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Flynn's Educational Grotto

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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.

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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 Level Literature (9): ‘Never Let Me Go’ Half-Term Assessment – Guided Essay Writing
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A Level Literature (9): ‘Never Let Me Go’ Half-Term Assessment – Guided Essay Writing

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‘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!
A Level Poetry: Death Be Not Proud By John Donne
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A Level Poetry: Death Be Not Proud By John Donne

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This 21 slide powerpoint presentation is beautifully illustrated and fully engaging for the students. This presentation contains a starter activity, an overview, content language and structure questions, an academic writing task, an extension task and a plenary. This resource has been used many times in class, and has been refined once every academic year.
A Level: The Complete Jane Eyre - Chapters 1-38
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A Level: The Complete Jane Eyre - Chapters 1-38

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These 19 presentation cover all the chapters from 1-38. Each presentation is beautifully illustrated and engaging for the students studying this text. This bundle is aimed at A level students and therefore structured around the AOs. Each presentation contains a starter activity, a key words slide, summary and analysis questions, an academic writing task, an extension task and a plenary - wherever possible media links are connected to aim further contextual learning. All my resources have been run in my own classes many times, and are refined once a year. Enjoy!
Edexcel A Level English Language and Literature: Great Gatsby Vs Othello: Guided Essay Writing
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Edexcel A Level English Language and Literature: Great Gatsby Vs Othello: Guided Essay Writing

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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.
A Level Literature (5): ‘Death of a Salesman’ Assessment Act 1 – Guided Essay Writing
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A Level Literature (5): ‘Death of a Salesman’ Assessment Act 1 – Guided Essay Writing

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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 (23 slides) provides a step-by-step guide to essay writing, focusing on the question: ‘Death of a Salesman’ is one of the foundational texts exploring the American dream. How is Miller overwhelmingly cynical on the topic? This is a complete resource, with no further work required from the teacher. Enjoy!
A Level: (3) The Handmaids Tale - Chapters 5 and 6
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A Level: (3) The Handmaids Tale - Chapters 5 and 6

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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.
The Stranger by Albert Camus - Complete, 12 individual lessons
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The Stranger by Albert Camus - Complete, 12 individual lessons

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Albert Camus’ masterpiece, ‘The Stranger’ is brought to life through these engaging lessons. The author’s craft and his philosophical ideas are challenged and explored in every slide, empowering new levels of commentary. I have taught this text many times over the last seventeen years. I have used these particular resources to lead my teaching in class, as distant learning materials/homeworks and as tools of revision – all have worked well for the students. These power point lessons contain a starter material, a recap on previous learning, summary and analysis questions, an academic writing task, an extension task, a homework assignment and a plenary. These are complete resources that will save you time. Enjoy!