to enjoy worldwide popularity in its many different forms and reboots. This gothic horror text shadows a tragic love story, exploring a number of key themes that remain significant to post-modern audiences. I have taught this text a number of times in the last twenty years and I have used this specific resource (revised in 2021) to lead my classroom teaching, as a distance learning material for SKYPE lessons, as a homework assignment and even as a tool of revision – all have worked well for the students.
This dynamically illustrated PowerPoint lesson (26 slides, approximately 2 hours of teaching time) includes: a starter activity, summary and analysis questions, an academic writing task, a theme tracking exercise, an extension task, a homework assignment and a plenary. This is a complete resource with no additional work required from the teacher. Enjoy!
These complex and challenging texts remain as controversial in the post-modern world as they did at the time of publication. I have taught these texts a number of times and have refined this resource at the close of every academic year. I have successfully used this resource to lead my teaching in the classroom, as a homework or distance learning material and even as a tool of revision – all have worked well for the students.
This colossal thirty-two slide presentation provides the appropriate detail and exploration required at A level, and is suitable with slight adaptions for IB and the American system, it provides roughly three hours teaching time of resources. This presentation guides the students through the process of writing an academic essay, working around the essay question of ‘In what ways do Shakespeare and Fitzgerald present the idea of sexual inequality in their respective texts? I feel that this is a critical skill that really helps to build confidence in the students, my feedback in class has been extremely favourable towards this particular resource. Every slide is dynamically illustrated and very engaging. This presentation also contains an extension task and homework assignment. There is no work for you to complete whatsoever. This is a complete resource. Enjoy.
David Almond’s ‘Skellig’ is brought beautifully to life in these thoughtfully designed slides. Differentiated tasks are contained within this lesson which drastically reduces your workload. This lesson contains a starter activity, a discussion task, summary and analysis questions, an academic writing task (PETAL paragraphing), an extension task, a homework assignment and of course a plenary. All the challenging and time-consuming work has been completed for you. This is a complete resource. Enjoy!
David Almond’s ‘Skellig’ is brought beautifully to life in these thoughtfully designed slides. Differentiated tasks are contained within this lesson which drastically reduces your workload. This lesson contains a starter activity, a discussion task, summary and analysis questions, an academic writing task (PETAL paragraphing), an extension task, a homework assignment and of course a plenary. All the challenging and time-consuming work has been completed for you. This is a complete resource. Enjoy!
David Almond’s ‘Skellig’ is brought beautifully to life in these thoughtfully designed slides. Differentiated tasks are contained within this lesson which drastically reduces your workload. This lesson contains a starter activity, a discussion task, summary and analysis questions, an academic writing task (PETAL paragraphing), an extension task, a homework assignment and of course a plenary. All the challenging and time-consuming work has been completed for you. This is a complete resource. Enjoy!
David Almond’s ‘Skellig’ is brought beautifully to life in these thoughtfully designed slides. Differentiated tasks are contained within this lesson which drastically reduces your workload. This lesson contains a starter activity, a discussion task, summary and analysis questions, an academic writing task (PETAL paragraphing), an extension task, a homework assignment and of course a plenary. All the challenging and time-consuming work has been completed for you. This is a complete resource. Enjoy!
David Almond’s ‘Skellig’ is brought beautifully to life in these thoughtfully designed slides. Differentiated tasks are contained within this lesson which drastically reduces your workload. This lesson contains a starter activity, a discussion task, summary and analysis questions, an academic writing task (PETAL paragraphing), an extension task, a homework assignment and of course a plenary. All the challenging and time-consuming work has been completed for you. This is a complete resource. Enjoy!
‘If’ by Rudyard Kipling remains an inspirational text that resonates strongly for the adolescent audience. I have used this detailed PowerPoint lesson (28 slides, approximately 2 hours teaching time) to lead my learning in class, as a distance learning material/homework and even as a tool of revision – all have worked well for the students.
This beautifully illustrated lesson contains a brief author biography, a starter activity, content and narrative questions, language device questions, structure questions, an academic writing task, an extension task, a homework assignment and a plenary. All the time-consuming work has been done for you, this is a complete resource. Enjoy!
'The Bright Lights of Sarajevo’ by Tony Harrison remains an inspirational text that resonates strongly for the adolescent audience. I have used this detailed PowerPoint lesson (28 slides, approximately 2 hours teaching time) to lead my learning in class, as a distance learning material/homework and even as a tool of revision – all have worked well for the students.
This beautifully illustrated lesson contains a brief author biography, a starter activity, content and narrative questions, language device questions, structure questions, an academic writing task, an extension task, a homework assignment and a plenary. All the time-consuming work has been done for you, this is a complete resource. Enjoy.
At GCSE it is essential that students are able to identify ‘text types’ (genre and its conventions). This dynamic 20 slide PowerPoint presentation explores the genre of ‘Travel Writing’ through a series of video footage clips accompanied with structured thinking and written tasks. I have used this resource in class to lead my teaching, as a homework and distance learning material and even as a tool of revision – all have worked well for the students.
This PowerPoint lesson is designed to support the assessment criteria of AO1, AO2 and AO3. This is a complete lesson representing approximately 2 hours teaching time. All the time-consuming work has been completed for you. Enjoy!
At GCSE it is essential that students are able to identify ‘text types’ (genre and its conventions). This dynamic 17 slide PowerPoint presentation explores the genre of ‘speeches’ through a series of video footage clips accompanied with structured thinking and written tasks. I have used this resource in class to lead my teaching, as a homework and distance learning material and even as a tool of revision – all have worked well for the students.
This PowerPoint lesson is designed to support the assessment criteria of AO1, AO2 and AO3. This is a complete lesson representing approximately 2 hours teaching time. All the time-consuming work has been completed for you. Enjoy!
Toni Morrison’s ‘Beloved’ remains an essential text to support our understanding of the post-modern dilemmas of racial inequality. I have taught this novel a number of times and have refined this resource at the close of every academic year. It works! I have successfully used this resource to lead my teaching in the classroom, as a homework and distance learning material and even as a tool of revision – all have worked well for the students.
This beautifully illustrated twenty-three slide PowerPoint lesson contains a starter activity, a glossary of terms, summary and analysis questions, questions exploring themes, an academic writing task, an extension task, a homework assignment and a plenary. This is a complete resource that requires no additional labour from the overworked teacher. Approximately two hours of structured classroom work. Enjoy!
Toni Morrison’s ‘Beloved’ remains an essential text to support our understanding of the post-modern dilemmas of racial inequality. I have taught this novel a number of times and have refined this resource at the close of every academic year. It works! I have successfully used this resource to lead my teaching in the classroom, as a homework and distance learning material and even as a tool of revision – all have worked well for the students.
This beautifully illustrated twenty-nine slide PowerPoint lesson contains a starter activity, a glossary of terms, summary and analysis questions, questions exploring themes, an academic writing task, an extension task, a homework assignment and a plenary. This is a complete resource that requires no additional labour from the overworked teacher. Approximately two hours of structured classroom work. Enjoy!
Toni Morrison’s ‘Beloved’ remains an essential text to support our understanding of the post-modern dilemmas of racial inequality. I have taught this novel a number of times and have refined this resource at the close of every academic year. It works! I have successfully used this resource to lead my teaching in the classroom, as a homework and distance learning material and even as a tool of revision – all have worked well for the students.
This beautifully illustrated seventeen slide PowerPoint lesson contains a starter activity, a glossary of terms, summary and analysis questions, questions exploring themes, an academic writing task, an extension task, a homework assignment and a plenary. This is a complete resource that requires no additional labour from the overworked teacher. Approximately two hours of structured classroom work. Enjoy!
Toni Morrison’s ‘Beloved’ remains an essential text to support our understanding of the post-modern dilemmas of racial inequality. I have taught this novel a number of times and have refined this resource at the close of every academic year. It works! I have successfully used this resource to lead my teaching in the classroom, as a homework and distance learning material and even as a tool of revision – all have worked well for the students.
This beautifully illustrated twenty-two slide PowerPoint lesson contains a starter activity, a glossary of terms, summary and analysis questions, questions exploring themes, an academic writing task, an extension task, a homework assignment and a plenary. This is a complete resource that requires no additional labour from the overworked teacher. Approximately two hours of structured classroom work. Enjoy!
William Shakespeare’s ‘Measure for Measure’ remains a significant text in a post-modern world, where the prosecutions of Harvey Weinstein and Jeffrey Epstein have shed fresh light onto gender inequality and sexual abuse. I have taught this text many times and have used this specific resource to lead my teaching in the classroom, as a distance learning/homework assignment and even as a tool of revision – all have worked well for the students.
This beautifully engaging 19 slide PowerPoint lesson includes a starter activity, summary and analysis questions, an academic writing task, an extension task, theme tracking questions, a homework assignment and a plenary. This is a complete resource (approximately 2-3 hours teaching time) that requires no additional labour from the overworked teacher. Enjoy.
William Shakespeare tragic tale of misplaced ambition, betrayal and murder is brought to life in this dynamic PowerPoint lesson that covers Act 1 Scenes 4, 5 and 6. This lesson has been structured to compliment the GCSE qualification, but I have also made slight adaptions in the past to teach it within the American education system. I have used this specific resource to lead my physical teaching in class, as a distance learning material online/homework assignment and even as a tool of revision – all have worked well for the students.
This 23 slide lesson provides approximately 2-3 hours of classroom teaching time and includes a starter activity, summary and analysis questions, a glossary of terms slide, an academic writing task, a theme tracking slide, an extension task, a homework assignment and a plenary All the time-consuming work has been completed for you, no further work is required. This is a complete resource. Enjoy!
