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.
This book is so important now!
This beautifully illustrated and thoughtfully structured power point lesson explores all the key events of this chapter through structured tasks and academic writing. I have taught this novel many times and thoroughly enjoy seeing the student’s eyes open to the bigger world around them. I have used this resource successfully in my own class to lead my teaching, as a homework assignment and also as a tool of revision – all have worked well.
This power point lesson contains a starter activity, summary and analysis questions, an academic writing task, an extension task and a plenary.
A thorough and complete presentation, beautifully illustrated and engaging for the students. Starter, main body, extension task and plenary. This presentation also includes summary and analysis questions and remains focused towards the AO assessment criterias.
Shakespeare’s classic tragedy forewarns of vanity and its fleeting values, explores the concept of aging and the decline of control, power and identity. In an age of social media, its vanity and its attached fleeting values, our individual lack of control and our ever-changing identities in the post-modern world, this text remains relevant and essential. I have taught this text many times in the last 20 years and I have used this specific resource (revised in 2020): to lead my teaching in class, as a distance learning material/homework assignment and even as a tool of revision – all have worked well for the students.
This dynamically presented PowerPoint lesson provides a detailed and engaging introduction to the text through a series of structured discussion and writing tasks, looking at the following areas.
The life and work of William Shakespeare.
The leading themes within the text and their baring on the post-modern world.
The characterisation of the leading personalities within the text.
This is a complete resource with no additional work required from the teacher. Enjoy!
Shakespeare’s classic tragedy forewarns of vanity and its fleeting values, explores the concept of aging and the decline of control, power and identity. In an age of social media, its vanity and its attached fleeting values, our individual lack of control and our ever-changing identities in the post-modern world, this text remains relevant and essential. I have taught this text many times in the last 20 years and I have used this specific resource (revised in 2020): to lead my teaching in class, as a distance learning material/homework assignment and even as a tool of revision – all have worked well for the students.
This dynamically presented PowerPoint lesson includes: a starter activity, a glossary of terms, summary and analysis questions, an academic writing task, a theme tracker, an extension task, a homework assignment and a plenary. This is a complete resource with no additional work required from the teacher. Enjoy!
‘Never Let Me Go’ by Kazuo Ishiguro explores an enduring love that battles a hopeless situation. Using the canvas of cloning, Ishiguro explores the moral, spiritual and legal debates connected to the creation of life. In our fractured post-modern world, this text remains both significant and essential. I have taught this text a number of times in recent years, and have used this specific resource to lead my teaching in class, as a distance learning resource (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 (23 slides) provides a step-by-step guide to essay writing, focusing on the question:
‘How do the “fantasies” that Kathy and her friends imagine at Hailsham compare with those they imagine as young adults?’
This is a complete resource, with no further work required from the teacher. Enjoy!
Arthur Miller’s tragic tale of a working man’s professional and emotional decline, explores the concept of a failed American Dream, and continues to entertain audiences worldwide in both film and theatre. In our post-modern political and social fields of conflict and change, it remains a significant text. I have taught this play many times over the last 20 years. I have used this specific resource (revised in 2021) to lead my teaching in class, as a distance learning material (Google Meet/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 (20 slides) provides approximately 2 hours teaching time and includes: a starter activity, summary and analysis questions, an academic writing task, a theme tracking task, an extension task connected to critical vocabulary, a homework assignment and a plenary. This is a complete resource with no further work required from the teacher. Enjoy!
This beautifully illustrated powerpoint presentation captures the essential learning connected to this text. It is suitable for both A Level, and a top set at GCSE. This presentation is detailed and contains; learning objectives, a starter activity, a scene summary, summary and analysis questions, an academic writing task, an extension task and a plenary.
I have run this lesson a number of times and it has always worked successfully, this resource was revised and refined this academic year 2017-2018. Enjoy!
This beautifully detailed and illustrated presentation covers act 3 scene 1 and has proven to be extremely popular with my A level students. This presentation contains 12 slides and endeavours to explore all the key events of the scene. I have used this resource successfully in class, as a revision material and also as a homework assignment – all have worked well for the students.
This presentation is structured to work with the A level AOs and has a very strong academic writing focus. This lesson contains a starter activity, summary and analysis questions, an academic writing task, an extension task and a plenary.
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 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!
A beautifully illustrated and detailed exploration of the themes of crime and punishment. Summary and analysis questions for the students. Starter activity, main body questions, extension task and plenary. Suitable for GCSE or A level.
This book is so important now!
This beautifully illustrated and thoughtfully structured power point lesson explores all the key events of this chapter through structured tasks and academic writing. I have taught this novel many times and thoroughly enjoy seeing the student’s eyes open to the bigger world around them. I have used this resource successfully in my own class to lead my teaching, as a homework assignment and also as a tool of revision – all have worked well.
This power point lesson contains a starter activity, summary and analysis questions, an academic writing task, an extension task and a plenary.
This book is so important now!
This beautifully illustrated and thoughtfully structured power point lesson explores all the key events of this chapter through structured tasks and academic writing. I have taught this novel many times and thoroughly enjoy seeing the student’s eyes open to the bigger world around them. I have used this resource successfully in my own class to lead my teaching, as a homework assignment and also as a tool of revision – all have worked well.
This power point lesson contains a starter activity, summary and analysis questions, an academic writing task, an extension task and a plenary.
This book is so important now!
This beautifully illustrated and thoughtfully structured power point lesson explores all the key events of this chapter through structured tasks and academic writing. I have taught this novel many times and thoroughly enjoy seeing the student’s eyes open to the bigger world around them. I have used this resource successfully in my own class to lead my teaching, as a homework assignment and also as a tool of revision – all have worked well.
This power point lesson contains a starter activity, summary and analysis questions, an academic writing task, an extension task and a plenary.
A thorough and complete presentation, beautifully illustrated and engaging for the students. Starter, main body, extension task and plenary. This presentation also includes summary and analysis questions and remains focused towards the AO assessment criteria.
This powerpoint presentation is beautifully illustrated and engaging for the students. Each powerpoint is constructed with a starter, key words and phrases, a starter activity, summary and analysis questions, an extension task and a PEE writing task, plus a plenary. This presentation focuses clearly on one scene and touches upon the prominent theme within the starter activity. It is aimed clearly at KS4, but can so easily be adapted up or down the key stages. All of my resources have been run in class and are revised and updated on a yearly basis.
This presentation is very detailed, and creatively illustrated to appeal to the students. This particular powerpoint contains, a starter activity, has summary and analysis questions in the main body, an extension task and a plenary. All of my presentations have been tested and refined in class. This is an introduction to the text and explores the connections between the Salem Witch Trials and the Communist Witch Hunt of the 1950s.
This presentation is very detailed, and creatively illustrated to appeal to the students. This particular powerpoint contains, a starter activity, recaps on previous learning, has summary and analysis questions in the main body, an extension task and a plenary. All of my presentations have been tested and refined in class.
This extensive presentation covers two chapters. It is beautifully illustrated and very engaging for the students. This presentation is structured with a starter, a reading task, summary and analysis questions, a structured writing/essay writing task (PEACE Paragraph, Point, Evidence, Audience Cross Reference and Evaluation) an extension task and a plenary. It has been created with the A level A0s in mind and aims to explore academic writing and thought. All materials have been used in my own classes and refined/reviewed once an academic year.
This beautifully illustrated powerpoint presentation captures the essential learning connected to this text. It is suitable for both A Level, and a top set at GCSE. This presentation is detailed and contains; learning objectives, a starter activity, a scene summary, summary and analysis questions, an academic writing task, an extension task and a plenary.
I have run this lesson a number of times and it has always worked successfully, this resource was revised and refined this academic year 2017-2018. Enjoy!
Copus’ ‘An Easy Passage’ is a dynamic text that explores the physical and emotional transition between ‘girl’ and ‘woman’. It remains a significant text for our post-modern society. I have taught this text a number of times, and I have used this specific resource (revised in 2021), to lead my teaching in class, as a distance learning material (Google Meet/Skype lessons), as a homework assignment and even as a tool for revision – all have worked well for the students.
This dynamically illustrated 24 slide PowerPoint lesson contains, a starter activity, a text overview, exploration tasks connected to content, summary and analysis questions connected to language and its devices, questions pertaining to structure and theme, an academic writing task, an extension task, a homework assignment and a plenary. No further work is required from the teacher. This is a complete resource. Enjoy!