A four lesson booklet on The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, aimed at Year 9 students. The learning questions are: What is the context of The Tell-Tale Heart? How is the narrator of The Tell-Tale Heart presented? How does the author use structural devices? How can I write in the style of Edgar Allan Poe?

An English lesson for Pride Month. This could also be used at any other time during the academic year! It just specifically mentions Pride and why it is important at the start of the lesson. It looks at an extract of Jeanette Winterson’s autobiography Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? and asks students to analyse the language in it. Suitable for higher-attaining KS3 classes or a KS4 class.

Fifteen comprehension questions on Chapter 10 of Lord of the Flies.

A booklet of four lessons, aimed at Year 9, on Roald Dahl’s Lamb to the Slaughter. The story is included in the booklet, with students reading more each lesson. The four learning questions are: How does Roald Dahl structure the exposition of his story? How can I write in the style of Roald Dahl? How is Mary Moloney presented? How does Mary Moloney’s character develop?

25 questions on A Christmas Carol which test literal and inferential comprehension. Perfect for revision for lower-attaining Key Stage 4 classes.

Two lessons on the first two paragraphs of 1984 by George Orwell. The first lesson is about comprehension of the opening extract (which is included in the resource). The second lesson is on analysing the features of a dystopian society present in the extract. This resource is in a six-page booklet which is ideal to print for or send to students who are working remotely.

An A3 worksheet which guides students through the extract of The Prelude which appears in the AQA Poetry Power and Conflict anthology. Three differentiated A3 worksheets on War Photographer by Carol Ann Duffy are also available here. These worksheets are available as a bundle for £2.50 or separately for £2 each. War Photographer Worksheet 1 for lower-attaining GCSE students. War Photographer Worksheet 2 for middle-attaining GCSE students. War Photographer Worksheet 3 for higher-attaining GCSE students.

A lesson to help students structure and write an essay on Catherine Earnshaw in the first nine chapters of Wuthering Heights.

Match the definitions of words with the poetic device. Ideal as a revision resource or starter activity. Images created by Resources_by_Emma.

Learning Aim: To identify word classes in a nonsense poem. This is a lesson for Key Stage 3 classes which asks students to read The Jabberwocky and then explain the meaning of a range of nonsense words in the poem. Students will then identify the type of words used in the poem. E.g. the word ‘slithy’ being used as an adjective.

15 comprehension questions on the opening of *Journey to the River Sea. An ideal activity for Key Stage 3 classes who are studying the novel or as a stand-alone comprehension task. These questions follow Bloom’s Taxonomy and increase in difficulty as they progress.

A lesson on Maya Angelou’s poem Caged Bird. The Learning Aim is ‘To analyse the impact of language in a poem.’ It starts by exploring the connotations of the words ‘caged’ and ‘bird’ before moving on to look at the poem itself. The focus is on the presentation of the birds through the use of verbs, but challenge tasks are included which ask students to look at the poem as an extended metaphor of racism in the United States. Students are then asked to write four paragraphs on freedom in the poem.

Two lessons for Key stage 3 students on planning and writing an essay on Conor in A Monster Calls, following an analysis of an extract from the chapter Understanding. Students will answer the question* how does the writer use language to present Conor’s feelings?* With this bundle you receive: Two PowerPoints for both lessons, which guide students through the process of analysing language step-by-step. One ‘PEE’ Grid for lower-attaining students One ‘PEE’ Grid for higher-attaining students One blank ‘PEE Grid’ The extract typed up on a Word Document This could be used as part of studying the unit A Monster Calls or as a stand-alone activity on language analysis.

A lesson exploring how the monster’s first tale in A Monster Calls fulfils the features of fairy-tales. Perfect for Key Stage 3 classes studying A Monster Calls.

A poetry lesson analysing language and themes in ‘Same Love’ by Macklemore. This is a useful way of engaging students in poetry but also to look at poetry/songs as a form of protest.

A lesson analysing how character voice is established in the opening of The Hound of the Baskervilles.

This is a lesson on how to answer AQA Literature Paper 1 Section B (A Christmas Carol). It is aimed at lower-attaining students and contains the Assessment Objectives written in a more accessible way. It also includes sentence starters to help students write a paragraph. The question is ‘Starting with this extract, how does Dickens present Scrooge as an outsider to society?’ This question was taken from the AQA Specimen paper from 2014.

A lesson analysing the language in Tinie Tempah’s song ‘Girls Like’. I used it to introduce to Year 10 to poetry - it’s a great way to prevent the usual groans that happen whenever poetry is mentioned!