This word search - containing names and vocabulary from Roald Dahl’s most famous children’s stories - is a fun and engaging activity for students who know and love the author’s work.

This word search on GREEK GODS & GODDESSES is a fun and engaging activity for teaching/consolidating knowledge of Greek mythology. An extension task would be for pupils to write down who exactly each God/Goddess is in their books/notes.

Three stylish graphic design posters on classic works of literature. George Orwell’s ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’. Daniel Defoe’s ‘Robinson Crusoe’. Jane Austen’s ‘Sense and Sensibility’. Perfect for your classroom or corridor display!

A lesson designed to revise Louisa Gradgrind’s character function in Dickens’ ‘Hard Times’. Ideal for students reading the text for AQA’s Political and Social Protest Writing A level course.

A revision lesson designed to deconstruct Dr. Rank’s significance in ‘A Doll’s House’. This is a detailed analytical summary of Dr. Rank, including his key quotations, function in the play, and an essay question for students to consider. Perfect for those studying the play with AQA for A level (Political and Social Protest Writing).

A lesson focused on how Scrooge is affected by reliving the memory of his lost love, Belle. Perfect for those studying the text at with AQA at GCSE.

An invaluable resource designed to build a picture of how Shakespeare presents Macbeth via other characters in the play. Taking key quotes from a variety of characters, we can see how Shakespeare’s characters speak about and to Macbeth throughout the play. This not only unveils how loyalties change and develop throughout the play, but also how Macbeth himself changes and how characters may behave differently in private versus public settings. This is ideal for supporting study of the play at GCSE.

An analytical summary of Mrs Birling in Act II of ‘An Inspector Calls’. This 900-word essay explores how Priestley presents Mrs Birling’s unyielding prejudice in the pivotal second act of the play. Perfect for high-grade students, this is a sophisticated reading of a key character.

An analytical summary of how Gradgrind’s language changes throughout ‘Hard Times’. Gradgrind’s famous character metamorphosis is a key part of the novel; one way to mark his significant change is through his language. This is an excellent resource for challenging students.

A great literacy lesson for KS3 on homophones. This is an introductory exploration of homophones in an easily adaptable and interactive PowerPoint for your lesson. A worksheet (addressed at the end of the PowerPoint) is also included.

Three graphic design A4 posters for Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’, ‘Hamlet’ and ‘Twelfth Night’. Perfect for your classroom.

This resource features 28 exam-style questions on Stevenson’s ‘Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’ for students to use as mock/practice stimuli. It is designed to support those studying the text for GCSE. Teachers may wish to find appropriate extracts (as per the AQA exam) to accompany each question. These questions cover all the key themes and characters of the novella. If students feel capable answering all of these questions, then they should feel very well prepared for the exam.

An essay on the ‘tragic’ aspects of Malvolio in ‘Twelfth Night’. Often hailed as one of Shakespeare’s greatest comic characters, critics have also flocked to point out the tragic elements of his character arc, particularly the ethical implications of the play’s repeated schadenfreude. This article aims to introduce students to the complexities of Malvolio’s character. This resource serves as a great lesson for those studying the comedic genre in relation to ‘Twelfth Night’ (particularly AQA’s Aspects of Comedy paper), but is equally as useful and engaging for those studying the play through other lenses.

This 30-slide lesson explores T.S. Eliot’s poem, ‘Morning at the Window’. The lesson deconstructs Eliot’s classic observation of metropolitan life and encourages students to think about urban alienation and interaction. Eliot’s language is analysed, as well as his imagery and rhyme. Students are asked to think about the differences between urban and rural life, class divisions, and what ‘windows’ represent. Questions and discussion points are peppered throughout the lesson. The lesson also includes a short analytical response task and ends with a creative writing activity (which could be set as a homework task). This is an ideal lesson for KS3 pupils, though it could be used for GCSE. A copy of the poem is also included. PowerPoint saved as PDF.

This FREE poster uses the classic ‘let’s eat grandma!’ joke to explain the importance of using correct punctuation. Use it to enhance your learning environment.

How does Scotland fare under the tyrannical reign of Macbeth? Students rarely consider the country of Scotland itself when analysing Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’, but to ignore Scotland is to forget the national scale of this bloody tragedy. This PowerPoint considers the role of Scotland in the play, including 10 key quotes about Scotland from various characters. Teachers can use these quotes however they please - it may create a great group activity or independent task. At the end of the PowerPoint is an exam-style question for students to consider. This is an ideal resource for encouraging students to aim for high marks in their GCSE analysis.

What kind of king is Macbeth? The perfect holistic study of how power corrupts Macbeth in Shakespeare’s tragedy, this detailed lesson traces what happens to Macbeth after he chooses the heretical path of regicide. This is an ideal lesson for GCSE students. PowerPoint saved as PDF.

This 20-slide lesson uses Ernest Hemingway’s classic short story, ‘Cat in the Rain’, to teach students about the ‘Iceberg Theory’ and analytical inference. Using Hemingway’s story as the model, students are encouraged to think about how the story functions on a symbolic level in spite of its apparent simplicity and minimalism. Marking the difference between comprehension/fact and inference, students use the story to think about ‘reading between the lines’ in this text and in so many others. Using the cat as a symbol, Hemingway’s story is deliciously ambiguous, and students are prompted to think not only about how writers hide details beneath the surface (like an iceberg), but also how they too can create powerful meanings and effects in their own creative writing. This lesson works well for KS3 and GCSE students. Questions, discussion points, and tasks are included for students. A copy of Hemingway’s story is also included in this resource. PowerPoint saved as PDF.

This 20-slide poem analyses Alan Gillis’ poem, ‘Bulletin from The Daily Mail’. Exploring Gillis’ use of humour to satirise how tabloid newspapers demonise supposedly anti-social members of society, this lesson deconstructs the poem’s use of hyperbole, repetition, rhyme, and - of course - language. Questions and discussion points are included around the subject of news - its dissemination, agenda, and importance to our modern society. An essay question is included for students at the end. A copy of the poem is included within the PowerPoint. PowerPoint saved as PDF.

This crossword on John Steinbeck’s ‘Of Mice and Men’ provides an enjoyable but academic activity for pupils to test their knowledge of the novella. It always works as a great starter or plenary task.