Pathetic Fallacy - KS3 26 slide PowerPoint presentation with 3 accompanying worksheet This English teaching resource focuses on the literary technique of pathetic fallacy. Content includes: What is pathetic fallacy explanation. The difference between pathetic fallacy and personification. Identifying pathetic fallacy or personification in sentences activity. Why writers use pathetic fallacy in their writing. Writing sentences using pathetic fallacy activity with an accompanying worksheet. Explaining how to spot pathetic fallacy through the analysis of an extract from Frankenstein Using film to develop understanding of the different forms of pathetic fallacy Exploring the use of pathetic fallacy in prose ‘Pathetic Fallacy - KS3’ can be edited allowing teachers to adapt the resource to suit their individual teaching requirements. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Introducing Pathetic Fallacy - Year 5 and 6

Porphyria’s Lover is a differentiated two-lesson GCSE mini-unit that explores Robert Browning’s poem in great detail. Designed for teaching GCSE students studying the AQA Anthology, it covers context, structure, form, themes and language and contains an annotated copy of the poem. The 30-slide editable PowerPoint (with 8 worksheets) contains differentiated activities ( with suggested answers) for students of all abilities. Lesson One Content: After a differentiated ‘Do Now’ task, learners explore the context of the poem - Victorian attitudes to love, sexuality and women (AO3) - and the nature of the dramatic monologue form (AO2). Pupils complete a task to gain an understanding of the sequence of events in the poem and Browning’s presentation of the relationship between Porphyria and her lover (AO1). Pupils then explore Porphyria’s Lover in depth via discussion of an annotated copy of the poem. The lesson concludes with a brief review that asks learners to respond to a statement about Browning’s presentation of the speaker. Lesson Two Content: Students undertake a more detailed study of ‘Porphyria’s Lover’ exploring the writer’s use of pathetic fallacy, poetic techniques, imagery, rhyme and caesura. After a differentiated ‘Do Now’ task, pupils answer a series of questions which ask them to consider how both language and structural methods shape meaning in the poem. In the learning review, students consider the poem’s key themes, making one point in relation to Browning’s exploration of each theme in the poem. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below for more AQA Anthology Poetry - Love and Relationships resources: When We Two Parted Love’s Philosophy Sonnet 29 – ‘I think of thee!’ Neutral Tones The Farmer’s Bride Eden Rock Mother, Any Distance Before You Were Mine Walking Away Follower Letters From Yorkshire Winter Swans Singh Song! Climbing My Grandfather AQA GCSE Anthology Poetry Love and Relationships Pack

A Christmas Carol - Scrooge’s Childhood (20-slide PowerPoint and 3 worksheets) In Stave 2 the Ghost of Christmas Past encourages Scrooge to reflect on the time that he was abandoned at boarding school by his emotionally-distant father. This GCSE resource enables learners to explore Dickens’ presentation of this unhappy time in Scrooge’s life. It includes: A differentiated Do Now task in which learners must make three different, valid sentences relevant to Stave One using the words contained in three separate grids. Learners will then read from, ‘Scrooge reverently disclaimed any knowledge…’ down to ‘…and the streets were lighted up’, thinking about why Scrooge was unhappy at boarding school, how Dickens presents Scrooge’s unhappiness and the effects of this experience on Scrooge’s emotional development. Following on from this, learners will undertake a differentiated task that encourages them to consider the significance of three different characters from the stories that Scrooge read as a child. This could be done in pairs. The lesson concludes with a 3-2-1 learning review. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE resources for Stave 2 of A Christmas Carol: A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Past A Christmas Carol - Old Fezziwig A Christmas Carol - Fezziwig and Scrooge A Christmas Carol - Scrooge and Belle A Christmas Carol - Belle’s Family

A Christmas Carol - Scrooge and Belle (19-slide editable PowerPoint teaching resource with 2 worksheets) This GCSE lesson allows students to explore the end of Scrooge’s relationship with Belle in Stave 2. It begins with a differentiated ‘Do Now’ task which encourages revision of some of the key ideas in Stave One. Following on from this, learners will read from, ‘His former self turned down the lamps…’ down to ‘”One shadow more!”, thinking about: Why Belle chose to end her relationship with Scrooge; how Dickens presents Scrooge in this passage and how our understanding of Scrooge’s character is developed as a result of what Dickens reveals in this part of the book. There is also a detailed analysis of two of the passage’s more complex ideas, including Scrooge’s worship of the ‘golden idol’. Learners will then complete a ‘how far do you agree?’ activity involving a differentiated range of statements on the subject of Scrooge and Belle’s breakup. The lesson concludes with a learning review which asks learners to summarise why Scrooge and Belle broke up in no more than 15, 10 or 5 words. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE resources for Stave 2 of A Christmas Carol: A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Past A Christmas Carol - Scrooge’s Childhood A Christmas Carol - Old Fezziwig A Christmas Carol - Fezziwig and Scrooge A Christmas Carol - Belle’s Family

A Christmas Carol - Scrooge Vs Fred (15-slide PowerPoint presentation with 4 worksheets) Fred’s nephew is often described as a foil character for Scrooge. This GCSE resource enables students to use the Venn diagram method to compare and contrast the two characters in Stave One of A Christmas Carol. Contents include: A differentiated starter activity, in which pupils work through a series of tasks and questions in pairs to revise what they have discovered about Scrooge so far. After this, learners will read from ‘Once upon a time…’ in Stave One down to ‘…for he returned them cordially’, thinking about what they learn about Fred, Scrooge’s attitude towards his nephew and why Dickens chooses not to reveal Fred’s first name at this stage in the novella. The main activity is for learners to use a Venn diagram and a bank of quotations to compare and contrast Fred and Scrooge. At higher levels, learners will also group the quotations into specific categories and write a comparative paragraph using a pair or set of related quotes as a basis. To conclude, learners will read a definition of a foil character and suggest three ways in which Fred could be considered a foil character for Scrooge. If there is time left over, learners can also attempt an additional challenge task in which they suggests points for and against a statement about Scrooge and Fred. NB. This resources assumes prior knowledge of the first few pages of ‘A Christmas Carol’ in which the protagonist Scrooge is introduced. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE resources for Stave 1 of A Christmas Carol: Introducing A Christmas Carol at GCSE A Christmas Carol - Introducing Scrooge A Christmas Carol - Scrooge in Stave 1 A Christmas Carol - The Workhouse A Christmas Carol - Thomas Malthus A Christmas Carol - Marley’s Ghost A Christmas Carol - The Penitent Spirits A Christmas Carol - The Rich and the Poor

Colons and Semi-Colons - Year 5 and 6 Upper KS2 English Teaching Resource In ‘Colons and Semi-Colons - Year 5 and 6’ pupils learn how to correctly use colons and semi-colons as per the objectives of the Year 5 and 6 English programme of study. This engaging and animated PowerPoint lesson includes: 1. How to use colons to introduce a list and to separate clauses within a sentence 2. 2 colon activities with accompanying worksheets 3. 1 further colon worksheet with answers 4. How to use semi-colons to replace commas in a complex list and to join two complete sentences together 5. 2 semi-colon activities with accompanying worksheets 6. 1 further semi-colon worksheet with answers As with all our PowerPoint teaching resources, ‘Colons and Semi-Colons - Year 5 and 6’ is completely editable so that teachers can adapt, alter and revise it as much or as little as required.

A Christmas Carol for GCSE - The Death of Tiny Tim (14-slide PowerPoint lesson with 2 worksheets) This GCSE lesson enables learners to contrast Dickens’ presentation of the death of Tiny Tim with that of Scrooge in Stave 4. It begins with a differentiated information retrieval task which asks learners to recall different facts and ideas about the Cratchit family. Learners will then read from, ‘The Ghost conducted him through several streets…’ down to ‘…Tiny Tim, thy childish essence was from God.’ After reading the passage, learners will complete a comparison table in which they gather ideas and evidence in relation to Dickens’ presentation of the two characters’ deaths. Suggested answers are provided for all tasks. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE resources for Stave 4 and Stave 5 of A Christmas Carol: A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come A Christmas Carol - Caroline’s Family A Christmas Carol - Old Joe’s A Christmas Carol - The Royal Exchange A Christmas Carol - Scrooge’s Grave A Christmas Carol - Scrooge’s Death A Christmas Carol - Scrooge Repents A Christmas Carol - Scrooge is Redeemed A Christmas Carol - Scrooge Makes Amends

To Autumn by John Keats (editable PowerPoint with worksheets) ‘To Autumn’ is a ready-to-teach GCSE teaching resource for the poem ‘To Autumn’ by John Keats as featured in the WJEC Eduqas Poetry Anthology. The resource includes a variety of activities which explore the poem’s context, language, tone, form, style, theme and structure. The resource is aimed at GCSE students learning about the poem as part of the WJEC Eduqas examination. CONTENTS An introduction to Keats (notes and a short film) An outline of Romanticism (notes and a short film) A copy of ‘To Autumn’ Consolidation tasks Exploring Keats’ use of language and imagery Examining form, structure and the use of poetic devices Using P.E.T.E.R. to write analytically about poetry The poem’s key themes Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE Poetry resources for Eduqas and Edexcel: The Manhunt Sonnet 43 London The Soldier Living Space As Imperceptibly as Grief Cozy Apologia A Wife in London Death of a Naturalist Hawk Roosting Afternoons Dulce et Decorum Est Excerpt from The Prelude Mametz Wood Ozymandias La Belle Dame sans Merci A Complaint 1st Date - She and 1st Date - He Love’s Dog Nettles My Father Would Not Show Us My Last Duchess Neutral Tones

A Christmas Carol - Fezziwig and Scrooge (15-slide PowerPoint presentation and 7 worksheets) This GCSE lesson enables learners to build on their understanding of how Dickens juxtaposes Scrooge and Fezziwig in the novella. It follows on directly from the previous lesson, ‘Old Fezziwig’ and assumes that learners have read from ‘The Ghost stopped at a certain warehouse door…’ down to ‘”…That’s all.”’ To begin with, there is a differentiated ‘Do Now’ worksheet task which includes a true or false activity on the events of Stave Two thus far. For further challenge, learners will correct the five false statements and write a list, from memory, of the things they have learnt about the Ghost of Christmas Past. Following on from this, learners will revisit the magazine-style quiz they undertook in the previous lesson and use these ideas to contrast Scrooge and Fezziwig as employers. The lesson concludes with a learning review that asks learners to identify four different ways in which Scrooge and Fezziwig are different. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE resources for Stave 2 of A Christmas Carol: A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Past A Christmas Carol - Scrooge’s Childhood A Christmas Carol - Old Fezziwig A Christmas Carol - Scrooge and Belle A Christmas Carol - Belle’s Family

EDUQAS 9-1 GCSE English - Excerpt from ‘The Prelude’ by William Wordsworth (40-slide PowerPoint and 4 accompanying worksheets) Excerpt from ‘The Prelude’ by William Wordsworth is a GCSE English teaching resource for the poem ‘Excerpt from The Prelude’ by William Wordsworth - as featured in the WJEC Eduqas GCSE Poetry Anthology. The resource includes a range of activities which explore the poem and cover the its language, tone, structure, form, style, poetic devices and themes in depth. Excerpt from The Prelude (William Wordsworth) contents include: An introduction to Wordsworth Consolidation activities Analysing language and imagery Examining the poem’s form, structure and poetic devices Using P.E.T.E.R. to write about ‘Excerpt from ‘The Prelude’’ Wordsworth’s ‘message’ and the poem’s key themes and ideas Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE Poetry resources for Eduqas and Edexcel: The Manhunt Sonnet 43 London The Soldier Living Space As Imperceptibly as Grief Cozy Apologia A Wife in London Death of a Naturalist Hawk Roosting To Autumn Afternoons Dulce et Decorum Est Mametz Wood Ozymandias La Belle Dame sans Merci A Complaint 1st Date - She and 1st Date - He Love’s Dog Nettles My Father Would Not Show Us My Last Duchess Neutral Tones

Haiku - Year 3 and 4 Poetry (19-slide PowerPoint and 5 differentiated worksheets) This resource introduces Year 3/4 children to haiku poetry with several examples, and guides them through the steps of how to write a haiku. The differentiated worksheets offer different levels of support for the children to write their own haiku. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar KS2 poetry resources: Spring Haiku Summer Haiku Autumn Haiku Winter Haiku Acrostic Poetry Cinquain Poetry Free Verse Poetry Sonnets Tanka Poetry Narrative Poetry

A Christmas Carol - The Miners and the Lighthouse (17 slide PowerPoint presentation and 2 worksheets with answers) This GCSE lesson encourages learners to explore the passage immediately proceeding Scrooge’s departure from the Cratchit household in Stave 3. Learners will read from, ‘By this time, it was getting dark’, down to ‘…that same nephew with approving affability’. The Do Now task encourages revision of the main ideas surrounding the character of Tiny Tim. Then, after reading the passage highlighted above, learners will complete a worksheet that encourages them to think about what Scrooge learns on this part of his journey with the Ghost. The main focus is on the miners and the lighthouse and the representation of Christmas. The lesson culminates in a short review which poses the question, ‘How is the passage we have read important in terms of Scrooge’s character development?’ Suggested answers are included for all tasks. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE resources for Stave 3 of A Christmas Carol: A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Present A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Present Part 2 A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Present Part 3 A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 1 A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 2 A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 3 A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 4 A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 5 A Christmas Carol - Tiny Tim A Christmas Carol - Fred’s Christmas A Christmas Carol - The Market Scene A Christmas Carol - Ignorance and Want

A Christmas Carol for GCSE - Scrooge is Redeemed This editable 12-slide PowerPoint-based GCSE lesson explores how Dickens presents Scrooge’s redemption in Stave Five. It begins with a differentiated Quick Fire Quiz in which learners answer as many questions as they can on Stave One in five minutes. Learners will then read from the beginning of Stave Five down to ‘Heavenly sky; sweet fresh air; merry bells. Oh, glorious. Glorious!’ After reading the passage, learners will undertake a passage-based worksheet in which they explore Dickens’ presentation of Scrooge in this passage. The lesson concludes with a brief review in which learners suggest the significance of four images in relation to the concept of Scrooge’s redemption. Suggested answers are provided for all tasks. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE resources for Stave 4 and Stave 5 of A Christmas Carol: A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come A Christmas Carol - The Death of Tiny Tim A Christmas Carol - Caroline’s Family A Christmas Carol - Old Joe’s A Christmas Carol - The Royal Exchange A Christmas Carol - Scrooge’s Grave A Christmas Carol - Scrooge’s Death A Christmas Carol - Scrooge Repents A Christmas Carol - Scrooge Makes Amends

A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Past (15-slide PowerPoint and 4 worksheets) This GCSE resource enables learners to explore Dickens’ presentation of the Ghost of Christmas Past. Contents include: A differentiated starter activity that encourages learners to revise characters, quotations and ideas from Stave One. Activities exploring how Dickens presents the Ghost of Christmas Past and why Scrooge yearns to see the Ghost put on its extinguisher cap. Learners use a sheet of visual clues to help them interpret key details from Dickens’ description of the Ghost. The lesson concludes with a differentiated review which asks learners to examine three images and suggest how they relate to Scrooge. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE resources for Stave 2 of A Christmas Carol: A Christmas Carol - Scrooge’s Childhood A Christmas Carol - Old Fezziwig A Christmas Carol - Fezziwig and Scrooge A Christmas Carol - Scrooge and Belle A Christmas Carol - Belle’s Family

A Christmas Carol - Old Fezziwig (20-slide PowerPoint teaching resource with 6 worksheets) In Stave 2, Dickens introduces his readers to Scrooge’s antithesis as an employer, Old Fezziwig. This GCSE resource enables learners to gain an insight into the scriptural basis for this important character. It includes: A differentiated ‘Do Now’ worksheet task in which learners reflect on the significance of three passages from scripture and how Dickens alludes to them in Stave One. Learners will then read from, ‘The Ghost stopped at a certain warehouse door…’ down to ‘”…That’s all”’, thinking about how Dickens presents the character of Fezziwig and Scrooge’s relationship with him. For greater challenge, learners will also reflect on how Scrooge has failed to live up to the example that Fezziwig set for him. Following on from this, learners will undertake a magazine-style quiz from both Scrooge’s and Fezziwig’s perspective. The quiz is entitled ‘Are you a good, Christian employer?’ and encourages learners to think about how Dickens uses the character of Fezziwig to illustrate that one can be both a capitalist and a Christian. The lesson is fully differentiated (Gold, Silver and Bronze tasks) and concludes with a learning review. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE resources for Stave 2 of A Christmas Carol: A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Past A Christmas Carol - Scrooge’s Childhood A Christmas Carol - Fezziwig Vs Scrooge A Christmas Carol - Scrooge and Belle A Christmas Carol - Belle’s Family

Introducing Pathetic Fallacy - Year 5 and 6 ‘Introducing Pathetic Fallacy - Year 5 and 6’ introduces pupils to the technique of pathetic fallacy. They learn how and why writers use pathetic fallacy in their writing and practise using it in their own writing. This PowerPoint teaching resource can be used as a standalone lesson, incorporated into an existing lesson or built into a wider unit of work. Content includes: What is pathetic fallacy explanation The difference between pathetic fallacy and personification Identifying pathetic fallacy or personification in sentences activity Why writers use pathetic fallacy in their writing Writing sentences using pathetic fallacy activity with an accompanying worksheet Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Pathetic Fallacy - KS3

A Christmas Carol - Belle’s Family (PowerPoint and worksheets) This GCSE lesson explores how Belle’s family is presented in Stave 2. It also allows pupils to reflect on how Scrooge has changed throughout the course of Stave 2. There is a differentiated starter activity which encourages revision of some of the key ideas in Stave 2. Following this, students will read from, ‘”No more!” cried Scrooge’, down to ‘…he sank into a heavy sleep’, thinking about: How the lives of Scrooge and Belle contrast How Dickens presents Belle’s family And how Dickens presents Scrooge’s reaction to this ‘shadow’. Students will then reflect on the lessons that Scrooge has learnt in Stave Two as a result of the ‘shadows’ presented to him. This activity involves linking characters, ‘lessons’ and quotations and there are two different ways of approaching it, depending on the ability and needs of your class. The lesson concludes with a learning review which asks learners to think of words to describe Scrooge at the beginning, the middle and the end of Stave 2. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE resources for Stave 2 of A Christmas Carol: A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Past A Christmas Carol - Scrooge’s Childhood A Christmas Carol - Old Fezziwig A Christmas Carol - Fezziwig and Scrooge A Christmas Carol - Scrooge and Belle

‘A Christmas Carol - the Rich and the Poor’ explores Dickens’ presentation of the gap between the rich and the poor in Stave One of A Christmas Carol. The resource is made up of a 13-slide PowerPoint presentation and 2 worksheets. Its contents include: A differentiated ‘Do Now’ starter activity in which pupils reflect on the importance of 6 quotations from Scrooge’s dialogue with the charity collectors. After this, students will read from ‘Meanwhile, the fog and darkness thickened so…’ down to ‘…to play at blindman’s buff’. As they read, learners will consider the differences between the lives of the rich and the poor in the passage and how Dickens presents these differences. At the highest level, learners will reflect on Dickens’ use of light and dark imagery in the extract. The next activity is for learners to contemplate the significance of the excerpt from ‘God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen’ and how Dickens adapts it in Stave One. The lesson concludes with learners summarising the events of the passage in no more than 20, 15 or 10 words. Each task is accompanied by a set of suggested answers. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE resources for Stave 1 of A Christmas Carol: Introducing A Christmas Carol at GCSE A Christmas Carol - Introducing Scrooge A Christmas Carol - Scrooge in Stave 1 A Christmas Carol - Scrooge Vs Fred A Christmas Carol - The Workhouse A Christmas Carol - Thomas Malthus A Christmas Carol - Marley’s Ghost A Christmas Carol - The Penitent Spirits

A Christmas Carol - The Workhouse (16-slide PowerPoint and 10 worksheets) “And the union workhouses?” demanded Scrooge. “Are they still in operation?” In Stave One of ‘A Christmas Carol’, Dickens portrays his protagonist Scrooge as a proponent of the workhouse system. Deliberately designed to be a last resort for the poor and destitute, these austere buildings were described by Richard Oastler as ‘prisons for the poor’. This GCSE resource enables learners to gain an insight into the reality of life for inmates of the workhouses. It includes: A differentiated Do Now / starter activity, in which learners examine an image of a surviving workhouse and reflect on what its function might have been. At higher levels, learners will also consider their own responses to the image and think about why the building might be a tourist attraction today. The main activity is a group task in which learners read a range of sources on the subject of the workhouse and use the information to fill in a findings sheet. The questions on the finding sheet test a range of reading skills including comprehension, inference-making and analysis. After giving feedback, learners will reflect on a controversial statement that encourages them to think about how useful workhouses were as provision for the disadvantaged in Victorian society. This resource not only enriches learners’ understanding of the context of ‘A Christmas Carol’ but also provides an opportunity for learners to practise their reading of 19th Century texts, a requirement of the current English Language GCSE. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE resources for Stave 1 of A Christmas Carol: Introducing A Christmas Carol at GCSE A Christmas Carol - Introducing Scrooge A Christmas Carol - Scrooge in Stave 1 A Christmas Carol - Scrooge Vs Fred A Christmas Carol - Thomas Malthus A Christmas Carol - Marley’s Ghost A Christmas Carol - The Penitent Spirits A Christmas Carol - The Rich and the Poor

A Christmas Carol – Tiny Tim (14-slide editable teaching resource with three worksheets) This GCSE lesson begins with a starter activity that encourages students to reflect on some of Stave Three’s underlying moral issues. There are then further questions which require pupils to recall key ideas about Tiny Tim and consider why Dickens included this character in A Christmas Carol. The central activity is for students to make a mind map which explores the function of Tiny Tim in A Christmas Carol. This will involve selecting and applying relevant information from an ideas and context sheet. The lesson concludes with a quick review that asks learners to identify five things that they have learnt in the lesson. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE resources for Stave 3 of A Christmas Carol: A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Present A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Present Part 2 A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Present Part 3 A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 1 A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 2 A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 3 A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 4 A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 5 A Christmas Carol - Fred’s Christmas A Christmas Carol - The Market Scene A Christmas Carol - The Miners and the Lighthouse A Christmas Carol - Ignorance and Want