A pack of resources for teaching A Streetcar named Desire by Tennessee Williams. The pack includes: • A series of 11 worksheets covering each scene of the play. Each worksheet includes two pages of questions for each scene, an extract from the scene with a number of writer’s methods for the student to find, a research task and three or more essay questions based on the scene, but also enabling students to discuss the rest of the play. • A key quotations worksheet. • A conflict and tension worksheet that identifies specific oppositions and themes for students to study. • A character evolution worksheet with space to identify key scenes and well as directing students towards how the characters start the play and how they are changed by the end of the play. • A scene summary worksheet that prompts students to write short summaries for all of the scenes. This resource encourages close reading, critical writing and creative responses. Students can be set the work independently or the work can be presented in a more collaborative class atmosphere. Appropriate to upper GCSE students and A Level students of English. Also Available: A Streetcar Named Desire Mega Quiz (great for end of unit fun or start of revision)

A varied 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minute end of unit quiz or a good way to start revising The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. Eight rounds with 75 questions appropriate for secondary school and college students (key stage 4 and 5, 11 to 18 year olds). Appropriate for teams or individuals (more fun with teams). Eight different rounds with a total of 75 questions (some with ten questions, some with five depending on the difficulty and level of interest). The quiz will take between an hour and 1 hour 30 minutes to complete. An response sheet is included with a teacher’s sheet that includes all the answers. Round One: Character Anagrams Round Two: Context Multiple Choice Round Three: Who said what? Round Four: What happened when? Round Five: Word Meanings Round Six: Literary Techniques Round Seven: Who am I? Round Eight: Complete the Quotation Tie breakers Students work through a highly visual PowerPoint answering questions in each round. The animations in the PowerPoint allow you to create interest and allow students time to answer questions. Examples of the Character Anagrams, Who said what?, Word Meanings, Literary Techniques, Who am I? and Complete the Quotation are included to make instructions clear and accessible. The What said what?, Word Meanings, Literary Techniques and Complete the Quotation have an electronic voice readings. Either turn on your speakers, or not, depending on your preference. Once the quiz has been completed, students mark the answers of the other teams and work through the questions that can create further discussion. Questions are appropriate to a secondary school and college aged student. The eight rounds of questions last for between 50 minutes and 1 hour (depending on how much time you give students to answer the questions). You can also give students longer to complete the questions. For example, the Who am I? clues could be left on the board to allow students to discuss possibilities in groups. The other questions in the quiz can be moved through at a brisk pace. Working through the answers takes between 15 and 20 minutes. You can slow the progress down or speed it up depending on your group or lessons. Whole quiz time: 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes. The PowerPoint can be edited and adapted allowing you to change any questions to suit your students. Try the free end of term quiz.

A varied 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minute end of unit quiz or a good way to start revising A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Eight rounds with 75 questions appropriate for secondary school and college students (key stage 4 and 5, 11 to 18 year olds). Appropriate for teams or individuals (more fun with teams). Eight different rounds with a total of 75 questions (most with ten questions and an anagram round with five). The quiz will take between an hour and 1 hour 30 minutes to complete. A response sheet is included with a teacher’s sheet that includes all the answers. Round One: Character Anagrams Round Two: Context Multiple Choice Round Three: Who said what? Round Four: What happened when? Round Five: Word Meanings Round Six: Literary Techniques Round Seven: Who am I? Round Eight: Complete the Quotation Tie breakers Students work through a highly visual PowerPoint answering questions in each round. The animations in the PowerPoint allow you to create interest and allow students time to answer questions. Examples of the Character Anagrams, Who said what?, Word Meanings, Literary Techniques, Who am I? and Complete the Quotation are included to make instructions clear and accessible. The What said what?, Word Meanings, Literary Techniques and Complete the Quotation have an electronic voice readings. Either turn on your speakers, or not, depending on your preference. Once the quiz has been completed, students mark the answers of the other teams and work through the questions that can create further discussion. Questions are appropriate to a secondary school and college aged student. The eight rounds of questions last for between 50 minutes and 1 hour (depending on how much time you give students to answer the questions). You can also give students longer to complete the questions. For example, the Who am I? clues could be left on the board to allow students to discuss possibilities in groups. The other questions in the quiz can be moved through at a brisk pace. Working through the answers takes between 15 and 20 minutes. You can slow the progress down or speed it up depending on your group or lessons. Whole quiz time: 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes. The PowerPoint can be edited and adapted allowing you to change any questions to suit your students. Try out the free end of term quiz.

A varied 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minute end of unit quiz or a good way to start revising A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams. Nine rounds with 80 questions appropriate for secondary school and college students (key stage 4 and 5, 11 to 18 year olds) in a PowerPoint with 197 slides. **Updated 10th January to correct a slight error on the character anagrams. ** Appropriate for teams or individuals (more fun with teams). Nine different rounds with a total of 80 questions (most with ten questions, some with five depending on the difficulty and level of interest). The quiz will take between an hour and 1 hour 30 minutes to complete. An response sheet is included with a teacher’s sheet that includes all the answers. Quiz Rounds: Round One: Character Anagrams Round Two: Context Multiple Choice Round Three: Who said what? Round Four: What happened when? Round Five: Word Meanings Round Six: Literary Techniques Round Seven: Who am I? Round Eight: Stage Directions by AI Round Nine: Complete the Quotation Tie breakers Students work through a highly visual PowerPoint answering questions in each round. The animations in the PowerPoint allow you to create interest and allow students time to answer questions. Examples of the Character Anagrams, Who said what?, Word Meanings, Literary Techniques, Who am I?, Stage Directions by AI and Complete the Quotation are included to make instructions clear and accessible. The What said what?, Word Meanings, Literary Techniques and Complete the Quotation have an electronic voice readings. Either turn on your speakers, or not, depending on your preference. Once the quiz has been completed, students mark the answers of the other teams and work through the questions that can create further discussion. Questions are appropriate to a secondary school and college aged student. The nine rounds of questions last for between 50 minutes and 1 hour (depending on how much time you give students to answer the questions). You can also give students longer to complete the questions. For example, the Who am I? clues could be left on the board to allow students to discuss possibilities in groups. The other questions in the quiz can be moved through at a brisk pace. Working through the answers takes between 15 and 20 minutes. You can slow the progress down or speed it up depending on your group or lessons. Whole quiz time: 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes. The PowerPoint can be edited and adapted allowing you to change any questions to suit your students. Try out the free end of term quiz. Also Available: A Streetcar Named Desire Worksheets Pack (includes worksheets for each scene)

20 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde practice exam questions with AQA GCSE Literature extract structure for Paper 1 (Shakespeare and the 19th-century novel) Section B (specification number 8702). Practice exam papers in the style of GCSE AQA English Literature. The materials consist of twenty extract questions each with a one-page extract from Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. The questions focus on various topics and characters relevant to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The questions provide a specific topic and then asks students to complete a detailed analysis of the extract followed by a discussion of the topic in the rest of the novella. Students are required to engage with the extract and the topic before applying their analysis to the rest of the novella. The pack includes: 20 AQA style practice exam papers on different sections and different topics in the novella. A description of student friendly assessment objectives. An exemplar essay of one of the practice exam questions. An assessment objective marking grid. A PowerPoint with details about the structure of the questions, suggestions about how to approach the question, a structure for writing a response, examining board suggestions, instructions for using the marking grid and two student self-assessment activities.

A varied 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minute end of unit quiz or a good way to start revising The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Eight rounds with 75 questions appropriate for secondary school and college students (key stage 4 and 5, 11 to 18 year olds). Appropriate for teams or individuals (more fun with teams). Eight different rounds with a total of 75 questions (some with ten questions, some with five depending on the difficulty and level of interest). The quiz will take between an hour and 1 hour 30 minutes to complete. An response sheet is included with a teacher’s sheet that includes all the answers. Round One: Character Anagrams Round Two: Context Multiple Choice Round Three: Who said what? Round Four: What happened when? Round Five: Word Meanings Round Six: Literary Techniques Round Seven: Who am I? Round Eight: Complete the Quotation Tie breakers Students work through a highly visual PowerPoint answering questions in each round. The animations in the PowerPoint allow you to create interest and allow students time to answer questions. Examples of the Character Anagrams, Who said what?, Word Meanings, Literary Techniques, Who am I? and Complete the Quotation are included to make instructions clear and accessible. The What said what?, Word Meanings, Literary Techniques and Complete the Quotation have an electronic voice readings. Either turn on your speakers, or not, depending on your preference. Once the quiz has been completed, students mark the answers of the other teams and work through the questions that can create further discussion. Questions are appropriate to a secondary school and college aged student. The eight rounds of questions last for between 50 minutes and 1 hour (depending on how much time you give students to answer the questions). You can also give students longer to complete the questions. For example, the Who am I? clues could be left on the board to allow students to discuss possibilities in groups. The other questions in the quiz can be moved through at a brisk pace. Working through the answers takes between 15 and 20 minutes. You can slow the progress down or speed it up depending on your group or lessons. Whole quiz time: 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes. The PowerPoint can be edited and adapted allowing you to change any questions to suit your students. Try out the free end of term quiz.

25 Othello practice exam questions with AQA A-Level Literature Specification A extract structure for Paper 1 (Love through the ages) Section A (specification number 8702). Practice exam papers in the style of A-Level AQA English Literature Specification A The materials consist of twenty-five extract questions each with a one to two page extract from Othello by William Shakespeare. No extracts are repeated over the 25 questions and extracts are drawn from an even spread of acts and scenes. The questions provide an initial proposition in the form of a quotation. The proposition is followed by a question that asks students to discuss a specific aspect of love in the extract and at other points in the play. Each questions provides a different topic within the Love through the ages heading. The question requires students to complete a detailed analysis of the extract followed by a discussion of the topic in the rest of the play. The pack includes: 25 AQA style proposition practice exam papers on different sections and different topics in Othello. An exemplar essay of one of the practice exam questions. An assessment objective marking grid. A PowerPoint with details about the structure of the questions, suggestions about how to approach the question, a structure for writing a response, examining board suggestions, instructions for using the marking grid and a student self-assessment activity. A bundle of ten Act Three practice exam questions are also available (no extracts are repeated)

A Level and GCSE resources for 1 hour and 30 minutes of teaching on the poem ‘Introduction’ to the Songs of Innocence by William Blake. Suggestions for further activities or additional activities are also included. PLEASE NOTE: this is not an introduction to the poetry of William Blake. These are resources for the poem named ‘Introduction’. The pack includes: • A two page student worksheet with a selection of activities and questions. • A 25 slide PowerPoint reflecting all activities on the worksheet which some extra explanation. Essay questions and an additional poem is provided for a comparison activity. • A ten question PowerPoint comprehension quiz that can be shown on a whiteboard and students can mark their own answers. • A lesson plan guide with the task split into three 30 minute sections. Work can, of course, be extended for longer sessions or 30 minute sessions can be put together for an hour lesson. This resource encourages close reading, critical writing, discussion and retention of important ideas and quotations from ‘Introduction’ to the Songs of Innocence. Students can be set the work independently or the work can be presented in a more collaborative class atmosphere. The text of this poem is available at Project Gutenberg: All the images used in the pack are available for commercial use. William Blake poems also available: FREE RESOURCE: London The Garden of Love The Tiger The Lamb The Echoing Green Also available William Blake Poetry Bundle which includes: ‘The Garden of Love’, ‘Introduction to the Songs of Innocence’, ‘The Tiger’, ‘The Lamb’ and ‘The Echoing Green’.

A varied 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minute end of unit quiz or a good way to start revising Hamlet by William Shakespeare. Eight rounds with 75 questions appropriate for secondary school and college students (key stage 4 and 5, 11 to 18 year olds). Appropriate for teams or individuals (more fun with teams). Eight different rounds with a total of 75 questions (most with ten questions and an anagram round with five). The quiz will take between an hour and 1 hour 30 minutes to complete. A response sheet is included with a teacher’s sheet that includes all the answers. Round One: Character Anagrams Round Two: Context Multiple Choice Round Three: Who said what? Round Four: What happened when? Round Five: Word Meanings Round Six: Literary Techniques Round Seven: Who am I? Round Eight: Complete the Quotation Tie breakers Students work through a highly visual PowerPoint answering questions in each round. The animations in the PowerPoint allow you to create interest and allow students time to answer questions. Examples of the Character Anagrams, Who said what?, Word Meanings, Literary Techniques, Who am I? and Complete the Quotation are included to make instructions clear and accessible. The What said what?, Word Meanings, Literary Techniques and Complete the Quotation have an electronic voice readings. Either turn on your speakers, or not, depending on your preference. Once the quiz has been completed, students mark the answers of the other teams and work through the questions that can create further discussion. Questions are appropriate to a secondary school and college aged student. The eight rounds of questions last for between 50 minutes and 1 hour (depending on how much time you give students to answer the questions). You can also give students longer to complete the questions. For example, the Who am I? clues could be left on the board to allow students to discuss possibilities in groups. The other questions in the quiz can be moved through at a brisk pace. Working through the answers takes between 15 and 20 minutes. You can slow the progress down or speed it up depending on your group or lessons. Whole quiz time: 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes. The PowerPoint can be edited and adapted allowing you to change any questions to suit your students. Looking for Hamlet exam preparation? Try the 10 Hamlet A Level Practice Exam Papers. For OCR proposition exam questions. Try out the free end of term quiz.

A pack of resources for a minimum of 1 hour and 30 minutes of teaching on ‘The Story of an Hour’ by Kate Chopin. The story is a public domain story that is freely available for use. All the images used in the pack are available for commercial use. The pack includes: • A copy of ‘The Story of an Hour’ in the format of a Word document with a glossary. • A two page student worksheet with a selection of activities and questions. • A student worksheet with answers to guide the teacher. • A 28 slide PowerPoint reflecting all activities on the worksheet which some extra explanation and contains useful links and reference to the creative activities. • A ten question PowerPoint comprehension quiz that can be shown on a whiteboard and students can mark their own answers. • Four creative writing prompt sheets that encourage students to continue to think about the themes and approaches of the story. • A lesson plan guide with the task split into three 30 minute sections. Work can, of course, be extended for longer sessions or 30 minute sessions can be put together for an hour lesson. This resource encourages close reading, critical writing and creative responses. Students can be set the work independently or the work can be presented in a more collaborative class atmosphere. Appropriate to GCSE students and A Level students of English.

A pack of 10 practice examination papers that follow the poem and theme structure of the OCR English Language and Literature A Level Paper 2 (The Language of Poetry and Plays) Section A (specification number H474). The practice exam questions consist of a theme focused question with a William Blake poem. The questions focus on issues relevant to the study of a range of 10 William Blake’s poems from Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience. These are the 10 poems currently being examined on the 2022 OCR English Language and Literature A Level Paper 2 exam. Each question provides a different theme and then asks students to complete a detailed analysis of a different poems followed by a comparison to other poems by William Blake. Students are required to engage with the theme and apply it to their analysis of the poem included as well as other William Blake poems that they are expected to recall from their study of his poetry.

A pack of 5 practice examination papers that follow the plot line and stylistic analysis structure of the OCR English Language and Literature A Level Paper 3 (Reading as a writer, writing as a reader) Section A and B (specification number H474). The practice exam papers consist of both parts of the OCR Language and Literature A Level Paper 3, narrative writing and prose analysis. Both sections have a choice of two questions, as is the case the OCR examination paper. The creative writing section contains a choice of two plot line options. Each option contains six bullet points to allow students to write a 500 opening to a narrative. Students are also asked to write a short reflection on their own writing. The narrative writing presents a stylistic question that is appropriate to any question on the OCR English Language and Literature paper 3 syllabus: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy, The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri, Atonement by Ian McEwan and The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald. Each question contains different plot lines and stylistic questions and asks students to complete a creative opening and a detailed analysis. In the prose analysis, students are required to engage with the stylistic approach and apply it to their understanding of the text. This is an open text exam and students are expected to draw specific examples and analysis of the text.

A Level and GCSE resources for 1 hour and 30 minutes of teaching on ‘The Tiger by William Blake. Suggestions for further activities or additional activities are also included. This poem is sometimes called ‘The Tyger’. The pack includes: • A two page student worksheet with a selection of activities and questions. • A 25 slide PowerPoint reflecting all activities on the worksheet which some extra explanation. Essay questions and an additional poem is provided for a comparison activity. • A ten question PowerPoint comprehension quiz that can be shown on a whiteboard and students can mark their own answers. • A lesson plan guide with the task split into three 30 minute sections. Work can, of course, be extended for longer sessions or 30 minute sessions can be put together for an hour lesson. This resource encourages close reading, critical writing, discussion and retention of important ideas and quotations from ‘The Tiger. Students can be set the work independently or the work can be presented in a more collaborative class atmosphere. The text of this poem is available at Project Gutenberg: All the images used in the pack are available for commercial use. William Blake poems also available: FREE RESOURCE: London The Garden of Love Introduction to the Songs of Innocence The Lamb The Echoing Green Also available William Blake Poetry Bundle which includes: ‘The Garden of Love’, ‘Introduction to the Songs of Innocence’, ‘The Tiger’, ‘The Lamb’ and ‘The Echoing Green’.

A Level and GCSE resources for 1 hour and 30 minutes of teaching on ‘The Echoing (or Ecchoing) Green by William Blake. Suggestions for further activities or additional activities are also included. This poem is sometimes called The Ecchoing Green. The pack includes: • A two page student worksheet with a selection of activities and questions. • A 27 slide PowerPoint reflecting all activities on the worksheet which some extra explanation. Essay questions and an additional poem is provided for a comparison activity. • A ten question PowerPoint comprehension quiz that can be shown on a whiteboard and students can mark their own answers. • A lesson plan guide with the task split into three 30 minute sections. Work can, of course, be extended for longer sessions or 30 minute sessions can be put together for an hour lesson. This resource encourages close reading, critical writing, discussion and retention of important ideas and quotations from ‘The Echoing Green. Students can be set the work independently or the work can be presented in a more collaborative class atmosphere. The text of this poem is available at Project Gutenberg: All the images used in the pack are available for commercial use. William Blake poems also available: FREE RESOURCE: London The Garden of Love Introduction to the Songs of Innocence The Tiger The Lamb Also available William Blake Poetry Bundle which includes: ‘The Garden of Love’, ‘Introduction to the Songs of Innocence’, ‘The Tiger’, ‘The Lamb’ and ‘The Echoing Green’.

Nine extract analysis worksheets for The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde. After a one page extract from the play, The Importance of Being Earnest, the worksheet contains three sections: Literary and linguistic technique spotting Three short answer question on the extract Three essay questions on the play Nine worksheets are included with three worksheets from each Act of the three acts of The Importance of Being Earnest. The worksheets contain space for annotation of the extract and answers to the short answer questions on the extract. The essay questions can provide an excellent opportunity for further study and homework beyond the extract.

A pack of 10 practice examination questions that follow the proposition structure of the AQA A Level Paper 1 (Love Through the Ages) Section A (specification number 7712). In the style of AQA A Level English Literature specification A. The materials consist of ten proposition questions each with a two-page extract from Act 3 of Othello and different love focused proposition and question. The questions focus on various issues on the topic of love and the characters in Othello. The questions provide a specific point of view and then asks students to complete a detailed analysis of the extract followed by a discussion of the rest of the play. Students are required to engage with the statement (proposition) and apply it to their analysis of the extract and discussion of the rest of the play.

To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell is a detailed set of teaching activities that progress students through an understanding of the poem with a 12 page PowerPoint presentation. The PowerPoint presentation covers: 1. A starter activity focused on the title that frames the approaches of the students. 2. Links to readings of the poems and a short Kahoot quiz. 3. Brief contextual information about Andrew Marvell and Metaphysical Poets. 4. Notes on the structure of the poem to provide students with a way to approach the poem. 5. Questions that focus on a close reading of the three sections of the poem. 6. Broad questions about Marvell’s use of satire and the role of love in the poem. 7. A creative activity to apply their understanding of the structure and get students to think beyond the poem. After working through the PowerPoint presentation and the questions, students should have an awareness of the specific literary elements of the poem and broad understanding of the larger concepts, such as love.

A 15 question multiple choice comprehension quiz in PowerPoint with an answer section. Perfect for students to write down their answers and then mark their own (or each other’s answers). The quiz covers 15 question from across the novel including locations, character and quotations. Answers are included in the second half of the quiz with teacher controlled animated answer reveals. The Quiz is controlled by the teacher and can take anything from 5 minutes to 15 minutes to complete in class. Check out the complete series of quizzes with quizzes on all 9 chapters (totalling 135 questions) and quizzes on locations, chapter knowledge and the car motif. Check out The Great Gatsby Mega Quiz with nine rounds and 75 interactive questions, great for revision or an end of unit quiz.

Creative writing fiction prompt with a differentiated set of worksheets. A creative writing prompt providing a visual motivation with the guidance of activities and questions to get students started with their creative writing. A set of worksheets provide support for a creative writing prompt. The worksheets act as handouts for students at three levels of ability: Expert level: students are provided with a picture for inspiration and an opening line. Advanced: in addition to the picture for inspiration and an opening line, Advanced worksheets also contain idea generating questions. Foundation: in addition to a picture for inspiration, an opening line and idea generating questions, Foundation worksheets also contain sentences starts to ensure variety of sentences and wow words to add variety to student writing. A series of 3 worksheets at the three levels of Expert, Advanced and Foundation are available with a Powerpoint of 20 Creative Writing Fiction Prompts. Creative Writing Fiction Prompts: Series 1 Worksheets and Powerpoint Creative Writing Fiction Prompts: Series 2 Powerpoint