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I am currently teaching in a state secondary school although I have also taught in primary, independent and international schools. I really hope you find my resources useful!

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I am currently teaching in a state secondary school although I have also taught in primary, independent and international schools. I really hope you find my resources useful!
Poetry: Exploring and comparing ballads
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Poetry: Exploring and comparing ballads

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A super clear, colourful 40 slide powerpoint that explores the poems ‘The Ballad of Hillsborough’ and ‘The Gresford Disaster’. I have delivered this lesson to KS3 and KS4 students very successfully. There are plenty of opportunities for students to work individually, in pairs or small groups, depending on the class dynamics. There are sample answers for most tasks and engaging activities which help students improve their skills. This lesson takes 1-2 hours, depending on how much writing you ask the students to complete. My students have found it engaging and really helpful. I hope yours do too! Tes paid licence
Poetry Lesson: Presents from My Aunts/ Search for My Tongue
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Poetry Lesson: Presents from My Aunts/ Search for My Tongue

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A super clear, colourful 36 slide powerpoint that explores the poems ‘Presents from My Aunts in Pakistan’ and ‘Search for My Tongue’. I have delivered this lesson to KS3 and KS4 students very successfully. There are plenty of opportunities for students to work individually, in pairs or small groups, depending on the class dynamics. There are sample answers for most tasks and engaging activities which help students improve their skills. This lesson takes 1-2 hours, depending on how much writing you ask the students to complete. My students have found it engaging and really helpful. I hope yours do too!
Poetry Lesson: Playgrounds
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Poetry Lesson: Playgrounds

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A super clear, colourful 36 slide powerpoint that explores the poem ‘Playgrounds’ by Berlie Doherty I have delivered this lesson to KS3 and KS4 students very successfully, and I think it is accessible for KS2 as well. There are plenty of opportunities for students to work individually, in pairs or small groups, depending on the class dynamics. There are sample answers for most tasks and engaging activities which help students improve their skills. This lesson takes 1-2 hours, depending on how much writing you ask the students to complete. My students have found it engaging and really helpful. I hope yours do too!
Poetry Lesson: My Last Duchess
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Poetry Lesson: My Last Duchess

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A super clear, colourful 46 slide powerpoint that explores the poem ‘My Last Duchess’. Although this poem is on various GCSE specifications, I have delivered this lesson to KS3 students very successfully. There are plenty of opportunities for students to work individually, in pairs or small groups, depending on the class dynamics. There are sample answers for most tasks and engaging activities which help students improve their skills. This lesson takes 1-2 hours, depending on how much writing you ask the students to complete. My students have found it engaging and really helpful. I hope yours do too!
Poetry Lesson: What Were They Like?
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Poetry Lesson: What Were They Like?

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A super clear, colourful 37 slide powerpoint that explores the poem ‘What Were They Like?’. Although this poem is on various GCSE specifications, I have delivered this lesson to KS3 students very successfully. There are plenty of opportunities for students to work individually, in pairs or small groups, depending on the class dynamics. There are sample answers for most tasks and engaging activities which help students improve their skills. This lesson takes 1-2 hours, depending on how much writing you ask the students to complete. My students have found it engaging and really helpful. I hope yours do too!
Poetry Lesson: 'Blessing' and 'Living Space'
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Poetry Lesson: 'Blessing' and 'Living Space'

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A super clear, colourful 38 slide powerpoint that explores the poems ‘Blessing’ and ‘Living Space’ and brings them together at the end to start comparing. Although these poems are on various GCSE specifications, I have delivered this lesson to KS3 students very successfully. There are plenty of opportunities for students to work individually, in pairs or small groups, depending on the class dynamics. There are sample answers for most tasks and engaging activities which help students improve their skills. This lesson takes 1-2 hours, depending on how much writing you ask the students to complete. My students have found it engaging and really helpful. I hope yours do too!
AQA Poetry Anthology: full revision lesson on theme of identity with lots of guided writing
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AQA Poetry Anthology: full revision lesson on theme of identity with lots of guided writing

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A super clear, colourful 42 slide powerpoint that covers a comparison of ‘Checking Out Me History’ with ‘Tissue’. There are plenty of opportunities for students to work individually, in pairs or small groups, depending on the class dynamics. There are sample answers for all tasks and engaging activities which help students improve their skills. There is a model answer at the end. There are also two planning exercises where the students use the same points for ‘Checking Out Me History’ to compare to ‘Remains’. Students find this very useful. This lesson takes 1-2 hours, depending on how much writing you ask the students to complete. My students have found it engaging and really helpful. I hope yours do too!
AQA Nature Poetry: full revision lesson with lots of guided writing
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AQA Nature Poetry: full revision lesson with lots of guided writing

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A super clear, colourful 46 slide powerpoint that covers a comparison of ‘Extract from The Prelude’ with ‘Storm on the Island’. There are plenty of opportunities for students to work individually, in pairs or small groups, depending on the class dynamics. There are sample answers for all tasks and engaging activities which help students improve their skills. There are also two planning exercises where the students use the same points for ‘Extract from The Prelude’ to compare to ‘Exposure’ and ‘Ozymandias’. Students find this very useful. This lesson takes 1-2 hours, depending on how much writing you ask the students to complete. My students have found it engaging and really helpful. I hope yours do too!
Gender in 'An Inspector Calls': revision lesson with essay and full model answer
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Gender in 'An Inspector Calls': revision lesson with essay and full model answer

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A super clear, colourful 44 slide powerpoint that explores gender in ‘An Inspector Calls’. There are plenty of opportunities for students to work individually, in pairs or small groups, depending on the class dynamics. There are sample answers for all tasks and engaging activities which help students improve their skills. There is an AQA/Edexcel style essay question at the end with structured guidance to help the students annotate and plan an answer. There are guided writing tasks as well to support students. There is a full sample answer at the end. This lesson takes 1-2 hours, depending on how much writing you ask the students to complete. My students have found it engaging and really helpful. I hope yours do too!
Youth and Age in 'Romeo and Juliet': revision lesson with Edexcel/Eduqas essay and model answer
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Youth and Age in 'Romeo and Juliet': revision lesson with Edexcel/Eduqas essay and model answer

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A super clear, colourful 41 slide powerpoint that covers the theme of youth and age in ‘Romeo and Juliet’. There are plenty of opportunities for students to work individually, in pairs or small groups, depending on the class dynamics. There are sample answers for all tasks and engaging activities which help students improve their skills. There is an Eduqas/Edexcel style thematic essay question at the end with structured guidance to help the students plan an answer. There are guided writing tasks as well to support students. There is a full sample answer at the end. This lesson takes 1-2 hours, depending on how much writing you ask the students to complete. My students have found it engaging and really helpful. I hope yours do too!
Youth and Age in 'Romeo and Juliet': AQA revision lesson with full model answer
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Youth and Age in 'Romeo and Juliet': AQA revision lesson with full model answer

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A super clear, colourful 47 slide powerpoint that covers the theme of youth and age in ‘Romeo and Juliet’. There are plenty of opportunities for students to work individually, in pairs or small groups, depending on the class dynamics. There are sample answers for all tasks and engaging activities which help students improve their skills. There is an AQA style essay question at the end with structured guidance to help the students annotate and plan an answer. There are guided writing tasks as well to support students. There is a full sample answer at the end. This lesson takes 1-2 hours, depending on how much writing you ask the students to complete. My students have found it engaging and really helpful. I hope yours do too!
Women in 'Macbeth': revision lesson with question and full answer AQA/OCR
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Women in 'Macbeth': revision lesson with question and full answer AQA/OCR

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An engaging, super clear 51 slide powerpoint which takes a class through the presentation of women in ‘Macbeth’, using key quotations which are then used to tackle an exploding extract question. There are plenty of opportunities for short, focused activities by the students with slides giving answers for all activities. The lesson finishes with an exam question and guided activities to help students plan and then write their answers. A full model answer is also included. The lesson works best as revision. It takes between 1 and 2 hours, depending on how much writing the students complete. This is suitable for the AQA and OCR exam boards but can easily be adapted for other exam boards.
Relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth: revision lesson with question and full sample answer
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Relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth: revision lesson with question and full sample answer

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An engaging, super clear 41 slide powerpoint which takes a class through the relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, using key quotations which are then used to tackle an exploding extract question. There are plenty of opportunities for short, focused activities by the students with slides giving answers for all activities. The lesson finishes with an exam question and guided activities to help students plan and then write their answers. A full model answer is also included. The lesson works best as revision. It takes between 1 and 2 hours, depending on how much writing the students complete. This is suitable for the AQA and OCR exam boards but can easily be adapted for other exam boards.
Violence in 'Romeo and Juliet': revision lesson with Edexcel/Eduqas exam question and full answer
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Violence in 'Romeo and Juliet': revision lesson with Edexcel/Eduqas exam question and full answer

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A super clear, colourful 41 slide powerpoint that covers the theme of violence in ‘Romeo and Juliet’. There are plenty of opportunities for students to work individually, in pairs or small groups, depending on the class dynamics. There are sample answers for all tasks and engaging activities which help students improve their skills. There is an Eduqas/Edexcel style thematic essay question at the end with structured guidance to help the students plan an answer. There are guided writing tasks as well to support students. There is a full sample answer at the end. This lesson takes 1-2 hours, depending on how much writing you ask the students to complete. My students have found it engaging and really helpful. I hope yours do too!
Violence in 'Romeo and Juliet': revision lesson with AQA exam question and full model answer
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Violence in 'Romeo and Juliet': revision lesson with AQA exam question and full model answer

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A super clear, colourful 47 slide powerpoint that covers the theme of violence in ‘Romeo and Juliet’. There are plenty of opportunities for students to work individually, in pairs or small groups, depending on the class dynamics. There are sample answers for all tasks and engaging activities which help students improve their skills. There is an AQA style essay question at the end with structured guidance to help the students annotate and plan an answer. There are guided writing tasks as well to support students. There is a full sample answer at the end. This lesson takes 1-2 hours, depending on how much writing you ask the students to complete. My students have found it engaging and really helpful. I hope yours do too!
AQA Poetry Conflict and Power: War Poems
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AQA Poetry Conflict and Power: War Poems

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A super clear, colourful 47 slide powerpoint that covers a comparison of ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’ with ‘Exposure’. There are plenty of opportunities for students to work individually, in pairs or small groups, depending on the class dynamics. There are sample answers for all tasks and engaging activities which help students improve their skills. There are also two planning exercises where the students use the same points for ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’ and 'Exposure to compare to ‘Bayonet Charge’ and ‘Remains’. Students find this very useful. There is a full sample answer at the end. This lesson takes 1-3 hours, depending on how much writing you ask the students to complete. My students have found it engaging and really helpful. I hope yours do too!
Kingship in 'Macbeth': revision lesson with question and full sample answer
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Kingship in 'Macbeth': revision lesson with question and full sample answer

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An engaging, super clear 49 slide powerpoint which takes a class through the theme of kingship in ‘Macbeth’ using key quotations which are then used to tackle an exploding extract question. There are plenty of opportunities for short, focused activities by the students with slides giving answers for all activities. The lesson finishes with an exam question and guided activities to help students plan and then write their answers. A full model answer is also included. The lesson works best as revision. It takes between 1 and 2 hours, depending on how much writing the students complete. This is suitable for the AQA and OCR exam boards but can easily be adapted for other exam boards.
Power in 'Macbeth'- revision lesson with essay and full answer
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Power in 'Macbeth'- revision lesson with essay and full answer

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An engaging, super clear 56 slide powerpoint which takes a class through the theme of power in ‘Macbeth’ using key quotations which are then used to tackle an exploding extract question. There are plenty of opportunities for short, focused activities by the students with slides giving answers for all activities. The lesson finishes with an exam question and guided activities to help students plan and then write their answers. A full model answer is also included. The lesson works best as revision. It takes between 1 and 2 hours, depending on how much writing the students complete. This is suitable for the AQA and OCR exam boards but can easily be adapted for other exam boards.
The Cratchits in 'A Christmas Carol': revision lesson with essay question and full model answer
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The Cratchits in 'A Christmas Carol': revision lesson with essay question and full model answer

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An engaging, super clear 50 slide powerpoint which takes a class through the roles of the Cratchit family in ‘A Christmas Carol’ using key quotations which are then used to tackle an exploding extract question. There are plenty of opportunities for short, focused activities by the students with slides giving answers for all activities. The lesson finishes with an exam question and guided activities to help students plan and then write their answers. A full model answer is also included. The lesson works best as revision. It takes between 1 and 2 hours, depending on how much writing the students complete. This is suitable for the AQA and Eduqas exam boards but can easily be adapted for other exam boards.
The Ghosts in 'A Christmas Carol': revision lesson with model answer
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The Ghosts in 'A Christmas Carol': revision lesson with model answer

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A super clear 47 slide powerpoint which revises the role of the ghosts in ‘A Christmas Carol’. There are plenty of opportunities for short, focused activities by the students. A student worksheet is included which the students can either fill in independently or in pairs/small groups. Alternatively, depending on the ability of the class, the worksheet can be completed as a class with the teacher modelling. The powerpoint easily allows the teacher to be flexible with how the lesson is delivered. The lesson finishes with an exam question using an extract from Stave 4. A full model answer is also included with suggestions for revision at the end. This is suitable for the AQA and Eduqas exam boards but can be adapted for other exam boards.