This lesson explores the poem, including contextual ideas and discussion of powerful tyrants. It also includes analysis and annotation of the poem, with notes about the form of the poem, as well as an essay task with a model model paragraph (intended for the AQA GCSE English Literature syllabus).

This is a resource designed for A level literature students who are studying King Lear. It is designed as a lesson, which takes the hypothesis that Lear's character is changeable near the start of the play, to the extent that we can identify each of the 7 ages of a man Shakespeare himself identifies in As You Like It. It is a tool for analysing character development.

A PowerPoint designed to guide students analysis of this poem, including detailed annotations and prompts for thematic discussion.

30 exam questions (New AQA A level English Literature syllabus), covering a comprehensive range of topics for A Streetcar Named Desire.

A lesson designed to improve understanding of tone, as well as how writers create this. It includes a range of tasks, including creative and analytical activities. It was designed for KS3, but would be applicable for KS4 classes as well.

A Level lesson, designed for the OCR syllabus. This lesson explores the context of the poem, including Rossetti’s relationships and the inspiration of the poem. It then provides prompts to discuss key elements and themes of the poem, some critical discussion and an exam style essay task.

This lesson supports students in understanding, identifying and using personification. It was designed for KS3, but could also be used with KS2 classes. You will need a copy of Judith Nicholls poem “Winter” to accompany this lesson.

For this lesson, students are prompted to analyse sonnet 116, whilst considering some key contextual ideas. Key annotations are included in this PowerPoint. There is also a comparison task included at the end of this lesson.

This lesson explores the features of a sonnet, before providing a step-by-step guide for students to write their own. it was initially designed for a GCSE class in preparation for teaching sonnets from the poetry anthology, but could be used across key stages.

A lesson guiding students to write found poetry. Although this was designed for KS3 classes, it could also work well with an able KS2 class.

A range of activities, encouraging analysis of characterisation and language, as well as engagement with critical ideas and literary context.

Tasks leading to students writing biographies about each other. This resource includes a model response.

This lesson is designed for GCSE students who will have to write argumentatively in the English Language exam. Although designed with an Edexcel IGCSE class in mind, the lesson has been designed to develop skills and arguments, rather than focusing closely on exam criteria so can be applied to a range of specifications. Strategies for arguments and model writing is included in this PowerPoint.

A whole lesson, exploring Iago’s presentation, considering how his portrayal is linked to the devil. It also includes some key critical details to discuss, an essay question with some guidance intended to prompt initial ideas of a response. This lesson was designed for the Edexcel A level English Literature syllabus, but can be applied to all studies of Othello involving contextual, critical and analytical work.

An extensive list of possible questions that Edexcel could ask for A Streetcar Named Desire in the A level exam.

This resource is an essay, explaining how Priestley uses genre and structure to communicate his views about social responsibility. It is written in an academic style and contains a wide range of analytical and contextual ideas, although it is not intended as a model GCSE essay.

Originally designed as an A level resource, this lesson includes contextual information about paganism and James I, which is useful when considering the portrayal of Gloucester in the first Act of the play.

A lesson prompting creative writing from students, based on ideas from Back to the Future.

Lesson(s) about the Explorer’s Daughter, designed for IGCSE English Language. This resource includes visual resources related to narwals, tasks designed to support analysis of language and structure within the resource and exam style questions for this text.

A lesson designed to support students struggling with unseen poetry essays, providing strategies for tackling unseen poems, model analytical writing and an exam style task. Although originally designed for the IGCSE English Literature course, this resource is suitable for teaching and revising unseen poetry at GCSE level.